Daily Dialogue — August 19, 2016

OLD TIMER #2: How much has he had?
CHESTER: None. That’s the first one. He hasn’t touched it, yet. He just likes to hold it.
MARTY: Doc! Doc! What are you doing?
DOC: I’ve lost her, Marty. There’s nothing left for me here.
MARTY: Alright, that’s why you gotta come back with me.
DOC: Where?
MARTY: Back to the future.
DOC: Right. Let’s get going.
MARTY: Great.
DOC: Gentlemen, excuse me but my friend and I have to catch a train.
OLD TIMER #1: Here’s to ya, Blacksmith!
OLD TIMER #3: And to the future.
OLD TIMER #2: Amen!
DOC: Amen!
CHESTER: Emmett, no!

Doc downs his drink and falls to the floor.

MARTY: Doc! Doc! Doc! C’mon, Doc, wake up! Wake up, Doc. How many did he have?
CHESTER: Just the one.
MARTY: Just the one? C’mon, Doc.

— Back to the Future Part III (1990), screenplay by Bob Gale, story and characters by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Alcoholism. Today’s suggestion by Will King.

Trivia: When Doc and Marty are at the drive-in preparing the DeLorean for the trip to 1885, Marty mentions Clint Eastwood and Doc replies, “Clint who?” In this shot, there is a movie poster on the drive-in’s wall showcasing Revenge of the Creature (1955) and Tarantula (1955), containing some of the first film appearances of a young, then-unknown Eastwood.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Will: “Throughout all three films Doc has shown no signs of interest in alcohol, so it’s not surprising it affects him so drastically once he does imbibe. However, how do you get a non-drinker to take that first drink? In this scene, Doc reacts instinctively to the proffered toast, and that’s what puts him under.”