Officer Dolores TorresLet me ask you something, Mr. Navorski. Why do you wait here two hours every day when I've told you there's nothing I can do for you - that your new visa will not arrive until your country is recognized by the United States?
Viktor NavorskiYou... you have two stamp. One red, one green.
Frank DixonI'm talking about bombs. I'm talking about human dignity. I'm talking about human rights. Viktor, please don't be afraid to tell me that you're afraid of Krakhozia.
SalchakI know you've been waiting for years for me to either drop dead or retire...
Frank DixonNo, I haven't been waiting for you to retire.
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Frank DixonSometimes you land a small fish. You unhook him very carefully. You place him back in the water. You set him free so that somebody else can have the pleasure of catching him.
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AmeliaI just keep injesting these poisonous men until I make myself sick.
Viktor NavorskiYou're not sick, Amelia, no. You're a little far-sighted.
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Viktor NavorskiSo she go to these conventions dressed as... Yeoman Rand. Yeoman Rand.
Frank DixonBig Apple represents the Liberty Rebels. Okay?
[smashes the bag with the apple spraying chips all over Viktor]
Frank DixonNo more Krakozhia! Okay? New government. Revolution! You understand? So, all the flights in and out of your country have been suspended indefinitely. And the new government has sealed all borders, which means that your passport and visa are no longer valid. So, currently you are a citizen - of nowhere.
Joe MulroyYou better be careful. You know those flight attendants ain't like regular women, Viktor. They're flying back and forth between all those time-zones kinda messes with their biological clock or something. Always ready for sex. Why do you think they can't stop smiling?
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Frank DixonDo you know, one of my own men came up to me the other day, asked me if I wanted to join the big pool. Look at 'em, look at 'em, look at 'em. Place a bet on when Navorski was gonna leave this airport. Have you heard about this?
AmeliaYou want to know what the worst part is? I never even asked him to leave his wife. I was encouraging him to get counseling. I mean, what kind of sick person am I? I'm rooting for the home team. I just wish the sex wasn't so amazing.
Frank DixonI didn't think he'd actually do it. I mean, he's in a crack. Who the hell waits in a crack?
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Joe MulroyBuddy, I think you been spending too much time inhaling them cleaning products.
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Frank DixonI have a bit of bad news: it seems that your country has suspended all traveling privileges on passports that have been issued by your government and our state department has revoked the visa that was going to allow you to enter into the United States. That's it in a nut shell: while you were in the air, there was a military coup in your country. Now, most of the dead were members of the presidential guard. They were attacked in the middle of the night, they got it all on GHN. There were very few civilian casualties, so I'm sure your family is fine.
Frank DixonIn my line of work, there are three things that matter: the person, the document and the story. Find the truth of one and you find the truth of all three.
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Frank DixonI'm sure that Uncle Sam will have this all sorted out by tomorrow and welcome to the United States. Almost.
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Joe Mulroy[mouths silently to Viktor while behind Amelia]SHE IS SO HOT!
ThurmanBeyond those doors is American soil. Mr. Dixon wants me to make it very clear to you, that you are not to enter through those doors. You are not to leave this building. America is closed.
AmeliaYou know what Napoleon gave Josephine as a wedding present? It was a gold locket. And on the inside, he made an inscription. 'Destiny.'
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Frank DixonDo you think this is a game? Do you think I need an excuse to put you back in that cell to keep you there for five years? You go to war with me, and you go to war with the United States of America. And then you'll know when that fight is over why the people of Krakozhia wait in line for cheap toilet paper while Uncle Sam wipes his ass with Charmin two-ply.
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Gupta RajanI think he's CIA. The CIA put him here to spy on us.
Joe MulroyYou don't know what the Hell you're talking about. That guy doesn't even speak English.
Gupta RajanIf he could learn to speak, this guy. He can't speak English, how could he have a meeting with a beautiful woman? A flight attendant.
Joe MulroyGupta, relax, would you? He isn't a spy.
Gupta RajanHow do you know? He could be recording everything we say. A wire in his shirt. A microphone up in his ass.
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Viktor NavorskiBig Apple Tour include Brooklyn Bridge, Empire State, Broadway show: Cats.
Frank DixonWell, I got more bad news for you, Mr. Navorski. Cats has closed.
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Frank DixonAirports are tricky places, Mr. Navorski. I'm about to tell you something. Something that you can never repeat to anyone. Do you understand? It's a secret.
Frank DixonYes, a secret. At 12:00 today, the guards at those doors are going to leave their posts, and their replacements are going to be five minutes late.
Frank DixonYes. Late five minutes. At 12:00. Just today. Just this once. No one is going to be watching those doors. And no one is going to be watching you.
Frank DixonNo. America, for five minutes, is open. Have a nice life, Mr. Navorski.
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Viktor Navorski[handing Amelia a photograph of jazz musicians]This is jazz. My father, Dimitar Asenov Navorski, see this photograph in Hungarian newspaper 1958. He say he look at photograph for seven days. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...
Viktor NavorskiWell, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Max Kaminsky. 57 of them all together. After looking at photograph for seven days, my father has idea. He begin to write letters to club, New York, Lickety Split, Snookie's Sugar Bowl. He ask the nuns to write English. Hundreds letters. And then he wait. He wait month, week, year. My father wait 40 year. And they all sign names. One by one. They all write their name and send it to my father. All but not one. Benny Golson. Saxophone. My father die before Benny Golson write his name and send to my father. So I make him promise. I... I keep promise. I promise I will go New York, find Benny Golson, have him write name to put in can.
AmeliaAnd you've been living here so you could do this for your father?
AmeliaI was 18 years old when I started working for the airlines. I've been doing this over 20 years. And now there's no more pretending. This is it. It's why my address book is alphabetical by city, and my pager will always go off during dinner.
AmeliaI wish I could. I've been waiting for a phone call for seven years. I know it's coming, Viktor. That's why I can't break it off. That's why I live out of hotels and have my little suitcase packed, ready to go, just in case he wants to meet me for the weekend. Yeah. I've been waiting my whole life. Just don't know what the hell for.
Gupta RajanThere was a 20 man. Immigration gun was drawn. The Dixon was ready to fire. To kill the little man with the pills. But then someone walks into the room and stand front of this little man. 'Put the guns away,' the man say. 'Nobody will die today.'
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Frank DixonJake, he has no nationality. Okay? No country. So, automatically he's a national security risk, according to my interpretation of Section 212. So, all I'm asking for, is that you put him in a federal detention center and run a clearance on him. That's all I want... Well, what about a federal prison?... Well, what about another airport?... Hello? Hello?
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AmeliaDid you know the croissant was invented in Romania?
AmeliaJust tell me the truth. Did you escape from an institution? Are you a... a criminal? You're living here, Viktor. You're living at Gate 67. I just want to know why.
Gupta RajanThen go. Get lost. Get lost. Go home and tell them you never made it. You come this close to America, but you don't have the courage to go from here to here. You are a coward.
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Frank DixonSee. You don't qualify for asylum, refugee status, temporary protective status, humanitarian parole, or non-immigration work travel or diplomatic visas. You don't qualify for any of these things. You are at this time simply - unacceptable.
ThurmanThere's only one thing you can do here, Mr. Navorski. Shop.
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AmeliaThis is my problem. I always see men the way I want to see them.
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Joe MulroyYou better be careful. You know, those flight attendants ain't like regular women, Viktor. You know, they're flying back and forth between all those time zones, it kinda messes with their biological clock or something. They're always ready for sex. Why do you think they can't stop smiling?
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AmeliaViktor, I think we're rewriting history right here. Why don't we talk about it over lunch? Oh, my God, I can't believe it. I just asked you out again. I just did it again. I'm so... Just stay away from me, Viktor, okay? I'm sick. I don't have the ability to be alone for five seconds.
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Joe MulroyI thought we were looking for a way out, not a way in.
Frank DixonRight. And the thing is, you don't really have a home. You don't. Technically it doesn't exist. I mean, it's... it's like a... it's like a Twilight Zone. Did you ever see that show?
Viktor NavorskiEr... No, no. I... I am... I am delayed a long time.
AmeliaI hate it when they delay flights. What do you do?
Viktor NavorskiOh, I go from one building to another building. I... I have beeper.
AmeliaOh, contractors. You guys travel as much as we do.
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Gupta RajanI'm sorry, I don't let anyone to look at my trash without an appointment. I have an opening next Tuesday.
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Officer Dolores TorresYou cannot get into New York without a visa. You cannot get a visa without a passport, and you cannot get a new passport without a country. There's nothing we can do for you here.
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Gupta RajanDo we have an appointment?
Viktor NavorskiYes, yes, yes. At 9:30. Food document in trash. Tuesday.
Gupta RajanTuesday! I hate the Tuesday!
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Enrique CruzFor tonight's grand prize, we have... Show them, Gupta.
Gupta Rajan[holding up panties]Oh, I found this upstairs. Virgin Air, first class lounge.
Enrique CruzI want to know what... what make... makes her knees weak, what makes her... her blood boil... her body tingle. She's a wild stallion, and you'll help me break her. I'm... I'm her man of mystery.
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Gupta Rajan[explaining why he is laughing at people slipping and falling on a wet floor]Nobody read the sign in America. This is the only fun I have.
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AmeliaStay away from me, Viktor. I'm... I'm... I have a serious problem. I'm as bad as Napoleon. I just keep ingesting these poisonous men until I make myself sick.
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AmeliaYou know... sometimes in the mornings, I just stare at him over room service. Watch him do the crossword puzzle. I start to think that maybe... maybe this could happen. That we belong together.
Viktor NavorskiThis... man... has you. Why he need... puzzle?
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AmeliaA barbecue? That's why I'm not gonna see you? Let me get this straight. I change my schedule to meet you. I take four back-to-back flights, fly 27 hours straight, literally, around the world, and now you tell me you're going to spend the 4th of July with your wife? The woman hates fireworks. Don't lie to me, okay? I know for a fact you took her to Rome last weekend. Because you flew United, Max.
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Gupta RajanYou try to take my mop. You try to take my floor. It's my job. Stay off my floor. Stay away from my mop. If you touch it again, I kill you.
AmeliaYep. After he loses the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon isolates himself on the tiny island of Saint Helena. Now, no one knows exactly what happens next, but the version I like goes like this: He's very depressed, and he decides to take his own life. But Napoleon believes himself to be of such superhuman strength, that he takes six times the amount of poison needed to do the job. I mean, his stomach is so full up with poison, that his body rejects it, and he doesn't die. See? Ego. Saved his life.
AmeliaYou like Italian food? I know, it's late and you've probably got other plans, but if you'd like to grab some dinner right now, we can run right out and catch a cab. I know a place that has the greatest cannelloni.
Frank DixonHere's my dilemma, Mr. Navorski. You have no legal right to enter the United States, and I have no legal right to detain you. It seems that you have fallen through a small crack in the system.
Frank DixonYes. So, until we get this sorted out, I have no choice but to allow you to enter the International Transit Lounge. All right? So I'm going to sign a release form that is gonna make you a free man.
Frank DixonFree to go anywhere you like, within the confines of the International Transit Lounge.
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AmeliaI am so sorry about what happened last time, you know, asking you out like that. I'm so used to guys trying to grab my ass at 30,000 feet, that when I finally meet somebody who keeps his hands in his pocket, I don't know how to react. Let's just start over.
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Gupta RajanI think he's CIA. The CIA put him here to spy on us.
Joe MulroyYou don't know what the hell you're talking about. That guy doesn't even speak English.
Gupta RajanIf he could learn to speak, this guy. He can't speak English, how could he have a meeting with a beautiful woman? A flight attendant.
Gupta RajanA coupon from Payless Shoes. Must be some kind of the code.
Joe MulroyBuddy, I think you been spending too much time inhaling them cleaning products.
Gupta RajanI'm warning you guys. You watch yourself. This guy is here for a reason. And I think that reason is us.
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Frank DixonCatch and release, Judge. It's very simple. Sometimes you land a small fish. You unhook him very carefully, and you place him back in the water. You set him free so that somebody else can have the pleasure of catching him.