The Lincoln Lawyer (film)

The Lincoln Lawyer is a 2011 film about a lawyer who works in a chauffeur-driven Lincoln Town Car rather than an office, who is hired to defend the son of a wealthy Los Angeles businesswoman in an assault case. Details of the crime bring up uncomfortable parallels with a former case, and he discovers the two cases are intertwined.
 * Directed by Brad Furman. Written by John Romano, based on the novel by Michael Connelly.

Mickey Haller

 * I checked the list of people I trust and your name ain't on it.

Other

 * Detective Kurlen: [to Haller in crowded elevator] How does someone like you sleep at night with all the scum you represent?

Dialogue

 * Earl Briggs: You know what? You would've done all right on the streets.
 * Mickey Haller: Shit. Where do you think I am, Earl?


 * Mickey Haller: When do you retire, Lankford?
 * Detective Lankford: When do I retire?
 * Mickey Haller: Yeah.
 * Detective Lankford: Eighteen months. Why?
 * Mickey Haller: I wanna make sure I show up the next morning so I can kick your ass.


 * Eddie Vogel: Counsellor?
 * Mickey Haller: Eddie, we had a deal. Either you pay me, or go with a public defender.
 * Eddie Vogel: How 'bout five grand?
 * Mickey Haller: Ten.
 * [Eddie hands Mick a brown envelope. Mick shakes it]
 * Eddie Vogel: Ain't you gonna count it?
 * Mickey Haller: I just did.


 * Eddie Vogel: You really shoot your client's mother?
 * Mickey Haller: Damn right I did. She shot me first.


 * Frank Levin: Jesus, Mick, are you starting to think Louis is innocent?
 * Mickey Haller: He just might be. Besides, you know what my father always said about an innocent client.
 * Frank Levin: No, I've never heard this. Hi...
 * Maggie McPherson: He said 'there's no client as scary as an innocent man'.
 * Mickey Haller: That's right. 'Cos if you screw up and he goes to prison... You're never gonna be able to live with yourself.


 * Frank Levin: [looking out of top floor window] You're so vain. Nobody would care if you killed yourself.
 * Mickey Haller: It'd look cool. What do you think the last thing to go through your mind would be?
 * Frank Levin: Your asshole.
 * Mickey Haller: Yeah.


 * [Mick, armed with a baseball bat, discovers Louis has broken into his house]
 * Louis Roulet: [sitting casually in Mick's home office] If you're wondering how I got in, I'm in real estate, so if I want to get into a friend's house...
 * Mickey Haller: No, we're not friends. You're my client. And I'm your lawyer.
 * Louis Roulet: My lawyer. See, that's exactly what I wanted to remind you of. I'm about to go on trial, and yet I couldn't reach you. Now I find out where you were all day. Heard you tell Maggie.
 * Mickey Haller: You shit.
 * Louis Roulet: You went to see Jesus Martinez. And I know what you talked about: Donna Renteria. You're right, Mick. I killed her. There. No reason I shouldn't tell my own lawyer since it's all confidential. Attorney-client privilege. Isn't that what you told me?
 * Mickey Haller: It's time for you to go, Louis.
 * Louis Roulet: Alright.
 * [He sits up, finishes his drink, and stands up. He notices a framed picture of Mick & his daughter Hayley on Mick's desk]
 * Louis Roulet: That's a cute picture of your daughter Hayley. She's very pretty. She's got soccer practice tomorrow, right?
 * Mickey Haller: Don't.
 * Louis Roulet: Don't what?
 * Mickey Haller: You think you're the first client to threaten me and my family? Huh?
 * Louis Roulet: All I said was she's pretty.
 * Mickey Haller: Are you scared, Louis? Because where you are right now, you're in a very dangerous place.
 * [He opens the front door and Louis leaves]


 * Mickey Haller: Maggie, you know what I used to be afraid oF?
 * Maggie McPherson: Yeah, me.
 * Mickey Haller: That I wouldn't recognize innocence. That it would be right there in front of me, and I just wouldn't see it.
 * Maggie McPherson: Yeah...
 * Mickey Haller: I'm not talking about guilty or not guilty; just, just innocence. Know what I'm afraid of now?
 * [Maggie shakes head]
 * Mickey Haller: Evil. Pure Evil.


 * Mickey Haller: [sitting on Maggie's front porch as Louis approaches him] Hello, Louis. My family's here.
 * Louis Roulet: I know.
 * Mickey Haller: You bring your knife? My gun?
 * Louis Roulet: Maybe.
 * Mickey Haller: Good. [pulls his new gun out of his coat pocket] 'Cause I brought this. You've got one chance to turn around and leave.
 * Louis Roulet: [stepping closer] And then what? You gonna keep coming back every night? Every day? Or just try to get me sent up to San Quentin like Jesus Martinez?
 * Mickey Haller: No. I'm not quitting until Martinez is free and you're convicted of murder. And when that needle goes in your arm, that will be me.
 * Louis Roulet: Well, why don't you just shoot me right now?
 * Mickey Haller: I don't think I'll have to. [looks out towards the street]
 * Louis Roulet: [turns around] Hey!
 * [Eddie Vogel and his biker gang pull up and start vandalizing Louis' car with baseball bats]
 * Louis Roulet: That's my car!
 * [a biker rides up from behind and hits Louis with a baseball bat, knocking him to the sidewalk]
 * Biker: It's Louis' car, man!
 * [the bikers continue vandalizing Louis' car as Mick gets up and walks to the street]
 * Biker: Come on, now. Get him up. Get up!
 * [another biker grabs Louis and drags him out into the middle of the street]
 * Mickey Haller: Hospital, not the morgue.
 * [Eddie gives Mick a two-finger salute as his posse beats up Louis and Mick walks away]


 * Mickey Haller: I tell you what Eddie, how about I do this one for free?
 * [Eddie gestures at him and leaves]
 * Earl Briggs: Are you sure you're feeling all right?
 * Mickey Haller: Repeat customers, Earl. We'll stick it to 'em next time...

Cast

 * Matthew McConaughey - Mickey Haller
 * Marisa Tomei - Maggie McPherson
 * Ryan Phillippe - Louis Roulet
 * William H. Macy - Frank Levin
 * Josh Lucas - Ted Minton
 * John Leguizamo - Val Valenzuela
 * Michael Peña - Jesus Martinez
 * Bob Gunton - Cecil Dobbs
 * Frances Fisher - Mary Windsor
 * Bryan Cranston - Detective Lankford


 * Trace Adkins - Eddie Vogel
 * Laurence Mason - Earl Briggs
 * Margarita Levieva - Reggie Campo
 * Pell James - Lorna
 * Shea Whigham - Corliss
 * Katherine Moennig - Gloria
 * Michael Paré - Detective Kurlen
 * Michaela Conlin - Detective Sobel
 * Mackenzie Aladjem - Hayley Haller
 * Eric Etebari - Charles Talbot