The Lincoln Lawyer (film)

The Lincoln Lawyer is a 2011 film about a lawyer who works in a chauffeur-driven Lincoln Town Car rather than an office, who is hired to defend the son of a wealthy Los Angeles businesswoman in an assault case. Details of the crime bring up uncomfortable parallels with a former case, and he discovers the two cases are intertwined. Directed by Brad Furman. Written by John Romano, based on the novel by Michael Connelly. Mickey Haller I checked the list of people I trust and your name ain't on it. Other Detective Kurlen: [to Haller in crowded elevator] How does someone like you sleep at night with all the scum you represent? Dialogue Earl Briggs: You know what? You would've done all right on the streets. Mickey Haller: Shit. Where do you think I am, Earl? Mickey Haller: When do you retire, Lankford? Detective Lankford: When do I retire? Mickey Haller: Yeah. Detective Lankford: Eighteen months. Why? Mickey Haller: I wanna make sure I show up the next morning so I can kick your ass. Eddie Vogel: Counsellor? Mickey Haller: Eddie, we had a deal. Either you pay me, or go with a public defender. Eddie Vogel: How 'bout five grand? Mickey Haller: Ten. [Eddie hands Mick a brown envelope. Mick shakes it] Eddie Vogel: Ain't you gonna count it? Mickey Haller: I just did. Eddie Vogel: You really shoot your client's mother? Mickey Haller: Damn right I did. She shot me first. Frank Levin: Jesus, Mick, are you starting to think Louis is innocent? Mickey Haller: He just might be. Besides, you know what my father always said about an innocent client. Frank Levin: No, I've never heard this. Hi... Maggie McPherson: He said 'there's no client as scary as an innocent man'. Mickey Haller: That's right. 'Cos if you screw up and he goes to prison... You're never gonna be able to live with yourself. Frank Levin: [looking out of top floor window] You're so vain. Nobody would care if you killed yourself. Mickey Haller: It'd look cool. What do you think the last thing to go through your mind would be? Frank Levin: Your asshole. Mickey Haller: Yeah. [Mick, armed with a baseball bat, discovers Louis has broken into his house] Louis Roulet: [sitting casually in Mick's home office] If you're wondering how I got in, I'm in real estate, so if I want to get into a friend's house... Mickey Haller: No, we're not friends. You're my client. And I'm your lawyer. Louis Roulet: My lawyer. See, that's exactly what I wanted to remind you of. I'm about to go on trial, and yet I couldn't reach you. Now I find out where you were all day. Heard you tell Maggie. Mickey Haller: You shit. Louis Roulet: You went to see Jesus Martinez. And I know what you talked about: Donna Renteria. You're right, Mick. I killed her. There. No reason I shouldn't tell my own lawyer since it's all confidential. Attorney-client privilege. Isn't that what you told me? Mickey Haller: It's time for you to go, Louis. Louis Roulet: Alright. [He sits up, finishes his drink, and stands up. He notices a framed picture of Mick & his daughter Hayley on Mick's desk] Louis Roulet: That's a cute picture of your daughter Hayley. She's very pretty. She's got soccer practice tomorrow, right? Mickey Haller: Don't. Louis Roulet: Don't what? Mickey Haller: You think you're the first client to threaten me and my family? Huh? Louis Roulet: All I said was she's pretty. Mickey Haller: Are you scared, Louis? Because where you are right now, you're in a very dangerous place. [He opens the front door and Louis leaves] Mickey Haller: Maggie, you know what I used to be afraid oF? Maggie McPherson: Yeah, me. Mickey Haller: That I wouldn't recognize innocence. That it would be right there in front of me, and I just wouldn't see it. Maggie McPherson: Yeah... Mickey Haller: I'm not talking about guilty or not guilty; just, just innocence. Know what I'm afraid of now? [Maggie shakes head] Mickey Haller: Evil. Pure Evil. Mickey Haller: [sitting on Maggie's front porch as Louis approaches him] Hello, Louis. My family's here. Louis Roulet: I know. Mickey Haller: You bring your knife? My gun? Louis Roulet: Maybe. Mickey Haller: Good. [pulls his new gun out of his coat pocket] 'Cause I brought this. You've got one chance to turn around and leave. Louis Roulet: [stepping closer] And then what? You gonna keep coming back every night? Every day? Or just try to get me sent up to San Quentin like Jesus Martinez? Mickey Haller: No. I'm not quitting until Martinez is free and you're convicted of murder. And when that needle goes in your arm, that will be me. Louis Roulet: Well, why don't you just shoot me right now? Mickey Haller: I don't think I'll have to. [looks out towards the street] Louis Roulet: [turns around] Hey! [Eddie Vogel and his biker gang pull up and start vandalizing Louis' car with baseball bats] Louis Roulet: That's my car! [a biker rides up from behind and hits Louis with a baseball bat, knocking him to the sidewalk] Biker: It's Louis' car, man! [the bikers continue vandalizing Louis' car as Mick gets up and walks to the street] Biker: Come on, now. Get him up. Get up! [another biker grabs Louis and drags him out into the middle of the street] Mickey Haller: Hospital, not the morgue. [Eddie gives Mick a two-finger salute as his posse beats up Louis and Mick walks away] Mickey Haller: I tell you what Eddie, how about I do this one for free? [Eddie gestures at him and leaves] Earl Briggs: Are you sure you're feeling all right? Mickey Haller: Repeat customers, Earl. We'll stick it to 'em next time... Cast Matthew McConaughey - Mickey Haller Marisa Tomei - Maggie McPherson Ryan Phillippe - Louis Roulet William H. Macy - Frank Levin Josh Lucas - Ted Minton John Leguizamo - Val Valenzuela Michael Peña - Jesus Martinez Bob Gunton - Cecil Dobbs Frances Fisher - Mary Windsor Bryan Cranston - Detective Lankford Trace Adkins - Eddie Vogel Laurence Mason - Earl Briggs Margarita Levieva - Reggie Campo Pell James - Lorna Shea Whigham - Corliss Katherine Moennig - Gloria Michael Paré - Detective Kurlen Michaela Conlin - Detective Sobel Mackenzie Aladjem - Hayley Haller Eric Etebari - Charles Talbot External links 1189340 Category:2011 films Category:2010s American films Category:Crime thriller films Category:Films based on American novels Category:Films set in courtrooms Category:Films set in Los Angeles Category:Legal films Category:Films about dysfunctional families Category:Films about lawyers