You’re not listening to the inflection. In. Flec. Tion. I say--
The Accountant (2016)
FRANCIS
A screenplay character in The Accountant (2016).
- lines
- 18
- words
- 313
- scenes
- 1
- dialogue
- 3.3%
- avg words / line
- 17
- shortest / longest
- 2 / 88
Sample dialogue
They’ll get you started, give you work. Try to find one person to help you, to trust. One. You’ll have to rely on word of mouth, your reputation, for new business. Don’t try to separate saints from sinners, we’re all sinners. People keep secrets, numbers release them; if the secrets are too big, killing you to keep them may be the cost of doing business. There’s honor among thieves but it helps if they know you’ll scorch the Earth if they fuck with you... remember the Mad Hatter.
scene 33 — INT. DETENTION CENTER-ROOM - NIGHT (FLASHBACK)Sure you do.
scene 33 — INT. DETENTION CENTER-ROOM - NIGHT (FLASHBACK)Yes! Yes! I’m frustrated! Excellent! Finally!
scene 33 — INT. DETENTION CENTER-ROOM - NIGHT (FLASHBACK)We’re all just dashes on headstones, kid. “Life is lived between the numbers.” Famous Jew?
scene 33 — INT. DETENTION CENTER-ROOM - NIGHT (FLASHBACK)Friday would’ve been Esther’s and my fiftieth. We were so poor. She couldn’t afford a gown, borrowed a blue suit that her cousin wore when she worked the cosmetic counter at Woolworths. Blue. But as Esther liked to say--
scene 33 — INT. DETENTION CENTER-ROOM - NIGHT (FLASHBACK)
Bookends
I got a new handler today. A little dull. Worries me a bit. We’ll see. G’night, son.