A Simple Plan (1998)

Bridget Fonda: Sarah

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• [Hank worries Sarah with the supposed FBI agent coming through town in search of the plane] 

  Sarah Mitchell : You've gotta remember how people see you. You're just a normal guy, a nice, sweet, normal guy.

  Hank Mitchell : They're gonna know.

  Sarah Mitchell : No, they won't. Nobody would ever believe that you'd be capable of doing what you've done.

• [Hank asks Sarah what she would do if she found $4 million as she tends to the cut on his forehead] 

  Hank Mitchell : What if you were walking in the woods... And you found a bag full of money, let's say $4 million. Would you keep it?

  Sarah Mitchell : Of course not. Here. Hold that.

  Hank Mitchell : How come?

  Sarah Mitchell : Well, for starters, it'd be stealing.

  Hank Mitchell : We're talking about lost money here, nobody's looking for it.

  Sarah Mitchell : Give me that. Four million dollars of lost money?

  Hank Mitchell : Yeah.

  Sarah Mitchell : That nobody's looking for?

  Hank Mitchell : Yeah.

  Sarah Mitchell : Well, then so whose money is it?

  Hank Mitchell : Yours.

• [Sarah questions Hank on where the money came from] 

  Sarah Mitchell : Whose money was it before?

  Hank Mitchell : A bank robber's.

  Sarah Mitchell : So, then, it's the bank's money?

  Hank Mitchell : All right, it's a... a drug dealer's.

  Sarah Mitchell : It was... Hank. I mean, this is really silly. Obviously you want me to say something in particular. I don't know what it is, but you want me to agree with you or say that you're right or something. But I wouldn't take it. That's just me. I wouldn't.

  [Hank pours the bag of money out in front of Sarah] 

• [Sarah fights with Hank about their life going back to before finding the money] 

  Sarah Mitchell : Is that what you think you want? Walking off to the feed store every morning for the next 30 years, waiting for Tom Butler to retire or die so you can finally get a raise. And what about Amanda? Do you think she's gonna like growing up with somebody else's hand-me-down clothes? Playing with some kid's old toys because we can never afford to by her anything new?

  Hank Mitchell : [Hank whispers]  Don't say any more.

  Sarah Mitchell : And me. What about me? Spending the rest of my life, eight hours a day, with a fake smile plastered on my face checking out books. And then coming home to cook dinner for you, the same meals over and over again, whatever the week's coupons will allow. Only going out to restaurants for special occasions, birthdays or anniversaries. And even then having to watch what we order. Skipping the appetizer, coming home for dessert. You think that's gonna make me happy?

  Hank Mitchell : [Hank whispers]  That's enough.

  Sarah Mitchell : No, no. I haven't done Jacob yet. It's back to the welfare office for Jacob. The occasional odd job. But with Lou gone now... just himself and his dog, all alone in that filthy apartment. How long do you give him, Hank?

  Hank Mitchell : [Hank screams]  Stop it!

  Sarah Mitchell : Sounds wonderful, doesn't it? Everything like it used to be.

• [Hank and Sarah discuss if the FBI agent could be the brother of the dead man in the plane] 

  Hank Mitchell : Well, it doesn't make a difference, does it? I mean, no matter who he is I still have to take him to the plane.

  Sarah Mitchell : Well, if we think it's him, you shouldn't go.

  Hank Mitchell : Why not?

  Sarah Mitchell : Because he's going to shoot all three of you, Hank. As soon as he sees the plane. That's why he wants you to go, so he can get rid of the witnesses.

  Hank Mitchell : But if he's really from the FBI, and I don't show up, it's gonna look as suspicious as hell.

• [Hank and Sarah discuss whether keeping the money is a crime] 

  Hank Mitchell : Nobody gets hurt by us keeping it. I mean, that's what, that's what makes it a crime, doesn't it? Somebody getting hurt?

  Sarah Mitchell : What makes it a crime is it's against the law. It doesn't matter if somebody gets hurt or they don't. If you get caught then you go to jail.

  Hank Mitchell : Yeah, but nobody's gonna get caught. The money is the only evidence that we've done something wrong. We sit on it, we see what happens. If somebody comes searching for it, then we just burn it and that will be that. There's no risk. We'll always be in control.

• [Sarah tells Hank in bed to go back to the crash site] 

  Sarah Mitchell : You have to go back and return some of the money.

  Hank Mitchell : What?

  Sarah Mitchell : A lot. Like 500,000. You see, that way when they find the plane they'll assume nobody's been there yet. It'll put us beyond suspicion. No one could walk away from that much money...

  Hank Mitchell : Wait a second. We're gonna keep the rest?

  Sarah Mitchell : You'll have to go in the morning, so when it storms later it'll cover your tracks.

• [Sarah takes a bear out of a paper bag that Jacob gave to their newborn daughter for a present] 

  Sarah Mitchell : Oh, it's used.

  Hank Mitchell : Let me see that. Oh my gosh... This was his. When we were kids.

  Sarah Mitchell : Oh, I guess it's sweet of him then, isn't it?

  Hank Mitchell : [Hank begins winding the music in the bear]  Buddy the Bear.

• [Sarah and Hank discuss the plane the supposed FBI agent is looking for] 

  Sarah Mitchell : There's no way it's from the armored car robbery.

  Hank Mitchell : This isn't a guess, honey. The guy from the FBI told me.

  Sarah Mitchell : It doesn't make sense. The kidnapping made sense.

  Hank Mitchell : He's looking for a plane full of money. I mean, how many of those can there be around here?

  Sarah Mitchell : It was 100 dollar bills, Hank. If it was an armored car robbery, there'd be other denominations. There'd be 50's and 20's and 10's.

  Hank Mitchell : Well, congratulations, Sarah. I guess you know more than the FBI.

• [Hank and Sarah argue with each other about coming up with a plan with the supposed fake FBI agent] 

  Sarah Mitchell : Do you want to just walk out there and get shot by this guy?

  Hank Mitchell : No, I don't wanna walk out there and get shot!

  Sarah Mitchell : Well, I'm trying to come up with a plan.

  Hank Mitchell : A plan?

  Sarah Mitchell : Yeah.

  Hank Mitchell : Like the one to take the money back to the plane, and we end up killing Stephanson. Or maybe the one where we tape Lou and two more people end up dead. Is that the sort of plan you're thinking of? Well, I've got a plan! I'm taking the money back right now, all of it!