Daily Dialogue — October 14, 2018

Kyle-Lee: Why are you doing this man? It’s just a game.
Shep: Not to me.

— Above the Rim (1994), screenplay by Barry Michael Cooper & Jeff Pollack, story by Jeff Pollack & Benny Medina

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Basketball.

Trivia: At the start when Shep awakes from the nightmare, you hear the intro to Tupac Shakur’s “Pain” — “I Couldn’t help but notice your pain” — “My pain?” — “It runs deep, share it with me!”. This voice-over is from Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989).

Dialogue On Dialogue: As we’ve been observing all week, sports movies are always about MORE than the sport. It’s NOT just a game.