Daily Dialogue — February 27, 2012

Otto and Kevin, in the supermarket, facing cans of generic yellow cling sliced peaches.

KEVIN Do Do Do De Do De Do De Do De Do Feeling Do De Da Do De Do De Do Feeling seven-up. I’m feeling seven-up. Feeling seven up. I’m feeling seven up. It’s a crisp refreshing feeling crystal clear and light. America’s drinking seven-up and it sure feels right. Feeling lucky seven.

Otto puts price sticker on Kevin’s glasses.

OTTO Kevin stop singing man.

KEVIN Feeling seven eleven.

KEVIN Hum. I wasn’t singing guy.

OTTO I’m standing right next to you and you’re fucking (flippin) singing. Cut it out.

KEVIN Jeeze. Why so tense guy?

MR. HUMPHRIES Otto?

KEVIN Mister Humphries!

MR. HUMPHRIES You were late again this morning. Now normally I’d let it go but it’s been brought to my attention that you’re not paying attention to the way you space the cans. Many young men of your age in these uncertain times-

MR. HUMPHRIES Otto! Are you paying attention to me?

LOUIE Hey! He’s talking to you!

Kevin chuckles

Otto grabs Kevin by the front of his shirt, steps around him, and pushes him into the stack of cans (this has been described as a goof but it’s clearly just a case of awkward staging used to make the shot work).

Louie pulls his gun.

LOUIE (Basta!)

KEVIN You gotta love getting fired from your job in a big way, Otto.

MR. HUMPHRIES What are you laughing at? Louie, throw him out too.

LOUIE Come on you worm. Get out of here.

Louie shoves Kevin down aisle where Otto is walking out. Otto takes off his clip-on bow tie and tosses it back towards Louie. Louie twirls his gun and puts it away. Note that the store aisle is lined with nothing but generic products, plain black lettering on white background. All products in movie from now on will have this appearance.

— Otto (Emilio Estevez), Kevin (Zander Schloss), Mr. Humphries (Charles Hopkins), Repo Man (1984), written by Alex Cox

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is getting fired, suggested by lizswan. Today’s suggestion by pliny the elder.

Trivia: All the repo men (except Otto) are named after beers. 

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