Doc Holliday: What did you ever want? Wyatt Earp: Just to live a normal life. Doc Holliday: There's no normal life, Wyatt, it's just life. Get on with it. Wyatt Earp: Don't know how. Doc Holliday: Sure you do. Say goodbye to me. Go grab that spirited actress and make her your own. Take that beauty from it, don't look back. Live every second. Live right on to the end. Live Wyatt. Live for me. Wyatt, if you were ever my friend - if ya ever had even the slightest of feelin' for me, leave now. Leave now... Please. Wyatt Earp: Thanks for always being there, Doc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_bGqpgyKrY The quote, "There's no normal life, Wyatt, it's just life." (which isn't shown in the video above, unfortunately) might be my favorite line of dialogue ever uttered in a movie -- especially considering it was quoted at my high school graduation and because Tombstone is my dad's all-time favorite flick. I think people gets so wrapped up in wanting their life to be a certain way, to follow a strict blueprint of success, with a steady influx of happiness until it's "The End." But in reality, life is so incredibly complicated, with so much oscillation and change that living a "normal life" becomes something quite undefinable, which is why Doc says "it's just life." Also from IMDB: Doc Holiday's last words "I'll be damned" were uttered when he realized he had bare feet. Doc swore he would "die with his boots on."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHpzM2TtPXI Barbossa: I feel... cold. // http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean_First-Draft.txt // The first draft below doesn't have this line and the whole battle is very different. ================================================================== Jack stands out of the moonlight, flesh and blood again, holding his smoking pistol, still aimed at Barbossa. BARBOSSA (CONT'D) Hah. Ten years you carried that pistol, and you end up wasting your shot. WILL He didn't waste it. Will stands over the Aztec chest, holding a bloody sword, his left hand in a fist. He opens the fist -- -- the medallion, blood covering it, drops from his hand, revealing the cut in his palm. Barbossa stares, then looks down at his chest. Blood blossoms on his shirt around the bullet hole. It spreads quickly. Barbossa clutches his chest, his face registering pain for the first time in years. Barbossa falls heavily to the ground, dead. ================================================================== The emotional impact is amazing. At first, Barbossa registers excitement and happiness, followed by confusion and shock. All this represented in 3 words. Minimum words, maximum impact. For those who don't know, there is a great commentary on the DVD with Terry Rosio and Ted Elliot. It is one of the best screenwriting commentaries out there in my not-so-humble opinion.

Kalen and Sam, both great choices. Look for those next week. Thanks!

From one of my all-time favorite movies: The Caves of Caerbannog from Monty Python and the Holy Grail Youtube link: http://youtu.be/GEcvSq4SDkc King Arthur: [about the inscription on the rock] What does it say, Brother Maynard? Brother Maynard: It reads, "Here may be found the last words of Joseph of Aramathia. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the holy grail in the Castle of Aaauuuggghhh... " King Arthur: What? Brother Maynard: "The Castle of Aaaauuuggghhhh" Sir Bedevere: What is that? Brother Maynard: He must have died while carving it. King Arthur: Oh come on! Brother Maynard: Well, that's what it says. King Arthur: Look, if he was dying, he wouldn't have bothered to carve 'Aaaauuuggghhhh'. He'd just say it. Sir Galahad: Maybe he was dictating it. King Arthur: Oh shut up! Sir Robin: Well does it say anything else? Brother Maynard: No, just "Aaaaauuuugggghhh". [knights making groaning sounds] Sir Bedevere: Do you think he could have mean, 'Camaaaauuuuggghhhh'? Sir Galahad: Where's that? Sir Bedevere: France, I think. Sir Lancelot: Isn't there a Saint "Aaaaavvvveeeesss" in Cornwall? King Arthur: No that's Saint "Ives". Sir Lancelot: Oh, yes. "Iiiiiivvvveeessss"! [All knights saying, "Iiiiiivvvveeessss"] Sir Bedevere: Whooooouuuuaaa! Sir Lancelot: No no no, it's "Aaaaauuuugggghhhh" from the back of the throat. Sir Bedevere: No I mean, "Whoooouuuuaaa!" as in surprise and alarm. Sir Lancelot: Oh, you mean like, "AAAHH!" Sir Bedevere: Yes, that's it. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I love the creativity around dying words carved in stone including the last dying breath and then a whole scene discussing the plausibility of such an act.

Dying words from Inception by Christopher Nolan: FATHER (hoarse whisper) I... was ... dis ... dis ... FISCHER I know, Dad. You were disappointed that I couldn't be you. The dying man SHAKES HIS HEAD with surprising energy. FATHER (whisper) I was disappointed... that you tried. Video: (scene starts around the 1:00 mark) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBH-8B5uN90 This dialogue is great because it is economical with words, and with so few words ("I was disappointed that you tried."), it flips the entire relationship between Fischer and his dying father, which is pivotal to the plot. Fischer thought he was failing by not living up to his father's legacy; now he understands his father wants him to make his own path.

Dying words from Inception by Christopher Nolan: FATHER (hoarse whisper) I… was … dis … dis … FISCHER I know, Dad. You were disappointed that I couldn’t be you. The dying man SHAKES HIS HEAD with surprising energy. FATHER (whisper) I was disappointed… that you tried. Video: (scene starts around the 1:00 mark) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBH-8B5uN90 I love this dialogue because it is economical with words, and with so few words (“I was disappointed that you tried.”), it flips the entire relationship between Fischer and his dying father, which is pivotal to the plot. Fischer thought he was failing by not living up to his father’s legacy; now he understands his father wants him to make his own path.