Pushing Tin

Pushing Tin is 1999 Drama movie. Its describes a story of two cocky air traffic controllers that quarrel over proving who's more of a man.
 * Directed by Mike Newell. Written by Glen and Les Charles

A Comedy about Life, Love, Airplanes and Other Bumpy Rides (taglines)


 * Nick Falzone: [Finds Connie crying in the living room] What is it?
 * Connie Falzone: Sit down, Nick. I've been explaining to the kids what it means that daddy... won't be around anymore.
 * Nick Falzone: [drops bouquet] Hey... hey, hey Connie. Wait a minute, Connie... Connie, do you even want to hear my side of this?
 * Connie Falzone: What's your side of my father dying...?


 * Nick Falzone: [to Russell Bell] I'm personally going to see to it that you go down in flames!
 * Airplane Pilot: What?
 * Nick Falzone: Negative, United. That was not to you. Not to you!

 [Jet flies low over Ed's house]
 * Ed Clabes: Dammit! I left a *note*, to use alternate climbouts today. Who's on departure?
 * Tina Leary: Uh, I dunno it's probably Harrison?
 * Ed Clabes: Harrison, that asshole! I'll make sure every seven forty-seven leaving New York tomorrow night blows shingles off his roof!
 * Tina Leary: Well, at least it drowns out Falzone.


 * Mr. Feeney: Controlling air traffic's much like conducting an orchestra.
 * Nick Falzone: Mr. Feeney used a metaphor. Can you say "metaphor"?
 * Know-It-All Schoolboy: That wasn't a metaphor. That was a simile. "Laying pipe" is a metaphor. Did you know that an air traffic controller is responsible for more lives in a shift than a surgeon is in his life? It looks like a computer game.
 * Nick Falzone: This is no game. You make a mistake here, there's no reset button.
 * Schoolboy's mother: Don't touch me.
 * Know-It-All Schoolboy: I hear controllers have the highest rates of depression, nervous breakdowns, heart attacks and alcoholism.
 * Nick Falzone: Don't forget suicide, kid.
 * Schoolboy's mother: He always researches our field trips. He's been online since he was 4.


 * Russell Bell: Thought is the enemy.
 * Nick Falzone: I know. I've been thinking too much. I had that thought actually.


 * Mary Bell: Are there people who find you charming?
 * Nick Falzone: Well they pretend, 'cause I try real hard.


 * Nick Falzone: [to Russell Bell] I called your house and Mary said you'd be out here.
 * Nick Falzone: She sounds good
 * Nick Falzone: Oh, she wanted I give you this message, "See, I told you Colorado wasn't far enough".


 * Nick Falzone: [Nick finds Mary crying in the supermarket] Anything I can do?
 * Mary Bell: No, fine.
 * Supermarket Boy: [to Mary] Is this man bothering you?
 * Supermarket Boy: [to Nick] What did you say to her?
 * Nick Falzone: Hey! Hey, go away. Go battle evil on aisle twelve!


 * Nick Falzone: What do you need?
 * Mary Bell: I told Russell.
 * Nick Falzone: You told him what?
 * Mary Bell: About us.
 * Nick Falzone: Why did you do that? Why would you do something like that? What are you, fucking nuts? Why would you do that?Tell me why you'd do... Are you sick?
 * Mary Bell:Last night was a major moment in our marriage. We reached this honesty and he shared something with me that was unbelievably personal.
 * Nick Falzone: What?!
 * Mary Bell:Like I'm gonna tell you. It was important I share with him in return.
 * Nick Falzone: You know I gotta work with this guy? We work together!
 * Mary Bell: I know. It's okay. He's not upset.
 * Nick Falzone: Yeah, right!
 * Mary Bell: He's all right about it.
 * Nick Falzone: Bullshit! You understand? It's never all right! I'm a man! He's a man! Trust me! It's never all right. Ever! Ever!
 * Mary Bell: He was moved that I was so honest.


 * Nick Falzone: Your singing was beautiful.
 * Mary Bell: My father. He was a professional singer, among other things.
 * Nick Falzone: What are you listening to?
 * Mary Bell: French tapes.
 * Nick Falzone: You're learning French?
 * Mary Bell: I like to learn new things.
 * Nick Falzone: Me too.
 * Mary Bell: You speak it?
 * Nick Falzone: French? Me? No.
 * Mary Bell: I've always wanted to learn, though. They say it's the language of love. I'm not sure how much I love it. But... That is nice. If you're interested, I'll loan you these when I'm finished.
 * Mary Bell: [After she has gone to bed with Nick] I'm so sorry...
 * Nick Falzone: Why?
 * Mary Bell: I wasn't talking to you.
 * Nick Falzone: Who were you talking to?
 * Mary Bell: God, I guess! I read that when a person does not trust another person, it's because they, themselves...
 * Nick Falzone: They themselves what?
 * Mary Bell: Are you turning this around so it's about me? Is it, Nick? Is this about you?
 * Nick Falzone: What are you talking about?
 * Mary Bell: You look me in the eye, and tell me you've never cheated on me.
 * Nick Falzone:Come on. You want me to, I'm gonna be sick. I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be sick. This is not okay.
 * Mary Bell: You are an asshole! Capital A-S-H...
 * Nick Falzone: Stop hitting me!
 * Mary Bell: Asshole! O-L-E!
 * Nick Falzone:The captain, here. Shortly, we'll be descending. The cabin crew will complete, I know it's too early to ask you to forgive me. But do you think you could someday imagine starting to think about it? I just want you to know that if the situation were reversed, in my heart I'd forgive you.
 * Mary Bell: There's nothing to forgive.
 * Nick Falzone: What do you mean?
 * Mary Bell: Wanna know why? Because I did it too. Russell et moi. We did the deed. Le grand of freaky-frick. We went all over the house. We went upside down. We went sideways. We should have worn helmets.
 * Mary Bell: Wanna know why? Because I did it too. Russell et moi. We did the deed. Le grand of freaky-frick. We went all over the house. We went upside down. We went sideways. We should have worn helmets.


 * Ed Clabes: [When the girls sit down at the table with the controllers at the diner] I'm married.
 * Nick Falzone: [the controllers all laugh] And you were just about to throw yourself at him, weren't you?


 * Leo Morton: Ed, can you take that Delta?
 * Ed Clabes: No, I can't take the Delta, my airspace is finite.
 * Barry Plotkin: Uh-oh, Ed's going down the drain.
 * Ed Clabes: I am NOT going down the drain.
 * Barry Plotkin: Oh yes you are. It happens every time you use the term "finite."


 * Jethro (Sparta Pilot): Sparta 753 for Newark approach.
 * Nick Falzone: Hey Sparta 753, is that Jethro?
 * Jethro (Sparta Pilot): Yeehaw!
 * Nick Falzone: How's my favorite redneck?
 * Jethro (Sparta Pilot): Falzone, are you mocking me, son?
 * Nick Falzone: Yes, before you run out of cornpone or whatever you use for fuel.
 * Jethro (Sparta Pilot): Shoot, we wouldn't waste good moonshine to fly one of these shit-boxes. Now are you going to give me a vector or am I going to have to find New York by the smell?
 * Nick Falzone: Oh, all right. Sparta 753 turn left heading zero-zeven-zero, maintain two-thousand till localizer. Cleared ILS runway four.
 * Jethro (Sparta Pilot): ILS runway four. Hey let's have dinner some time control. I want to see if you are as ugly as you sound.
 * Nick Falzone: OK, as long as I can find a place where we don't need shoes. Now will your pig be dinning with you or will you be sleeping alone?


 * Dynajet Flight Attendant: Sir, will you please sit down! The Captain is in control of the plane!
 * Nick Falzone: Oh, you think the Captain is in control? Now THAT would really scare me!


 * Ron Hewitt: Hey Russell, we hear this story, they say you stood on a runway in New Mexico and let a 747 part your hair with wake turbulence. That happen?
 * Russell Bell: No.
 * Ron Hewitt: That's what we thought.
 * Russell Bell: No, that was in Arizona.
 * Barry Plotkin: You really did that?
 * Russell Bell: Yeah!
 * Barry Plotkin: Why?
 * Russell Bell: Well, I guess my life was a little short on excitement. Of course, all that's changed tonight.

Nick Falzone

 * Oh, you really think the pilot is controlling this plane? That would really scare me.
 * To hold on to sanity too tight is insane.

Mary Bell

 * Mr. Falzone, what's the fewest number of words you can use to get out that door?
 * [Listening to Nick ramble on about their affair] I am way too sober for this.

Russell Bell

 * If you ever want to sleep at night, don't marry a beautiful girl.
 * I used to bowl, when I was an alcoholic.
 * Human beings can tolerate a lot of pain, you never know until it happens.

Tina Leary

 * Hangin' left today, Ed?

TRACON Manager

 * I know he brings 'em in steep, and tight. But he gets the job done. He pushes tin.

Cast

 * John Cusack as Nick "The Zone" Falzone
 * Billy Bob Thornton as Russell Bell
 * Cate Blanchett as Connie Falzone
 * Angelina Jolie as Mary Bell
 * Jake Weber as Barry Plotkin
 * Kurt Fuller as Ed Clabes
 * Vicki Lewis as Tina Leary
 * Matt Ross as Ron Hewitt
 * Jerry Grayson as Leo Morton
 * Michael Willis as Pat Feeney
 * Philip Akin as Paul
 * Mike O'Malley as Pete
 * Neil Crone as Tom
 * Matt Gordon as Ken
 * Joe Pingue as Mark
 * Dwight McFee as Veteran controller
 * Michael Hyatt as Trudy
 * John Carroll Lynch as Doctor Freeze
 * Kiersten Warren as Karen