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And what this boy has been able to do, is tap into that main link between Tokyo and New York and when we really need it he's been able to give us a 7 second delay in the transfer of that information. Do you know what that means?

15 seconds sound clip from the The Grifters movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:58:21 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- Lose talk is the one thing I worry most about.

- I can keep my mouth shut.

- Come on over here and sit down.

- Tokyo exchange is 9 hours behind us, the NY exchange is 1 hour ahead of us. There is never one hour in which both exchanges are open.

- Information moves, but it has to wait. Now, I have a fellow working for me.

- D'ya know what a hacker is?

- Yeah, sure. That's like a... a computer expert, a genius.

- Very good.

- And what this boy has been able to do, is tap into that main link between Tokyo and New York and when we really need it he's been able to give us a 7 second delay in the transfer of that information. Do you know what that means?

- Well, I can see that you get your information ahead of NY.

- Every once in a while a major change happens and we have a 7 second advantage to put a buy order, a sell order, into that computer in New York just before that data from Tokyo comes pulling in right behind it.

- Not much time.

- No, we have to be ready, we have to have the money, we have to know what that information means, and we have to move like grease lightning.

- But boy, when it works, it is beautiful!

[...]

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Actors: John Cusack (Roy Dillon), Anjelica Huston (Lilly Dillon), Annette Bening (Myra Langtry), Henry Burk Jones (Mr. Simms)

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