A Time to Kill (1996) Soundboard Edit

A symbol of deep seated racism.

Agreed. I think we need young men with families here.

America is a war...

And after the loss of your right leg, Detective Looney...

And here's another one.

And the **** of his daughter?

And they're good eyes.

Ask him.

At home.

At Whitfield.

Baby, come here.

Beaten.

BILLY RAY: Clean up that mess, boy.

Blue gums, why don't you take your black ass out of here and grab a branch.

Buckley really outdid himself this time.

But I can't quit now, you know that.

But if the trial stays here, it's an all white jury for sure

But it is the 1st of the month again and guess what.

But still one of the good guys.

But you cannot hold Carl Lee Hailey responsible...

Carl Lee does not deserve the death penalty.

Carl Lee Hailey's facing the gas chamber, baby. The man is counting on me.

Carl Lee, I need to live

Carl Lee! Stop!

CARLA: Hi. JAKE: Hi there

CHILDREN: Mom! Mama!

Come on, boys. Let's go.

Come on, old girl.

Congratulations, counselor

Could be very unpopular.

Couldn't have did it without you, Jake.

Dismissed.

Do you think Carl Lee shooting you was intentional?

Do you think the world needed me beating cops' heads on that picket line?

Does that make his testimony more or less true?

Don't be gross.

Don't be me.

Find me that state doctor. What's his name? Rodeheaver.

First it'll just be the bugs eating at you.

First one, then the other.

Free Carl Lee! Free Carl Lee!

Free Carl Lee! Free Carl Lee!

Get him down here to interview Hailey.

Give me a hug? Hmm?

Give me a moment to speak with my client.

God bless America.

God help me, Gwen, but...

Good afternoon, citizens.

Good boys, both.

Good night, Daddy.

Got something to say, it needs to be said in person.

Hailey's innocent!

HANNAH: Mommy!

He pleads guilty...

He told me what he was thinking, but I didn't know

He's innocent!

Her jaw is healing.

How a black man ever gonna get a fair trial...

How about it, Lucien?

How much a defense like that cost?

How y'all doing today?

How'd we do?

Hurry up, now.

I am not the one who handled her divorce.

I am young, and I am inexperienced.

I came home that night and I was looking at Hannah laying there...

I can't recall at this time.

I could give him a call.

I don't wanna know how. Get me enough to shatter him.

I guess we'll have to read about it in the papers.

I have never allowed bail in a capital murder case...

I just get scared.

I left her at Mother and Daddy's.

I love you, Jake.

I love you...

I mean right quick.

I quit now, and all this is for nothing. No.

I said, request denied.

I should've called you, but this case

I wanna tell you a story.

I want you to picture this little girl.

I want you to remember that we're counting on you too.

I'll get to the point.

I'm gonna need briefs on both.

I'm Isaiah Street.

I'm uninspirable.

If you get a conviction, will you ask for the gas chamber?

Imagine the noose coiling tight around her neck..

In the future, why don't we just wait till he makes the request, huh?

In those 23 years, Mrs. Cobb...

In your 11 years...

Innocent! He's innocent!

Isn’t it usually customary to ask for a license and registration?

It's all over.

It's an unfortunate nickname, but apropos.

It's just I never knew the towns, and I never touched the lives or anything.

It's locked.

It's my fault.

Jake, listen to me.

JAKE: Get him!

JAKE: My dog's in there. Jake

JAKE: Then my only chance is to find a shrink who'll testify...

JAKE: There's Ozzie.

Jake? Jake? Are you hurt? Jake, what happened to you?

Judge Noose denies it...

Judge Noose.

Judge Omar Noose presiding

Just a splash.

KLAN [CHANTING]: Fry Carl Lee! Fry Carl Lee! Fry Carl Lee!

Klan don't show up for a few years and people say the Klan is dead.

Little Tonya?

Looking for my dog.

Looney?

Lucien thinks the two hyenas just might get off.

Makes Carla happy, my man

MAN [ON TV]: Something you can tell us? WOMAN [ON TV]: What did Carl Lee tell you?

Many of the most famous schizophrenics are calculating.

Max!

Miss Roark, I would like to introduce to you

Mm hm.

Mm mm. Not this time, baby. Daddy's gotta stay here and work.

Mom was a sweet little sorority girl there till Dad Till Dad married her.

Morning.

Mr. Cobb, this is Stump Sisson, grand dragon of Mississippi.

No one, not even Mr. Brigance or myself...

No way, never, presumptuous little shit

No, here's trouble, Harry Rex.

No, I don't want to look at her résumé, Harry Rex, because I have you.

No, you won't.

No.... No trial judge likes his rulings overturned.

NOOSE: Uh, citizens, thank you.

Not for long.

Not in a murder case.

Now look at everything that has happened.

Now you need only find the courage to speak the words:

Now, ahem, Noose selects this panel at random.

Now, doctor...

Now, Governor Buckley cannot oppose a request until one is made.

Now, I had a great summation all worked out...

Now, I would prefer no one over 50. Less bigotry, as a rule, with youth.

Now, look, this week nothing, nothing has come in at all. Look.

Now, say a crack dealer guns down an undercover cop.

Now, Taylor, this is for you...

Now, you may win...

Now, you tell me...

NURSE: We won! We won!

Objection, Your Honor!

Objection, Your Honor! This is argumentative!

OFFICER [OVER RADIO]: Two, two.

Oh, you white and I'm black.

Oh.

Okay, babe?

Okay?

Rufus Buckley.

RUFUS: All right, here's what we got. It's official.

RUFUS: Thank you, Deputy Looney.

RUFUS: What is your diagnosis of Mr. Hailey's mental condition...

She would be correct.

SHERIFF: Come on. Come on.

SHERIFF: Freddie Lee Cobb!

SHERIFF: Hastings! Hastings! Hastings!

SHERIFF: Wait. Wait. Hold it, Jake. Hold it, Jake.

SHERIFF: Yes.

Sir, are you Mr. Hailey's attorney?

Some stranger...

Stump's dead.

Sure am sorry about your brother, Freddie.

Thank you very much for your time, Mr. Brigance.

Thank you, doctor. Your credentials speak for themselves.

Thank you, Mr. Hailey.

Thank you, Your Honor.

That ain't what you told the church, now, is it?

That is a novel idea, I know.

That ******'s dead, y'all.

That'll be your last drink.

That's how you'll save us both.

The defense enters a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, Your Honor.

The electric company. That is the second time this week I've had to hold him off.

The jury disagreed with you.

The state opposes any such request.

There's gonna be a preliminary hearing.

They got off, didn't they?

They worked her over something good, Jake

They'll be starting without you.

They're gonna come looking for something to eat.

This is a man who is a confessed murderer

Those boys ****d his little girl.

Tonya's **** caused a relapse...

Turn him loose!

Twenty three.

Uh, and we'll be expecting that check for Jake's legal services...

Uh, let's see, anything else?

Undecided?

Wait a minute.

Wait.

Watch this, Billy Ray!

We ain't no friends, Jake.

We ain't no team.

We got trial in less than three hours.

Well, I might know a man who owes me a favor.

Well, well, well.

What do you think?

Who is this?

Why?

With Carl Lee already having a lawyer and all.

With Carla gone, the laundry's piling up. I'm not wearing any.

WOMAN [OVER PA]: Last boarding call.

WOMAN: Do it.

WOMAN: How do you expect to get a fair trial in Mississippi?

WOMAN: What happened? Can you tell us something?

WOMAN: You're the damn animal! Unh!

Yeah.

Yep. Girls talk.

Yes, I did.

Yes, sir. He.... He has a wife and a daughter.

Yes. The prints on the gun matched those of Carl Lee Hailey.

You blew his knee right off his leg.

You can go to hell, ******.

You can't blame a ****** for being a ******...

You got the wrong man.

You know that.

You my secret weapon because you're one of the bad guys.

You really want to kiss me right now, don't you?

You said you'd withdraw if it got too dangerous

You took this case because...

You wanna get shot? Woo hoo!

Your Honor, I believe Deputy Looney has earned the right to speak here today.

Your Honor, we have a right

Your Honor...

Your trial is set for July 22.

[WHISPERS] Buddy, have you seen Roark? Not yet.

All right, fine, I'll take another shot. Just a splash.

Got it! Pearl Harbor! Pearl Harbor!

Hello, Harry. Hi, Rufie.

I believe you know Reverend Agee. Jake.

I see that. Look, I've played gofer...

I'll kill you. PETE: My turn.

Is she the sweetest thing? Yeah, she is.

Jake, this isn't the time. This is really good for Carl Lee.

No. Come on, calm down.

Shut up. TONYA: Daddy!

This is Hannah. Hi

To.... To....

Was I good or what? WOMAN: All right

What time's the preliminary? Tomorrow at 3.

You got a call from your wife! What? What?

You ready? HANNAH: Uh huh.

You'll file for change of venue. Of course.

..

...a modest administration fee for your troubles.

...and a sudden blinding jerk

...and attempted murder of 10 year old Tonya Hailey.

...and now I can never plead a case in there again.

...and State v. Fisher...

...and they tie her up

...as fair as a jury anywhere else.

...astonishingly lucrative, divorcée practice...

...at Mississippi State University...

...at the time of the murder?

...besides trying to kill each other?

...but the murder of two young men, and if you continue in this performance...

...but we thought it'd be better spent on your legal defense.

...genderless in my eyes...

...gives me something to appeal.

...in handcuffs.

...justice is never going to be evenhanded.

...nor can you afford to hire any...

...not even the richest, most ridiculous settlement I ever bring in...

...not with our eyes, and not with our minds...

...so I'm fine.

...something has gotten lost.

...that list will be kept strictly confidential until jury selection begins on Wednesday.

...that makes you worse than being a ******.

...that we are all equal in the eyes of the law.

...that you find insane people sane for the purposes of trial?

...the reality of jurisprudence in this county?

...they decide to use her for target practice

...to be termed legally insane.

...to recall all of his testimony at these previous trials. It's absurd.

...while I tell you this story.

...with the enemy on the bench and the jury box?

...you now have the opportunity to work on a case that matters.

...you were not convicted of statutory ****?

...you're going to jail. Now, get up.

...you're just like all the rest of them.

...yours and mine, and until we can see each other as equals...

[BOTTLE BREAKS]

[CHUCKLES]

[CROWD CHEERING]

[CROWD SHOUTING]

[CROWD YELLING]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[ELLEN GROANING AND WHIMPERING]

[ELLEN SIGHS]

[ETHEL WHIMPERING]

[GAVEL BANGS]

[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

[JAKE CLEARS THROAT]

[JAKE YELLS]

[MAX BARKING]

[MAX BARKING]

[MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

[OFFICERS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

[PEOPLE SHOUTING AND GAVEL BANGING]

[REPORTERS CHATTERING]

[SIGHS]