APPROVEMENT
AN INTERPRETATION OF SLANG LANGUAGE
IN OCEAN’S ELEVEN MOVIE
A Thesis
Submitted to Letters and Humanities Faculty
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for
the Strata I Degree (SI)
By
SRI WAHYUNI
NIM. 103026027634
Approved by:
Advisor
Drs. H. ABDUL HAMID, M. Ed
NIP. 150 181 922
ENGLISH LETTERS DEPARTMENT
LETTERS AND HUMANITIES FACULTY
STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY
“SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH”
JAKARTA
2008
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LEGALIZATION
The thesis entitled “An Interpretation of Slang Language in Ocean’s Eleven
Movie” has been defended before the Letters and Humanities Faculty’s Examination
Committee on December 28, 2007 The thesis has already been accepted as a partial
Fulfillment of the requirement for the Strata 1degree.
Jakarta, December 28, 2007
Examination Committee
Chair Person,
Secretary,
Drs. H Abdul Hamid, M.Ed
NIP. 150 181 922
Drs. A. Saefudin, M.pd
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Members:
Examiner I
Examiner II
Inayatul Chusna, M.Hum
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Zahril Anasy, S.Pd.
NIP.
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DECLARATION
I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and that, to the best of my
knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by
another person nor material which to a substantial extent has been accepted for the
award of any other degree or diploma of the university or other institute of higher
learning, except where due acknowledgement has been made I the text.
Jakarta, December 2, 2007
SRI WAHYUNI
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ABSTRACT
SRI WAHYUNI, An Interpretation of Slang Language in Ocean’s Eleven Movie By
Steven Soderbergh, (2002). Thesis, Jakarta: English Department of Adab and
Humanities Faculty, State Islamic University Jakarta, May 2007.
In this paper, the writer discusses the using of slang language in Ocean’s
Eleven movie. The purpose of this study is to find out the meaning and types of slang
language that used in this movie. The important purpose in this research is to know
more about the interpretation of slang language in the movie.
In this paper, the writer uses descriptive qualitative method, where the writer
describes one by one the words of slang language that was found in the Ocean’s
Eleven movie, which was published by Warner Bross production on February 13,
2002, directed by Steven Soderbergh. This study will be analyze through descriptive
analysis technique. To focus on the study, the writer will limit herself to analyze three
types of slang, they are society slang, workmen’s slang, and public house slang.
The result of this study shows that the three types of slang language, and their
meanings are described into Standard English which can be understood by the
readers.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Firstly the writer thanks to Allah SWT for his power and guidance her in
finishing this paper. All praises belong to him, the lord of the world who has
authority of all creation in the whole world. Blessing and salutation be upon the most
honorable Prophet Muhammad SAW, his family, descendants and followers.
This paper is presented to the English Department at the Faculty of Adab and
Humanities of State Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta as a Partial
Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Strata 1 Degree (SI).
On this occasion, the writer would like to thank her beloved parents Hamdani
and Hudriah who have given their spiritual support, advice, love, and financial
encouragement, during her study. And also, her beloved grandmother Almh. Hj.
Aisyah, thanks for pray to the writer in your life time. Then the writer would like to
say many thanks to her advisor Drs. H. Abdul Hamid, M.Ed for his valuable guidance
and patience while the writer was writing this paper until it finished.
The writer would like to say thanks to these following persons who have
contributed their supports, namely:
1. Drs. H. Abdul Chair, M.A., as the Dean of Adab and Humanities faculty.
2. Dr. Muhammad Farkhan, M.PD., the Head of English Letter Department, and
Drs. A. Saefudin, M.Pd., the Secretary of English Letter Department.
3. All of lectures in English Letter Department.
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4. The writer’s beloved sisters Ida, Tuti and brothers Irwan, Wahyu who have given
spiritual support and best motivation.
5. Her lovely Jasa Zamey who has helped the writer to find the object of this study.
6. To all of the writer’s best classmates of English Letters Department especially for
Ulfa, Nabil, Yuyun, Alloy, Nunik, Dini, Coy, Yuli, thanks for all supports. K’
Neneng who has given advises and helped her in finishing this paper. Her best
friends Ida, Indra, and also her best friends as alumni of SMU 6 especially Diah,
Dono, who always give her best support.
7. The librarians of UIN Jakarta, Unika Atma Jaya and University of Indonesia.
May Allah blesses and always protects us.
Finally, the writer realizes that, this paper is far from being perfect. Therefore
the writer would like to accept any constructive suggestion to make this paper better.
Jakarta, November 29, 2007
The writer
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPROVEMENT ..............................................................................................
i
LEGALIZATION ..............................................................................................
ii
DECLARATION ............................................................................................... iii
ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................... iv
ACKNOWLEDGMENT....................................................................................
v
TABLE OF CONTENTS................................................................................... vii
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study ....................................................................
1
B. Focus of the Study..............................................................................
4
C. Research Questions ............................................................................
5
D. Objective of the Research ...................................................................
5
E. Significance of the Research...............................................................
5
F. Organization of the Study ...................................................................
6
G. Research Methodology .......................................................................
7
1. Method of the Research ................................................................
7
2. Method of Data Collection............................................................
7
3. Technique Analysis.......................................................................
7
4. Research Process ..........................................................................
8
5. Time and Venue............................................................................
9
CHAPTER II. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
A. Theories of Slang................................................................................ 10
B. History of Slang.................................................................................. 11
C. Types of Slang Language.................................................................... 14
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1. Cockney Slang.............................................................................. 14
2. Public House Slang....................................................................... 15
3. Workmen’s Slang and Tradesmen’s slang..................................... 16
4. Society Slang ................................................................................ 17
5. Slang in the Public School ............................................................ 18
6. Slang in Art .................................................................................. 19
7. The Slang of Commerce .............................................................. 20
8. Slang in Publicity.......................................................................... 20
9. Slang in the Church....................................................................... 21
D. The Reasons of Using Slang ............................................................... 21
E. Understanding the Standard English ................................................... 23
F. Interpretation ..................................................................................... 23
G. Definition of the Movie ...................................................................... 24
H. Plot Summary of the Ocean’s Eleven Movie....................................... 25
CHAPTER III. RESEARCH FINDINGS
A. Data Description................................................................................. 26
B. Data Analysis ..................................................................................... 28
CHAPTER IV. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
A. Conclusions ........................................................................................ 46
B. Suggestions ........................................................................................ 47
BIBLIOGRAPHY.............................................................................................. 48
APPENDIXES.................................................................................................... 50
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of Study
In a daily life people are able to communicate in sensible languages which are
understood by the speakers and listeners. Language is an important thing for human
life, if you cannot communicate well with people, you will lose lots of things in life.
Language has become something very essential in life because language as media of
communication between human, without language it is difficult for interaction with
other people. According to The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistic, “Language
is the phenomenon of vocal and written communication among human beings
generally, again as in ordinary usage.”1
There are two types of language: formal and informal languages both of them
can be used for communication with others. However, it seems that the roles of
formal and informal languages are quite different from one another. The formal
language is used in specific situations such as meeting, public speaking, seminar and
others. Meanwhile the informal one is used more often in daily conversations with
friends, sibling, relatives, or parents. Thus, the use of informal language is mostly
placed more often in daily conversation. Sometimes when people speak, they might
use their secret codes which are understood by their group, this language is known as
1
P.H. Matthews, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistic, (New York: Oxford
University Press 1997).p.48.
1
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slang. People use it in order to make the conversation more colorful, informal,
convenient, and friendly. It also prevents the conversation being rigid.
According Grolier Encyclopedia, “For the most part, slang is an extension
into ordinary speech of the special vocabularies of small groups-professional,
criminal, teen age and other”.2 In reality, slang itself has been introduced since the
sixteenth century. Slang is actually a trend: the sooner it comes, the sooner it goes.
Slang terms exist in spoken usage since many years ago and nowadays spread
anywhere and easily found through mass media, and electronic media.
In this paper, the writer will focus only on discussing slang language from a
selected movie. The writer will analyze the selected slang words or phrases that used
by the movie-stars of the Ocean’s Eleven movie that was produced by Warner Bross
production and directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Word of slang phrases are usually found adjusted with the new habits or ideas
that are developed in a society. In addition, using slang is a way of introducing the
new words that enrich a language. Slang regularly strangeness is other social norms,
making free use of taboo expressions. “slang vocabularies are particularly rich in
certain domains, such as sexuality, violence, and drugs”.3
According Sornig about definition of slang, he said:
2
Grolier Encyclopedia, vol 17, Grolier International, USA, 1983, p. 305.
Wikipedia, Slang, The free Encyclopedia. Accesed on September 24, 2006.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/slang.
3
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“Slang is frequently faced with different and far more complicated problems
of reconstruction than normal philogical etymology, if only because of the
variety and obscurity of the source languages, and the various stages of their
linguistic and sociolinguistic development and assessment, which have to be
taken into consideration”.4
The uses of slang language not only in the movie but also used in the song.
You can find slang in the song as in RNB, Hip-Hop, and Rap genre. While in the
movie usually contains social life, social culture and background of identity. In the
social life, it can be from of a criminal activity, as described in the Ocean’s Eleven
movie. In this movie, it tells about the robbers of casino and it describes about the
criminal activity samples.
The Ocean’s Eleven movie is one of American comedy and crime movies that
was played by Brad Pitt as Rusty Ryan, George Clooney as Danny Ocean, Andy
Garcia as Terry Benedict, Julia Robert as Tess, and the other actresses and actors. It
tells about Danny Ocean and his ten accomplices plan to rob three Las Vegas casino’s
simultaneously. There are many slang words and phrases that are utilized in this
movie, so the writer is interested in analyzing the slang languages in the Ocean’s
Eleven movie.
From that movie, the writer finds some words such as bud, pal,5 which have
the same meaning, these words mean friend. These words can be found in the script
4
Karl,Sornig,Lexical innovation:A Study OF Slang,Colloquialisms and Casual
Speech,(Amsterdam: john Benjamins B.V,1982), p.8-9.
5
Accessed on April 26, 2007. http://www.dailyscript.com/sripts/oceans_11.pdf
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of Ocean’s Eleven movie “who you calling bud, pal? Who you calling pal friend”6.
The writer also finds the word nuts, “yeah, you gotta be nuts, too. And you’re gonna
need a crew as nuts as you are”7, nuts it means “mad” , And another sample the
writer also finds the word as bucks, “I’d go in for a buck”8, the word buck means
“dollar”. From the samples above, the writer has difficulty to understand the meaning
the words of slang in that movie without consulting the slang dictionary, Oxford
dictionary, and other references. To understand the meaning, the writer must see
slang the dictionary to find out the real meaning of the slang words in that movie. As
the writer put a sample of the word bitch, in the English dictionary it means
“unpleasant woman”9, but in that movie means “very disagreeable”. It can be
understood after consulting the scripts, the slang dictionary and watching the movie
directly.
B. Focus of the Study
In this paper, the writer limits the scope of the study by focusing on the
selected slang languages that used in Ocean’s Eleven movie which published on
6
Ibid
Ibid
8
Ibid
9
Martin,H. Manser, Oxford Learner’s Pocket Dictionary (New York: Oxford university
Press: New York, 1995), p.37.
7
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February 13, 2002, directed by Steven Soderbergh. Then, she finds the types of the
slang and interprets the slang into Standard English.
C. Research Questions
Based on the focus of the study, then the research question are:
1. What types of slang language are utilized in the Ocean’s Eleven movie?
2. How to interpret the slang language into the Standard English?
D. Objective of the Research
The objectives of the study are:
1. To describe the types of slang language that were used by the actors in the
Ocean’s Eleven movie.
2. To interpret the slang language into the Standard English.
E. Significance of the Research
Through this study, the writer hopes the result of this research will enrich the
writer in understanding about slang language, and the research can give more
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knowledge to the reader about slang language, especially the slang language that
comes from British and American English.
Furthermore, the writer also hopes it will be useful for the English
Department students who are interested in doing research about slang language.
F. Organization of the Study
The writer divides this paper into five chapters, they are:
Chapter I
: INTRODUCTION consists of background of the study, focus of the
study, research questions, objective of the research, significance of the
research, the organization of the study, and research methodology.
Chapter II
: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK consists of theories and definition of
slang, history of slang, kinds of slang, reasons of using slang,
understanding the Standard English, interpretation, definition of
movie, and plot summary of the Ocean’s Eleven movie.
Chapter III : RESEARCH FINDINGS consist of data description, data analysis.
Chapter IV : CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
G. Research Methodology
1. Method of the Research
In this research the writer uses qualitative method. The data that relate to this
research are collected from the script of Ocean’s Eleven movie. From that reference,
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then the writer collects the data of slang language by noting the important data. The
writer reads and notes the script from the movie. Then, she takes the slang words that
often used in this dialog the movie. All the data will be described and tabulated on
data description of this research paper.
2. Method of Data Collection
The writer visits some libraries to find some references, and browsing the
internet to find the data. So, the writer needs some dictionary of slang language such
as Cassell’s dictionary of slang, Random House Historical Dictionary of American
Slang Vol. 1, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Vol. I, Oxford Advance Learner’s Dictionary, Oxford Pocket Dictionary, referencebooks, website, and the script of the movie.
3. Technique of Data Analysis
After finding the resource books, the writer makes notes about slang, the
definitions, theories, history, kinds and types of slang. In addition, the writer makes
notes about slang that found in Ocean’s Eleven movie, the summary of the movie.
The first step, the writer collects the data of the slang words by watching and reading
the script of the movie. The second step, the writer makes data descriptions of slang
in the movie, categorizes the data then analyzed what slang used in the Ocean’s
Eleven movie and interprets the meaning of the slang used. The data will be analyzed
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through descriptive analysis technique, which is representing of slang language in the
Ocean’s Eleven movie.
Descriptive Analysis technique is one of the techniques in researching of
human attitudes, object, setting of condition, thinking system or something happen in
a certain situation.
4. Research Process
The research process is conducted through the following steps:
4.1. The writer defines what the paper talks about the background of making this
paper and how many resources books the writer has collected and browses
website where the writer will be able to collect more information.
4.2. Getting an advisor of writing paper
4.3. Collecting the different resource-books and websites
4.4. Reading comprehensively
4.5. Noting and analyzing all of the data
4.6. Getting description of research findings, then writing its conclusions and
suggestion in the form of a report study.
5. Time and Venue
The research has been started from May 2007, when the writer was studying
at eighth semester at the English Letter Department, Adab and Humanities Faculty,
state Islamic University of Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta.
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CHAPTER II
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
In this chapter, the writer wants to describe the theories of slang; history of
slang; types of slang; reasons of using slang; understanding Standard English;
Interpretation; definitions of the movie; plot summary of the Ocean’s Eleven movie.
A. Theories of slang
After reading some materials and references, the writer knows that there are
some theories of slang that were proposed by some linguists. Here, the writer will try
to describe some of these theories:
1.
According to John Camden Hotten.
In his statement, he said:
“That slang represents that evanescent, vulgar language, ever changing with
fashion and taste, spoken by person in every grade of life, rich and poor,
honest and dishonest. Slang is indulged in from a desire to appear familiar
with life, gaiety, town-humor, and with the transient nick names and street
jokes of the day. Slang is the language of street humor, of fast, high and low
life. Slang is as old as speech and congregating together of the people in
cities. It is the result of crowding, excitement, and artificial life.”10
2. According Bethany K. Dumass and Jonathan Lighter.
According to Bethany K. Dumass and Jonathan Lighter, slang shares at least
two of the following traits:
“It is markedly lower in prestige than Standard English. It tends to appear first
in the language of groups with low status, who may have little power or
responsibility. It is often taboo and unlikely to be used by people of high
10
Jonathan Green, Cassel’s dictionary of Slang (Cassel & Co Wellington House 123 Streets.
London.2000), p.V.
10
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status. It tends to displace conventional terms, either as a short hand or as a
defense against perceptions associated with the conventional term.”11
3. According to Willis.
In his statement he said that:
“for the most part, slang is the result of linguistic inventiveness, especially of
young and lively persons who want fresh, original pungent, or racy terms with
which they can rename ideas, action, and objects that they feel strongly about.
In effect slang is the result of a combination of linguistic irreverence and
reaction against staid, stuffy, pompous, pretentious, or colorless diction.”12
Based on those definitions above, the writer has the following assumptions:
1. That slang is represents vulgar language that used by person in every
grade of life, and also the language of showing humor, high or low life.
2. That slang has traits such as slang is lower in prestige than Standard
English, and slang usually used by group with low status and also slang
taboo used by people of high status.
3. That slang is the result of linguistic inventiveness by the young people
who want new trend for style in their life.
B. History of Slang
Slang was starting to escape the harsh criticism of being associated with
criminals or foreigners. Slang itself has been introduced since the sixteenth century.
There was now a demand for entertainment, mass media, and slangy fiction. .
11
Dumas, Bethany K. and Lighter, Jonathan (1978) "Is Slang a Word for Linguists?"
American Speech 53 (5): 14-15. Accessed on September 24, 2006. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/slang,
12
Chaedar Alwasilah, Sosiologi Bahasa, (Angkasa, Bandung, 1986), p. 57.
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Slang is not "whatever is new or popular in the way of language" (Historical
Dictionary of American Slang). Below is one of examples the word of slang:
“Cool: This popular expression is used to describe something that is very
good.”
Ex: “That band is cool!” 13
Next, the writer would like to propose the history of slang based on the
decades, characteristics, the examples and the meanings of the slang language. From
Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, and also from the book
“Slang Today and Yesterday”14 by Eric Partridge, there are five decade of slang
history, each decades has different characteristic. Decades start from sixteenth,
seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth century. The writer gives some
illustrations of the slang history as described below:
13
Cassie Howell, Example of Slang, Accessed on September 12, 2007.
http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/1914-/language/slang.htm
14
Eric Patridge, Slang Today and Yesterday (Utledge & Kegan Paul LTD London. 1954), p.
37.
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No
Decades
Characteristic
1.
Sixteenth Century
Slang
Examples
used Doxies
criminal such Priggers
as the thieves
Seventeenth Century
Beggars’ trulls
by Patricos
Used
2.
Meanings
Strolling
of Thieves
Prancers
is Buzzard
Slang
related for the A pun
Clap
immoral
action of the Crimp
Horse-thieves
A simpleton
Circling boy
Clatter
A game of card
society
3.
Eighteenth Century
Slang mostly Melt
in Tip
used
comedy
4.
Nineteenth Century
Slang
Twentieth Century
To give or lend
Whither-Go-Ye
A wife
Victualing office
The stomach
began Burke
To kill
to expand and Burra
A great man
to be used for Bury a Moll
To run away
Bus or Buss
from a mistress
conversation
5.
To spend
in the society
A
of London
carriage
Slang would Birdcage
A prison
be used of the Tanked
Drunk
public
spoken
To commandeer
In the sense
language
Cheero
Classy
Cheerioh
Common
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C. Types of Slang Language15
After reading the book “Slang Today and Yesterday” by Eric Partridge, the
writer finds that there are some types of slang language. Some of the slang types are:
1.
Cockney Slang
The term cockney is often used to refer to working-class people of London.
Particularly east London, and the slang used by these people. It is also often used in
reference to the “cockney accent”.16
Linguistically, cockney slang is the brightest spot in England and in many
other ways and this cockney has a very pronounced accent.
Cockney slang used by educated and Middle-Class People. Cockney slang
also used by the semi-literate and the quite illiterate. Cockney speakers have a
distinctive accent and dialect, and frequently use Cockney rhyming slang.
Cockney slang in the society of England is the slang that some words are easy
to be understood directly. It’s easy for know and understanding words of cockney
slang if we used slang dictionary and Standard English dictionary. Cockney speakers
have a distinctive accent and dialect.
In ordinary Cockney, there are two kinds.
- The first is the Cockney slang used by the educated and middle class
people.
15
Ibid p.148
Wikipedia, Cockney ,the free Encyclopedia. Accesed on October 8, 2007.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockney.
16
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- The second is the Cockney slang used by the semi literate and quite literate
people.
Below are some examples of Cockney slang that commonly used in the daily
speaking by middle class and educated people:
- Chickalery cove means, a very smart fellow, “perfect’ in dress, able in
business, and of a dashing deportment.
- Come over on a Whelk Stall, means to do things, especially to dress, in
style.
- See the breeze and taste the sun (with which compare feel the shrimps),
means an expression of summer enjoyment at escaping from London to an
open common.
And below are some examples of Cockney slang that commonly used in their
daily speaking by the semi literate and quite illiterate:
-
Sky a Copper means To make a disturbance.
- Up the pole means drunk.
- Monaker means a name, a title.
2.
Public House slang
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This type is considered as a genial, cheery, materialistic, but not gross nor
cynical. Public house slang group of words and phrases makes up for the smallness of
the recorded vocabulary by the nature of the subject.
Below are the examples of public house slang:
- Favourite vice means strong drink taken habitually.
- Jumbo means the elephant and castle, perhaps the most famous public
house in London.
- Shed a tear means to make water.
- Favourite Vice means strong drinks.
3. Workmen’s Slang
This type has a link with the public house slang. It is also considered as the
tradesmen’s slang, because it is put from the people’s activity in their working. They
use this term to ease them in communication, since they are pushed to communicate
each other. Workmen’s slang not only used by people’s activity in their working but
also used in other activity.
Workmen’s slang has divided into two kinds, they are: the workmen of the
town laborers and the workmen of farm laborers. The town laborers are much more
ready with their tongue and speak more fluently with their slang than the farm
laborer.
Below are some examples of Workmen’ slang for the farm labors:
- Church bell means a noisy or a talkative woman.
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- Hammered means married, welded together, one presumes.
- Messenger means the small dark, rapidly drifting cloudlets which foretell a
storm.
Below are some examples of Workmen’s slang for the town labors:
- Brass means money; this very general term seems to have originated the
copper and iron industries.
- Matey means a companion in labor.
- Screw Up means without money, therefore unable to move about at will.
In workmen’s slang as in Tradesmen’s Slang, some of the words that are now
jargon were in their origin, slang.
On the slang and the jargon of tradesmen’s is rather more caustic than his
custom, but it is a perceptual nuisance, and stares you in the face on tradesmen’s
invoices, on labels in the shop windows, and placards on the hoarding.
Below are some examples of the Tradesmen’s slang:
- Balloon means a week’s enforced idleness from want of work.
- Make your coffin means to overcharge for an article.
- Turkey buyer means a person of considerable importance.
- All my own means freedom
- Curly means troublesome. Presumably from a cloth curling or even
rucking.
4. Society slang
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The transition from University to Society is as linguistically as it is actually
natural, for although a university education constitutes neither a passport to good
society nor a guarantee of genuine culture it goes some distance in both directions.
For many persons the centre of the universe is society. Now society is ever in
the search of novelty, and it is limited body of well to do women and men of leisure.
From the almost association of these persons with one another, there arises a kind of
special vocabulary, which is constantly changing with the changing fashions.
On that passage, there is much jargon, but there is also much slang, in the
colloquial speech of society. Slang is concerned with the spirit of the universe, the
world, life, and it general, it also hovers, joyously or jauntily or jaundicedly, over the
object and the practices of the slangster’s own calling.
Below are some examples of the society slang:
- Cold tub means a cold morning bath.
- Flapper means a very immoral young girl in her early ‘teens’.
- Not too nice means bad, unpleasant.
5. Slang in the public school and universities
In public school, as in board school and in private, for more than two
centuries, been two kinds of slang: a slang proper and gibberish, the later consisting
in the addition of a hocus-pocus syllable either to the beginning or the end of every
word or else at the end of every syllable in a dissyllabic, trisyllabic, or polysyllabic
word.
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The other kind of slang is almost impossible to generalize, for every school
has its special words known to no other school.
Below are the writer give examples of the slang that used in school and
universities, there are:
- Mucking means Westminster for idling or hanging about. Cognate with the
Cockney muck about, to potter, to be futilely inactive.
- What’s the mat? means what is the matter.
- Belering cake means cake in which the plums are so far apart that they
have to beller (bellow) when they wish to converse. Likewise, in general
colloquial speech it is sometimes said of a “spotted dog” pudding that the
cook must have stood a devilish long way off when he threw the currants at
the dough.
6. Slang in art
Slang in art is related to the slang in the society. Society has always, along
with the few discerning dealers and a few rich recluses, been the chief patron of art.
The slang of art is quickly adopted by society. Which, however knows only a few
words of artistic slang.
Slang words more difficult than the other slang words. The meaning is hard to
be guessed even in the present day.
Below are some examples of slang in art.
- Let, to means said of a sparsely filled canvas.
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- Rags means old lace used for decorative purposes.
7. The slang of commerce
This slang used in trade. The words are closely related to the trade or
commerce. This kind slang is present day money market terms. Refers to Professor
Collison this slang is: “Of business transactions on the various exchanges the man in
the street will have heard of the formation of trusts and rings, cornering a commodity,
even to children through the exciting card game of Pit with cards representing the
various cereals, “17
The writer would give some example of this term, there are:
- To axe means to cut down expenses, sometimes by dismissing employees,
in the effort to economize.
- Be on the stump means to go about the constituencies making public
speeches.
- Go on the dole means to receive unemployment benefit.
8. Slang in Publicity
Much of the success of modern commerce depends on publicity. This type of
slang used for commerce such as for advertisement.
Below are the writer give examples of slang in publicity:
- Sunlight means soap.
17
Eric Patridge (1954), op.cit. 167.
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- Sunny jim means from the advertisement of force.
- Worth a guinea a box means Beecham’s Pills.
9. Slang in the church
Slang has long since penetrated into the forum, and now we meet it in the
Senate, and even the pulpit itself is no longer free from intrusion. There is no wish
here, for one moment, to infer that the practice is general. On the contrary, and in
justice to the clergy, it must be said that the principal disseminators of pure English
throughout the country are the ministers of our Established Church.
Below are the examples of Slang in the church:
- Candle shop means A Broad Church term for either a Roman Chatolic
chapel.
- Massites means A Low Church invention for (and gravely accepted by)
those members of the Anglican Church.
- Liea at the Pool of Bethesda means of theological candidates to be waiting
for a benefice.
D. The Reasons of using slang
Why people used slang because most people are individuals who desire
uniqueness, it stands to reason that slang has been in existence for as long as language
has been in existence. Other reason why people used slang, such as; the used of slang
because they can accept soon in particular group. The slang language is usually
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accepted by young people, as we know nowadays slang is easily used in daily
communication, especially by teenager.
Slang has been used for many purposes. According to Nicefero as quoted in
Partridge, People used slang for any of at least fifteen reasons:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
In sheer high spirits, by the young in heart as well as by the young in
years; 'just for the fun of the thing'; in playfulness.
For delights in virtuosity.
To be different, to be novel.
To be picturesque, this could be found from songs or poems.
To be unmistakably arresting, even startling.
To escape from clichés, or to be brief and concise.
To enrich the language by inventing new words.
To lend an air of solidity, concreteness; to the abstract of earthiness to the
idealistic: of immediacy and oppositeness to the remote.
To reduce seriousness of a conversation
To amuse superior public: this can be seen by the slang that children uses
towards their parents
For ease of social intercourse.
To induce either friendliness
To shows that one belongs to a certain group
To show or prove that someone does not belong to a certain group.
To be secret, not understand by those around one (children, students,
lovers, member of political secret societies, and criminals in or out of
prison, innocent person, are the chief exponents).18
In spite of those reasons above, slang can also be considered as meaningless
words which are used by people in order to fill some gaps in the use of formal
language. Many people may find that the use of slang is an unacceptable-word.
However, it depends on the particular groups in society. If it is important to use slang,
18
Eric Patridge (1954) op. cit. P.7.
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they will go a head. Either the slang produced will be accepted and respected in the
society or it will be rejected and considered as an obscurity.
E. Understanding the Standard English
According to Loreto Todd and Ian Hancock, Standard English is the term
given to the spectrum of English’s taught in school, described in grammars and
dictionaries, used by the media and written with relatively little variation throughout
the English speaking world. Standard English is not absolutely clear-cut and
discrete.19
Standard English by Tom Mc Arthur is “A widely used term that resists easy
definition but is used as if most educated people nonetheless know precisely what it
refers to. Some consider its meaning self evident: it is both the usage and the ideal of
‘good’ or ‘educated’ users of English.” 20
F. Interpretation
Definition of Interpretation by Roget’s Superthesaurus dictionary is
understanding, reading, slant, perception meaning, meaning, definition, explanation,
view. 21
19
Tom, McArthur, The English Language, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000),
p. 130.
20
Ibid. p.133.
Marc Cuthean, Roget’s Thesaurus Dictionary, Third Edition,( Cinciati: Ohio, America,
2003), p. 320.
21
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According to Jan Van Luxemburg, Mieke Ball,and Wiliem G. Weitstjen, they
saids that interpretation is the ways to read and to explain the text ( the activities
report) that more systematically and complete. According to them interpretation as a
give the meaning systematically, that tries to explain or to make know with satisfy. 22
Other definition about interpretation based Hugh J. Silverman, he said that
interpretation is an act that if successful, produces understanding. The interpretation
of something is the act of knowing it an understanding that is provide by it.23
G. Definition of The Movie
Movie is truly a motion picture- a flowing, ever changing stream of images
and sounds sparkling with a freshness and vitality all its own, a fluid blend of image,
sound, and motion possessed by a restless compulsion to be vibrantly alive, to avoid
the quite and the static.24
Movie is a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images
giving the illusion of continuous movement. Movie is also called a term that
encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general,
and as a form dramatic performance that is recorded as a moving image.
H. Plot Summary of the Ocean’s Eleven movie.
22
Jan Van Luxemburg, Mieke Ball, and William G. Westseijen, Tentang Sastra, Cetakan
kedua,(Jakarta: Intermasa, 1991), p. 30.
23
Hugh J Silverman, Textualities: Between Hermeneutics and Deconstructions.(New York
and London: Routledge, 1994), p. 11.
24
M.Boggs Joseph and W. Petrie dennis, The Art Watching Films Fifth Edition (California:
Mayfield PublishingCompany, 2000), p. 112.
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Danny Ocean is a thief who has just been paroled from prison. He seeks out
his partner, Rusty and he has a job. And it is to rob the vault that houses the cash of
three casinos in Las Vegas: The Bellagio, the Mirage and the MGM Grand. They all
belong to ruthless entrepreneur Terry Benedict, who also shows a certain interest in
Danny's beautiful ex-wife Tess. And he plans to rob it on a night when 150 million is
in it. So they recruit nine guys and they begin to put Ocean’s plan in motion. Danny
as the leader of the gang. Had quite a grudge on Terry Benedict after stealing his exwife while he was in New Jersey.
Then, Danny starts to hire professionals from all over the country: There's the
card magician Rusty Ryan, the perfect pickpocket Linus Caldwell and the hilarious
English-accented explosives specialist Basher Tarr. Reuben Tishkoff, who lost a
casino to Benedict, provides funding, the brothers Virgil and Turk Malloy will drive
and help, and Frank Catton, a professional card dealer, gets a job at the casino to
watch the routines. Saul Bloom, already retired, will play the rich heavy weaponry
dealer and live in the hotel, while Livingston Dell bugs the place to have a look over
the shoulders of the security personnel. Finally, the Chinese acrobat artist Yen will
be the one to move inside the safe before the motion detectors are turned off.
There are three rules to be followed: First: no blood. Second: Rob only who
deserves it. Third: Do it as if you have nothing to lose.25
25
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CHAPTER III
RESEARCH FINDINGS
In this chapter, the writer describes two main discussions, they are: data
description and data analysis.
A. Data Description
In this description of data, the writer discusses the slang language used in the
Ocean’s Eleven movie. Here the writer tries to tabulate the collected data through the
following table:
a.
The example of utilized slang or corpus.
b.
The meaning of slang language.
c.
The types of slang language used
In this section, the writer limits the discussion about the types of slang
language that were utilized in Ocean’s Eleven movie, they are public house slang,
society slang, and workmen’s slang. Below are the tabulations. The tabulated data are
described as follows:
26
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Table1. The Tabulated Data
No. The Utilized slang
(Corpus)
The
Meaning
in
the The Type of Slang
movie
language
in
the
movie
1.
Jackass
‘Idiot’
2.
Grabbed
‘Took roughly’
3.
Bitch
‘Very disagreeable’
4.
Kicks
‘Fun’
5.
Spotted
‘Saw’
6.
This Piece of shit
‘This terrible car’
7.
Screwing
‘Have a sex’
8.
Clink
‘Prison’
9.
Fuck
‘Expression
Society Slang
of
anger,
annoyance’
10.
Nuts
‘Mad’
11.
Bucks
‘Dollar’
12.
Bankroll
‘Financial’
13.
Grand
‘1000 Dollar($1000)’
14.
Bud
‘Friend’
15.
Pal
‘Friend'
16.
Fellas
‘Fellow’
17.
Guys
‘Man’
Workmen’s Slang
Public house Slang
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B. Data Analysis
From the tabulated data that the writer put from the table above, then the
writer tries to analyze and classify the selected slang words by categorizing them into
the types of slang language, and then the writer tries to interpret into Standard
English by focusing on Who, Where, and When the slang languages are utilized.
The writer interpret the whole of selected slang words in the movie through reading
the slang dictionaries, Oxford Advance Learner’s dictionary, Oxford Pocket
Dictionary, book reference, watching the Ocean’s Eleven movie and analyzing each
of words by understanding the Ocean’s Eleven movie script. And then, the writer
interpret one by one the words of slang language in the Ocean’s Eleven movie, It is
rather difficult to interpret without understanding the words of slang language in this
movie.
The writer found twenty five slang words in the Ocean’s Eleven movie. In this
analysis the writer analyze only seventeen slang words or phrases because these
slangs are often utilized by the movie-stars of the Ocean’s Eleven movie, and also to
make the discussions more in focus.
Based on the writer’s classification the slang words, she found three types of
slang language that are used in the Ocean’s Eleven movie. They are society slang,
workmen’s slang, and public house slang. In addition, the three types of those slangs
are often utilized in the movie. To get further description, the writer tries to illustrate
and analyze the three types as follows:
1. Society Slang
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According Partridge about society slang, he said: “In society, it shows a
joyously, or jauntily over the object and the practices of the slangter’s own calling,
with this difference is jargon treats with solemnity and respect the avocation it serves
and slang retains respect toward it. Treats that avocation with the detached
amusement that, viewed from afar, every human activity seems to invite.”26
Based on the statement above, the writer thinks that the slang languages are
commonly used in daily conversation with special vocabulary that always follows the
trend in the society that joyously.
Based on the slang dictionaries and from the internet, the word jackass means
idiot, Bitch means very disagreeable, grabbed means took roughly27, kicks means fun,
spotted means saw, this piece of shit means this terrible car28, screwing means have a
sex29, clink means prison30, fuck means expression of anger or annoyance31, nuts
means crazy32, The meaning of those words is also utilized by Oxford English
Dictionary.
26
Eric Patridge, Slang Today and Yesterday, (London, Utledge & Kegan Paul, 1954), p. 214
Robert L Chapman, Ph. , Dictionary of American Slang,(New York, Harper Collins, 1995),
p. 560,32,182.
28
Accessed on April 26, 2007.http://www.slangcity.com/movie_quote/oceans_eleven.htm
29
Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Uncenventional
English ,(New York, Routledge, 2006), p. 1665.
30
J.E. Lighter, Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, (New York:
Random House, 1994),p 806.
31
Jonathan Green, Cassell’s Dictionary of Slang (Cassel & Co Wellington House 123 Streets.
London 2000), p. 454
32
H. Manser, Martin (1995),p. 282.
27
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Then the writer categorizes the word jackass, bitch ,grabbed, kicks, spotted,
this piece of shit, screwing, clink, fuck, nuts the society slang because of the
suitability of the meanings and the characteristics of the society slang and their
utilized words are closely related with the society, it tells about the life of society.
The kinds of life such as the robbers of casino, that describes about criminal activity
samples.
Below are the further explanation and the quoted conversation used in the
society slang words, and the interpretation of the selected words, such as jackass,
grabbed, bitch, kicks, spotted, this piece of shit, screwing, clink, fuck, and nuts.
1.1 Jackass
The setting at Bellagio Casino, this word said by Virgil (he is crew of robber
casino) as delivery boy when he and Tourist picking a fight. In fact the tourist is his
friend (Turk). They both just acted, for blocking the sentry from the balloons.
“Sentry: Excuse me, sir: You’re going to have to move your balloons.
…but virgil’s too busy picking a fight with the Tourist (surprise,
surprise: Turk Malloy) to listen.
Virgil: Who you calling ‘bud’, pal?
Turk (tourist): Who you calling ‘pal,’ friend?
Virgil: Who you calling ‘friend’…
… bud …
Who you calling ‘friend’, ‘jackass’?!
Don’t call me a jackass
I just did call you a jackass.”33
33
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From the quoted conversation above, the word jackass means idiot, this
meaning is utilized by Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang. Then
the writer categorizes this word as society slang because this word is closely related
with the society. It is suitability with the meaning and characteristic of the society
slang. And also it is supporting with the setting where is the conversation that is at
casino.
1.2. Grabbed
The setting was Reuben’s Back Yard, this word used by Reuben, who lost
casino because Benedict’s crime. This word used by Reuben when he told to Danny
and rusty about the story three most successful robberies in Vegas history. Below are
the quoted conversations:
Danny: It's never been tried.
Reuben: Oh, it's been tried. A few guys even came close. You know the three
most successful robberies in Vegas history?
FLASHBACK
-Number three. The bronze medal. Pencil neck grabs a lockbox at the Sands.
He got two steps closer to the door than any living soul before him.
-Second most successful robbery. The Flamingo '71. This guy
actually smelled fresh oxygen before they got him. Course, he was breathing
out of a hose the next three weeks, goddamn hippie.
-And the closest any man has gotten to robbing a Las Vegas casino...was
Outside of Caesar's in '87. He came, he grabbed, they conquered.34
From the quoted conversation above, the word grabbed means took roughly
This meaning is utilized by Random House Dictionary of American Slang and also
34
Ibid
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utilized by Oxford Learner’s Pocket Dictionary. From this description, the writer
agrees that the word grabbed means took roughly and firmly.
1.3.Bitch
The setting of this word was in the white van, when Virgil disagrees with
Turk, and this word said by Turk, he is crew of robber casino. He and Virgil have
always annoyed each other for the longest time.
Below are the quoted conversations:
“Turk: Shit! Okay, your turn…
Virgil: Co-sign squared over .0455.
Turk: No. Co-sign squared over .0415.
Virgil: .04-five-five.
Turk: One-five.
Virgil: You’re so wrong.
Turk You don’t know your string theory, bitch.”35
From the quoted conversation above, the word bitch means very disagreeable.
This word is utilized by dictionary of American Slang third edition. From this
description, the writer agrees that the word bitch means very disagreeable.
1.4. Kicks
The setting of this word was in the Parole board hearing room when Danny
was asked by board member two about the reasons why he committed this crime.
This word used by Danny, he is a man of action from a New Jersey penitentiary, the
wry, charismatic thief, and he just been paroled from prison at New Jersey. Below are
the quoted conversations:
35
Ibid
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Board member two: Mr. Ocean, what we’re trying to find out is: was there a
reason you chose to commit this crime, or was there a
reason why you simply got caught this time?
Danny: My wife left me. I was upset. I got into a self-destructive pattern.
Board member three: if released, is it likely you would fall back into a similar
pattern?
Danny: She already left me once. I don’t think she’ll do it again just for
kicks.36
From the quoted conversation above, the word “kicks” means fun. This
meaning found in the internet, it is also suitable with the meaning in the movie. From
this description, the writer agrees that the word kicks means fun or for showing strong
feeling of pleasure.
1.5 Spotted
This word used by Tess ( he is Danny ex wife, and he is career woman) and
the setting was in the restaurant when Tess waited for Benedict in the restaurant, and
then Danny came to her. After one minute Benedict came, and Tess tried to explain
that Danny just walked through the restaurant and spotted (saw) her.
“Tess: Do you remember what I said to you when we first met?
Danny: You said: you better know what you’re 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: Catching up.
Tess: Terry, meet my ex-husband…
Danny: Danny Ocean.
Benedict: Mr. Ocean.
(to tess) for give me for being late. A guest required my attention.
Tess: Danny was just walking through the restaurant and spotted me.”37
36
37
Ibid
Ibid
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From the quoted conversations above, the word spotted means saw38. The
writer knows this meaning from the internet and also utilized by Dictionary of slang.
From this description, the writer agrees that the word spotted means saw.
1.6. This piece of shit
The setting was in the front of prison, this word said by Danny Ocean( he is a
thief with tuxedo) when he was ready to release from his prison in New Jersey for six
month because his crime as robber, he said the word “this piece of shit” to Rusty
because he come to pick him up by ugly car. Whereas they found thirteen million
dollars from Benedict’s Casino but Rusty only bought the ugly car.
“Rusty: Looking for someone?
Danny: Thirteen million and you drive that piece of shit cross country to
pick me up?
Rusty: Hello to you, too.
Rusty: Your hair's grayer.
Danny: Your eyes got closer together. How's life?
Rusty: Life... is a roomful of pillows.
C'mon...
Rusty: Where do you want to go first?
Danny: To a phone.
Rusty: I stopped and picked up your personal effects, put them in the back
seat.
Danny: My what?
I'm not sure these belong to me.
Tess: Sure they do.”39
38
Slang City, Quotes from Ocean Eleven, Warning: contains bad words. Accessed on April
26,2007. http://www.slangcity.com/movie_quote/oceans_eleven.htm
39
Ibid
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From the quoted conversation above, the word this piece of shit means this
terrible car. The writer knows this meaning from the internet. From this description,
the writer agrees that the word this piece of shit means this terrible car.
1.7. Screwing
Danny and Rusty adjourn from the warehouse. This word said by Rusty ( he is
magician of cards) when he discovered Ocean's ex-wife (Tess). She is the main
squeeze of Terry Benedict the owner of the casinos. Then Rusty asked to Danny
about it, he didn’t want if Danny did this job (robbed casino) because of Tess (exwife). If that’s true he will walk off the job right now. But Ocean said his plan would
go smoothly. Below are the conversation quoted from Ocean’s Eleven movie:
“Danny: What is it?
Rusty: Tell me this isn’t about her. Or I’ll walk off the job right now. Tess.
She’s with Terry Benedict now. Tell me this isn’t about screwing the
guy who’s screwing your wife.
Danny: Ex-wife.
Rusty: Tell me
Danny: It’s not, about that. Entirely.”40
From the quoted conversation above, the word screwing means have a sex.
This meaning is utilized by The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and
Unconventional English. From this description, the writer agrees that the word
screwing means have a sex.
1.8. Clink
40
Ibid
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The setting was Rusty’s car, when Danny and Rusty rode silently, staring out
opposite windows at sunset Boulevard. This word said by Rusty (he is magician of
cards) when he asked to Danny about the cookies that he sent when Danny was in the
prison. Danny is a thief who has just been paroled from prison. Below are the quoted
conversations:
“Rusty: that was, that was just…
Danny: Unprofessional.
Rusty: How was the clink? You get the cookie I sent you?
Danny: why do you think I came to see you first?”41
From the quoted conversation above, the word clink means prison (Merriam
Webster Collegiate Dictionary 11th Edition). This word meaning is also utilized by
Dictionary of slang. From this description, the writer agrees that the word clink
means prison.
1.9. Fuck
This word used by Yen ( he is the Chinese acrobat artist) the situation of the
word fuck was happened when Yen got hurts, he was waiting for so long Danny and
Linus were in the vault, a place where Benedicts saved his money. While, Danny and
Linus were still outside vault for opened the door of it by exploding it. Below are the
quoted conversations:
“Linus: You know, you lose focus for one second in this game…
41
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Danny: And someone gets hurt, yeah, yeah. I don’t hear Yen complaining.
Danny: Do it.
Amazing
Yen: Where the fuck you been.”42
From the quoted conversation above, the word “fuck” means expression of
anger or annoyance (Oxford Learner’s Pocket Dictionary). This meaning is also
utilized by Cassell’s Dictionary of slang. From this description the writer agrees that
the word “fuck” means expression of anger or annoyance.
1.10. Nuts
The setting of this word was in Reuben’s house when Danny and rusty came
to Reuben’s house to told his plan for robbing casino and also inviting him to join,
but Reuben didn’t agree because he knew that robbed at casino was not easy. This
word said by Reuben who lost his casino because of Benedict’s crimes. Below are the
quoted conversations:
Rusty : I wonder what Reuben will say?
Reuben: You’re out of your goddamn minds. Are you listening to me? You
are, both of you, nuts. I know more about casino security than any
man alive. I invented it, and it cannot be eaten. 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...
Add quoted conversations with the same setting:
Danny: That’s why we’ve got to be very careful. We have to be precise. We
have to be well-funded
Reuben: Yeah, you gotta be nuts, too. And you’re gonna need crew as nuts as
you are.43
42
Ibid
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From the quoted conversation above, the word “nuts” means mad (Oxford
Learner’s Pocket Dictionary). This meaning is also utilized by Dictionary of slang.
From this description, the writer agrees that the word nuts in the conversation means
mad.
2. Workmen’s Slang
As the writer has proposed the definition of Workmen’s slang in the second
chapter, in which the Workmen’s slang “has a link with the public house slang. It is
also considered as the tradesmen’s slang, because it is put from the people’s activity
in working. The characteristic of the users in they don’t mention the real name of
something but they call it with another name that has already been understood among
them”.44 Usually this slang used by people’s activity in their working and also related
with money.
Then the writer categorized that the words bucks means dollar,45 and bankroll
means financial support, grand means 1000 dollar ($1000)46 as workmen’s slang
because it is seen from the meanings of that words and the suitability between the
characteristic of the workmen’s slang.
43
Ibid
Eric Patridge, (1954), op.cit. p. 162
45
H.Manser, Martin. Oxford Learner’s Pocket Dictionary, (Oxford Uneversity Press.
NewYork, 1995), p.49.
46
A S, Hornby Oxford Learner’s Dictionary, New York: Oxford University Press 1995, p. 29,
98.
44
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The next discussion is about explanation of those selected words from the
quoted conversation in the Ocean’s Eleven movie and the interpretation of the
selected words such as bucks, bankroll, grand.
2.1. Bucks
The setting the word Bucks in the Hollywood club. This words often used by
the actor in the Ocean’s Eleven movie. Such as Topher, he is TeenBeat cover boy.
Below are the quoted conversations:
“Rusty: Good evening, guys. Let’s play some card…
…and lets play some card
Topher: A hundred bucks to me…Ah, what the hell. Pocket
Rusty: why you bet a certain way is your business. But you have o make
them think you’re betting for a reason. Understand?47
From the quoted conversation the writer assumes that the words bucks often
used by the actors in this movie, and this word are familiar by the speaker in this
movie. This word “bucks” means dollar (Oxford Learner’s pocket Dictionary). This
word meaning is also utilized by Dictionary of slang. From this description, the writer
agrees that the word bucks means dollar.
2.2. Bankroll
47
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The setting was in Library tower, this word used by Danny (he is a thief, he
just been paroled from prison at New Jersey) when he talk to Rusty for made a
planned to rob three casinos those are Bellagio, Mirage and MGM. These casinos are
Terry Benedict’s place. Below are the quoted conversations:
“Rusty: You said three casinos…
The Bellagio, Mirage, and… these are Terry Benedict’s place.
Danny: Yes they are. Think he’ll mind.
Rusty: More than somewhat.
Rusty: You’d need at least a dozen guys, doing a combination of cons.
Danny: like what, you think?
Rusty: Well, off the top of my head, I’d say you’re looking at a Boesky, Jim
Brown, a Miss Daisy, two Jethros, and a Leon Spinks. Oh, and the
biggest Ella Fitzgerald ever. Where do you think you’re gonna get the
money to back this?
Danny: As long as we’re hitting these three casino, we’ll get our bankroll.
Terry Benedicts has a list enemies.”48
From the quoted conversation above, the word “bankroll” means financial
support (Oxford Adv. Learner’s Dictionary) this meaning is also utilized by
Dictionary of slang. From this description, the writer agrees that the word bankroll
means Financial or have much money.
2.3. Grand
The setting of this word was in the Hollywood Club, this word used by
Danny, when he played some cards with Teen Beat. Danny is a man of action from a
new jersey penitentiary, the wry, charismatic thief, and he just been paroled from
prison at New Jersey. Below are the quoted conversations.
48
Ibid
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“Rusty: ... and let's play some cards.
Topher: A hundred bucks to me...
Rusty: Indeed. But be careful you don't push him too high too fast. Want to
keep him on the leash. I call. It's Josh's turn. He hesitates...
Josh: What's that to me? A thousand?
Rusty: All you have to do is call.
Danny: What? Your girlfriend holding your purse?
Contrary to what Mr. Ryan may say, Seth, I always check my cards
before I make a bet. But be careful. I could tell from your face you're
holding three of a kind or better. Five hundred to call. And two
grand more.”
From the quoted conversation above the writer knows that the word grand
means 1000 dollar ($1000), and it can be categorized as workmen’s slang because
suitability with characteristic and meaning of public house slang. The meaning of the
word grand means 1000 dollar ($1000) is utilized by slang dictionary and also from
the Oxford Learner’s Pocket Dictionary.
3. Public House Slang
The definition of public house slang is “considered as a genial, cheery, and
materialistic, but it is not gross or cynical. The public house group of words and
phrases make up for the smallness of the recorded vocabulary by the nature of the
subject.”49
In this type, the writer categorizes the words bud, pal,50 in which has the same
meaning that is friend, fellas means fellow51, guys means man52, as the public house
49
Eric Patridge (1954), op.cit. p.159.
http://www.dailyscript.com/sripts/oceans_11.pdf
51
Ibid
50
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slang because of the suitability with the meaning and the characteristics of the public
house slang. As the writer has proposed above the characteristics of public house
slang such as genial, cheery, materialistic but not gross nor chynical.
Furthermore, as Willis said:
“for the most part, slang is the result of linguistic inventiveness, especially of
young and lively persons who want fresh, original pungent, or racy terms with
which they can rename ideas, actions, and objects that they feel strongly
about. In effect slang is the result of a combination of linguistic irreverence
and a reaction against staid, stuffy, pompous, pretentious, or colorless
diction.”53
Based on the theory above, the writer makes conclusion that slang is the result
of linguistic inventiveness, especially used by the young people, and lively persons
who want refresh. In addition, the writer gives the illustration of the words slang in
the Ocean’s Eleven movie and the interpretation of the selected words such as bud,
pal, fellas, guys as below:
3.1. Bud
The setting of this word was at Bellagio casino, when Virgil as delivery boy
carried the ballons through the casino, he took a bunch of balloons for “Happy
Anniversary”. He bumped into Turk who acted as tourist. In fact, Turk is his friend.
Then, he bumped into a tourist, and the balloons drifted out of his hand and into the
camera. Virgil is a crew robber of casino in Terry Benedict’s casino. Below are the
quoted conversations:
52
53
H.Manser, Martin (1995), op.cit. p.187.
Chaedar Alwasilah, Sosiologi Bahasa,(Angkasa:Bandung.1986), p.57.
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“Tourist: Hey, watch it, bud…
Sentry: Excuse me, sir: You’re going to have to move your balloons.
…but virgil’s too busy picking a fight with the Tourist (Turk that is
actually his friend ) to listen.
Virgil: Who you calling ‘bud’, pal?
Turk (tourist): Who you calling ‘pal,’ friend?
Virgil: Who you calling ‘friend’…”54
From the quoted conversation above the writer knows that the word bud
means friend and it can be categorized as public house slang because suitability with
characteristic and meaning of public house slang. In the writer’s opinion this word is
used in daily conversation. The meaning word bud means friend is utilized by slang
dictionary and also from the internet.
3.2. Pal
The setting and the conversation were the same as the example of the word
slang above at Belagio casino, this word used by Virgil and Turk ( they are a crew of
robbers casino) when Virgil as delivery boy carried balloons through the casino. Here
Turk as tourist argued with Virgil. As the writer proposed before character Virgil and
Turk have always annoyed each other for the longest time. They just acted,
“Accidentally” blocking the sentry from the balloons. Virgil and Turk is crew of
robber casino.
“Virgil: Who you calling ‘bud’, pal?
Turk (tourist): Who you calling ‘pal,’ friend?
54
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Virgil: Who you calling ‘friend’…”55
3.3. Fellas
The setting of this word was in the Hollywood club, this word said by Danny
when he and Rusty played cards with teen beat. Danny is the leader of the gang
(robbed casino). He had quite a grudge on Terry Benedict after stealing his ex-wife
while he was in New Jersey prison.
“Rusty: Shit. Sorry, guys. I -- I was sure he was bluffing. As Rusty plummets
in the estimation of all the guys around him, Danny rakes in his pot.
Danny: Thanks for the game fellas.
Hey, I hate to ask this, but could you sign something for me? It’s for
the guys in the joint. They just love all your shows.”56
From the quoted conversation above, the word “Fellas” means fellow. This
meaning is utilized by English Dictionary. From this description, the writer agrees
that the word fellas means fellow.
3.4. Guys
The setting of this word was in the Hollywood club. This word was said by
Rusty when he had finished playing the card with Teen Beat in the Hollywood club.
Rusty is crew of robber casino. Below are the quoted conversations:
“Rusty: Shit sorry, guys, I was sure he was bluffing.
55
56
Ibid
Ibid
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Danny: Thanks for the game fellas.
Hey, I hate to ask this, but could you sign something for me? It’s for
the guys in the joint. They just love all your shows.”57
From the quoted conversation above, the word “guys” means man (Oxford
Learner’s Pocket Dictionary). This meaning is also utilized by dictionary of slang.
From this description, the writer agrees that the word guys mean man.
The reasons of using slang words, such as to sheer high spirits, to ease social
contact, to show that someone belongs to a social class, to enrich the language, and
to reduce.
57
Ibid
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CHAPTER IV
CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
A. Conclusions
After analyzing research findings, then the writer wants to draw some
conclusions about them. In this paper, the writer discusses the slang language used in
the Ocean’s Eleven movie that was produced by Warner Bross production and
directed by Steven Soderbergh.
As the writer proposed in the theoretical framework and research findings, the
writer concludes that slang language used in the movie above, can be classified into
the society slang, workmen’s slang, and public house slang. These types can be found
in the movie scripts of Ocean’s Eleven movie and the compiled-data. These slang
words or phrases have been written in the text such as
jackass, screwing, clink,
bucks, pal, and kicks, and soon.
The interpretations of slang language in Ocean’s Eleven movie into Standard
English were referred to the slang dictionaries, Oxford Advance Dictionary, Oxford
Learners Pocket Dictionary, reference-books and Ocean’s Eleven movie script.
Slang is usually used by particular groups in a society and slang itself has
become a trend for long time. Slang in one generation may turn into the formal
language in a certain generation. In addition, using slang is a way of introducing the
new words that enrich a language in the life society.
B. Suggestions
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Through this paper, the writer suggests for those who are interested in
analyzing or in comprehending the slang language should join the group of society
who utilized the slang language for improving their knowledge of language study.
The writer hopes the students of English Department, especially at the Adab
and Humanities Faculty of the State Islamic University, Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta,
to select the slang language as one of the topics for their research study in the future.
Finally, the writer hopes that this study will be useful for the future
improvement of studying literature especially about the slang language and also for
the advancement of her career.
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THE SCRIPT OF OCEAN'S ELEVEN MOVIE58
screenplay by
Ted Griffin
based on a screenplay by
Harry Brown and Charles Lederer
and
a story by
George Clayton Johnson & Jack Golden Russell
LATE PRODUCTION DRAFT
Rev. 05/31/01 (Buff)
OCEAN'S 11 - Rev. 1/8/01
FADE IN:
1 EMPTY ROOM WITH SINGLE CHAIR 1
We hear a DOOR OPEN and CLOSE, followed by APPROACHING
FOOTSTEPS. DANNY OCEAN, dressed in prison fatigues,
ENTERS FRAME and sits.
VOICE (O.S.)
Good morning.
DANNY
Good morning.
VOICE (O.S.)
Please state your name for the record.
DANNY
Daniel Ocean.
VOICE (O.S.)
Thank you. Mr. Ocean, the purpose
of this meeting is to determine
whether, if released, you are
likely to break the law again.
While this was your first
conviction, you have been
implicated, though never charged,
in over a dozen other confidence
schemes and frauds. What can you
tell us about this?
DANNY
As you say, ma'am, I was never
charged.
2 INT. PAROLE BOARD HEARING ROOM - WIDER VIEW - MORNING 2
Three PAROLE BOARD MEMBERS sit opposite Danny, behind a
table.
BOARD MEMBER #2
Mr. Ocean, what we're trying to
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find out is: was there a reason
you chose to commit this crime, or
was there a reason why you simply
got caught this time?
DANNY
My wife left me. I was upset. I
got into a self-destructive pattern.
CONTINUED)
OCEAN'S 11 - Rev. 1/8/01 2.
2 CONTINUED: 2
BOARD MEMBER #3
If released, is it likely you
would fall back into a similar
pattern?
DANNY
She already left me once. I don't
think she'll do it again just for
kicks.
Glances dart between the Board Members.
BOARD MEMBER #1
Mr. Ocean, what do you think you
would do if released?
Danny considers.
DANNY
(deadpan)
I don't know. How much do you
guys make a year?
A11 EXT. HOLLYWOOD CLUB (DEEP) - REAR ENTRANCE - NIGHT
A11
PULLING OFF the Capitol Building, we PICK UP Rusty
(tall, angular, ebony) leaning against his Ford Falcon.
TOPHER (O.S.)
Hey! Hey, Rusty!
Rusty turns to the voice and -CUT TO:
ANOTHER ANGLE
MOVING WITH him and Topher Grace, the actor, as they push
down a back alley.
TOPHER
Hey, I don't know if you're, uh,
you know, incorporated or anything,
like Rusty Ryan. And, I don't know,
incorporated, but you should think
about it, really, 'cause I was
talking to my manager yesterday -RUSTY
Bernie?
(CONTINUED)
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OCEAN'S 11 - Rev. 5/31/01 8.
A11 CONTINUED: A11
TOPHER
No, not Bernie, I mean not, not
that Bernie, my business manager,
he's also Bernie, he was telling
me that since this, what we do,
could be considered research for,
you know, a future gig, that I
should be able to write it off as
a business expense. So he suggested
that it'd be better if I wrote you
a check, and thereby -Rusty looks at him: are you stoned?
TOPHER
Or, or we could keep it cash.
By this time, they should have entered -11 OMITTED 11
A12 INT. HOLLYWOOD CLUB (DEEP) - NIGHT A12
-- where they must weave through hordes of young
Hollywood nightclubbers.
RUSTY
Alright. Who's here?
TOPHER
Josh is here. Seth is here.
David couldn't make it. He's got
two weeks of reshoots on Lusitania
because somebody just figured out
forty percent of the budget is
coming from Germany.
RUSTY
That's a problem.
TOPHER
Barry is here.
RUSTY
I thought they let him out to do
that H.B.O. thing in Vancouver.
TOPHER
Couldn't work the dates. Oh, and
he brought his girlfriend.
(CONTINUED)
OCEAN'S 11 - Rev. 5/31/01 9.
A12 CONTINUED: A12
RUSTY
Not the one from -TOPHER
Uh-huh.
RUSTY
(beat)
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I quit watching when Kate left Don
after his accident.
They pass on, and into -12 OMITTED 12
A13 INT. BACK ROOM - NIGHT A13
Small but stylish. Rusty enters, Topher in tow.
RUSTY
Good evening, guys. Let's play
some cards...
A glance at the table reveals: the three waiting players
are all young TV stars (Josh Jackson, Seth Green, Barry
Watson) here for a group poker lesson with Rusty. (One
star, indeed, has brought his girlfriend, Katie, also
a known actress, to observe.)
A glance back at Rusty reveals: he's in for a long
night.
RUSTY
... and let's play some cards.
AT TABLE - LATER
The group lesson has begun.
TOPHER
A hundred bucks to me...
(mulling it
over)
Ah, what the hell. Pocket
change. Call.
Rusty leans into Topher's ear, whispering:
(CONTINUED)
OCEAN'S 11 - Rev. 5/31/01 10.
A13 CONTINUED: A13
RUSTY
Why you bet a certain way is your
business. But you have to make
them think you're betting for a
reason. Understand?
SAME SCENE - LATER
To another player:
RUSTY
Seth. You know what you have.
Looking at them doesn't change
them. Leave 'em where they are
and make your bet.
SAME SCENE - LATER
To another player:
RUSTY
You're showing. Yeah, I know she's
your girlfriend, Barry, but you
can't... Thank you.
SAME SCENE - LATER
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To another:
RUSTY
Josh. Deal to your left.
SAME SCENE - LATER
A WAITRESS enters from the club, and DANCE MUSIC with
her. As she distributes a fresh round:
WAITRESS
One McCallum neat. And four
bottled waters.
Rusty takes in the sight -- bottled fucking water on a
poker table.
SETH
(triumphantly)
Two pair -- nines and twos.
Rusty checks his hand: a full-house full of face cards.
(CONTINUED)
OCEAN'S 11 - Rev. 5/31/01 11.
A13 CONTINUED: (2) A13
RUSTY
(folding)
You got me.
(as Seth rakes in
his winnings)
Let's take a little break.
13 OMITTED 13
A14 INT. HOLLYWOOD CLUB (DEEP) - NIGHT A14
At the bar, Rusty orders a double. He needs it.
BARTENDER
(shouting over music)
How's the game going?!!
RUSTY
It's been the longest hour of
my life.
BARTENDER
What?!
RUSTY
(at the same volume)
I'm running away with your wife.
The Bartender, not able to hear him, smiles and flashes
a thumbs-up before moving away.
BARTENDER
Cool, man!
Behind the bar two go-go dancers writhe behind redlightdistrict
windows, and Rusty catches his own fatigued
expression in their reflection. Then, out the corner
of his eye, he catches sight of a man passing through
the pulsating crowd. Someone familiar to him. He
follows.
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14 OMITTED 14
A15 INT. HOLLYWOOD CLUB (DEEP) - BACK ROOM A15
Rusty returns.
TOPHER
Hey, Rusty, we got another player,
if that's alright.
(CONTINUED)
RUSTY
What's this?
DANNY
The bouncer mentioned there was
a game in progress. I hope I'm
not intruding.
TOPHER
No intrusion at all -RUSTY
What was his name, the bouncer's?
DANNY
I don't remember.
RUSTY
A card player with amnesia. This
should be fun.
AT TABLE - MOMENTS LATER
Rusty deals the next hand.
TOPHER
What do you do for a living,
Mr. Ocean? If you don't mind
my asking.
DANNY
Why should I mind? Two cards,
please...
(long beat)
I just got out of prison.
TOPHER
Really?
(a glance among the
other players)
Really...
RUSTY
(half to divert
attention)
Barry, you're showing again.
BARRY (O.S.)
Sorry.
(CONTINUED)
OCEAN'S 11 - Rev. 5/31/01 12A.
A15 CONTINUED: (2) A15
JOSH
What'd you, uh, go to prison for?
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DANNY
I stole things.
JOSH
What, like jewels? Diamonds?
A beat, then:
RUSTY
Incan matrimonial headmasks.
Looks are exchanged. Everyone digests that.
JOSH
From a museum?
DANNY
Gallery.
SETH
There a lot of money in those?
Incan matrimonial...
DANNY
Headmasks. Some.
RUSTY
Don't let him fool you, Seth.
There's boatloads. If you can
move the things...
(finishing his deal)
One card to me.
(to Danny, pointedly)
... but you can't.
DANNY
My fence seemed confident enough.
RUSTY
If you're dealing with cash, you
don't need a fence.
DANNY
Some people just lack vision.
RUSTY
Probably everybody in cell block E.
(CONTINUED)
OCEAN'S 11 - Rev. 5/31/01 12B.
A15 CONTINUED: (3) A15
Now the other players realize. These guys have a
relationship. In fact, a criminal one. And, judging
from their steely glares across the table, not a happy
one.
DANNY
Well, that's all behind us now.
RUSTY
I should hope so.
Danny smiles, icily -- of course, it's not -- then pulls
out his wallet.
DANNY
I raise you five hundred dollars.
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A hush in the room. Danny has thrown down the gauntlet.
He and Rusty hold each other's stares.
RUSTY
Guys: Day One: what's the first
rule of poker?
BARRY
Um, never bet on, uh, on
a -TOPHER
'Leave emotion at the
door.'
RUSTY
That's right. My friend here just
raised me out of pique.
(beat)
Today's lesson. How to draw out
a bluff. This early in the game,
that much money, I'm thinking he's
holding nothing better than a pair
of face cards.
(beat)
Seth, raise him.
SETH
Okay. Uh, your five hundred and...
another two?
Rusty nods, and Seth pushes in his chips.
RUSTY
Tophe...
TOPHER
Seven to me. Plus three. What
the hell.
(CONTINUED)
OCEAN'S 11 - Rev. 5/31/01 12C.
A15 CONTINUED: (4) A15
RUSTY
Indeed. But be careful you don't
push him too high too fast. Want
to keep him on the leash. I call.
It's Josh's turn. He hesitates...
JOSH
What's that to me? A thousand?
RUSTY
All you have to do is call.
DANNY
(off Josh's further
hesitation)
What? Your girlfriend holding
your purse?
That does it. Josh is in. The bet's to Danny. He
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checks his hand, and Seth starts to whisper to Topher.
DANNY
Contrary to what Mr. Ryan may say,
Seth, I always check my cards
before I make a bet. But be
cafeful. I could tell from your
face you're holding three of a
kind or better.
(digging his wallet
out)
Five hundred to call. And two
grand more.
Danny stares Rusty down. The others look a little pale.
RUSTY
Guys, you're free to do what you
like. It's a lot of money. But
I'm staying in. He's trying to
buy his way out of his bluff.
Nobody looks too eager to call, but nobody wants to
leave a grand on the table, either. Finally, Seth
ponies up, and the others -- not be outdone -- do, too.
RUSTY
We call.
Danny sets down his hand. Four nines. It's a winner.
The others, jaws dropped, throw in their cards. For the
first time tonight, Rusty blanches.
(CONTINUED)
OCEAN'S 11 - Rev. 5/31/01 12D.
A15 CONTINUED: (5) A15
RUSTY
Shit. Sorry, guys. I -- I was
sure he was bluffing.
As Rusty plummets in the estimation of all the guys
around him, Danny rakes in his pot.
DANNY
Thanks for the game, fellas.
(then)
Hey, I hate to ask this, but
could you sign something for me?
It's for the guys in the joint.
They just love all your shows.
16 INT. RUSTY'S FALCON - MOVING - NIGHT 16
Danny and Rusty ride silently, staring out opposite
windows at Sunset Boulevard.
RUSTY
That was, that was just...
DANNY
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Unprofessional.
Rusty agrees.
RUSTY
How was the clink? You get the
cookies I sent you?
DANNY
Why do you think I came to see you
first?
DANNY
Why do you think I came to see you
first?
Danny pulls out a wad of bills from his jacket, peels off
half, and hands it to Rusty.
DANNY
Ten grand. Half of it's yours.
-OCEAN'S 11 - Rev. 1/8/01 14.
19 CONTINUED: 19
RUSTY
You said three casinos...
DANNY
(flips to next
blueprint)
These feed into the cages at both
the Mirage and the M.G.M. Grand.
(tapping vault)
But every dime ends up here.
RUSTY
The Bellagio, Mirage, and... These
are Terry Benedict's places.
DANNY
Yes, they are. Think he'll mind?
RUSTY
More than somewhat.
20 AT 40TH FLOOR ELEVATOR BAY 20
No ding. The elevator just arrives. Its doors part to
reveal a SECURITY GUARD within, here to make his tour; a
large fellow, he has to duck to exit.
21 BACK WITH DANNY AND RUSTY 21
As Danny rolls up the set of blueprints, Rusty considers
the plan (which, in our absence, Danny has pitched him).
RUSTY
You'd need at least a dozen guys,
doing a combination of cons.
DANNY
Like what, you think?
RUSTY
Well, off the top of my head, I'd
say you're looking at a Boesky, a
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Jim Brown, a Miss Daisy, two
Jethros, and a Leon Spinks. Oh,
and the biggest Ella Fitzgerald
ever.
(beat)
Where do you think you're gonna get
the money to back this?
(CONTINUED)
OCEAN'S 11 - Rev. 1/8/01 15.
21 CONTINUED: 21
DANNY
As long as we're hitting these
three casinos, we'll get our
bankroll. Terry Benedict has a
list of enemies.
RUSTY
But does he have enemies with
loose cash and nothing to lose...
(smiles, realizing)
Aha.
DANNY
(smiles, too)
Aha.
RUSTY
Reuben.
22 MOVING WITH SECURITY GUARD 22
as he approaches Danny's and Rusty's voices...
23 BACK WITH DANNY AND RUSTY 23
DANNY
So...
RUSTY
So, here's what I think: You
should take this plan, kick it
around for a week or two. Sleep
on it. Turn it over in your head.
Then: never bring it up to me
again.
DANNY
Uh-huh. So what are you saying?
RUSTY
I'm saying: this is like trying
to build a house of cards on the
deck of a speeding boat.
DANNY
Really? I thought it was much
harder than that -Suddenly the Security Guard's flashlight beam hits them
square in the eyes. Danny and Rusty put their hands up
to block the light.
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DANNY
Jesus, Oscar, lower it a little,
will ya?
(CONTINUED)
OCEAN'S 11 - Rev. 10/24/00 16.
23 CONTINUED: 23
SECURITY GUARD
Sorry.
(lowers beam)
You two done up here? Find what
you wanted?
DANNY
Yeah, thanks. You mind if we
borrow a couple drawings for the
night? Make some copies.
SECURITY GUARD
Whatever you need.
Danny withdraws his money clip, peels off a couple
hundreds, and buries them in the Security Guard's hand.
DANNY
'Preciate it.
24 AT 40TH FLOOR ELEVATOR BAY 24
Danny and Rusty wait for an elevator. When its doors
open, Rusty stops Danny from boarding.
RUSTY
I need a reason. And don't say
money.
(beat)
Why do this?
DANNY
Why not do it?
Rusty stares at him: enough bullshitting around.
DANNY
Because yesterday I walked out of
the joint wearing my entire
wardrobe and you're colddecking
TeenBeat coverboys.
(beat)
Because the house always wins.
You play long enough, never
changing stakes, the house takes
you. Unless, when that special
hand comes around, you bet big.
And then you take the house.
A beat. Rusty smiles.
(CONTINUED)
17.
24 CONTINUED: 24
RUSTY
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You're been practicing that
speech, haven't you?
DANNY
A little. Did I rush it? It felt
like I rushed it.
RUSTY
No, it was good.
They step aboard the elevator. As the door closes:
RUSTY
I wonder what Reuben will say?
Danny and Rusty look at each other.
TISHKOFF (V.O.)
You're out of your goddamn minds.
25 EXT. TISHKOFF'S OPULENT BACK YARD (LAS VEGAS) - DAY 25
REUBEN TISHKOFF, the grimace of a man in mid-movement,
forever cemented on his face, scrutinizes his two lunch
guests (Danny and Rusty) at his poolside.
TISHKOFF
Are you listening to me? You are,
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.
TISHKOFF
Oh, it's been tried. A few guys
even came close. You know the
three most successful robberies in
Vegas history?
26 FLASHBACK - INT. SANDS CASINO FLOOR (1965) 26
An Adlai Stevenson-lookalike approaches a lockbox carrier
from behind and snatches the box.
(CONTINUED)
18.
26 CONTINUED: 26
He takes almost three steps before five security men leap
at him and -- FREEZE FRAME on his wide-eyed expression of
horror...
TISHKOFF (V.O.)
Number three. The bronze medal.
Pencilneck grabs a lockbox at the
Sands. He got two steps closer to
the door than any living soul
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before him.
RESUME ACTION: Adlai Stevenson gets a taste of what NFL
quarterbacks experience every Sunday... five fold.
27 INT. FLAMINGO CASINO FLOOR (1971) 27
A hippie races toward the electronic sliding doors,
clutching a tray full of chips, and as the doors begin to
part for him -- FREEZE FRAME: A billy club appears out
of nowhere...
TISHKOFF (V.O.)
Second most successful robbery.
The Flamingo '71. This guy
actually smelled fresh oxygen
before they got him.
RESUME ACTION: The billy club comes down -- whap! -across the hippie's skull and it's Chicago '68 all over
again.
TISHKOFF (V.O.)
Course, he was breathing out of a
hose the next three weeks, goddamn
hippie.
28 EXT. REUBEN TISHKOFF'S BACK YARD - DAY (PRESENT) 28
TISHKOFF
And the closest any man has gotten
to robbing a Las Vegas casino...
29 FLASHBACK - EXT. CAESAR'S PALACE ENTRANCE (1987) 29
Tourists and valets scatter as a Euro-thief (pastel
T-shirt beneath a white linen suit) bursts from the
casino and takes five steps before -- FREEZE FRAME:
GLASS EXPLODES from three different doors behind him and
he arches his back in agony...
(CONTINUED)
19.
29 CONTINUED: 29
TISHKOFF
Outside of Caesar's in '87. He
came, he grabbed, he got
conquered.
RESUME ACTION: BULLETS rip the man to shreds and he
collapses on Caesar's steps a bloody pulp.
30 EXT. REUBEN TISHKOFF'S BACK YARD - DAY (PRESENT) 30
TISHKOFF
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!
Both Danny and Rusty look chastened.
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RUSTY
You're right.
(to Danny)
He's right.
DANNY
Reuben, you're right. Our eyes
are bigger than our stomachs.
RUSTY
That's exactly it. Pure ego.
TISHKOFF
Yeah yeah blah blah.
DANNY
Thank you so much for setting us
straight. Sorry we bothered you.
They both rise to go.
TISHKOFF
Look, we all go way back. I owe
you from that thing with the guy
in the place, and I'll never
forget it.
DANNY
It was our pleasure.
RUSTY
I'd never been to Belize.
(CONTINUED)
20.
30 CONTINUED: 30
TISHKOFF
Give Dominic your addresses, I got
some remaindered furniture I wanna
send you.
Danny and Rusty begin to circle the pool to leave.
Tishkoff, of course, won't let them go that easily.
TISHKOFF
Just out of curiosity, which
casinos did you geniuses pick to
rob?
Danny stops, almost as if he's been waiting for this
question, which of course he has.
DANNY
The Bellagio, Mirage, and the
M.G.M. Grand.
TISHKOFF
(nostrils flared,
smelling a rat)
Those are Terry Benedict's
casinos.
RUSTY
Say, you know, he's right.
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Tishkoff waves them back, sipping on his umbrellaed
cocktail.
TISHKOFF
You guys... Whadda you got against
Terry Benedict?
DANNY
What do you have against him?
That's the real question.
TISHKOFF
He torpedoed my casino, muscled me
out, now he's gonna blow it up
next month to make way for another
fuckin' eyesore. Don't think I
don't see what you're doin'.
RUSTY
What are we doing, Reuben?
(CONTINUED)
OCEAN'S 11 - Rev. 1/8/01 21.
30 CONTINUED: (2) 30
TISHKOFF
You gonna steal from Terry
Benedict, you better goddamn know.
This sorta thing used to be
civilized. You'd hit a guy, he'd
whack you. Done. But Benedict...
(bristles)
At the end of this he better not
know you're involved, not know
your names, or think you're dead.
Because he'll kill you, and then
he'll go to work on you.
DANNY
That's why we've got to be very
careful. We have to be precise.
We have to be well-funded.
TISHKOFF
Yeah, you gotta be nuts, too. And
you're gonna need a crew as nuts
as you are.
--DANNY
It's never been tried.
TISHKOFF
Oh, it's been tried. A few guys
even came close. You know the
three most successful robberies in
Vegas history?
26 FLASHBACK - INT. SANDS CASINO FLOOR (1965) 26
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An Adlai Stevenson-lookalike approaches a lockbox carrier
from behind and snatches the box.
(CONTINUED)
18.
26 CONTINUED: 26
He takes almost three steps before five security men leap
at him and -- FREEZE FRAME on his wide-eyed expression of
horror...
TISHKOFF (V.O.)
Number three. The bronze medal.
Pencilneck grabs a lockbox at the
Sands. He got two steps closer to
the door than any living soul
before him.
RESUME ACTION: Adlai Stevenson gets a taste of what NFL
quarterbacks experience every Sunday... five fold.
27 INT. FLAMINGO CASINO FLOOR (1971) 27
A hippie races toward the electronic sliding doors,
clutching a tray full of chips, and as the doors begin to
part for him -- FREEZE FRAME: A billy club appears out
of nowhere...
TISHKOFF (V.O.)
Second most successful robbery.
The Flamingo '71. This guy
actually smelled fresh oxygen
before they got him.
RESUME ACTION: The billy club comes down -- whap! -across the hippie's skull and it's Chicago '68 all over
again.
TISHKOFF (V.O.)
Course, he was breathing out of a
hose the next three weeks, goddamn
hippie.
28 EXT. REUBEN TISHKOFF'S BACK YARD - DAY (PRESENT) 28
TISHKOFF
And the closest any man has gotten
to robbing a Las Vegas casino...was Outside of Caesar’s
in ’87. He came, he grabbed, they conquered.
-68 INT. BELLAGIO CASINO - NIGHT 68
FOLLOWING a bunch of balloons -- all congratulating
"Happy Anniversary!" -- as a delivery boy carries them
through the casino, and just as he's passing an
"Employees Only" door (complete with sentry and embedded
ceiling camera)...
... he bumps into a TOURIST, and the balloons drift out
of his hand and into the camera...
TOURIST
Hey, watch it, bud...
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70 INT. BELLAGIO CASINO - BY CAGE DOOR - NIGHT 70
The SENTRY (#433) hears this and spots the balloons
covering the embedded camera and approaches the delivery
boy (who by freak accident happens to be Virgil
Malloy)...
SENTRY
Excuse me, sir: You're going to
have to move your balloons.
... but Virgil's too busy picking a fight with the
Tourist (surprise, surprise: Turk Malloy) to listen.
VIRGIL
Who you calling 'bud,' pal?
TURK (TOURIST)
Who you calling 'pal,' friend?
VIRGIL
Who you calling 'friend'...
(can't think of
another)
... bud...
Who you calling ‘friend’, ‘jackass’?!
Don’t call me a jackass
I just did call you a jackass
-100 EXT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT 100
Danny and Rusty adjourn from the warehouse.
(CONTINUED)
60.
100 CONTINUED: 100
DANNY
What is it?
RUSTY
Tell me this isn't about her. Or
I'll walk off the job right now.
(off Danny's reaction)
Tess. She's with Terry Benedict
now. Tell me this isn't about
screwing the guy who's screwing
your wife.
DANNY
Ex-wife.
RUSTY
Tell me.
DANNY
It's not. About that. Entirely.
109 INT. BELLAGIO - RESTAURANT - SAME TIME 109
TESS
See, the kind of people you steal
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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 do I get my five
years back, Danny?
DANNY
You can't. But what you can do is
not throw away another five years.
TESS
You don't know anything about -DANNY
(leaning in)
Listen, you don't love me anymore,
you want to make a life with
someone else? Fine, I'll 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.
(beat)
You have to admit there's a
conflict of interest when you give
me advice about my love life.
Danny exhales and leans back.
(CONTINUED)
OCEAN'S 11 - Rev. 1/8/01 73.
109 CONTINUED: 109
DANNY
Yes. But that doesn't mean I'm
wrong.
She looks at him, and maybe part of her knows that he
isn't. She looks down at his ring, somewhat wistful.
He sees her looking at it.
TESS
Do you remember what I said to you
when we first met?
DANNY
You said: you better know what
you're doing.
TESS
Do you? Now? Because -- truly -you should walk out the door if
you don't.
DANNY
I know what I'm doing.
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BENEDICT
What are you doing?
Terry Benedict is hovering over them, fresh from his
meeting with Saul.
DANNY
Catching up.
TESS
Terry, meet my ex-husband...
DANNY
(extending his hand)
Danny Ocean.
BENEDICT
(taking it)
Mr. Ocean.
(to Tess)
Forgive me for being late. A
guest required my attention.
TESS
Danny was just walking through the
restaurant and spotted me.
BENEDICT
Is that right?
-124 INT. WHITE VAN 124
Linus twiddles his thumbs, tired of being seated at the
kids' table. Meanwhile, up front, another Mensa meeting
has been called to order...
VIRGIL
Are you a man?
TURK
Yes. Nineteen.
VIRGIL
Are you alive?
TURK
Yes. Eighteen.
VIRGIL
Evel Knievel.
TURK
Shit! Okay, your turn...
SAME SCENE - LATER
VIRGIL
Co-sign squared over .0455.
TURK
No. Co-sign squared over .0415.
VIRGIL
.04-five-five.
TURK
One-five.
VIRGIL
You're so wrong.
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TURK
You don't know your string theory,bitch.
-225 INT. VAULT CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE VAULT 225
As Danny checks his batteries (the types with built-in
power meters: both at zero percent), Linus ransacks the
Uzi-carrying Guards' gear for replacements. He finds
AA's in their flashlights.
LINUS
You know, you lose focus for one
second in this game -DANNY
-- and someone gets hurt, yeah
yeah. I don't hear Yen complaining.
He takes the batteries, inserts them in his detonator,
then slaps the door twice more.
A226 INT. VAULT A226
Yen catches his breath on the far end of the room. He
hears the slap, rolls his eyes, and ducks out of the
line of fire.
B226 OUTSIDE VAULT B226
Danny presses the detonator.
C226 INT. VAULT C226
The "EMERALDS" EXPLODE.
D226 OUTSIDE VAULT D226
Several MUTED but powerful BLASTS.
Linus inches forward, almost dreading this moment,
pauses...
(CONTINUED)
OCEAN'S 11 - Rev. 1/8/01 124C.
D226 CONTINUED: D226
DANNY
Do it.
Linus pulls... and the door opens.
226 INT. VAULT 226
Danny and Linus enter. Silence. The cash carts have
crumpled, and the vault gratings, blackened, have held.
DANNY
Amazing?
Linus goes to one of the racks and tentatively opens
it...
Yen pops up from within, his hair on end, looking like he
just dropped out of a cyclone.
YEN
(his only English)
Where the fuck you been?
296 ACROSS STREET 296
Rusty watches Danny being driven back to prison, too.
DISSOLVE TO:
296 ACROSS STREET 296
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Rusty watches Danny being driven back to prison, too.
DISSOLVE TO:
297 EXT. FRONT GATE - MINIMUM-SECURITY PRISON - DAY 297
SUPERIMPOSE: THREE TO SIX MONTHS LATER.
The great metal gate opens once more, revealing Danny
Ocean in its frame again, ready for release.
He looks forward -- no one's there to greet him, and the
view of New Jersey looks no brighter than it did before.
He takes his first step into free America...
... to discover Rusty leaning against the prison wall.
Beyond him sits his second-hand Mercedes from L.A.
RUSTY
Looking for someone?
DANNY
Thirteen million and you drive
that piece of shit cross country
to pick me up?
RUSTY
Hello to you, too.
They shakes hands. Rusty looks Danny over.
RUSTY
Your hair's grayer.
(CONTINUED)
147.
297 CONTINUED: 297
DANNY
Your eyes got closer together.
(beat)
How's life?
RUSTY
Life... is a roomful of pillows.
(beat)
C'mon...
MOVING WITH Danny and Rusty toward the Mercedes, together
again.
RUSTY
Where do you want to go first?
DANNY
To a phone.
Rusty had anticipated this.
RUSTY
I stopped and picked up your
personal effects, put them in the
back seat.
DANNY
My what?
Danny gets to the passenger door and looks in to see Tess
sitting in the back. She smiles at him.
DANNY
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(smiling back,
then)
I'm not sure these belong to me.
TESS
Sure they do.
Danny and Rusty get in. Danny kisses Tess. Rusty STARTS
the CAR.
DANNY
We need to find Rusty a girl.
RUSTY
There's a women's prison just down
the road...
(CONTINUED)
OCEAN'S 11 - Rev. 1/8/01 148.
297 CONTINUED: (2) 297
He drives off. In the back, Danny takes Tess's hand in
his. Notices a silver wedding band on it.
DANNY
You said you sold this.
TESS
That's what I said.
DANNY
Liar.
TESS
Thief.
As they drive away...
... another car STARTS its ENGINE begins to follow. At
the wheel: Benedict's goons.
THE END
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