Daily Dialogue — June 19, 2018

Danny: Ten oughta do it, don’t you think?

Rusty stares the TV in silence, not looking at Danny.

Danny: You think we need one more?

Rusty silent, doesn’t move.

Danny: You think we need one more.

Rusty… nothing.

Danny: All right, we’ll get one more.

— Ocean’s 11 (2001), screenplay by Ted Griffin, 1960 screenplay by Harry Brown and Charles Lederer, 1960 story by George Clayton Johnson & Jack Golden Russell

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Heist. Today’s suggestion by @BretMaverick777.

Trivia: Screenwriter Ted Griffin was inspired by The Magnificent Seven (1960) and The Great Escape (1963). He liked the way the men in those movies had a shorthand with each other that only they understood.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Sometimes the best dialogue is no dialogue as here where Brad Pitt gives a special performance as Rusty, communicating everything he needs to ‘say’… by not saying it.