I've been reading the script of "the sunset limited",but there are some terms i don't quite understand.Guys,please help me with it !

thank you in advance!

here's the quotation:

white:That world is largely gone now.Soon it will be wholly gone

black:You're saying that all this culture stuff is the only thing between
you and the Sunset Limited.

white: It's a lot.
black: But it busted out on you.

.....
black:You break bread with a man,you've moved on to another level of friendship.I heard that's true the world over.

white:Probably

black:Probably?

white:I like probably.

black:Probably from you is worth a couple of damn rights anywhere else.

Welcome Vincentshu

Welcome, Vincent.
Okay--I'm glad I looked up The S. L., because my first thought was that it was a train, which made no sense to me for this dialogue. What I found was:
The only thing limited about xxx's television movie The Sunset Limited is the setting. OK, I guess the costumes are, too. The entire hour and a half takes place in a sparse, single room of a small apartment in New York City. Two characters, listed merely in the credits as White and Black, discuss god and existence, as well as Black's stint in prison and White's empty life. I wish I could have found out exactly what The Sunset Limited is; obviously a goal of some kind.

Anyway-- busted out on you means that it either: 1.) broke apart in some way, severely enough that he couldn't continue as he had been; or, and I think this is more likely, 2.) that it "went bust"--failed completely, and he couldn't continue as he had been.

Probably from you is worth a couple of damn rights anywhere else
Some punctuation marks would have helped you here.
"Probably" from you is worth a couple of "Damn right"s anywhere else. The speaker knows the other guy is very unlikely to make statements of strong agreement ("damn right!").

The Sunset Limited *is a train (subway) and White tried to throw himself in front of it but Black stopped him.

Black: You know who appointed me. I didnt ask for you to leap into my arms down in the subway this mornin.

White: I didnt leap into your arms.

...


Black: So let me see if I got this straight. You sayin that all this culture stuff is all they ever was tween you and the Sunset Limited.

White: It’s a lot.

Black: But it busted out on you.

White: Yes.

so life is a crap shoot, and White busted out (lost it all).

edit: The Sunset Limited : a novel in dramatic form by Cormac McCarthy (2006)

Busted is a slang expression? So 'buster' means loser?

I wouldn't say so, no. Perhaps it started that way.

I remember "Buster Brown" shoes as a kid. Don't know if they
still make them, and could google it I suppose.

Yup, they still make'em.

Here is the image of Buster Brown:

http://www.google.com/search?q=buster+br...=2&ved=0CD4QsAQ

The Sunset Limited also came out as a made for TV movie this year, with Samuel L. Jackson and Tommy Lee Jones as Black and White. (DVD release later this year?)

Don't tell me, let me guess. Samuel L. Jackson played White and Tommy Lee Jones played Black.

here, take a look.

Is that girl, Buster Brown?

Thanks for that link Ts..... Samuel L Jackson was a good choice for the movie...no one can deliver dialogue like he can.

Busted is a slang expression? Yes. So 'buster' means loser? No.

Buster is a nickname for any male; can be threatening depending on tone of voice and context, as in, "You better watch it, Buster". You see a small boy committing some mischief and say, "Well, aren't you a little Buster".

Busted is a shortening/slang of burst. The bottom burst out = the bottom busted out. Your bicycle is wrecked = it's busted. Hopefully, a person will not bust--though his/her finances (for ex.) may go bust.

Boy. Old fashioned form of dressing for boys, somewhere, darned
if I know where.

Of course, I see that now


And then there is Buster Keaton, well known for slapstick comedy.

And Buster Crabbe, athlete and actor, in the 1930-40's.

Thanks Jackie! and that Sunset Limited movie looks good.

Thank you guys!!:)