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Quiet on the set.
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Scene one, take ten.
Marker.
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And action!
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Joel Levison's office.
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l'm sorry, he's not in yet.
May l take a message?
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- Mr. Levy, l'll tell him you called.
- Never say that.
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He's either in conference, in a meeting.
He's always in.
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- Who was that?
- Larry Levy.
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Was there anything in the trades
this morning?
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- l don't know. The mail's late.
- Go get them. Now!
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l want them back here
before he arrives.
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Griffin, hi. Adam Simon.
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We weren't supposed to meet
until next week, but--
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- l didn't know we were.
- l wanted to plant a seed in your head.
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- l'm booked up.
- Picture this.
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lt's a planet in the far future
with two suns.
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- Who plays the sons?
- No, suns. Large solar disks.
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Run this idea by Bonnie Sherow.
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The pictures they make these days
are all MTV. Cut, cut, cut.
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The opening shot of Touch of Evil
was six and a half minutes long.
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- Six and a half minutes?
- Three or four, anyway.
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He set up the whole picture
with that one tracking shot.
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My father was key grip on that shoot.
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What about Absolute Beginners?
That was an extraordinary shot.
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- Never heard of it.
- lt's an English film.
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- A Peligrino, please.
- l've got Calistoga.
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- Buck, how are you?
- Good. How you doin'?
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- Good. What have you got for me?
- Okay, here it is.
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- The Graduate, Part ll.
- Oh, good.
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Listen, the three principals
are still with us.
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Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft,
Katharine Ross, 25 years later.
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And so are the characters,
Ben, Elaine and Mrs. Robinson.
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Ben and Elaine are married, still.
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They live in a big, spooky house
up in northern California somewhere.
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And Mrs. Robinson
lives with them...
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her aging mother
who's had a stroke...
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so she can't talk.
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- Will it be funny?
- lt'll be funny. Dark, weird and funny.
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And with a stroke.
Maybe it's not a stroke.
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l don't know what it is.
lt's a malady of some sort.
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She's up in the bedroom listening
to everything that happens.
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They've got a daughter
who's just graduated from college.
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Twenty-two, twenty-three-year-old,
like a Julia Roberts.
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Excuse me.
What should l do with these scripts?
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They go to Bonnie. And find out from
security how Adam Simon got on the lot.
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- l want to know.
- Adam Simon? Okay.
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Julia Roberts comes home,
their daughter, the graduate.
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The new graduate.
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Griffin loved it.
He wanted me to run it by you.
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- lt's a band of human survivors.
- Write this down for me.
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l can't process this.
Write it down for me.
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lt's not about words.
You have to visualize.
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Jimmy, are you okay?
What happened?
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- Are you all right?
- My name's Jimmy Chase.
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He came out of nowhere, ran right
in front of the cart. l never saw him.
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- That's Adam Simon.
- How you doin', kid?
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Rebecca DeMornay.
Actually, you're better looking.
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- No, l'm not Rebecca DeMornay.
- You're a dead ringer.
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Thank you very much.
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Do you know where
Joel Levison's office is?
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The head of the studio?
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lt's moving.
lt'll rip your heart out.
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This is the area where we make decisions
to give a green light to a picture.
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We're going to go 17 stories high.
We'll continue to use all Sony products.
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Domo arigato to the Sony products.
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lf you need someone to eat sashimi
with you, give me a ring.
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The traffic from Malibu
was impossible.
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- Good morning, Joel.
- Sandy, park the car, please.
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Good morning Marty, Annie.
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- What are the Japs doing here?
- What's this talk about heads rolling?
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The bank's putting screws to us.
Goldman's son is coming out from Boston.
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l don't like it.
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Reggie Goldman's a pipsqueak.
You can't be serious.
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Some changes are going on here.
That's always the way.
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lt happened at Paramount
three years ago.
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Columbia's going through it now.
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l hear we're looking
to replace Griffin.
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Griffin? l don't believe it.
With whom?
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Burke or Patrick.
Maybe Larry Levy.
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l want to know why
the security is lax.
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l'll talk to you later.
l'm in the middle of a pitch.
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Listen, go ahead.
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- lt's a TV star who goes on a safari.
- A TV star in a motion picture?
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- A TV star played by a movie star.
- A movie star playing a TV star.
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- Michelle, Bette, Lily.
- Dolly Parton would be good.
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- l like Goldie.
- Great, because we have a relationship.
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Goldie goes to Africa.
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- She's found by this tribe.
- Of small people.
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She's found and they worship her.
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lt's like The Gods Must Be Crazy
except the coke bottle is an actress.
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Right. lt's Out of Africa
meets Pretty Woman.
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She has to decide whether to stay
with the TV show...
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or save the tribe.
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- Where's Griffin Mill's office?
- Right here.
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- You're Martin Scorsese!
- No, but l know Harvey Keitel.
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l know you do.
l loved Cape Fear.
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My old man worked for Hitchcock.
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Rope. lt was a masterpiece.
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The story wasn't any good.
He shot the whole thing without cuts.
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l hate all this 'Cut, cut, cut!'
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What about Bertolucci, the great shot
with Winger in Sheltering Sky?
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l didn't see it.
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- l've been here since 8:00.
- l took a chance getting you this job.
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- Who were you with?
- l was with Alan Rudolph.
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- What were you doing with him?
- He asked me to have coffee.
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You're my assistant.
You don't get involved with writers.
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l wasn't getting involved. l was
listening to this amazing idea he had.
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That's interesting.
What's your pitch?
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- Does political scare you?
- Political doesn't scare me.
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Radical political scares me.
Political political scares me.
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This is politely politically radical,
but it's funny.
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- lt's a funny political thing.
- And it's a thriller, too, all at once.
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-What's the story?
-l want Bruce Willis. l can talk to him.
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lt's a story about a bad-guy senator.
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He's traveling around the country
on the country's dime, like Sununu did.
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lt's a cynical, political
thriller comedy.
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But it's got heart in the right spot.
Anyway, he has an accident.
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And he becomes clairvoyant,
like a psychic.
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So it's a psychic, political,
thriller comedy with a heart.
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With a heart, not unlike Ghost
meets Manchurian Candidate.
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- Go on, l'm listening.
- He starts reading people's minds.
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And when he gets to the President's mind
it's completely blank.
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- Can l get you anything?
- l'd like a beer, please.
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- We don't have beer.
- Red wine, please.
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Someone gets killed at the end.
They always do in political thrillers.
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- Griffin Mill's office.
- Can you put him on?
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- May l ask who's calling?
- l'd like to speak to Griffin Mill.
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He's in a meeting right now. l can take
your name and have him get back to you.
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- Excuse me?
- He'll get back to me?
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- Do you know how often l've heard this?
- Who is this?
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- lf he doesn't get back to me--
- Who was that?
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- l don't know. He didn't say.
- What do you mean?
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l don't know how you'll cast it. The
lead is a 50-year-old circus performer.
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Let me read the coverage.
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Are we still having lunch
with Aaron Camp?
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- What time?
- l made it for 1:00.
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- Bad day?
- He's having writer's block.
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You have a meeting with Hutter and
Frank South this afternoon at 3:00.
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l'll be here. Put this morning's
meetings on the computer. Thanks.
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- Are you going now?
- l'm going to see Levison.
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Order me a Caesar salad
and a Crystal Geyser.
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About 5:00? Thanks, Sandy.
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Hi, Sandy.
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You can't go in there!
He's in a meeting.
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lt's all right, Celia.
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l don't think you've met Reg Goldman.
You know his father Harvey.
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Yes, of course. Hi, Reg.
From the bank in Boston.
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- Reg is out here for a few weeks.
- Great. Business or pleasure?
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A little of both, l hope.
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Reg is thinking of producing.
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Really?
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Yeah. Beats work,
doesn't it, Griffin?
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l'd like to play some tennis.
Do you play tennis?
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Tennis? No.
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- l'm too busy.
- l was asking Walter.
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Do you know Meg Ryan?
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ls she seeing somebody?
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Yeah, Reg. She's married.
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Shit.
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What about Winona Ryder?
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You know, actually,
Walter is the guy to talk to.
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Walter's got everybody's number.
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- Was there anything?
- No. You're real busy.
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l want that number, goddamn it.
l want that number.
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Oh, boy. What about this one?
Has she done anything?
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Celia.
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Griffin, don't ask.
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Don't ask, you don't know?
Or don't ask, l don't want to know?
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Just don't ask.
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lf it's Reggie Goldman
you're concerned about, forget it.
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But be nice to him. He represents
a lot of money to this company.
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lt's not Reggie Goldman
l'm worried about.
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- lt's Larry Levy.
- Larry Levy?
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Larry Levy's at Fox, isn't he?
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Come on, Celia.
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There's a call for Celia
on line one.
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- Should l be looking for a job?
- Celia, are you there?
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Joel Levison's office.
Oh, Brad. Yeah.
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What?
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No, we couldn't sign Angelica Huston
for that. She's booked for two years.
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Like a ghost story,
but it's not like Ghost.
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lt's a supernatural thing.
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Joel, Griffin Mill.
A friend of Jennifer's.
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No. You're Griffin Mill?
Really?
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Good to see you.
l'm a big fan of yours.
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- l have that tie.
- You do?
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Did you order for me?
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Hi. Lunching with the enemy.
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Oh, come on.
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So what's this we hear
about Larry Levy?
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Larry Levy? lf he had half a brain,
he'd be dangerous.
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Aaron says he's coming
to the studio.
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Aaron says? Why would you believe
anything he says?
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He said it with authority.
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He's over there with Angelica Huston
and John Cusack.
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He's in over his head.
He's gonna drown over there.
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He's the golden boy at Fox these days.
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Did you see that thing on him
in Variety last week?
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Two pages.
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Angelica, Griffin Mill.
Good to see you. You're looking great.
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Johnny, Griffin Mill.
A big fan of yours.
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- You gonna be in Telluride this year?
- Probably in Park City.
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Great. We'll see you there.
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- What's happening with Glass Box?
- Let's not talk about Hollywood.
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We're educated people.
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l'll call you later.
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- Talk to somebody about this.
- What?
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- You've gotten 5 postcards in 2 weeks.
- Seven, actually.
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Why don't you talk to Studio Security?
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l should call Walter Stuckel
and say what?
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'Someone's sending me poison letters
and l would like for you to make me...
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the object of more ridicule now that
things are really shaky for me here.(
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l don't think so.
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l think they're coming from a writer.
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- Which one?
- Take your pick.
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- ls there anything else?
- Yes, your attorney phoned.
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He wants you to attend a party
at his house tonight.
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- Tell him l'm at a screening.
- Not that attorney. lt's Dick Mellen.
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What time?
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Cocktails at 7:30, dinner at 8:00.
Bring a date.
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And Bonnie Sherow is here to see you.
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Send her in.
Oh, here she is.
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Can we go to the Springs this weekend?
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l want to have a massage,
a long soak in a hot tub...
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and have Margaritas administered
intravenously.
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l have a party at Dick Mellen's.
You want to come?
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God, movie stars and power players.
228
00:14:56,023 --> 00:14:58,943
- And Vodka.
- Sure.
229
00:14:59,026 --> 00:15:02,238
lt'll be an early dinner,
and we'll go to my place afterwards.
230
00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:04,240
- Can we?
- Yeah.
231
00:15:16,752 --> 00:15:20,548
Brokaw looks like he has
absolutely no intensity.
232
00:15:20,590 --> 00:15:23,342
Ted Koppel looks loose,
and he goes after it...
233
00:15:23,426 --> 00:15:25,720
and he digs in.
234
00:15:29,974 --> 00:15:32,518
Hi. How are you?
235
00:15:32,602 --> 00:15:34,895
Marlee, this is Bonnie Sherow.
236
00:15:34,937 --> 00:15:37,732
She read Tales of Fury.
237
00:15:38,858 --> 00:15:41,903
l loved it.
l thought it was wonderful.
238
00:15:41,986 --> 00:15:45,823
l think you're perfect for Ariel.
You're perfect for the part.
239
00:15:47,158 --> 00:15:50,077
We're going to make a couple changes
in the third act.
240
00:15:50,119 --> 00:15:52,121
You should set up a meeting.
241
00:15:53,789 --> 00:15:55,750
Yeah, sure.
242
00:15:55,791 --> 00:15:57,793
- You have my number?
- Absolutely.
243
00:15:59,378 --> 00:16:01,881
Excuse me.
l'm going to say hello to those people.
244
00:16:01,964 --> 00:16:05,676
Don't talk about script changes
at parties.
245
00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:09,597
lt was good of you to come.
Don't you look beautiful!
246
00:16:09,639 --> 00:16:12,558
- You know Bonnie Sherow.
- Of course. How are you?
247
00:16:12,642 --> 00:16:15,686
- Tri-Star, right?
- She's at the studio.
248
00:16:15,770 --> 00:16:21,067
That's what l meant. Bring Mr. Mill
a martini. And, Bonnie?
249
00:16:21,150 --> 00:16:24,111
- l'll take a Ramlosa.
- l'll have a martini.
250
00:16:26,489 --> 00:16:29,408
Rod Steiger's here.
251
00:16:29,492 --> 00:16:31,410
Talk to him about the Rudolph project.
252
00:16:31,494 --> 00:16:35,831
He's not that hot on it,
but see if you can get him to read it.
253
00:16:35,915 --> 00:16:38,626
You know who's here? Harry Belafonte.
Harry?
254
00:16:38,709 --> 00:16:41,337
Come and say hello, will you?
255
00:16:43,422 --> 00:16:46,092
- Griffin Mill.
- Hi. Good to see you.
256
00:16:46,175 --> 00:16:49,011
Bonnie Sherow.
She's gaga over you.
257
00:16:49,095 --> 00:16:52,807
l'm a big fan of yours. l saw you accept
the Nelson Mandela Courage Award.
258
00:16:54,141 --> 00:16:57,853
Who was the villain in Ghostbusters?
259
00:16:57,937 --> 00:17:00,815
You got me there.
260
00:17:00,856 --> 00:17:02,900
l got this--
261
00:17:04,902 --> 00:17:09,657
l got this postcard.
Harassment kind of stuff.
262
00:17:09,699 --> 00:17:12,493
What are you talking about?
263
00:17:14,203 --> 00:17:16,497
lt's some writer
l must've brushed off.
264
00:17:16,581 --> 00:17:19,792
Get something to eat.
There's lovely stuff over there.
265
00:17:19,875 --> 00:17:22,044
We will in a few minutes.
266
00:17:22,128 --> 00:17:23,838
Your hands are as cold as mine.
267
00:17:23,879 --> 00:17:26,674
Would you like one of these?
268
00:17:26,716 --> 00:17:28,884
l don't think l do.
269
00:17:28,968 --> 00:17:31,679
Are you talking about threats?
270
00:17:31,762 --> 00:17:34,348
No. Yes.
271
00:17:34,390 --> 00:17:37,768
l don't know.
He's pissed off.
272
00:17:37,852 --> 00:17:42,189
l thought writers were your long suit.
You're the writer's executive.
273
00:17:42,273 --> 00:17:44,525
Are you pitching me a dream?
274
00:17:44,567 --> 00:17:49,071
- You don't sound sincerely interested.
- lt depends how good the dream is.
275
00:17:50,573 --> 00:17:52,366
Levy's here.
276
00:17:55,745 --> 00:18:00,583
- Dick, what's he doing here?
- Goldblum? He's a friend.
277
00:18:00,666 --> 00:18:03,544
- No, Larry Levy.
- He came with Sally.
278
00:18:03,628 --> 00:18:05,880
What's going on with my job?
279
00:18:05,922 --> 00:18:09,216
Everywhere l look,
Larry Levy is in my face.
280
00:18:09,258 --> 00:18:13,054
Larry Levy is a comer. That's what
comers do, they get in your face.
281
00:18:13,095 --> 00:18:16,057
You're a comer, too. You can handle it.
Stop worrying about him.
282
00:18:16,098 --> 00:18:18,225
So the rumors are true?
283
00:18:18,309 --> 00:18:20,227
Rumors are always true.
284
00:18:20,311 --> 00:18:24,815
-l'm always the last to hear about them.
-You're the last one to believe.
285
00:18:24,899 --> 00:18:26,692
Am l out?
286
00:18:26,776 --> 00:18:29,779
You're not out, but you'd better
start thinking about a roommate.
287
00:18:29,862 --> 00:18:33,241
Relax, you can handle this.
You can make it work for you.
288
00:18:33,324 --> 00:18:37,119
- Larry?
- Dick. Sorry to crash your party.
289
00:18:37,203 --> 00:18:40,915
- Do you know everybody?
- l will before the night's out.
290
00:18:40,957 --> 00:18:43,000
You will, indeed.
291
00:18:45,836 --> 00:18:49,507
- Great party, Dick.
- Good. Did you get some food?
292
00:18:54,387 --> 00:18:56,389
Listen to this.
293
00:18:56,472 --> 00:18:59,267
'He lifts her dress.
She kisses him harder.
294
00:18:59,350 --> 00:19:03,145
He puts his hands in her underpants.
She grabs his shoulders.
295
00:19:03,229 --> 00:19:07,984
He pulls her dress above her waist.
He rubs against her wide, soft belly.
296
00:19:08,067 --> 00:19:12,613
Slowly he pushes her panties down
to her knees. She's faint with passion.
297
00:19:12,697 --> 00:19:15,908
She arches her back and
he lowers her down onto the buckboard.
298
00:19:15,992 --> 00:19:20,454
The horses snort and whinny.
They, too, feel her passion.
299
00:19:20,538 --> 00:19:23,291
The camera moves in
on the nostrils of the horse...
300
00:19:23,332 --> 00:19:26,669
as the buckboard begins to shake.(
301
00:19:26,752 --> 00:19:30,590
God! Do you believe that?
Steve recommended that script.
302
00:19:30,673 --> 00:19:34,468
He says they're hot for it at Universal.
They're gonna have a bidding war.
303
00:19:34,552 --> 00:19:38,097
l heard a pitch today. lt wasn't bad.
Stuck on a story point, though.
304
00:19:38,180 --> 00:19:42,810
- l'm a story editor. Go.
- New York City, big advertising agency.
305
00:19:42,893 --> 00:19:46,022
An account executive makes
a presentation to a potential client.
306
00:19:46,105 --> 00:19:48,566
The client promises
to get back to him.
307
00:19:48,649 --> 00:19:51,152
- Does it have to be advertising?
- That's not the problem.
308
00:19:51,235 --> 00:19:55,072
The account executive keeps waiting
for the client to call him back...
309
00:19:55,156 --> 00:19:58,659
to tell him what he thought
of the idea, if he got the job or not.
310
00:19:58,743 --> 00:20:01,162
But the client never calls.
311
00:20:01,203 --> 00:20:06,083
The account executive gets so pissed off
and frustrated, he becomes obsessive.
312
00:20:06,167 --> 00:20:09,587
- He decides to drive the client crazy.
- What does he do?
313
00:20:09,670 --> 00:20:14,175
Sends him threatening postcards.
lt's not important.
314
00:20:14,258 --> 00:20:18,220
Here's the problem.
How long do you think...
315
00:20:18,262 --> 00:20:21,766
the account executive
harasses the client...
316
00:20:21,849 --> 00:20:24,185
before he becomes dangerous?
317
00:20:24,226 --> 00:20:27,271
- Does it have to be advertising?
- How long?
318
00:20:27,355 --> 00:20:29,815
lf it were me--
319
00:20:29,899 --> 00:20:31,609
One month?
320
00:20:31,692 --> 00:20:34,362
Three months.
No, more. Five months.
321
00:20:34,403 --> 00:20:37,240
- To be dangerous, five months.
- That's what l thought.
322
00:20:37,323 --> 00:20:39,492
- Who's the writer?
- l don't know.
323
00:20:39,575 --> 00:20:42,203
You don't know the writer
who pitched you the idea?
324
00:20:42,245 --> 00:20:45,790
l don't know his name.
lt's a couple kids.
325
00:20:47,250 --> 00:20:48,709
TV writers.
326
00:20:50,211 --> 00:20:54,173
Can we go to bed now?
l'm starting to wrinkle.
327
00:21:01,639 --> 00:21:03,557
- See you tomorrow afternoon.
- Absolutely.
328
00:21:03,641 --> 00:21:06,519
Burt, Larry Levy. l hope you don't
remember me, and if you do...
329
00:21:06,602 --> 00:21:10,898
l hope there are no hard feelings,
l was working for Gassner then.
330
00:21:15,987 --> 00:21:18,030
Take care.
331
00:21:18,114 --> 00:21:20,866
- Who was that?
- An exec over at Fox.
332
00:21:20,950 --> 00:21:23,035
Was until breakfast, anyway.
333
00:21:31,502 --> 00:21:34,255
- Good morning, Mr. Mill.
- Hi, Susan. How are you?
334
00:21:34,297 --> 00:21:36,924
l'm with Joel.
335
00:21:37,008 --> 00:21:40,094
- Hi, Burt. Griffin Mill.
- Good to see you.
336
00:21:40,177 --> 00:21:42,430
Hi, Charles. How are you?
337
00:21:42,513 --> 00:21:45,016
- Asshole.
- One of a breed.
338
00:21:47,143 --> 00:21:51,564
Actually, he's not. There's a whole
breed of them. They're breeding them.
339
00:21:51,647 --> 00:21:54,525
Joel, you're losing your touch,
scheduling meetings so close together.
340
00:21:54,609 --> 00:21:57,069
That guy didn't have time
to finish his breakfast.
341
00:21:57,153 --> 00:21:59,530
He'd already eaten.
Gets up early.
342
00:22:00,740 --> 00:22:04,076
- You went to Mellen's last night.
- Take this away, please. Yes, l did.
343
00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,872
- How is he?
- l'd like a Vitelle water.
344
00:22:07,955 --> 00:22:09,957
He's fine.
345
00:22:10,041 --> 00:22:12,293
You left early. Why?
346
00:22:12,335 --> 00:22:16,172
We had to work
on the museum party.
347
00:22:16,255 --> 00:22:19,050
l will not work for Larry Levy.
348
00:22:19,133 --> 00:22:21,469
l'm not asking you to.
349
00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:26,057
l report to you. lf l have to report
to Larry Levy, l quit.
350
00:22:28,392 --> 00:22:31,896
You can't quit.
l won't let you quit.
351
00:22:31,979 --> 00:22:34,649
You have a year and a half on your
contract. l'll sue you for breach...
352
00:22:34,732 --> 00:22:38,069
if you don't show up in the office
every day, with a smile.
353
00:22:39,403 --> 00:22:41,656
Why Levy?
354
00:22:41,739 --> 00:22:44,158
Levy was available.
355
00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:46,661
He's good on material,
you're good with writers.
356
00:22:46,702 --> 00:22:49,330
We're a team. He's a new member
of the team, that's all.
357
00:22:50,498 --> 00:22:52,667
He can make us all look good.
358
00:22:52,708 --> 00:22:55,711
This is a wine glass. Can l have
my water in a water glass, please?
359
00:22:57,046 --> 00:22:58,547
Well?
360
00:22:58,631 --> 00:23:01,676
l'll have to think about it.
361
00:23:01,759 --> 00:23:03,678
l want an answer this afternoon.
362
00:23:03,719 --> 00:23:06,430
l have to go out to Palmdale.
363
00:23:06,514 --> 00:23:09,433
The director of Lonely Room
is giving Lily a hard time.
364
00:23:10,726 --> 00:23:14,438
- l'll be back around 5:00.
- So call after 5:00.
365
00:23:14,522 --> 00:23:16,857
l'll get back to you.
366
00:23:16,941 --> 00:23:20,987
...you haven't died.
See, he's still hanging on.
367
00:23:33,583 --> 00:23:36,877
Griffin, Joel Levison on line 2.
l'll put it through.
368
00:23:36,961 --> 00:23:39,714
- l'll get back to him.
- Tell Joel you'll get back to him?
369
00:23:39,755 --> 00:23:43,342
Yeah. l want to hear
what he's got to say.
370
00:23:52,977 --> 00:23:56,105
- How did this get here?
- The mail.
371
00:23:56,188 --> 00:23:59,066
But this does not have a postmark.
This was hand-delivered.
372
00:23:59,150 --> 00:24:01,193
Not to me.
lt came with the mail.
373
00:24:01,277 --> 00:24:02,737
Jimmy?
374
00:24:05,197 --> 00:24:08,242
Do you know anything about this?
Who delivered it? Where it came from?
375
00:24:08,326 --> 00:24:10,703
Mail room?
376
00:24:10,786 --> 00:24:13,456
But l want to know how it got
to the goddamn mail room.
377
00:24:13,539 --> 00:24:16,250
- Find out and get back to me.
- Okay, sure.
378
00:24:16,292 --> 00:24:20,129
- You go with him.
- You want me to go to the mail room?
379
00:24:20,212 --> 00:24:22,423
l want you to go to the mail room.
And while you're there...
380
00:24:22,465 --> 00:24:25,885
l would like a copy of
The Lonely Room rewrites...
381
00:24:25,968 --> 00:24:28,638
in white pages,
no color.
382
00:24:28,721 --> 00:24:31,223
- Find out how this got in my mail.
- Yes, sir.
383
00:24:31,307 --> 00:24:35,269
- You'll get your own phones?
- l can get my own phones.
384
00:24:41,984 --> 00:24:44,153
Son of a bitch!
Five months.
385
00:24:44,237 --> 00:24:47,657
One, two, three, four, five.
386
00:24:50,660 --> 00:24:53,412
Richard Fueller.
David Lucas.
387
00:24:56,707 --> 00:25:00,628
Cal Winstrom. David Kahane.
Sammy Tettleton.
388
00:25:06,509 --> 00:25:07,969
lncoming.
389
00:25:11,722 --> 00:25:15,226
lncoming. Unreturned calls.
390
00:25:15,309 --> 00:25:16,852
Bill Lyndstrom.
391
00:25:18,104 --> 00:25:20,481
Nancy Franklin.
Wouldn't be a woman.
392
00:25:20,564 --> 00:25:22,483
David Kahane.
393
00:25:35,204 --> 00:25:36,831
Lyndstrom.
394
00:25:39,041 --> 00:25:41,460
Strategic Planning.
Wouldn't be him.
395
00:25:41,544 --> 00:25:45,006
What was that other guy's name?
396
00:25:45,089 --> 00:25:46,507
Kahane.
397
00:25:48,801 --> 00:25:52,513
Kaltrime. Kahane.
398
00:25:52,597 --> 00:25:54,557
'Unproduced.'
Gotcha!
399
00:26:52,031 --> 00:26:55,201
- Hello.
- Hello. ls David Kahane there?
400
00:26:55,243 --> 00:26:56,702
David!
401
00:27:04,585 --> 00:27:08,547
l'm sorry. l forgot.
He's gone out. Who's this?
402
00:27:08,631 --> 00:27:11,676
- This is Griffin Mill.
- Oh, the dead man.
403
00:27:11,759 --> 00:27:15,304
- What did you say?
- Oh, nothing.
404
00:27:15,388 --> 00:27:21,018
- About me being a dead man?
- Just a nickname David has for you.
405
00:27:21,060 --> 00:27:24,855
l see.
That's a funny nickname.
406
00:27:24,897 --> 00:27:28,859
l suppose your husband doesn't like me
very much.
407
00:27:28,901 --> 00:27:31,112
l don't have a husband.
408
00:27:31,195 --> 00:27:33,322
l suppose David doesn't like me
very much.
409
00:27:33,406 --> 00:27:35,616
David's gone to the cinema.
410
00:27:35,700 --> 00:27:39,912
- When will he be back?
- When the film's over, l presume.
411
00:27:39,996 --> 00:27:42,707
And you are?
412
00:27:42,790 --> 00:27:45,501
- June.
- June?
413
00:27:45,585 --> 00:27:47,837
Here we go.
You want to know my last name.
414
00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:51,841
- No one can pronounce it.
- Try me.
415
00:27:51,924 --> 00:27:53,384
Gudmundsdottir.
416
00:27:53,467 --> 00:27:55,219
Gudmundsdottir.
417
00:27:58,556 --> 00:28:01,225
- How's that?
- Very good.
418
00:28:01,267 --> 00:28:02,727
Thanks.
419
00:28:04,020 --> 00:28:07,815
- What do people usually say?
- Don't ask.
420
00:28:07,898 --> 00:28:12,945
Anything from Good Dog's Water
to Goulash Wallop.
421
00:28:14,864 --> 00:28:17,199
- You English?
- Yep.
422
00:28:17,283 --> 00:28:19,619
Well, no, not really.
423
00:28:19,660 --> 00:28:22,538
Where are you sort of not from?
424
00:28:22,622 --> 00:28:26,584
Do you want the long story
or the short one?
425
00:28:26,667 --> 00:28:28,794
- The long one.
- No, you'd never believe it.
426
00:28:28,836 --> 00:28:32,798
- The short one's lceland.
- lceland?
427
00:28:32,882 --> 00:28:36,385
l didn't know anyone came from lceland.
l thought it was just a block of ice.
428
00:28:36,469 --> 00:28:38,804
lt's very green, actually.
429
00:28:38,888 --> 00:28:41,557
Really? l thought that was Greenland.
430
00:28:41,641 --> 00:28:46,228
No, Greenland's very icy.
lceland's very green.
431
00:28:46,312 --> 00:28:49,774
They switched names to fool the Vikings
who tried to steal their women.
432
00:28:49,857 --> 00:28:51,275
l see.
433
00:28:51,317 --> 00:28:54,278
No. Blue sea.
434
00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:56,322
Red sea.
435
00:28:56,364 --> 00:28:59,617
- No red.
- You're a painter.
436
00:28:59,700 --> 00:29:01,661
How did you guess?
437
00:29:03,246 --> 00:29:05,706
What movie did David go to see?
438
00:29:05,790 --> 00:29:09,669
He went to the Rialto in Pasadena.
He always goes there.
439
00:29:09,752 --> 00:29:11,671
What's showing?
440
00:29:11,712 --> 00:29:15,716
Bicycle Thief, l think.
441
00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,219
lt's a good movie.
Have you seen it?
442
00:29:19,470 --> 00:29:21,764
l don't go to the movies.
443
00:29:21,847 --> 00:29:23,266
Why not?
444
00:29:31,148 --> 00:29:33,484
Life is too short.
445
00:29:33,526 --> 00:29:36,070
l've got to hang up now.
446
00:31:01,155 --> 00:31:03,115
David Kahane!
447
00:31:03,157 --> 00:31:05,743
You have the wrong guy, man.
448
00:31:26,806 --> 00:31:29,600
David Kahane.
Griffin Mill.
449
00:31:31,185 --> 00:31:33,354
Griffin Mill.
450
00:31:33,437 --> 00:31:34,939
Yeah?
451
00:31:35,022 --> 00:31:37,233
Great movie, huh?
452
00:31:37,316 --> 00:31:41,195
lt's refreshing to see something like
this after all these cop movies...
453
00:31:41,279 --> 00:31:45,783
and, you know,
things we do.
454
00:31:45,866 --> 00:31:48,953
- Maybe we'll do a remake of this.
- You'd probably give it a happy ending.
455
00:31:49,036 --> 00:31:51,038
No, we'd keep it pure.
456
00:31:51,122 --> 00:31:53,040
Pure, right.
457
00:31:53,124 --> 00:31:56,627
- You want to write it?
- Don't fuck with me.
458
00:31:56,711 --> 00:31:59,297
l'm not fucking with you.
Didn't l say l'd get back to you?
459
00:31:59,338 --> 00:32:02,842
Yeah, about six months ago.
l thought you'd forgotten.
460
00:32:02,925 --> 00:32:05,636
You were angry.
461
00:32:05,678 --> 00:32:07,138
Maybe.
462
00:32:07,179 --> 00:32:09,515
Do you want to talk about it?
463
00:32:09,599 --> 00:32:12,143
- Okay, sure.
- Great.
464
00:32:12,184 --> 00:32:15,479
Let's let the studio
buy us a drink.
465
00:32:17,857 --> 00:32:21,861
lf you don't mind a place where you
don't have any suck with the maitre d'.
466
00:32:21,944 --> 00:32:24,530
- l know a bar down the street.
- Let's go.
467
00:32:32,079 --> 00:32:34,665
Have you ever been to Japan?
468
00:32:34,707 --> 00:32:38,920
Yes. l was there once on
a location scout with Steven Spielberg.
469
00:32:39,003 --> 00:32:41,422
l lived there for a year.
470
00:32:41,505 --> 00:32:43,674
Student year abroad.
471
00:32:43,716 --> 00:32:46,552
l wish l'd done that.
472
00:32:46,636 --> 00:32:49,972
l think about it a lot.
l'll never forget it.
473
00:32:50,056 --> 00:32:52,558
You should write about it.
474
00:32:52,642 --> 00:32:55,186
l did.
Don't you remember?
475
00:32:56,395 --> 00:32:57,855
What?
476
00:33:00,149 --> 00:33:05,279
My idea about the American student
who goes to Japan.
477
00:33:05,363 --> 00:33:08,532
That was my pitch, the one you were
supposed to get back to me on.
478
00:33:08,574 --> 00:33:11,452
- You don't remember, do you?
- Of course l remember.
479
00:33:13,913 --> 00:33:16,540
You never got back to me.
480
00:33:16,582 --> 00:33:18,668
Listen.
481
00:33:18,751 --> 00:33:23,881
l was an asshole, all right?
lt comes with the job.
482
00:33:23,923 --> 00:33:26,050
l'm really sorry.
483
00:33:28,344 --> 00:33:31,555
l know how angry you must've been.
l'll make it up to you.
484
00:33:31,597 --> 00:33:33,224
That's why l'm here.
485
00:33:33,266 --> 00:33:36,811
l'm gonna give you a deal, David.
486
00:33:36,894 --> 00:33:40,606
l won't guarantee you l'll make
the movie, but l will give you a shot.
487
00:33:44,443 --> 00:33:49,282
Let's just stop all the postcard shit,
all right?
488
00:33:49,365 --> 00:33:52,159
l'm here to say
that l would like...
489
00:33:52,243 --> 00:33:54,161
to start over.
490
00:33:55,788 --> 00:33:57,248
Friends.
491
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,752
Fuck you, man.
You're a liar.
492
00:34:01,794 --> 00:34:03,796
You're stepping over the line.
493
00:34:03,879 --> 00:34:06,132
You didn't come here
to see The Bicycle Thief.
494
00:34:06,173 --> 00:34:09,302
You came in five minutes
before the picture ended.
495
00:34:09,385 --> 00:34:11,804
Nearly tripped over my feet.
496
00:34:13,180 --> 00:34:15,141
Did you call my house?
497
00:34:17,101 --> 00:34:18,978
Speak to the lce Queen?
498
00:34:20,688 --> 00:34:23,983
You'd like her.
She's a lot like you.
499
00:34:24,025 --> 00:34:25,484
All heart.
500
00:34:31,616 --> 00:34:35,828
You're on my list, pal.
Nothing's gonna change that.
501
00:34:39,665 --> 00:34:43,294
See you in the next reel, asshole.
502
00:35:31,175 --> 00:35:35,096
lt's a nice boat you got there,
movie exec.
503
00:35:35,179 --> 00:35:38,474
lt's me, the writer.
Still want to buy my story?
504
00:35:38,557 --> 00:35:42,061
l told you l'd deal. Stop by the studio.
We'll work something out.
505
00:35:42,144 --> 00:35:45,064
And who will l ask for?
506
00:35:45,106 --> 00:35:46,565
Larry Levy?
507
00:35:48,568 --> 00:35:50,528
What's Larry Levy got to do with this?
508
00:35:51,612 --> 00:35:53,906
- How do you know about Larry Levy?
- Don't you read the trades?
509
00:35:53,990 --> 00:35:57,201
New York Times business section?
He's movin' in, you're movin' out.
510
00:35:57,285 --> 00:35:59,996
You can't make a deal, they say.
Yesterday's news.
511
00:36:00,079 --> 00:36:01,998
Wait a minute.
512
00:36:03,457 --> 00:36:05,918
Can l borrow your mobile phone?
513
00:36:06,002 --> 00:36:09,589
Larry Levy.
Larry, David Kahane here.
514
00:36:09,630 --> 00:36:13,593
Guess who's making promises
about getting pictures made...
515
00:36:13,634 --> 00:36:16,262
to writers in parking lots?
516
00:36:16,304 --> 00:36:19,348
Guess what dumb
son of a bitch executive...
517
00:36:19,432 --> 00:36:23,519
is trying to take advantage of me?
518
00:36:23,603 --> 00:36:27,356
Do you realize how unstoppable
this guy is?
519
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,775
You know,
l cannot wait...
520
00:36:29,817 --> 00:36:34,864
to tell the world that when Griffin Mill
can't cut the pressure at work...
521
00:36:34,947 --> 00:36:37,950
he drives out to Pasadena...
522
00:36:38,034 --> 00:36:40,953
to pick fights with writers.
523
00:36:42,288 --> 00:36:44,290
Tell Larry Levy to call me.
524
00:36:44,373 --> 00:36:49,837
The word is out that he's going to start
making meaningful pictures for a change.
525
00:36:49,879 --> 00:36:53,049
Let's forget this.
Just stop all the postcard shit!
526
00:36:53,132 --> 00:36:55,343
l don't write postcards!
l write scripts!
527
00:36:55,426 --> 00:36:58,638
- We're both wrong.
- No, you're wrong, buddy!
528
00:36:58,721 --> 00:37:01,390
You're in over your head.
That's why you're losing your job.
529
00:37:01,474 --> 00:37:03,601
Then what are you gonna do?
530
00:37:04,727 --> 00:37:07,104
l can write.
What can you do?
531
00:37:11,859 --> 00:37:14,111
l said, let's forget this.
532
00:37:18,866 --> 00:37:20,826
Ah, shit.
533
00:37:22,954 --> 00:37:25,164
Mill, you okay?
534
00:37:33,589 --> 00:37:36,425
Keep it to yourself!
535
00:37:36,509 --> 00:37:39,095
Keep it to yourself!
536
00:38:04,745 --> 00:38:06,205
Kahane?
537
00:39:27,328 --> 00:39:31,123
That's interesting.
Who's writing this movie?
538
00:39:31,165 --> 00:39:34,710
Who wrote the new ending
to Fatal Attraction? The audience.
539
00:39:34,794 --> 00:39:37,755
A million screenwriters
from the audience wrote that.
540
00:39:37,838 --> 00:39:41,676
Who's to say what it would have done
if you had left the original ending?
541
00:39:41,759 --> 00:39:45,680
You're right, but you can say that it's
done almost 300 million worldwide...
542
00:39:45,721 --> 00:39:48,057
with the new ending.
543
00:39:48,182 --> 00:39:51,811
Larry Levy, l don't believe you've met
my assistant, Whitney Gersh.
544
00:39:51,894 --> 00:39:54,480
- No, l haven't.
- lt's a pleasure to meet you.
545
00:39:56,649 --> 00:39:59,318
How's your picture?
lt just tested last week.
546
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:02,989
lt's doing well.
lt was our first test.
547
00:40:03,072 --> 00:40:04,991
Excuse me, Walter.
548
00:40:05,032 --> 00:40:09,453
Joel, Griffin isn't in, but l think
we really have to start this meeting.
549
00:40:09,537 --> 00:40:11,789
Okay, Celia. Thank you.
550
00:40:14,500 --> 00:40:16,711
Remember a movie called D.O.A.?
551
00:40:16,794 --> 00:40:19,005
Sure l do.
Eddie O'Brien and Pam Britton.
552
00:40:19,046 --> 00:40:22,550
Disney did a remake in '87 or '88.
553
00:40:22,633 --> 00:40:25,469
l think we've got
pretty much the same situation here.
554
00:40:25,553 --> 00:40:28,014
Keep our noses clean, Walter.
555
00:40:31,475 --> 00:40:33,978
lt's a shame to waste a picture.
556
00:40:34,061 --> 00:40:38,274
Who said we're wasting the picture?
Where did that come from?
557
00:40:38,357 --> 00:40:41,152
You know what's interesting?
We're all too busy--
558
00:40:41,235 --> 00:40:46,073
Griffin, you're really late.
They're waiting inside.
559
00:40:46,157 --> 00:40:49,577
To actually rub shoulders
with the great unwashed?
560
00:40:49,660 --> 00:40:52,914
We need to give them
the kind of pictures they want...
561
00:40:52,997 --> 00:40:55,124
not the kind
writers want to give them.
562
00:41:02,465 --> 00:41:05,468
- Hello. Sorry l'm late.
- You certainly are.
563
00:41:09,472 --> 00:41:11,724
A few minutes in the office
would be fine.
564
00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:15,019
Griffin, you missed
the formal welcoming ceremony.
565
00:41:15,102 --> 00:41:18,064
You know Larry Levy.
566
00:41:18,147 --> 00:41:20,191
Of course. Hi, Larry.
567
00:41:21,609 --> 00:41:23,027
Hi, Griffin.
568
00:41:23,110 --> 00:41:25,029
Larry was able to leave Fox
a week earlier than he thought...
569
00:41:25,112 --> 00:41:27,240
and has come aboard
as of this morning.
570
00:41:27,281 --> 00:41:32,370
- Great. Let's start.
- Larry was in the middle of something.
571
00:41:32,453 --> 00:41:36,040
No, l wasn't. l was just killing time
waiting for Griffin.
572
00:41:36,123 --> 00:41:39,126
No, finish.
What were you saying?
573
00:41:39,210 --> 00:41:43,631
l was saying l've yet to meet a writer
who could change water into wine...
574
00:41:43,714 --> 00:41:46,217
and we have a tendency
to treat them like that.
575
00:41:47,301 --> 00:41:49,553
Not at this studio.
576
00:41:49,637 --> 00:41:53,557
A million and a half of these scripts.
lt's nuts.
577
00:41:53,641 --> 00:41:55,935
And l think avoidable.
578
00:41:56,018 --> 00:42:00,022
Let me ask you. When was the last time
you bought a ticket to see a movie?
579
00:42:00,106 --> 00:42:04,026
- You actually paid your own money?
- Last night.
580
00:42:04,110 --> 00:42:06,279
Pasadena. The Bicycle Thief.
581
00:42:06,362 --> 00:42:09,574
- You saw The Bicycle Thief?
- l love that. lt's a great film.
582
00:42:09,657 --> 00:42:12,451
lt's an art movie. lt doesn't count.
We're talking about movie movies.
583
00:42:12,493 --> 00:42:14,453
Jesus, people.
584
00:42:14,495 --> 00:42:17,415
l'm just saying there's time
and money to be saved...
585
00:42:17,498 --> 00:42:20,209
if we came up with these stories
on our own.
586
00:42:20,293 --> 00:42:23,296
- Where are these stories coming from?
- Anywhere. lt doesn't matter.
587
00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:27,758
The newspaper.
Pick any story.
588
00:42:31,012 --> 00:42:34,056
'lmmigrants protest budget cuts
in literacy program.'
589
00:42:34,140 --> 00:42:37,602
Human spirit overcoming human adversity.
Sounds like Horatio Alger in the barrio.
590
00:42:37,685 --> 00:42:40,646
Put Jimmy Smits in it and you've got
a sexy Stand and Deliver.
591
00:42:40,730 --> 00:42:44,108
- Next. Come on.
- This isn't my field.
592
00:42:44,191 --> 00:42:46,903
lt doesn't matter. Give it a shot.
You can't lose here.
593
00:42:49,906 --> 00:42:54,201
How about 'Mud slide kills 60
in slums of Chili'?
594
00:42:54,285 --> 00:42:57,663
That's good. Triumph over tragedy.
Sounds like a John Boorman picture.
595
00:42:57,747 --> 00:43:01,000
Slap a happy ending on it,
the script will write itself.
596
00:43:01,042 --> 00:43:04,670
- Bonnie. Give me the paper.
- l don't know, Larry.
597
00:43:04,712 --> 00:43:06,672
Give it a shot.
598
00:43:08,382 --> 00:43:11,761
'Further bond losses
push Dow down 7.15.'
599
00:43:12,678 --> 00:43:15,431
- l see Connery as Bond.
- That's funny.
600
00:43:15,514 --> 00:43:19,185
lt's a good thing Oliver Stone wasn't
listening to you. Where would we be?
601
00:43:19,226 --> 00:43:23,522
We would have been spared
sitting through Wall Street.
602
00:43:23,564 --> 00:43:27,235
- What did Wall Street do worldwide?
- 70, 75, maybe 80.
603
00:43:27,318 --> 00:43:30,529
$80 million,
a couple Oscars.
604
00:43:30,613 --> 00:43:34,659
l think Larry's point is well taken.
Let's move on.
605
00:43:34,742 --> 00:43:38,204
Can you give us an update
on the Taylor-Hackford project?
606
00:43:38,287 --> 00:43:40,289
Griffin?
607
00:43:40,373 --> 00:43:41,791
Yeah.
608
00:43:43,084 --> 00:43:45,628
l was thinking what
an interesting concept it is...
609
00:43:45,711 --> 00:43:50,007
to eliminate the writer
from the artistic process.
610
00:43:50,925 --> 00:43:55,846
lf we can get rid of the actors and
directors, maybe we've got something.
611
00:44:01,269 --> 00:44:02,687
Hello, Walter.
612
00:44:02,770 --> 00:44:05,064
Make yourself at home.
613
00:44:05,147 --> 00:44:08,859
Mr. Mill, l understand you were late
coming in this morning.
614
00:44:08,943 --> 00:44:11,195
You all right?
615
00:44:11,237 --> 00:44:12,863
l'm fine.
616
00:44:12,947 --> 00:44:15,074
l appreciate your concern.
617
00:44:16,492 --> 00:44:18,869
What can l do for you?
618
00:44:18,953 --> 00:44:22,665
Don't tell me you came here
to pitch me a story?
619
00:44:22,707 --> 00:44:25,126
That's exactly what l've come to do.
620
00:44:25,209 --> 00:44:28,254
lt's a good one, too.
lt's about a writer, sort of.
621
00:44:28,337 --> 00:44:29,755
David Kahane.
622
00:44:32,633 --> 00:44:35,052
Who's David Kahane?
623
00:44:35,094 --> 00:44:38,681
- You met him.
- l meet a lot of writers.
624
00:44:38,764 --> 00:44:44,353
But this writer was murdered last night
in back of the Rialto Theater.
625
00:44:44,395 --> 00:44:45,896
Murdered?
626
00:44:45,980 --> 00:44:50,026
Come to think of it, Pasadena's
as good a place to die as any.
627
00:44:51,402 --> 00:44:53,362
What's the story?
628
00:44:53,404 --> 00:44:57,491
ln 25 words or less?
Okay.
629
00:44:57,575 --> 00:45:00,411
Movie exec calls writer.
Girlfriend says he's at the movies.
630
00:45:00,453 --> 00:45:03,789
Exec goes to movies, meets writer,
drinks with writer.
631
00:45:03,873 --> 00:45:07,418
Writer gets conked and dies
in 4 inches of dirty water.
632
00:45:07,501 --> 00:45:09,795
Movie exec is in deep shit.
633
00:45:10,922 --> 00:45:12,924
What do you think?
634
00:45:12,965 --> 00:45:16,469
That's more than 25 words.
And it's bullshit.
635
00:45:16,552 --> 00:45:20,431
Pasadena homicide doesn't think so.
They've got a complete report.
636
00:45:21,474 --> 00:45:25,770
You met Kahane at the Rialto,
got drunk with him. He left before you.
637
00:45:25,811 --> 00:45:29,106
That's the last time anyone
saw him alive, except you, maybe.
638
00:45:30,316 --> 00:45:33,152
Why are you denying this?
639
00:45:33,236 --> 00:45:36,614
Well, what do the police think?
640
00:45:36,697 --> 00:45:39,450
They think it's a botched robbery.
641
00:45:41,285 --> 00:45:46,249
The window of his car was busted.
He surprised someone taking the radio.
642
00:45:46,332 --> 00:45:48,626
There was a fight, he was killed.
643
00:45:48,668 --> 00:45:51,629
l didn't kill him, Walter.
644
00:45:51,712 --> 00:45:56,259
But l went to see him.
l know l said l didn't, but l did.
645
00:45:56,342 --> 00:45:58,427
Why'd you lie to me?
646
00:46:00,304 --> 00:46:02,640
Now's not a very good time for me.
647
00:46:02,723 --> 00:46:06,269
Haven't you heard the rumors?
l'm on my way out.
648
00:46:06,310 --> 00:46:08,813
Just what l need,
a little more controversy.
649
00:46:08,896 --> 00:46:10,815
lt's not a good time.
650
00:46:12,233 --> 00:46:14,527
Look.
651
00:46:14,610 --> 00:46:18,197
l'm in charge of studio security
in every definition of the word.
652
00:46:18,281 --> 00:46:23,828
Which means it is my job to take care
of a studio executive should he be...
653
00:46:23,911 --> 00:46:27,164
under suspicion of murder
at a time when profits are down...
654
00:46:27,248 --> 00:46:29,667
and the company is vulnerable
for a takeover.
655
00:46:29,709 --> 00:46:32,878
lt is my job to keep this
very, very quiet!
656
00:46:34,297 --> 00:46:36,382
Do you want to help?
657
00:46:36,465 --> 00:46:39,343
- Of course.
- Then stop lying.
658
00:46:39,385 --> 00:46:41,971
- How many times did you meet with him?
- Once.
659
00:46:43,180 --> 00:46:45,725
- Not counting last night.
- Not counting last night.
660
00:46:45,808 --> 00:46:48,060
Why'd you go all the way to Pasadena
to meet him?
661
00:46:48,144 --> 00:46:51,063
He had an idea l was interested in.
l wanted to talk to him right away.
662
00:46:51,147 --> 00:46:55,943
Was his girlfriend a friend, too?
Think fast.
663
00:46:56,027 --> 00:46:58,654
Jesus Christ, Walter.
What is this?
664
00:46:58,696 --> 00:47:01,866
The third degree. Wait until the police
start asking questions.
665
00:47:01,949 --> 00:47:05,411
l'll go to the police now.
You come with me.
666
00:47:05,494 --> 00:47:07,830
You're acting like someone
who's guilty.
667
00:47:07,872 --> 00:47:09,874
You're not guilty, are you?
668
00:47:09,916 --> 00:47:12,168
l'm not a murderer.
669
00:47:29,393 --> 00:47:31,395
Bad news?
670
00:47:31,479 --> 00:47:32,897
What?
671
00:47:32,980 --> 00:47:35,900
The fax.
ls it bad news?
672
00:47:38,361 --> 00:47:39,946
Business as usual.
673
00:47:41,614 --> 00:47:45,409
The Hollywood system
did not murder David Kahane.
674
00:47:45,451 --> 00:47:48,621
Not the $98 million movie,
not the $12 million actor.
675
00:47:48,704 --> 00:47:54,335
Not even the million dollar deal
that David Kahane never landed.
676
00:47:54,418 --> 00:47:57,505
The most that we can pin on Hollywood...
677
00:47:57,588 --> 00:48:01,050
is assault with intent to kill.
678
00:48:01,092 --> 00:48:05,930
Because society is responsible
for this particular murder.
679
00:48:05,972 --> 00:48:08,099
lt is to society we must look...
680
00:48:08,182 --> 00:48:11,936
if we are to have justice
for that crime.
681
00:48:11,978 --> 00:48:14,730
Because someone in the night...
682
00:48:14,772 --> 00:48:16,983
killed David Kahane.
683
00:48:17,066 --> 00:48:19,485
And that person
will have to bear the guilt.
684
00:48:21,028 --> 00:48:23,447
And if David were here now...
685
00:48:23,489 --> 00:48:26,033
l know in my heart
that he would say...
686
00:48:27,451 --> 00:48:30,371
'Cut the shit, Phil.
687
00:48:30,454 --> 00:48:34,417
What did you learn from this?
Did you learn anything from this?(
688
00:48:34,458 --> 00:48:37,587
And l'd say, 'Yeah, David,
l've learned a lot.
689
00:48:37,628 --> 00:48:40,590
We here will take it from here.
690
00:48:40,631 --> 00:48:44,969
And the next time we sell a script
for a million dollars...
691
00:48:45,011 --> 00:48:48,347
and nail some shit-bag producer
to the wall, we'll say...
692
00:48:48,431 --> 00:48:50,891
That's another one for David Kahane.(
693
00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:58,399
David was working on something the day
he died. l'd like to share it with you.
694
00:48:59,775 --> 00:49:02,778
'Blackness.
A mangy dog barks.
695
00:49:02,820 --> 00:49:06,157
Garbage can lids are lifted
as derelicts in the street...
696
00:49:06,198 --> 00:49:08,659
hunt for food.
697
00:49:08,743 --> 00:49:11,162
Buzzing, as a cheap alarm clock
goes off.
698
00:49:11,245 --> 00:49:14,957
lnterior. Flophouse room.
Early morning.
699
00:49:14,999 --> 00:49:18,127
A tracking shot moves
through the grimy room.
700
00:49:18,210 --> 00:49:21,797
Light streams in through holes
in yellowing window shades.
701
00:49:21,881 --> 00:49:24,550
Moths dance
in the beams of light.
702
00:49:24,634 --> 00:49:27,970
Track down along the floor.
The frayed rug.
703
00:49:28,012 --> 00:49:30,973
Stop on an old shoe.
704
00:49:31,015 --> 00:49:32,725
lt's empty.(
705
00:49:36,979 --> 00:49:39,065
That's as far as he got.
706
00:49:40,441 --> 00:49:42,902
That's the last thing he wrote.
707
00:49:43,778 --> 00:49:45,988
So long, Dave.
708
00:49:46,030 --> 00:49:48,241
Fade out.
709
00:49:48,324 --> 00:49:49,742
Thank you.
710
00:50:06,050 --> 00:50:08,552
Who are you?
You're not a writer.
711
00:50:10,304 --> 00:50:12,640
No, l'm Griffin Mill.
712
00:50:12,723 --> 00:50:14,642
We spoke the night David--
713
00:50:14,725 --> 00:50:17,561
Blue sea, white sea.
Yes.
714
00:50:17,603 --> 00:50:19,897
- lt turned out you were right.
- What?
715
00:50:19,981 --> 00:50:22,400
lt was a red sea.
716
00:50:22,483 --> 00:50:24,235
Oh, yeah.
717
00:50:26,696 --> 00:50:29,865
You're the only person l know here.
718
00:50:29,907 --> 00:50:32,785
l'm really sorry about David.
719
00:50:32,868 --> 00:50:35,955
He was a talent.
720
00:50:37,123 --> 00:50:39,333
You really think so?
721
00:50:39,417 --> 00:50:42,670
l always suspected he was...
722
00:50:42,753 --> 00:50:45,381
uniquely untalented.
723
00:50:46,924 --> 00:50:50,094
lt's nice of you to say that. lt was
nice of you to come. You didn't have to.
724
00:50:50,177 --> 00:50:51,596
l did.
725
00:50:51,679 --> 00:50:56,225
You know, l was probably the last person
to see him alive.
726
00:50:56,267 --> 00:50:58,603
The police told me.
727
00:50:58,644 --> 00:51:00,771
Not quite the last, surely.
728
00:51:03,941 --> 00:51:07,153
l'm sure this is a terrible time
for you.
729
00:51:07,236 --> 00:51:09,572
ls there anything you need?
730
00:51:09,614 --> 00:51:14,327
No, really.
l don't feel bad.
731
00:51:14,410 --> 00:51:17,288
lt's like when my parents died.
732
00:51:17,330 --> 00:51:20,875
l didn't feel anything at all.
They were just gone.
733
00:51:22,585 --> 00:51:25,796
l'm sure it hasn't sunk in yet.
734
00:51:25,880 --> 00:51:27,632
That was years ago.
735
00:51:27,673 --> 00:51:30,468
No, l meant David.
736
00:51:30,509 --> 00:51:32,386
Oh, God.
737
00:51:32,470 --> 00:51:35,473
These people.
l don't like it here.
738
00:51:35,556 --> 00:51:39,143
They're all expecting me
to grieve and mourn.
739
00:51:39,226 --> 00:51:41,520
l can't talk to them.
740
00:51:43,272 --> 00:51:48,402
David's gone and
l'm somewhere else already.
741
00:51:48,486 --> 00:51:51,322
- Will you take me home?
- What?
742
00:51:51,364 --> 00:51:54,116
Will you take me home?
743
00:51:54,158 --> 00:51:56,953
Sure. l'm right here.
744
00:52:33,948 --> 00:52:36,576
These are very interesting.
l like them.
745
00:52:36,659 --> 00:52:40,288
- Would you like a drink?
- No, thanks.
746
00:52:40,371 --> 00:52:44,292
Where do you show?
What gallery? Who's your dealer?
747
00:52:44,375 --> 00:52:46,794
l don't have a dealer.
748
00:52:46,877 --> 00:52:49,839
l couldn't sell these.
They're never finished. Biccy?
749
00:52:51,424 --> 00:52:54,385
No, thanks.
They're never finished?
750
00:52:54,468 --> 00:52:58,931
No, they're just what l do
for myself.
751
00:52:58,973 --> 00:53:01,517
What l feel.
752
00:53:01,601 --> 00:53:04,270
You ask lots of questions, Mr. Mill.
753
00:53:04,353 --> 00:53:08,107
Just like the police.
That's all they did, ask questions.
754
00:53:09,817 --> 00:53:11,736
They asked me a lot about you.
755
00:53:11,819 --> 00:53:13,529
Did they?
756
00:53:13,613 --> 00:53:15,531
How long we'd known each other.
757
00:53:15,615 --> 00:53:17,617
lf you'd ever been
to the house before.
758
00:53:17,700 --> 00:53:22,538
- They have to ask those questions.
- l don't see why.
759
00:53:22,622 --> 00:53:24,874
Because that's what police do.
760
00:53:25,917 --> 00:53:29,086
- Can l ask you a question?
- Sure.
761
00:53:29,170 --> 00:53:31,923
Why was it so important
to see David that night?
762
00:53:32,006 --> 00:53:34,091
What was so urgent?
763
00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:38,638
He pitched me a story
a few months ago.
764
00:53:38,721 --> 00:53:41,015
- The Japan story?
- Yes, the Japan story.
765
00:53:41,098 --> 00:53:44,644
l liked it but it needed work,
especially the ending.
766
00:53:44,727 --> 00:53:47,521
l was sitting in my office...
767
00:53:47,605 --> 00:53:50,566
and it suddenly occurred to me
how to make the ending work.
768
00:53:50,650 --> 00:53:52,777
So what was it?
769
00:53:52,860 --> 00:53:54,278
What?
770
00:53:54,362 --> 00:53:57,323
Your idea for the ending.
771
00:53:57,406 --> 00:53:59,408
Up.
772
00:53:59,492 --> 00:54:01,661
Up? What does that mean?
773
00:54:01,744 --> 00:54:04,497
As opposed to down. Moods.
774
00:54:04,580 --> 00:54:07,750
You know, happy as opposed to sad.
Hopeful as opposed to depressing.
775
00:54:07,833 --> 00:54:11,504
- What did you think of his ending?
- l never read it.
776
00:54:13,422 --> 00:54:16,050
- You never read it?
- Nope.
777
00:54:16,133 --> 00:54:18,552
l don't like reading.
778
00:54:18,636 --> 00:54:23,808
- Do you like books?
- l like words and letters.
779
00:54:23,891 --> 00:54:26,143
But l'm not crazy
about complete sentences.
780
00:54:27,895 --> 00:54:30,398
What did he think?
781
00:54:30,481 --> 00:54:34,235
He walked out on me.
l don't think David liked me.
782
00:54:34,318 --> 00:54:38,239
l think he just didn't like
happy endings.
783
00:54:41,993 --> 00:54:44,161
Put your face here.
784
00:54:45,705 --> 00:54:47,123
Great.
785
00:54:49,292 --> 00:54:51,877
What are you doing?
You aren't going to paint me, are you?
786
00:54:51,961 --> 00:54:55,214
l might put you
in one of my paintings.
787
00:54:55,256 --> 00:54:58,926
There's one l want to do
of an lcelandic hero.
788
00:54:59,010 --> 00:55:02,013
He's a thief
and he's made of fire.
789
00:55:02,096 --> 00:55:04,640
- You might not like that.
- Why not?
790
00:55:04,724 --> 00:55:07,435
Because you're in the movies...
791
00:55:07,518 --> 00:55:11,439
and in movies you can't have thieves
as heroes, can you?
792
00:55:11,522 --> 00:55:15,109
l don't know about that. We have a long
tradition of gangsters in movies.
793
00:55:15,192 --> 00:55:18,905
Yes, but they always have to suffer
for their crimes, don't they?
794
00:55:20,489 --> 00:55:22,658
We should pay for our crimes,
shouldn't we?
795
00:55:22,742 --> 00:55:27,079
l think knowing you've committed a crime
is suffering enough.
796
00:55:27,121 --> 00:55:29,123
lf you don't suffer...
797
00:55:29,206 --> 00:55:32,919
maybe it wasn't a crime after all.
798
00:55:32,960 --> 00:55:35,504
Anyway, what difference does it make?
799
00:55:35,588 --> 00:55:38,841
lt has nothing to do
with how things really are.
800
00:55:43,179 --> 00:55:45,848
Do you really believe that?
801
00:55:45,932 --> 00:55:49,310
l don't know what l believe, Mr. Mill.
802
00:55:49,393 --> 00:55:52,188
lt's just what l feel.
803
00:55:53,856 --> 00:55:57,652
You know what you are,
June whatever-your-name-is?
804
00:55:57,735 --> 00:55:59,403
A pragmatic anarchist.
805
00:56:00,863 --> 00:56:02,823
ls that what l am?
806
00:56:02,865 --> 00:56:04,992
l never was sure.
807
00:56:09,497 --> 00:56:11,916
Can l just pick this up?
808
00:56:13,167 --> 00:56:15,962
- Oh, it's heavy.
- Thirty-seven ounces.
809
00:56:16,003 --> 00:56:18,506
Really? Look.
810
00:56:18,547 --> 00:56:22,760
l want to thank my mother, her mother
and her father's mother who--
811
00:56:24,762 --> 00:56:26,180
Hello.
812
00:56:27,640 --> 00:56:31,143
- Meet Detective Susan Avery.
- How do you do? My partner.
813
00:56:31,227 --> 00:56:34,313
- Willa Broom.
- My pleasure. Let's go in here.
814
00:56:34,397 --> 00:56:37,233
This is the first real movie studio
Detective Avery's been to.
815
00:56:37,316 --> 00:56:40,319
- Really?
- Aside from the Universal Tour.
816
00:56:40,403 --> 00:56:42,989
l always take my family there
when they come.
817
00:56:43,072 --> 00:56:46,617
l've been there so often,
l feel like l'm ready to direct.
818
00:56:46,701 --> 00:56:51,205
You'd probably do better
than the film grads these days.
819
00:56:51,289 --> 00:56:53,958
l'm sorry l didn't call you
when l heard Kahane was dead.
820
00:56:54,041 --> 00:56:55,710
- Heard or read?
- Read.
821
00:56:55,751 --> 00:56:59,213
- Why didn't you?
- Walter asked me the same question.
822
00:56:59,297 --> 00:57:03,342
l wish l had a better answer. All
l can say is l didn't think about it.
823
00:57:05,845 --> 00:57:07,930
How did you know where
he was gonna be?
824
00:57:08,014 --> 00:57:11,350
- His wife told me--
- Girlfriend.
825
00:57:12,351 --> 00:57:13,769
Girlfriend.
826
00:57:13,853 --> 00:57:16,063
Girlfriend.
l didn't know either of them.
827
00:57:16,105 --> 00:57:18,482
l was restless,
thought l'd see the movie.
828
00:57:18,566 --> 00:57:21,944
lf he was there, l'd talk to him
about a job l thought he was good for.
829
00:57:22,028 --> 00:57:24,196
You got to the theater,
saw him and?
830
00:57:24,238 --> 00:57:26,908
We had a drink at a Japanese place.
831
00:57:26,991 --> 00:57:30,870
lt was a wild, incredible scene.
lt was like Tokyo.
832
00:57:30,953 --> 00:57:33,789
He left before you.
Why didn't you leave together?
833
00:57:33,873 --> 00:57:36,500
lt was an incredible scene.
l was having a great time.
834
00:57:36,584 --> 00:57:38,419
Why didn't you stay longer?
835
00:57:38,502 --> 00:57:42,715
People stopped singing. Then it was just
a bar and l don't drink.
836
00:57:42,798 --> 00:57:45,718
- You drank with him.
- When in Rome--
837
00:57:45,801 --> 00:57:49,764
Did you know him socially?
Been to his house?
838
00:57:49,847 --> 00:57:51,891
Know anything about him personally?
839
00:57:53,809 --> 00:57:56,729
We'll let you get back to work now.
840
00:57:59,273 --> 00:58:01,275
What's bothering you?
841
00:58:01,359 --> 00:58:04,237
Well, l just have to ask.
842
00:58:04,278 --> 00:58:08,115
Did you see him in the parking lot
after you left?
843
00:58:08,199 --> 00:58:11,786
No, l parked on the street.
l drive a Range Rover...
844
00:58:11,869 --> 00:58:14,288
so l feel safer
when it's visible.
845
00:58:14,372 --> 00:58:16,999
Who's gonna smash a window
if it's on the street?
846
00:58:17,083 --> 00:58:20,544
lf you had a shitty car,
you would've parked in the parking lot?
847
00:58:20,628 --> 00:58:23,506
lf l had a shitty car,
l might be a dead man.
848
00:58:23,589 --> 00:58:26,968
Somehow l think you're too lucky
for that.
849
00:58:27,009 --> 00:58:28,886
Thank you.
850
00:58:28,970 --> 00:58:31,764
Okay, 63, take three. Marker.
851
00:58:32,723 --> 00:58:35,142
Now.
852
00:58:35,226 --> 00:58:36,894
Action!
853
00:58:38,187 --> 00:58:42,483
No, goddamn it, you listen to me!
l've been around a while. l got a nose.
854
00:58:42,525 --> 00:58:46,320
This situation stinks.
lt stinks of the company.
855
00:58:46,362 --> 00:58:50,199
That's right, Peterson,
the fucking ClA. Ever heard of it?
856
00:58:50,283 --> 00:58:52,577
lt's the kind of operation--
857
00:58:52,660 --> 00:58:55,746
You don't understand what he's trying
to go for here.
858
00:58:55,830 --> 00:58:58,749
lt's hard to listen to your argument
when you don't understand.
859
00:58:58,833 --> 00:59:03,296
- Would you shut up, please?
- Kiss my ass!
860
00:59:03,337 --> 00:59:05,673
l have to cut.
My robe cut on the drawer.
861
00:59:05,756 --> 00:59:10,094
- For Christ's sakes!
- l like this guy. He's great.
862
00:59:10,177 --> 00:59:15,057
Waters?
Can l have some Volvic, please?
863
00:59:15,141 --> 00:59:17,143
Yeah, he's great.
864
00:59:18,561 --> 00:59:21,647
l heard the police came to see you
about this dead writer.
865
00:59:21,689 --> 00:59:25,359
- Who was this guy?
- His name was David Kahane.
866
00:59:25,443 --> 00:59:28,487
l never heard of him.
We ever hire him for anything?
867
00:59:28,529 --> 00:59:31,532
l was thinking about it.
868
00:59:31,574 --> 00:59:35,369
He pitched me a story.
l went there to talk to him about it.
869
00:59:35,411 --> 00:59:36,329
Jesus. Poor bastard. Just when his ship
comes in, some bastard blasts him--
870
00:59:36,370 --> 00:59:41,000
Jesus. Poor bastard. Just when his ship
comes in, some bastard blasts him--
871
00:59:41,083 --> 00:59:43,711
l don't want to criticize you...
872
00:59:43,753 --> 00:59:46,797
but l'm supposed to be talking
on the phone.
873
00:59:46,881 --> 00:59:48,716
Are the cops still bothering you?
874
00:59:48,799 --> 00:59:53,304
- No. No, l don't think so.
- Let Stuckel handle it.
875
00:59:53,387 --> 00:59:57,516
We'll give them passes to a screening.
They can sit behind Michelle Pfeiffer.
876
00:59:57,558 --> 00:59:59,769
They'll leave you alone.
877
01:00:01,062 --> 01:00:04,690
A guy named Joe Gillis called.
878
01:00:04,732 --> 01:00:09,403
He wants you to meet him at the
St. James Club at 10:00 on the patio.
879
01:00:09,487 --> 01:00:13,491
- Never heard of him.
- He said you'd know him.
880
01:00:13,574 --> 01:00:15,534
Anybody know who Joe Gillis is?
881
01:00:15,618 --> 01:00:18,329
He's a character William Holden played
in Sunset Boulevard.
882
01:00:18,412 --> 01:00:22,667
- The writer killed by a movie star.
- Gloria Swanson.
883
01:00:27,129 --> 01:00:30,883
Oh, that guy. Last week he said
he was Charles Foster Kane.
884
01:00:30,925 --> 01:00:33,761
A week before that
it was Rhett Butler.
885
01:00:33,803 --> 01:00:37,139
Why would they think l would kill
my own sister's husband?
886
01:00:38,933 --> 01:00:41,102
l was in love with him.
887
01:01:22,143 --> 01:01:26,897
- Griffin? Griffin.
- Malcolm McDowell, good to see you.
888
01:01:26,981 --> 01:01:30,526
Listen. The next time
you want to badmouth me...
889
01:01:30,610 --> 01:01:33,029
have the courage
to do it to my face.
890
01:01:33,112 --> 01:01:35,573
You guys are all the same.
891
01:01:45,917 --> 01:01:48,210
- You love it there?
- l love it. lt's wonderful.
892
01:01:48,294 --> 01:01:50,630
You love your career, don't you?
What is it?
893
01:01:50,713 --> 01:01:54,759
lt was a complete disaster.
Look what happened in Heaven's Gate.
894
01:01:54,842 --> 01:01:56,010
We both are concerned...
895
01:01:56,093 --> 01:01:58,429
about your career.
896
01:01:58,512 --> 01:02:01,182
Where l live, l know how people
think and feel.
897
01:02:02,350 --> 01:02:06,562
Montana will end you.
lt ended Cimino in Heaven's Gate.
898
01:02:06,646 --> 01:02:10,733
- Griffin Mill, hi. Andy Civella.
- Andy, how are you?
899
01:02:10,816 --> 01:02:14,487
l've got Andie MacDowell sitting over
here. You know her. She's so hot.
900
01:02:14,528 --> 01:02:16,822
- Come over and meet her.
- Still living in New York?
901
01:02:16,864 --> 01:02:19,867
l couldn't live here.
l'm allergic to happiness.
902
01:02:19,951 --> 01:02:23,871
Andie, it's good to see you again.
How are the kids?
903
01:02:23,955 --> 01:02:26,374
Great, thanks.
He's wonderful, thank you.
904
01:02:27,708 --> 01:02:30,086
You geniuses know each other.
Tom Oakley.
905
01:02:30,169 --> 01:02:33,214
- Yes, Hi, Tom.
- How are you?
906
01:02:33,297 --> 01:02:36,384
- Funny. l just saw Malcolm McDowell.
- Really?
907
01:02:36,467 --> 01:02:39,804
Roddy McDowall is related
to a cousin of my brother-in-law.
908
01:02:39,887 --> 01:02:42,556
Well, l'm not related
to either one of them.
909
01:02:52,566 --> 01:02:54,569
lf l write it, l direct it.
910
01:02:54,652 --> 01:02:58,072
The last three pictures you directed
were bombs!
911
01:02:58,155 --> 01:03:01,492
Thank you for the drink.
l've got to go.
912
01:03:01,576 --> 01:03:05,204
You've got to go?
We'll walk you to the car.
913
01:03:05,246 --> 01:03:07,707
No, it's okay.
Don't worry about it.
914
01:03:07,748 --> 01:03:10,293
We'd like to buy you a drink.
915
01:03:10,376 --> 01:03:13,337
l can't. l'm meeting someone.
Business.
916
01:03:13,421 --> 01:03:16,591
-We should tell him about Habeas Corpus.
-Of course, but he's a busy man.
917
01:03:16,674 --> 01:03:19,760
- ls there anyone waiting for me?
- No one's asked.
918
01:03:19,844 --> 01:03:23,514
l'm expecting someone.
l'll be out by the pool.
919
01:03:23,598 --> 01:03:26,517
But he'll get back to us.
Right, Griffin?
920
01:04:02,178 --> 01:04:03,596
Oh, sorry.
921
01:04:03,679 --> 01:04:06,349
- Jesus, Andy, it's you.
- Of course it's me.
922
01:04:06,432 --> 01:04:09,769
l can't ask you to join me.
l told you. l'm meeting somebody.
923
01:04:09,852 --> 01:04:12,688
Yeah. You're meeting me.
We got some big business.
924
01:04:12,772 --> 01:04:14,357
You? You?
925
01:04:14,440 --> 01:04:18,194
- Why not me?
- You think this is fucking funny?
926
01:04:18,277 --> 01:04:20,196
What are you talking about?
927
01:04:20,279 --> 01:04:24,909
Wouldn't she make a great Nora? l'd love
to write another Doll's House for her.
928
01:04:24,992 --> 01:04:27,745
Did you meet Tom Oakley?
929
01:04:27,828 --> 01:04:32,083
- Yes. You mean you didn't call me?
- No, l didn't call you.
930
01:04:32,166 --> 01:04:35,044
l'm sorry. l'm really sorry.
931
01:04:36,128 --> 01:04:39,548
Listen, l really am meeting somebody.
932
01:04:39,632 --> 01:04:43,177
There's no way l can hear a pitch
right now. Call me tomorrow.
933
01:04:43,261 --> 01:04:48,349
No, l can't do it tomorrow. l've got
a meeting at Paramount and Universal.
934
01:04:48,432 --> 01:04:50,059
Congratulations.
935
01:04:50,142 --> 01:04:52,478
- lf you don't hear it now, you'll lose.
- Then l lose it.
936
01:04:52,520 --> 01:04:54,689
lt'll take 20 seconds.
When your friend gets here--
937
01:04:54,772 --> 01:04:57,775
- What friend?
- Whoever you're gonna meet.
938
01:05:00,236 --> 01:05:02,196
Twenty-five words or less.
939
01:05:02,280 --> 01:05:06,033
Absolutely. You sit here, Tom.
Go.
940
01:05:07,118 --> 01:05:09,912
- The D.A. is at a moral crossroads.
- Tom! Jesus Christ.
941
01:05:11,664 --> 01:05:15,001
We open outside
the largest penitentiary in California.
942
01:05:15,042 --> 01:05:18,462
lt's night. lt's raining.
A limousine comes through the gate...
943
01:05:18,546 --> 01:05:21,966
past demonstrators holding
a candlelight vigil.
944
01:05:22,049 --> 01:05:25,761
The candles under the umbrellas
glow like Japanese lanterns.
945
01:05:25,845 --> 01:05:28,848
That's nice. l haven't seen that before.
That's good.
946
01:05:28,931 --> 01:05:32,768
A lone demonstrator, a black woman,
steps in front of the limousine.
947
01:05:32,852 --> 01:05:35,146
The lights illuminate her
like a spirit.
948
01:05:35,229 --> 01:05:38,649
Her eyes fix upon those
of the sole passenger.
949
01:05:40,902 --> 01:05:42,820
The moment is devastating
between them.
950
01:05:42,904 --> 01:05:46,115
He's the D.A. She's the mother
of the person being executed.
951
01:05:46,198 --> 01:05:48,784
You're good!
l told you he's good.
952
01:05:48,868 --> 01:05:50,286
Go on.
953
01:05:50,369 --> 01:05:52,955
The D.A. believes
in the death penalty.
954
01:05:53,039 --> 01:05:57,793
And the execution is a hard case.
Black, 19, and definitely guilty.
955
01:05:57,877 --> 01:06:02,340
The greatest democracy in the world, and
36% of people on death row are black.
956
01:06:02,423 --> 01:06:04,425
Poor, disadvantaged black.
957
01:06:04,508 --> 01:06:07,428
He swears the next person
he sees to die...
958
01:06:07,511 --> 01:06:09,889
will be smart, rich and white.
959
01:06:09,931 --> 01:06:13,726
- You, me, whoever.
- What a hook! Beauty hook.
960
01:06:13,768 --> 01:06:15,895
Cut to the chase.
961
01:06:15,978 --> 01:06:20,358
Cut from the D.A. to an up-market
suburban neighborhood.
962
01:06:20,441 --> 01:06:23,778
A couple have a fight.
He leaves in a fit, gets in a car.
963
01:06:23,861 --> 01:06:25,988
lt's the same rainy night.
964
01:06:26,072 --> 01:06:28,783
The car spins out
and goes into a ravine.
965
01:06:28,866 --> 01:06:31,077
The body is swept away.
966
01:06:31,118 --> 01:06:36,207
When the police examine the car, they
find the brakes have been tampered with.
967
01:06:36,290 --> 01:06:39,585
lt's murder, and the D.A. decides
to go for the big one.
968
01:06:39,627 --> 01:06:42,296
He's going to put the wife
in the gas chamber.
969
01:06:42,380 --> 01:06:44,298
But the D.A. falls in love
with the wife.
970
01:06:44,382 --> 01:06:46,634
Of course! But he puts her
in the gas chamber anyway.
971
01:06:47,677 --> 01:06:50,680
Then he finds that the husband
is alive.
972
01:06:50,763 --> 01:06:53,516
That he faked his death.
973
01:06:53,599 --> 01:06:56,811
The D.A. breaks into the prison,
runs down death row...
974
01:06:56,894 --> 01:06:58,938
but he gets there too late.
975
01:06:59,021 --> 01:07:01,482
The gas pellets have been dropped.
976
01:07:01,565 --> 01:07:03,859
She's dead.
977
01:07:03,943 --> 01:07:07,863
l tell you,
there's not a dry eye in the house.
978
01:07:07,947 --> 01:07:09,574
She's dead?
979
01:07:09,657 --> 01:07:14,537
She's dead. She's dead
because that's the reality.
980
01:07:14,620 --> 01:07:17,582
The innocent die.
981
01:07:17,665 --> 01:07:20,751
- Who's the D.A.?
- No one.
982
01:07:20,835 --> 01:07:21,836
No one?
983
01:07:21,919 --> 01:07:24,922
No stars on this project.
We're going out on a limb on one.
984
01:07:25,006 --> 01:07:27,800
Like unknown stage actors...
985
01:07:27,883 --> 01:07:30,553
or maybe somebody English
like what's-his-name.
986
01:07:32,763 --> 01:07:34,640
- Why?
- Why?
987
01:07:34,682 --> 01:07:40,021
This story is too damned important to
risk being overwhelmed by personality.
988
01:07:40,104 --> 01:07:42,732
That's fine for action pictures,
but this is special.
989
01:07:42,815 --> 01:07:44,734
We want real people.
990
01:07:44,817 --> 01:07:47,612
We don't want people coming
with any preconceived notions.
991
01:07:47,695 --> 01:07:51,407
-We want 'em to see a district attorney.
-Bruce Willis.
992
01:07:51,490 --> 01:07:54,160
Not Bruce Willis or Kevin Costner.
993
01:07:54,201 --> 01:07:57,121
This is an innocent woman
fighting for her life.
994
01:07:57,204 --> 01:07:59,165
- Julia Roberts.
- lf we can get her.
995
01:07:59,206 --> 01:08:00,666
We can!
996
01:08:00,708 --> 01:08:05,338
lf l'm perfectly honest,
this isn't even an American film.
997
01:08:07,590 --> 01:08:11,677
- lt's not?
- No. There are no stars.
998
01:08:11,719 --> 01:08:14,513
No pat happy endings,
no Schwarzenegger, no stickups...
999
01:08:14,555 --> 01:08:16,557
no terrorists.
1000
01:08:16,641 --> 01:08:20,436
This is a tough story, a tragedy
in which an innocent woman dies.
1001
01:08:20,519 --> 01:08:24,482
Why? Because that happens!
1002
01:08:26,484 --> 01:08:28,778
Habeas Corpus.
1003
01:08:28,861 --> 01:08:33,574
That's what we're calling it.
'Produce the Corpse.' What do you say?
1004
01:08:34,909 --> 01:08:39,872
-That pitch was more than 25 words.
-But it's brilliant! What's the verdict?
1005
01:08:39,914 --> 01:08:43,209
- Mr. Mill, for you.
- Who gave this to you?
1006
01:08:43,251 --> 01:08:46,587
- l received it at the front desk.
- What is it?
1007
01:08:49,423 --> 01:08:53,052
lt's from the person l was meeting.
1008
01:08:53,094 --> 01:08:55,096
He's not coming.
1009
01:08:55,179 --> 01:08:57,807
Do we have a shot?
1010
01:08:57,890 --> 01:09:01,352
lt's an intriguing idea.
Give me a call at the studio tomorrow.
1011
01:09:01,435 --> 01:09:04,814
There's a scene in Throne of Blood
that has exactly the texture--
1012
01:09:04,897 --> 01:09:08,359
- Tom, just say thank you.
- She has to die! No Hollywood ending.
1013
01:09:08,442 --> 01:09:11,571
Tom, say thank you!
1014
01:11:05,518 --> 01:11:10,273
Fuck! You fucking dog-shit writer!
You fucking tried to kill me!
1015
01:11:33,921 --> 01:11:37,425
Oh, God, you gave me such a scare!
1016
01:11:37,466 --> 01:11:40,344
What are you doing here?
1017
01:11:40,428 --> 01:11:44,265
You gave me such a fright.
Come in.
1018
01:11:44,307 --> 01:11:46,017
Come on in.
1019
01:11:47,852 --> 01:11:51,772
What's the matter?
You look terrible.
1020
01:11:51,814 --> 01:11:53,274
What's up?
1021
01:11:55,776 --> 01:11:58,279
Sit down.
l'll get you a drink.
1022
01:12:09,248 --> 01:12:11,292
Something happened.
1023
01:12:12,501 --> 01:12:16,672
- ls it too late?
- No, it's not too late.
1024
01:12:16,756 --> 01:12:18,925
l don't even know what time it is.
1025
01:12:19,008 --> 01:12:20,760
What's wrong?
1026
01:12:26,057 --> 01:12:31,062
- What are you painting? ls that me?
- Yes, it's you.
1027
01:12:32,688 --> 01:12:34,231
See?
1028
01:12:34,315 --> 01:12:36,442
Do you have snakes in lceland?
1029
01:12:36,525 --> 01:12:38,527
Snakes? No, l don't think so.
1030
01:12:38,611 --> 01:12:40,571
Are you afraid of snakes?
1031
01:12:40,655 --> 01:12:43,616
l don't know.
l've never come close to a real one.
1032
01:12:43,699 --> 01:12:46,327
They scare the shit out of me.
1033
01:12:51,832 --> 01:12:53,334
Have another.
1034
01:12:53,376 --> 01:12:55,753
l don't usually drink.
1035
01:12:59,048 --> 01:13:02,510
Something happened tonight.
1036
01:13:02,551 --> 01:13:04,387
Yes, but...
1037
01:13:06,514 --> 01:13:09,517
there's something else
l have to tell you.
1038
01:13:11,602 --> 01:13:14,772
This isn't easy for me.
1039
01:13:14,855 --> 01:13:16,274
Yes?
1040
01:13:23,239 --> 01:13:25,783
How about if l just get on
with my work...
1041
01:13:25,866 --> 01:13:29,787
and you talk to me
when you feel like it, okay?
1042
01:13:37,086 --> 01:13:39,714
l came very close
to dying tonight.
1043
01:13:43,384 --> 01:13:45,761
All l could think about
was you.
1044
01:13:46,804 --> 01:13:49,390
l don't even know you...
1045
01:13:49,432 --> 01:13:52,351
but you came into my mind.
1046
01:13:56,147 --> 01:13:59,108
l couldn't think of anything else.
1047
01:14:01,527 --> 01:14:04,447
Remember that first night
we spoke on the phone?
1048
01:14:06,657 --> 01:14:10,828
l was outside these windows
watching you and--
1049
01:14:15,041 --> 01:14:17,460
lt was so exciting.
1050
01:14:19,587 --> 01:14:21,380
So new.
1051
01:14:23,716 --> 01:14:25,301
Strange.
1052
01:14:28,679 --> 01:14:31,599
l can't get you out of my mind.
1053
01:14:34,518 --> 01:14:37,688
Are you making love to me?
1054
01:14:39,774 --> 01:14:41,859
Yes, l guess l am.
1055
01:14:43,694 --> 01:14:45,655
l guess l am.
1056
01:14:48,908 --> 01:14:51,285
l want to make love to you.
1057
01:14:59,001 --> 01:15:01,045
lt's too soon.
1058
01:15:04,173 --> 01:15:06,509
lt's too soon, isn't it?
1059
01:15:08,469 --> 01:15:11,055
lt's so strange
how things happen.
1060
01:15:13,057 --> 01:15:15,351
David was here...
1061
01:15:15,434 --> 01:15:17,395
then he left.
1062
01:15:18,521 --> 01:15:20,314
You arrived.
1063
01:15:22,817 --> 01:15:25,820
Maybe it's just the timing,
but l feel like...
1064
01:15:25,903 --> 01:15:29,031
l would go anywhere with you...
1065
01:15:30,783 --> 01:15:32,702
if you asked.
1066
01:15:36,455 --> 01:15:38,874
But we mustn't hurry things.
1067
01:15:38,916 --> 01:15:42,378
We can't hurry things...
1068
01:15:42,420 --> 01:15:44,839
any more than we can stop them.
1069
01:15:47,049 --> 01:15:49,343
l think you better go now.
1070
01:15:49,385 --> 01:15:52,013
l think l'm going to cry now.
1071
01:15:56,392 --> 01:15:58,728
You better go quick.
1072
01:16:05,234 --> 01:16:06,861
l'm sorry.
1073
01:16:06,903 --> 01:16:10,239
No, no, don't be sorry.
Just go home...
1074
01:16:10,323 --> 01:16:13,576
and get some sleep.
1075
01:16:13,659 --> 01:16:16,078
Call me...
1076
01:16:16,120 --> 01:16:17,914
tomorrow.
1077
01:16:19,081 --> 01:16:21,626
lnvite me on a proper date.
1078
01:16:22,710 --> 01:16:24,795
l'd like that.
1079
01:16:39,644 --> 01:16:43,814
Jan? Jan!
Get me Larry Levy on the phone.
1080
01:16:43,898 --> 01:16:46,567
- l don't think he's on the lot.
- Try his car.
1081
01:16:47,652 --> 01:16:51,113
- lsn't he at Fox?
- He used to be. Not anymore.
1082
01:16:51,197 --> 01:16:53,908
l pitched him something
a few months ago. He hated it.
1083
01:16:55,117 --> 01:16:57,411
- That Griffin?
- Yeah.
1084
01:16:57,495 --> 01:17:01,791
Larry, Tom Oakley and Andy Civella
are here. l wouldn't bother you...
1085
01:17:01,832 --> 01:17:03,918
but you should hear their idea now.
1086
01:17:04,001 --> 01:17:06,462
- Hi, guys
- Hi, Larry.
1087
01:17:06,545 --> 01:17:11,550
The voice you'll hear has an English
accent. Tom Oakley. l'm Andy Civella.
1088
01:17:11,634 --> 01:17:14,220
Hi, Andy. l know Tom.
How are you?
1089
01:17:14,303 --> 01:17:16,430
Very well, Larry.
And yourself?
1090
01:17:16,514 --> 01:17:18,557
Fine. What's your story?
1091
01:17:19,684 --> 01:17:23,312
We open outside San Quentin.
lt's night.
1092
01:17:23,354 --> 01:17:25,106
lt's raining.
1093
01:17:25,189 --> 01:17:28,568
A limousine enters through the gate,
past demonstrators...
1094
01:17:28,651 --> 01:17:31,279
holding a candlelight vigil.
1095
01:17:31,362 --> 01:17:34,615
The candles flicker under umbrellas
glowing like Japanese lanterns.
1096
01:17:34,699 --> 01:17:38,411
A lone demonstrator, a black woman,
steps in front of the limousine.
1097
01:17:38,494 --> 01:17:41,080
Her eyes connect
with the lone passenger.
1098
01:17:41,163 --> 01:17:43,207
lt's a devastating moment.
1099
01:17:43,291 --> 01:17:45,167
lncredibly potent.
1100
01:17:47,503 --> 01:17:50,756
No stars. No Schwarzenegger.
No pat Hollywood endings.
1101
01:17:50,840 --> 01:17:54,468
No car chases.
This is an American tragedy...
1102
01:17:54,552 --> 01:17:56,596
in which an innocent woman dies.
1103
01:17:56,679 --> 01:17:59,974
Because that happens.
That's reality.
1104
01:18:01,058 --> 01:18:03,019
Take me off the speaker phone.
1105
01:18:06,272 --> 01:18:10,985
l don't know. lt's a really hot story.
But what is this bullshit, no stars?
1106
01:18:11,068 --> 01:18:14,989
Let me give you a little tip.
Levison came to power on two movies.
1107
01:18:15,072 --> 01:18:17,450
He made $300 million
with no stars in them.
1108
01:18:17,533 --> 01:18:19,952
He will love this idea.
lt'll remind him of his youth.
1109
01:18:20,036 --> 01:18:23,289
His motto used to be
'No stars, just talent.'
1110
01:18:23,372 --> 01:18:26,542
- Has anyone else heard this?
- l don't think so.
1111
01:18:27,418 --> 01:18:29,337
Make a deal now.
1112
01:18:29,420 --> 01:18:32,506
Tomorrow may be too late.
Can we get ahold of Levison?
1113
01:18:32,590 --> 01:18:35,051
Yeah, l'll get Levison.
When can you be back?
1114
01:18:35,092 --> 01:18:36,886
After my AA meeting.
1115
01:18:36,928 --> 01:18:41,682
l didn't realize
you had a drinking problem.
1116
01:18:41,766 --> 01:18:46,395
l don't really, but that's where all the
deals are being made these days. See ya.
1117
01:18:47,939 --> 01:18:50,066
Tom, that was a hell of a pitch.
1118
01:18:52,109 --> 01:18:54,946
Good work.
l think you sold Larry.
1119
01:18:55,029 --> 01:18:57,323
Great! When will we hear?
1120
01:18:57,406 --> 01:19:01,535
Go home, put some champagne on ice.
l'll give you an answer by tonight.
1121
01:19:01,619 --> 01:19:03,412
Jan, come here.
1122
01:19:03,454 --> 01:19:08,417
You move in mysterious ways,
but l like it.
1123
01:19:08,459 --> 01:19:10,461
Did Levy understand? No stars.
1124
01:19:10,503 --> 01:19:13,214
Yes, he was particularly attracted
to that notion.
1125
01:19:13,297 --> 01:19:15,508
- No Hollywood ending?
- No Hollywood ending.
1126
01:19:18,594 --> 01:19:20,805
They looked happy.
1127
01:19:20,888 --> 01:19:23,891
They have a completely fucked-up idea
that has no second act.
1128
01:19:23,975 --> 01:19:26,727
lf l hadn't heard it myself,
l never would've believed it.
1129
01:19:26,811 --> 01:19:29,981
Larry Levy liked it
because he's a dickbrain.
1130
01:19:30,064 --> 01:19:32,441
Levy will sell the idea
to Levison.
1131
01:19:32,483 --> 01:19:34,986
Then l will let Levison have
the brilliant idea...
1132
01:19:35,069 --> 01:19:38,281
of letting Larry
take over the project from me.
1133
01:19:38,364 --> 01:19:39,907
You will?
1134
01:19:39,991 --> 01:19:42,618
Levison can't wait
to get in bed with Levy.
1135
01:19:42,702 --> 01:19:46,956
This piece-of-shit idea
will blow up in both their faces.
1136
01:19:47,039 --> 01:19:51,460
And then l will step in
and save the day.
1137
01:19:53,713 --> 01:19:55,256
Yes!
1138
01:19:56,424 --> 01:19:58,634
Three points.
1139
01:19:58,676 --> 01:20:00,970
Great shot!
1140
01:20:04,348 --> 01:20:06,350
She's receiving the last rites.
1141
01:20:06,434 --> 01:20:09,145
The D.A. discovers that the husband
faked his own death.
1142
01:20:09,228 --> 01:20:12,607
She's innocent. He races to
the penitentiary, but it's too late.
1143
01:20:12,690 --> 01:20:15,151
The pellets have dropped.
She's dead.
1144
01:20:15,234 --> 01:20:17,737
He helped kill the woman he loved.
1145
01:20:17,820 --> 01:20:21,157
- Who are the stars?
- No stars, just talent.
1146
01:20:21,240 --> 01:20:23,284
No stars?
1147
01:20:23,367 --> 01:20:27,121
What the fuck kind of ending
do you call that? lt's depressing.
1148
01:20:27,204 --> 01:20:31,250
Depressing? Terms of Endearment,
Love Story, Steel Magnolias?
1149
01:20:31,334 --> 01:20:34,295
E.T. grossed $319 million
worldwide...
1150
01:20:34,378 --> 01:20:36,505
and there wasn't a dry eye
in the house.
1151
01:20:36,547 --> 01:20:39,008
- Depressing? l don't think so.
- Yeah, but--
1152
01:20:39,050 --> 01:20:41,844
Normally l'd agree with you, but this
is an entirely different kind of deal.
1153
01:20:41,886 --> 01:20:45,765
lt is a matter of taking the risk,
rolling the dice.
1154
01:20:45,848 --> 01:20:48,851
But if they come up 7,
bingo!
1155
01:20:49,977 --> 01:20:52,396
lt's Oscar time.
1156
01:20:52,480 --> 01:20:54,982
- Do they screw?
- Who?
1157
01:20:55,066 --> 01:20:57,526
The D.A. and the woman.
Do they screw?
1158
01:20:57,568 --> 01:21:01,614
lf l'm going to be looking at jail cells
and gas chambers, you need some sex.
1159
01:21:01,697 --> 01:21:05,284
Sure, of course.
We'll get it there. No problem.
1160
01:21:05,368 --> 01:21:08,329
Who's gonna shepherd this thing?
1161
01:21:09,747 --> 01:21:12,333
Larry, you seem to have a good feel
for this. You want to run with it?
1162
01:21:12,416 --> 01:21:15,544
- This project originated with Griffin.
- Bonnie.
1163
01:21:15,586 --> 01:21:18,047
l don't want to dance
at somebody else's wedding.
1164
01:21:18,089 --> 01:21:20,591
lf it's Griffin's project,
it's Griffin's.
1165
01:21:20,675 --> 01:21:23,636
- We should--
- Bonnie, this will have to be my call.
1166
01:21:26,013 --> 01:21:27,932
lt's fine with me.
1167
01:21:28,015 --> 01:21:30,434
My plate is full anyway.
1168
01:21:30,518 --> 01:21:34,855
Larry, it's yours. Hit a home run,
win an Oscar for the home team.
1169
01:21:37,275 --> 01:21:40,611
Griffin, l've got something else
for you. New York tomorrow.
1170
01:21:40,695 --> 01:21:44,156
Tom Wolfe's new book will be in a room
at the hotel. Read it and make your bid.
1171
01:21:44,240 --> 01:21:47,577
Send Bonnie. She'll know if it's
a movie. lf it is, the bid's a million.
1172
01:21:47,660 --> 01:21:50,538
- Me?
- A million! That's high, isn't it?
1173
01:21:50,621 --> 01:21:53,332
lt's Tom Wolfe.
Why not you?
1174
01:21:53,416 --> 01:21:55,918
l'm a story editor.
That's a vice president's job.
1175
01:21:56,002 --> 01:21:59,046
- You don't want to be a vice president?
- Bonnie, pack your bags.
1176
01:21:59,130 --> 01:22:03,759
Congratulations. That was
the most amazing piece l've ever heard.
1177
01:22:03,801 --> 01:22:06,721
- lf you don't want the responsibility--
- No, l'm going.
1178
01:22:06,804 --> 01:22:09,056
l really want to be
one of your soldiers.
1179
01:22:09,140 --> 01:22:13,019
- l'm glad you're on the team.
- Bonnie will be gone. l'm here for you.
1180
01:22:14,770 --> 01:22:16,439
Whitney, now!
1181
01:22:17,440 --> 01:22:19,275
Frank, Marty, come in.
1182
01:22:20,776 --> 01:22:22,862
- May l have a word with you?
- l have a meeting.
1183
01:22:22,945 --> 01:22:25,406
- Find the time. What is going on?
- What do you mean?
1184
01:22:25,489 --> 01:22:28,492
Handing Larry Levy your project.
1185
01:22:28,576 --> 01:22:30,995
l thought Larry had...
1186
01:22:31,078 --> 01:22:35,333
a firm grasp
on the style of the piece.
1187
01:22:35,416 --> 01:22:38,377
The only thing Larry Levy
has a firm grasp on is his dick!
1188
01:22:38,461 --> 01:22:40,463
l'm not Oz,
l can't do everything.
1189
01:22:40,546 --> 01:22:42,798
Why shouldn't l use Larry if l think he
has what it takes to get a picture made?
1190
01:22:42,840 --> 01:22:45,801
- That way everybody wins.
- Why are you bullshitting me?
1191
01:22:45,843 --> 01:22:48,179
- l'm not!
- You never used to bullshit me.
1192
01:22:48,262 --> 01:22:52,016
l know you.
You've been stringing me along.
1193
01:22:52,099 --> 01:22:55,102
- Habeas Corpus, Griff.
- Habeas Corpus.
1194
01:22:56,812 --> 01:22:59,190
You've been stringing me along
like one of your goddamn writers.
1195
01:22:59,273 --> 01:23:03,236
Why get Levison to send me to New York?
Are you trying to get rid of me?
1196
01:23:03,319 --> 01:23:05,529
Get rid of you?
l'm trying to help you.
1197
01:23:05,613 --> 01:23:09,450
lf you score in New York, Levison
has to make you a vice president.
1198
01:23:09,533 --> 01:23:12,662
Jesus, are you afraid of success?
1199
01:23:12,703 --> 01:23:15,248
Are you seeing someone else?
1200
01:23:15,331 --> 01:23:18,918
- That's what this is about?
- Not just this. lt's a lot of things.
1201
01:23:19,001 --> 01:23:22,296
lt's the way you've been acting.
Something is going on.
1202
01:23:22,380 --> 01:23:24,340
Jesus Christ.
1203
01:23:24,423 --> 01:23:27,885
You're not even looking at me
when you're talking to me.
1204
01:23:27,927 --> 01:23:30,471
Please look me in the eyes
and just tell me.
1205
01:23:30,554 --> 01:23:34,183
No bullshit.
ls there someone else?
1206
01:23:38,187 --> 01:23:40,147
Have a good trip.
1207
01:23:46,237 --> 01:23:50,199
Our top story this evening involves
Hollywood's three favorite G's.
1208
01:23:50,283 --> 01:23:53,202
A glamourous, glitzy, gala night
on the town.
1209
01:23:53,244 --> 01:23:55,371
lt is a who's who of stars.
1210
01:23:55,454 --> 01:23:59,375
No l.D.s necessary,
household names one and all.
1211
01:23:59,417 --> 01:24:01,043
Leeza Gibbons reporting here.
1212
01:24:01,127 --> 01:24:04,338
Right this minute you could fire
a cannon down Sunset Boulevard...
1213
01:24:04,422 --> 01:24:06,716
and not come close to hitting
a celebrity.
1214
01:24:06,799 --> 01:24:10,595
Everybody who is anybody
is right here rubbing elbows...
1215
01:24:10,678 --> 01:24:12,930
and making big talk
in this ballroom.
1216
01:24:13,014 --> 01:24:16,559
All the movers, the shakers,
behind the scenes and on the screens.
1217
01:24:16,601 --> 01:24:19,729
Leave it to Cher to wear red...
1218
01:24:19,812 --> 01:24:22,189
when the impossible-to-come-by
invitations...
1219
01:24:22,273 --> 01:24:24,984
call for 'black and white only,
please.'
1220
01:24:25,067 --> 01:24:27,153
Hi, Terry, nice to see you.
1221
01:24:27,236 --> 01:24:29,989
June Gudmundsdottir,
Teri Garr, Buck Henry.
1222
01:24:30,072 --> 01:24:34,452
The occasion this evening, as big
and important as the all-star turnout.
1223
01:24:34,493 --> 01:24:38,331
The studio, world-famous for the slogan
'Movies, now more than ever'...
1224
01:24:38,414 --> 01:24:42,960
is donating prints of 25 of its classic
black-and-white films to the museum.
1225
01:24:43,044 --> 01:24:46,422
Now they'll be able to say,
'Movies, now more than ever forever.'
1226
01:24:46,464 --> 01:24:48,633
Thank you.
1227
01:24:48,716 --> 01:24:53,763
lt's wonderful to see so many familiar
and friendly faces around.
1228
01:24:55,056 --> 01:25:00,269
As you know, the L.A. County Museum
has always been close to our hearts...
1229
01:25:00,353 --> 01:25:03,064
and especially the motion department.
1230
01:25:03,147 --> 01:25:05,566
Motion picture department!
1231
01:25:06,692 --> 01:25:09,904
We're happy to make possible
this donation.
1232
01:25:11,822 --> 01:25:15,618
l'd like to introduce a man
whose idea this all was.
1233
01:25:15,701 --> 01:25:18,079
Griffin Mill, please.
1234
01:25:24,335 --> 01:25:26,837
Thank you, Joel.
1235
01:25:26,921 --> 01:25:29,298
Grab another drink.
1236
01:25:32,969 --> 01:25:35,304
l'd like to extend my thanks...
1237
01:25:35,346 --> 01:25:37,723
to the patrons of
the Los Angeles County Museum.
1238
01:25:38,724 --> 01:25:41,811
You have long fostered the art
of motion pictures...
1239
01:25:41,852 --> 01:25:45,731
as a serious and valuable art form
in this community.
1240
01:25:47,024 --> 01:25:50,069
Many people across the country
and around the world...
1241
01:25:50,152 --> 01:25:53,948
have for too long thought of movies
as a popular entertainment...
1242
01:25:54,031 --> 01:25:56,617
more than serious art.
1243
01:25:56,701 --> 01:26:00,788
l'm afraid a large majority of the press
supports this attitude.
1244
01:26:00,871 --> 01:26:04,709
We want great films
with long shelf lives.
1245
01:26:04,792 --> 01:26:07,628
We want the films
of the new John Hustons...
1246
01:26:07,712 --> 01:26:10,673
Orson Welles, Frank Capras.
1247
01:26:10,756 --> 01:26:15,720
We and the other major film studios
have a responsibility to the public...
1248
01:26:15,803 --> 01:26:19,807
to maintain the art
of motion pictures...
1249
01:26:19,890 --> 01:26:22,810
as our primary mandate.
1250
01:26:22,893 --> 01:26:27,440
Movies are art, now...
1251
01:26:27,523 --> 01:26:29,567
more than ever.
1252
01:26:30,651 --> 01:26:32,194
Thank you.
1253
01:26:39,827 --> 01:26:42,705
Griffin, that was a hell of a job.
Couldn't have done it better myself.
1254
01:26:42,747 --> 01:26:45,416
l'll know all of your lines soon.
1255
01:26:47,627 --> 01:26:51,714
- Well, are we having fun yet?
- l'm having a great time.
1256
01:26:51,756 --> 01:26:56,469
'Griffin Mill, the writer's enemy.
l'll get back to you'
1257
01:27:05,937 --> 01:27:08,648
ls this a friend of a friend?
1258
01:27:08,731 --> 01:27:10,608
- Sorry?
- How did you meet?
1259
01:27:10,691 --> 01:27:14,237
We met at a funeral.
1260
01:27:14,278 --> 01:27:17,823
- lsn't that right?
- Absolutely. Excuse us.
1261
01:27:55,111 --> 01:27:57,863
Don't make a scene.
1262
01:28:05,121 --> 01:28:08,332
That's what l call a real date.
1263
01:28:13,379 --> 01:28:15,881
Should l come in?
1264
01:28:15,965 --> 01:28:19,135
- Well--
- Well?
1265
01:28:19,218 --> 01:28:22,972
Not tonight, but soon.
1266
01:28:24,181 --> 01:28:25,850
Very soon.
1267
01:28:28,519 --> 01:28:30,813
- How about Mexico?
- Mexico?
1268
01:28:30,855 --> 01:28:32,857
Neutral territory.
Acapulco.
1269
01:28:32,940 --> 01:28:35,860
- l've never been there.
- We'll go.
1270
01:28:35,943 --> 01:28:38,362
- ls that the thing to do?
- That's a thing to do.
1271
01:28:38,404 --> 01:28:40,990
- Let's do it then.
- We'll go this weekend.
1272
01:28:41,073 --> 01:28:42,825
- Really?
- Yeah.
1273
01:28:45,369 --> 01:28:48,581
- Do l need a passport?
- Yes.
1274
01:29:36,712 --> 01:29:40,132
Mr. Mill, l'm Detective DeLongpre,
Pasadena police.
1275
01:29:40,216 --> 01:29:42,218
Yes, l recognize you.
1276
01:29:42,301 --> 01:29:44,553
Did you have a good time
at the party last night?
1277
01:29:44,595 --> 01:29:48,432
No, l didn't. l'm not supposed
to have a good time when l'm on duty.
1278
01:29:48,516 --> 01:29:50,935
Great. What do you want?
1279
01:29:51,018 --> 01:29:53,980
- Come down to the station.
- Why?
1280
01:29:54,063 --> 01:29:56,399
- To look at some pictures.
- Pictures?
1281
01:29:56,482 --> 01:29:59,819
Mug shots, like in the movies.
1282
01:29:59,902 --> 01:30:03,114
Ah, mug shots!
All right.
1283
01:30:03,197 --> 01:30:06,993
- Will you follow me to Pasadena?
- Pasadena.
1284
01:30:07,076 --> 01:30:09,870
Will you fasten your safety belt,
please?
1285
01:30:13,624 --> 01:30:17,461
No! Take your hands off of her!
1286
01:30:17,545 --> 01:30:20,047
- l want my baby.
- Where's her baby?
1287
01:30:21,549 --> 01:30:24,135
- Mr. Mill!
- Hello, how are you?
1288
01:30:24,218 --> 01:30:27,513
Good to see you. Everybody,
this is Mr. Mill. He makes movies.
1289
01:30:27,597 --> 01:30:29,265
Have a seat.
1290
01:30:30,349 --> 01:30:33,394
Where the fuck is he going?
Excuse me. Mr. Mill?
1291
01:30:33,477 --> 01:30:37,982
Not in here. This is my lieutenant's
office. Have a seat here.
1292
01:30:39,150 --> 01:30:41,152
All right.
1293
01:30:41,235 --> 01:30:46,115
Willa, could you?
Your desk? Thank you.
1294
01:30:46,198 --> 01:30:48,409
Sorry. Have a seat, Mr. Mill.
1295
01:30:48,492 --> 01:30:51,829
Before we start,
Paul saw a movie last night.
1296
01:30:51,913 --> 01:30:54,123
He raved about it.
1297
01:30:54,165 --> 01:30:58,252
- What was the name of that movie?
- Freaks.
1298
01:30:58,336 --> 01:31:02,673
- Have you seen this?
- Tod Browning. Yes.
1299
01:31:02,757 --> 01:31:05,551
One of us, one of us.
1300
01:31:05,635 --> 01:31:08,012
He came in doing that.
He was raving about it.
1301
01:31:08,095 --> 01:31:12,308
He loved it.
lt was thrilling for me. Willa?
1302
01:31:12,350 --> 01:31:17,188
Did you see where the tampons went?
l can't find them.
1303
01:31:17,271 --> 01:31:19,941
- l didn't take them.
- Did he take them?
1304
01:31:20,024 --> 01:31:21,943
- l don't know.
- Who did?
1305
01:31:22,026 --> 01:31:24,987
You see this? Damn!
1306
01:31:26,447 --> 01:31:29,992
- Do you have a break in the case?
- What makes you say that?
1307
01:31:30,034 --> 01:31:33,829
Well, why else
would you bring me here?
1308
01:31:35,289 --> 01:31:38,292
Why else, indeed.
Paul?
1309
01:31:38,376 --> 01:31:43,297
Paul, why have we brought
Mr. Mill in here today?
1310
01:31:43,381 --> 01:31:45,716
To look at some pictures.
1311
01:31:45,800 --> 01:31:48,094
Pictures.
1312
01:31:48,177 --> 01:31:52,848
Could you, if you remember,
what were you wearing that night?
1313
01:31:52,932 --> 01:31:56,894
l was wearing a double-breasted suit,
l believe.
1314
01:31:56,978 --> 01:31:58,938
Just-- lt's all right.
1315
01:31:59,021 --> 01:32:01,983
What's the matter?
You're so jumpy. Sit down.
1316
01:32:02,066 --> 01:32:04,610
- l'll get it.
- No, that's what she's here for.
1317
01:32:04,694 --> 01:32:07,655
- Have a seat.
- Sorry.
1318
01:32:09,740 --> 01:32:11,909
Will you take a look at this?
1319
01:32:11,993 --> 01:32:16,581
Where were they?
She found them. You're right.
1320
01:32:16,664 --> 01:32:19,375
Wait a minute.
No, these aren't mine.
1321
01:32:19,458 --> 01:32:21,460
These are slender regular.
These are yours.
1322
01:32:21,544 --> 01:32:26,257
- l guess you have jumbo.
- l use jumbo. These aren't mine.
1323
01:32:26,340 --> 01:32:29,343
God, just trying to help you out.
1324
01:32:29,427 --> 01:32:32,555
Did you see this guy
the night of the murder?
1325
01:32:35,600 --> 01:32:37,810
Sorry.
1326
01:32:37,893 --> 01:32:40,688
No, l, l-- You're putting me
in a terrible position here.
1327
01:32:40,771 --> 01:32:43,899
l would hate to get
the wrong person arrested.
1328
01:32:43,941 --> 01:32:48,154
Please! This is Pasadena. We do not
arrest the wrong person. That's L.A.
1329
01:32:48,237 --> 01:32:52,033
ln L.A. they kick your ass and then
they arrest you. We don't do that here.
1330
01:32:52,116 --> 01:32:54,577
Remember last year? What was
that guy's name they put on tape?
1331
01:32:54,619 --> 01:32:57,288
- What was that?
- King.
1332
01:32:57,371 --> 01:32:59,790
He was the wrong guy.
1333
01:33:03,002 --> 01:33:06,297
- Do you have a witness?
- l can't answer that.
1334
01:33:06,380 --> 01:33:10,092
Either you have a witness or these
are suspects in similar murders.
1335
01:33:10,134 --> 01:33:12,511
Have you been going
to detective school?
1336
01:33:12,595 --> 01:33:16,557
No, actually we're doing a movie
called Lonely Room.
1337
01:33:16,641 --> 01:33:18,684
Scott Glenn plays a detective
like yourself.
1338
01:33:18,768 --> 01:33:22,939
ls he a black woman?
Don't give me turkey.
1339
01:33:23,022 --> 01:33:27,735
Actually l was drawing the comparison
not based on race or gender.
1340
01:33:27,818 --> 01:33:32,240
Speaking of which,
did you go out with June--
1341
01:33:33,824 --> 01:33:37,245
- What is that woman's name?
- Gudmundsdottir.
1342
01:33:37,328 --> 01:33:38,829
What is it?
1343
01:33:38,913 --> 01:33:41,540
Who-- Spell it for me.
1344
01:33:41,624 --> 01:33:45,544
- G-U-D-M-U-N-D-S-D-O-T-T-l-R.
- That really helps.
1345
01:33:45,628 --> 01:33:48,965
- Did you go out with June--
- Gudmundsdottir.
1346
01:33:49,006 --> 01:33:51,759
- Yeah, her, last night?
- Yes, l did.
1347
01:33:51,842 --> 01:33:53,761
Have you known each other long?
1348
01:33:53,844 --> 01:33:56,305
No. l spoke to her for the first time
the night Kahane was killed.
1349
01:33:56,347 --> 01:34:00,559
- Wow. So you didn't know her before.
- No, l didn't.
1350
01:34:00,643 --> 01:34:04,522
We met over the phone. We got to talking
and one thing led to another.
1351
01:34:04,605 --> 01:34:07,108
Did you fuck her?
1352
01:34:07,191 --> 01:34:09,735
- What kind of question is that?
- l think it's pretty direct.
1353
01:34:09,819 --> 01:34:11,404
Did you fuck her?
1354
01:34:11,487 --> 01:34:15,199
l wouldn't answer that
without a lawyer in the room...
1355
01:34:15,283 --> 01:34:17,827
and then l probably
wouldn't even answer that question.
1356
01:34:17,910 --> 01:34:21,414
Why don't you ask your friend?
He's followed me. He'll probably know.
1357
01:34:21,497 --> 01:34:23,332
All right.
1358
01:34:23,416 --> 01:34:29,130
- Did Mr. Mill fuck June 'Hutmahuter'?
- l didn't see him.
1359
01:34:29,213 --> 01:34:32,091
- See? You got away with it.
- What are you implying?
1360
01:34:32,174 --> 01:34:35,386
l'm not implying anything. l asked you
a direct question. Did you fuck her?
1361
01:34:35,469 --> 01:34:37,805
l said l wouldn't answer
without a lawyer.
1362
01:34:37,888 --> 01:34:40,850
- Why are you getting angry?
- Because you're being rude.
1363
01:34:40,891 --> 01:34:46,397
Excuse me. But l think it's soon for her
to be gallivanting with you.
1364
01:34:46,480 --> 01:34:48,816
l'm there for her as a friend.
1365
01:34:50,234 --> 01:34:55,406
Why don't you call her? l'm sure she'd
be happy to pick over this horror...
1366
01:34:55,489 --> 01:34:58,159
and tell you
how we became friends.
1367
01:34:58,242 --> 01:35:01,245
What is this, fucking lran?
Since when does the State...
1368
01:35:01,329 --> 01:35:05,124
tell us how long and with whom
we can share our grief?
1369
01:35:05,207 --> 01:35:08,085
Or do you hold June Gudmundsdottir...
1370
01:35:08,169 --> 01:35:11,339
to a special code reserved for women?
1371
01:35:17,803 --> 01:35:22,058
- What the fuck are you laughing at?
- lt's just--
1372
01:35:22,099 --> 01:35:24,852
l'd like to talk to my lawyer.
1373
01:35:24,936 --> 01:35:27,229
One of us, one of us.
1374
01:35:41,619 --> 01:35:43,955
lt's time to get a good lawyer.
1375
01:35:44,038 --> 01:35:47,583
l had a drink with the guy, Walter.
That's all.
1376
01:35:47,667 --> 01:35:52,129
lf you went to Pasadena with intent to
kill, you could go to the gas chamber.
1377
01:35:53,464 --> 01:35:56,008
l went to Pasadena
with the intent to hire.
1378
01:35:56,092 --> 01:35:58,010
So you say.
1379
01:35:58,052 --> 01:36:00,846
The Schecter brothers are here.
1380
01:36:00,930 --> 01:36:03,266
Griffin, don't make us wait.
1381
01:36:03,349 --> 01:36:05,977
- Who is this man?
- The travel agent called.
1382
01:36:06,060 --> 01:36:08,938
- You're confirmed.
- Travel agent?
1383
01:36:09,021 --> 01:36:11,399
l'm going to Puerto Vallarta.
1384
01:36:11,482 --> 01:36:14,610
- You're leaving the country.
- For the weekend.
1385
01:36:14,694 --> 01:36:17,363
- lt's a risk.
- Why?
1386
01:36:17,405 --> 01:36:20,658
Because Larry Levy could have my office
in three days.
1387
01:36:20,741 --> 01:36:24,203
- That's what Walter thinks.
- You know something l don't know?
1388
01:36:26,706 --> 01:36:30,167
- You're pretty smooth.
- l sleep at night.
1389
01:36:31,752 --> 01:36:34,130
- You really should run a studio.
- Tell a friend.
1390
01:36:34,213 --> 01:36:37,049
Walter, it's been real.
1391
01:36:37,133 --> 01:36:41,596
We're tired of shuffling things around.
We want to go exclusive to one studio.
1392
01:36:41,637 --> 01:36:43,598
- How much have our last pictures made?
- $105 million.
1393
01:36:43,681 --> 01:36:48,561
- Some do better but we're under budget.
- He's not listening. Go to Columbia.
1394
01:36:48,603 --> 01:36:51,606
- We already went to Columbia.
- Oh, yeah. What did they say?
1395
01:36:52,815 --> 01:36:55,484
Hey, l got the Tom Wolfe book.
1396
01:36:55,568 --> 01:36:57,820
Congratulations.
1397
01:36:57,904 --> 01:37:00,990
Bonnie, make him give us a deal.
We want a home.
1398
01:37:01,073 --> 01:37:03,075
We're tired of shopping
everything around.
1399
01:37:03,159 --> 01:37:05,161
l thought that's how you guys liked
to do business.
1400
01:37:05,244 --> 01:37:07,163
We changed our minds.
1401
01:37:08,539 --> 01:37:11,000
l'll talk to you later.
1402
01:37:11,083 --> 01:37:13,210
Levison says you're going
out of town tomorrow.
1403
01:37:13,294 --> 01:37:15,880
For the weekend.
1404
01:37:15,963 --> 01:37:19,592
Are you going with someone
named June something?
1405
01:37:19,634 --> 01:37:21,218
Yes.
1406
01:37:22,345 --> 01:37:26,807
You took her to a party
with several hundred of my best friends.
1407
01:37:26,849 --> 01:37:28,809
She's recently widowed.
1408
01:37:28,851 --> 01:37:31,437
You weren't in town
so l took her.
1409
01:37:32,813 --> 01:37:35,608
And now you're taking her to Mexico
for the weekend.
1410
01:37:37,818 --> 01:37:41,447
- Let's leave. Mom and Dad are fighting.
- Guys.
1411
01:37:41,530 --> 01:37:45,743
Have your lawyer give me a call.
You've got a deal.
1412
01:37:45,826 --> 01:37:49,622
-Let's leave before he changes his mind.
-We have witnesses.
1413
01:38:02,551 --> 01:38:04,804
Have a good trip.
1414
01:38:06,722 --> 01:38:09,308
''M' The worst crime of all'
1415
01:38:30,371 --> 01:38:32,498
Did you bring your passport?
1416
01:38:32,582 --> 01:38:38,170
- Wanna hear something funny? l forgot.
- We'll have to go back and get it.
1417
01:38:38,254 --> 01:38:42,425
So stupid of me. We'll never be able
to make another plane. Damn it!
1418
01:38:43,676 --> 01:38:47,346
lt's all right. Anyway, l got a better
idea. Do you like the desert?
1419
01:38:47,430 --> 01:38:52,685
- l've never been.
- l know this great hideaway.
1420
01:38:52,727 --> 01:38:55,855
We'll go there. lt's a two hour drive.
l know the people. We'll call ahead.
1421
01:38:55,896 --> 01:38:58,316
Are we hiding?
1422
01:38:58,399 --> 01:39:01,360
Yes, we're hiding from everybody.
1423
01:39:03,696 --> 01:39:06,032
You'll like it there.
lt'll remind you of lceland.
1424
01:39:38,814 --> 01:39:43,069
Good evening, Mr. M. You're checked in.
Capone Villa. You know where it is.
1425
01:39:43,110 --> 01:39:45,446
Yes. Thanks.
1426
01:40:12,640 --> 01:40:15,476
Look! The water looks like
it's steaming.
1427
01:40:15,559 --> 01:40:18,020
Comes out of the ground that way.
1428
01:40:39,834 --> 01:40:42,712
There aren't many people around.
1429
01:40:42,795 --> 01:40:45,131
They're fully booked, actually.
1430
01:40:45,172 --> 01:40:48,050
- There's 50 rooms, 100 people.
- Where are they all?
1431
01:40:49,719 --> 01:40:51,262
Hiding.
1432
01:40:52,346 --> 01:40:56,434
- Sir?
- Two Banning Springs waters, please.
1433
01:40:56,517 --> 01:40:58,144
Right away.
1434
01:41:00,980 --> 01:41:03,316
Do places like this really exist?
1435
01:41:04,734 --> 01:41:06,485
Only in the movies.
1436
01:41:37,266 --> 01:41:40,728
Tell me about the movies you make.
1437
01:41:40,770 --> 01:41:42,521
Why?
1438
01:41:42,563 --> 01:41:46,525
Because l want to know
what you do.
1439
01:41:48,110 --> 01:41:53,199
l listen to stories and decide
if they'll make good movies or not.
1440
01:41:54,242 --> 01:41:56,410
l get 125 phone calls a day...
1441
01:41:56,494 --> 01:42:00,248
and if l let that slip to 100...
1442
01:42:00,331 --> 01:42:03,876
l know l'm not doing my job.
1443
01:42:06,420 --> 01:42:10,216
Everyone who calls wants to know
one thing.
1444
01:42:10,299 --> 01:42:13,761
They want me to say yes to them
and make their movie.
1445
01:42:13,803 --> 01:42:16,639
lf l say yes,
they think that come New Year's...
1446
01:42:16,722 --> 01:42:20,685
it will be just them and Jack Nicholson
on the slopes of Aspen.
1447
01:42:22,270 --> 01:42:24,438
That's what they think.
1448
01:42:26,899 --> 01:42:29,735
The problem is
l can only say yes...
1449
01:42:29,777 --> 01:42:33,531
my studio can only say yes
12 times a year.
1450
01:42:33,614 --> 01:42:38,369
And collectively we hear
about 50,000 stories a year.
1451
01:42:38,452 --> 01:42:40,955
So it's hard.
1452
01:42:41,038 --> 01:42:44,542
And l guess sometimes
l'm not nice...
1453
01:42:44,625 --> 01:42:48,170
and make enemies.
1454
01:42:50,590 --> 01:42:52,883
That's what l was to David.
1455
01:42:53,843 --> 01:42:56,262
Enemy.
1456
01:42:56,345 --> 01:43:00,516
- Was his story one of the 12?
- No, it wasn't.
1457
01:43:01,517 --> 01:43:02,977
Why?
1458
01:43:03,060 --> 01:43:08,149
lt lacked certain elements that we need
to market a film successfully.
1459
01:43:08,232 --> 01:43:09,942
What elements?
1460
01:43:12,445 --> 01:43:16,282
Suspense, laughter, violence...
1461
01:43:19,160 --> 01:43:21,203
hope, heart...
1462
01:43:23,998 --> 01:43:25,750
nudity, sex...
1463
01:43:27,835 --> 01:43:29,420
happy endings.
1464
01:43:31,088 --> 01:43:33,299
Mainly happy endings.
1465
01:43:36,761 --> 01:43:38,721
What about reality?
1466
01:43:40,514 --> 01:43:43,309
You're not from lceland, are you?
1467
01:43:44,310 --> 01:43:46,312
Did l say that?
1468
01:43:49,649 --> 01:43:53,819
Why don't you put me in the hot springs
and see if l melt?
1469
01:44:41,909 --> 01:44:43,661
l love you.
1470
01:44:43,744 --> 01:44:45,705
l know.
1471
01:44:57,717 --> 01:45:02,680
There's something you have to know,
something l have to tell you.
1472
01:45:02,763 --> 01:45:06,851
That's all right.
Nothing can change that.
1473
01:45:06,934 --> 01:45:11,606
- June, David's death.
- lt's in the past.
1474
01:45:12,481 --> 01:45:15,902
Don't. lt's another life.
1475
01:45:15,943 --> 01:45:18,946
There's something you have to know.
1476
01:45:18,988 --> 01:45:22,074
Don't say any more.
Don't.
1477
01:45:22,116 --> 01:45:25,494
- l was responsible.
- l love you. Don't!
1478
01:45:25,578 --> 01:45:28,789
- lt was my fault.
- Don't say that.
1479
01:45:28,831 --> 01:45:32,001
Don't, don't.
l love you.
1480
01:46:52,290 --> 01:46:56,919
Mr. M., l'm sorry disturb you. There's
a phone call and it sounds important.
1481
01:46:57,003 --> 01:47:01,048
- Who is it?
- Dick Mellen. He says he's your lawyer.
1482
01:47:22,737 --> 01:47:24,697
Dick, how'd you find me?
1483
01:47:24,739 --> 01:47:27,950
Come on, who the hell do you think
you're talking to?
1484
01:47:28,034 --> 01:47:30,036
Yeah. What's going on?
1485
01:47:30,077 --> 01:47:33,122
- Levison's out.
- Out?
1486
01:47:33,205 --> 01:47:37,043
- He's cleaning out his office.
- Who's taking over?
1487
01:47:37,084 --> 01:47:41,339
Nothing's been decided. We only know
Reggie Goldman went home with the clap.
1488
01:47:41,422 --> 01:47:44,091
Am l in a position to--
1489
01:47:44,175 --> 01:47:48,471
No studio politics. Why didn't
you tell me about this Kahane business?
1490
01:47:50,056 --> 01:47:53,100
Kahane? l tried to, but--
1491
01:47:53,184 --> 01:47:55,144
You didn't try hard enough.
1492
01:47:55,227 --> 01:47:58,147
You better be at the Pasadena
police station in four hours.
1493
01:47:59,649 --> 01:48:01,901
Pasadena? What for?
1494
01:48:01,943 --> 01:48:06,864
For a fucking lineup.
They got a witness evidently.
1495
01:48:06,948 --> 01:48:09,367
l found you a guy.
His name is Gar Girard.
1496
01:48:09,450 --> 01:48:12,036
He's a topflight criminal lawyer.
He's tough, hard-nosed.
1497
01:48:12,119 --> 01:48:15,915
Don't talk to anybody else.
Just get there.
1498
01:48:15,957 --> 01:48:21,254
- l'll be there.
- This is a tough one. Good luck.
1499
01:48:32,807 --> 01:48:37,436
Mr. Mill, the studio's very upset
about the publicity this might generate.
1500
01:48:37,520 --> 01:48:40,314
l'll handle the press, police, judge
and the witness.
1501
01:48:40,398 --> 01:48:44,694
Thank you for coming without a fight.
lt's in your best interest.
1502
01:48:44,777 --> 01:48:48,447
- Did you sleep in that suit?
- Get away from her. She's the enemy.
1503
01:48:48,489 --> 01:48:52,243
- Susan, l had a lovely time.
- l can't believe you remembered.
1504
01:48:52,326 --> 01:48:54,829
Mr. Mill, Gar Girard.
l'm here to represent you.
1505
01:48:54,912 --> 01:48:57,331
Dick Mellen called me in on this.
Here's the situation.
1506
01:48:57,415 --> 01:49:00,126
They've got a witness
and want you to do a lineup.
1507
01:49:00,167 --> 01:49:02,545
lf you say no, they'll arrest you.
1508
01:49:02,628 --> 01:49:05,673
Even if you get identified,
l'll get you off on bail.
1509
01:49:05,756 --> 01:49:09,260
This witness lives across the street
from the parking lot.
1510
01:49:09,343 --> 01:49:11,470
Even if she makes
an identification...
1511
01:49:11,554 --> 01:49:15,600
a positive l.D.,
it was very late at night.
1512
01:49:15,683 --> 01:49:19,562
By the time l'm finished with her, we'll
have a new legal standard for blindness.
1513
01:49:20,605 --> 01:49:23,816
This is like they do on TV.
1514
01:49:25,818 --> 01:49:29,530
Don't worry. You can see them,
but they can't see you.
1515
01:49:29,614 --> 01:49:32,533
Just tell the truth.
1516
01:49:32,575 --> 01:49:34,744
l saw him clearly.
1517
01:49:37,204 --> 01:49:39,332
Fire it up.
1518
01:49:39,415 --> 01:49:42,793
Number one, step forward.
Make a quarter turn to the right.
1519
01:49:45,046 --> 01:49:48,591
- Are those prescription glasses?
- You can't ask her that.
1520
01:49:48,674 --> 01:49:52,720
- lt's very hard, you know.
- Yeah, l know.
1521
01:49:52,803 --> 01:49:55,973
- l wouldn't want to pick the wrong one.
- No. God forbid.
1522
01:49:56,057 --> 01:50:00,186
- Just take your time.
- Anybody look...
1523
01:50:00,227 --> 01:50:02,563
vaguely familiar?
1524
01:50:02,647 --> 01:50:04,523
Well, you know--
1525
01:50:04,565 --> 01:50:06,567
Take your time.
1526
01:50:08,402 --> 01:50:12,281
- This is not easy.
- lt never is.
1527
01:50:12,365 --> 01:50:15,243
- l am trying.
- Yes, just take your time.
1528
01:50:15,326 --> 01:50:17,495
And l did see him clearly.
1529
01:50:24,919 --> 01:50:28,297
- l don't--
- Look hard. Take a good look.
1530
01:50:28,381 --> 01:50:30,299
l did. l am.
1531
01:50:31,259 --> 01:50:35,554
Um, could l see
number three again?
1532
01:50:35,596 --> 01:50:37,306
- Call number three.
- Wait.
1533
01:50:37,390 --> 01:50:40,601
- Could l--
- Could she call her own numbers?
1534
01:50:40,643 --> 01:50:43,896
- Excuse me, excuse me.
- Thank you.
1535
01:50:45,147 --> 01:50:48,067
Which number?
Number five.
1536
01:50:48,109 --> 01:50:50,653
Susan, l think she can call
who she's interested in.
1537
01:50:50,736 --> 01:50:52,822
- You're right.
- No, the other one.
1538
01:50:52,905 --> 01:50:54,407
That one.
1539
01:50:54,448 --> 01:50:57,159
Which one?
1540
01:50:57,243 --> 01:51:00,746
- lt's not number six.
- Not number six.
1541
01:51:00,788 --> 01:51:04,041
- Three.
- What do you mean number three?
1542
01:51:04,125 --> 01:51:06,252
l think she can request
who she wants to see.
1543
01:51:06,294 --> 01:51:09,046
- Wait. You want to see what number?
- Him.
1544
01:51:09,130 --> 01:51:12,550
That's him!
l'd swear on my mother's grave.
1545
01:51:12,633 --> 01:51:14,093
Number three.
1546
01:51:14,135 --> 01:51:16,804
- Number three?
- Number three.
1547
01:51:16,887 --> 01:51:19,223
Number three on her mother's grave.
1548
01:51:19,307 --> 01:51:21,642
We heard what she said.
1549
01:51:21,726 --> 01:51:23,644
Yeah, l would say so.
1550
01:51:23,728 --> 01:51:25,980
- Take them out.
- Number three. Thank you.
1551
01:51:27,565 --> 01:51:32,069
Ma'am, may l be personal?
Where the fuck is your mother buried?
1552
01:51:33,571 --> 01:51:35,823
Let's get out of here.
1553
01:51:41,120 --> 01:51:44,790
l don't know who got to that witness.
She wrapped up my case picking that cop.
1554
01:51:44,832 --> 01:51:48,002
You're a lucky man, Mr. Mill.
Goddamn, no ramp again!
1555
01:51:48,085 --> 01:51:50,838
Witnesses can't be relied on.
Remember Witness for the Prosecution?
1556
01:51:50,922 --> 01:51:53,007
Marlene Dietrich
and Tyrone Power?
1557
01:51:53,090 --> 01:51:55,968
You're free as a bird.
No witness, no crime.
1558
01:51:56,010 --> 01:51:58,346
That Avery woman thinks you got away
with murder.
1559
01:51:58,429 --> 01:52:00,848
Everybody does, Mr. Mill.
1560
01:52:48,396 --> 01:52:50,940
Our Father who art in heaven...
1561
01:52:51,023 --> 01:52:53,150
hallowed be Thy name.
1562
01:52:53,234 --> 01:52:55,361
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done...
1563
01:52:55,444 --> 01:52:58,406
on earth as it is in heaven.
1564
01:52:58,447 --> 01:53:01,909
Give us this day
our daily bread...
1565
01:53:01,951 --> 01:53:04,745
and forgive us
our trespasses--
1566
01:54:43,427 --> 01:54:47,265
You have made a wonderful movie.
lt's perfect.
1567
01:54:47,348 --> 01:54:49,517
lt's Oscar time, Larry.
1568
01:54:55,231 --> 01:54:56,357
What?
1569
01:54:56,440 --> 01:54:58,067
Too late. Come on.
1570
01:55:07,660 --> 01:55:09,245
Get back!
1571
01:55:29,724 --> 01:55:32,393
- What took you so long?
- Traffic was a bitch.
1572
01:55:43,195 --> 01:55:46,240
- lt's outstanding.
- The audience will love it.
1573
01:55:46,324 --> 01:55:47,909
You sold it out!
1574
01:55:47,950 --> 01:55:51,579
How could you let him sell you out?
What about truth? Reality?
1575
01:55:51,621 --> 01:55:54,874
What about the way the old ending
tested in Canoga Park?
1576
01:55:54,957 --> 01:55:58,336
Everybody hated it. We reshot it,
now everybody loves it.
1577
01:55:58,419 --> 01:56:02,089
- That's reality.
- But you had an ending which was true.
1578
01:56:02,131 --> 01:56:04,258
Who is this person?
1579
01:56:04,300 --> 01:56:06,594
Doesn't she know anything
about working with grown-ups?
1580
01:56:06,636 --> 01:56:11,599
Bonnie, goddamn it. This is a hit.
This is what we're here for.
1581
01:56:11,641 --> 01:56:13,976
lt didn't have to end this way.
1582
01:56:14,018 --> 01:56:17,271
- l want you out of here.
- Good thinking, Larry.
1583
01:56:17,355 --> 01:56:19,565
l'm going over your head, Larry.
1584
01:56:19,649 --> 01:56:21,817
Bonnie, you're fired.
1585
01:56:23,486 --> 01:56:25,112
Fuck you!
1586
01:56:25,196 --> 01:56:28,449
lt takes more to make it
in this business than a dirty mouth.
1587
01:56:28,532 --> 01:56:30,785
The campaign.
1588
01:56:58,938 --> 01:57:01,148
lt's very important.
l must talk to him.
1589
01:57:01,232 --> 01:57:03,985
- He's very busy.
- Please?
1590
01:57:04,068 --> 01:57:06,070
lt's me, Bonnie.
We're friends.
1591
01:57:06,153 --> 01:57:10,199
You don't understand.
l am not just me, l'm also the job.
1592
01:57:10,283 --> 01:57:12,201
Please? Please?
1593
01:57:13,244 --> 01:57:17,081
All right. l'll try. Okay?
1594
01:57:23,379 --> 01:57:26,215
Walter, stop that nonsense!
1595
01:57:26,299 --> 01:57:29,260
Griffin, it's Bonnie.
1596
01:57:29,343 --> 01:57:31,137
She's here.
1597
01:57:35,725 --> 01:57:39,103
- Did Levy fire her?
- Yes, sir, l guess he did.
1598
01:57:40,896 --> 01:57:43,316
l can't see her now.
1599
01:57:43,399 --> 01:57:45,735
l promised l'd be home early.
1600
01:57:46,819 --> 01:57:48,738
Tell her l'll get back to her.
1601
01:57:48,821 --> 01:57:52,408
- Get your foot off the fucking couch.
- Tell her yourself.
1602
01:57:52,491 --> 01:57:56,871
Yes. Could you hold, please?
Griffin, it's Larry Levy's--
1603
01:57:56,913 --> 01:58:00,082
Please! Griffin, please,
can we talk about it?
1604
01:58:00,166 --> 01:58:02,752
Bonnie, l know
you'll land on your feet.
1605
01:58:02,835 --> 01:58:07,131
lt's Larry Levy's office.
He says it's very important.
1606
01:58:08,257 --> 01:58:11,135
Give it a minute,
then transfer it to the car phone.
1607
01:58:23,230 --> 01:58:26,442
- Yeah?
- l have Larry Levy on the line.
1608
01:58:26,525 --> 01:58:28,569
How did the screening go?
How's my new ending?
1609
01:58:28,653 --> 01:58:33,658
Fantastic! Worked like gangbusters.
That's why you get the big bucks.
1610
01:58:33,741 --> 01:58:37,245
Yeah. Stop kissing my ass.
What do you want? Can't this wait?
1611
01:58:37,328 --> 01:58:41,832
l don't think it should. This is hot.
You should hear this writer's pitch.
1612
01:58:41,916 --> 01:58:44,835
- We should go for this great idea.
- Who's the writer?
1613
01:58:44,919 --> 01:58:47,588
l'll put him on the speaker.
Hold on.
1614
01:58:47,630 --> 01:58:52,802
Hi, Griff. Remember me? l'm the asshole
who was in the postcard business.
1615
01:58:52,885 --> 01:58:57,306
- You.
- The king of suspense. You remember.
1616
01:58:57,390 --> 01:58:59,517
l haven't heard from you for a while.
1617
01:58:59,600 --> 01:59:03,688
- l've been busy writing a script.
- Give him the pitch.
1618
01:59:03,771 --> 01:59:06,190
You'll love this. lt's great!
1619
01:59:06,274 --> 01:59:08,943
lt's a Hollywood story,
a real thriller.
1620
01:59:08,985 --> 01:59:12,446
lt's about a shit-bag producer,
studio exec...
1621
01:59:12,488 --> 01:59:16,158
who murders a writer
he thinks is harassing him.
1622
01:59:16,242 --> 01:59:19,287
The problem is,
he kills the wrong writer.
1623
01:59:19,328 --> 01:59:21,622
Now he's got to deal
with blackmail and the cops.
1624
01:59:21,664 --> 01:59:27,003
But, here's the switch.
The son of a bitch gets away with it.
1625
01:59:27,044 --> 01:59:29,297
Larry, get off the speaker.
l want to talk to him privately.
1626
01:59:29,380 --> 01:59:32,133
Sure.
This is a winner.
1627
01:59:32,174 --> 01:59:34,510
- He gets away with it?
- Absolutely.
1628
01:59:34,594 --> 01:59:36,304
A Hollywood ending.
1629
01:59:36,345 --> 01:59:39,974
He marries the dead writer's girl
and they live happily ever after.
1630
01:59:40,057 --> 01:59:44,437
- Can you guarantee that ending?
- lf the price is right, you got it.
1631
01:59:44,520 --> 01:59:48,232
- Guarantee that ending, you got a deal.
- l guarantee it.
1632
01:59:48,316 --> 01:59:51,694
- What do you call this thing?
- The Player.
1633
01:59:51,777 --> 01:59:53,613
The Player.
1634
01:59:56,365 --> 01:59:58,534
l like that.
1635
02:00:01,037 --> 02:00:03,247
What took you so long?
1636
02:00:03,331 --> 02:00:05,583
Traffic was a bitch.
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