One of the great lines in movie history was said by Brimley in the movie Absence of Malice with Paul Newman & Sally Field. Toward the end of the movie Brimley, who plays an Assistant Attorney General and calls all of the principal players in a bribery/press leaking/political corruption case into a conference room and tells everyone that at the end of the day “we’ll all know what in the good Christ (“excuse me Angie”) is going on around here and I am going to have someone’s ass in my briefcase!” There were several other great quotes from that conference room scene, but that one had me on the floor. And boy did I use that line in a few choice business meetings with people that thought they could lie, cheat, steal, etc. to get ahead at the expense of other people and the company’s brand. Great actor who gave some incredible performances in numerous supporting roles.
Absence of Malice....
Is that the movie where Paul Newman is an honest business man and all around good guy but a newspaper reporter publishes lies and half truths about him. He sues the paper and reporter and the newspapers defence is there was an absence of Malice in their articles?
one and one-half minutes of cinematic excellence
You're Fired! The Early Days
I couldn't find my favorite - just before the inquiry there's a scene where he's MARCHING down the hallway with end-of-the-world music and you just KNEW bad things were going to go down. One Helluva actor.