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Rusty: You'd need at least a dozen guys doing a combination of cons. Danny: Like what, do you think? Rusty: Off the top of my head, I'd say you're looking at a Boesky, a Jim Brown, a Miss Daisy, two Jethros and a Leon Spinks, not to mention the biggest Ella Fitzgerald, ever. Where do you think you’re going to get the money to back this? Danny: We hit these three casinos, we get our bankroll. Benedict's got a long list of enemies. Rusty: Enemies with loose cash and nothing to lose? [pauses, then nods] Ah...Reuben. Danny: Reuben.

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Rusty: I need the reason. And don't say money. Why do this? Danny: Why not do it? [Rusty shakes his head] 'Cause yesterday I walked out of the joint after losing four years of my life and you're cold-decking "Teen Beat" cover boys. [pause] 'Cause the house always wins. Play long enough, you never change the stakes, the house takes you. Unless, when that perfect hand comes along, you bet big, then you take the house. Rusty: Been practicing this speech, haven't you? Danny: Little bit. Did I rush it? Felt like I rushed it. Rusty: No, it was good, I liked it. The "Teen Beat" thing was harsh though...I wonder what Reuben will say. Reuben: You're outta your goddamn minds! Are you listening to me? You're, both of you nuts! I know more about casino security than any man alive. I invented it. And it cannot be beaten. They got cameras, they got watchers, they got locks, they got timers, they got vaults. They got enough armed personnel to occupy Paris!...Okay, bad example. Danny: It's never been

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Danny: We'll need Saul. Rusty: He won't do it, got out of the game a year ago. Danny: He get religion? Rusty: Ulcers. Danny: ...You could ask him. Rusty: Hey, I could ask him. Saul: I saw you at the paddock before the second race, outside the men's room when I placed my bet. I saw you before you even got up this morning. Rusty: How you been, Saul? Saul: Never better. Rusty: What's with the orange? Saul: My doctor says I need vitamins. Rusty: So why don't you take vitamins? Saul: You come here to give me a physical? Rusty: Box seats. Come on. Saul: So you gonna tell me? Or should I just say "no" and get it over with? Rusty: Saul you're the best there is, you're in Cooperstown. What do you want? Saul: Nothing. I got a duplex now. I got wall-to-wall and a goldfish. I'm seeing a nice lady who works the unmentionables counter at Macy's. I've changed. Rusty: Guys like us don't change Saul. We get old or we get sloppy. We don't change. Saul: Quit conning me. Rusty: [Gestures to the running do

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Danny: [holds up a black wallet] Hello Linus. Whose is this? Linus: Who are you? Danny: A friend of Bobby Caldwell's. [produces a plane ticket and places it down on the table] You're either in or you're out. Right now. Linus: What is it? Danny: It's a plane ticket. A job offer. Linus: You're pretty trusting pretty fast. Danny: Well Bobby has a lot of faith in you. Linus: Fathers are like that. [pauses, Danny is genuinely surprised] Oh he didn't tell you? He didn't want me trading on his name. Danny: You do this job and he'll be trading on yours...You don't, we'll find somebody else who won't be quite as good and you can go back to feeling up stockbrokers. [To waitress] Can you get the check, please? [When Danny turns back, Linus has taken the plane ticket that Danny thought he was still holding] That's the best lift I've seen you make yet. Linus: Las Vegas Huh? Danny: America's playground.

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Reuben: You're Bobby Caldwell's kid? From Chicago? Linus: Yeah. Reuben: You like it there? Linus: Yeah. Reuben: That's wonderful. Get in the goddamn house.

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Danny: Gentlemen: the 3000 block of Las Vegas Boulevard. Otherwise known as the Bellagio, the Mirage and the M.G.M. Grand. Together, they're the three most profitable casinos in Las Vegas.....Livingston. [Livingston brings up Casino blueprints] This is the vault at the Bellagio. Located below the Strip, beneath two hundred feet of solid earth. It safeguards every dime that comes through each of the three casinos above it. [pause] And we're going to rob it. Linus: Smash-and-grab job, huh? Rusty: Slightly more complicated than that. Linus: Well, yeah. Danny: This is courtesy of Frank Catton, new Black Jack dealer at the Bellagio. Okay. Bad news first. This place houses a security system which rivals most nuclear missile silos. First: we have to get within the casino cages. Which anybody will tell ya it takes more than a smile. Next: through these doors, each of which requires a different six-digit code changed every twelve hours. Past those lies the elevator, and this is where it gets tr

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Linus: I'll tell you: you guys really can pick em. This guy is as smart as he is ruthless. The last guy they caught cheating in here, he not only sent him up for ten years, but he had the bank seize his house and then he bankrupted his... Rusty: His brother-in-law's tractor dealership, I heard. Linus: He doesn't just take out your knees, The guy goes after your livelihood and the livelihood of anybody you ever met.

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Rusty: We have to talk. Danny: Ok. Rusty: Now! Rusty: Tell me this is not about her, or I am walking. I am walking off this job right now. Danny: Who? Rusty: Tess. Terry Benedict. Tell me this is not about screwing the guy who's screwing your wife. Danny: Ex-wife. Rusty: Tell me. Danny: It's not about that. [pause] It's not entirely about that. [Rusty turns away, furious] Russ, do you remember what we said back when we first got into this business. We said we were gonna play the game... Both: Like we had nothing to lose. Danny: Well, I lost something... I lost someone. That's why I'm here. Rusty: Okay, here's the problem - now we're stealing two things. And when push comes to shove, and you can't have both, which are you gonna choose? And remember - Tess does not split eleven ways. Danny: Well, if everything goes according to plan, I won't be the one who will have to make that decision...[Pause] So, how did she look? Rusty: She looked good. Danny: Thanks.

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Tess: You're 30 seconds late. I was about to send out a search... [Looks shocked to see Danny] Danny: Hello Tess. Tess: What are you doing here? Danny: I'm out. Tess: You’re out? Danny: Of prison. You remember the day that I went for cigarettes and didn't come back; you must've noticed. Tess: I don't smoke. Don't sit. Danny: Now, they tell me I paid my debt to society. Tess: Funny, I never got a check. Danny: You're not wearing your ring. Tess: I sold it. I don't have a husband or didn't you get the papers? Danny: My last day inside. Tess: I told you I'd write...Danny, go now before-- Danny: What? Benedict? [Waiter walks up to table] How you doing? Whiskey and a whiskey Tess: Danny. Danny: Tess you're doing a great job curating the museum. The Vermeer is quite good. Simple. Vibrant. Although his work definitely fell off as he got older Tess: Remind you of anyone? Danny: And I always confuse Monet and Manet, now which one married his mistress? Tess: Monet. Danny: Right, and then Manet h

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Tess: See the people you steal things from, they have insurance to compensate them, they get made whole again, I had to leave New York to get away from what happened. How am I gonna get my five years back Danny? Danny: You can't. But what you can do is not throw away another five. Tess: [Cuts him off] You don't know anything. Danny: Tess, Alright you don't love me anymore, you want to make a life with someone else, fine...I'm gonna have to live with that...But not him. Tess: Spoken like a true ex-husband. Danny: I'm not joking Tess. Tess: I'm not laughing Danny...You have to admit there is a bit of a conflict of interest when you give me advice about my love life. Danny: Yes..But that doesn't mean that I'm wrong. Tess: Do you remember what I said to you when we first met? Danny: You said that I better know what I'm doing. Tess: Do you? Now? Because truly you should walk out the door if you don't. Danny: I know what I'm doing. Benedict: What are you doing? Danny: ...Just catching up Tes

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Livingston: You've been red-flagged. It means the moment you step on the casino floor, they'll be watching you. Like hawks. Hawks with video cameras. Danny: This is a problem. Rusty: Saul, turn that off, will you? Saul: [in fake accent] I'll turn it off when I'm ready to... Rusty: Saul! Saul: [normal voice] It's off, it's off! Rusty: You have any idea how this happened? Linus: I do. He's been chasing Benedict's girl. The two of them got into an argument two nights ago. [to Danny] I was tailing you. Danny: Who told you to do that? Rusty: I did. I knew you couldn't leave Tess alone. Reuben: Wait a minute, who's Tess? Danny: My wife. Rusty: Ex-wife. Saul: Tess is here? Rusty: I'm sorry. I didn't know if it would sting you, but it did. You're out, Danny. Reuben: He's out?! Rusty: It's that or we shut down right now. His involvement puts us all at risk. Danny: This isn't your call. Rusty: You made it my call. When you put her ahead of us. You made it mine. Danny: This is my job. Rusty: Not

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Rusty: [giving last-minute tips to Linus] You look down, they know you're lying; and up, they know you don't know the truth. Don't use seven words when four will do. Don't shift your weight. Look always at your mark, but don't stare. Be specific, but not memorable. Be funny, but don't make him laugh. He's got to like you, then forget you the moment you've left his side. And for God's sake, whatever you do, don't, under any circumstances— Livingston: [calling from off screen] Rus? Rusty: Yeah? Livingston: Come look at this. Rusty: Sure. [walks away]

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Linus: How'd you get here? Danny: Well, if you give a friend a couple million... Linus: But what about Rusty, the whole argument? I mean, what was that about? [Danny laughs] Aww, come on, why couldn't you just tell me, why'd you put me through all this? Danny: Where's the fun in that?

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Benedict: [on the phone] Who the hell is this? Rusty: The man who's robbing you. Benedict: [To employees] What the hell's going on in the vault? Employee: Nothing, sir. It's all normal. Benedict: Show me. [See's everything is okay] I'm afraid your mistaken. Rusty: Your watching your monitors? Okay, keep watching. [Now monitors show vault being robbed and security knocked out]...In this town, your luck can change just that quickly.

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Benedict: All right. Now I have complied with your every request, would you agree? Rusty: I would. Benedict: Good, 'cause now I have one of my own: Run and hide, asshole. Run and hide. If you should be picked up next week buying a hundred-thousand dollar sports car in Newport Beach, I am going to be supremely disappointed. Because I want my people to find you, and when they do, rest assured we are not going to hand you over to the police. So my advice to you again is this: run and hide. That is all that I ask. [no response] Hello? [cuts to bar where Rusty's phone is lying on the counter]

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Rusty: [as Danny walks out of prison in a tux] I hope to God you were the groom. Danny: [looking at Rusty's outfit] Ted Nugent called, he wants his shirt back.

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Danny: Hi. Tess: Hi. We need to get Rusty a girl. Rusty: There's a women's prison down the road. Danny: [noticing Tess is wearing her wedding ring] You said that you sold this. Tess: I said that. Danny: Liar. Tess: Thief.