Script from the movie "Italian Job"

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Hi, there.I saw the movie "Italian Job". It was really a cliffhanger to me. Today, I got a movie script of this movie. While reading down I found some conversation I don't exactly figure out the meaning.Here's the lines.(Bridger pulls out a fine cigar, still in its wrapper, hands it to Charlie.)JOHN BRIDGER : For after the haul.CHARLIE : Hope I get to fire it up. If Steve's Italians are a no-show, it's three months prep down the shitter and I' ve dragged you out of retirement for nothing.JOHN BRIDGER : This is kinda nice. You being the boss with all the worries, me just along for the ride.CHARLIE : Ain't you sweet.First, "It's three months prep down the shitter."Does this line mean "It ends up just a prep because of the Italians." ?Second, "just along for the ride" means that he doesn't have nothing to do.Just like sitting the next seat of the driver, right?And the last one, "Ain't you sweet"What this means?Thanks in advance.. :^)Marty.

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[nq:1]Hi, there. I saw the movie "Italian Job". It was really a cliffhanger to me. Today, I got a movie ... months prep down the *******." Does this line mean "It ends up just a prep because of the Italians." ?[/nq]
Three months' preparation down the toilet, i.e. completely wasted, if the Italians don't turn up.
[nq:1]Second, "just along for the ride" means that he doesn't have nothing to do. Just like sitting the next seat of the driver, right?[/nq]
Instead of being the boss of the job, he's just an observer.
[nq:1]And the last one, "Ain't you sweet" What this means?[/nq]
"Aren't you sweet?" - meaning "That's a nice compliment. I'm flattered."

Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

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[nq:1]Hi, there. I saw the movie "Italian Job". It was really a cliffhanger to me. Today, I got a movie ... hands it to Charlie.) JOHN BRIDGER : For after the haul. CHARLIE : Hope I get to fire it up.[/nq]
What is it with Hollywood and cigars? This is almost exactly the same as what was said in the film "Independence Day".

"How vain and foolish, then, thought I, for timid untravelled man to try to comprehend aright this wondrous whale, by merely pouring over his dead attenuated skeleton, stretched in this peaceful wood. No. Only in the heart of quickest perils; only when within the eddyings of his angry flukes; only on the profound unbounded sea, can the fully invested whale be truly and livingly found out." -, "Moby ****"

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[nq:2]Hi, there. I saw the movie "Italian Job". It was ... haul. CHARLIE : Hope I get to fire it up.[/nq]
[nq:1]What is it with Hollywood and cigars? This is almost exactly the same as what was said in the film "Independence Day".[/nq]
The original "Italian Job" was no Hollywood movie! It was an all-Brit job - and an excellent film, too.
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

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[nq:2]What is it with Hollywood and cigars? This is almost exactly the same as what was said in the film "Independence Day".[/nq]
[nq:1]The original "Italian Job" was no Hollywood movie! It was an all-Brit job - and an excellent film, too.[/nq]
The version the person is talking about was made in Hollywood, wasn't it?

"How vain and foolish, then, thought I, for timid untravelled man to try to comprehend aright this wondrous whale, by merely pouring over his dead attenuated skeleton, stretched in this peaceful wood. No. Only in the heart of quickest perils; only when within the eddyings of his angry flukes; only on the profound unbounded sea, can the fully invested whale be truly and livingly found out." -, "Moby ****"

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[nq:2]The original "Italian Job" was no Hollywood movie! It was an all-Brit job - and an excellent film, too.[/nq]
[nq:1]The version the person is talking about was made in Hollywood, wasn't it?[/nq]
He didn't say. Butn the dialogue quoted was centainly no form of American English. ;-) Indeed I would have thought most Americans would have found the dialogue incomprehensible.
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

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[nq:2]The version the person is talking about was made in Hollywood, wasn't it?[/nq]
[nq:1]He didn't say. Butn the dialogue quoted was centainly no form of American English. ;-) Indeed I would have thought most Americans would have found the dialogue incomprehensible.[/nq]
This?:
#begin quote
For after the haul.
CHARLIE : Hope I get to fire it up. If Steve's Italians are a no-show, it's three months prep down the ******* and I' ve dragged you out of retirement for nothing.
JOHN BRIDGER : This is kinda nice. You being the boss with all the worries, me just along for the ride.
CHARLIE : Ain't you sweet.
#end quote
What in there isn't American English?

"It happens sometimes, people just explode, natural causes." -,

"Repo Man"

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[nq:2]He didn't say. Butn the dialogue quoted was centainly no ... have thought most Americans would have found the dialogue incomprehensible.[/nq]
[nq:1]This?: #begin quote For after the haul. CHARLIE : Hope I get to fire it up. If Steve's Italians are ... worries, me just along for the ride. CHARLIE : Ain't you sweet. #end quote What in there isn't American English?[/nq]
I would have interpreted as London speech - as a matter of fact I when I read it I could hear it in a Sarf (South) London accent. But I may be wrong.

Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

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[nq:1]This?: #begin quote For after the haul. CHARLIE : Hope I get to fire it up. If Steve's Italians are ... worries, me just along for the ride. CHARLIE : Ain't you sweet. #end quote What in there isn't American English?[/nq]
It doesn't sound like American English. "*******" is a rare term in AmE, as is "prep." Use of the present perfect ("I've dragged you") instead of the past simple ("I dragged you") is also not typically AmE; Americans tend to prefer the past simple unless the connection to the present is really strong. "Fire it up" is rare in modern AmE except in a few specific contexts. "You being the boss" would probably be "you're the boss" in common AmE.
It sounds rather like an "American" dialogue written by a British screenwriter.
I recall hearing dialogue like this in 2001: A Space Odyssey , and it was rather amusing. It's especially funny when British screenwriters toss some gratuitous profanity into a dialogue, under the mistaken impression that Americans swear anywhere and everywhere.

Of course, when Americans try to write colloquial British dialogues, it often looks just as bad. "I say old chap ..."

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