Absolute Power

Absolute Power1997

Director: Clint Eastwood
Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Scott Glenn
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Rating: R (Restricted)
Runtime: 121 minutes

Director Clint Eastwood's 1997 box-office hit stars himself as Luther Whitney, a highly skilled thief who finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, witnessing the murder of a woman involved in a secret tryst with the U.S. president (p… more »



[Collin, disguised as a doctor, tries to kill Kate with an injection; Luther, also disguised as a doctor, comes up behind him and jabs a syringe into his neck]

Luther Whitney:
Dr. Kevorkian, I presume? My guess is this is right in your carotid artery about now. You're gonna get a little woozy. But if I give you the rest of this, it's gonna fry your brain down to the size of a peanut! Drop that.

[Collin drops the syringe, and Luther eases him down to the floor]

Tim Collin:
[whispering] Luther, he's my president, right or wrong.

Luther Whitney:
Well, he made a mistake. *You* made a mistake. When you went after my little girl, that was entirely unacceptable.

Tim Collin:
[pleading weakly] Mercy.

Luther Whitney:
I'm fresh out.

[Luther plunges the injection into Collin's neck; Collin groans as he dies]

Kate Whitney:
[starts waking up in hospital bed] Daddy?

Luther Whitney:
[softly] Go to sleep, darling.

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