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Bellissimo!
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Good to see you.
Good to see you.
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Hey, Jim.Jim, good to see you.
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Good to see you.
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Hey, Mr. Bonnano,
Mr. Colombo!
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What are you doing?What?
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Leave the fucking cannoli.
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You're a capo
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when you really need
to be a boss.
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We gotta get you
your own seat at the table.
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It's the only way
we're gonna make change.
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Lucchese, Gambino,
those tired fucks,
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one of them gotta go.
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And you want me
to take care of it?
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When the time is right.
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With you and me in power,
we can do things
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the way they
should be fuckin' done.
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- Mr. Colombo.- Whoa.
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Come in, Dominic.Yeah.
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Come on, let him in.Excuse me, excuse me.
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Sorry to interrupt.
I saw you walk by,
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and, uh, I brought these...You don't have to do this.
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Look at this.For you and your friends.
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That's beautiful.
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Francesca and I
are so grateful.
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Good, good, good.
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I'm in a meeting right now.
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Oh, I'm sorry.No, no, no.
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God bless you, sir.No, I'll see you in a bit.
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God bless you, Mr. Colombo.Yeah, yeah.
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Excuse me.
Excuse me.
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The fuck is that?Oh, he owes.
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He, uh--he owns the bakery
over on Grand.
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His grandkid's sick,
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so I suspended
the interest for six months.
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You wanna be a boss,
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you better
start acting like one.
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You're going soft on me?
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It sends a wrong message
showing mercy like that.
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No, no, no, I told him if he
doesn't pay me in six months,
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I'll kill his whole family.
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I'll gut the kid first
and make the family watch.
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That's what
I'm talking about.
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That's the change we need.
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I still don't know
about the seat though.
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There's gotta be another way.
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Ain't exactly
handing 'em out, Joey.
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You want that seat?
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You gotta take it.
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Top of the morning, Bobby.Good morning, Mr. Evans.
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Morning, Mr. Evans.Hey, babies.
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Julie, baby, welcome back.
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Good morning, Mr. Evans.Good morning.
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Hey.Hey, Bob.
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Those rushes
looked great last night.
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You're doing such a good job.
You keep it up.
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Watch that budget, though.Evans!
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Johnny Potatoes!Whoo!
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You're looking good, man.You like that, huh?
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I just came down to tell you.
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Hank can't fucking direct
his way out of a paper bag.
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But you, star,
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you're knocking it
out of the park.
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Good morning, Bob.
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Well, it should be,
and it would be, Peter,
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if I didn't have to watch
the rushes
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for "Tarzan and the Jungle Boy"
last night.
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My God, what a turd.
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But the sun is shining.
It's still a good day.
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What do we got?
Hit me.
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Bluhdorn is having trouble
wrapping his head
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around Eastwood
starring in a musical.
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He wants to talk.Neil Simon called.
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He says it's gotta be Lemmon,
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but Lemmon will only do it
if Matthau's in it,
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and he wants 300,000
for the picture,
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and Bluhdorn says quote,
"Under no circumstances
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are we paying anyone $300,000
to star in anything." Unquote.
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He said a few other things.
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Don't be scared.
What did he say?
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He said he's got a fire poker
with your name on it,
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if you need
a better illustration
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of the studio's finances.
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Huh.
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All right, take a deep breath.
This is what you're gonna do.
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Peter, you're gonna send
a copy of Clint's album
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"Cowboy Favorites" to Bluhdorn.
That's gonna change his tune.
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Now, Sheila, you can tell him--
you tell Charlie Bluhdorn
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that he can save his poker
for opening night
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because if that film
is anything like the play,
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"The Odd Couple"
it's gonna save this studio,
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and I'll bend over for him
if it doesn't.
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Thank you, Sheila.
Peter, you stay.
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Hey, Ruddy,
I'm not paying you to read.
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Those contracts need to be on
my desk by the end of the day.
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They were on your desk
this morning.
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Good.
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Ruddy, you're making
the rest of us look bad.
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Dave, you're doing
a great job of that
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all on your own, buddy.
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Uh, nice car, sir.
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You'd be surprised
what a paint job will do.
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Or a blow torch.
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Hey, Ruddy!
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Mitch,
sorry I'm late, buddy.
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Had a hard time
finding the place.
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After a year in L.A.,
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who doesn't know
where the Chateau is?
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Just try not to impress
too many girls
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with that shirt tonight, Ruddy.
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What?
I came straight from work.
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Still lost on me what you do.
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It's contracts or something,
right?
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I've told you 13 times.
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You really think this
is gonna be the time it sticks?
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That's a good point.
Let's grab a drink.
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and All Of The Night"]
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Wendy.
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I was wondering where the
beautiful, cool cats had gone.
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Here they all are.
How's it going?
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Darling.
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Yeah, Bob, nice to see you.Nice to see you.
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Hey, who is that guy?
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Bob Evans, head of Paramount.
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Guy's more connected than God,
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and yeah, he's always that tan.
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Nikita, you don't want
to miss this bus, baby.
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Let's do it.
Come on.
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Everyone, this is
my neighbor, Al Ruddy.
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How are you?Hey.
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Any friend of Mitch's
is a friend of mine.
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Okay.
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You sure
you're just a TV writer?
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I'm in the wrong
fucking business.
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What am I doing wrong?
Nobody came.
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Mario, this is the best thing
you've written.
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Six years wasted.
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"The Fortunate Pilgrim"
was my mother's story.
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Uh, you know, I...
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I thought the world
would identify with it.
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Three people came
and--and no one bought a book.
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I don't even know
what to write anymore.
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People perked up listening to
the part about the mafia guy.
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Oh, yeah, great.
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That was, like,
three paragraphs.
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Well, did you
ever think about
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writing a mafia book
with more than that?
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I spent my childhood
hiding from those gangsters.
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I--I--you know, Hell's Kitchen
was chock full of 'em.
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So write what you know.
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So they can
put a bullet in my head?
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Just think about it.
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21 Club, please.
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Anthony.
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Yeah.
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You know, you owe our friend
a thousand dollars.
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Yeah, uh, uh, you know,
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I--I have, uh, 40.
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Take that.
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Oh.
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How much do we owe?
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You don't wanna know.
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I thought this book
was the one.
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We'd be able
to pay 'em back and...
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So what are gonna do, Mario?
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Candida wants me
to write about the mafia.
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I married you because
you're an artist, not a hack.
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Hacks sell books.
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They can pay for the education
of their kids.
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Hacks don't borrow money
from guys
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you shouldn't
borrow money from.
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How much do we owe?
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Five Gs to two bookies.
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A few grand to the bank,
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not including
what I owe my brother.
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Fuck art, Mario.
Start typing.
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You want me to write
about the mafia?
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Yeah.
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How do I tell that story
any differently?
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Everybody knows they steal.
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They control gambling,
they run whores, unions.
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Okay, so maybe it's not
just a book about the mafia.
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What do you mean?
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Well, the guys
you grew up with,
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they didn't start out
so different from you.
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Immigrants.
They eat, they drink,
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they love, they cry,
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they worry about
their kids' futures
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just like us.
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And they kill.
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Okay,
so maybe we don't kill.
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But maybe this book
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is about
finding the reason we would.
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More Than Anything"]
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Have a beautiful night.
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Hey.Hey.
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Hi.Hi, guys.
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How are you?
Nice. Enjoying?
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I'm back. I'm back.
Whatever he said, he's lying.
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- How we doing?- I'm good.
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Okay, so now
you look interesting.
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Are you interesting?Depends on the company.
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Hmm, that's a good answer.
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Who's your friend, Mitch?
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Françoise Glazer,
this is my neighbor, Al Ruddy.
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Mm.
What do you do?
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Programming.Programming.
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What network?
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I program computers
for the Rand Corporation.
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Still have no idea
what that means.
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The Rand Corporation?
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I'm impressed.
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That's defense work.
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Secret.
It's not top secret.
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What about you, what do you do?
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She owns the ground
you're sitting on, my friend.
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The hotel?
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You're surprised?
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You think a woman
can't run a business?
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I was raised
by a single mother.
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She could've run anything.
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You see?
He doesn't hate his mother
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like all you comedy writers.
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Come on.Come on.
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Oh, you write comedy too?Uh, no.
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You watch "Sgt. Bilko"?Yeah, I love "Bilko."
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I play Gomez.
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You know, I thought
you looked familiar.
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I'm a hell of a comedy fan.
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The way these shows
tell their stories,
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it's like a formula,
and in a good way.
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A formula?Think about it.
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"Bilko," "McHale's Navy,"
even "My Favorite Martian,"
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right, they're
the same cast of characters
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in similar situations
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with just enough difference
to be interesting.
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That's kind of true, Mitch.
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If you really wanna upset
the apple cart,
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put your cast of characters
where you least expect them
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to be in a comedy,
somewhere that isn't safe.
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That's how you
make it stand out.
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If it were really that easy,
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every Tom, Dick, and Ruddy
would do it.
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I didn't mean any offense.
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Hey, uh, you seem to have
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a hell of an instinct
for all these shows.
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I mean, you wanna
talk shop sometime?
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I could send you some scripts.
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You could see
how they all lay out.
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That'd be great.
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But, hey, I'm just a guy
who programs computers.
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All evidence to the contrary.
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You found it.
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00:14:44,971 --> 00:14:46,886
Oh, boy.Mm-hmm.
255
00:14:49,714 --> 00:14:51,978
It's not about a gang.
256
00:14:52,108 --> 00:14:53,936
It's about a gangster's family.
257
00:14:54,067 --> 00:14:55,895
Oh.Hmm?
258
00:14:56,025 --> 00:14:58,071
The oldest son is a hothead.
259
00:14:58,201 --> 00:15:02,902
The middle son is sweet,
but he's weak,
260
00:15:03,032 --> 00:15:06,253
and the younger son
is a war hero
261
00:15:06,383 --> 00:15:08,908
who wants nothing to do
with the family business.
262
00:15:09,038 --> 00:15:09,996
Okay.
263
00:15:10,126 --> 00:15:11,867
But the Don wants this son,
264
00:15:11,998 --> 00:15:12,912
call him Michael...
265
00:15:13,042 --> 00:15:14,435
Mm-hmm.Hmm?
266
00:15:14,565 --> 00:15:17,742
Wants him to rise above
the family business
267
00:15:17,873 --> 00:15:21,181
and become a--a senator,
you know, someone powerful,
268
00:15:21,311 --> 00:15:25,794
but Michael's destiny
won't let him escape
269
00:15:25,925 --> 00:15:30,538
the power of Don Vito Corleone.
270
00:15:30,668 --> 00:15:31,669
Who's the Don?
271
00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:33,149
He's what Sicilians call
272
00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:35,238
the godfather of gangsters.
273
00:15:35,369 --> 00:15:36,283
Oh.Huh?
274
00:15:37,371 --> 00:15:38,372
He's, uh,
the head of the family.
275
00:15:38,502 --> 00:15:39,721
Oh.
276
00:15:39,851 --> 00:15:43,594
And my title.
277
00:15:43,725 --> 00:15:45,901
"The Godfather"?Mm-hmm.
278
00:15:46,032 --> 00:15:47,511
I like it.
279
00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:51,298
Okay.
280
00:15:51,428 --> 00:15:53,343
All right,
it's not written yet.
281
00:15:59,001 --> 00:16:01,569
"The Godfather." Hmm.
282
00:16:11,013 --> 00:16:12,275
So come on.
What do you wanna pitch?
283
00:16:12,406 --> 00:16:16,018
We could do rags to riches
or fish out of water.
284
00:16:16,149 --> 00:16:18,064
I mean, Bernie, I don't
even know what a pitch is.
285
00:16:18,194 --> 00:16:19,891
Don't even know
what a pitch is.
286
00:16:20,022 --> 00:16:20,980
Uh, we just
go into the network,
287
00:16:21,110 --> 00:16:22,459
tell 'em about our idea.
288
00:16:22,590 --> 00:16:24,157
You know, what it's about,
the characters,
289
00:16:24,287 --> 00:16:25,723
what stories
we tell week to week.
290
00:16:25,854 --> 00:16:26,942
That's it.
That's the pitch.
291
00:16:28,204 --> 00:16:28,683
Look, all these execs
want to see is that
292
00:16:29,858 --> 00:16:31,077
they can put
a hundred episodes in the can.
293
00:16:31,207 --> 00:16:32,426
Okay, so maybe we go with
294
00:16:32,556 --> 00:16:34,515
what you've hit with,
a military comedy.
295
00:16:34,645 --> 00:16:36,256
Eh, there's already
"McHale's Navy,"
296
00:16:36,386 --> 00:16:37,909
"F Troop," "Gomer Pyle."
297
00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:39,259
They're gonna wanna
see something new.
298
00:16:39,389 --> 00:16:41,261
"McHale" and "Gomer's"
are peacetime stories.
299
00:16:41,391 --> 00:16:44,133
Nobody's set a military comedy
during wartime.
300
00:16:44,264 --> 00:16:46,222
Let's do something
about what you know, hmm?
301
00:16:46,353 --> 00:16:48,572
Workplace comedy set
at a defense contractor.
302
00:16:48,703 --> 00:16:50,879
It's not inherently funny.
Trust me, I live it.
303
00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:52,402
Not to you.
304
00:16:55,144 --> 00:16:56,406
Hey, you ever seen
"Stalag 17"
305
00:16:56,537 --> 00:16:58,278
with William Holden?Mm-hmm.
306
00:16:58,408 --> 00:17:00,628
American POWs.
It's a Billy Wilder thing.
307
00:17:00,758 --> 00:17:01,542
It's great characters, man.
308
00:17:02,543 --> 00:17:03,457
I mean,
it's set up for a comedy.
309
00:17:03,587 --> 00:17:05,111
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
310
00:17:06,416 --> 00:17:09,419
No, war equals death.
Hey, let's do this.
311
00:17:09,550 --> 00:17:12,161
Let's sell the Rand comedy,
and after that,
312
00:17:12,292 --> 00:17:14,381
we can sell
the army comedy, hmm?
313
00:17:19,995 --> 00:17:21,823
Ruddy, just relax, okay?
You're making me nervous.
314
00:17:21,953 --> 00:17:24,391
Yeah, well, we fuck this up,
you go back to making TV.
315
00:17:24,521 --> 00:17:27,263
I go back to Rand
where the soul goes to die.
316
00:17:29,004 --> 00:17:30,179
Goodbye, Miss Taylor.
317
00:17:30,310 --> 00:17:32,094
Holy shit.
That's Elizabeth Taylor.
318
00:17:38,492 --> 00:17:40,668
Gentleman,
Mr. Paley will see you now.
319
00:17:43,279 --> 00:17:44,585
And so these two bachelors
320
00:17:44,715 --> 00:17:45,977
at the Rand Corporation,
321
00:17:46,108 --> 00:17:47,631
they're actually peaceniks.
322
00:17:47,762 --> 00:17:49,851
They're using company computers
to program for peace
323
00:17:49,981 --> 00:17:50,982
instead of war.
324
00:17:51,113 --> 00:17:52,723
There's a lot of
good stuff in here.
325
00:17:52,854 --> 00:17:53,855
People are gonna love it.
326
00:17:53,985 --> 00:17:56,249
We call it "Modern Warfare."
327
00:17:56,379 --> 00:17:58,816
Mm, interesting idea.
328
00:17:59,948 --> 00:18:01,602
You got anything else?
329
00:18:06,085 --> 00:18:09,610
"Bilko," swastikas.
Swastikas, "Bilko."
330
00:18:10,350 --> 00:18:12,482
You think Nazis are funny?
331
00:18:13,483 --> 00:18:15,355
Imagine Bilko
as a pilot, right?
332
00:18:15,485 --> 00:18:17,008
He's a colonel,
and he's fighting in the war.
333
00:18:18,575 --> 00:18:20,273
He gets shot down over Germany
and taken prisoner.
334
00:18:20,403 --> 00:18:21,665
Mr. Ruddy,
I don't think this is--
335
00:18:21,796 --> 00:18:23,232
Now, our colonel, he knows
exactly how to escape,
336
00:18:23,363 --> 00:18:24,494
but he never does.
337
00:18:24,625 --> 00:18:26,148
None of the prisoners do
because he's leading
338
00:18:26,279 --> 00:18:28,498
an allied group inside the camp
to help the resistance.
339
00:18:28,629 --> 00:18:31,675
The camp commandant,
he is a guy named Klink.
340
00:18:31,806 --> 00:18:33,024
Now, he's got a reputation
341
00:18:33,155 --> 00:18:34,417
of being the toughest guy
in the SS,
342
00:18:34,548 --> 00:18:36,115
but actually
he's a fucking idiot.
343
00:18:37,725 --> 00:18:39,857
Yeah, and there's
this big fat sergeant,
344
00:18:39,988 --> 00:18:41,294
uh, Sergeant Schultz.
345
00:18:41,424 --> 00:18:43,078
And he's always
walking in on their plans,
346
00:18:43,209 --> 00:18:44,645
but he likes the guys,
they're nice to him,
347
00:18:44,775 --> 00:18:45,559
so he turns a blind eye.
348
00:18:46,516 --> 00:18:46,821
I see nothing.
349
00:18:47,865 --> 00:18:49,171
I hear nothing.
I know nothing.
350
00:18:49,302 --> 00:18:51,130
There's a French prisoner.
Guy's a gourmet chef,
351
00:18:51,260 --> 00:18:52,174
and he feeds the guard dogs
352
00:18:52,305 --> 00:18:53,306
so that
they love the prisoners.
353
00:18:53,436 --> 00:18:54,350
Eh, this is for you,
354
00:18:54,481 --> 00:18:55,743
my little chienne.
355
00:18:55,873 --> 00:18:57,571
That's a good boy.
That's a good boy.
356
00:18:59,573 --> 00:19:01,705
Are there any women
in the show?
357
00:19:01,836 --> 00:19:04,882
Oh, yeah, there's a woman,
and not just any woman.
358
00:19:05,013 --> 00:19:09,365
Oh, boys, Helga,
she is an Amazon, right?
359
00:19:09,496 --> 00:19:12,238
I mean, sexy German secretary.
360
00:19:12,368 --> 00:19:16,546
"Oh, Guten Tag,
mein little Liebchen!"
361
00:19:16,677 --> 00:19:19,027
Hey, and she might even
have an eye for our colonel.
362
00:19:19,158 --> 00:19:20,898
Yeah, so she's in on
all their schemes.
363
00:19:21,029 --> 00:19:22,683
What do you call this thing?
364
00:19:22,813 --> 00:19:23,901
"Hogan's Heroes."
365
00:19:25,642 --> 00:19:27,035
Have you pitched this
anywhere else?
366
00:19:29,211 --> 00:19:30,778
Don't.
367
00:19:30,908 --> 00:19:32,519
'Cause we're buying it.
368
00:19:40,309 --> 00:19:43,617
"I'll make him
an offer he can't refuse."
369
00:19:43,747 --> 00:19:45,140
Great line.Yeah.
370
00:19:45,271 --> 00:19:47,621
It's fun, isn't it?It's special, Mario.
371
00:19:47,751 --> 00:19:50,145
The Frank Sinatra,
Johnny Fontane character?
372
00:19:50,276 --> 00:19:51,625
Great.
373
00:19:51,755 --> 00:19:55,237
Maybe Sinatra will play him
in the movie, hmm?
374
00:19:55,368 --> 00:19:56,673
Should we call Paramount?
375
00:19:56,804 --> 00:19:59,589
Mario, just because
they optioned it early,
376
00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:01,156
it doesn't mean
it's gonna get made.
377
00:20:01,287 --> 00:20:02,418
Yeah.
378
00:20:03,811 --> 00:20:05,204
Let's make sure
it gets published first.
379
00:20:05,334 --> 00:20:07,597
They say to me,
you can make "Love Story,"
380
00:20:07,728 --> 00:20:08,511
which we agree,
381
00:20:09,469 --> 00:20:09,730
greatest love story
of all time.
382
00:20:10,774 --> 00:20:14,038
But the girl
has to live at the end.
383
00:20:14,169 --> 00:20:15,649
Can you fucking believe that?
384
00:20:15,779 --> 00:20:17,520
Yeah, the death
is what makes it work.
385
00:20:17,651 --> 00:20:20,044
Yes.Look at "Romeo and Juliet."
386
00:20:20,175 --> 00:20:21,742
Not the same story
if they'd lived.
387
00:20:21,872 --> 00:20:23,222
God, no.
388
00:20:23,352 --> 00:20:26,312
We feel the pain of the loss,
feel the grief.
389
00:20:26,442 --> 00:20:29,315
We feel pity.
We--we cry.
390
00:20:29,445 --> 00:20:32,231
I'll make the movie, Bob,
but only if she dies.
391
00:20:32,361 --> 00:20:34,189
You are preaching
to the choir, babe.
392
00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:35,712
Look, you make "Love Story,"
393
00:20:35,843 --> 00:20:38,411
and I will give you
total creative control.
394
00:20:38,541 --> 00:20:40,630
And final cut.And a back end that's real.
395
00:20:40,761 --> 00:20:42,241
We got a chance
to make a huge hit here.
396
00:20:42,371 --> 00:20:45,331
I only make two decisions,
all right?
397
00:20:45,461 --> 00:20:47,463
Hiring you, yes.
398
00:20:47,594 --> 00:20:50,118
Secondly, casting Ali MacGraw.
399
00:20:51,598 --> 00:20:53,077
Bob, I don't know
if I'm comfortable
400
00:20:53,208 --> 00:20:54,601
with hiring your girlfriend.
401
00:20:54,731 --> 00:20:57,212
One of the best actresses
of our time.
402
00:20:57,343 --> 00:21:01,390
Trust me, my friend,
I've seen her up close.
403
00:21:01,521 --> 00:21:03,262
And so should you,
that's all I'm saying.
404
00:21:03,392 --> 00:21:05,699
Sheila, could you send in
our guest, please?
405
00:21:05,829 --> 00:21:06,830
What is this?
406
00:21:08,354 --> 00:21:12,793
Ali MacGraw,
meet Arthur Hiller.
407
00:21:12,923 --> 00:21:15,056
I'm so excited
to be working with you.
408
00:21:15,186 --> 00:21:16,318
Me too.
409
00:21:16,449 --> 00:21:19,147
You two are gonna
make magic together.
410
00:21:19,278 --> 00:21:21,149
I'll let you get acquainted.
411
00:21:24,370 --> 00:21:26,676
I saw your most recent film.
412
00:21:26,807 --> 00:21:28,287
I loved it.Thank you so much.
413
00:21:28,417 --> 00:21:30,985
Sheila,
414
00:21:31,115 --> 00:21:32,508
I'm good.
415
00:21:32,639 --> 00:21:35,903
"In The Still of the Night"]
416
00:21:36,033 --> 00:21:38,862
Lucchese and Gambino
got here about ten minutes ago.
417
00:21:45,956 --> 00:21:48,481
Sinatra's crying to everyone
but the Pope
418
00:21:48,611 --> 00:21:51,353
about this book
that's about to come out:
419
00:21:51,484 --> 00:21:52,920
"The Godfather."
420
00:21:53,703 --> 00:21:55,314
Giving me a fucking headache.
421
00:21:55,444 --> 00:21:56,532
'Cause there's
a character in it
422
00:21:56,663 --> 00:21:59,100
that's supposed to be
a real fighetta,
423
00:21:59,230 --> 00:22:00,406
and everyone thinks it's him.
424
00:22:00,536 --> 00:22:02,190
How'd you know that?
425
00:22:02,321 --> 00:22:03,974
I read it somewhere.
426
00:22:08,762 --> 00:22:10,633
I just have
to use the bathroom.
427
00:22:14,420 --> 00:22:16,335
What have we got here?
428
00:22:16,465 --> 00:22:18,424
He said it was important
to the commission.
429
00:22:58,507 --> 00:23:00,335
Sit down, Joe.
Have a drink.
430
00:23:00,466 --> 00:23:02,381
You're making me nervous
standing like that.
431
00:23:05,384 --> 00:23:06,994
Sit down, Joe.
432
00:23:15,045 --> 00:23:17,570
I've been offered a seat
at the commission table.
433
00:23:19,267 --> 00:23:20,660
My own family.
434
00:23:21,661 --> 00:23:24,403
Well, nobody told me
about that.
435
00:23:24,533 --> 00:23:25,752
Well, it's supposed to be
436
00:23:25,882 --> 00:23:27,580
the last thing
you'll ever hear.
437
00:23:32,323 --> 00:23:33,760
Bonanno.
438
00:23:34,674 --> 00:23:36,240
He came to me a while back,
439
00:23:36,371 --> 00:23:38,678
talking about making changes.
440
00:23:38,808 --> 00:23:40,941
That's what he thinks
I'm doing here right now.
441
00:23:42,029 --> 00:23:44,118
But I'm here to tell you
so you can deal with it
442
00:23:44,248 --> 00:23:45,859
the way the commission chooses.
443
00:23:47,774 --> 00:23:50,516
And then you take
Bonanno's seat at the table?
444
00:23:54,128 --> 00:23:56,565
Well, that's not up to me.
That's up to you.
445
00:23:58,262 --> 00:23:59,829
Hey, I'm an ambitious guy,
446
00:23:59,960 --> 00:24:02,528
but not at the price of
my loyalty to what we do here,
447
00:24:02,658 --> 00:24:04,530
to you and the rest
of the commission.
448
00:24:06,445 --> 00:24:08,185
I respect whatever you decide.
449
00:24:09,665 --> 00:24:11,145
Good night, gentlemen.
450
00:24:15,192 --> 00:24:16,280
Let's go.
451
00:24:16,411 --> 00:24:19,893
Bonanno, he's gotta go.
452
00:24:33,559 --> 00:24:35,256
You maniacs!
453
00:24:35,386 --> 00:24:37,301
You blew it up!
454
00:24:37,432 --> 00:24:39,260
God damn you!
455
00:24:40,653 --> 00:24:44,787
God damn you all to hell!
456
00:24:58,105 --> 00:24:59,933
Uh, are we moving in?
457
00:25:01,369 --> 00:25:02,631
This.
458
00:25:03,893 --> 00:25:05,678
This is what it's all about.
459
00:25:07,549 --> 00:25:08,942
What, monkeys?
460
00:25:09,072 --> 00:25:12,467
No, the excitement,
the thrill.
461
00:25:12,598 --> 00:25:13,686
I mean, did you
hear them at the end?
462
00:25:13,816 --> 00:25:16,689
Yes, uh, that--
that was a great ending.
463
00:25:16,819 --> 00:25:18,560
No, no,
it's not just about the ending,
464
00:25:18,691 --> 00:25:20,780
it's--it's about
the experience of it.
465
00:25:20,910 --> 00:25:23,434
You got 300 people
all watching the same thing,
466
00:25:23,565 --> 00:25:24,827
reacting in real time,
467
00:25:24,958 --> 00:25:26,916
just feeding off each other.
468
00:25:29,136 --> 00:25:31,181
You can't get that experience
in television.
469
00:25:32,618 --> 00:25:33,575
You're just
in your living room,
470
00:25:33,706 --> 00:25:35,229
looking at a small
fucking box.
471
00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:37,361
It's just a different game.
472
00:25:37,492 --> 00:25:38,667
Five years of "Hogan's"
and you can make
473
00:25:38,798 --> 00:25:40,364
all the money you'd ever need.
474
00:25:40,495 --> 00:25:41,540
Five years of "Hogan's,"
475
00:25:41,670 --> 00:25:43,585
I'm gonna shoot myself
in the face.
476
00:25:43,716 --> 00:25:45,544
Hmm.Yeah.
477
00:25:45,674 --> 00:25:46,545
They showed us
the writer's room
478
00:25:46,675 --> 00:25:48,198
at CBS last week.Mm.
479
00:25:48,329 --> 00:25:50,374
It was like an exact
fucking replica of Rand.
480
00:25:53,377 --> 00:25:55,292
It can't just be
about the money.
481
00:25:56,250 --> 00:25:57,991
At first, I thought it was,
this whole Hollywood thing,
482
00:25:58,121 --> 00:26:00,384
but...
483
00:26:00,515 --> 00:26:02,038
my mother,
484
00:26:02,169 --> 00:26:04,040
she was a tough broad,
485
00:26:04,171 --> 00:26:08,001
and she never showed emotion
ever about anything,
486
00:26:08,131 --> 00:26:10,525
except at the movies.
487
00:26:10,656 --> 00:26:12,832
That was the only time
I ever saw my mother cry.
488
00:26:16,270 --> 00:26:19,012
I mean, you can't put a price
on that experience.
489
00:26:20,491 --> 00:26:22,189
I mean, that's magic, baby.
490
00:26:25,453 --> 00:26:27,194
I need to be in the movies.
491
00:26:36,333 --> 00:26:39,946
So what do you know
about producing film?
492
00:26:40,076 --> 00:26:42,209
What do I know
about producing TV?
493
00:26:42,339 --> 00:26:43,297
Good point.
494
00:26:44,298 --> 00:26:45,604
Let's go.
495
00:26:47,170 --> 00:26:48,432
You coming?
496
00:26:57,006 --> 00:26:59,052
Sir.
497
00:27:07,756 --> 00:27:09,410
I'm having a party
Saturday night,
498
00:27:09,540 --> 00:27:10,846
and if you're not there,
499
00:27:10,977 --> 00:27:12,631
well, I'm just gonna send
everybody home,
500
00:27:12,761 --> 00:27:14,458
even Jack and Warren.
501
00:27:14,589 --> 00:27:15,764
Huh?
502
00:27:15,895 --> 00:27:17,679
Nicholson and Beatty.
503
00:27:17,810 --> 00:27:19,681
Ooh, you're gonna love them.
504
00:27:19,812 --> 00:27:22,684
And, uh, bathing suits
are optional.
505
00:27:22,815 --> 00:27:25,121
Barry, what are you doing here?
506
00:27:25,252 --> 00:27:26,862
I hate to interrupt
your little soiree,
507
00:27:26,993 --> 00:27:29,386
but we had a meeting.Oh, relax, Barry.
508
00:27:29,517 --> 00:27:31,562
Have a drink before you have
a heart attack, right, girls?
509
00:27:31,693 --> 00:27:32,912
It's00 in the morning.
510
00:27:34,653 --> 00:27:35,915
Coffee, black.Give us a minute.
511
00:27:36,045 --> 00:27:40,006
I'm sorry.
Every party needs a pooper.
512
00:27:49,363 --> 00:27:52,192
How you doing, Barry?Bob.
513
00:27:52,322 --> 00:27:54,107
Thank you.
514
00:27:54,237 --> 00:27:55,630
I got off the phone
with Charlie.
515
00:27:55,761 --> 00:27:57,023
He's livid.
516
00:27:57,153 --> 00:27:59,329
Paramount has fallen back
to eight out of nine.
517
00:27:59,460 --> 00:28:00,722
Let me guess.
518
00:28:00,853 --> 00:28:02,681
He's up your ass about
"Paint Your Wagon" overages.
519
00:28:02,811 --> 00:28:03,899
Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood
520
00:28:04,030 --> 00:28:05,509
should be shooting people,
not singing!
521
00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:06,685
That's entertainment.
522
00:28:06,815 --> 00:28:08,077
And what's
with the "Love Story"?
523
00:28:08,208 --> 00:28:10,776
The girl dies at the end?
Who wants to see that?
524
00:28:10,906 --> 00:28:12,038
It's his studio.
525
00:28:12,168 --> 00:28:14,431
Look, I'm not gonna beat
around the bush.
526
00:28:14,562 --> 00:28:16,172
We need hits.
527
00:28:16,303 --> 00:28:18,914
You can't live off of
"Rosemary's Baby" forever.
528
00:28:19,828 --> 00:28:22,178
Barry, did you--
did you read "Love Story"?
529
00:28:23,310 --> 00:28:24,659
Yes.
530
00:28:24,790 --> 00:28:26,530
Why?
531
00:28:26,661 --> 00:28:27,923
Did it move you?
532
00:28:28,054 --> 00:28:30,883
What does that have to do
with anything?
533
00:28:31,013 --> 00:28:32,058
The audience
needs to be moved, Barry.
534
00:28:32,188 --> 00:28:33,973
That's how you make
hit pictures.
535
00:28:34,103 --> 00:28:36,323
Times are changing,
and we need to keep up.
536
00:28:36,453 --> 00:28:38,281
That's why I got the job
in the ivory tower
537
00:28:38,412 --> 00:28:40,240
and you don't.
538
00:28:40,370 --> 00:28:42,590
If you don't string together
some hits,
539
00:28:42,721 --> 00:28:46,725
that ivory tower of yours
is going to come crashing down.
540
00:28:51,773 --> 00:28:54,471
Oh, ye of such little faith.
541
00:28:55,603 --> 00:28:56,778
Bottoms up, Barry.
542
00:29:08,442 --> 00:29:09,791
Bob Evans.
I'm Al Ruddy.
543
00:29:09,922 --> 00:29:11,706
I wanted to talk to you.
You got a minute?
544
00:29:11,837 --> 00:29:13,926
I'm fairly certain
we don't have a meeting,
545
00:29:14,056 --> 00:29:15,971
but you knew that already,
didn't you?
546
00:29:16,102 --> 00:29:17,494
How'd you get on the lot?
547
00:29:17,625 --> 00:29:20,497
Ain't exactly Fort Knox.Fair enough.
548
00:29:20,628 --> 00:29:21,847
What can I do for you,
Mr. Ruddy?
549
00:29:21,977 --> 00:29:23,892
It's what I can do for you.
550
00:29:24,023 --> 00:29:25,720
I wanna produce for Paramount.
551
00:29:25,851 --> 00:29:27,940
You told a good story once.
552
00:29:28,070 --> 00:29:30,464
Ballsy of you to walk away
from "Hogan's Heroes."
553
00:29:30,594 --> 00:29:32,945
So you do know who I am?I know who everyone is, kid.
554
00:29:33,075 --> 00:29:35,295
Look, you know what
a producer does, Mr. Ruddy?
555
00:29:35,425 --> 00:29:37,514
They do whatever it takes
to get their movie made.
556
00:29:37,645 --> 00:29:38,733
Now, what makes you think
557
00:29:38,864 --> 00:29:40,735
that you're qualified
to do that, huh?
558
00:29:40,866 --> 00:29:42,389
You know, I read
an article in "Variety,"
559
00:29:42,519 --> 00:29:44,217
said that you started out
selling ladies' slacks
560
00:29:44,347 --> 00:29:47,133
and doing bit parts in movies,
but you still figured it out.
561
00:29:47,263 --> 00:29:50,179
Don't--don't--
don't call them bit parts
562
00:29:50,310 --> 00:29:51,790
when you're kissing
someone's ass.
563
00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:53,704
I work with Jimmy fucking
Cagney, my friend,
564
00:29:53,835 --> 00:29:55,706
toe-to-toe.
565
00:29:55,837 --> 00:29:59,580
So unknown computer guy
566
00:29:59,710 --> 00:30:02,888
creates CBS's hit comedy
about Nazis.
567
00:30:04,193 --> 00:30:05,716
Go figure.
568
00:30:05,847 --> 00:30:07,936
All right.
All right.
569
00:30:08,067 --> 00:30:10,156
You do remind me of me,
and I'm a sentimental guy,
570
00:30:10,286 --> 00:30:11,810
and you caught me
on a good day.
571
00:30:11,940 --> 00:30:13,855
Let's set a lunch, Mr. Ruddy.
572
00:30:15,074 --> 00:30:16,858
Talk about your future.
573
00:30:20,383 --> 00:30:22,429
What producers
have you worked for?
574
00:30:22,559 --> 00:30:23,996
You'll be my first.
575
00:30:24,126 --> 00:30:25,867
I've worked in legal
for three years
576
00:30:25,998 --> 00:30:28,261
and then saw this job posted.
577
00:30:28,391 --> 00:30:30,872
Well, then, I guess, uh,
we both have a lot to learn.
578
00:30:31,003 --> 00:30:33,179
Thanks.
579
00:30:35,964 --> 00:30:38,749
Thank you.
We'll let you know.
580
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:40,447
I thought
he just gave me the job.
581
00:30:40,577 --> 00:30:42,449
Oh, no, sweetie.
582
00:30:43,102 --> 00:30:44,799
That was just
his Valium talking.
583
00:30:44,930 --> 00:30:47,236
You are dodging a bullet here.
584
00:30:47,367 --> 00:30:49,282
You can thank me later.
Exit's that way.
585
00:30:50,849 --> 00:30:52,763
Thank you.
586
00:30:52,894 --> 00:30:54,113
All right, bye.
587
00:30:57,899 --> 00:30:59,205
You're Albert Ruddy.
588
00:30:59,901 --> 00:31:00,859
Who are you?
589
00:31:00,989 --> 00:31:02,643
Bettye McCartt.
590
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:05,124
Bernie Fein sent me.
591
00:31:07,866 --> 00:31:09,519
Bernie.
592
00:31:09,650 --> 00:31:10,825
It's nice to meet you, Bettye,
but I'm sorry.
593
00:31:10,956 --> 00:31:12,653
I just hired somebody.
594
00:31:12,783 --> 00:31:13,959
That little mouse?Yeah.
595
00:31:14,089 --> 00:31:15,351
No.Yeah.
596
00:31:15,482 --> 00:31:17,223
No.
597
00:31:21,009 --> 00:31:22,532
Let me take you on a tour.
598
00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:25,013
Come on.
599
00:31:25,709 --> 00:31:27,102
I don't bite.
600
00:31:29,104 --> 00:31:33,195
That spot
is hallowed fucking ground.
601
00:31:33,326 --> 00:31:34,893
You're not even
paying attention to it.
602
00:31:35,023 --> 00:31:36,851
Look.
603
00:31:36,982 --> 00:31:38,200
The guard gate?
604
00:31:40,246 --> 00:31:42,596
That is where Gloria Swanson
605
00:31:42,726 --> 00:31:46,252
drove onto the lot
in "Sunset Boulevard."
606
00:31:47,427 --> 00:31:48,950
Because she thought
Cecil B. DeMille
607
00:31:49,081 --> 00:31:50,909
wanted to make
her version of "Salome."
608
00:31:51,039 --> 00:31:52,084
When all he actually wanted
609
00:31:52,214 --> 00:31:53,607
was her fucking car.Fucking car.
610
00:31:55,348 --> 00:31:56,610
Oh, you see that door?
611
00:31:56,740 --> 00:32:00,048
That is the secret entrance
where Adolph Zukor,
612
00:32:00,179 --> 00:32:02,094
who's the founder of Paramount,
613
00:32:02,224 --> 00:32:03,573
it's where he used to sneak
his little starlets
614
00:32:03,704 --> 00:32:05,488
into his office.
615
00:32:05,619 --> 00:32:07,273
Oh.Ooh.
616
00:32:08,970 --> 00:32:12,452
It's hallowed ground, man.
Hallowed ground.
617
00:32:13,018 --> 00:32:14,802
Ladies, it's time.
Come on, let's go.
618
00:32:14,933 --> 00:32:16,151
Seriously, what's your story?
619
00:32:16,282 --> 00:32:17,631
It's not
terribly interesting.
620
00:32:17,761 --> 00:32:19,763
Worked for Rand Corporation
before "Hogan's."
621
00:32:19,894 --> 00:32:21,765
Architect before that.
622
00:32:21,896 --> 00:32:23,071
Those are both steady gigs.
623
00:32:23,202 --> 00:32:24,855
Why'd you walk away?
624
00:32:24,986 --> 00:32:26,640
Because I could, I guess.
625
00:32:29,860 --> 00:32:32,646
So, Bettye, what's your story?
626
00:32:32,776 --> 00:32:34,169
It's not
terribly interesting.
627
00:32:35,605 --> 00:32:38,521
I'm divorced, opinionated.
628
00:32:38,652 --> 00:32:41,220
The latter most likely
the cause of the former.
629
00:32:41,350 --> 00:32:42,961
Okay,
let's get ready for picture.
630
00:32:43,091 --> 00:32:45,050
Walk it up.I love the movies.
631
00:32:46,268 --> 00:32:48,183
My mom used to take me
every Saturday.
632
00:32:48,314 --> 00:32:49,793
Even when she couldn't make
the rent.
633
00:32:49,924 --> 00:32:52,231
Single mother?Mm-hmm.
634
00:32:53,449 --> 00:32:54,668
Yeah, me too.
635
00:32:56,191 --> 00:32:57,801
Still go every Saturday?
636
00:32:57,932 --> 00:32:59,716
Yes, I do.
637
00:32:59,847 --> 00:33:01,109
I wouldn't miss it
for the world.
638
00:33:04,939 --> 00:33:06,897
How long is your
deal here for, Al?
639
00:33:07,028 --> 00:33:09,074
A year.What, really?
640
00:33:09,204 --> 00:33:11,380
That is not long enough
to start from scratch.
641
00:33:11,511 --> 00:33:13,165
We have to find a script
that's been overlooked.
642
00:33:13,295 --> 00:33:15,080
Places, everybody!
I want to feel some energy!
643
00:33:15,210 --> 00:33:17,299
Well, then
we'd better get started.
644
00:33:17,430 --> 00:33:18,431
Yeah?
645
00:33:20,041 --> 00:33:20,999
Let's watch this take first.
646
00:33:21,129 --> 00:33:22,609
Quiet on set!
647
00:33:24,089 --> 00:33:26,265
"The New York Times'"
Dick Schaap,
648
00:33:26,395 --> 00:33:28,832
"What Philip Roth
did for masturbation,
649
00:33:28,963 --> 00:33:30,312
Puzo does for murder."
650
00:33:30,443 --> 00:33:32,749
"The Post,"
"A searing portrayal
651
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:34,795
of the mafia underworld."
652
00:33:36,927 --> 00:33:39,800
I'll lay odds that you're gonna
be signing more than 30 books.
653
00:33:54,336 --> 00:33:56,208
Bob, I found something
you're gonna love.
654
00:33:56,338 --> 00:33:58,645
Jesus, Ruddy!
Knock.
655
00:33:58,775 --> 00:34:00,038
It's all right, Sheila.
656
00:34:00,168 --> 00:34:01,517
What was the best scene
in "The Great Escape"?
657
00:34:01,648 --> 00:34:03,041
I don't have time
for party games.
658
00:34:03,171 --> 00:34:04,781
It's McQueen's
motorcycle jump.
659
00:34:04,912 --> 00:34:06,696
Yeah, true.
So what?
660
00:34:06,827 --> 00:34:09,525
I found a great script.
It's about motorcycle racers.
661
00:34:10,178 --> 00:34:12,180
And chicks?Yeah, and chicks.
662
00:34:12,311 --> 00:34:13,660
It's called
"Little Fauss and Big Halsy."
663
00:34:13,790 --> 00:34:15,270
It's perfect for McQueen.Oh, forget McQueen.
664
00:34:15,401 --> 00:34:17,794
For Christ's sake, he's making
his own racing movie,
665
00:34:17,925 --> 00:34:19,622
"Le Mans."
666
00:34:19,753 --> 00:34:21,059
Who else you got in mind?
667
00:34:21,189 --> 00:34:22,712
You need a star, kid.
668
00:34:25,106 --> 00:34:26,412
Robert Redford.
669
00:34:26,542 --> 00:34:29,589
Redford?
Yeah, great idea.
670
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:31,504
You get me Redford,
671
00:34:31,634 --> 00:34:34,768
you do it for a million five
all-in,
672
00:34:34,898 --> 00:34:36,335
you got yourself a go picture.
673
00:34:37,901 --> 00:34:38,902
Thanks, Bob.
674
00:34:39,033 --> 00:34:41,122
Sure, yeah, yeah.
675
00:34:41,253 --> 00:34:42,602
Evans is messing
with you, Al.
676
00:34:42,732 --> 00:34:44,952
Redford will never do this
for a million five all-in.
677
00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:46,823
How do you know?How is it that you don't?
678
00:34:46,954 --> 00:34:49,391
I don't know. I'm new at this.
Work with me here.
679
00:34:49,522 --> 00:34:50,610
Well, if anyone knows
what Redford's up to,
680
00:34:50,740 --> 00:34:53,091
it'll be Stevie Phillips.Who's he?
681
00:34:53,221 --> 00:34:54,570
She is his agent.
682
00:34:54,701 --> 00:34:56,703
You gotta know
these things, Al.
683
00:35:00,315 --> 00:35:01,925
Stevie Phillips please.
684
00:35:03,144 --> 00:35:04,667
This is Al Ruddy
calling from Paramount
685
00:35:04,798 --> 00:35:07,105
in regards to a project
for Robert Redford.
686
00:35:11,587 --> 00:35:12,632
Yes.
687
00:35:14,895 --> 00:35:16,157
Okay.
688
00:35:16,288 --> 00:35:17,811
Yes, I'll tell him.
Thank you.
689
00:35:20,205 --> 00:35:21,423
Stevie says to call back
when you have more than
690
00:35:21,554 --> 00:35:22,816
"Hogan's Heroes"
under your belt.
691
00:35:22,946 --> 00:35:25,123
Pass.So we go around her.
692
00:35:25,253 --> 00:35:26,602
That's not how things
are done, Al.
693
00:35:26,733 --> 00:35:28,256
I don't give a fuck
how things are done.
694
00:35:28,387 --> 00:35:29,866
Redford's not in town.
695
00:35:29,997 --> 00:35:32,608
He's shooting "Butch Cassidy"
outside San Pedro, Mexico.
696
00:35:32,739 --> 00:35:34,436
Find out
the most expensive hotel there.
697
00:35:34,567 --> 00:35:35,742
That'll be where
Redford's staying.
698
00:35:35,872 --> 00:35:37,700
And then book me a flight.
699
00:35:37,831 --> 00:35:39,137
You are certifiable.
700
00:36:04,336 --> 00:36:06,164
Hey, buddy.
I'm looking for Redford.
701
00:36:06,294 --> 00:36:08,470
And who are you?Producer of his next film.
702
00:36:08,601 --> 00:36:10,211
He said he wanted
to speak to me.
703
00:36:10,342 --> 00:36:12,344
Okay, just--
just wait right there.
704
00:36:14,737 --> 00:36:16,913
Action!
Butch and Sundance, go!
705
00:36:24,747 --> 00:36:25,922
And cavalry, go!
706
00:36:33,887 --> 00:36:35,758
All right.
Cut, cut, cut.
707
00:36:36,542 --> 00:36:38,326
All right.
Great, all right.
708
00:36:38,457 --> 00:36:40,285
Let's get set up
for the next shot.
709
00:36:40,415 --> 00:36:42,243
Let's go, people!
Let's go.
710
00:36:42,374 --> 00:36:44,071
We're burning daylight!
711
00:36:44,202 --> 00:36:45,507
So this is the guy?
712
00:36:48,815 --> 00:36:51,426
Producer of my next film, huh?That's right.
713
00:36:51,557 --> 00:36:53,733
Who the hell are you?Al Ruddy with Paramount.
714
00:36:53,863 --> 00:36:55,778
Huh, Paramount.
715
00:36:55,909 --> 00:36:57,563
Okay, so?
716
00:36:57,693 --> 00:36:58,738
So?
717
00:36:58,868 --> 00:37:00,740
It's a great
Charles Eastman script.
718
00:37:00,870 --> 00:37:02,655
Motorcycles and chicks.
You're gonna love it.
719
00:37:02,785 --> 00:37:04,091
Well, you didn't come
all the way down here
720
00:37:04,222 --> 00:37:06,049
to tell me that.
721
00:37:06,180 --> 00:37:08,704
Yeah, Bob, I did.
722
00:37:08,835 --> 00:37:12,012
Well, you could have called.
Paramount's suing me.
723
00:37:12,142 --> 00:37:14,014
That's why I didn't do
"Rosemary's Baby."
724
00:37:15,363 --> 00:37:17,235
Could've saved you the hassle.
725
00:37:18,584 --> 00:37:20,760
What if I could get you
out of that lawsuit?
726
00:37:29,421 --> 00:37:31,901
You have the authority
to do that?
727
00:37:33,338 --> 00:37:34,730
Yeah, I do...
728
00:37:36,515 --> 00:37:38,952
If you do the movie.
729
00:37:43,391 --> 00:37:45,524
Well, first things first,
730
00:37:45,654 --> 00:37:46,960
how about you and I
go get drunk later?
731
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:49,397
You tell me who you are
and why I should work with you.
732
00:37:51,399 --> 00:37:52,618
Great.
I'm buying.
733
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:55,055
No shit.
734
00:37:58,885 --> 00:38:00,103
Yeah.
735
00:38:00,234 --> 00:38:01,540
Ruddy.
736
00:38:05,413 --> 00:38:08,024
"Little Faus and Big Hals."
737
00:38:08,155 --> 00:38:10,505
"Fauss and Halsy."
738
00:38:14,509 --> 00:38:15,902
Ah.
739
00:38:16,816 --> 00:38:19,514
Evans is in this for himself,
not for Gulf and Western.
740
00:38:19,645 --> 00:38:21,299
I give you the reins,
741
00:38:21,429 --> 00:38:24,345
and the problems,
they just magically disappear?
742
00:38:24,476 --> 00:38:26,478
Ah, there's
my favorite Austrian.
743
00:38:26,608 --> 00:38:29,307
I missed this place.
Nice touch, Evans.
744
00:38:29,437 --> 00:38:31,396
Ask and you shall receive.
745
00:38:31,526 --> 00:38:33,659
Been a while since you've
visited the studio, Barry.
746
00:38:33,789 --> 00:38:35,095
Well, that's because
I've been in New York
747
00:38:35,225 --> 00:38:36,575
actually making money
for the company.
748
00:38:36,705 --> 00:38:38,316
Can you say the same?Play nice, children.
749
00:38:38,446 --> 00:38:39,621
Charlie,
you know Ann-Margret, right?
750
00:38:39,752 --> 00:38:41,971
Of course.
One of the greats.
751
00:38:42,102 --> 00:38:43,538
Good to see you, Charlie.
752
00:38:43,669 --> 00:38:45,497
A glass?From you? Sure.
753
00:38:45,627 --> 00:38:46,933
Thank you, honey.
754
00:38:47,063 --> 00:38:49,283
I would love to stay and chat,
but I'm wanted on set.
755
00:38:49,414 --> 00:38:51,416
I'll see you soon?You count on it.
756
00:38:51,546 --> 00:38:52,808
This way,
Miss Margret.
757
00:38:54,506 --> 00:38:56,856
Evans, you are
completely transparent.
758
00:38:56,986 --> 00:38:58,031
Well put.
759
00:38:58,161 --> 00:38:59,815
And I love it!
760
00:38:59,946 --> 00:39:01,948
Cheers.
Help yourself, Barry.
761
00:39:02,078 --> 00:39:04,080
Oh, and, uh, lighten up.
762
00:39:04,211 --> 00:39:05,560
Come on, Cheese.
763
00:39:08,781 --> 00:39:10,391
Ann-Margret
and two flutes of champagne
764
00:39:10,522 --> 00:39:13,176
is not gonna erase
ninth place, Evans.
765
00:39:13,307 --> 00:39:15,091
It's as if every
new Paramount picture
766
00:39:15,222 --> 00:39:16,571
comes with
its own death rattle.
767
00:39:16,702 --> 00:39:19,748
News flash,
you approved them too, Barry.
768
00:39:19,879 --> 00:39:23,186
Jack Warner
on line one for Mr. Bluhdorn.
769
00:39:23,317 --> 00:39:25,058
Jesus. Uh...
770
00:39:27,060 --> 00:39:28,191
Put him through.
771
00:39:28,322 --> 00:39:29,192
Ah, ah, ah.
772
00:39:29,323 --> 00:39:31,020
I don't pick up first.
773
00:39:32,195 --> 00:39:34,372
Jack Warner
doesn't wait on the line.
774
00:39:34,937 --> 00:39:36,156
Neither do I.
775
00:39:36,286 --> 00:39:37,723
You wait for Jack Warner.
776
00:39:37,853 --> 00:39:39,377
Everybody does.
He invented this business.
777
00:39:40,029 --> 00:39:42,902
Uh, Paramount,
holding for Mr. Warner.
778
00:39:43,032 --> 00:39:44,033
Hold please.
779
00:39:44,164 --> 00:39:46,209
Bluhdorn.
780
00:39:46,340 --> 00:39:47,863
Are you there?
781
00:39:47,994 --> 00:39:49,735
Bob Evans, Mr. Warner.
How you doing?
782
00:39:49,865 --> 00:39:51,780
I got Charlie here with me.
783
00:39:51,911 --> 00:39:55,393
Charlie,
you own "The Godfather."
784
00:39:55,523 --> 00:39:57,177
You doing anything with it?
785
00:39:57,307 --> 00:39:58,874
No.Yes.
786
00:40:00,354 --> 00:40:01,573
Well?
787
00:40:01,703 --> 00:40:03,923
We haven't decided.
788
00:40:04,053 --> 00:40:05,490
It's an uncut gem.
789
00:40:05,620 --> 00:40:07,361
Could be a crown jewel.
790
00:40:07,492 --> 00:40:08,710
I've been making
gangster movies
791
00:40:08,841 --> 00:40:10,495
since they were silent.
792
00:40:10,625 --> 00:40:13,236
We know how to make
this work, Charlie.
793
00:40:13,367 --> 00:40:15,108
I'll buy it today
for a million.
794
00:40:16,501 --> 00:40:17,763
Take it.
795
00:40:19,068 --> 00:40:20,330
We'll think about it.
796
00:40:20,461 --> 00:40:21,636
You do that.
797
00:40:21,767 --> 00:40:24,639
I won't wait forever.
798
00:40:24,770 --> 00:40:26,032
What does he know
that I don't?
799
00:40:26,162 --> 00:40:29,949
He knows that there's
movie gold in that book,
800
00:40:30,079 --> 00:40:31,385
which is why we took
a cheap, early option
801
00:40:31,516 --> 00:40:33,909
on the first 60 pages, $15,000,
802
00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:36,564
and that book has been at
number one for the past year.
803
00:40:36,695 --> 00:40:38,653
Barry, why didn't
I know about this?
804
00:40:38,784 --> 00:40:40,307
Yeah.
Why, Barry?
805
00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:42,309
Because our last
gangster movie
806
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:44,616
was a sugarless turd.
807
00:40:44,746 --> 00:40:46,748
Yeah, because Kirk Douglas
808
00:40:46,879 --> 00:40:49,011
is a goyish Jew
playing an Italian.
809
00:40:49,142 --> 00:40:50,926
We're not gonna make
that mistake again.
810
00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:54,321
Charlie, gangster movies
are dead.
811
00:40:54,452 --> 00:40:56,410
All right? It's a new world.
812
00:40:56,541 --> 00:40:58,368
"James Bond," "Funny Girl,"
813
00:40:58,499 --> 00:40:59,979
that's what people want to see.
814
00:41:00,109 --> 00:41:03,156
Jack Warner, he offers me
a million, we can get three.
815
00:41:03,286 --> 00:41:04,897
Help cover some losses.
816
00:41:05,854 --> 00:41:07,682
Unless I'm missing something.
817
00:41:07,813 --> 00:41:09,510
Evans, what do you see
in this book?
818
00:41:10,598 --> 00:41:12,513
I'll tell you what I see.
819
00:41:12,644 --> 00:41:15,864
I see...money.
820
00:41:15,995 --> 00:41:17,605
This picture can make
Paramount number one, Charlie.
821
00:41:17,736 --> 00:41:19,085
I feel it.
I feel it.
822
00:41:19,215 --> 00:41:20,303
My kishkehs are screaming.
823
00:41:20,434 --> 00:41:21,522
That book's all
anyone's talking about.
824
00:41:21,653 --> 00:41:23,219
Now, you get the right hands
at the wheel
825
00:41:23,350 --> 00:41:24,917
and this could become
a cultural phenomenon,
826
00:41:25,047 --> 00:41:26,527
the likes
we've never seen before,
827
00:41:26,658 --> 00:41:29,487
like "Rosemary's Baby"
828
00:41:29,617 --> 00:41:31,271
but bigger.
829
00:41:31,401 --> 00:41:32,620
A million dollar return
830
00:41:32,751 --> 00:41:35,536
on an investment
of fifteen grand?
831
00:41:35,667 --> 00:41:36,929
We're not gonna get
a better offer.
832
00:41:41,237 --> 00:41:42,935
It's only a million.
833
00:41:43,065 --> 00:41:44,893
Thank you, Charlie.
834
00:41:46,460 --> 00:41:47,548
The bookstore
in Little Italy,
835
00:41:47,679 --> 00:41:48,810
"The Godfather."
836
00:41:48,941 --> 00:41:50,246
58 weeks at number one.
837
00:41:50,377 --> 00:41:51,857
'Cause of the tourists.
838
00:41:51,987 --> 00:41:53,772
Well,
it makes us look stupid.
839
00:41:53,902 --> 00:41:55,295
Like--you know, like a joke.
840
00:41:55,425 --> 00:41:56,818
And that's bad for business.
841
00:41:56,949 --> 00:41:58,646
Sinatra isn't wrong
about this one.
842
00:42:10,136 --> 00:42:12,617
We're here tonight
to acknowledge
843
00:42:12,747 --> 00:42:14,444
Joseph Anthony Colombo,
844
00:42:14,575 --> 00:42:16,664
capo to the Profaci Family.
845
00:42:21,887 --> 00:42:25,673
In recognition for his loyalty
to the commission,
846
00:42:25,804 --> 00:42:29,285
Joe, you have earned a seat
at the table amongst us.
847
00:42:30,460 --> 00:42:33,115
To the Colombo Family.
848
00:42:33,246 --> 00:42:35,988
May you live a long life
with prosperity.
849
00:42:36,902 --> 00:42:37,598
Salute!
850
00:42:37,729 --> 00:42:39,165
Salute!
851
00:42:54,659 --> 00:42:56,574
Some opening weekend.
852
00:42:56,704 --> 00:42:58,576
It's the studio.
853
00:42:58,706 --> 00:42:59,968
They didn't spend enough
on advertising.
854
00:43:00,099 --> 00:43:01,013
That's all.
855
00:43:01,143 --> 00:43:03,232
It's the movie,
not the marketing.
856
00:43:03,363 --> 00:43:04,582
Trust me.
857
00:43:06,845 --> 00:43:08,760
All right.
What are you in the mood for?
858
00:43:08,890 --> 00:43:10,588
I'll take you
anywhere you want.
859
00:43:10,718 --> 00:43:12,807
Nah, honey, I can't.
I gotta get home.
860
00:43:12,938 --> 00:43:14,374
Got a stack of scripts
I need to go through
861
00:43:14,504 --> 00:43:15,462
if I'm gonna
find my next project.
862
00:43:15,593 --> 00:43:16,637
Right now?Yeah.
863
00:43:16,768 --> 00:43:18,073
I thought we were
going to dinner.
864
00:43:19,379 --> 00:43:20,859
You okay
if we get something to go?
865
00:43:21,990 --> 00:43:23,513
If you tell me
what's really going on
866
00:43:23,644 --> 00:43:25,603
in that head of yours.
867
00:43:28,780 --> 00:43:32,610
I'm just scared to lose this,
producing,
868
00:43:32,740 --> 00:43:36,657
and I've never really
felt that before.
869
00:43:40,182 --> 00:43:42,228
Dan Tana's to-go?
870
00:43:42,358 --> 00:43:46,536
Sure.
871
00:43:56,155 --> 00:43:58,026
His secretary say what Evans
wanted to see me about?
872
00:43:58,157 --> 00:43:59,680
No.
But he likes you, Al.
873
00:43:59,811 --> 00:44:01,639
He's probably just checking in
to find out what's next.
874
00:44:01,769 --> 00:44:03,423
My film tanked.
What if he fires me?
875
00:44:03,553 --> 00:44:04,380
Then I'm fired too.
876
00:44:04,511 --> 00:44:06,382
Shit! Hey!
877
00:44:06,513 --> 00:44:07,993
Do not get fired.
878
00:44:09,298 --> 00:44:10,735
Yeah?
879
00:44:11,561 --> 00:44:12,998
Where's the chocolate, man?
880
00:44:13,128 --> 00:44:14,521
I mean,
I don't see any chocolate.
881
00:44:14,652 --> 00:44:15,653
It's a chocolate factory,
right?
882
00:44:15,783 --> 00:44:17,437
You see where
I'm going with this.
883
00:44:17,567 --> 00:44:18,612
Absolutely,
it's devoid of chocolate.
884
00:44:18,743 --> 00:44:21,093
Ruddy, pack your bags.
You're outta here.
885
00:44:21,223 --> 00:44:22,398
Fuck.
886
00:44:22,529 --> 00:44:24,662
New York.
You got a meeting
887
00:44:24,792 --> 00:44:25,837
with Charlie Bluhdorn
first thing in the morning.
888
00:44:25,967 --> 00:44:27,012
What, you thought
you were fired?
889
00:44:27,142 --> 00:44:28,056
That's sweet.
890
00:44:29,231 --> 00:44:29,275
You're not out
of the woods, but, you know.
891
00:44:30,319 --> 00:44:31,712
Okay, yeah.
What--whatever you need.
892
00:44:31,843 --> 00:44:33,366
But, uh, why am I doing this?
893
00:44:34,106 --> 00:44:36,151
You've read
"The Godfather," right?
894
00:44:36,282 --> 00:44:38,240
"The Godfather"?
Sure, who hasn't?
895
00:44:38,371 --> 00:44:39,024
I mean, you've read it.
896
00:44:39,981 --> 00:44:40,634
It's--it's great.
I love it.
897
00:44:41,591 --> 00:44:41,940
Well, you are officially now
898
00:44:42,941 --> 00:44:43,681
Paramount's
low budget specialist.
899
00:44:43,811 --> 00:44:45,160
We've been all over town.
900
00:44:45,291 --> 00:44:46,684
No one wants to make this movie
for four million dollars,
901
00:44:46,814 --> 00:44:48,816
so I need you to produce it.
902
00:44:49,774 --> 00:44:51,123
Get going.
903
00:44:52,733 --> 00:44:54,256
Nice.
904
00:44:54,387 --> 00:44:56,128
And, Ruddy...
905
00:44:56,998 --> 00:44:59,131
Don't fuck it up.
906
00:44:59,261 --> 00:45:00,828
You get 'em?
907
00:45:00,959 --> 00:45:02,830
I can't believe you told him
you read it.
908
00:45:02,961 --> 00:45:04,397
What else was I gonna say?
909
00:45:04,527 --> 00:45:06,181
You better read fast
on the plane.
910
00:45:06,312 --> 00:45:08,183
Fuck, that's big.
911
00:45:18,106 --> 00:45:19,760
It's about an American family.
912
00:45:19,891 --> 00:45:21,893
Bluhdorn is Austrian.
Make it universal.
913
00:45:23,764 --> 00:45:25,461
"The Godfather"
is a Greek tragedy
914
00:45:25,592 --> 00:45:26,854
about an Italian family.
915
00:45:26,985 --> 00:45:28,334
You say the word "tragedy"
to Charlie, and he says,
916
00:45:29,901 --> 00:45:30,858
"The only tragedy of my life
is that I bought Paramount."
917
00:45:30,989 --> 00:45:33,818
Okay,
it's a story about immigrants.
918
00:45:33,948 --> 00:45:35,733
Everybody in America
comes from immigrants.
919
00:45:35,863 --> 00:45:37,735
It's a universal story.You're overthinking it.
920
00:45:37,865 --> 00:45:40,607
Bluhdorn is famous
for being direct.
921
00:45:40,738 --> 00:45:42,740
He speaks like a telegram.
922
00:45:42,870 --> 00:45:44,742
So just be a telegram.
923
00:45:46,439 --> 00:45:47,832
Thanks.
924
00:45:59,147 --> 00:46:00,801
Al Ruddy for Charlie Bluhdorn.
925
00:46:00,932 --> 00:46:02,368
This way.
926
00:46:07,286 --> 00:46:08,461
Al Ruddy.
927
00:46:21,996 --> 00:46:24,129
Americans.
928
00:46:26,914 --> 00:46:29,177
Crime leads to murder
under the...
929
00:46:39,448 --> 00:46:42,408
Holden, you're fired.
Look at the seventh one.
930
00:46:42,538 --> 00:46:44,149
Location, what is that?
931
00:46:46,020 --> 00:46:47,326
Shut up, I don't want
to know what you think!
932
00:46:47,456 --> 00:46:49,894
So you're the genius
that Evans wants
933
00:46:50,024 --> 00:46:52,548
to produce the film
that we should not be making?
934
00:46:52,679 --> 00:46:54,028
You, stay.
935
00:46:57,553 --> 00:46:58,641
Ah.
936
00:47:01,427 --> 00:47:03,908
So tell me, Al Ruddy,
937
00:47:04,038 --> 00:47:06,171
what are you gonna do
with this fucking book?
938
00:47:11,567 --> 00:47:13,134
What?
Is he deaf?
939
00:47:22,187 --> 00:47:24,580
I'm going to make
an ice-blue, terrifying film
940
00:47:24,711 --> 00:47:26,147
about people you love.
941
00:47:32,980 --> 00:47:34,895
That is brilliant!
942
00:47:36,941 --> 00:47:38,333
You, come.
943
00:47:42,076 --> 00:47:43,469
What just happened?
944
00:47:44,949 --> 00:47:46,298
Congratulations.
945
00:47:47,429 --> 00:47:48,909
You're the producer
of "The Godfather."
946
00:47:56,003 --> 00:47:58,310
Ice-blue, baby.
947
00:47:58,919 --> 00:48:00,703
Well, hello
to the ice-blue,
948
00:48:00,834 --> 00:48:02,705
terrifying man of the hour.
949
00:48:04,011 --> 00:48:05,186
Nobody understands
what that means,
950
00:48:05,317 --> 00:48:07,275
but he loved it. Well done.
951
00:48:07,406 --> 00:48:10,061
Now, I wanna talk to you
about writers.
952
00:48:11,105 --> 00:48:14,282
William Goldman, great.
Waldo Salt, excellent.
953
00:48:14,413 --> 00:48:15,893
Look, Bob,
they're great writers,
954
00:48:16,023 --> 00:48:17,807
but we need
a fresh perspective.
955
00:48:17,938 --> 00:48:19,897
We need someone
who understands Italians.
956
00:48:20,027 --> 00:48:20,985
I wanna talk to Puzo.
957
00:48:21,115 --> 00:48:22,682
Oh, sweet Jesus.
958
00:48:22,812 --> 00:48:24,205
Puzo's never written a film.
959
00:48:24,336 --> 00:48:25,598
It's an unwritten law
in Hollywood
960
00:48:25,728 --> 00:48:27,078
that you never hire the author.
961
00:48:27,208 --> 00:48:29,080
They'll turn in
a 500-page first draft
962
00:48:29,210 --> 00:48:30,429
a year fucking late.
963
00:48:30,559 --> 00:48:32,083
Yeah, but he's the guy
with the original idea.
964
00:48:32,213 --> 00:48:33,780
It's at least worth a meeting.
965
00:48:34,563 --> 00:48:36,043
Look, I'm gonna talk to him
while I'm here in New York,
966
00:48:36,174 --> 00:48:38,263
and if I think he's the guy,
will you back me?
967
00:48:38,393 --> 00:48:40,569
Fuck no,
but it's your call.
968
00:48:44,095 --> 00:48:45,400
Everything all right?
969
00:48:46,227 --> 00:48:47,489
When was the last time
you made love in a pool?
970
00:49:03,027 --> 00:49:07,031
Al, I was born
to write this screenplay.
971
00:49:07,988 --> 00:49:09,468
Well, the studio
doesn't believe
972
00:49:09,598 --> 00:49:12,036
that an author
can adapt his own novel.
973
00:49:12,166 --> 00:49:13,385
Then why are you here?
974
00:49:14,821 --> 00:49:15,996
Because I told him.
975
00:49:16,127 --> 00:49:17,606
I said,
"Who knows it better than you?"
976
00:49:18,694 --> 00:49:21,001
Now, look, the movie's in here,
but you gotta carve it away.
977
00:49:21,132 --> 00:49:22,220
Can you do that?
978
00:49:23,612 --> 00:49:24,962
Thank you.
979
00:49:27,399 --> 00:49:29,140
Mario,
he asked you a question.
980
00:49:32,621 --> 00:49:34,188
All right, look.
981
00:49:37,713 --> 00:49:39,106
Fresh start.
982
00:49:39,237 --> 00:49:41,717
But I have to be the one
to write this.
983
00:49:41,848 --> 00:49:43,328
This is my story.
984
00:49:43,458 --> 00:49:46,200
The Corleones are my family.
985
00:49:47,897 --> 00:49:49,943
Can you deliver
a quick draft?
986
00:49:50,074 --> 00:49:51,075
What's quick?
987
00:49:51,205 --> 00:49:52,598
Three months.
988
00:49:55,122 --> 00:49:56,819
You let me do this,
989
00:49:56,950 --> 00:49:59,083
I'll do it in three days.
990
00:49:59,997 --> 00:50:01,389
Who can argue with that?
991
00:50:01,520 --> 00:50:02,695
Three days.
I'm gonna hold you to that.
992
00:50:02,825 --> 00:50:04,218
Hold on, hold on.
993
00:50:04,349 --> 00:50:05,611
I will let you take my husband,
994
00:50:05,741 --> 00:50:09,006
but you must promise me,
Mario has diabetes.
995
00:50:09,136 --> 00:50:10,572
Oh, Erika, please.No. No.
996
00:50:10,703 --> 00:50:12,009
Stop, now, come on.- Listen.
997
00:50:12,139 --> 00:50:13,967
You must watch his diet.Stop, stop.
998
00:50:14,098 --> 00:50:15,229
He eats crap.
999
00:50:15,360 --> 00:50:17,014
He needs to lose weight.
1000
00:50:17,144 --> 00:50:19,277
Lock up the food.
No pizza.
1001
00:50:19,407 --> 00:50:21,061
No ice cream.
No ice cream.
1002
00:50:21,192 --> 00:50:22,541
No donuts.
1003
00:50:22,671 --> 00:50:24,978
You must swear
a blood oath to this.
1004
00:50:25,109 --> 00:50:27,807
Hon, he's a Jew.
1005
00:50:27,937 --> 00:50:29,026
Ooh.
1006
00:50:29,156 --> 00:50:31,985
He can't swear
a Catholic blood oath.
1007
00:50:32,116 --> 00:50:33,508
I volunteer to swear.
1008
00:50:34,683 --> 00:50:35,858
Thank you, see?
1009
00:50:35,989 --> 00:50:37,338
L'chaim.
1010
00:50:46,260 --> 00:50:48,784
So the studio got me
a whole house to write in?
1011
00:50:48,915 --> 00:50:50,830
No, I got you the house.
They're just paying for it.
1012
00:50:50,960 --> 00:50:52,832
Mr. Ruddy.
Nice to see you again.
1013
00:50:52,962 --> 00:50:54,051
Good evening, sir.
1014
00:50:54,181 --> 00:50:55,617
Your table will be ready
in a few minutes.
1015
00:50:55,748 --> 00:50:56,836
Thanks, Marco.
1016
00:50:58,011 --> 00:50:59,143
Yeah, it's not a bad night.
1017
00:50:59,273 --> 00:51:00,448
What'd I miss?
What'd I miss?
1018
00:51:00,579 --> 00:51:02,276
I got a drink.That's Frank Sinatra.
1019
00:51:02,407 --> 00:51:04,670
Fucking Frank Sinatra!
1020
00:51:04,800 --> 00:51:05,932
Amazing.
1021
00:51:06,063 --> 00:51:07,977
I'm in the same room
with Sinatra.
1022
00:51:08,108 --> 00:51:11,068
Look, Puzo, Chasen's is not
a celebrity petting zoo, okay?
1023
00:51:11,198 --> 00:51:12,417
Now, stay here.
I gotta pee.
1024
00:51:14,462 --> 00:51:16,073
MAITRE D':
Please, sir, this way.
1025
00:51:22,949 --> 00:51:24,429
Sir--sir?
1026
00:51:25,473 --> 00:51:28,041
Mr. Sinatra?Yeah?
1027
00:51:28,172 --> 00:51:31,088
You have given me
and--and my family
1028
00:51:31,218 --> 00:51:35,614
and my late sainted mother
so much pleasure.
1029
00:51:35,744 --> 00:51:37,485
That's very kind of you
to say so.
1030
00:51:37,616 --> 00:51:40,097
It's fans like you
that keep me going.
1031
00:51:40,227 --> 00:51:42,621
You know, from--from
one artist to another,
1032
00:51:42,751 --> 00:51:46,494
you teach the world
about true emotion.
1033
00:51:46,625 --> 00:51:49,193
You're Mario Puzo?You know me?
1034
00:51:49,323 --> 00:51:50,585
Yeah, I know who you are.
1035
00:51:50,716 --> 00:51:52,370
You're the ratfink
who wrote that fucking book
1036
00:51:52,500 --> 00:51:54,328
about the degenerate singer.
1037
00:51:55,764 --> 00:51:57,679
You know, I--I've been
an admirer of yours
1038
00:51:57,810 --> 00:51:58,854
since I was a kid.
1039
00:51:58,985 --> 00:52:00,682
Well, I can't choose my fans,
1040
00:52:00,813 --> 00:52:04,643
especially ones that make up
a story that insults Italians
1041
00:52:04,773 --> 00:52:08,255
and a singer, world-famous,
who's a disgusting pervert
1042
00:52:08,386 --> 00:52:09,952
and a faithless friend
of criminals.
1043
00:52:10,083 --> 00:52:12,041
Johnny Fontane
is a fictional character.
1044
00:52:12,172 --> 00:52:15,436
You find me one book review
in any language in the world
1045
00:52:15,567 --> 00:52:18,309
that does not refer
to the singer Johnny Fontaine
1046
00:52:18,439 --> 00:52:20,180
as having been based
on Frank Sinatra.
1047
00:52:20,311 --> 00:52:21,660
Now, get the fuck out
of my sight
1048
00:52:21,790 --> 00:52:24,184
before I have Jilly here
smack some respect into you.
1049
00:52:24,315 --> 00:52:25,925
I will not be threatened
by anyone, okay?
1050
00:52:26,055 --> 00:52:27,535
Including you, Mr. Sinatra.
1051
00:52:27,666 --> 00:52:31,583
Oh, you wanna cross me,
you fat fuck, huh?
1052
00:52:31,713 --> 00:52:34,238
Hey, hey!Huh?
1053
00:52:34,368 --> 00:52:36,327
Hey!
No, no, no, no, no.
1054
00:52:36,457 --> 00:52:38,981
No, not today.Hey, come on.
1055
00:52:39,112 --> 00:52:40,983
Get out of here,
you fat fuck.
1056
00:52:41,114 --> 00:52:44,030
Get the fuck out of here
before I smack you myself.
1057
00:52:44,161 --> 00:52:45,249
Get him the fuck out of here.
1058
00:52:45,379 --> 00:52:46,511
Sorry, Frank.Take it easy.
1059
00:52:46,641 --> 00:52:47,555
Choke on it.
1060
00:52:48,774 --> 00:52:50,123
Sorry about that.
1061
00:52:50,254 --> 00:52:52,560
Sorry, folks.
Go back to eating.
1062
00:52:53,039 --> 00:52:55,998
Evans is fucking pissed,
1063
00:52:56,129 --> 00:52:57,130
and he's got every right to be.
1064
00:52:58,305 --> 00:52:59,263
Sinatra and Puzo
are gonna hit the trades.
1065
00:53:01,352 --> 00:53:03,223
My greatest achievement
so far as a producer
1066
00:53:03,354 --> 00:53:04,964
is that Frank Sinatra
is mad at me.
1067
00:53:06,270 --> 00:53:10,535
Well, that's more than
most people can say, no?
1068
00:53:14,843 --> 00:53:16,236
I fucked it up, baby.
1069
00:53:16,367 --> 00:53:18,325
Mais non.
1070
00:53:18,456 --> 00:53:20,284
It was just starting
to go well too.
1071
00:53:23,939 --> 00:53:25,724
You know what we're gonna do?
1072
00:53:26,507 --> 00:53:28,683
We're gonna find
our own "Great Escape."
1073
00:53:30,294 --> 00:53:33,819
So we're gonna start
with breakfast
1074
00:53:33,949 --> 00:53:35,821
at Les Deux Magots.
1075
00:53:35,951 --> 00:53:41,305
Then we're gonna do
steak frites at Brasserie Lipp.
1076
00:53:41,435 --> 00:53:42,697
You like steak frites.
1077
00:53:45,091 --> 00:53:48,312
And then we're gonna spend
the afternoon making love.
1078
00:53:48,442 --> 00:53:49,748
That's what were gonna do.
1079
00:53:50,923 --> 00:53:51,924
Paris, huh?
1080
00:53:52,794 --> 00:53:54,405
For one week.
1081
00:53:55,928 --> 00:53:57,886
Babe, all of your problems,
I can assure you,
1082
00:53:58,017 --> 00:54:01,586
they're still gonna be here
when you get back,
1083
00:54:01,716 --> 00:54:03,414
but your head will be clear.
1084
00:54:08,593 --> 00:54:10,508
I can't, baby.
I gotta stay.
1085
00:54:13,685 --> 00:54:14,816
Okay.
1086
00:54:35,837 --> 00:54:36,969
Fuck.
1087
00:54:40,581 --> 00:54:43,280
Mario, what's going on, man?
1088
00:54:43,410 --> 00:54:46,283
I, uh--
1089
00:54:46,413 --> 00:54:47,501
I can't do this.
1090
00:54:48,415 --> 00:54:50,156
I'm a novelist.
1091
00:54:50,287 --> 00:54:51,505
It takes me six years to write.
1092
00:54:52,767 --> 00:54:54,813
What happened
to Mr. Three Days?
1093
00:54:54,943 --> 00:54:59,208
Every time I sit down
to that typewriter,
1094
00:54:59,339 --> 00:55:03,430
there's a blank page
laughing at me.
1095
00:55:03,561 --> 00:55:05,302
I don't know why
I did this to myself.
1096
00:55:05,432 --> 00:55:07,869
I mean, I'm a--
1097
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:10,307
I'm a--I'm a failure...No, you're not.
1098
00:55:10,437 --> 00:55:14,006
At something that
I already made a success.
1099
00:55:15,834 --> 00:55:17,575
I don't even know
where to begin.
1100
00:55:19,707 --> 00:55:22,493
The book starts
with a wedding.
1101
00:55:22,623 --> 00:55:24,408
The movie probably should too.
1102
00:55:24,538 --> 00:55:26,758
Trust yourself
and write that scene.
1103
00:55:30,196 --> 00:55:33,025
Movie scenes are abbreviations.
1104
00:55:33,155 --> 00:55:34,940
They're snapshots.
1105
00:55:35,723 --> 00:55:37,595
While the wedding
is going on in the garden,
1106
00:55:37,725 --> 00:55:40,424
the bride's father is in
the office handing out favors.
1107
00:55:42,600 --> 00:55:44,341
You wanna write it?
1108
00:55:49,302 --> 00:55:51,957
It's been weeks, and Puzo
hasn't written a single word.
1109
00:55:52,087 --> 00:55:54,220
Evans warned you
about hiring the novelist.
1110
00:55:54,351 --> 00:55:56,527
Peter, we couldn't
find anybody else.
1111
00:55:56,657 --> 00:55:59,486
The agencies won't touch us.
Not for a writer, a director.
1112
00:55:59,617 --> 00:56:01,793
Ah, the town
wants this project to die
1113
00:56:01,923 --> 00:56:03,925
to humiliate Evans for taking
a chance on the Rand guy
1114
00:56:04,056 --> 00:56:05,710
who sold his first pitch
in the room.
1115
00:56:05,840 --> 00:56:07,842
"Rand guy."It's not just you, Ruddy.
1116
00:56:07,973 --> 00:56:09,714
Talent is scared of doing
a gangster movie
1117
00:56:09,844 --> 00:56:11,368
after the last three bombed.
1118
00:56:11,498 --> 00:56:12,630
So how do we fix it?
1119
00:56:17,852 --> 00:56:20,681
Francis Ford Coppola.
He's brilliant.
1120
00:56:20,812 --> 00:56:22,683
He wrote the script
for "Patton"
1121
00:56:22,814 --> 00:56:24,555
and probably gonna be nominated
for an Oscar.
1122
00:56:24,685 --> 00:56:27,514
Now, he might do this,
but he'll want to direct.
1123
00:56:27,645 --> 00:56:30,430
Evans will need
to be talked into it.
1124
00:56:30,561 --> 00:56:32,389
It's worth taking a shot.It's a great idea.
1125
00:56:33,215 --> 00:56:35,043
Coppola owes Warners money,
1126
00:56:35,174 --> 00:56:37,524
and he has a very expensive
setup in San Francisco.
1127
00:56:37,655 --> 00:56:39,178
How do you know that?
1128
00:56:39,308 --> 00:56:41,180
A girl never
reveals her secrets.
1129
00:56:43,138 --> 00:56:44,531
You should give him a call.
1130
00:56:45,750 --> 00:56:48,143
No.
Send Coppola the book.
1131
00:56:48,274 --> 00:56:49,754
Tell him I'm on the way.Done.
1132
00:56:51,538 --> 00:56:53,758
Did you tell him
to come to me?
1133
00:56:56,761 --> 00:56:59,285
It was a good idea.Yeah, I got a lot of those.
1134
00:57:02,331 --> 00:57:03,289
How embarrassing for you.
1135
00:57:03,420 --> 00:57:05,596
I--I left you
a message not to come.
1136
00:57:05,726 --> 00:57:08,468
Uh, I'm passing
on "The Godfather."
1137
00:57:09,251 --> 00:57:10,731
I got the message,
1138
00:57:10,862 --> 00:57:12,472
but I respect you
and what you stand for,
1139
00:57:12,603 --> 00:57:14,474
so I came to hear
the reason why.
1140
00:57:14,605 --> 00:57:16,781
Ah, okay, uh, as an Italian,
1141
00:57:16,911 --> 00:57:19,566
I don't want to
glorify mafia violence.
1142
00:57:20,611 --> 00:57:22,177
I agree with you.
You're right.
1143
00:57:22,308 --> 00:57:25,267
I mean, how do you glorify men
who cut the head off a horse
1144
00:57:25,398 --> 00:57:26,704
and put it in a producer's bed?
1145
00:57:26,834 --> 00:57:28,836
Yes, that producer...
1146
00:57:28,967 --> 00:57:29,968
Deserved it.
1147
00:57:30,098 --> 00:57:32,492
Yes, he did.
It was a hell of a scene.
1148
00:57:33,798 --> 00:57:36,017
And Sonny gunned down
at a toll booth.
1149
00:57:36,888 --> 00:57:39,456
Or Michael seeing
his wife's car bombed in Sicily
1150
00:57:39,586 --> 00:57:41,849
after the wedding,
I mean, priceless.
1151
00:57:44,765 --> 00:57:46,985
Francis, let me be candid.
1152
00:57:47,115 --> 00:57:48,987
You're in director jail.
1153
00:57:49,117 --> 00:57:50,858
And the only movie I produced,
like your last movie,
1154
00:57:50,989 --> 00:57:53,165
didn't exactly
set the world on fire.
1155
00:57:54,340 --> 00:57:56,734
And in spite of that,
here I am,
1156
00:57:56,864 --> 00:57:58,649
producer of the hottest novel
in the world,
1157
00:57:58,779 --> 00:58:01,042
and I'm begging you
to take it on.
1158
00:58:01,782 --> 00:58:03,305
You're a true artist.
1159
00:58:03,436 --> 00:58:05,177
We need that.
1160
00:58:09,442 --> 00:58:11,270
You help Mario Puzo
finish this script,
1161
00:58:11,400 --> 00:58:12,880
we'll get you back
on the floor.
1162
00:58:14,229 --> 00:58:15,709
Are you telling me
that Bob Evans
1163
00:58:15,840 --> 00:58:17,755
is gonna let me
direct this film?
1164
00:58:19,931 --> 00:58:22,324
It's not up to Bob.
It's up to you.
1165
00:58:23,238 --> 00:58:26,503
Francis Ford Coppola will
help Puzo finish the script.
1166
00:58:26,633 --> 00:58:28,766
Well, he's a great writer, man.
Smart move.
1167
00:58:28,896 --> 00:58:31,595
He didn't, um, hustle you
to let him direct?
1168
00:58:31,725 --> 00:58:33,597
No, I hustled him.
1169
00:58:33,727 --> 00:58:35,512
Look, we need
an Italian to do this.
1170
00:58:35,642 --> 00:58:36,774
He's got a great vision,
1171
00:58:36,904 --> 00:58:39,167
but, uh, he could
tell you about it himself.
1172
00:58:39,298 --> 00:58:40,604
Francis.
1173
00:58:43,171 --> 00:58:44,608
Hello, Bob.
1174
00:58:45,522 --> 00:58:47,045
Hey, Francis.
1175
00:58:47,175 --> 00:58:48,829
How you been?
1176
00:58:48,960 --> 00:58:50,483
He wanted to tell you
a little bit about
1177
00:58:50,614 --> 00:58:51,832
what he's got in mind
for "The Godfather."
1178
00:58:51,963 --> 00:58:54,356
Oh, I'm listening.
I'm all ears.
1179
00:58:54,487 --> 00:58:55,967
Okay.
1180
00:58:57,403 --> 00:58:58,926
So why is it
that "The Godfather"
1181
00:58:59,057 --> 00:59:01,059
is selling more copies
than the Bible?
1182
00:59:02,364 --> 00:59:03,844
You think it's about
the drug trade
1183
00:59:03,975 --> 00:59:07,456
in 1946 New York City?
Not at all.
1184
00:59:07,587 --> 00:59:11,112
It's a metaphor
for American capitalism.
1185
00:59:12,026 --> 00:59:13,637
The American dream.
1186
00:59:13,767 --> 00:59:16,117
The mythic battle
for control, okay?
1187
00:59:16,248 --> 00:59:18,032
What is our opening line?
1188
00:59:18,163 --> 00:59:20,165
"I believe in America."
1189
00:59:21,383 --> 00:59:22,907
How perfect is that?
1190
00:59:23,037 --> 00:59:26,606
And what is America
to this undertaker?
1191
00:59:26,737 --> 00:59:29,566
It's a land of opportunity,
1192
00:59:29,696 --> 00:59:32,612
and it's a justice system
that has failed him.
1193
00:59:33,787 --> 00:59:36,137
It's Shakespeare.
It's Greek.
1194
00:59:37,443 --> 00:59:39,750
Biblical. Epic.
1195
00:59:39,880 --> 00:59:41,447
Evil versus evil.
1196
00:59:41,578 --> 00:59:42,970
Fun.
1197
00:59:43,101 --> 00:59:47,105
"The Godfather"
is a story about men,
1198
00:59:47,235 --> 00:59:49,716
and they come together,
and they form a bond,
1199
00:59:49,847 --> 00:59:54,112
and they find justice
through loyalty,
1200
00:59:54,242 --> 00:59:56,505
not the fucking law.
1201
00:59:56,636 --> 00:59:59,247
But at its core,
1202
00:59:59,378 --> 01:00:01,772
this is a story about family.
1203
01:00:01,902 --> 01:00:02,990
That's the secret sauce.
1204
01:00:03,121 --> 01:00:05,776
That is what has captured
the hearts
1205
01:00:05,906 --> 01:00:07,865
and minds of the whole world.
1206
01:00:07,995 --> 01:00:11,651
You read it and you say,
"That's my family."
1207
01:00:11,782 --> 01:00:14,001
That's your family.
1208
01:00:14,132 --> 01:00:17,657
For Paramount,
it's the Corleone family.
1209
01:00:17,788 --> 01:00:19,833
I know how to make this film.
1210
01:00:19,964 --> 01:00:21,792
You need an Italian
to tell this tale.
1211
01:00:21,922 --> 01:00:23,141
Four million all-in
1212
01:00:23,271 --> 01:00:25,622
not including prints and ads,
I can do that.
1213
01:00:25,752 --> 01:00:27,667
And, uh, he told me
to say that last part.
1214
01:00:29,060 --> 01:00:31,758
So that's it.
1215
01:00:31,889 --> 01:00:33,194
That's my pitch.
1216
01:00:33,891 --> 01:00:35,719
That's great, Francis.
1217
01:00:35,849 --> 01:00:37,938
That is great stuff.
1218
01:00:38,896 --> 01:00:40,898
Cheers.Cheers.
1219
01:00:41,028 --> 01:00:42,856
I'm going to leave
you gentlemen to it.
1220
01:00:42,987 --> 01:00:45,859
I'm sure that
we will be talking soon.
1221
01:00:45,990 --> 01:00:48,427
Thanks, buddy.
Good stuff.
1222
01:00:48,557 --> 01:00:51,560
Nice fucking ambush.
1223
01:00:51,691 --> 01:00:53,867
Jesus, taking a leaf out
of my playbook.
1224
01:00:53,998 --> 01:00:56,348
You don't like the rules much,
do you, Ruddy?
1225
01:00:56,478 --> 01:00:57,305
I don't know the rules.
1226
01:00:59,960 --> 01:01:02,920
Well, I guess it looks like
you got yourself a director.
1227
01:01:03,050 --> 01:01:04,661
Nice work, kiddo.
1228
01:01:04,791 --> 01:01:06,924
Nice work.
1229
01:01:08,795 --> 01:01:11,276
Tell me, how are
Nate's figures wrong again?
1230
01:01:11,406 --> 01:01:13,626
That's two weeks in a row.
Send someone to see...
1231
01:01:13,757 --> 01:01:14,758
All right, listen up.
1232
01:01:17,891 --> 01:01:21,460
The fucking book
is still number one,
1233
01:01:21,590 --> 01:01:23,549
and now they're making
a movie of it.
1234
01:01:23,680 --> 01:01:25,290
Well, I ain't gonna
see it, boss.
1235
01:01:25,420 --> 01:01:27,379
The Jews got the JDL.
1236
01:01:27,509 --> 01:01:29,642
The Blacks got the NAACP.
1237
01:01:29,773 --> 01:01:31,339
But who defends us,
the Italians?
1238
01:01:31,470 --> 01:01:32,558
Nobody.Nobody.
1239
01:01:32,689 --> 01:01:33,820
Well, I'm starting.
1240
01:01:34,734 --> 01:01:36,867
Beginning now,
1241
01:01:36,997 --> 01:01:39,347
the Italian-American
Civil Rights League.
1242
01:01:40,871 --> 01:01:44,048
No gagootz is gonna
push us around anymore.
1243
01:01:45,658 --> 01:01:47,442
What the fuck
are those flowers?
1244
01:01:47,573 --> 01:01:49,314
It's from Sinatra.
1245
01:01:50,271 --> 01:01:53,448
It's says, "Hopefully, we can
make this thing go away."
1246
01:01:53,579 --> 01:01:54,711
It's a funeral wreath.
1247
01:01:54,841 --> 01:01:56,234
The florist fucked up.
1248
01:01:57,365 --> 01:01:59,150
No, he didn't fuck up.
1249
01:02:01,021 --> 01:02:03,415
Sinatra wants us
to shut the picture down.
1250
01:02:07,724 --> 01:02:10,074
Get me Mickey Cohen
in Los Angeles.
1251
01:02:11,815 --> 01:02:13,294
It's time to send a message.
1252
01:02:15,209 --> 01:02:17,864
It smells delicious, guys.Yeah.
1253
01:02:17,995 --> 01:02:19,344
It's a beautiful
piece of meat, huh?
1254
01:02:19,474 --> 01:02:20,562
Mmm.
1255
01:02:21,868 --> 01:02:23,870
Where you going
with that knife?
1256
01:02:24,001 --> 01:02:27,526
I'm going to cut the fat
so that I can brown it.
1257
01:02:27,656 --> 01:02:28,745
Brown it?
1258
01:02:28,875 --> 01:02:30,790
My mother
never browned anything.
1259
01:02:30,921 --> 01:02:32,574
She fried it.
1260
01:02:32,705 --> 01:02:33,532
What's the difference?
1261
01:02:36,404 --> 01:02:38,929
We have
to put this in the picture.
1262
01:02:39,059 --> 01:02:41,758
What? A scene about
gangsters arguing over sauce?
1263
01:02:41,888 --> 01:02:46,284
No, a scene about family
arguing over sauce.
1264
01:02:46,414 --> 01:02:49,113
Huh?Huh?
1265
01:02:50,810 --> 01:02:52,725
Let's open another
bottle of wine.
1266
01:02:52,856 --> 01:02:54,161
I'll get it.
1267
01:02:54,292 --> 01:02:56,337
You boys just keep on talking.
1268
01:03:02,343 --> 01:03:03,823
I had a really lovely time.
1269
01:03:03,954 --> 01:03:05,216
Yeah, that was a lot of fun.Yeah.
1270
01:03:05,346 --> 01:03:06,173
My God.
1271
01:03:07,174 --> 01:03:07,609
They can eat
a lot of food though.
1272
01:03:09,307 --> 01:03:12,179
I think Puzo's been around
a kitchen once or twice.
1273
01:03:12,310 --> 01:03:13,920
Yeah.
1274
01:03:14,051 --> 01:03:17,271
I know, they're like
this old married couple.
1275
01:03:17,402 --> 01:03:18,620
An old married couple
that needs to start
1276
01:03:18,751 --> 01:03:19,578
turning in pages.
1277
01:04:39,963 --> 01:04:41,181
You've read The Godfather right?
1278
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I knew only one thing about
the making of The Godfather,
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which was that Mario Puzo got
into a fight
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with Frank Sinatra in Chasen's.
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You know me?Yeah, I know who you are.
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Hey, hey, hey.So I had five minutes,
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and I only had to fill in 9
hours and 55 minutes more,
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and we'd have a show.
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The Godfather.Sure. Who hasn't?
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I mean, you've read it.
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It's, it's great. I love it.
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The Godfather has always sort of
just been
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the North Star for me.
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We approach the movie
with reverence,
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because it is definitely
one of the greatest movies
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of all time.
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When we first were in the
writers' room, we said,
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"Okay, character arcs.
What is this really about?
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What story are we telling?
How do you tell 10 episodes
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about the making
of The Godfather?"
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So our take on it
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was always to respect
the masterpiece that this is,
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because the story's really
about what's behind the scenes.
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It's really about how difficult
it was
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to get this movie made.
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From early on,
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we talked about the fact
that The Offer explored
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like three disparate worlds.
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Basically there are three
families in the movie.
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Coppola and the family
of the filmmakers.
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Robert Evans and the family
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of Gulf and Western,
the executives.
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And Joe Colombo
and the family of the mafia.
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Salute!
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And bouncing between those
three families is Al Ruddy.
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The story of Al Ruddy
trying to get this movie made,
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and what he and Coppola,
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and everybody went through
to get it made
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is just astounding.
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One of the joys
of the script is,
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is that there's so much tension.
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We know it was made,
and yet when you're doing it,
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you're like, it seems like it
could fall down at any minute.
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We've been all over town,
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no one wants to make this
movie for $4 million.
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So I need you to produce it.
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Not only was he a producer
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that was having to
battle the studio system,
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but he was also battling
the real life mafia.
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For every character
in the story,
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getting this movie made
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or stopping this movie
from being made,
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was a matter of life and death,
literally.
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What I really enjoy about
this character, and with Al,
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is that he's such a man
of action.
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These were some
really serious situations
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that Al was in. Very dangerous.
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You don't like the rules much,
do you Ruddy?
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I don't know the rules.
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You borderline have to be
kind of insane to do the stuff
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that he did
to get this movie made,
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because he really did feel
with every fiber of his being
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that this script was worth it,
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that these actors were worth it,
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that it was all worth it.
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Nice work kiddo, nice work.
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We like to pay homage to
the movie whenever we can,
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and we do it in certain
episodes.
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Hello, Bob.
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There's a specific scene where
that really came home for me.
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Hey, hey, Francis. How you been?
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He is pitching to Ruddy
and Evans in the bar,
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and he says...
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The Godfather
is a story about men.
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Men, brothers, businessmen,
who come together...
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...And they form a bond
and they find justice
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through loyalty.
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And I thought, "Oh, shit! That's
exactly what we're doing."
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It's a metaphor.
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You have
these three brothers
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coming from different places
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coming together to try to get
this made,
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arguing like a family,
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like the three brothers
might be arguing
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in the Corleone family.
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To us, it was important to
follow each of their arcs
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and have each of them
have conflict.
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You read it and you
say, "That's my family."
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They fight.
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They yell at each other.
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They don't like each other
sometimes,
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but at the end, they
come back for each other.
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That is great stuff.
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