Daily Dialogue — October 14, 2016

Vincent Lauria: Hey Eddie, what are you going to do when I kick your ass?
Eddie Felson: Pick myself up and let you kick me again.
Vincent Lauria: Oh yeah?
Eddie Felson: Yeah. [pause] Just don’t put the money in the bank, kid. Because if I don’t whip you now, I’m gonna whip you next month in Dallas.
Carmen: You mean Houston — there’s nothing coming up in Dallas.
Eddie Felson: Houston, Dallas… And if not then, then the month after that, in New Orleans.
Vincent Lauria: Oh yeah? What makes you so sure?
Eddie Felson: [stares at Vincent for a second, then gets ready to break] Hey — I’m back.

Eddie breaks.

— The Color of Money (1986), screenplay by Richard Price, novel by Walter Tevis

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Coaching.

Trivia: An earlier screenplay was written by Walter Tevis, author of the novels “The Hustler” and “The Color of Money”. But Martin Scorsese was not interested in doing a literal sequel to The Hustler (1961) and worked out a new story with Newman and Richard Price.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Sometimes the coach learns from the student. Such is the case in The Color of Money, the contentious relationship between Eddie (Paul Newman) and Vincent (Tom Cruise) ultimately results in Eddie getting back into the game.