Daily Dialogue — April 12, 2016

“Pop quiz, hotshot. There’s a bomb on a bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it blows up. What do you do? What do you do?”

— Speed (1994), written by Graham Yost

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Villain. Today’s suggestion by Michael Waters.

Trivia: Script doctor Joss Whedon rewrote the script uncredited. According to Graham Yost, the credited writer of Speed, Whedon wrote most of its dialogue.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Michael: “Movie Concept delivered in one line. Beautiful.”