Phil Hiton Quotes in The Running Man (1987)

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Phil Hiton Quotes:

  • [Amber is being introduced to the audience as a special guest 'runner']

    Phil Hiton: ...Later, she cheated on College exams. Then she had sexual relations with three, sometimes even four men within a single year. Then came Mad Dog Ben Richards, her *Confederate*, her LOVER!

    Amber Mendez: That's a lie!

    Damon Killian: Let's reunite these two lovebirds!

    [audience cheers]

    Damon Killian: [Amber is sent down to the game zone]

  • Damon Killian: We have one hell of a show for you tonight. Phil, please, if you will, introduce tonight's guest runner...

    Damon Killian: [to Mrs. Agnes McArdle and the audience] ... and watch that screen.

    [an CGI falsified version of the actual events of the Bakersfield massacre is shown; the police heilcopter is flying over the city]

    Phil Hiton: Our star runner tonight needs no introduction. He's Ben Richards, the brutal slayer of 60 men, women, and children in the Bakersfield massacre.

    Ben Richards: Food riot in progress. Approximately 1,500 civilians. Moving in.

    Dispatcher: [to Richards] Yankee-nine-niner, the crowd is unarmed. Repeat, unarmed. Abort attack. Acknowledge, Yankee-Nine-Niner.

    Ben Richards: [to dispatch] The hell with you.

    Dispatcher: Lieutenant Sanders, take command. Detain Richards and return to base.

    [Ben attacks Sanders and the crew; Thousands of shanty residents, the audience, and the guests in the locker room, including Captain Freedom, are watching the shocking events infolding]

    Dispatcher: Acknowledge, Yankee-Nine-Niner! Acknowledge! Return to base! Those are innocent, unarmed people down there! Cease fire! CEASE FIRE!

    [Ben starts shooting at the crowd with an automatic machine gun and laying waste to the entire city using rocket launchers; The audience and the residents watch in sheer horror]

    Damon Killian: Well, we all know the aftermath: Grieving parents, orphaned children, and a nation shocked to its very core. Here he is, ready to pay the price for our home audience. In person, the Butcher of Bakersfield!

  • [last lines]

    Phil Hiton: *The Running Man* has been brought to you by: Breakaway Paramilitary Uniforms, Ortopure Procreation Pill, and Cadre Cola; it hits the spot! Promotional considerations paid for by: Kelton Flame Throwers, Wainwright Electrical Launchers, and Hammond & Gage Chainsaws. Damon Killian's wardrobe by Chez Antoinne: 19th-Century craftsmanship for the 21st-Century man. Cadre Trooper and studio-guard side arms provided by Colchester: the pistol of patriots. Remember: Tickets for the ICS studio tour are always available for Class-A citizens in good standing. If you'd like to be a contestant on THE RUNNING MAN, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: ICS Talent Hunt, care of your local affiliate, and then go out and do something really despicable! I'm Phil Hilton! Good night, and take care!

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