City Hall

City Hall1996

Stars: Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda, Danny Aiello
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Rating: R
Runtime: 111 minutes

This complex 1996 drama directed by Harold Becker (Sea of Love) attempts to explore big-city corruption and the flexibility of what's right and wrong in the political arena. John Cusack (Say Anything) plays the senior aide to mayor John Pappas (Al P… more »



Kevin Calhoun:
You keep looking at that thing as if it weren't kosher.

Abe Goodman:
A cut of meat is kosher. A piece of fish, savory foods, and all kinds of dang things are kosher, but a probation report is not kosher. A probation report is merely a probation report.

Kevin Calhoun:
I am a good Louisiana lapsed Catholic, Abe, so just don't talk to me about kosher, just give it to me straight. What's wrong with this report?

Abe Goodman:
It's too kosher.

Kevin Calhoun:
Translate that for me.

Abe Goodman:
Uhhhhh, the virgin looks pregnant to me. - Look, see, the supervisor signed this.

Kevin Calhoun:
So what?

Abe Goodman:
That's a lot of weight for a 4C. So what happened to the original little probation officer? Where is his signature?

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