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Anton Chigurh: What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss.
Gas Station Proprietor: Sir?
Anton Chigurh: The most. You ever lost. On a coin toss.
Gas Station Proprietor: I don't know. I couldn't say.
[Chigurh flips a quarter from the change on the counter and covers it with his hand]
Anton Chigurh: Call it.
Gas Station Proprietor: Call it?
Anton Chigurh: Yes.
Gas Station Proprietor: For what?
Anton Chigurh: Just call it.
Gas Station Proprietor: Well, we need to know what we're calling it for here.
Anton Chigurh: You need to call it. I can't call it for you. It wouldn't be fair.
Gas Station Proprietor: I didn't put nothin' up.
Anton Chigurh: Yes, you did. You've been putting it up your whole life you just didn't know it. You know what date is on this coin?
Gas Station Proprietor: No.
Anton Chigurh: 1958. It's been traveling twenty-two years to get here. And now it's here. And it's either heads or tails. And you have to say. Call it.
Gas Station Proprietor: Look, I need to know what I stand to win.
Anton Chigurh: Everything.
Gas Station Proprietor: How's that?
Anton Chigurh: You stand to win everything. Call it.
Gas Station Proprietor: Alright. Heads then.
[Chigurh removes his hand, revealing the coin is indeed heads]
Anton Chigurh: Well done.
[the gas station proprietor nervously takes the quarter with the small pile of change he's apparently won while Chigurh starts out]
Anton Chigurh: Don't put it in your pocket, sir. Don't put it in your pocket. It's your lucky quarter.
Gas Station Proprietor: Where do you want me to put it?
Anton Chigurh: Anywhere not in your pocket. Where it'll get mixed in with the others and become just a coin. Which it is.
[Chigurh leaves and the gas station proprietor stares at him as he walks out]
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  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Posts: 10,217
    81 wrote:
    Anton Chigurh: Yes, you did. You've been putting it up your whole life you just didn't know it. You know what date is on this coin?
    Gas Station Proprietor: No.
    Anton Chigurh: 1958. It's been traveling twenty-two years to get here. And now it's here. And it's either heads or tails. And you have to say. Call it.

    that was awesome!
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    its an awesome movie. can't believe it didn't have its own thread.
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  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    That's the only guy he didn't kill
  • Indifference71Indifference71 Posts: 14,823
    81 wrote:
    Anton Chigurh: What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss.
    Gas Station Proprietor: Sir?
    Anton Chigurh: The most. You ever lost. On a coin toss.
    Gas Station Proprietor: I don't know. I couldn't say.
    [Chigurh flips a quarter from the change on the counter and covers it with his hand]
    Anton Chigurh: Call it.
    Gas Station Proprietor: Call it?
    Anton Chigurh: Yes.
    Gas Station Proprietor: For what?
    Anton Chigurh: Just call it.
    Gas Station Proprietor: Well, we need to know what we're calling it for here.
    Anton Chigurh: You need to call it. I can't call it for you. It wouldn't be fair.
    Gas Station Proprietor: I didn't put nothin' up.
    Anton Chigurh: Yes, you did. You've been putting it up your whole life you just didn't know it. You know what date is on this coin?
    Gas Station Proprietor: No.
    Anton Chigurh: 1958. It's been traveling twenty-two years to get here. And now it's here. And it's either heads or tails. And you have to say. Call it.
    Gas Station Proprietor: Look, I need to know what I stand to win.
    Anton Chigurh: Everything.
    Gas Station Proprietor: How's that?
    Anton Chigurh: You stand to win everything. Call it.
    Gas Station Proprietor: Alright. Heads then.
    [Chigurh removes his hand, revealing the coin is indeed heads]
    Anton Chigurh: Well done.
    [the gas station proprietor nervously takes the quarter with the small pile of change he's apparently won while Chigurh starts out]
    Anton Chigurh: Don't put it in your pocket, sir. Don't put it in your pocket. It's your lucky quarter.
    Gas Station Proprietor: Where do you want me to put it?
    Anton Chigurh: Anywhere not in your pocket. Where it'll get mixed in with the others and become just a coin. Which it is.
    [Chigurh leaves and the gas station proprietor stares at him as he walks out]


    That's such a great scene. That guy scared the shit out of me...
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    BinauralJam wrote:
    That's the only guy he didn't kill


    you might be right. :lol:
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  • PilateOfTheStormPilateOfTheStorm Posts: 4,319
    i LOVE this movie

    Javier Bardem is so effin scary in it, really psycho eerie scary

    This scene frightened me so much, I was certain that he was going to kill the poor old man
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    81 wrote:
    its an awesome movie. can't believe it didn't have its own thread.
    A-fucking-men. I love this movie. My heart was racing when I watched that scene. I was kind of stoned too. :oops:
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  • rhcpjam1029rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,968
    this dialogue wasn't in the book. just shows how frickin' awesome and talented the coen brothers are.

    has this made anyone else always look at the date of their coin? ever since seeing the film I always think to myself, "wow. this coin has traveled pretty far."
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  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Posts: 16,972
    rhcpjam1029 wrote:
    this dialogue wasn't in the book. just shows how frickin' awesome and talented the coen brothers are.

    has this made anyone else always look at the date of their coin? ever since seeing the film I always think to myself, "wow. this coin has traveled pretty far."

    If anything, it's made me think of how many hands/things it has touched. And then my hypochondria excels to unfathomable heights.
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    One of my favourite books and movies of all time.
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  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Posts: 12,158
    I used to have this scene in my favorite videos on Facebook, before it got pulled. Great scene! It's so intense. Love when he says "well done". It's almost a relief. Poor old man, lol
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    rhcpjam1029 wrote:
    this dialogue wasn't in the book. just shows how frickin' awesome and talented the coen brothers are.

    has this made anyone else always look at the date of their coin? ever since seeing the film I always think to myself, "wow. this coin has traveled pretty far."
    I did say the line to somebody at work, but she didnt get it :lol:
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  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    Awesome movie.

    Funny how everyone says "Call it friend-o" and Chigurh never actually says that.
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  • EmBleveEmBleve Posts: 3,019
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    81 wrote:
    Anton Chigurh: Yes, you did. You've been putting it up your whole life you just didn't know it. You know what date is on this coin?
    Gas Station Proprietor: No.
    Anton Chigurh: 1958. It's been traveling twenty-two years to get here. And now it's here. And it's either heads or tails. And you have to say. Call it.

    that was awesome!


    that WAS awesome! That's a great line "you've been putting it up your whole life you just didn't know it". Wow. It's crazy to think that every moment in life is kinda mind-blowingly like that.
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 41,802
    Just came across this: :D

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