The Kingdom (2007)
Chris Cooper: Grant Sykes
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Quotes
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Adam Leavitt : We're going to Riyadh? Is that right?
Ronald Fleury : Yep.
Grant Sykes : State Department said yes?
Ronald Fleury : Nope.
Adam Leavitt : White House?
Ronald Fleury : Nope.
Adam Leavitt : We bringing security?
Ronald Fleury : No.
Adam Leavitt : This is really going to suck, I think.
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Adam Leavitt : What are four people supposed to do over there in five days, anyways?
Grant Sykes : Weren't you the one that practically demanded we go this morning?
Adam Leavitt : Yeah, I didn't say I. I said FBI.
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Grant Sykes : This whole trip is gonna be like deep sea fishing in Florida. You pay seven-hundred bucks for a boat, sit on your can out in the ocean. Crew jumps around, screams, points, throws out fish bait, you catch nothing.
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Grant Sykes : This hole is the case. Your men are contaminating this. You understand evidence? Little things that are clues? Clues can be very helpful to a fellow trying to solve a crime.
Colonel Faris Al Ghazi : You want to go into the hole?
Grant Sykes : Yeah! Absolutely.
Colonel Faris Al Ghazi : No.
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Grant Sykes : Look, you want to go? We go. I got you. But you have to check yourself.
Ronald Fleury : I'm checked.
Grant Sykes : Okay. I'm just checking that you're checked.
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Grant Sykes : [upon seeing a video of a terrorist attack] They so love to flaunt their work.
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Colonel Faris Al Ghazi : You cannot touch evidence. Please leave it. You cannot question anyone without me present, touch a dead Muslim, or leave my sight at any time. Your safety is my primary concern.
Ronald Fleury : I thought your primary concern would be the investigation.
Colonel Faris Al Ghazi : And you would be mistaken.
Grant Sykes : I think this is one of those something happens to us, his head comes off kind of deals. You're our babysitter, right?
Adam Leavitt : We call that a babysitter.
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Adam Leavitt : How many princes are there?
Colonel Faris Al Ghazi : Over five thousand.
Ronald Fleury : Does every prince get a palace this big?
Colonel Faris Al Ghazi : Some get bigger.
Adam Leavitt : And who pays for all this?
Grant Sykes : Exxon. Chevron. Shell.
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Grant Sykes : [upon seeing Al Ghazi inspecting hands of dead bodies] Fingerprints are on the other side.
Colonel Faris Al Ghazi : I'm not looking for fingerprints.
Grant Sykes : Then what are you doing?
Colonel Faris Al Ghazi : Fingers.
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Colonel Faris Al Ghazi : [noticing mob gathering nearby] This is not a good neighborhood.
Grant Sykes : Yeah, no shit.
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Adam Leavitt : [Asking about Saudi Arabia] What's it like there on the ground?
Grant Sykes : A bit... like... Mars.
Adam Leavitt : Mars? Sounds like I didn't pack right.
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Colonel Faris Al Ghazi : You're not safe at night.
Grant Sykes : [sarcastically] Oh, we're safe during the day, huh?