Daily Dialogue — May 27, 2018

Gust Avrakotos: Promises were made!
Cravely: Not by me.
Gust Avrakotos: I’ve been with the company for twenty-four years. I was posted in Greece for fifteen. I’ve advised and armed the Hellenic Army. I’ve neutralized champions of communism. I’ve spent the past three years… learning Finnish! Which would come in handy here in Virginia, and I’m never ever sick at sea. So I wanna know why… I’m not gonna be your Helsinki station chief.

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Gust Avrakotos: [after smashing his boss’s office window] My loyalty! For twenty four years people have been trying to kill me! People who know how. Now do you think that’s because my dad was a Greek soda pop maker? Or do you think that’s because I’m an American spy? Go fuck yourself, you fucking child!

— Charlie Wilson’s War (2007), screenplay by Aaron Sorkin, book by George Crile

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Aaron Sorkin.

Trivia: Director Mike Nichols’ final theatrical film.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Classic Sorkin touch. Heightened emotions. Smart characters. Verbal battle.