The Brothers Bloom (2008)
Ricky Jay: Narrator
Quotes
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[first lines]
Narrator : As far as con man stories go, I think I've heard them all. Of grifters, ropers, faro-fixers; tails drawn long and tall. But if one bears a bookmark in the confidence man's tome, it would be that of Penelope, and of the brothers Bloom.
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Narrator : Another home, another main street. Stephen looked around, then summed the burgh up thusly:
Young Stephen : Bloom, we've hit a one hat town.
Narrator : One theater. One car wash. One café. One park. One cat. Which, through some mishap, had one leg.
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Young Stephen : [to Bloom, after finishing their first con] So how's it feel?
Narrator : In truth, young Bloom won't know for twenty years just how he felt.
[Beat]
Narrator : And so, we'll skip ahead now in our story.
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Narrator : and being who he wasn't, could be as he wished to be