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Benedict's Warning to Rusty
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. Hello?
[no response; cuts to bar where Rusty's phone is lying on the counter]
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Confronting the Past and Future Decisions
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
You don't know anything.
[Cuts him off]
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
Tess
Terry, meet my ex-husband.
Danny
Danny Ocean.
Benedict
Mr. Ocean...
Danny
I'm in your seat.
Benedict
Forgive me for being late, a guest required my attention.
Tess
That's fine...Danny was walking through the restaurant and spotted me.
Benedict
Is that right?
Danny
Yeah, imagine the odds.
Benedict
] You recently were released from prison, is that correct?
[[w:Casablanca (film)|"Of all the gin joints in all the world"]
Danny
That's right.
Benedict
How does it feel to be out?
Danny
About the same.
Tess
Danny was just about to--
Danny
I just stopped by to say hi to Tess for old times sake.
Benedict
Stay and have a drink.
Danny
I can't.
[Simultaneously]
Tess
He can't.
[Simultaneously]
Benedict
Well, then, I don't imagine we'll be seeing Mr. Ocean anytime soon, right?
Danny
You never know.
Benedict
I know everything that's happening in my hotels.
Danny
So I should put those towels back.
Benedict
No, the towels you can keep.
Danny
Good to see you, Tess.
Tess
Take care, Danny.
Danny
Terry.
Benedict
Danny.
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The Consequences of Ruthlessness in Gambling
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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Choosing seats in a tough situation
Basher
Window or aisle, boys? Yeah, we're in deep shit!
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Unexpected Confrontation in the Vault
Benedict
Who the hell is this?
[on the phone]
Rusty
The man who's robbing you.
Benedict
What the hell's going on in the vault?
[To employees]
Employee
Nothing, sir. It's all normal.
Benedict
Show me. I'm afraid your mistaken.
[See's everything is okay]
Rusty
Your watching your monitors? Okay, keep watching. ...In this town, your luck can change just that quickly.
[Now monitors show vault being robbed and security knocked out]
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The Importance of Team Size in Planning
Danny Ocean
...And Saul makes ten. Ten oughta do it, don't you think? You think we need one more? You think we need one more. All right, we'll get one more.
[At a bar, talking to Rusty; Rusty says nothing; Rusty still says nothing; Yet again, Rusty says nothing]
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Desert Challenges After Casino Success
Reuben Tishkoff
You guys are pros. The best. I'm sure you can make it out of the casino. Of course, lest we forget, once you're out the front door, you're still in the middle of the fucking desert!
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Planning the Heist at Las Vegas Casinos
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. 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. And we're going to rob it.
[Livingston brings up Casino blueprints; pause]
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 tricky: the elevator won't move without authorized fingerprint identification...
Rusty
Which we can't fake.
Danny
And vocal confirmations from both the security system within the Bellagio and the vault below.
Rusty
Which we won't get.
Danny
Furthermore, the elevator shaft is rigged with motion detectors.
Rusty
Meaning if we were to manually override the lift, the shaft's exit would lock down automatically and we'd be trapped.
Danny
Now once we get down the shaft, though, then it's a piece of cake: just two more guards with Uzis and the most elaborate vault door ever conceived by man. Any questions?
Rusty
No. Tunneling is out. There are sensors monitoring the ground a hundred yards in every direction. If a groundhog were to nest there, they'd know about it. Anyone else?
Turk
You said something about good news?
Danny
The Nevada Gaming Commission stipulates that a casino must hold in reserve enough cash to cover every chip at play on its floor. That means on a week day, by law, it has to carry anywhere between sixty and seventy million dollars in cash and coin. On a weekend, between eighty and ninety million. On a fight night, like the one two weeks from tonight, the night we're going to rob it, at least a hundred and fifty million. Without breaking a sweat. Now there are eleven of us. Each with an equal share. You do the math.
[smiling]
Rusty
Exactly.
Saul
I have a question: Say we get into the cage, and through the security doors there and down the elevator we can't move, and past the guards with the guns, and into the vault we can't open...
Rusty
Without being seen by the cameras.
Danny
Oh yeah, sorry, I forgot to mention that.
Saul
Yeah well, say we do all that... uh... we're just supposed to walk out of there with a hundred and fifty million dollars in cash on us, without getting stopped?
Danny
Yeah.
Saul
Oh...Okay.
[takes a pill to calm his nerves]
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A Critical Conversation About Commitment
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. It's not entirely about that. Russ, do you remember what we said back when we first got into this business. We said we were gonna play the game...
[pause; Rusty turns away, furious]
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... So, how did she look?
[Pause]
Rusty
She looked good.
Danny
Thanks.
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Casino Heist: Big Stakes and Bold Moves
Taglines
3 Casinos. 11 Guys. 150 Million Bucks. Ready To Win Big?
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Discussing Saul's Reluctance to Rejoin the Team
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
Is that your hound way in the rear there?
[Gestures to the running dogs]
Saul
He breaks late, everyone knows this. So you gonna treat me like a grownup at least? Tell me what the scam is?
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Fun So Good It Feels Illegal
Taglines
They're having so much fun, it should be illegal.
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Frustration in Ocean's Eleven
Basher
You stupid bastard!
[scolding Linus for leaving the van when he was instructed to stay]
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A Conversation About Chicago and Family
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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Casino Surveillance Concerns Among the Team
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
I'll turn it off when I'm ready to...
[in fake accent]
Rusty
Saul!
Saul
It's off, it's off!
[normal voice]
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. I was tailing you.
[to Danny]
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 anymore.
Reuben
But, but... he can't just be out. Who's gonna trigger the vault?
Rusty
Kid, you up for it?
Linus
...I can do it.
Rusty
Alright, let's go. Places at 7, everyone.
Saul
Tess is with Benedict now? She's too tall for him!
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A Choice to Join or Withdraw
Taglines
Are you in or out?
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A Timely Reunion Between Tess and Danny
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? How you doing? Whiskey and a whiskey
[Waiter walks up to table]
Tess
Danny.
Danny
Tess you're doing a great job curating the museum. The ] is quite good. Simple. Vibrant. Although his work definitely fell off as he got older
[[Vermeer]
Tess
Remind you of anyone?
Danny
And I always confuse ] and ], now which one married his mistress?
[[Monet; [Manet]
Tess
Monet.
Danny
Right, and then Manet had syphilis.
Tess
They also painted occasionally.
Danny
Alright, I'll make this quick. I came here for you. I want to get on with my life. I want you with me.
[Smiles at Tess]
Tess
You're a thief and a liar.
Danny
I only lied about being a thief. I don't do that anymore.
Tess
Steal.
Danny
Lie.
Tess
I'm with someone who doesn't have to make that kind of distinction.
Danny
No, he's very clear on both.
Tess
You know what your problem is?
Danny
I only have one?
Tess
You've met too many people like you...I'm with Terry now.
Danny
Does he make you laugh?
Tess
He doesn't make me cry.
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Frustration Over a Missed Responsibility
Basher
Oh, leave it out! You tossers! You had one job to do!!
[With another crew, attempts to rob a vault. As he steps inside, the alarm goes off]
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Mastering Deception in Social Interactions
Rusty
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—
[giving last-minute tips to Linus]
Livingston
Rus?
[calling from off screen]
Rusty
Yeah?
Livingston
Come look at this.
Rusty
Sure.
[walks away]
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Betting Invitation
Taglines
Place your bets.
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A Choice Between Involvement and Detachment
Danny
Hello Linus. Whose is this?
[holds up a black wallet]
Linus
Who are you?
Danny
A friend of Bobby Caldwell's. You're either in or you're out. Right now.
[produces a plane ticket and places it down on the table]
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. Oh he didn't tell you? He didn't want me trading on his name.
[pauses, Danny is genuinely surprised]
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. Can you get the check, please? That's the best lift I've seen you make yet.
[To waitress; When Danny turns back, Linus has taken the plane ticket that Danny thought he was still holding]
Linus
Las Vegas Huh?
Danny
America's playground.
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The Stakes of Taking Risks
Rusty
I need the reason. And don't say money. Why do this?
Danny
Why not do it? Cause yesterday I walked out of the joint after losing four years of my life and you're cold-decking "Teen Beat" cover boys. 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 shakes his head; pause]
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 tried.
Reuben
Ho-ho... "It's never been tried." It's been tried. A few guys even came close. You know the three most successful robberies in the history of Vegas?
Reuben
Number three, the bronze medal. Pencil neck grabs a lock box at The Horseshoe...
[v.o.]
Reuben
He got two steps closer to the door than any living soul before him.
[v.o.]
Reuben
Second most successful robbery...
Reuben
The Flamingo in 71. This guy actually tasted fresh oxygen before they grabbed him.
[v.o.]
Reuben
Of course, he was breathing out of a hose for the next three weeks. Goddamn hippie.
[v.o.]
Reuben
And the closest any man has ever come to robbing a Las Vegas Casino...
Reuben
Was outside of Caesar's in 87. He came... he grabbed...
[v.o.]
Reuben
They conquered.
[v.o.]
Reuben
But what am I saying? You guys are pros. The best. I'm sure you can make it out of the casino. Of course, lest we forget, once you're out the front door, YOU'RE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FUCKING DESERT!
Rusty
You're right. He's right.
[Looks at Danny]
Danny
Reuben, you're right. Our eyes were bigger than our stomachs.
Rusty
That's exactly what it is, pure ego.
Reuben
Yeah, yeah, yeah, blah, blah, blah.
Rusty
Thank you.
Danny
For lunch.
Rusty
The Nicoise was delicious.
Danny
Sorry we bothered you.
Reuben
Look, we all go way back, and I owe you from the thing with the guy in the place, and I'll never forget it.
[shaking hands]
Danny
That was our pleasure.
Rusty
I had never been to Belize.
Reuben
Give Dominic your addresses. I got some remained furniture I want to send you. Look, just out of curiosity, which casinos did you geniuses pick to rob?
[as they are leaving]
Rusty
The Bellagio, The Mirage....
Danny
The Bellagio, The Mirage and the MGM Grand.
Reuben
Those are Terry Benedict's casinos.
[drops his fork]
Rusty
Is that right?
Danny
That's right.
Reuben
You guys... what do you got against Terry Benedict?
Danny
What do you have against him, that's the question.
Reuben
He torpedoed my casino, muscled me out. Now he's gonna blow it up next month to make way for some gaudy monstrosity! Don't think I don't see what you're doing.
Rusty
What are we doing, Reuben?
Reuben
You're gonna steal from Terry Benedict, you'd better goddamn KNOW. This sorta thing used to be civilized, you'd hit a guy, he'd whack you, done. But with Benedict... at the end of this, he'd BETTER not know you're involved, not know your names or think you're dead because he'll kill ya, and then he'll go to work on ya.
Danny
That's why we have to be very careful. Very precise.
Rusty
Hmm, Well-funded.
Reuben
Yeah. Ya gotta be NUTS, too. And you're gonna need a crew as NUTS as you are! Who do ya got in mind?
[pause]
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A Light-Hearted Discussion on Relationships
Danny
Hi.
Tess
Hi. We need to get Rusty a girl.
Rusty
There's a women's prison down the road.
Danny
You said that you sold this.
[noticing Tess is wearing her wedding ring]
Tess
I said that.
Danny
Liar.
Tess
Thief.
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Simple Math Calculation
Taglines
You do the math.
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The Importance of Surprise in Friendship
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? Aww, come on, why couldn't you just tell me, why'd you put me through all this?
[Danny laughs]
Danny
Where's the fun in that?
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Invitation to a Dangerous Opportunity
Danny Ocean
Good evening. Welcome. Everybody full? Looks like it. Everybody sober? Close enough. Let me just start by saying that nobody's on the line just yet, but what I'm about to show you is risky and extremely dangerous. If that doesn't sound like your particular brand of vodka, help yourself to as much food as you'd like, have a safe journey, no hard feelings. Otherwise, come with me.
[Greeting everyone for the first time]
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Planning a Complex Heist with Unlikely Allies
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 ], 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?
[[w:Ivan Boesky|Boesky]
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? Ah...Reuben.
[pauses, then nods]
Danny
Reuben.
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A Playful Exchange Between Friends
Rusty
I hope to God you were the groom.
[as Danny walks out of prison in a tux]
Danny
] called, he wants his shirt back.
[looking at Rusty's outfit; [w:Ted Nugent|Ted Nugent]
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Character Reflection on Criminal Records
Linus Caldwell
Apparently, he's got a record longer than my... well, it's long.
[Exposing Frank's criminal past to Benedict while pretending to be from the Nevada Gaming Commission]
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Understanding the Electromagnetic Pulse Device
Basher
A ] is a device which creates, like, a cardiac arrest for any broadband electrical circuitry. Better yet a pinch is a bomb - now, but without the bomb. See, when a nuclear weapon detonates, it unleashes an ] which shuts down any power source within its blast radius. Now that tends not to matter in most cases, because the nuclear weapon usually destroys anything you might need power for anyway. But a pinch creates a similar electromagnetic pulse, but without the fuss of mass ] and ]. So instead of ], you'd be getting the 17th Century.
[[w:Pinch (plasma physics)|pinch; [w:electromagnetic pulse|electromagnetic pulse; [destruction; [death; [w:Little Boy|Hiroshima]
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Inquiry about a group discount
Reuben Tishkoff
Did you guys get a group rate or something?
[''After Danny and his crew shows up at his door'']
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