Daily Dialogue — March 2, 2017
“We might just make it. Did that thought ever cross your brain? Well, regardless, I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean than…
“We might just make it. Did that thought ever cross your brain? Well, regardless, I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean than to stay here and die on this shithole island, spending the rest of my life talking… [suddenly yelling] …TO A GODDAMN VOLLEYBALL!
— Cast Away (2000), written by William Broyles, Jr.
The Daily Dialogue theme for next week: Sidekick, suggested by Angry Cyborg.
Trivia: Actual lines of dialogue were written for Wilson the volleyball, to help Tom Hanks have a more natural interaction with the inanimate object.
Dialogue On Dialogue: Yes, a sidekick can be an inanimate object, in this case a volleyball. Given that Chuck is the only animate character once he’s stranded on the island, it was a stroke of creative genius for Wilson to come into existence — to give Chuck someone to talk to… and argue with.
How Wilson came to be: