Big Movie Premiere: The Proposal

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Sh*t!

Andrew, hey.

Here you go. Your regular lattes.

Literally saved my life.

Thank you. Thank you.

- Everyone OK?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Me too.

Hello, Frank?

How`s my favourite writer?

Of course you`ve been thinking about

our talk because you know l`m right.

People in this country are busy,

broke, and hate to read.

They need someone to say,

``Hey! Don`t watch

CSI:
Indianapolis tonight.

Read a book! Read Frank`s book.``

And that person is Oprah.

- Cuttin` it close.

- One of those mornings.

Thank you, Captain Obvious.

Sweet...

- Sorry.

-...Jesus!

Rub some dirt on it, brother.

Frank, the truth is

all A-plus novelists do publicity.

Roth, McCourt, Russo and...

Frank! Can I tell you what else

they have in common? A Pulitzer.

I need the shirt off your back.

Literally.

- You`re kidding, right?

- Yankees, Boston, this Tuesday,

two company seats for your shirt.

You have five seconds to decide.

- Five, four, three, two, one.

- I know...

Later.

Hello. Hello?

Morning. You have a

conference call in 30 minutes.

Yes. About the marketing

of the spring books. I know.

- Staff meeting at 9.00.

- Did you call... What`s her name?

The one with the ugly hands.

- Janet.

- Yes, Janet.

Yes. I did. I told her that if she

doesn`t get her manuscript in on time

you won`t give her a release date.

Your immigration lawyer called.

He said it`s imperative...

Cancel the call, push the meeting to

tomorrow, keep the lawyer on the sheets.

Get a hold of PR, have them

start drafting a press release.

- Frank is doing Oprah.

- Wow. Nicely done.

If I want your praise,

I will ask for it.

Who is... Who is Jillian?

And why does she want me to call her?

- Well, that was originally my cup.

- And l`m drinking your coffee why?

Because your coffee spilled.

So, you drink unsweetened

cinnamon light soy lattes?

I do. It`s like Christmas in a cup.

- Is that a coincidence?

- lncredibly, it is.

I wouldn`t drink

the same coffee that you drink

just in case yours spilled.

That would be pathetic.

Morning. Miss Tate`s office.

Hey, Bob.

Actually, we`re headed

to your office right now. Yeah.

Why are we headed to Bob`s office?

Have you finished

the manuscript I gave you?

I read a few pages.

I wasn`t that impressed.

- Can I say something?

- No.

I`ve read thousands of manuscripts,

this is the only one l`ve given you.

There`s an incredible novel in there.

The kind of novel you used to publish.

Wrong. And I do think you

order the same coffee as I do

just in case you spill,

which is, in fact, pathetic.

- Or impressive.

- l`d be impressed

if you didn`t spill in the first place.

Remember, you`re a prop.

Won`t say a word.

Our fearless leader and her liege.

Please, do come in.

Beautiful breakfront. Is it new?

It is English Regency Egyptian

Revival, built in the 1 800s

but, yes, it is new to my office.

Witty. Bob, l`m letting you go.

Pardon?

I asked you a dozen times to get

Frank to do Oprah, and you didn`t do it.

You`re fired.

I have told you that is impossible.

Frank hasn`t done

an interview in 20 years.

That is interesting, because I just got

off the phone with him, and he is in.

- Excuse me?

- You didn`t even call him, did you?

- But...

- I know, I know.

Frank can be a little scary

to deal with. For you.

Now, I will give you two months

to find another job.

And then you can tell

everyone you resigned, OK?

- What`s his twenty?

- He`s moving. He has crazy eyes.

Don`t do it, Bob. Don`t do it.

You poisonous b*tch!

You can`t fire me!

You don`t think I see

what you`re doing here?

Sandbagging me on this Oprah thing

so that you can look good to the board?

Because you are threatened by me!

- And you are a monster.

- Bob, stop.

Just because you have no semblance

of a life outside of this office,

you think that you can treat all of us

like your own personal slaves.

You know what? I feel sorry for you.

Because you know what

you`re gonna have on your deathbed?

Nothing and no one.

Listen carefully, Bob.

I didn`t fire you

because I feel threatened. No.

I fired you because you`re

lazy, entitled, incompetent

and you spend more time cheating

on your wife than you do in your office.

And if you say another word,

Andrew here is gonna

have you thrown out, OK?

Another word and you`re going

out of here with an armed escort.

Andrew will film it with

his camera phone

and he`ll put it

on that lnternet site.

- What was it?

- YouTube?

Exactly. Is that what you want?

Didn`t think so. I have work to do.

Have security take his breakfront

- and put it in my conference room.

- Will do.

I need you this weekend to help

review his files and his manuscript.

- This weekend?

- You have a problem with that?

No. I... just my

grandmother`s 90th birthday,

so I was gonna go home and...

It`s fine. I`ll cancel it.

You`re saving me from a weekend

of misery, so it`s... Good talk, yeah.

I know, I know. OK,

tell Gammy l`m sorry. OK? What...

Mom. What do you want me to tell you?

She`s making me work the weekend.

No, l`m not... no.

I`ve worked too hard for this

promotion to throw it all away.

I`m sure that Dad is pissed,

but we take all of our submissions

around here seriously.

We`ll get back to you as soon as we can.

- Was that your family?

- Yes.

- They tell you to quit?

- Every single day.

Miss Tate`s office.

Yeah. OK. All right.

Bergen and Malloy

want to see you upstairs.

OK. Come get me in ten minutes.

- We`ve got a lot to do.

- Okey-doke.

Good morning, Miss Tate.

Jack, Edwin.

Congratulations on the Oprah thing.

- That`s terrific news.

- Thank you, thank you.

This isn`t about my second raise, is it?

Just kidding.

Margaret, do you remember

when we agreed

you wouldn`t go to

the Frankfurt Book Fair

because you weren`t allowed

out of the country

while your visa application

was being processed?

- Yes. I do.

- And... you went to Frankfurt.

Yes. We were going to lose

DeLillo to Viking.

So... really didn`t

have a choice, did l?

Seems the United States Government

doesn`t care who publishes Don DeLillo.

We just spoke to your

immigration attorney.

Great. So, we`re all good?

Everything good?

Margaret, your visa

application has been denied.

- And you are being deported.

- Deported?

And there was also some paperwork

you didn`t fill out in time.

Come on. Come on!

It`s not like l`m even an immigrant!

I`m from Canada, for Christ`s sake.

There`s gotta be...

something we can do.

We can reapply, but unfortunately

you have to leave the country

for at least a year.

OK. OK, well, that`s not ideal, but

I can... I can manage

everything from Toronto...

- No.

-...with videoconferencing, lnternet.

Unfortunately, if you`re deported,

you can`t work for an American company.

Until this is resolved l`m going to

turn operations over to Bob Spaulding.

- Bob Spaulding? The guy I just fired?

- We need an editor in chief.

He is the only person

who has enough experience.

- You cannot be serious. I beg of you.

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