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Dialogue Coach: How to Die with a Little Dignity

Some tips to make the most of your last words courtesy of some characters that are no longer with us.

March 23, 2010
Paul Newman in Road to Perdition
Paul Newman in Road to Perdition Credit: Dreamworks

Final Words of Wisdom

Road to Perdition

Michael Sullivan (Tom Hanks) gets justice for the death of his family by gunning down his mentor John Rooney (Paul Newman) in a rain storm.  But not before Rooney gets a final word in:

I'm glad it's you.

[Death by Tommygun]

Orson Welles in Citizen Kane
Orson Welles in Citizen Kane Credit: Warner Bros.

Deathbed Macguffin

Citizen Kane

Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles) sets off one of American film's most famous MacGuffins with one simple word:

Rosebud.

[Death by Old Age / Mustache Asphixiation]

 

Billy Blanks in Last Boy Scout
Billy Blanks in Last Boy Scout Credit: Warner Bros.

Philosophize

Last Boy Scout

Holy crap! It's Tae-Bo Master / Fake Football Pro Billy Cole (Billy Banks) with a profound final statement after scoring a touchdown:

Ain't life a btich?

[Death by self-inflicted Gunshot in Rainstorm]


 

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