Minority Report (2002)

Colin Farrell: Danny Witwer

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• John Anderton : Why'd you catch that?

  Danny Witwer : Because it was going to fall.

  John Anderton : You're certain?

  Danny Witwer : Yeah.

  John Anderton : But it didn't fall. You caught it. The fact that you prevented it from happening doesnt change the fact that it was *going* to happen.

• John Anderton : [about Witwer's father]  What does he think about your chosen line of work?

  Danny Witwer : I don't know. He was shot and killed when I was 15 on the steps of our church in Dublin. I know what it's like to lose someone close, John. 'Course, nothing is like the loss of a child. I don't have any children of my own, so I can only imagine what that must've been like. To lose your son - in such a public place like that. At least now you and I have the chance to make sure that kind of thing doesn't happen to anyone...

  John Anderton : Why don't you cut the cute act, Danny boy, and tell me exactly what it is you're looking for?

  Danny Witwer : Flaws.

  John Anderton : There hasn't been a murder in 6 years. There's nothing wrong with the system, it is perfect.

  Danny Witwer : [simultaneously]  - perfect. I agree. But if there's a flaw, it's human. It always is.

• Lara Anderton : How do you take your coffee?

  Danny Witwer : Cream and sugar.

  Lara Anderton : I don't have any cream, sorry.

  Danny Witwer : Just sugar, then. You and John ever come here?

  Lara Anderton : [begins to walk away towards the kitchen]  We used to.

  Danny Witwer : He's not here now is he?

  Lara Anderton : [stops in the doorway and looks at him] 

  Danny Witwer : I had to ask.

  Lara Anderton : [walks back to Danny and hands back his cup]  I don't have any sugar, either.

• Danny Witwer : Lamar thinks you left John because he lost himself in Precrime instead of you.

  Lara Anderton : [glares at him]  I left him, because everytime I looked at him, I saw my son. Everytime time I got close to him, I smelled my little boy. That's why I left him. And now you can leave.

• Danny Witwer : [Using Anderton's projector and puts a clear recorded device into it]  This is a murder of a woman named Anne Livley.

  Lamar Burgess : You got this from containment?

  Danny Witwer : Yes. This is from the twins, Arthur and Dashiell. Agatha's datastream is missing.

  [Takes out the clear device and gets out another clear device from his suit pocket] 

  Danny Witwer : This is from the Cyber Parlor.

  [Puts that clear device into Anderton's projector] 

  Danny Witwer : Anderton dowloaded this directly from Agatha, and Rufus Riley recorded it.

  Lamar Burgess : It's the same prevision.

  Danny Witwer : Not quite.

  [Gets up and goes to the video on the wall] 

  Danny Witwer : Watch the wave action across the water. Watch the ripples. Moving

  [Moves his pinky] 

  Danny Witwer : *away* from shore.

  [Goes over to the projector and changes recorded devices] 

  Danny Witwer : This is from containment what Art and Dash saw.

  [Goes back to the wall] 

  Danny Witwer : The wind has changed. The ripples are moving the other way.

  [Moves his pinky to the direction of the ripples] 

  Danny Witwer : This murder is taking place at 2 different times. The sentry has said that Anderton was actually watching this in containment right before he was tagged.

  Lamar Burgess : Yes, yes. He came to me and told me about the missing prevision. He was afraid that you might find it.

  Danny Witwer : He was right. I *did* find it. But one question remains: Why would somebody want this erased from the data file?

  Lamar Burgess : Danny. Tell me. What are you thinking?

  Danny Witwer : I'm thinking somebody got away with murder.

  Lamar Burgess : I don't understand.

  Danny Witwer : Well, Jad told me that sometimes the Pre-Cogs see the same murder more than once.

  Lamar Burgess : It's called an "echo".

  Danny Witwer : Jad calls it "Pre-Cog Deja Vu".

  Lamar Burgess : Yes. The Pre-Cog technician finds these echoes and disregard them.

  Danny Witwer : [laughs slightly]  Yes, but um... what if the technician only *thought* that he was looking at an echo? What if he was really looking at was a completely different murder altogether?

  Lamar Burgess : Uh, I don't understand.

  Danny Witwer : All you have to do is hire someone to kill Anne Livley for you, someone like a drifter, a neuroin addict, somebody with nothing to lose. Pre-Crime stops the murder from taking place, Halos the killer, takes him away but then, right then someone else that has viewed the pre-vision. Dresses in the same clothes, commits the murder in *exactly* the same way. Technician takes a look, *thinks* he's looking at an echo, erases it.

  [Brief pause] 

  Danny Witwer : Of course, this would have to be somebody with access to the previsions in the first place. Someone *fairly* high-up...

  Lamar Burgess : [Shushes Witwer]  You know what I hear Danny? Nothing. No footsteps up the stairs, no jet out of the window, no clickeyty-click of the little spiders. Do you know why I can't hear those things Danny? Because right now, the Pre-Cogs can't see a thing.

  [Shoots Danny in the chest as he slowley crumples to the floor, Burgess than comes over to Danny and shoots him in the head] 

• Danny Witwer : Looks like we won't be working together after all, John. Now put the gun down. I don't hear a red ball.

  [Sirens begin going off, the same sirens that usually indicate a red ball- Witwer's smile drops] 

• [viewing the crime scene of Leo Crow's murder] 

  Danny Witwer : I worked homicide before federal. This is what we call an orgy of evidence. You know how many orgies I had as a homicide cop?

  Officer Fletcher : How many?

  Danny Witwer : None.

  [crouches down and looks back up] 

  Danny Witwer : This was all arranged.

• Danny Witwer : [getting into the elevator]  You're in a lot of trouble, John.

  John Anderton : You set me up.

  Danny Witwer : I'll write the paranoia off to the whiff you've been doping on...

  [John slams him against the elevator wall and draws his gun, then presses it to Witwer's throat] 

  John Anderton : Well, I...

  Danny Witwer : Easy. Easy. It seems I found a flaw.

  [He pulls from his pocket and holds up the inhalant device] 

  John Anderton : What are you gonna do?

  Danny Witwer : Possession alone will cost you six months, not to mention your badge. I guess we won't be working together after all. Now, put the gun down, John. I don't hear a red ball.

  Danny Witwer : [in a deadly tone]  Now, put the gun down, John. I don't hear a red ball.

  [Then, the red ball alarm sounds, and Anderton backs out of the elevator and turns to run] 

• Danny Witwer : He came to see you the other day right before he was tagged. What did you talk about?

  Lamar Burgess : The Mets. John doesn't think they have a deep enough pitching roster this year, and I'm inclined to...

  Danny Witwer : Why are you protecting him?

• John Anderton : Why don't you cut the cute act, Danny boy, and tell me what it is you're looking for?

  Danny Witwer : Flaws.

  John Anderton : There hasn't been a murder in six years. There's nothing wrong with this system it is...

  Danny Witwer : Perfect I agree, but there's a flaw. It's human.

• Danny Witwer : The Precogs can see a murder four days out. Why the late call?

  Officer Fletcher : Well, we call it a red ball. With crimes of passion, there's no premeditation, so they show up late. Most of our scrambles are flash events like this one. We rarely see anything with premeditation anymore.

  Danny Witwer : People have gotten the message.

• Danny Witwer : What does he want with a Pre-Cog?

  Wally the Caretaker : [hysterical]  What do you think? So he can kill whoever he wants without anyone knowing about it!

• Danny Witwer : Science has stolen most of our miracles. In a way, they give us hope, hope of the existence of the divine. I find it interesting that some people have begun to deify the Precogs.

• Danny Witwer : So, I'll be the first one to go in, then?

  John Anderton : Maybe you didn't hear me.

  Danny Witwer : If it's a question of authority...

  John Anderton : No, there is no question. You don't have any.

• Officer Fletcher : When the Precogs declare a victim and a killer, their name is embedded in the grain of wood. Since each piece is unique, the shape and grain is unique. The shape and grain is impossible to forge.

  Danny Witwer : I'm sure you all understand the legalistic drawback to Precrime methodology.

  Knott : Here we go again.

  Danny Witwer : Look, I'm not with the ACLU on this, Jeff. But let's not kid ourselves. We are arresting individuals who have broken no law.

  Jad : But they will.

  Officer Fletcher : The commission of the crime itself is absolute metaphysics. The Precogs seethe future, and they're never wrong.

  Danny Witwer : But it's not the future if you stop it.

• Danny Witwer : You ever get any false positives? Someone intends to kill his boss or his wife, but they never go through with it. How do the Precogs tell the difference?

  John Anderton : The Precogs don't see what you intend to do - only what you will do.

• Danny Witwer : The oracle isn't where the power is, anyway. The power's always been with the priests, even if they had to invent the oracle.