Gone Baby Gone

Should society act more aggressively to protect children from abuse and neglect? This film also raises questions about the effects of drug policy.

Private detective Patrick Kenzie narrates: "... People here take pride in those things... Be wise as serpents..." (0:01)

Police Captain Jack Doyle: "I know the pain of losing a daughter..." (0:04)

Beatrice “Bea” McCready tells Patrick, referring to Amanda McCready, "The police need to worry about finding my niece." (0:07)

His partner Angie Gennaro tells Patrick, "I don’t want to find a little kid after they've been abused for three days." (0:09)

Bea’s sister-in-law Helene’s friend Dottie, referring to Helene, tells Helene’s brother Lionel, "She’s in grieving, prick..." 
Lionel: ”She could grieve how she wants...” (0:11)

Lionel tells Angie and Patrick, "Helene’s got emotional problems." (0:11)

Lionel tells Angie and Patrick, referring to Helene, "She drinks ever day..." 
Patrick: ”She use drugs?” 
Lionel: ”I think she does a little coke.” 
”I got 23 years sobriety...” (0:13)

Steve Penteroudakis tells Angie and Patrick, referring to Helene, "... a lot of drugs..." 
”... She’s a... coke ho.... Doing lines just about every night.” 
”... She was in here... bumpin’ rails...” 
”... bangin’ down rails with Ray...” 
Patrick: ”You’re awfully worried about people’s asses there, Dave.” 
Patrick strikes a man in the face with his pistol.
Patrick calls bartender Dave. ”... retard.” (0:18)

Nick tells Angie and Patrick, referring to suspects, "... They have drug habits..." 
Patrick, referring to Helene’s boyfriend Ray Likanski: ”... does blow..” 
”Skinny Ray was... doing coke...” (0:22)

Bubba Rogowski tells Patrick, referring to mug shots, "Drug addict, drug addict... pedophile..." 
Bubba: ”Skinny Ray is a... cokehead...” (0:24)

Police detective Sergeant Remy Bressant, referring to Cheese, "... He’s a... sociopathic... criminal." 
Bea: ”He’s a drug lord.” 
Police detective Nick Poole: ”He is... a drug dealer...” 
”.. He’s a drug dealer...” 
”... shot him in the head.” 
Helene: ”I just mule...” 
Lionel: ”It means she’s a drug runner, Bea. It means she carries drugs...” 
Lionel: ”What, drugs?” 
Bea: ”what kind of drugs?” 
Nick: ”Cocaine and heroin.” 
Bea: ”No, I would've seen the track marks.” 
Remy: ”Not if you snort it...” 
Helene: ”... less addictive that way.” (0:26)

Remy asks Helene, "Care to take a polygraph?" 
Nick tells Helene, ”... We don’t care about a couple of hopheads beatin’ each other...” 
Helene: ”... We dropped four keys...” (0:28)

Helene tells Angie and Patrick, "... retarded Ray left his baby rock at my place." 
”... I run coke and heroin...” (0:32)

Helene reacts to Ray’s death. 
Helene tells Patrick, referring to money: ”I buried it when Ray was passed out.” (0:34)

Helene tells Patrick, "... I won’t use no drugs... I’ll be... straight..." (0:36)

Cheese insufflates lines from mirror 
Patrick: ”No. I quit” 
Cheese lights a marijuana cigarette. 
cheese: ”... It’s been too long not to see a fool...” 
Patrick: ”One of the idiots that robbed you lived there.” 
Cheese: ”What idiot.?” 
Patrick, referring to Cheese’s henchman Chris Mullen: ”... Your doped up bitches are gonna get sent back to Laos, and this... retard...” (0:38)

Newspaper headline: "COP FATHER OF SLAIN CHILD..." (0:45)

Patrick reads: "... you know who this is, fool..." 
Doyle: ”Detective Bressant was kind enough to produce this...” 
”My only child was murdered... likely died crying out for me... died... alone... I know what it feels like to lose a child...” (0:46)

Funeral for Amanda (0:55)

Bubba answers a man, "No, it’s the coke fairy..." 
Tossing a packet of cocaine: ”It’s a taste: cocaine for the old man.” 
The man insufflates.
Woman: “You already did some.” She insufflates. 
”Just give us the... wizza.” 
Bubba dumps cocaine on the floor. (0:59)

Patrick tells Remy, "They’re definitely high." 
”Cocaine.” (1:02)

Angie tells Patrick, "... I’m proud of you..." 
Patrick: ”You’re proud of me?” (1:08)

Remy tells Patrick, "Should be proud of yourself..." 
”... It’s a stash house... The husband’s mean, cracked out... there’s no dope in the house...” 
Referring to the boy: ”... the father’s got him in this crack den... You’re worried what’s Catholic?... I put an ounce of heroin on the living room floor...” 
”... you molest a child. You beat a child...” (1:09)

Funeral procession for Nick. Burial of Nick. (1:144)

Patrick tells police officer Devin Amronklin, "... Remy used to work narcotics with you..." (1:17)

Lionel tells Patrick, "... I haven’t been honest with you. It’s not something I’m proud of... the other guy cracked his skull..." 
Patrick: ”Coke-dealing Haitian’s a pretty easy target...” 
Lionel relapses by drinking whiskey. 
Lionel, referring to Ray and Helene: ”... they’d robbed this drug dealer.” (1:21)

Lionel tells Remy, "There’s another drug run... taking cocaine..." 
”... Bea, she went nuts...” 
Referring to Helene and Dottie: ”... they... smoke a doobie with some guys...” 
A robber strikes a bar patron in the head with the butt of his shotgun. He says, “... you can get wise...” (1:24)

A police officer tells Patrick, "... we don’t do transcripts, smart guy." (1:32)

Lionel: "Panicking..." 
”... She’s on crack...” 
”She’s an addict.” 
”Drug mule...” (1:35)

Remy’s ashes in a cemetery (1:44)

Helene tells Patrick, referring to Angie, "... She don’t get smart, I’ll take you out." (1:46)

Reference in I'm Still Here