Danny Witwer Quotes in Minority Report (2002)

John Anderton: Why'd you catch that?

Danny Witwer: Because it was going to fall.

John Anderton: You're certain?

Danny Witwer: Yeah.

John Anderton: But it didn't fall. You caught it. The fact that you prevented it from happening doesnt change the fact that it was *going* to happen.

John Anderton: [about Witwer's father] What does he think about your chosen line of work?

Danny Witwer: I don't know. He was shot and killed when I was 15 on the steps of our church in Dublin. I know what it's like to lose someone close, John. 'Course, nothing is like the loss of a child. I don't have any children of my own, so I can only imagine what that must've been like. To lose your son - in such a public place like that. At least now you and I have the chance to make sure that kind of thing doesn't happen to anyone...

John Anderton: Why don't you cut the cute act, Danny boy, and tell me exactly what it is you're looking for?

Danny Witwer: Flaws.

John Anderton: There hasn't been a murder in 6 years. There's nothing wrong with the system, it is perfect.

Danny Witwer: [simultaneously] perfect. I agree. But if there's a flaw, it's human. It always is.

Danny Witwer: Looks like we won't be working together after all, John. Now put the gun down. I don't hear a red ball.

[Sirens begin going off, the same sirens that usually indicate a red ball- Witwer's smile drops]

Danny Witwer: [Using Anderton's projector and puts a clear recorded device into it] This is a murder of a woman named Anne Livley.

Lamar Burgess: You got this from containment?

Danny Witwer: Yes. This is from the twins, Arthur and Dashiell. Agatha's datastream is missing.

[Takes out the clear device and gets out another clear device from his suit pocket]

Danny Witwer: This is from the Cyber Parlor.

[Puts that clear device into Anderton's projector]

Danny Witwer: Anderton dowloaded this directly from Agatha, and Rufus Riley recorded it.

Lamar Burgess: It's the same prevision.

Danny Witwer: Not quite.

[Gets up and goes to the video on the wall]

Danny Witwer: Watch the wave action across the water. Watch the ripples. Moving

[Moves his pinky]

Danny Witwer: *away* from shore.

[Goes over to the projector and changes recorded devices]

Danny Witwer: This is from containment what Art and Dash saw.

[Goes back to the wall]

Danny Witwer: The wind has changed. The ripples are moving the other way.

[Moves his pinky to the direction of the ripples]

Danny Witwer: This murder is taking place at 2 different times. The sentry has said that Anderton was actually watching this in containment right before he was tagged.

Lamar Burgess: Yes, yes. He came to me and told me about the missing prevision. He was afraid that you might find it.

Danny Witwer: He was right. I *did* find it. But one question remains: Why would somebody want this erased from the data file?

Lamar Burgess: Danny. Tell me. What are you thinking?

Danny Witwer: I'm thinking somebody got away with murder.

Lamar Burgess: I don't understand.

Danny Witwer: Well, Jad told me that sometimes the Pre-Cogs see the same murder more than once.

Lamar Burgess: It's called an "echo".

Danny Witwer: Jad calls it "Pre-Cog Deja Vu".

Lamar Burgess: Yes. The Pre-Cog technician finds these echoes and disregard them.

Danny Witwer: [laughs slightly] Yes, but um... what if the technician only *thought* that he was looking at an echo? What if he was really looking at was a completely different murder altogether?

Lamar Burgess: Uh, I don't understand.

Danny Witwer: All you have to do is hire someone to kill Anne Livley for you, someone like a drifter, a neuroin addict, somebody with nothing to lose. Pre-Crime stops the murder from taking place, Halos the killer, takes him away but then, right then someone else that has viewed the pre-vision. Dresses in the same clothes, commits the murder in *exactly* the same way. Technician takes a look, *thinks* he's looking at an echo, erases it.

[Brief pause]

Danny Witwer: Of course, this would have to be somebody with access to the previsions in the first place. Someone *fairly* high-up...

Lamar Burgess: [Shushes Witwer] You know what I hear Danny? Nothing. No footsteps up the stairs, no jet out of the window, no clickeyty-click of the little spiders. Do you know why I can't hear those things Danny? Because right now, the Pre-Cogs can't see a thing.

[Shoots Danny in the chest as he slowley crumples to the floor, Burgess than comes over to Danny and shoots him in the head]

Lara Anderton: How do you take your coffee?

Danny Witwer: Cream and sugar.

Lara Anderton: I don't have any cream, sorry.

Danny Witwer: Just sugar, then. You and John ever come here?

Lara Anderton: [begins to walk away towards the kitchen] We used to.

Danny Witwer: He's not here now is he?

Lara Anderton: [stops in the doorway and looks at him]

Danny Witwer: I had to ask.

Lara Anderton: [walks back to Danny and hands back his cup] I don't have any sugar, either.

Danny Witwer: Lamar thinks you left John because he lost himself in Precrime instead of you.

Lara Anderton: [glares at him] I left him, because everytime I looked at him, I saw my son. Everytime time I got close to him, I smelled my little boy. That's why I left him. And now you can leave.

Danny Witwer: [getting into the elevator] You're in a lot of trouble, John.

John Anderton: You set me up.

Danny Witwer: I'll write the paranoia off to the whiff you've been doping on...

[John slams him against the elevator wall and draws his gun, then presses it to Witwer's throat]

John Anderton: Well, I...

Danny Witwer: Easy. Easy. It seems I found a flaw.

[He pulls from his pocket and holds up the inhalant device]

John Anderton: What are you gonna do?

Danny Witwer: Possession alone will cost you six months, not to mention your badge. I guess we won't be working together after all. Now, put the gun down, John. I don't hear a red ball.

Danny Witwer: [in a deadly tone] Now, put the gun down, John. I don't hear a red ball.

[Then, the red ball alarm sounds, and Anderton backs out of the elevator and turns to run]

[viewing the crime scene of Leo Crow's murder]

Danny Witwer: I worked homicide before federal. This is what we call an orgy of evidence. You know how many orgies I had as a homicide cop?

Officer Fletcher: How many?

Danny Witwer: None.

[crouches down and looks back up]

Danny Witwer: This was all arranged.

John Anderton: Why don't you cut the cute act, Danny boy, and tell me what it is you're looking for?

Danny Witwer: Flaws.

John Anderton: There hasn't been a murder in six years. There's nothing wrong with this system it is...

Danny Witwer: Perfect I agree, but there's a flaw. It's human.

Danny Witwer: He came to see you the other day right before he was tagged. What did you talk about?

Lamar Burgess: The Mets. John doesn't think they have a deep enough pitching roster this year, and I'm inclined to...

Danny Witwer: Why are you protecting him?

Danny Witwer: What does he want with a Pre-Cog?

Wally the Caretaker: [hysterical] What do you think? So he can kill whoever he wants without anyone knowing about it!