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Dan Aykroyd, River Phoenix, Robert Redford, David Strathairn, Mary McDonnell, and Sidney Poitier in Sneakers (1992)

David Strathairn: Whistler

Sneakers

David Strathairn credited as playing...

Whistler

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  • [each member of the team makes a request in return for the decryption chip]
  • Whistler: I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
  • Bernard Abbott: Oh, this is ridiculous.
  • Martin Bishop: He's serious.
  • Whistler: I want peace on earth and goodwill toward men.
  • Bernard Abbott: We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
  • Martin Bishop: You're just gonna have to try.
  • Bernard Abbott: All right, I'll see what I can do.
  • Whistler: Thank you very much. That's all I ask.
  • Martin Bishop: "Give him head"?
  • Whistler: "Be a beacon"?
  • Whistler: Fellas, Janek's little black box is on his desk between the pencil jar and the lamp.
  • Mother: Uh, Whistler, I hate to tell you this, but you're blind.
  • Whistler: That was very good, Bish. Remind me to make you an honorary blind person.
  • Martin Bishop: If I come in with what I know, can you guarantee my safety?
  • Bernard Abbott: Do you have the item?
  • Martin Bishop: No.
  • Whistler: Fifteen seconds.
  • Martin Bishop: Can you guarantee my safety?
  • Bernard Abbott: Where is the item?
  • Martin Bishop: [more emphatic] Can you guarantee my safety?
  • Whistler: Anybody want to shut down the Federal Reserve?
  • Whistler: Anybody want to black out New England?
  • Martin Bishop: How's the audio?
  • Whistler: Good, Mother's pretty close.
  • Donald Crease: He's just wearing four safety belts this time.
  • Martin Bishop: What, no parachute?
  • Martin Bishop: The probable level of security is very low. But if you guys don't want to take that chance just to keep me out of jail, fine, I understand, I'll do it.
  • Whistler: Well, Bish, I can't speak for the other guys, but I'm in it for the money, I don't care if you go to jail.
  • Carl: Me neither. I'm in.
  • Whistler: What did it sound like?
  • Whistler: Anybody want to crash a couple of passenger jets?
  • Carl: One thing I don't quite get though, is that you and Cosmo were taking all these chances, all these big chances. I mean, what for?
  • Martin Bishop: We were young, and there was a war on. It was a good way to meet girls.
  • Liz: I'll bet.
  • Mother: How come you didn't get caught?
  • Martin Bishop: I went out for pizza... then I went to Canada. I was lucky, he wasn't.
  • Whistler: Did he ever forgive you?
  • Martin Bishop: I hope so. He died in prison.

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