Daily Dialogue — March 4, 2015

INDY: You two get back to Cairo quick and get us transportation to England — a plane, a ship, anything.
MARION: What about you?
INDY: I’m going to get that truck. I’ll meet you at Omar’s. Be ready for me.

Sallah nods. Marion looks at him like he’s nuts. Indy jumps up, looks around desperately.

MARION: How are you going to get that truck?
INDY: (still searching) I don’t know. I’m making this up as I go.

He runs away between two tents.

— Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan, story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Chase. Today’s suggestion by Rob Peterson.

Trivia: George Lucas made what was at the time an unusual deal for this film. The studio financed the film’s entire $20-million budget. In exchange, Lucas would own over 40% of the film and collect almost half of the profits after the studio grossed a certain amount. It turned out to be a very lucrative deal for Lucas. Paramount executive Michael Eisner said that he felt the script for this film was the best he had ever read.

Dialogue On Dialogue: That line — “I don’t know. I’m making this up as I go.” — speaks to the essence of Indiana Jones.

If you have any suggestions for this week’s theme, please post in comments — and thanks!