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| “ | What if I told you insane was working fifty hours a week in some office for fifty years... at the end of which they tell you to piss off? Ending up in some retirement village... hoping to die before suffering the indignity of trying to make it to the toilet on time. Wouldn't you consider that to be insane? | „ |
| ~ Garland Greene, rationalizing his murders. |
| “ | Define irony: a bunch of idiots on an airplane dancing around to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash. | „ |
| ~ Garland Greene |
Garland Greene is a major character in the 1997 American action film Con Air. He is an infamous serial killer who is brought upon the Jailbird prison transfer plane amongst a variety of other criminals, and is feared by each one besides Cyrus Grissom.
He was portrayed by Steve Buscemi, who also portrayed Mr. Pink in Reservoir Dogs, Carl Showalter in Fargo, Nucky Thompson in Boardwalk Empire, Gordon Pratt in Homicide: Life on the Street, Tony Blundetto in The Sopranos, Randall Boggs in Monsters, Inc., Mr. Wesley in Home on the Range, Francis E. Francis in The Boss Baby, Dorsal Dan in SpongeBob SquarePants, and Dwight Diddlehopper in The Simpsons.
History[]
Garland Greene was a ruthless serial killer who was taken to Carson City and transferred to Jailbird. He was later released by Cyrus Blossom, and joined the other prisoners, and everyone was afraid of him, including Diamond Dog. After Billy Bedlam's death, he reflected on his mental status and concluded that he was very angry. Soon after when Jailbird lands in Lerner Airfield, Greene separates from the other prisoners and meets a little playing alone in a pool and she invites him on play, but soon questions his unhealthy appearance, and he says he has no remedy to cure him, and then it's not known what happened to the girl, but very possibly Greene could have killed her. And then when Blossom's plans are thwarted, he the orders Jailbird to take off, and Greene joins the other inmates with a Ken-like doll he got from the little girl, and then when the plane takes off he is seen singing happily. Soon after Greene avoids being captured. And after that he is seen playing casino dice and drinking.
Personality[]
Greene is undoubtedly one of the most dangerous criminals even more than Cyrus the Virus, for he killed thirty people in cruel ways, and he even wore a child hat, which was one of his victims, and other except Cyrus who admires him. He is also a niihilist psychopath, who despites his friendly conversation with the girl, but due to the later he appears with the little girls's Ken doll.
Trivia[]
- Greene can be compared to Carnage's alter ego, as both are niihilist and cruel psychopaths who commited atrocious crimes, and both were arrested for their crimes.
- Although Garland Greene is considered the most dangerous convict, he does not kill anyone throughout the film.
- Con Air director Simon West and Steve Buscemi studied real-life serial killers for the role of Garland Greene and managed to incorporate many of them into the character, most notably the following:
- Ed Gein: Butchering corpses and keeping decapitated heads along with dismembered body parts, wearing clothing and apparel made of human skin
- Ted Bundy: Homicidal tendencies, driving through states to avoid law enforcement
- Charles Manson: murderous instincts, cult personality
- Jeffrey Dahmer: Calm demeanor and insanity
- John Wayne Gacey: Child murder
- Edmund Kemper: Intelligence and introspection to recognize oneself for who one is.