Daily Dialogue — November 5, 2019
Taxi Driver: So what’re we doing? Michael Clayton: [hands driver cash] Give me fifty dollars worth. Just drive.
Taxi Driver: So what’re we doing?
Michael Clayton: [hands driver cash] Give me fifty dollars worth. Just drive.
— Michael Clayton (2008), written by Tony Gilroy
The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Driving. Today’s suggestion by Paul DeCesare.
Trivia: Tony Gilroy grew up in Orange County, New York, about 65 miles north of New York City. Michael Clayton’s home is in Blooming Grove, NY. Gilroy graduated from Washingtonville High School in 1974. Clayton graduated from Washingtonville Central High School in 1977. The scene where Michael boards a private jet was filmed at Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, NY. The pivotal car accident was filmed at the Moodna Viaduct in Salisbury Mills, NY.
Dialogue On Dialogue: Driving on the road to nowhere.
Reminds me of another ending scene featuring George Clooney: