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CON AIR
Film 1997. Written by Scott Rosenberg. Directed by Simon West. Starring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames, Colm Meaney, Danny Trejo and Dave Chappelle.

Source Features: BBB (12) TIMELINE (2) MAP (2) OTHER (32) THEMES (1)

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BOGUS BUSINESS BUREAU

1

Con Air
When the convicts take over the U.S. Marshall plane, Cyrus Grissom delcares it "Con Air".

2

I'll Never Make Love to a Woman on the B...

I'll Never Make Love to a Woman on the Beach Again
Movie, joke Guard Falzon makes when Cyrus the Virus asks him what the inflight movie is: Well, I think you'll like it, Cyrus. It's called I'll Never Make Love To A Woman On The Beach Again. And it's preceded by the award-winning short, No More Steak For Me Ever.

3

The Jailbird

The Jailbird
The name of the U.S. Marshall service airplane transporting prisoners to the new Feltham Penitentiary in Alabama.

4

Lerner Field

Lerner Field
The Jailbird's rendezvous point, filmed at the historic Wendover Airfield in Utah.

5

Little Sunshine Daycare Center

Childcare Services

Little Sunshine Daycare Center
Poe's daughter Casey's daycare center that she tells him about in one of her letters to him in prison.

6

No More Steak for Me Ever

No More Steak for Me Ever
Movie, joke Guard Falzon makes when Cyrus the Virus asks him what the inflight movie is: Well, I think you'll like it, Cyrus. It's called I'll Never Make Love To A Woman On The Beach Again. And it's preceded by the award-winning short, No More Steak For Me Ever.

7

Omani Y Rosario

Omani Y Rosario
Columbian law firm that sent the letter that Vince Larkin finds in Grissom's cell.

8

Origami
Book that Poe reads while in prison.

9

Oyster Bar
Bar where Poe's wife works.

10

Reflections in a Diamond Eye

Reflections in a Diamond Eye
Book Nathan Jones, also known as Diamond Dog wrote in prison. New York Times called it "A wake-up call for the black community." They're talking to Denzelfor the movie.

11

Spanish for Beginners

Spanish for Beginners
Audiobook. Books on tape that Poe listens to while in prison.

12

Uncle Bob's Scenic Tours

Uncle Bob's Scenic Tours
Tour company. Pinball takes the transponder from the U.S. Marshall plane and outs it on the Uncle Bob's airplane in Carson City.

FICTITIOUS TIMELINE

13

April 15, 1997

20th Century: 90s

April 15, 1997
Date of letter from Columbian law firm Omani y Rosario to Cyrus Grissom that Vince Larkin finds in Grissom's cell.

14

July 14, 1997

20th Century: 90s

July 14, 1997
Poe's daughter Casey's birthday, and the day Cameron's going home to see her in person for the first time.

MAKE BELIEVE MAP

15

Feltham Penitentiary

Detention Centers

Feltham Penitentiary
Alabama's newest super-max facility in the system, designed to warehouse the worst of the worst.

16

Lerner Landing Trailer Park

Residential Communities

Lerner Landing Trailer Park
Trailer park where Garland Greene makes friends with a little girl.

OTHER

17

Billy & Cyrus

Billy & Cyrus
Billy: Have you lost your mind?
Cyrus: According to my last psych evaluation yes.

18

Cameron Poe

Cameron Poe
Cameron Poe: There's only two men I trust. One is me. The other is not you.

19

Cameron Poe

Cameron Poe
Cameron Poe: Somehow they managed to get every creep and freak in the universe on this one plane.

20

Cameron Poe

Cameron Poe
Cameron Poe: Hooray for the sounds of fucking silence.

21

Cameron Poe's daughter's name.

Cameron Poe's daughter's name.

	Sidney
	Casey
	Gale

22

Cameron Poe's nickname for his wife.

Cameron Poe's nickname for his wife.

	Finch
	Dove
	Hummingbird

23

Cyrus

Cyrus
Cyrus: Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. I have the only gun on board. Welcome to Con Air.

24

Cyrus

Cyrus
Cyrus: Don't move or the bunny gets it.

25

Cyrus

Cyrus
Cyrus: The last thing your daughter will smell will be my hot stinking breath!

26

Cyrus & Johnny 23

Cyrus & Johnny 23
Cyrus: Johnny, can you fly?
Johnny 23: No.
Cyrus: You keep that in mind, cause if your dick jumps out of your pants, you jump off this plane!

27

Cyrus Grissom

Cyrus Grissom
Cyrus Grissom: I despise rapists. For me, they're somewhere between a cockroach and that white stuff that accumulates at the corners of your mouth when you're really thirsty. But, in your case, I'll make an exception.

28

Cyrus Grissom & Guard Falzon

Cyrus Grissom & Guard Falzon
Cyrus Grissom: Oh, stewardess? Stewardess? What's the in-flight movie today?
Guard Falzon: Well, I think you'll like it, Cyrus. It's called "I'll Never Make Love to a Woman on the Beach Again", and it's preceded by the award-winning short, "No More Steak for Me, Ever".

29

Duncan Malloy

Duncan Malloy
Duncan Malloy: This is one problem that needs to be un-fucked right now!

30

Duncan Malloy

Duncan Malloy
Duncan Malloy: Well of course you can't reach him. He's off saving the rain forest, or recycling his sandals or some shit.

31

Duncan Malloy

Duncan Malloy
Duncan Malloy: Beautiful? Sunsets are beautiful, newborn babies are beautiful. This. this is fucking spectacular!

32

Duncan Malloy & Vince Larkin

Duncan Malloy & Vince Larkin
Duncan Malloy: What's with dictionary-boy over here?
Vince Larkin: I believe thesaurus-boy would be more appropriate.

33

Garland Greene

Garland Greene
Garland Greene: One girl, I drove through three states wearing her head as a hat.

34

Garland Greene

Garland Greene
Garland Greene: Define irony - a bunch of idiots dancing around on a plane to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash.

35

Garland 'the Marietta Mangler' Greene

Garland 'the Marietta Mangler' Greene
Garland 'The Marietta Mangler' Greene: Crazy is working 50 hours a week for 50 years, at the end of which you're told to piss off. End up in a nursing home, hoping to die before suffering the indignity of not making it to the toilet on time.

36

Guard Falzon

Guard Falzon
Guard Falzon: If any of you so much as pass gas in my direction and upset my delicate nasal passages, your testicles will become my private property.

37

Guard Falzon

Guard Falzon
Guard Falzon: My, my, as I look around, I see a lot of celebrities among us. I see eleven Current Affairs, two Hard Copies and a genuine Geraldo interviewee. But, I gotta tell you gentlemen, none of this impresses me. Because we have rules on this aircraft, and they're gonna be enforced. It's a lot like kindergarten, you'll keep your hands to yourself, you'll keep the decibel level down, and if any of you should feel the need to scream, spit or bite, you'll get the treatment.

38

Johnny 23 & Cameron Poe

Johnny 23 & Cameron Poe
Johnny 23: Do you know what I am?
Cameron Poe: Ugly all day?

39

Little Girl & Garland Greene

Little Girl & Garland Greene
Little Girl: Are you sick?
Garland Greene: Why do you ask?
Little Girl: You look sick.
Garland Greene: I am sick.
Little Girl: Do you take medicine?
Garland Greene: There is no medicine for what I have.

40

The Marietta Mangler

The Marietta Mangler
Also known as Garland Green. Serial killer played by Steve Buscemi.

41

Pinball
Pinball: I hate to say this, Cyrus, but we are three white dudes short. Or as they say in Ebonics, "We be fucked."

42

Pinball & Cyrus

Pinball & Cyrus
Pinball: You didn't mean that 'dirty nigger crackhead' shit, did you?
Cyrus: Give me that gun. Hell yes, I meant it.

43

Pinball & Swamp Thing

Pinball & Swamp Thing
Pinball: Hey, man. You Swamp Thing?
Swamp Thing: That's right.
Pinball: You gonna fly the plane?
Swamp Thing: That's right.
Pinball: It's amazing the shit you white trash know.
Swamp Thing: That's right.

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Vince Larkin

Vince Larkin
Vince Larkin: This one's done it all. Kidnapping, robbery, murder, extortion. His name is Cyrus Grissom, a.k.a. Cyrus the Virus. Thirty-nine years old, and twenty-five of them spent in our institutions.

46

Vince Larkin

Vince Larkin
Vince Larkin: Cyrus is a poster child for the criminally insane.

47

Vince Larkin & Cameron Poe

Vince Larkin & Cameron Poe
Vince Larkin: So what are you going to do now?
Cameron Poe: What do you think I'm gonna do? I'm gonna save the fuckin' day!

48

Vince Larkin & Cameron Poe

Vince Larkin & Cameron Poe
Vince Larkin: If you can't trust a South American drug lord, who can you trust? That was a joke.
Cameron Poe: I'm glad you told me.

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