Daily Dialogue — August 10, 2012

EXT. BASSETERRE HOTEL — ANTIGUA — POOLSIDE — 1976 — DAY

Diego and George sit with five other Colombians, most notably, a man named CESAR ROZA. The mood is not friendly.

DIEGO: Fifteen kilos. Seven and a half in each suitcase. You receive a hundred thousand dollars upon delivery.
GEORGE: Okay.
CESAR: Not so fast. I would like to go over the details.
GEORGE: What details? I put the coke in the false bottoms and take it through customs.
CESAR: Tell me about the suitcases. What is the make and the color?
DIEGO: Samsonites. Red. No tags.

Cesar thinks about it.

CESAR: Hmm. I see. Will there be clothes in the suitcase?
GEORGE: What? Yeah, sure.
CESAR: Whose cloths? Your clothes?
GEORGE: My clothes, your clothes. What does it matter?
CESAR: I would like to know the contents. Every detail is important.
GEORGE: What are we doing here, Diego? This guy’s a clown. He’s talking about clothes.
CESAR: I demand to know everything. I do not trust six-hundred thousand dollars of coca to someone I don’t know.
GEORGE: It’s a lousy fifteen kilos. I piss fifteen kilos.
CESAR: The coca is my responsibility!
GEORGE: You’re a fucking amateur!
DIEGO: Gentlemen, please. There is no need to be impolite. Cesar, this will be fine. You have my word. George, Cesar is just being thorough. That’s all.
CESAR: Very well. But just remember, Mr. Jung. I will be with you the whole way. And I will be watching.

— Cesar (Dan Ferro), Diego (Jordi Mollà), George (Johnny Depp), Blow (2001), screenplay by David McKenna and Nick Cassavetes, based on the book by Bruce Porter

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is drug deals suggested by Jonathan Webb. Today’s suggestion by Teddy Pasternak.

Trivia: George’s last line, “There are no more white horses or pretty ladies at my door” is a reference to the Emerson Lake and Palmer song “Lucky Man”.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Again achieving a sense of verisimilitude as they argue over the details of the deal.