“The Substitute” quotes

(1996)

Title The Substitute
Year 1996
Director Robert Mandel
Genre Drama, Crime, Thriller, Action

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Plot – Columbus High School, in Florida, is attended by rowdy students who often undergo cruel punishments. While Juan Lacas is pleased by the situation, Jane Hetzko opposes. One day while jogging, she's injured and then hospitalized, so her partner Shale, who's a mercenary, goes to school pretending he's Jane's substitute, facing then the turbulent students in an unordinary way. Shale sets up a closed-circuit camera system inside and outside the school, then he intimidates the guys, but he gets fired. Shale asks the usual fifteen days notice and manages to capture the guys' attention. When Shale discovers the principal is involved in a massive drug trafficking, Shale takes action.

All actors – Tom Berenger, Raymond Cruz, William Forsythe, Luis Guzmán, Richard Brooks, Ana Azcuy, Diane Venora, Glenn Plummer, Sharron Corley, Vincent Laresca, Maurice Compte, Marc Anthony, Ernie Hudson, Beau Weaver, Cliff De Young, Willis Sparks, Noelle Beck, Jim Warne, Jody Wilson, Ian Marioles, María Celedonio, David Spates, David Hayes, Peggy Pope, Nidia Alvarez, Melissa Martinez, Claudia Silva, Enrique Cruz, David Díaz, Lázaro Gómez, Travis Patterson, Simon Ricky, Mercedes Enriquez, Artie Malesci, Rodney A. Grant, Steve DuMouchel, Gustavo Laborie, Juan F. Cejas, Dwight Lauderdale, Margo Peace, Willmer Padilla, Marta Velasco, Mike Benitez, Orlando Delbert, Bryan Friday, Anthony Petzold, Claudio Sad, Frank Silva

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“- Mr. Darrell Sherman: You're a liar!
- Principal Claude Rolle: I know. It upsets me too.”
Glenn Plummer - Mr. Darrell Sherman
Ernie Hudson - Principal Claude Rolle
[Tag:liars, self-examination, self-knowledge]
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“- Principal Claude Rolle: Two of your students are in the nurse's office talking a lawsuit right now.
- Shale: Why, is the nurse a lawyer?”
Ernie Hudson - Principal Claude Rolle
Tom Berenger - Jonathan Shale
[Tag:lawyers, students]
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- Shale: Did you ever look up the word "mercenary"? It's someone who "works merely for money".
- Joey: Everybody works for money.
- Shale: It's not the money that bothers me; it's the "merely".
Tom Berenger - Jonathan Shale
Raymond Cruz - Joey Six
[Tag:money, working]
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“- Shale: I'd like to know what area of history you're studying.
- Student: The fuck you history!”
Tom Berenger - Jonathan Shale
Simon Ricky - Student
[Tag:history, students, studying]
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“- Mr. Darrell Sherman: Rolle was a cop. He knows the law.
- Hannah Dillon: Yeah, that's right Darrell, you keep the faith.”
Glenn Plummer - Mr. Darrell Sherman
Peggy Pope - Hannah Dillon
[Tag:law, loyalty, police]
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“You know what I see when I look at you, Darrell? I see me. I see me when I was young and stupid.”
Ernie Hudson - Principal Claude Rolle
[Tag:stupidity, youth]
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“I'm in charge of this class. I'm the warrior chief. I'm the merciless god of anything that stirs in my universe. You fuck with me, and you will suffer my wrath.”
Tom Berenger - Jonathan Shale
[Tag:anger, power]
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“- Juan Lacas: When we're done, I want you to say 'I'm Sorry' 100 times.
- Shale: Shh. No talking in the library.”
Marc Anthony - Juan Lacas
Tom Berenger - Jonathan Shale
[Tag:apologies, silence]
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“Power perceived is power achieved.”
Ernie Hudson - Principal Claude Rolle
[Tag:appearance, perception, power]
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“- Shale: Who died?
- Student: You did.
- Shale: Guess I am a little late.”
Tom Berenger - Jonathan Shale
Simon Ricky - Student
[Tag:death, delay]
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“- Shale: You don't want soldiers, you want killers.
- Matt Wolfson: You know, you'll have to excuse me here Shale, 'cause I wasn't aware there was that much of a difference.”
Tom Berenger - Jonathan Shale
Cliff De Young - Matt Wolfson
[Tag:killing, soldiers]

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