For Your Consideration Page #7

You're entering a new plateau,

joining the ranks of a very select few.

I know,

I've seen this a hundred times.

I've guided so many actors

to this place.

You are now a star.

You have to start walking and talking

and thinking of yourself as a star.

- Okay?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Give Victor Allan Miller fans

the star they've been waiting for.

- Got you, got you.

- Yeah?

In today's "Lost and Found" segment...

...we're going to look at careers that

seemed to be missing for quite some time.

And wouldn't you know it? They both

turned up in exactly the same place.

Marilyn Hack made quite the splash

in Song for Reuben back in 1989...

...for her memorable portrayal

of Imogene the blind prostitute.

Know what they say about blind prostitutes?

You really have to hand it to them.

We can cut that out.

But where did she go? She got lost.

And Victor Allan Miller,

the venerable Broadway veteran...

...best known as

Irv the Footlong Wiener...

...in those amusing commercials

for Felber's Kosher Hot Dogs...

...well, he just up and disappeared.

Until now, Cindy.

They have been found.

And I'm glad to report

they are not only alive and well...

...but more important, they're working.

I'll tell you what, Chuck. Both are

starring in the Sunfish Classics feature:

Home for Purim.

And from what we hear...

...they could both be marching

down the red carpet this year.

And Cindy and I will be on the set

of Home for-- How to pronounce?

- Purim.

- Purim tomorrow...

...talking to Marilyn Hack

and Victor Allan Miller...

...and the cast of this hot little movie

that seems to be creating a stir.

We'll have that story

and much more for you...

...on tomorrow night's show.

When Achashverosh heard the news

Of Haman's evil scheme

He told his wife Queen Esther

"Don't fabrent

Haman will be punished

And the Jews will all be saved

And you'll shep noches later

In my tent"

Purim, Purim, Purim

It's a time to have some fun

By drowning out the sound

Of Haman's name

Purim, Purim, Purim

Spread the news to everyone

That Mordecai and Esther

Saved the day

- Let's get you back to bed.

- No.

My time is short

and I will not leave the Purim table.

What is it about Purim

that is so special to you, Mama?

I'm an Esther, like the queen.

She was a woman who came

from the worst of times to the best.

To a palace where she had

everything she wanted.

Comfort, riches, power.

And she risked it all,

including her life...

...to serve a higher purpose...

...commit a selfless act

to save a nation.

Your daddy was my king...

...this house, my palace...

...and my selfless act was to protect

my family from all the Hamans.

I don't have much time!

Let's put the toys down!

Only now do I realize the irony...

...that my selfless act

was indeed a selfish one.

Because the Haman I was trying

to protect you from, Rachel...

...turned out to be me.

Mama.

- Mama.

- Mama.

You're no Haman, Mama.

You are... Queen Esther.

- And cut.

- That's a cut.

- Very good, everybody. Very good.

- Thank you very much, everybody.

And we are moving on.

Scene 31, in the kitchen.

- Simon? Simon.

- Yeah?

- Brilliant.

- Do me a favor.

In the next take, extreme close-up

of the kugel, all right?

Make a note of that.

I got it.

- To call attention to...

- I don't alter my reading.

That was terrific, unbelievable.

I loved that. That was great.

Victor? What I want to do is,

I want to come in low.

See your face after lunch.

I want to see your--

- Not too low?

- No, not under your chin.

Because I wanna be able

to crosscut after.

- Hello, everyone.

- And Debbie, who--

Everyone, quiet, please.

I have Martin Gibb,

the president of Sunfish Classics.

- Hi.

- Oh, hello.

- Victor Allan Miller.

- Hi.

- This is Marilyn.

- Hi.

- Marilyn Hack.

- Yeah?

- And this is the gang.

- I'm Brian Chubb. Nice to see you.

- Callie Webb.

- Hi.

The article.

The article?

Planet Earth calling.

Did you get a chance

to see the last take?

Yeah. Right. Variety.

So "Star on the Rise" is the headline.

Okay. "With stellar performances...

...from its veteran mainstays,

Marilyn Hack and Victor Allan Miller...

...it is the surprisingly adept

portrayal of Rachel...

...that could earn Webb

Academy recognition."

- Made you happy?

- Oh, my God.

- Congratulations.

- Thank you.

- Oh, bye-bye.

- Wow, that's unbelievable.

- It's gonna be so much fun.

- This is good news for everybody.

- Bye! Bye, thank you for coming.

- Baby, this is fantastic.

I just feel like...

- ...I got in trouble.

- No.

- Like I don't know you.

- No. You don't--?

- You're mad at me for something.

- I'm not. I'm...

You're not happy for me.

I'm happy for you

because you do good work...

...and you're wonderful

at what you do.

You know how embarrassing

that was for me in there?

- You weren't happy for me.

- Listen, Callie, I'm happy for you.

- What is your problem?

- I don't have a problem. I'll--

- You're jealous. That's your problem.

- No.

If you're not gonna be there for me

then I will do this alone.

- I'm confused.

- I don't need you.

I don't need anybody.

I don't need you.

And you know what, Brian?

You're not confused.

- Callie.

- I see right through you.

- Come back here, please.

- I see right through you.

If you take my meaning.

Oh, good times, good times.

Well, done.

- Well done, everybody.

- We're very, very relieved and happy.

I mean, we had no idea, you know,

what to expect.

- We've never been here before.

- Babes in the woods.

It's great. The cast are great.

We make enough money on this,

there'll be babes in the trailers.

Hey, hey. Hey, now.

And so with a few little tweaks

here and there, you know...

What kind of tweaks?

Just make it more palatable.

We want a wider audience to see it.

We don't want a very small art movie.

Oh, I see what you're saying.

No, no, no.

I don't think you have that problem.

I've seen cut footage.

It's vital and it's exciting.

It's about real people.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But we can--

It will be if we just tone

some of the themes down a little bit.

- That's all. Just tone--

- And how would that be?

- Just--

- What is the theme?

Well, the Jewishness.

Which is good. Ethnicity is good.

- Well, they are Jewish.

- Absolutely. Tone that down...

...and then everyone can enjoy it.

Wait. This is about a Jewish family.

They're home for Purim.

That's the title.

Well, we could--

Yeah, we could change the title.

I wasn't suggesting we change the title.

I'm pointing out...

...that Purim is an essential part

of this story.

It looks like guys in suits

are telling you--

- No, no, no.

- It's not that.

Just tone down the Jewishness

so everyone can enjoy it.

- Title change would be good.

- No one...

...is wearing a hat or has ringlets.

I'm just saying the film as a whole,

the theme...

...the whole thrust of the film...

...the whole in-your-face

Jewishness of the film...

...tone it down.

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