Daily Dialogue — December 17, 2010

Angel Eyes: Two can dig a lot quicker than one. Dig.
(to Blondie)
Angel Eyes: You’re not diggin’.
Blondie: You shoot me, you won’t see a cent of that money.
Angel Eyes: Why?
Blondie: I’ll tell you why.
(kicks open grave revealing skeleton)
Blondie: ‘Coz there’s nothin’ in there.
Tuco: You son of a — 
Blondie: You thought I’d trust you? Two hundred thousand dollars is a lot of money. We’re gonna have to earn it.
Angel Eyes: How?
(Blondie picks up rock)
Blondie: I’ll write the name on the bottom of this stone. Your gun?

 — Blondie (Clint Eastwood), Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleef), Tuco (Eli Wallach), The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966), screenplay by Agenore Incrocci & Furio Scarpelli & Luciano Vincenzoni & Sergio Leone, English version by Mickey Knox

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is Protagonist-Nemesis showdowns, suggested by Jonathan. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly suggested by Sean Z P Harris.

Trivia: Eli Wallach remembered that when he first came to Madrid all the hotels were full. Clint Eastwood invited him to sleep over at a friend’s house and they shared the same bed. Wallach’s wife Anne Jackson told him he could boast that he was the only man to sleep with Clint Eastwood.

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