The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie
"You've never seen me very upset"
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- Nominees: 'do you read me, the list is in the open', already flagged; Kittredge's line that dying slowly in America can be a very expensive proposition, guessed to be Robert Towne or David Koepp; 'you've never seen me very upset'; 'relax Luther, it's much worse than you think'; and Kittredge wanting Don Lowe (as transcribed) manning a radar tower in Alaska by the end of the day, just mail him his clothes.
- Ethan's speech to Kittredge about how devastated a man who crushed, shot, stabbed and detonated five members of his own IMF team would be by hauling Mom and Uncle Donald to the county courthouse sounds like an Aaron Sorkin leftover; one host's favorite remains the screamed 'my team is dead', but 'you've never seen me very upset' is iconic and icy and is picked for the dialogue sparring in that scene.