Daily Dialogue — November 19, 2011
Carl Hanratty: [Frank is making one last attempt to run by impersonating a pilot once again. Carl catches up with him at Dulles Airport] How’d you do it, Frank? How’d you pass the bar in Louisiana?
Frank Abagnale, Jr.: [Frank continues to walk. Carl walks several paces behind] What are you doing here?
Carl Hanratty: Listen…
Frank Abagnale, Jr.: I’m sorry I put you through all this.
Carl Hanratty: You go back to Europe, you’re gonna die in Perpignan Prison. You try to run here in the States, we’ll send you back to Atlanta for 50 years.
Frank Abagnale, Jr.: I know that.
Carl Hanratty: I spent four years trying to arrange your release. Had to convince my bosses at the FBI and the Attorney General of the United States you wouldn’t run.
Frank Abagnale, Jr.: Why’d you do it?
Carl Hanratty: You’re just a kid.
Frank Abagnale, Jr.: I’m not your kid. You said you were going to Chicago.
Carl Hanratty: My daughter can’t see me this weekend. She’s going skiing.
Frank Abagnale, Jr.: You said she was four years old. You’re lying.
Carl Hanratty: She was four when I left. Now she’s 15. My wife’s been remarried for 11 years. I see Grace every now and again.
Frank Abagnale, Jr.: I don’t understand.
Carl Hanratty: Sure you do. Sometimes, it’s easier living the lie. [Frank stops, Carl catches up] I’m going to let you fly tonight, Frank. I’m not even going to try to stop you. That’s because I know you’ll be back on Monday.
Frank Abagnale, Jr.: Yeah? How do you know I’ll come back?
Carl Hanratty: Frank, look. Nobody’s chasing you.
— Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks), Frank Abagnale, Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio), Catch Me If You Can (2002), screenplay by Jeff Nathanson, based on books written by Frank Abagnale Jr. and Stan Redding
The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is cop meets crook, suggested by Désirée. Catch Me If You Can suggested by chumage.
Trivia: The blackboard that Carl Hanratty is writing on toward the end of the movie contains a small note at the bottom that says, “Steven and Tom’s 4th project”. Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, had previously collaborated on Band of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan and Joe Versus the Volcano.
Dialogue On Dialogue: They’re called “scene-enders.” A great line of dialogue that just flat-out kills as the scene’s last side. And this is a great one. Perfect line.
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