Vendetta (1986)
Karen Chase: Laurie Collins
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Quotes
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Kay Butler : [shocked at Laurie's admission] It was you? Star... Wanda?
Laurie Collins : Yeah... and you're the ONLY one left!
Kay Butler : [visibly frightened, gasps] No... it was an accident... we just roughed her up a little bit.
Laurie Collins : An accident? An ACCIDENT?
[she grabs Kay's arm and forces her to the floor, disarming her and puts her foot at her throat]
Laurie Collins : I should have killed you!
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Laurie Collins : [Laurie is visiting Bonnie in prison] We're doing everything we can to get you out of here.
Bonnie Cusack : [crying] I didn't mean to kill him!
Laurie Collins : I know, baby... I know.
Bonnie Cusack : Don't let them keep me in here, Laurie!
Laurie Collins : [as guard leads Bonnie away] I love you, Bonnie.
Bonnie Cusack : I love you too.
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Judge Waters : [at Laurie's sentencing hearing] Laurie Collins... I hereby fine you eight thousand dollars for damages. And I sentence you to twelve months, state correctional authority. However, it is the opinion of this court that these acts were not done in malice, but rather from a deep emotional stress. Sentence suspended.
Laurie Collins : [in disbelief] You son of a bitch.
Judge Waters : [equally in disbelief] What did you say?
Laurie Collins : You call yourself a judge? This trial has nothing to do with justice.
[moving towards bench]
Laurie Collins : You fine me $8,000 and tell me to go home? Well, no problem!
[grabs Judge by his necktie, pandemonium erupts]
Laurie Collins : What about the crimes against human life? Who pays for that?
Judge Waters : Bailiff!
[the bailiffs pull Laurie away]
Judge Waters : I hereby revoke that suspension! Your sentence will begin immediately!
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Laurie Collins : [Judge Waters and his wife step out of their Lincoln Mark IV and into a restaurant, where they're seated on the patio. A valet parks the car. Laurie, who has been watching them from another table, leaves and approaches a different valet, pretending to dig in her purse] I seem to have misplaced my ticket.
[points towards the Judge's car with a $20 bill]
Laurie Collins : The white Lincoln.
Parking Attendant : [smiling happily] Of course, ma'am.
Judge Waters : [looks up and sees his car being brought up, to his wife] Hey, look... is THAT the CAR?
[Laurie gets in, he moves towards the front]
Judge Waters : Now wait just a...
Parking Attendant : [takes the $20] Well, thank you ma'am... drive carefully.
Laurie Collins : Sure!
[she takes off]
Parking Attendant : [to the other valet] Hey! Who was that?
Parking Attendant : I dunno... some lady with a $20 bill.
Parking Attendant : GODDAMMIT, shithead! That was Judge Waters' car!
Judge Waters : [mouth agape, watching Laurie drive off in his Lincoln] GODDAMN!
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Laurie Collins : [Laurie has just totaled Judge Waters' Lincoln... she emerges drunk and laughing after a police officer orders her out at gunpoint] Well, it's about time! You guys are awful slow!
[another officer assists in leading Laurie to police car]
Laurie Collins : How'd you like that? I do that for a living!
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Kay Butler : [after escaping lockdown following the riot, Kay, armed with a shank, runs into Laurie] What are you doing here?
Laurie Collins : I want the truth.
Kay Butler : What're you talking about?
Laurie Collins : My sister.
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Warden Haines : [reading Laurie's file] Well, Ms. Collins... felony drunk driving, grand larceny, grand theft auto. Well, since you like cars so much, let's start you off in the motor pool.
Laurie Collins : Okay.
Warden Haines : If you keep your nose clean, it'll turn out to be a pretty good job. Okay, that's all.
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Steve Nelson : [Laurie is on her way to the showers] Hey! How ya doin', sweetheart?
Laurie Collins : Well, what do YOU think? At least they let you out of here at night.
Steve Nelson : I think I got a solution to your problem.
Laurie Collins : I'm not interested.
Steve Nelson : Well, I was just trying to make your stay more enjoyable.
[hears commotion down the hall]
Steve Nelson : Uh oh, trouble at the office.
[leaves]
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Wanda : [Laurie confronts Wanda at the wind farm as Wanda is shooting heroin into her arm] What are you doing here?
Laurie Collins : You killed Bonnie Cusack.
Wanda : [getting up] Oh, come on.
Laurie Collins : "Oh come on?" You killed her! And I want to know who helped you!
[Wanda pulls a knife on her, they fight, Laurie overpowers her]
Laurie Collins : Drop it... drop the knife, now!
[Wanda drops the knife, Laurie's elbow is at her throat]
Laurie Collins : Names... NAMES. WHO? NOW! NAMES!
Wanda : [weakly] Kay.
Laurie Collins : KAY! Who else?
Wanda : Bobo... China, and ME.
Laurie Collins : [Laurie releases Wanda, who starts towards the ladder clutching her arm] Wanda!
[Wanda turns around, just in time for Laurie to kick her in the face, sending her from the ladder to the ground below]
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Laurie Collins : [China is alone at the pool... Laurie sneaks up on her] CHINA!
China : What the hell are YOU doing here?
Laurie Collins : [menacingly] YOU'RE NEXT.