Unstoppable (2010)
Denzel Washington: Frank
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Quotes
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Oscar Galvin : I am not jeopardizing more personnel and more property just because some engineer wants to play *hero*! End of discussion! That train is our property. It's our decision! Now you stop your pursuit or I will fire you!
Frank : [chuckles] Fire... You already did.
Oscar Galvin : Already did what?
Frank : You've already fired me. I received my 90-day notice in the mail... 72 days ago. Forced early retirement, half benefits.
Oscar Galvin : So you're gonna risk your life for us with three weeks left.
Frank : Not for you. I'm not doing it for you.
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Frank : Mr. Galvin, with all due respect, I've been railroading 28 years. I'm telling you, we got a real chance to stop this thing.
Oscar Galvin : No, we already tried.
Frank : That was from the front. We're long hood lead back. It's a different situation. We got more control now.
Oscar Galvin : What if I cancel the derailer and you fail, Frank? Huh? That train will be doing seventy miles an hour into that elevated S-curve in Stanton. The damage will be a hundred times worse.
Frank : Right. I'm just telling you, the portable derailer is worthless. You got too much train traveling entirely too fast.
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Connie : [walking up to Frank and Will] Sir, I was wondering if you could help me?
Frank : Connie?
Connie : I can't decide which I one of you I'm going to kiss first.
Frank : ME!
[all three of them laugh happily]
Will : Problem solved, go get them Connie.
Connie : All right, bring it on
[kisses Frank on the cheek]
Connie : [Will kisses Darcy]
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Frank : This ain't training. In training they just give you an F. Out here you get killed.
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Frank : So, what was the long story you didn't want to make long?
Will : I come home from work two weeks ago, and she's, uh... she's texting on the phone. I ask her who it is, she says "Nobody." So I said "Let me see the phone." She says no. This goes on, I dunno, five or six times.
Frank : Wait, wait. You're losing me. She's texting...
Will : There's this guy we both went to school with. He's a cop, he's a PA state trooper. And he's always had a thing for Darcy. Going way back.
Connie : [calling over the radio] 1206, where are you?
Frank : 1206 here, Connie. We're just passing milepost 57.
Connie : You're about a mile and a half behind.
Frank : How far out of Arklow is 777?
Connie : Seven and a half miles. It picked up speed. You better step on it.
Frank : I'm stepping on it, in it, around it, and through it, Connie. Thank you. Over.
Will : She's texting on the phone, I keep on asking for it, she keeps on saying no. And, um... she starts to walk away, and I grab for it.
Frank : You hit her?
Will : No, no, no. I mean, I scared her, but I didn't- I didn't hit her. Anyway, I drive to this guy's house and tell him we need to talk, let's take a ride. He jumps in my truck, and starts in with "You've got it all wrong, we're just friends." And then he stops once he sees... the gun I got on the dash.
Frank : Oh!
Will : I look him in the eye and I say "She's my wife. You find a new friend."
Frank : You pulled a gun on a cop?
Connie : [calling on the radio again] Frank? Frank, 777 just passed milepost 61.
Frank : Thank you, Connie.
Will : But you wanna hear the kicker?
Frank : Yes, I do.
Will : It wasn't even him that was texting her. It was my sister-in-law.
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Frank : [Will gives a worried look to Frank] Hey, don't get sentimental on me. Makes me think I'm gonna die.
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Will : You want to go and kill yourself, you do it alone.
Frank : Ask your wife what she thinks.
Will : Wait!
[Frank stops before reentering the cab]
Will : If you're right and that derailer fails what are the odds it makes it to Stanton?
Frank : You saw the train, what do you think?
[Gets back into 1206]
Will : [Thinks for a moment, eventually climbs back aboard 1206 as it starts chasing after 777]
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Frank : [to Will] I only got one rule. One rule only: you're gonna do something, you do it right. You don't know how to do it, you ask me, all right? Likewise, if you need anything from me, you'd better speak up. 'Cause, uh, you're the conductor. Once we get our freight, it's your train. I'm just the guy driving it.
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Frank : [to Will] You are a funny guy. Well-trained, but funny.
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Will : What'd you mean about being married once?
Frank : Alice, my wife, she died of cancer. Four years ago.
Will : I'm sorry.
Frank : Me too. Me too. Every night, I'd come home from work, tell her about my day. Where I'd been, what I hauled.
[Frank turns to Will, smirking]
Frank : Who annoyed me.
Will : [smiling] Guess I would have made the evening report, huh?
[Frank and Will share a laugh]
Frank : [laughing] Yes, you would have made it, definitely.
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Oscar Galvin : God damn it! You listen to me, you son of a bitch! You will be fired!
Frank : You're breaking up... sorry... you're... this garbage is
[pretends that the signal over the radio has become weak]
Connie : Sir, I think they're gone.
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Connie : Frank, you're right, about the derailment. They're, uh, they're planning an attempt outside of Arlow.
Frank : Tell them idiots it ain't gonna work. That portable derailer, it's worthless.
Oscar Galvin : She already told us.
Connie : Frank, this is Oscar Galvin, VP of Operations, patched in at his request, open mic.
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Frank : Like I told you, if you don't know something, just ask. That's all.
Will : I got it.
Frank : I hope so.
Will : Whatever.
Frank : Excuse me?
Will : This shit. This "let's make the new guy prove himself" bullshit. I've gotta tell you, I've heard it before and it gets old real fast.
Frank : Well, that's how it is at the retirement home. Company wants to get rid of us old heads. They give all the jobs to you new guys, to you yellow vests.
Will : I'm not trying to take anything from anybody.
Frank : Well, as reassuring as that is, a lot of guys don't see it that way.
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Connie : Frank, that train's carrying 30,000 gallons of toxic chemicals. They had a window before, but that train's going into populated areas. There's no way they'd derail it now.
Frank : Are you sure about that?
Connie : [unable to say yes] Look, let me make some calls.
Frank : Make some calls. Please.
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Connie : I just wanted to see how you boys are doing.
Frank : We're doing about 60 mile an hour, Connie.
Connie : Sorry? Frank, I don't understand.
Frank : We're going after your train.
Connie : 1206, I'm not hearing you.
Frank : The rear knuckle was left open, so if we can catch up, we can tie it on to our locomotive, try and slow down 777.
Connie : Frank, you can't.
Frank : We already are. The portable derailer's not gonna cut it, Connie.
Connie : Who said anything about a derailer?
Frank : Dispatch. They said that they're evacuating Arklow. Two plus two is four.
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Frank : Fuller Yard, Fuller Yard, this is 1206. We're passing milepost 52, heading northbound on the Main 1.
Connie : 1206, who am I speaking with?
Frank : Frank Barnes, the engineer.
Connie : This is Connie Hooper, yardmaster at Fuller. Why are you still on the mainline?
Frank : We were directed to a siding that's a no-go. We're heading to a RIP track just past milepost 5-0. And we need to know the location of your yard's train.
Connie : It just passed milepost 47.
Will : Holy shit.
Connie : They tried to side it, but it jumped the switch and derailed the lash-up.
Frank : Lash-up? Who was driving?
Connie : [glancing at a news report] Judd Stewart.
Frank : Steward? You said Stewart?
Connie : Judd Stewart, an engineer from Brewster.
Will : You know him?
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Frank : How many cars are we supposed to cut in?
Will : 20. Why?
Frank : 20 cars, okay. See the switch stand ahead of us? The switch stand, yeah?
Will : Uh-huh.
Frank : Yeah. Take a look in the rearview mirror. You see the one behind us? Way back there. You see it?
Will : Uh-huh.
Frank : There's exactly 21 cars between the two stands. Don't ask me how I know. So why is it that there's still more than four and a half cars that are yet to clear?
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Frank : Yeah, this is 1206. We're 60 miles from Wilkins. Uh, 40 minutes out of Fuller Yard.
Brewster Dispatcher : Negative, 1206. Clear your train at the next siding until further instructed. Over.
Frank : What's up?
Brewster Dispatcher : There's an unmanned train out of Fuller on the northbound track. Over.
Frank : On our track? A coaster?
Brewster Dispatcher : 1206, we don't have all the details yet. Just proceed to the next siding and hold tight. Over.
Frank : Next siding's not for ten miles.
Brewster Dispatcher : Affirmative, 1206. Just get in that siding and sight tight until we give you the all-clear. Over.
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Frank : 1206 to dispatch, over.
Will : What's wrong?
Frank : What's wrong? We're not gonna fit in that siding, that's what's wrong. 1206 to dispatch, over.
Brewster Dispatcher : 1206, are you in the siding yet? What's your location?
Frank : No, we're not in the hole. We're not gonna make it, can't do it. Too much train. I'm gonna need you to realign the switch so we can proceed to the next siding.
Brewster Dispatcher : 1206, you have to get off the main. Over.
Frank : I understand that, but you gotta understand this, we're not gonna fit.
Brewster Dispatcher : 1206, stand by.
Will : That siding's a good 3,000 feet end to end.
Frank : Check your timetable, it's gonna tell you the siding is 4,111 feet. But that's signal to signal. In reality, it's more like 2,500 feet. You add those five cars that you picked up...
Will : And we can fit.
Frank : No, we won't fit. Dispatch, this is 1206. Can you tell me where the nearest RIP track is?
Brewster Dispatcher : 1206, there's one in 6.2 miles. How fast are you going?
Frank : 55 mile an hour.
Brewster Dispatcher : 1206, go faster. Over.
Frank : Why? Is that coaster still on the main?
Brewster Dispatcher : 1206, 777 is not a coaster. I repeat, is not a coaster. Over.
Frank : You telling me it's under power?
Will : Get in the God damn siding.
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Frank : You should call your wife.
Will : I would, but it's, uh, it's her day off. She's probably sleeping.
Frank : Don't make excuses. Wake her up.
Will : I've been calling for the past two weeks. She still hasn't called me back.
Frank : She won't. You gotta call her. Don't you know how it works? You quit too easy.
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Connie : I got a guy here named Werner from the FRA. Now, I'm inclined to defer to your judgment here, but he...
Frank : All right, put him on. We could use all the help we can get.
Connie : [yielding her chair to Werner] Just press this and hold to talk.
Inspector Werner : [sitting down] Uh, it's about slowing down 777 once you've tied on. I-I know conventional wisdom says to just gun it in the opposite direction. But you'll have a better shot alternating full throttle with dynamic braking.
Frank : Yeah, but we can't afford to lose counterthrust.
Inspector Werner : Well, what you'll lose in counterthrust, you'll compensate for in tractive force.
Frank : Are you sure about that?
Inspector Werner : Well, it's more of a hunch based on some quick calculations.
Frank : It's a hunch. I'm 70 miles an hour and he's giving us a hunch. Okay, thank you. Uh, put Connie back on, please.
Connie : It's me, Frank.
Frank : Yeah, Connie, this guy know what he's talking about?
Connie : Uh... in a perfect world, yes. I'd say yes.
Frank : In a perfect world, okay.
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Will : Frank, running in reverse, how are you gonna gauge our gap distance? I could go out there, I could signal you by hand.
Frank : At 70 mile an hour?
Will : I'm asking, would it help?
Frank : All right. Radio and hand signals. We'll combinate, okay? Be careful.
Will : I will.
Frank : And, oh, and take... take that vest off, too.
Will : Why?
Frank : Just take it off. I don't wanna look out this window and see you in that yellow vest. It'll freak me out.
