Daily Dialogue — December 13, 2010

Little Bill Daggett: I don’t deserve this… to die like this. I was building a house.
Will Munny: Deserve’s got nothin’ to do with it.
Little Bill Daggett: I’ll see you in hell, William Munny.
Will Munny: Yeah.
[fires gun]

 — Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman), Willy Munny (Clint Eastwood), Unforgiven (1992), written by David Webb Peoples

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is Protagonist-Nemesis showdowns, suggested by Jonathan. Unforgiven suggested by Annika W.

Trivia: The script floated around Hollywood for nearly 20 years, during which time Gene Hackman read and rejected it, only to be later convinced by Clint Eastwood (who had owned the rights to the script for some time) to play a role.