1. Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.
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2. Bless me, Father,
for I have sinned.
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3. It's been, uh,
24 hours since my last confession.
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4. Son, it's so late.
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5. Yeah, Father.
Work has just...
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6. I lied to Connie.
Uh, to my wife.
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7. This is
very serious.
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8. I know.
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9. I promised her
I'd quit smoking.
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10. She thinks it's bad for me.
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11. And I'm trying, but...
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12. I snuck a couple
of cigarettes.
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13. Maybe three.
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14. Yes.
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15. It's so hard.
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16. Yes.
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17. But I'm trying.
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18. It is 5:00 a.m.
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19. Still shank of night for some.
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20. But for Eddie Mannix,
beginning of a new work day.
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21. The movie studio for which he
works manufactures stories,
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22. each its own day-lit drama or
moonlit dream.
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23. But the work of Eddie Mannix
cares not for day or night.
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24. And cares little for his rest.
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25. That's right, doll face.
Churn that butter for me.
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26. Atta girl.
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27. Oh, Jesus Christ
on a scooter!
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28. You here?
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29. The studio has the rights
to Gloria's likeness, Falco.
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30. Give me the negatives and
things will go easier on you.
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31. These are for
private use, Eddie.
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32. Come on.
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33. Oh, boy.
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34. Can't a girl take a few pictures,
have a few laughs?
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35. Jeez, Eddie!
What an old stick in the mud.
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36. Now, you listen to me.
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37. You were at a party,
had too much to drink.
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38. Somebody brought you here,
you don't remember who.
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39. You're going home now.
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40. Your name's
Mary Jo Scheinbrotte.
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41. - Okay, Eddie.
- So, Eddie Mannix.
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42. Saw your heap outside.
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43. Got a call.
Loud, disorderly.
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44. Possible French
postcard situation.
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45. Someone was
pulling your leg.
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46. Mary Jo here was just
at a costume party.
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47. It's not really
her dirndl.
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48. She wants to contribute
something to your pension fund.
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49. Sorry to drag you
out in the rain.
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50. Well, say,
no problem at all.
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51. Aren't you
Gloria DeLamour?
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52. No, no,
I'm Mary Jo
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53. something.
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54. Scheinbrotte.
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55. Say, Brian.
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56. Can I bum a cigarette?
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57. Ancient Rome.
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58. Twelve years into the rule
of Tiberius, Ruler Maximus.
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59. Rome's legions are
masters of the world.
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60. The stomp of its
sandals heard from
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61. the Iberian
Peninsula in the west,
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62. through the halls of the great
library of Alexandria in the east.
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63. As oppressed people everywhere
writhe under the Roman lash,
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64. freeman and vassal are united
in one compulsory worship.
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65. The emperor,
Caesar, is Godhead.
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66. Lord of every man 's
body and spirit.
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67. For those who will not submit,
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68. the galleys, the arenas,
even crucifixion await.
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69. But there is a new wind
blowing from the east,
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70. from the dusty streets
of Bethlehem,
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71. that will soon challenge
the vast house of Caesar,
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72. that edifice wrought
of brick and blood
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73. which now seems so secure.
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74. Ha!
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75. There she is, Gracchus.
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76. Ah, what a beauty.
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77. Aye,
Autolochus. Rome.
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78. Suckled by a she-wolf and
nurturing us, her sons, in turn.
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79. Tonight I bathe in Caracalla
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80. and wash away the dust
of 300 miles of Frankish road.
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81. To Rome.
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82. To Rome!
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83. Yes, to Rome!
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84. Glorious center
of Caesar's rule.
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85. But far away in Palestine,
another man is coming home.
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86. Saul, humble
merchant of Tarsus
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87. is about to be
struck down by a vision.
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88. What thing is this?
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89. Gloria DeLamour
has been checked into
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90. - Our Lady of Perpetual Rest to dry out.
- Uh-huh.
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91. You have a 10:00 a.m.
with Monsignor O'Reilly
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92. at the Wallace
Beery Conference Room,
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93. and he's bringing
in a Lester Silkwood
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94. from the Legion of
Catholic Decency.
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95. And we've also invited Patriarch
Vlassos for the Eastern view.
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96. Have they read the script?
Roger.
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97. Let's also invite a rabbi and a
Protestant padre of some sort
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98. so we can get
everybody's two cents.
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99. Check.
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100. How's production on Tucumcari?
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101. Principal is
on schedule,
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102. but second unit
has been idle
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103. in Gallup, New Mexico
for four days.
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104. Heavy rain.
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105. Forecast?
Not good.
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106. Send an insert truck,
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107. have them shoot driving
plates for Came the Rain.
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108. Check.
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109. Jonah's Daughter
still behind?
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110. Yes. Uh, director says
the problem is DeeAnna,
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111. and she's
getting worse.
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112. I know what it is.
I'll drop in on her after my 10 o'clock.
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113. All right,
let's call New York.
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114. Mr. Schenk's office, line two.
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115. Hi, Dorothy. Eddie Mannix.
The old man in?
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116. Natalie, I want
the box office
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117. on The Debonaires
and on Blessed Event.
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118. Can you also...
Yes! Good morning, Mr. Schenk.
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119. Very well.
Thank you.
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120. Proceeding.
You know, proceeding.
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121. Yeah, Merrily We Dance
starts shooting today.
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122. Beardly Auberon
gave us a draft
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123. that's extremely classy.
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124. Joan Van Vechten's
playing Dierdre,
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125. but we need a male lead
and we need him now.
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126. No, Jack Hogarth is
drying out at Cedars.
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127. Metro won't lend us Gable
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128. unless we give them
the Comiskey twins.
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129. Of course not.
I agree.
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130. What?
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131. Hobie Doyle? Do you
really think so?
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132. After all,
he's a dust actor.
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133. The man barely
knows how to talk.
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134. Yes, of course,
Mr. Schenk, I agree,
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135. but I don't know
if Hobie Doyle
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136. has the poise
in a dinner jacket.
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137. Yes, we do need
someone pronto.
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138. No, I don't,
that's very true.
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139. But let me talk to Laurence Laurentz,
the director.
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140. It could work.
It could work.
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141. Hobie Doyle is
a very promising idea.
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142. Whitey!
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143. And cut!
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144. Great, Hobie.
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145. I can do the
handstand smoother
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146. if you give me
another shot at her.
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147. We got four good ones, Hobie,
and Whitey's tired.
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148. Okay, you're
the boss man.
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149. If that's lunch, I'm gonna
grab me a plate of beans.
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150. All right, kids,
this is Rome.
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151. You're over at this
guy's house for a revel.
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152. And in comes Antoninus.
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153. Lots of energy.
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154. What are you doing at
the table of viands?
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155. Huh? You're supposed to be
reclining with the lyre.
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156. I'm sorry,
I was just...
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157. Recline with the lyre.
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158. Don't sit on the
pediment. Recline.
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159. Relaxed, festive.
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160. Extras set?
Set!
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161. Roll sound!
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162. I got my eye on you.
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163. Roll camera. Fountain!
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164. Hail, Caesar!
Ten-apple, take 10.
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165. And action!
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166. Autolochus!
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167. I had heard rumors
of your return to Rome.
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168. More than rumors, noble Sestimus.
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169. I see that you are the same
worshipper of Bacchus.
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170. What gaiety.
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171. There is still
truth in the adage
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172. "What pleasures
cannot be found
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173. "in the villa of
Sestimus Amydias
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174. "cannot be
found in Rome!"
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175. But seriously,
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176. there is talk the Senate will
send our legions out again,
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177. and this time not on
a short march to Gaul.
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178. What truth to these
mutterings, Sestimus?
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179. The matter has been
taken up in the Senate.
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180. It seems that there
is unrest in Palestine.
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181. Palestine?
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182. That backwater!
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183. They'll hardly be
sending the sixth legion
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patch of desert!
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185. Palestine!
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186. Palestine!
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187. Ah.
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188. Holding for
a dissolve...
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189. Still laughing...
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190. Holding...
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191. And cut!
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192. Fine, boys.
That was just fine.
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193. Was I okay?
Was I all right?
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194. That's a cut!
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195. We're gonna
move on to the brazier scene.
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196. Was I all right with the "mutterings"?
It felt a little...
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197. No, no, no, no,
it's fine.
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198. Moving on,
brazier scene, 20 minutes.
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199. Popping over
to the trailer.
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200. Okay. In the
brazier scene,
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201. they changed
"passion" to "ardor."
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202. What? Why?
I liked "passion."
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203. It's strong.
It's passion!
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204. "Such is my greeting after
three months' sojourn in Gaul?
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205. "Not so, Ursulina."
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206. "My ardor...
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207. "My ardor is yet as warm
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208. "as the embers
of this brazier.
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209. "Embers
of this brazier."
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210. We're ready for you,
Mr. Whitlock!
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211. "Not so,
Sperm-ulina."
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212. Gentlemen,
thank you all for coming.
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213. I know you have parishes,
flocks and temples
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214. making enormous
demands on your time.
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215. But I'm sure you
appreciate also
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of humanity
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217. look to pictures for
information and uplift
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218. and, yes, entertainment.
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219. Now, here at Capitol Pictures,
as you know,
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and top-notch artistic people
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221. are working hard to bring to the
screen the story of the Christ.
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222. It's a swell story.
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223. A story told before, yes,
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224. but we like to
flatter ourselves
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225. that it's never been told
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226. with this kind of
distinction and panache.
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227. Perhaps, sir, you forget its
telling in the Holy Bible.
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228. Quite right, Patriarch.
The Bible, of course, is terrific.
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229. But for
millions of people,
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230. pictures will be their
reference point for the story.
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231. The story's embodiment,
the story's, uh...
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232. Realization.
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233. You "realize," of course,
that for we Jews,
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is most strictly prohibited.
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235. Oh.
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236. But, of course, for us, the man
Jesus Nazarene is not God.
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237. A-ha!
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238. Who plays Christ?
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239. Oh, a kid we're all
very excited about.
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240. Todd Hocheiser.
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241. Wonderful young actor we found in Akron,
Ohio, in a nationwide talent hunt.
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242. But Hocheiser is
seen only fleetingly
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244. Our story is told through the
eyes of a Roman tribune.
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245. Autolochus Antoninus.
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skeptical at first,
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247. but who comes to
a grudging respect
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figure from the East.
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249. And Autolochus
is played by
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251. Oh, my.
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252. Well, he is certainly
a great talent.
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253. Now, Hail, Caesar!
Is a prestige picture,
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release of the year,
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255. and we're devoting huge
resources to its production
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make it first-class
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its enormous expense,
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market except in the certainty
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260. that it will not offend
any reasonable American
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261. regardless of faith or creed.
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262. Now that's where you come in.
You've read the script.
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elements of the story
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265. I thought the
chariot scene was fakey.
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266. How is he going to jump from
one chariot to the other
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268. Uh-huh.
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269. Well, we can look at that.
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270. But as for the
religious aspect,
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271. does the depiction of Christ
Jesus cut the mustard?
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272. Well, the nature of Christ
is not quite as simple
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273. as your photoplay
would have it.
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274. How so, Father?
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275. It's not the case simply
that Christ is God, or God Christ.
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that again.
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277. The Nazarene
was not God.
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Part God.
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280. No, sir.
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281. But, Rabbi, all of us have a
little bit of God in us, don't we?
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282. Well...
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283. It's the foundation
of our belief
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referred to as the Son of God.
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285. It's the Son of God who takes the
sins of the world upon himself
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286. so that the rest of God's children,
we imperfect beings,
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the Kingdom of heaven.
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288. - So God is split?
- Yes.
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290. There is unity in division.
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291. And division
in unity.
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I follow, Padre.
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293. Young man, you don't follow
for a very simple reason.
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294. These men
are screwballs.
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295. God has children?
What, and a dog?
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296. A collie, maybe?
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297. God doesn't
have children.
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298. He's a bachelor.
And very angry.
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299. No, no, he used
to be angry.
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300. What?
He got over it?
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301. You worship the God
of another age.
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303. Not true.
He likes Jews.
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304. God loves everyone.
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305. God is love!
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306. God is who he is.
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Who isn't who is?
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308. But how should God be
rendered in a motion picture?
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309. God isn't in the
motion picture!
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310. Then who is
Todd Hocheiser?
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311. Gentlemen, maybe we're biting off
more than we can chew.
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312. We don't need to agree on
the nature of the deity here,
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whatever his parentage.
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314. My question is,
is our depiction fair?
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offend a reasonable man.
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318. Father.
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319. The motion picture
teleplay was respectful
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tastefulness and class.
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all of a sudden?
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you think, Rabbi?
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323. Eh...
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an opinion.
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I don't...
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327. Can't find
Baird Whitlock.
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over an hour ago,
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to his dressing room,
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331. Out on a bender? Middle of the day?
Am I crazy?
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332. You're not crazy,
but, no.
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333. I checked the Til Two, Dan Tana's,
Rusty Scupper. No soap.
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334. Home, maybe? Called his wife?
Yep.
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335. What did Laura say?
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336. "He's not home,
he's never home.
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337. "He's a louse.
Try one of his chippies."
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338. Called that script girl,
what's her name, Francie?
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339. Uh, check.
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missing from the set?
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341. Nope.
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342. All right, gone an hour?
We won't worry yet.
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344. The studio says
you're finished here,
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back to the lot.
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your image.
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349. And the studio says you're
escorting Carlotta Valdez
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350. to your premiere tonight.
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351. How come?
I don't know her.
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352. The studio's arranging it.
They're changing your image.
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353. Damn it!
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again, ma'am?
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Do I look married?
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356. No, miss.
No! Yeah, "Gas again."
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358. All right. Scram.
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359. How are you,
DeeAnna?
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360. How am I? Wet.
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361. I don't think I'm gonna fit in
that fish-ass after this week.
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362. Oh, we should have the water
ballet in the can after tomorrow.
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you that's more forgiving.
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365. Any more thoughts about
who you might marry?
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366. I ain't doing that again.
I had two marriages.
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of money to bust them up.
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368. Well, we had to
have those annulled.
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369. One was to
a minor mob figure...
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370. Vince was not minor.
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371. And Buddy Flynn
was a bandleader
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of narcotic use.
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373. Yeah, yeah, that's what I'm saying.
They were both louses.
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374. Marrying a third louse
ain't gonna do me no good.
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375. We've offered you some very
suitable, clean young men.
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saps and swishes!
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377. What, you think if there
wasn't a good, reliable man,
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378. I wouldn't have
grabbed him?
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He is the father, isn't he?
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380. Yeah, yeah.
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have to last forever.
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382. But, DeeAnna,
having a child without a father
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problem for the studio.
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384. The aquatic pictures
do very nicely for us.
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385. So you go and strap on a
fish-ass and marry Arne Seslum.
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386. The pictures do well
for all of us,
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388. The public loves you because
they know how innocent you are.
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389. That's true.
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390. Let me see if Arne
is open to matrimony.
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392. Yeah, yeah. Absolutely,
he's the father, yes!
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393. Pretty sure.
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394. Hey, Maxie,
bring me my ass back.
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395. Hey, hey, buddy,
come here!
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396. How you doing, Hobie?
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397. Hello there, Scotty.
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398. They got you
shooting on the lot?
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399. Uh, well, Mr. Mannix
pulled me off the western.
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400. Says I'm doing
a movie on a sound stage.
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402. He's here.
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403. Oh, my dear boy.
Welcome.
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How do you feel?
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406. Uh, well, this here
collar is a little tight.
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407. No, no, no.
It's nicely fit, looks a marvel.
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408. Oh.
Just takes a little getting used to.
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409. Now, Hobie,
here is our set.
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you enter from there,
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Biff's valise in the foyer,
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he hasn't been to the house.
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Indeed you are.
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414. But I seen
Biff's grip.
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find you, Hobie...
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by unspoken suspicions.
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By Biff's grip.
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valise, yes.
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feelings for you,
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Dierdre, yes.
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you join her on the couch
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427. So, she's gonna
importune, Mr. Laurence?
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428. Laurentz.
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429. Oh, I'm sorry.
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430. She's gonna importune,
Mr. Laurentz?
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431. Is that something
I should be concerned about?
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432. No, she'll simply
ask you to join her
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433. on the couch,
is all I mean to say,
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434. and then conversation ensues.
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435. Okay. Okay.
I gotcha.
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436. Very good, very good.
Let's try one, shall we?
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437. Sure.
I'll give it a go.
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438. Wonderful, splendid.
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439. Now, the only thing
I would suggest is,
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440. before your first line,
you respond to her line
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441. with a
mirthless chuckle.
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442. A mirthless chuckle.
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443. Yes, I think given your
unspoken suspicions
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444. about Allegra,
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445. a mirthless chuckle.
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446. Uh-huh. Okay, Mr. Laurence,
I'll give it a shot.
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447. Laurentz.
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448. Oh, gosh, I'm so sorry,
Mr. Laurentz.
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449. I'll give it a shot.
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450. Merrily We Dance.
27-apple, take one.
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451. Action.
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452. Oh, Monty.
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453. Come join me
on the divan.
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454. It seems
Allegra's a no-show,
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455. which is simply a bore.
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456. But I'll partner
you in bridge.
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457. Why the pout?
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458. Ha!
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459. Would that it were so simple.
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460. Uh, cut.
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461. That's a cut. Back to one.
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462. Very good.
Wonderful, in fact.
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463. But, um, let's try it
a little differently this time.
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464. Sure.
Let's try...
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465. Let's see, first of all,
why don't we
Copy !req
466. dispense with
the mirthless chuckle?
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467. No mirthless chuckle.
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468. No, no need, really. It was a bad idea.
It was bad directorial.
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469. My fault
overthinking the thing.
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470. If you say so,
but I'm happy to do another,
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471. maybe try her
one more time.
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472. I mean, if you want that chuckle,
I sure wanna give her to you.
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473. No, no, no. Completely unnecessary
under the circumstances.
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474. I think the audience can,
to that extent,
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475. they can read
your thoughts,
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476. and they will assume
your mirthlessness.
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477. Okay, you're the boss man,
Mr. Laurence.
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478. Laurentz.
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479. Oh, gosh.
I am so sorry, Mr. Laurentz.
Copy !req
480. Also, this time,
let's try actually
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481. looking at Dierdre
as we speak.
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482. Looking into her eyes
and speaking our line
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483. with a certain
ruefulness.
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484. Ruefulness, okay.
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485. Yes. Because it's
not so simple, you see.
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486. Not so simple
as she suggests.
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487. Okay.
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488. Your feelings
are not so simple.
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489. No, sir. Okay.
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490. Roll camera.
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491. Merrily We Dance.
27-apple, take two.
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492. Action.
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493. Oh, Monty.
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494. Come join me
on the divan.
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495. Seems Allegra's a no-show,
which is simply a bore.
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496. But I'll partner
you in bridge.
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497. Why the pout?
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498. Would that
it were so simple.
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499. Cut.
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500. Very good,
very good.
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501. Um...
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502. Come, come.
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503. All right.
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504. All right,
let's try this.
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505. Your line, just say it
as I say it.
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506. Say your line exactly
as I'm about to.
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507. Just as
I'm about to do.
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508. Sure, okay.
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509. Would that it
were so simple.
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510. Um...
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511. Would that ih
twuuuuuuh so simple.
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512. Would that it
were so simple.
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513. Would that ih
twuuuuuuh so simple.
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514. My dear boy,
why do you say that?
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515. Why do you say "twuuuuuuh"?
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516. You said, "Say it like I said it."
Yes.
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517. Would that ih
twuuuuuuh so simple.
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518. Would that it
were so simple.
Copy !req
519. Would that ih
twuuuuuuh so simple.
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520. Would that it...
Would that ih twuuuuuuh so simple?
Copy !req
521. No, no, watch my mouth.
Would that it were so simple.
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522. Would that ih
twuuuuuuh so simple.
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523. Keep your head still.
Would that it were so simple.
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524. Would that ih
twuuuuuuh so simple.
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525. Would that it
were so simple.
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526. I'm trying to
say that, Mr. Laurentz.
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527. Laurence. Mmm.
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528. I thought...
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529. A minute ago
it was Laurentz.
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530. No, we can use Christian names,
my good dear boy.
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531. Laurence is fine,
just as I call you Hobie.
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532. Okay.
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533. So, would that
it were so simple.
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534. Would that ih
twuuuuuuh so...
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535. Keep your hand down, now!
Would that it were so simple. Trippingly.
Copy !req
536. Would that ih twuuuuuuh
so simple. Trippingly.
Copy !req
537. No, don't say "trippingly,"
say the line trippingly.
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538. Would that ih twuuuuuuh...
Would that it...
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539. Would that it
were so simple.
Copy !req
540. Would that ih
twuuuuuuh so simple.
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541. Would that it
were so simple.
Copy !req
542. Would that ih
twuuuuuuh so simple.
Copy !req
543. Would that it
were so simple.
Copy !req
544. Would that ih
twuuuuuuh so simple.
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545. Would that it
were so simple.
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546. Would that ih twuuuuuuh so simple.
Rueful, rueful, rueful.
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547. Would that ih twuuuuuuh so simple.
Rueful.
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548. Would that it
were so simple.
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549. Rueful "simple."
Would that ih twuuuuuuh...
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550. Soulful "simple."
Would that ih twuuuuuuh so simple.
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551. Or soulful.
You could say soulful.
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552. Rueful, soulful.
Would that it were so simple.
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553. Would that ih
twuuuuuuh so simple.
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554. What are you
doing this for?
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555. Would that
ih twuuuuuuh so...
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556. Your hands!
Just keep still!
Copy !req
557. Stall?
For how long?
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558. What do I
tell the director?
Copy !req
559. That we're
looking for him.
Copy !req
560. But we don't want it
in the gossip columns.
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561. Baird on a bender,
in a love nest,
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562. or wherever we
end up finding him.
Copy !req
563. And as far as the set is concerned,
it's business as usual.
Copy !req
564. Tell the ADs Baird is out briefly
with a high ankle sprain.
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565. Fine, but what do
we shoot without him?
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566. We got the brazier
scene up this afternoon.
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567. Could you get through it
shooting around him?
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568. Maybe use his stunt double,
Chunk Mulligan?
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569. Chunk can't act.
Copy !req
570. Get the writer to
trim his speeches.
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571. Well, maybe,
but then what do we do?
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572. All we got left
is the final scene.
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573. Autolochus' speech
at the feet of the penitent thief.
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574. It's the emotional climax
of the entire picture.
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575. We gotta see Autolochus has
absorbed the message of the Christ.
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576. Yeah, I can see that.
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577. We need Baird's
star power, his charisma.
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578. Sure, his emotional, uh...
Copy !req
579. This can't be faked!
It's the heart and soul of the picture.
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580. I understand.
End of the film!
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581. We can't just give
the speech to some...
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582. Some
Copy !req
583. Roman schmo!
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584. No, no. Yeah, yeah,
yeah, I got it.
Copy !req
585. But his benders can
last a day or two.
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586. What does it cost
to shut down?
Copy !req
587. Plenty. You know how
big this picture is?
Copy !req
588. We're on Stages 5 and 14.
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589. If we're carrying everybody
in the final scene
Copy !req
590. who's up on crucifixes
Copy !req
591. that's $3.40 an hour hardship pay,
eight hour minimum.
Copy !req
592. Yeah.
Plus we lose...
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593. Mr. Mannix, I'm sorry... Not now.
Copy !req
594. We lose Todd Hocheiser to Fox
at the end of the week.
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595. We should have
made him exclusive.
Copy !req
596. Who knew?
Copy !req
597. I'm sorry, sir.
Not now!
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598. It's Mr. Laurentz.
I can't stop him!
Copy !req
599. - Mannix, I won't have it!
- No! No!
Copy !req
600. For two decades the words
"Laurence Laurentz Presents"
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601. have meant something
to the public.
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602. It's all right, Natalie.
Okay, Walt, let me know.
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603. What's on your
mind, Laurence?
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604. Hobie Doyle cannot act!
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605. Hobart Doyle is
one of the biggest
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606. movie stars in the world.
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607. On horseback.
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608. But this is a drama,
Mannix, a real drama.
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609. It's an adaptation
of a Broadway smash!
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610. It requires the skills
of a trained thespian,
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611. not a rodeo clown!
Copy !req
612. I begged you for Lunt!
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613. Mr. Mannix, I'm sorry,
but you wanted me to make sure
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614. you didn't miss your lunch
at the Imperial Gardens.
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615. You never told me who with.
Copy !req
616. Nuts.
Copy !req
617. Look, no one
wants to see Lunt.
Copy !req
618. We're not recasting.
This came from Mr. Schenk himself.
Copy !req
619. It's Hobie Doyle.
Is the boy game?
Copy !req
620. No, he's game.
And gamey!
Copy !req
621. Well, if he needs help,
it's your job to help him.
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622. I'll have a talk with Hobie and
take a look at what you've shot,
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623. but right now
I've got a lunch.
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624. "Truth to these
mutterings, Sestimus."
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625. Quiet, Engels!
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626. How pleasant to
see you, Mr. Mannix.
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627. Your table is
right over here.
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628. Thank you, Arthur.
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629. How you doing, Mannix?
Copy !req
630. Mr. Cuddahy.
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631. They mix a hell of a Mai Tai.
I like this place.
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632. Sorry to keep you hanging.
It's a tough decision.
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633. Nothing to apologize for. We said the
deal was on the table for a week.
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634. Oh.
Copy !req
635. Go ahead.
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636. No, I'm
trying to quit.
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637. I just wanted
to visit again
Copy !req
638. to see if there was some
impediment we could help with,
Copy !req
639. or if something in
the offer isn't clear?
Copy !req
640. No, the offer's very clear.
And very generous.
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641. We want to make it easy
for you to say yes.
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642. Mannix, we need a guy with
your talents in management,
Copy !req
643. problem-solving.
Copy !req
644. And you need to
think about the future.
Copy !req
645. Lockheed is booming.
Copy !req
646. Everyone's
riding in airplanes,
Copy !req
647. and we're moving
into jet airplanes.
Copy !req
648. It's a new age, Mannix,
and we're part of it.
Copy !req
649. The industry you're in,
what's the future there?
Copy !req
650. What happens when everybody
owns a television set?
Copy !req
651. Will they still be going
to pictures every week?
Copy !req
652. Well, we like to
think that families...
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653. I don't mean to denigrate.
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654. I'm sure the picture business
is pretty damned interesting.
Copy !req
655. But it's also pretty
frivolous, isn't it?
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656. Aviation is serious.
Serious business, serious people.
Copy !req
657. You won't be babysitting a
lot of oddballs and misfits,
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658. shouldering a lot of
crackpot problems for...
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659. We have some
kooks, sure, but...
Copy !req
660. Of course they're kooks!
It's all make-believe.
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661. I told myself
I wasn't gonna
Copy !req
662. badmouth the competition,
and look at me.
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663. Sorry, Mannix.
I'll stick with what we're about.
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664. Let me show
you something.
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665. Ever heard of
the Bikini Atoll?
Copy !req
666. No.
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667. Test site.
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668. Just couple of rocks in the
middle of the Pacific,
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669. until a few weeks ago,
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670. when we blew
the H-erino.
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671. I shouldn't be
telling you this.
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672. It's the real world.
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673. Hydrogen bomb.
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674. Fusion device.
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675. Armageddon.
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676. And Lockheed was there.
We had a...
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677. Call for you,
Mr. Mannix.
Copy !req
678. Oh, thank you.
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679. Hello?
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680. Yeah, he has it now?
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681. No, have him stay on set,
I'll go to him.
Copy !req
682. Sorry, Cuddahy,
work emergency.
Copy !req
683. Still do work there,
for the day anyway.
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684. You make a good case.
I'll let you know.
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685. Uh...
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686. You one of the
Hollywood people?
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687. Maybe.
Copy !req
688. They're in there.
Copy !req
689. Please, enter.
All are welcome.
Copy !req
690. Those things
are a nuisance.
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691. Thank you.
Copy !req
692. We'll have sandwiches
in a minute.
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693. Tea?
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694. Uh, okay.
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695. Yeah.
And, uh...
Copy !req
696. And what's going on?
Copy !req
697. Yeah.
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698. Well, we've just
read the minutes.
Copy !req
699. And Alan was about to
bring up new business.
Copy !req
700. Well, I missed
the minutes.
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701. I wouldn't
worry about it.
Copy !req
702. They're usually
pretty boring.
Copy !req
703. What kind of
a meeting is this?
Copy !req
704. Well,
it's not a meeting
Copy !req
705. so much as a...
Copy !req
706. It's, uh, more of
a study group.
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707. And you're studying?
Copy !req
708. All sorts of jolly stuff.
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709. History.
Economics.
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710. Same thing,
isn't it?
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711. History, economics.
Copy !req
712. Don't you agree?
Copy !req
713. I'm not really
a student of history.
Copy !req
714. Quiet, Engels!
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715. Thank you.
Copy !req
716. Man is split?
Copy !req
717. Well, Man's functions
are split.
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718. There's the little guy, the regular
Joe who works for a living.
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719. He's the body,
body politic.
Copy !req
720. Then there's the brain,
the boss, the owner.
Copy !req
721. The boss is
not the brain.
Copy !req
722. No, no!
The boss is parasite!
Copy !req
723. Well, it's true that the
boss doesn't work, but he has a function.
Copy !req
724. He controls the means of...
Copy !req
725. Production. Sure,
but that's not a function, that's...
Copy !req
726. Parasitism!
On the... Shut up!
Copy !req
727. - On the body politic. Of the regular Joe!
- Shut up!
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728. Man is unitary.
Copy !req
729. A simple economic agent.
Copy !req
730. Man's institutions
are split,
Copy !req
731. expressing contradictions
that must be worked through.
Copy !req
732. And they are worked through in
a causative, predictable way.
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733. History is science.
Copy !req
734. This is the essence of the dialectic.
Copy !req
735. You see, if you
understand economics,
Copy !req
736. you can actually write down
what will happen in the future.
Copy !req
737. With as much confidence as you write
down the history of the past.
Copy !req
738. Because it's science.
It's not make believe.
Copy !req
739. We don't believe
in Santa Claus.
Copy !req
740. Another finger sandwich?
Copy !req
741. Thank you. Now if I follow this
correctly...
Copy !req
742. Who's that guy?
Copy !req
743. Uh, Mr. Smitrovich takes
pictures for our newsletter.
Copy !req
744. Our understanding of the
true workings of history
Copy !req
745. gives us access to
the levers of power.
Copy !req
746. Your studio, for instance,
is a pure instrument of capitalism.
Copy !req
747. As such, it expresses the
contradictions of capitalism
Copy !req
748. and can be enlisted to
finance its own destruction.
Copy !req
749. Which is exciting.
Copy !req
750. It can be made to help the
little guy, the regular Joe.
Copy !req
751. The body politic!
Shut up!
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752. Even though its purpose
is to exploit the little guy.
Copy !req
753. And
the body politic.
Copy !req
754. You're for the little guy?
Copy !req
755. For the little guy or against,
it doesn't matter.
Copy !req
756. History will be
what it will be,
Copy !req
757. and we already
know what it'll be.
Copy !req
758. But yes, we're
for the little guy.
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759. Aren't you?
Shut up!
Copy !req
760. Are you joking?
Me, for the little guy?
Copy !req
761. Of course I'm for
the little guy.
Copy !req
762. What, is this guy
a comedian?
Copy !req
763. Listen, I better get back.
The studio's gotta be going nuts.
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764. Can we cut it off now and
pick it up right here
Copy !req
765. at the next
study session?
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766. Okay, well, see...
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767. I'm afraid it's
not that simple.
Copy !req
768. And so, Baird Whitlock found
himself in the hands of communists.
Copy !req
769. Meanwhile, far from
the crashing surf of Malibu,
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770. Eddie Mannix, torn from his lunch
with a Lockheed man,
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771. hurries back to the vastness
of Capitol Pictures,
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772. whose tireless
machinery clanks on,
Copy !req
773. producing this year's
ration of dreams
Copy !req
774. for all the weary
peoples of the world.
Copy !req
775. Hey, numbskull. Didn't you
see the rolling light was on?
Copy !req
776. Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Mannix.
Can I help you find someone?
Copy !req
777. No.
Copy !req
778. - Autolochus!
- Yes?
Copy !req
779. Why do you present yourself in my
chambers in such humble fashion?
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780. Do not look
upon me, Ursulina.
Copy !req
781. The fires of the
brazier of Sestimus
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782. have latterly
burned my face!
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783. Though the unguents
of Arkimideus
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784. promise shortly
to undo the damage.
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785. Autolochus, you know
that my love is for you,
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786. not for your station.
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787. And my ardor for you...
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788. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
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789. "We are the Future."
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790. What does
that mean?
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791. Beats me.
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792. Somebody slipped
it under my door
Copy !req
793. sometime after we
broke this morning.
Copy !req
794. Mention it
to anyone?
Copy !req
795. Nope.
Copy !req
796. Okay, well, let's
keep it that way.
Copy !req
797. Hey, by the way,
Chunk sounded good in there.
Copy !req
798. Natalie, could you please get
me Stu Schwartz, Accounting?
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799. Stu Schwartz on two.
Copy !req
800. Stu, how are ya?
I need some petty cash.
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801. $100,000.
Copy !req
802. I'm sorry,
did I say petty?
Copy !req
803. Well, it's a long story,
and I'll tell it to you some time.
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804. You have that much
in the office?
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805. Yeah, how much space
will that take up?
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806. Uh, Mr. Mannix?
Copy !req
807. All right,
this might do it.
Copy !req
808. Uh, Thora Thacker
just came in.
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809. Wonders if you
have a moment.
Copy !req
810. Thora Thacker.
Copy !req
811. Tell her I'm
stuck on a call.
Copy !req
812. I'll leave
through the patio.
Copy !req
813. Call didn't take
so long then.
Copy !req
814. Yes. No.
Fast talkers.
Copy !req
815. What can I
do for you, Thora?
Copy !req
816. Well, I'll be
fast, too.
Copy !req
817. I only wanted to
notify you as a courtesy
Copy !req
818. that I am running my
Baird Whitlock story.
Copy !req
819. Yeah?
What's the story?
Copy !req
820. The story. I have a credible
source and I am going to run it,
Copy !req
821. and I think you know
what story I mean.
Copy !req
822. I have no idea.
Copy !req
823. There's nothing going on with Baird.
I would know, wouldn't I?
Copy !req
824. Don't play dumb, Eddie.
Copy !req
825. I am talking about
Copy !req
826. On Wings as Eagles.
Copy !req
827. What?
Copy !req
828. Running it tomorrow.
Copy !req
829. First of all...
Copy !req
830. First of all, there's
nothing to that story.
Copy !req
831. I've heard it,
it's been around forever,
Copy !req
832. and it's never
been confirmed.
Copy !req
833. And secondly,
you can't print that.
Copy !req
834. Even if you could print it,
you couldn't print it.
Copy !req
835. And you wouldn't want to, Thora.
It's beneath you.
Copy !req
836. The facts are
never beneath me.
Copy !req
837. People don't want the facts,
they wanna believe!
Copy !req
838. That's our great industry,
mine and yours, too.
Copy !req
839. They wanna believe
that Baird Whitlock
Copy !req
840. is a great star
and a good man.
Copy !req
841. You're admitting he isn't.
Copy !req
842. No, I'm saying he is,
though it's beside the point.
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843. There's nothing to it,
nothing to the gossip.
Copy !req
844. I am not
a gossip columnist!
Copy !req
845. No, no, no,
of course not.
Copy !req
846. Don't confuse me
with my sister!
Copy !req
847. Hardly. But look, do you
have to run it tomorrow?
Copy !req
848. It's my entire column.
Copy !req
849. I'm happy to talk
to Baird for comment,
Copy !req
850. but it will have to
be this afternoon.
Copy !req
851. Baird's unavailable
right now. Wait one day.
Copy !req
852. Ha!
Copy !req
853. Thora, wait one
day and I'll give you
Copy !req
854. a true story for
tomorrow's column.
Copy !req
855. A little something
Copy !req
856. about Hobie Doyle.
Copy !req
857. My readers don't
care about Hobie Doyle.
Copy !req
858. He wears chaps!
Copy !req
859. Do they care about
Carlotta Valdez?
Copy !req
860. They're sweet on each other.
Copy !req
861. You should see the two of them together.
Like peas in a pod.
Copy !req
862. Trade the story of my career for
a puff piece on Hobie Doyle?
Copy !req
863. I don't think so.
Copy !req
864. You're not trading anything,
you're waiting one day
Copy !req
865. on a story
that's years old.
Copy !req
866. Wait one day.
I can let you talk to Baird,
Copy !req
867. show you your
story's the bunk.
Copy !req
868. If I'm wrong, no skin off your nose.
You run the column.
Copy !req
869. In the meantime,
you have an exclusive.
Copy !req
870. No one else knows
about Hobie and Carlotta.
Copy !req
871. No kidding.
You're it.
Copy !req
872. What kind of name
is Thora, anyway?
Copy !req
873. It's a name that 19
million readers trust.
Copy !req
874. Don't play games
with them, Eddie.
Copy !req
875. Oh, nobody's
playing games here.
Copy !req
876. Is that big enough?
Copy !req
877. Hello, Eddie.
I'm notifying you as a courtesy
Copy !req
878. before I run
tomorrow's story.
Copy !req
879. Thessaly? Yeah,
I just saw your...
Copy !req
880. Ah, never mind. How you doing?
What's the story?
Copy !req
881. It's about
Baird Whitlock.
Copy !req
882. There's absolutely no truth to
that old story, believe me.
Copy !req
883. Old?
Old, stale, rotten and...
Copy !req
884. I'm talking about today.
Copy !req
885. What?
Copy !req
886. A little bird told me that he
disappeared from the set today.
Copy !req
887. Oh, that! No, no.
Copy !req
888. Yes, he did
have to take a break.
Copy !req
889. Minor injury.
High ankle sprain.
Copy !req
890. What did you
think I meant?
Copy !req
891. No, nothing. I saw
your sister earlier.
Copy !req
892. She was trying to resurrect
some old gossip about Baird.
Copy !req
893. Oh, I'm sure
she was, that cow!
Copy !req
894. She wouldn't know a news story
if it bit her on the posterior.
Copy !req
895. Yeah, well, she's...
High ankle sprain?
Copy !req
896. Is that really the best
you could come up with?
Copy !req
897. We all know about the womanizing
and the drinking jags
Copy !req
898. and those trips
to San Berdoo.
Copy !req
899. Baird is a
good family man.
Copy !req
900. He has a high ankle sprain.
Copy !req
901. Mr. Mannix?
Copy !req
902. What's up, Peanut?
Copy !req
903. Natalie told me
to find you PDQ.
Copy !req
904. I know it sounds screwy,
but she said
Copy !req
905. someone's calling
from the future.
Copy !req
906. Good Lord! Thessaly,
I have to run.
Copy !req
907. If you do know where Baird is,
you must let me talk to him.
Copy !req
908. Sure. I'll find out where
he is right away, Thessaly,
Copy !req
909. and I'm sure...
Copy !req
910. Say, what kind of
name is Thessaly, anyway?
Copy !req
911. It's a name that 20
million readers trust.
Copy !req
912. They want the truth, Eddie.
Copy !req
913. The truth, yes.
Mmm-hmm.
Copy !req
914. We're gonna
give it to them.
Copy !req
915. On three.
And Hobie Doyle is in there.
Copy !req
916. - Hey.
- Hello, Mr. Mannix.
Copy !req
917. Thanks for
coming, Hobie. One second.
Copy !req
918. Hello, Mannix...
Copy !req
919. Damn.
Copy !req
920. Hung up, Natalie.
Tell me the second they call back.
Copy !req
921. Yes, sir.
Copy !req
922. What's going
on there, Mr. Mannix?
Copy !req
923. Looks like you're
expecting rain.
Copy !req
924. No, it's nothing.
Copy !req
925. How's the first
day on the picture?
Copy !req
926. You getting comfortable?
Copy !req
927. Oh, I guess it's
going pretty good.
Copy !req
928. Uh, that Mr. Laurentz,
he's an awful good man.
Copy !req
929. He's helping me
get through it.
Copy !req
930. I give him all the
credit in the world,
Copy !req
931. me being the new hand
in the bunkhouse.
Copy !req
932. They got me talking a lot,
Copy !req
933. which takes a little
getting used to,
Copy !req
934. talking with the camera looking
at me, but, heck, I enjoy.
Copy !req
935. Oh, good, that's fine.
Copy !req
936. Usually on a picture,
I just say, "Whitey" or "Whoa, there."
Copy !req
937. But this one here,
it's talking.
Copy !req
938. And it's people listening.
Copy !req
939. That threw me
a little at first,
Copy !req
940. but I think I got
my leg up on her now.
Copy !req
941. That's fine.
Laurentz came by this morning
Copy !req
942. to tell me how
well you're doing.
Copy !req
943. You just continue to
do whatever he says.
Copy !req
944. He knows how to make
a quality picture.
Copy !req
945. That is true. He will not quit
on a take until it has quality.
Copy !req
946. That them?
Copy !req
947. Sorry, sir, no.
Copy !req
948. Do you want
Mrs. Mannix on one?
Copy !req
949. Hiya, hon.
Copy !req
950. You know, busy.
Copy !req
951. Uh-huh.
Copy !req
952. Uh-huh.
Copy !req
953. I thought he asked
to play infield.
Copy !req
954. I see.
Copy !req
955. Maybe we should make him
honor that commitment.
Copy !req
956. That's true.
No, of course, you're right.
Copy !req
957. Okay. Okay,
I'll call the coach.
Copy !req
958. Sure.
Copy !req
959. I love you, too.
Copy !req
960. Mr. Mannix,
you want me to run out
Copy !req
961. and get you a bigger grip?
Copy !req
962. That one looks
a little bit snug.
Copy !req
963. Hobie.
Copy !req
964. There's $100,000 in
that attaché case.
Copy !req
965. Ransom money.
Copy !req
966. Baird Whitlock
has been kidnapped.
Copy !req
967. This is bad.
Copy !req
968. Bad for movie stars
everywhere.
Copy !req
969. And you got no idea who's
mixed up in this thing?
Copy !req
970. I would look at the extras.
Copy !req
971. The extras? Why?
Copy !req
972. Well, you just never know about an extra.
They come and go.
Copy !req
973. Everyone else, I'm on the set,
I see the guy setting the 5K,
Copy !req
974. I think, "Why, there's
old Bud setting the 5K."
Copy !req
975. Script girl,
wrangler, same thing.
Copy !req
976. Extras, that's different.
Copy !req
977. Not making
a blanket call here.
Copy !req
978. I mean, there's good
extras and bad extras.
Copy !req
979. All I'm saying
Copy !req
980. you look at an extra,
Copy !req
981. you got no idea
what he's thinking.
Copy !req
982. He's back! Line two.
Copy !req
983. Hello.
You have the money?
Copy !req
984. Yes, I have it.
Copy !req
985. Stage 8?
Copy !req
986. Behind the electrical box?
Just leave it there?
Copy !req
987. And when do I get Baird?
When we have the money.
Copy !req
988. I'll do it right now.
Copy !req
989. Can I use your belt?
Copy !req
990. The Swingin' Dinghy
is closing, folks.
Copy !req
991. Time for me to clean up,
time for you to clear out.
Copy !req
992. So long, fellas.
See ya in eight months.
Copy !req
993. - Toodle-oo.
- See ya later, boys.
Copy !req
994. Eight months?
Copy !req
995. Yeah, we're shipping
out in the morning.
Copy !req
996. Golly!
Eight months without a dame.
Copy !req
997. Can you beat it?
Copy !req
998. You're gonna
have to beat it!
Copy !req
999. We are heading out to sea
Copy !req
1000. And however it'll be
Copy !req
1001. It ain't gonna be the same
Copy !req
1002. 'Cause no matter what we see
Copy !req
1003. When we're out
there on the sea
Copy !req
1004. We ain't gonna see a dame
Copy !req
1005. We'll be
searching high and low
Copy !req
1006. On the deck and down below
Copy !req
1007. But it's a crying shame
Copy !req
1008. We'll see a lot of fish
But we'll never clock a dish
Copy !req
1009. We ain't gonna see a dame
Copy !req
1010. No dames
Copy !req
1011. We might see
some octopuses
Copy !req
1012. No dames
Copy !req
1013. Or a half
a dozen clams
Copy !req
1014. No dames
Copy !req
1015. We might even
see a mermaid
Copy !req
1016. But mermaids
got no gams
Copy !req
1017. No gams
Copy !req
1018. Hey!
Off of there!
Copy !req
1019. Hey, come on.
Copy !req
1020. Hey! Come on.
Copy !req
1021. Hey!
Copy !req
1022. Oh, come on!
Copy !req
1023. Oh, Christ!
Climb up and tappin'.
Copy !req
1024. Ah, come on!
Copy !req
1025. Have we
got a girl for you!
Copy !req
1026. Out there on the sea
Copy !req
1027. Here's how it will be
Copy !req
1028. I'm gonna
dance with you, pal
Copy !req
1029. You're gonna dance with me
Copy !req
1030. When we're out
there on the sea
Copy !req
1031. We'll be happy as can be
Copy !req
1032. Or so the captain claims
Copy !req
1033. But we have to disagree
'Cause the only guarantee
Copy !req
1034. Is I'll see a lot of you
And you'll see a lot of me
Copy !req
1035. And it's absolutely certain
that we'll see a lot of sea
Copy !req
1036. But we ain't
gonna see no dames
Copy !req
1037. No dames!
Copy !req
1038. We're gonna see
How will it be?
Copy !req
1039. No dames!
With no dames!
Copy !req
1040. We're gonna see
How will it be?
Copy !req
1041. No dames!
No dames!
Copy !req
1042. We're gonna see
And how will it be?
Copy !req
1043. We ain't gonna see no...
Copy !req
1044. This place looks open!
Copy !req
1045. What the...
Copy !req
1046. You, out!
Copy !req
1047. Stop it! Hey!
Hey!
Copy !req
1048. Quit it!
Cut that out!
Copy !req
1049. This ain't that
kind of a place!
Copy !req
1050. Cut!
Copy !req
1051. - Yeah, okay.
- Okay, kids...
Copy !req
1052. Okay.
Copy !req
1053. Come here, Burt Gurney.
We go again.
Copy !req
1054. Anything different,
Mr. Seslum?
Copy !req
1055. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
No, no, no.
Copy !req
1056. Mostly pretty good,
but this time
Copy !req
1057. don't put dishrag
on bartender's head.
Copy !req
1058. You're a big star,
Burt Gurney.
Copy !req
1059. Who cares about
the bartender?
Copy !req
1060. You are the star.
Copy !req
1061. That's my whole character,
the slow burn.
Copy !req
1062. Gosh, Mr. Seslum,
I don't mind if he wants to...
Copy !req
1063. It is decided.
Hello, Burt.
Copy !req
1064. Hello, Mr. Mannix.
Copy !req
1065. Arne.
Hello.
Copy !req
1066. Listen, I don't wanna stick my
nose in other people's business,
Copy !req
1067. but, uh...
Copy !req
1068. Well, I understand you've been
associating with DeeAnna Moran?
Copy !req
1069. Yeah, yeah,
we associated.
Copy !req
1070. Yes.
Copy !req
1071. But no more, no more.
Don't you worry, Eddie Mannix.
Copy !req
1072. But, Arne, you are
aware that she's...
Copy !req
1073. This must not be in movie magazines,
that we are associated.
Copy !req
1074. No, no,
of course not.
Copy !req
1075. My wife cannot read this.
Copy !req
1076. Your... Excuse me?
Copy !req
1077. Ilsa Pflug.
Copy !req
1078. Ilsa Pflug-Seslum.
Copy !req
1079. In Malmö.
Copy !req
1080. I was not aware of that.
Copy !req
1081. Yeah, two children.
Copy !req
1082. And a third on the way, apparently.
Mmm-hmm.
Copy !req
1083. Do you enjoy physical culture,
Eddie Mannix? Do you ski?
Copy !req
1084. No. I never took it up.
Seems like a lot of fun, Arne.
Copy !req
1085. I no more associate
with DeeAnna Moran.
Copy !req
1086. I hug you.
Copy !req
1087. Goodbye.
Copy !req
1088. I spent the night.
Copy !req
1089. So, I feel somebody poking at me,
and I wake up and it's Clark.
Copy !req
1090. And he says, "Well, your keys aren't
in there, so I guess we're walking."
Copy !req
1091. This was back before
Gable was Gable.
Copy !req
1092. Yeah, we used to go up to
San Berdoo every weekend.
Copy !req
1093. Bob Stack would
come up sometimes.
Copy !req
1094. Blue Grotto
was still open.
Copy !req
1095. Dave Chasen
was a busboy.
Copy !req
1096. Quite a place.
Yours?
Copy !req
1097. Gracious, no. It belongs to
a member of our study group.
Copy !req
1098. He couldn't be
here this afternoon.
Copy !req
1099. He'll be sad to
have missed you.
Copy !req
1100. He's a fan.
Copy !req
1101. Uh-huh.
That's swell.
Copy !req
1102. So, I black out,
I wake up here...
Copy !req
1103. And I say to myself,
Copy !req
1104. "Baird, you gotta stop doing this."
Copy !req
1105. But you're saying, actually,
technically, I was kidnapped.
Copy !req
1106. Well, technically, yes.
Copy !req
1107. There's gonna be a ransom?
Copy !req
1108. I'd hardly
call it a ransom.
Copy !req
1109. Benedict there.
That's Benedict de Bonaventure.
Copy !req
1110. He wrote
The House of Ahasuaris.
Copy !req
1111. Enormous hit. Made the
studio millions of dollars.
Copy !req
1112. Did you see any of those
millions of dollars, Ben?
Copy !req
1113. I did not.
Copy !req
1114. Dutch over there.
Copy !req
1115. Dutch Zweistrong wrote
All The Way To Uruguay.
Copy !req
1116. I wrote all the
All The Way pictures.
Copy !req
1117. All successful. You see any of
the profits, Dutch?
Copy !req
1118. See, all of us
here are writers.
Copy !req
1119. The pictures originated with us.
They're our ideas.
Copy !req
1120. But they're owned
by the studio.
Copy !req
1121. I'm not saying only writers
are being exploited.
Copy !req
1122. I mean, look at
yourself, Baird.
Copy !req
1123. The studio takes
pretty good care of me.
Copy !req
1124. What are you, a child?
Copy !req
1125. I think what Herschel's
trying to say is,
Copy !req
1126. just because the studio owns
the means of production,
Copy !req
1127. why should it be able to
take the money, our money,
Copy !req
1128. the value created
by our labor,
Copy !req
1129. and dole out
what it pleases?
Copy !req
1130. That's not right.
Copy !req
1131. So, no. No.
I wouldn't call it ransom.
Copy !req
1132. - Payback.
- That's right.
Copy !req
1133. Now, until quite recently our
study group had a narrow focus.
Copy !req
1134. We concentrated on getting communist
content into motion pictures.
Copy !req
1135. Always in a sub
rosa way, of course.
Copy !req
1136. And we were
pretty darn successful.
Copy !req
1137. You remember in
Kerner's Corner
Copy !req
1138. the town hall scene
where the alderman
Copy !req
1139. overturned the
rotten election
Copy !req
1140. and made Gus the mayor?
Copy !req
1141. Yeah.
Copy !req
1142. Well, I like to think
we've changed a few minds.
Copy !req
1143. But then Dr. Marcuse came down from
Stanford, joined the study group
Copy !req
1144. and started teaching
us about direct action.
Copy !req
1145. Praxis.
Action.
Copy !req
1146. We each pursue our
own economic interest.
Copy !req
1147. We ourselves are not above
the laws of history.
Copy !req
1148. But in pursuing our
interests with vigor,
Copy !req
1149. we accelerate the dialectic
Copy !req
1150. and hasten the end of history and
the creation of the New Man.
Copy !req
1151. - Plus, we make a little dough.
- Shut up!
Copy !req
1152. We're not even
talking about money!
Copy !req
1153. We're talking about economics.
Copy !req
1154. Sure, good.
Copy !req
1155. Good stuff.
Copy !req
1156. So, now, uh, do I get
a share of the ransom?
Copy !req
1157. No.
Copy !req
1158. No, Mr. Whitlock, you can hardly
share in your own ransom.
Copy !req
1159. That would be unethical.
Copy !req
1160. I don't know. That doesn't
seem fair, fellas.
Copy !req
1161. I mean, the whole setup only
works if I play along, right?
Copy !req
1162. If I don't let on that I
know who kidnapped me.
Copy !req
1163. Well, yes,
that's right.
Copy !req
1164. What if I name names?
Copy !req
1165. If I just tell the truth.
Copy !req
1166. Uh...
Copy !req
1167. I don't think you'll
do that, Mr. Whitlock.
Copy !req
1168. What if we told the truth
about On Wings as Eagles?
Copy !req
1169. Sid.
Copy !req
1170. We have to work something
out for DeeAnna Moran.
Copy !req
1171. She get married again?
Copy !req
1172. No, that's the problem.
Having a child, not married.
Copy !req
1173. Whew. Tough.
Copy !req
1174. Yeah, no father.
Copy !req
1175. Well, of course
there is one somewhere.
Copy !req
1176. But who knows?
Exactly.
Copy !req
1177. So is there any way...
Copy !req
1178. I'm just spitballing here.
Copy !req
1179. Any way she could
adopt her own child?
Copy !req
1180. Interesting.
As a single... Mmm-hmm.
Copy !req
1181. She disappears for a while, reappears.
Uh-huh.
Copy !req
1182. She wants to share her
blessings, adopt a child.
Copy !req
1183. Sure. She's always
yearned to be a mother.
Copy !req
1184. That's it.
Copy !req
1185. Well, I don't see
why not.
Copy !req
1186. Nothing in the
California statute
Copy !req
1187. prohibits adoption by one's own parent.
Mmm-hmm.
Copy !req
1188. This is new ground.
Copy !req
1189. Technically, she'd have
to give up the baby
Copy !req
1190. to a third party.
Copy !req
1191. Joe Silverman.
Copy !req
1192. Joe Silverman. Exactly.
Copy !req
1193. He's the foster father
for a few days.
Copy !req
1194. She hands the kid to Joe,
he hands it back.
Copy !req
1195. I'll do
some research.
Copy !req
1196. All right.
Copy !req
1197. Mr. Mannix, it's 5:30.
Copy !req
1198. This is exciting.
Copy !req
1199. and asked all of the assistant
directors, and one of them said
Copy !req
1200. that an extra in the courtyard of
Sestimus Amydias seemed jumpy.
Copy !req
1201. All right. Get Walt
the name of the extra
Copy !req
1202. so he can bring
him in and sweat him.
Copy !req
1203. Walt should tell him that
we won't press charges
Copy !req
1204. if he tells us where
Baird's been taken.
Copy !req
1205. Check.
Copy !req
1206. And if he plays dumb,
or the AD's wrong and he is dumb,
Copy !req
1207. check the other extras.
Copy !req
1208. Check. Thessaly Thacker called,
Copy !req
1209. said you promised her an
interview with Baird today.
Copy !req
1210. Check that. It was
Thora Thacker.
Copy !req
1211. No, it's Thessaly.
Copy !req
1212. Tell her he was at the
doctor longer than expected,
Copy !req
1213. and she can see him on the set
bright and early tomorrow.
Copy !req
1214. Check. And is that
last part true?
Copy !req
1215. Let's hope so.
Oh, that reminds me.
Copy !req
1216. I need a list of
everyone who worked on
Copy !req
1217. On Wings as Eagles
who's still at the studio.
Copy !req
1218. On Wings as Eagles?
That's a while ago now.
Copy !req
1219. Aside from Baird and the director,
it won't be a long list.
Copy !req
1220. Yeah. Get it
for me. That it?
Copy !req
1221. Uh, no.
One more thing.
Copy !req
1222. A Mr. Cuddahy called,
Copy !req
1223. said you know him.
Yeah, yeah.
Copy !req
1224. He said it's urgent,
he'll see you one last time,
Copy !req
1225. suggested same place,
7:00 this evening.
Copy !req
1226. Why? Never mind.
Copy !req
1227. Okay, tell him
I'll be there.
Copy !req
1228. Back to your place?
Copy !req
1229. What a bore.
Copy !req
1230. Hello, C.C.
Copy !req
1231. I rather thought
we might go to Lake...
Copy !req
1232. Oh, hi, Eddie.
Copy !req
1233. Wanna lace up what you got
on Merrily We Dance?
Copy !req
1234. It's up now.
I'll put some music on it.
Copy !req
1235. Taxi!
Copy !req
1236. Back to your place?
Copy !req
1237. What a bore.
Copy !req
1238. I rather thought we might go to
Lake Onondaga for the weekend.
Copy !req
1239. Just the two of us.
Copy !req
1240. Don't have my valise.
I left it in your foyer.
Copy !req
1241. Oh, you'll get by
without a change.
Copy !req
1242. Suits me.
Copy !req
1243. If you don't mind skipping out
on your own party, Allegra.
Copy !req
1244. Suits me.
Copy !req
1245. And skipping out on Monty.
Copy !req
1246. That suits me as well.
Copy !req
1247. Oh, poor Monty.
Copy !req
1248. What Monty
doesn't know...
Copy !req
1249. Won 't hurt Monty.
Copy !req
1250. Oh, Monty.
Copy !req
1251. Come join me
on the divan.
Copy !req
1252. It seems Allegra's a no-show,
which is simply a bore.
Copy !req
1253. But I'll...
Copy !req
1254. Reverse.
Copy !req
1255. Reverse! Reverse!
Copy !req
1256. Whoa!
Copy !req
1257. Whoa!
Copy !req
1258. I shouldn't wear scarves.
Copy !req
1259. It seems Allegra's a no-show,
which is simply a bore.
Copy !req
1260. But I'll partner
you in bridge.
Copy !req
1261. Why the pout?
Copy !req
1262. It's complicated.
Copy !req
1263. How pleasant to see
you again, Mr. Mannix.
Copy !req
1264. Thanks for
coming back, Mannix.
Copy !req
1265. Sure.
Copy !req
1266. You're taking us down
to the wire, aren't ya?
Copy !req
1267. It's not a ploy,
it's a big decision.
Copy !req
1268. Absolutely. No foul.
Copy !req
1269. But the board
was concerned
Copy !req
1270. when I couldn't give them
a yes this afternoon,
Copy !req
1271. so they authorized me
to say this.
Copy !req
1272. You sign on, your term
of contract is 10 years.
Copy !req
1273. Yeah. You get it, right?
Copy !req
1274. That means your stock options
are guaranteed to vest.
Copy !req
1275. You'd never
have to work again
Copy !req
1276. if you chose to retire
after your term.
Copy !req
1277. Think about it.
Copy !req
1278. Lifetime employment.
Copy !req
1279. You wouldn't be a glorified
working stiff like you are now,
Copy !req
1280. and you'd be running a business,
not a circus.
Copy !req
1281. Drink?
Copy !req
1282. Cigarette?
Copy !req
1283. No, no. I gotta run.
Copy !req
1284. I should talk this
over with my wife.
Copy !req
1285. Of course. Talk it over,
think about your family,
Copy !req
1286. let us know
in the morning.
Copy !req
1287. Oh!
Copy !req
1288. If you think
this is a bribe,
Copy !req
1289. you're absolutely right.
Copy !req
1290. You have two kids, right?
A boy and a girl?
Copy !req
1291. That's right.
Copy !req
1292. They love this stuff.
Used to be trains.
Copy !req
1293. Hello, Hobie.
Copy !req
1294. Oh, hello, Carlotta.
Copy !req
1295. Am I late?
Copy !req
1296. Oh, no, it ain't nothin'.
Copy !req
1297. Thanks an awful bunch for
coming to this picture with me.
Copy !req
1298. I don't know if
you like livestock,
Copy !req
1299. but I think it's got
moments, I really do.
Copy !req
1300. You look very purty.
Copy !req
1301. Thank you, Hobie!
Copy !req
1302. I'm sure I'll
like the picture.
Copy !req
1303. I like all of your pictures.
Copy !req
1304. Well, I like yours, too.
Copy !req
1305. They are just
the craziest things.
Copy !req
1306. Uh, is it hard to dance with
all them bananas on your head?
Copy !req
1307. Oh, no.
Anyone can do it.
Copy !req
1308. It's all in the hips and the lips
and the eyes and the thighs.
Copy !req
1309. Little Eddie wanted me to tell
you about his baseball game.
Copy !req
1310. They won.
Copy !req
1311. That is terrific.
Copy !req
1312. Gosh, I never
called the coach.
Copy !req
1313. Eddie played at shortstop?
Copy !req
1314. Mmm. And he did so well,
he wants to stay there now.
Copy !req
1315. That's great.
Copy !req
1316. Took care of itself.
Copy !req
1317. And Darlene did very well
on her Spanish test.
Copy !req
1318. That's good.
She was worried about that.
Copy !req
1319. Hey, thanks for heating
up the roast, hon.
Copy !req
1320. Warm glass of milk?
Copy !req
1321. Uh, no, thanks,
hon. Coffee.
Copy !req
1322. I gotta run back
to the studio.
Copy !req
1323. A few things
to take care of.
Copy !req
1324. Gee, another late night.
Hmm.
Copy !req
1325. You know, Lockheed
improved their offer.
Copy !req
1326. Darned good money,
Copy !req
1327. and the hours wouldn't be
crazy like this either.
Copy !req
1328. It's nice
to be wanted.
Copy !req
1329. Yeah. Sure, but...
Copy !req
1330. What do you think?
They wanna know tomorrow.
Copy !req
1331. I like the shorter hours.
Copy !req
1332. But what do you think, honey?
You know best.
Copy !req
1333. Hmm.
Copy !req
1334. How's it going with
the smoking, dear?
Copy !req
1335. Oh, you know...
Copy !req
1336. The denizens of Los Angeles
make ready for nightlife, or for sleep.
Copy !req
1337. But Eddie Mannix
will have neither.
Copy !req
1338. Even in westerly Malibu,
the sun has moved on,
Copy !req
1339. leaving the vast
and tireless sea
Copy !req
1340. to heave itself
blindly upon the shore.
Copy !req
1341. The communists welcome
a rare moment of leisure.
Copy !req
1342. Brief surcease from struggle.
Copy !req
1343. Baird Whitlock has
become their acolyte,
Copy !req
1344. a convert to their cause,
Copy !req
1345. his belief compelled
but not grudging.
Copy !req
1346. He now seeks to learn more
from Professor Marcuse
Copy !req
1347. and becomes
ever more committed
Copy !req
1348. to the quest to hasten
an end to history
Copy !req
1349. and bring on the New Man.
Copy !req
1350. Herb, that's exactly
what I'm talking about.
Copy !req
1351. That's what happened to me when
I went to Reno with Danny Kaye,
Copy !req
1352. and he asked me
to shave his back.
Copy !req
1353. The exact same thing.
Copy !req
1354. Because I'm thinking,
"Who benefits?"
Copy !req
1355. Also, I gotta tell ya, everybody
thinks that Danny is a jerk.
Copy !req
1356. He's not really a jerk.
Copy !req
1357. It's just the theory generating
its own anti-theory.
Copy !req
1358. Anyway, there we were,
it's me and Danny,
Copy !req
1359. and I'm wondering
what the hell am I doing
Copy !req
1360. with a razor
in my hand.
Copy !req
1361. And he says it's for
a Norman Taurog picture.
Copy !req
1362. But Judy Canova is there,
and she knows Norman.
Copy !req
1363. She says, "Danny's not doing
a Norman Taurog picture.
Copy !req
1364. "He just wants you
to shave his back!"
Copy !req
1365. And that's who benefits.
Copy !req
1366. In livelier precincts,
Copy !req
1367. the swells of Dreamland
gather to inspect
Copy !req
1368. the completed weave
of another piece of gossamer.
Copy !req
1369. Another movie,
Copy !req
1370. another portion of balm
Copy !req
1371. for the ache of
a toiling mankind.
Copy !req
1372. Where is she?
Copy !req
1373. Hold your horses,
I'm right here.
Copy !req
1374. What's on your
mind, Curly?
Copy !req
1375. It's not my fault
you saw me take
Copy !req
1376. that pie off the sill,
Ms. McGraw.
Copy !req
1377. Not your fault? Whose
fault was it, Curly?
Copy !req
1378. Why, that crazy,
lazy full moon!
Copy !req
1379. Two weeks ago, you'd
never seen me take it.
Copy !req
1380. Darn you, moon!
What good are you anyway?
Copy !req
1381. Don't know
about this part.
Copy !req
1382. They only give me
one shot at the song.
Copy !req
1383. I wish there
never was no moon.
Copy !req
1384. I wish there weren't
no bossy old women!
Copy !req
1385. Don't blame that moon, Curly.
She can't do nothin' but shine.
Copy !req
1386. Lazy ol' moon, keep shinin'
Copy !req
1387. Darn you.
Copy !req
1388. Shinin' down on me
Copy !req
1389. You turned Curly Strimlin in to the
authorities for the last time!
Copy !req
1390. Lazy ol' moon,
keep shinin'
Copy !req
1391. Shinin'just to be
Copy !req
1392. On that ol' plantation
where I used to roam
Copy !req
1393. Light my weary
way back home
Copy !req
1394. Darn! Where'd she go?
Copy !req
1395. Lazy ol' moon,
keep shinin'
Copy !req
1396. Shinin' down for me
Copy !req
1397. Another part of town,
another cast of characters,
Copy !req
1398. another task
for Eddie Mannix.
Copy !req
1399. We're just
getting started.
Copy !req
1400. I've been taking
DeeAnna through this.
Copy !req
1401. So Joe has done
Copy !req
1402. just a whole lot of good
work for us in the past.
Copy !req
1403. Whenever we've needed a witness
or a third party for...
Copy !req
1404. I don't know, a petition of grievance
or alienation of affection.
Copy !req
1405. And he's reliable?
Copy !req
1406. I'm bonded, miss.
Copy !req
1407. Joseph Silverman is the
most reliable human being
Copy !req
1408. on the planet
in our experience.
Copy !req
1409. When Chubby Cregar
was intoxicated
Copy !req
1410. and hit that
pedestrian on Gower,
Copy !req
1411. we had the vehicle title
transferred to Joe's name,
Copy !req
1412. and Joe did six months
in LA County lockup.
Copy !req
1413. But you're off
the sauce now?
Copy !req
1414. I never touch it.
It was a legal fiction.
Copy !req
1415. That's right.
Copy !req
1416. When the studio needs
someone who meets
Copy !req
1417. the legal standard of, uh...
Copy !req
1418. How did you put it, Sid?
Copy !req
1419. Personhood.
Copy !req
1420. Joe steps in and
acts as the person.
Copy !req
1421. So you're a
professional person?
Copy !req
1422. That's right, miss.
Initial here and here.
Copy !req
1423. Joe will be the foster
parent until such time as
Copy !req
1424. you adopt the child,
Copy !req
1425. which you can do as soon as
Joe takes possession of it.
Copy !req
1426. And he's reliable?
Copy !req
1427. I'm bonded, miss.
Copy !req
1428. The release papers
you're signing
Copy !req
1429. will not be a matter
of public record.
Copy !req
1430. All these documents will be
sealed until the year 2015.
Copy !req
1431. And no one's
the wiser.
Copy !req
1432. No one the wiser.
Copy !req
1433. No fans, no press, no court officials,
not even a notary public.
Copy !req
1434. Joe himself
is the notary.
Copy !req
1435. You must have
very strong forearms.
Copy !req
1436. Is it hard
squeezing it like that?
Copy !req
1437. It's part of the job, miss.
Copy !req
1438. Late night, Mr. Mannix?
Copy !req
1439. Late night for both of us.
Copy !req
1440. Will you call Projection
Seven and have them
Copy !req
1441. lace up yesterday's
dailies on Hail, Caesar!
Copy !req
1442. Sure thing.
Yesterday's?
Copy !req
1443. Thanks, Scotty.
Copy !req
1444. Romans before slaves!
Make room, you fools!
Copy !req
1445. Romans before slaves!
Copy !req
1446. Romans before slaves!
Copy !req
1447. Make room!
Copy !req
1448. - How's that? What do you think?
- Cut!
Copy !req
1449. 27, Baker two.
Copy !req
1450. Action.
Copy !req
1451. Go ahead,
I'm listening.
Copy !req
1452. Walt talked to the
extra. Right guy.
Copy !req
1453. No info. Doesn't know
where they took Baird,
Copy !req
1454. but described the truck
they put him in.
Copy !req
1455. Cut! Good!
Copy !req
1456. Walt found the guy who owns the
truck and is talking to him.
Copy !req
1457. Baker four.
Copy !req
1458. - Walt's a problem-solver. He's a good man.
- Action!
Copy !req
1459. What else?
Copy !req
1460. PR just called in their report
on the Hobie Doyle premiere.
Copy !req
1461. Warm reception.
Copy !req
1462. I got something... I had spittle.
Good.
Copy !req
1463. - Baker six.
- Action.
Copy !req
1464. Okay.
He's terrific.
Copy !req
1465. Squint! Squint
against the grandeur.
Copy !req
1466. It's blinding! Blinding!
Copy !req
1467. Now, let's see
what we can do here.
Copy !req
1468. Okay.
Copy !req
1469. Well, I don't think it's regulation size,
but it'll have to do.
Copy !req
1470. You ever heard of origami,
what the Japanese do? Uh-huh.
Copy !req
1471. This here's
Italian origami.
Copy !req
1472. Yeah?
Copy !req
1473. See, now you just...
Whoop!
Copy !req
1474. Let's see how
she does now.
Copy !req
1475. Oh, she's peekin' back.
Copy !req
1476. Oh! There she goes.
Copy !req
1477. She's bawlin'.
Copy !req
1478. Clear!
Ah!
Copy !req
1479. This is why I never
order it with meat sauce.
Copy !req
1480. How'd you get into
pictures, Hobie?
Copy !req
1481. Got roped into it.
Copy !req
1482. Stop!
Copy !req
1483. Don't play
with your food.
Copy !req
1484. Food!
Copy !req
1485. You're the one
playing with it.
Copy !req
1486. Stop it!
Copy !req
1487. Pictures. Well,
I wrangled for a while,
Copy !req
1488. and then they saw I
could say a line or two,
Copy !req
1489. and I was Bad Clem
or Deputy Number Two
Copy !req
1490. or a guy's buddy
for a couple of years,
Copy !req
1491. and then someone heard me sing
and they made me the guy.
Copy !req
1492. You're awfully cute.
Copy !req
1493. Oh, heck, you ain't seen the half of it.
I'll show you cute.
Copy !req
1494. Just a second here,
a little souvenir from my rodeo days.
Copy !req
1495. Tell you what,
I was steer-bustin',
Copy !req
1496. and I went down and
the steer went up,
Copy !req
1497. and my teeth headed
off for east Texas.
Copy !req
1498. Here, it's coming
around again.
Copy !req
1499. Whoo!
Copy !req
1500. You gotta give a little
Copy !req
1501. Take a little
Copy !req
1502. And let your poor
heart break a little
Copy !req
1503. That's the story of...
Copy !req
1504. That's the glory of love
Copy !req
1505. You gotta laugh a little,
cry a little
Copy !req
1506. And let the clouds
roll by a...
Copy !req
1507. Well, now,
this is interesting.
Copy !req
1508. I didn't know you
two were friends.
Copy !req
1509. Oh, heck, yeah.
Copy !req
1510. We just caught my picture Lazy Ol' Moon,
and I guess we're...
Copy !req
1511. Yes, we're
friends. We're...
Copy !req
1512. We're fixin' to be friendly,
tell you that.
Copy !req
1513. That's good.
Copy !req
1514. "Fixin' to be friendly."
Copy !req
1515. That can be my
column headline.
Copy !req
1516. Oh, I guess
that'd be okay.
Copy !req
1517. Have a good evening.
Copy !req
1518. I mentioned
the name of my picture.
Copy !req
1519. I think we're
supposed to do that.
Copy !req
1520. Well, now,
this is interesting.
Copy !req
1521. I thought I was getting
an exclusive on this.
Copy !req
1522. I'd like to know what the
hell is going on here.
Copy !req
1523. Oh, well, like I said, we just
saw Lazy Ol' Moon, and...
Copy !req
1524. And Hobie and I are
fixin' to be friendly.
Copy !req
1525. - What?
- We're just...
Copy !req
1526. Friends, my foot!
Copy !req
1527. What's the matter, Hobie?
Copy !req
1528. I gotta skedaddle.
So sorry. Oh!
Copy !req
1529. Have to catch one of
your pictures next time.
Copy !req
1530. I'm looking
forward to it.
Copy !req
1531. Bye, Hobie.
Copy !req
1532. Hey, toss me
them keys, pard.
Copy !req
1533. I'm taking the car.
Copy !req
1534. Hobie Doyle?
Copy !req
1535. You're a communist, too?
Copy !req
1536. So, it's commies.
Copy !req
1537. You ever been in this place?
Pretty nice, huh?
Copy !req
1538. It's Burt Gurney's.
Copy !req
1539. He sings, he dances,
he's got taste.
Copy !req
1540. You here alone?
Copy !req
1541. Everybody else went
down to the beach.
Copy !req
1542. Well, all right, pard.
Copy !req
1543. Let's us head on
back to town.
Copy !req
1544. You got Mr. Mannix
worried sick.
Copy !req
1545. Easy.
Copy !req
1546. Easy.
Copy !req
1547. Here!
Copy !req
1548. Take care of him.
Copy !req
1549. Comrade. Comrade!
Copy !req
1550. We salute you.
Copy !req
1551. You are going to Moscow
to become Soviet Man
Copy !req
1552. and help forge the future.
Copy !req
1553. We stay behind, continuing
to serve in our disguise
Copy !req
1554. as capitalist handmaidens.
Copy !req
1555. But the money should
go to the cause,
Copy !req
1556. not to the servants
of the cause.
Copy !req
1557. Yes!
That's right.
Copy !req
1558. We... Well...
Copy !req
1559. Our modest contribution
to the Comintern.
Copy !req
1560. They will be pleased.
Copy !req
1561. No! No!
Copy !req
1562. Engels!
Copy !req
1563. No.
Copy !req
1564. Oh.
Copy !req
1565. Oh, boy! It's late.
I'm in the doghouse.
Copy !req
1566. Better forget
about my place.
Copy !req
1567. Drop me off at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Copy !req
1568. All righty.
Copy !req
1569. Huh.
Copy !req
1570. Who are you?
Copy !req
1571. Todd.
Copy !req
1572. Todd.
Copy !req
1573. You get a hot breakfast
or a box breakfast?
Copy !req
1574. I don't know.
Copy !req
1575. Are you a principal
or an extra?
Copy !req
1576. I think
I'm a principal.
Copy !req
1577. Yeah.
Copy !req
1578. I'm thinking,
"What the hell?"
Copy !req
1579. Woken up in some
strange houses before,
Copy !req
1580. but never without
a broad next to me.
Copy !req
1581. Mmm-hmm. These guys are
pretty interesting, though.
Copy !req
1582. They've actually figured out the
laws that dictate everything.
Copy !req
1583. History, sociology, politics,
morality, everything.
Copy !req
1584. It's all in a book
called Kapital, with a "K."
Copy !req
1585. That right?
Copy !req
1586. Yeah. And you're not
gonna believe this.
Copy !req
1587. These guys even figured out
Copy !req
1588. what's going on
here at the studio,
Copy !req
1589. because the studio
is nothing more
Copy !req
1590. than an instrument of capitalism.
Hmm.
Copy !req
1591. Yeah, so we blindly follow these
laws like any other institution,
Copy !req
1592. laws that these
guys figured out.
Copy !req
1593. The studio makes pictures
to serve the system.
Copy !req
1594. That is its function.
Copy !req
1595. That's really what
we're up to here.
Copy !req
1596. Is it?
Yeah.
Copy !req
1597. It's just confirming what
they call the "status quo."
Copy !req
1598. I mean, we may tell ourselves
that we're creating
Copy !req
1599. something of artistic value,
Copy !req
1600. or there's some sort of spiritual
dimension to the picture business.
Copy !req
1601. But what it really is,
is this fat cat,
Copy !req
1602. Nick Schenk,
out in New York,
Copy !req
1603. running this factory,
serving up these lollipops to the...
Copy !req
1604. What they used to call the
bread and circuses for the...
Copy !req
1605. What...
Copy !req
1606. Now, you listen
to me, buster.
Copy !req
1607. Nick Schenk and this studio
have been good to you
Copy !req
1608. and to everyone else
who works here.
Copy !req
1609. If I ever hear you bad-mouthing
Mr. Schenk again,
Copy !req
1610. it will be the last
thing you say
Copy !req
1611. before I have you
tossed in jail
Copy !req
1612. for colluding in
your own abduction.
Copy !req
1613. Eddie, I wouldn't...
I would never do that!
Copy !req
1614. Shut up!
Copy !req
1615. You're gonna go out there and
you're gonna finish Hail, Caesar!
Copy !req
1616. You're gonna
give that speech
Copy !req
1617. at the feet of the
penitent thief,
Copy !req
1618. and you're gonna believe
every word you say.
Copy !req
1619. You're gonna do it
because you're an actor
Copy !req
1620. and that's what you do,
Copy !req
1621. just like the director
does what he does,
Copy !req
1622. and the writer
and the script girl
Copy !req
1623. and the guy who
claps the slate.
Copy !req
1624. You're gonna do it because
the picture has worth!
Copy !req
1625. And you have worth if
you serve the picture,
Copy !req
1626. and you're never gonna
forget that again.
Copy !req
1627. I won't forget, Eddie.
Copy !req
1628. You're damn right
you won't.
Copy !req
1629. Not as long as
I run this dump.
Copy !req
1630. Baird.
Copy !req
1631. Go out there
and be a star.
Copy !req
1632. Mr. Mannix!
Copy !req
1633. Since you're
going to your car,
Copy !req
1634. I thought you might
wanna take this.
Copy !req
1635. What is it?
Copy !req
1636. From DeeAnna Moran.
Copy !req
1637. Thank you, and she
doesn't need to
Copy !req
1638. adopt her baby
after all.
Copy !req
1639. Huh?
Copy !req
1640. She asked Joe Silverman out
for dinner last night,
Copy !req
1641. and I guess
it went well.
Copy !req
1642. They drove to
Palm Springs
Copy !req
1643. and were married at
3:00 this morning.
Copy !req
1644. Huh.
Copy !req
1645. Will you be gone long?
Today's call list to go through.
Copy !req
1646. No, less than an hour.
Personal errand.
Copy !req
1647. It's a nice arrangement.
Copy !req
1648. She charged it
to the studio.
Copy !req
1649. Right.
Copy !req
1650. Just coming to see you.
Copy !req
1651. Good morning. Uh...
Copy !req
1652. Sorry about last night, Thora.
I didn't know your sister would show up.
Copy !req
1653. Well, that's as may be, but I
certainly learned my lesson.
Copy !req
1654. Whatever you say today,
Eddie Mannix,
Copy !req
1655. my column tomorrow
is about
Copy !req
1656. On Wings as Eagles.
Copy !req
1657. Thora, I wouldn't do
that if I were you.
Copy !req
1658. I'm sure you wouldn't.
Copy !req
1659. No, no, no, you don't understand.
Let's sit down.
Copy !req
1660. I'm telling you not to run the column,
Thora, for your own good.
Copy !req
1661. I can judge
my own interest.
Copy !req
1662. This will be
the story of the year.
Copy !req
1663. And it so happens
the Hearst syndicate
Copy !req
1664. are looking to pick up
a Hollywood column.
Copy !req
1665. And you think this
will cinch it for you?
Copy !req
1666. You know it will.
Copy !req
1667. Baird Whitlock,
your biggest star,
Copy !req
1668. got his first major part
in On Wings as Eagles
Copy !req
1669. by engaging in sodomy
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1670. with the picture's director,
Laurence Laurentz.
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1671. Oh, we've all
heard the story.
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1672. But here's something
you haven't heard.
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1673. Your source
is a communist.
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1674. If you print it,
it'll be dismissed
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1675. as a commie smear tactic,
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1676. and you'll be dismissed
as a commie stooge.
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1677. Burt Gurney has
left the country.
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1678. The cell he was part of has
been smashed by the police.
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1679. Might have thought
he was credible
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1680. because he's Mr. Laurentz's
current protégé,
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1681. but you don't want to be seen as
Burt Gurney's mouthpiece after this.
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1682. How did you know
Burt was my source?
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1683. Late last night,
I talked to Laurence,
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1684. put two and two together.
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1685. Well, no reason to send this
since I ran into you.
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1686. It's my way of apology for
Thessaly horning in last night.
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1687. I do value
our friendship, Thora,
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1688. but I'm late for
something important.
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1689. Why on your knees before
this Hebrew, Autolochus?
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1690. I encountered him
before, Gracchus.
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1691. Beside the well
of Jehosaphat.
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1692. And what manner of man.
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1693. He's a priest of
the Israelites,
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1694. despised even by
the other priests.
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1695. No.
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1696. On yesterday's march,
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1697. punished by the
dust of the road,
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1698. I sought to drink
first at the well,
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1699. before the slaves
in my charge,
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1700. whose thirst was far
greater than my own.
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1701. A Roman drinks
before a slave.
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1702. This man was
giving water to all.
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1703. He saw no Roman,
he saw no slave.
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1704. He saw only men, weak men,
and gave succor.
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1705. He saw suffering,
which he sought to ease.
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1706. He saw sin,
and gave love.
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1707. Love, Autolochus?
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1708. He saw my own sin,
Gracchus, and greed.
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1709. But in his eyes, I saw
no shadow of reproach.
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1710. I saw only light.
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1711. The light of God.
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1712. You mean,
of the gods.
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1713. I do not, friend Gracchus.
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1714. This Hebrew is
a son of the one God.
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1715. The God of this
far-flung tribe.
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1716. And why shouldn't
God's anointed appear here
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1717. among these strange people,
to shoulder their sins?
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1718. Here, Gracchus,
in this sun-drenched land.
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1719. Why should He
not take this form,
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1720. the form of
an ordinary man?
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1721. A man bringing us
not the old truths,
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1722. but a new one.
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1723. A new truth?
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1724. A truth beyond
the truth that we can see.
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1725. A truth beyond this world.
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1726. A truth told not in words,
but in light.
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1727. A truth that we could see
if we had but...
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1728. If we had but...
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1729. Cut! Cut! "Faith!
Have but faith!"
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1730. "Faith."
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1731. "Faith. Faith!"
God damn it!
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1732. Go one again.
Isn't it...
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1733. They changed it.
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1734. You got most of it, man.
You're all right.
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1735. All right, hang on.
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1736. Can I get a pat down?
I'm sweating like a pig in this thing.
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1737. Ah, son of a bitch!
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1738. Bless me, Father,
for I have sinned.
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1739. How long since your
last confession, my son?
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1740. It's been,
what, 27 hours.
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1741. It's really
too often, my son.
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1742. You're not
that bad.
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1743. I don't know, Father.
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1744. I snuck a cigarette.
Or two.
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1745. I didn't make it home
in time for dinner.
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1746. And I, uh, struck
a movie star in anger.
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1747. All right.
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1748. Five Hail Marys.
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1749. Okay.
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1750. Okay.
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1751. Father?
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1752. Yes, my son.
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1753. May I ask you
something, Father?
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1754. Of course, my son.
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1755. If there's something
that's easy,
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1756. is that wrong?
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1757. Easy?
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1758. Yeah, easy to do.
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1759. Easy to...
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1760. Like, an easy job.
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1761. No, it's not a bad job.
It's not bad.
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1762. But, then, there's this other
job that's not so easy.
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1763. No, in fact, it's hard.
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1764. It's so hard, Father...
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1765. Sometimes I don't know
if I can keep doing it,
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1766. but it seems right.
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1767. I don't know
how to explain.
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1768. God wants us to
do what's right.
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1769. Yeah.
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1770. Yeah, of course
He does.
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1771. The inner voice that
tells you what's right,
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1772. it comes from God,
my son.
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1773. Yeah, I got it.
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1774. That's His way
of saying that...
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1775. Yeah, yeah,
I got it.
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1776. Still raining
in Gallup, New Mexico.
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1777. And the Tucumcari crew
has shot all the plates
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1778. we need for
Came the Rain.
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1779. Well, just shoot the showdown in
the weather and we'll retitle it.
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1780. Tucumcari Tempest,
Desert Squall, Hold Back The Storm.
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1781. The stories begin,
the stories end.
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1782. I don't know,
bounce it off the writers.
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1783. So it has been.
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1784. Here's today's
call list.
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1785. Add a call to a Mr. Cuddahy
at the Lockheed Corporation.
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1786. Long call?
Short?
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1787. "Thanks, but no thanks."
How long was that?
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1788. But the story
of Eddie Mannix...
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1789. Who do we
call first?
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1790. will never end.
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1791. New York first.
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1792. Time to check in
with Mr. Schenk.
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1793. For his is a tale
written in light everlasting.
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1794. Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.
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