Cannonball! (1976)

Patrick Wright: Brad Phillips

Quotes 

• TV Producer : We're trying to get a word here with Brad Phillips, organizer of the race. Brad, tell me, your race has been called an outlaw sporting event. Do you have any comment on that?

  Brad Phillips : Well, the police and safety officals around the country get upset because our drivers tend to exceed the speed limits.

  TV Producer : Are you saying you're promoting illegality?

  Brad Phillips : Well, no, no, I didn't say that.

• Brad Phillips : [the LAPD is on its way down to Santa Monica Pier]  Attention! Attention, right now, drivers! The police are on their way to bust the race. The post time has been moved up to exactly 60 seconds from now.

  Beutell : Shit!

  Brad Phillips : Every highway patrolman from here to Philadelphia will be out to nail you. I advise that you all stick to the back roads as much as possible. Gentlemen, start your engines!

• Cameraman in Helicopter : [Coy is followed into the garage where he is to stamp the winning ticket]  How'd you avoid the big pile-up, Cannonball?

  Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : What pile-up?

  Bennie Buckman : It was just a couple cars that crashed on the freeway. It was nothing.

  Cameraman in Helicopter : Nothing? You call seventeen people in the hospital nothing? It all started with the red Trans Am. We thought it was you, at first.

  Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : Linda and Zippo were in that car. Bennie, what the hell's going on?

  Bennie Buckman : They're fine. Come on, will you?

  [to the cameraman] 

  Bennie Buckman : Just leave us alone, huh?

  Cameraman in Helicopter : I saw the whole thing from the copter. I'm afraid the driver bought the farm. Somebody picked the girl up. Must have taken her to a hospital.

  Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : What hospital?

  Brad Phillips : St. Paul's. Glenfield, New Jersey.

  Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : [starting to leave]  How do I get there?

  Bennie Buckman : [grabs Coy's arm]  Coy!

  Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : Bennie, what the hell is this?

  Bennie Buckman : Just stamp the ticket, will you? Go easy on your brother. I busted a lot of asses to get you here, today.

  Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : Busted whose asses?

  Bennie Buckman : Never mind. Just stamp the ticket and we'll go find Linda and Zippo.

  Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : [starts to put the ticket into the time clock, but stops]  Bennie... it was you that blew up the German driver, wasn't it?

  Bennie Buckman : Look, will you just stamp the goddamn ticket? You can't win the race until you've stamped the ticket!

  Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : I won the race.

  Bennie Buckman : Coy, this is important to me. It's not just the money. My life is on the line.

  [notices Coy is ripping the ticket to pieces] 

  Bennie Buckman : What are you doing?

  Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : [stuffs the pieces into Bennie's jacket pocket]  Here, keep it as a souvenir from Zippo. If you want it stamped, stamp it yourself.

  [to the crowd] 

  Coy 'Cannonball' Buckman : How do I get to the hospital?

  Team Manager : Come on, Coy. I'll take you. We've got a lot to talk about.

  [as everyone leaves, Benny angrily throws the ticket pieces on the floor as Lester and his bodyguard walk in] 

  Lester Marks : Well, Bennie... you and I have a lot to talk about, too. Let's conduct Mr. Buckman to my car.

  [they walk towards Benny, who knows that his time on earth is about to end]