Movie

Repo Man

by Alex Cox, Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Tracey Walter, Olivia Barash and 41 others

A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.

(18 total)

Characters

Alex Cox (18)Harry Dean Stanton (16)Bud (16)Emilio Estevez (2)Otto Maddox (2)

“[doing speed with Otto] Never broke into a car, never hot-wired a car. Never broke into a truck. 'I shall not cause harm to any vehicle nor the personal contents thereof, nor through inaction let the personal contents thereof come to harm.' It's what I call the Repo Code, kid!”

— Alex Cox, Bud, Harry Dean Stanton, imdb.com

Tagged: Repo Men, Meth

“Bud: Okay. Have a nice day, Uh, night. [to himself] Bud: Night, day, doesn't mean shit.”

— Alex Cox, Bud, Harry Dean Stanton, imdb.com

Tagged: Day, Night, Shit

“Otto: Bud, listen to me, you're sitting in a car worth $200,000 dollars. Look, if we turn it in, we'll split the money, 60/40, you and me. Bud: [laughs] Who gets the 60 kid? Otto: Well, I was figuring, since I found the car first, that... Bud: [Pulls out a gun] Otto: That you get it.”

— Alex Cox, Bud, Harry Dean Stanton, imdb.com

Tagged: Gun, Threats

“I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees.”

— Alex Cox, Bud, Harry Dean Stanton, imdb.com

Tagged: Pride

“Duke: The lights are growing dim, Otto. I know a life of crime has led me to this sorry fate, and yet, I blame society. Society made me what I am. Otto: That's bullshit. You're a white suburban punk just like me. Duke: Yeah, but it still hurts.”

— Alex Cox, Otto Maddox, Emilio Estevez, imdb.com

Tagged: Bullshit, white, suburban, Punk

“Otto: What happened to your old lady? Bud: My old lady? Oh, shit, I forgot all about her. Well, she'll take the bus. She's a rock.”

— Alex Cox, Bud, Harry Dean Stanton, imdb.com

Tagged: Old Lady, Shit

“Miller: A lot o' people don't realize what's really going on. They view life as a bunch o' unconnected incidents 'n things. They don't realize that there's this, like, lattice o' coincidence that lays on top o' everything. Give you an example; show you what I mean: suppose you're thinkin' about a pl…”

— Alex Cox, Otto Maddox, Emilio Estevez, imdb.com

Tagged: Acid, Hippie, weirdness, Interconnectedness

“Bud: The guys that make it are the guys that get in their cars at any time. Get in at 3 AM, get up at 4. That's why there ain’t a repo man I know that don't take speed. Otto: Speed, huh? Bud: [snorts line of speed] Jesus Christ! Otto: [watches, grinning] He-he.”

— Alex Cox, Bud, Harry Dean Stanton, imdb.com

Tagged: speed, Meth

“Don't care how long it takes, dildos! Repo Man's got all night, every night.”

— Alex Cox, Bud, Harry Dean Stanton, imdb.com

Tagged: dildos, Patience

“The life of a repo man is always intense.”

— Alex Cox, Bud, Harry Dean Stanton, imdb.com

Tagged: intense, Repo Man

“Look at those assholes, ordinary fucking people. I hate 'em.”

— Alex Cox, Bud, Harry Dean Stanton, imdb.com

Tagged: Assholes, Hate, Ordinary, Fucking

“A repo man spends his life getting into tense situations.”

— Alex Cox, Bud, Harry Dean Stanton, imdb.com

Tagged: tense situations

“Goddamn-dipshit-Rodriguez-gypsy-dildo-punks. I'll get your ass.”

— Alex Cox, Bud, Harry Dean Stanton, imdb.com

Tagged: Goddamn, Gypsy, dildo, Punk, Shit

“Tense situations, kid. You get into five or six of 'em a day, it don't mean shit anymore. I mean, I've seen men stabbed, didn't mean shit to me. I've seen guns, guns too, they don't mean shit. But that's when you gotta watch yourself.”

— Alex Cox, Bud, Harry Dean Stanton, imdb.com

Tagged: Stabbed, Shit, Guns, tense situations

“Bud: It helps if you dress like a detective. Detectives dress kinda square. If you look like a detective people are gonna think you're packing something. Otto: Are you? Bud: Am I what? Otto: Packing something? Bud: Only an asshole gets killed for a car.”

— Alex Cox, Bud, Harry Dean Stanton, imdb.com

Tagged: asshole, Packing, Detective

“Bud: Wanna make ten bucks? Otto: Fuck you, queer.”

— Alex Cox, Bud, Harry Dean Stanton, imdb.com

Tagged: Fuck You, Queer, Homophobia, male prostitution

“Oly: You want some help with that beer, kid? Otto: You're all repo men. Oly: What if we are? [Otto pours his entire beer on the floor] Bud: [standing up] You know, kid, uh, usually when someone pulls shit like that, my first reaction is, I wanna punch his fuckin' lights out. But you know something?…”

— Alex Cox, Bud, Harry Dean Stanton, imdb.com

Tagged: intense, Repo Man, Fucking, Shit

“Bud: Credit is a sacred trust, it's what our free society is founded on. Do you think they give a damn about their bills in Russia? I said, do you think they give a damn about their bills in Russia? Otto: They don't pay bills in Russia, it's all free. Bud: All free? Free my ass. What are you, a fuck…”

— Alex Cox, Bud, Harry Dean Stanton, imdb.com

Tagged: Commies, Russia, Fucking, Christian, Bills