Garbo Talks Page #5

Synopsis: Estelle is a one-person protest army: she goes to jail over grocery prices, shames construction workers for catcalls to passing women, and won't cross a picket line for her son's wedding. She also loves Garbo films: when she learns she has a brain tumor and six months to live, she decides she must meet Garbo. Her dutiful son Gilbert, a Manhattan accountant named for Garbo's co-star, hires a paparazzo to show him Garbo's flat, stakes it out, gets a job delivering food there, seeks her on Fire Island, and tracks her to a Sixth Avenue flea market. As his obsession distances him from his wife, he's drawn to a struggling actress he meets at work. Can he find Garbo; if so, will she talk?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Sidney Lumet
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
 
IMDB:
6.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
17%
PG-13
Year:
1984
103 min
151 Views


Nobody of us knows what to do.

We do not want to make waves.

Make waves.

We do not want to

start something.

Start something.

Okay.

Excuse me.

I'm looking for Estelle Rolfe.

Mrs. Rolfe is resting.

She does not feel like having any visits.

I will not be long.

I am her husband.

Ex-husband.

Jenny. You will have to be short.

Yes thanks.

This imbecile thing.

Williams goes to Woodson,

who gives it to Bill Cartwright

for the smash... foul!

What a wonderful pass

from Ray Williams

and good vigilance

of Bill Cartwright

to anticipate this pass.

Yes indeed.

We see Ray Williams

move without the ball,

Woodson will intercept.

The defense is grouped

in Ray's throw...

Voila Meriwether with a

nice pass for Cartwright.

Ninotchka, do not take

everything seriously.

It's not worth it, really.

Please. Dtendez you.

I beg you, sergeant.

- Smile.

- What?

- Do you want to smile?

- Why?

- Smile, that's all.

- What?

Of anything.

From the ridiculous spectacle

of life, people too serious

who take a pompous air,

exaggerating their own importance.

If you do not want to

laugh at anything else,

- you can laugh at you and me.

- Why?

Because we are a

couple of couples.

So, you should go

back to your table.

No, I'm not leaving you.

Not yet.

Not until you laugh

at least once.

Now go back to your table.

It was not a laugh, a.

I meant, a heart laugh.

I know. I will tell

you a funny story.

One minute... Let me remember...

I got it. Two French people

go to the United States...

On which boat?

Let's move. Besides, history

would not please you. Probably.

Believe me, Elizabeth Rennick is

the forgotten genius of the movie.

Come on, Adolph. You must joke.

No, no, I really do.

Elizabeth Rennick was

just as good as Garbo.

a did not stop...

She has played in a lot

of Garbo movies ..

Small roles.

You know, there are actresses

who start with small scenes

and make their way to the top...

Well, she did just the opposite.

The poor. She often comes

here to watch her old movies.

- Jane?

- Gilbert?

How to find an actress?

- I am an actress.

- An actress in particular.

You call Actor's Equity.

All actors are listed at home.

But it's Saturday, today.

Ah yes?

- They are closed.

- Really?

You can call them Monday.

You ask the adherents.

Adhrents...

And you tell them who you are looking for.

Who am I looking for...

And you go to see her.

I can go and see her...

You are free?

I imagined you with someone rich.

Rich men are too weird.

They always order California

wine and then defend it.

You are not married?

We are separated.

She is in Los Angeles.

She's been there for a few weeks.

She is probably very tanned now.

Gilbert, I do not want...

I do not want you to

take too much seriously.

Being with someone... permanently

is not really in my plans.

Actor's Equity.

It's for you, Mr. Goldhammer.

Adhsion. Goldhammer.

I would like the address

of Elizabeth Rennick.

Who calls?

Gilbert Rolfe.

Gilbert Rolfe?

This name does not tell me anything.

It's a personal question.

I must contact her urgently.

Staff.

Dsol. I can not give it to you

unless you know your company.

Adhsion. Goldhammer.

- Here David Barrick's office.

- How can I help you?

I need Elizabeth

Rennick's address.

- Have you just called?

- No.

Are you a casting director?

Yes, that's it.

So look for it in your

repertoire of actors.

- Yes?

- Mr Goldhammer?

Yes. - Enchanted.

I am Marian Lane.

- Who?

- We met at the Tony Awards.

I have not been to the

Tony's for years.

It was some time ago, but...

I remember you.

You are the backbone of this

organization, if I remember correctly.

Most people do not

know my existence.

Me, I know you.

You are one of those you can

not get out of his mind.

Thank you.

Our phones are down.

I work for Jimmy Nederlander,

and he needs information

about Elizabeth Rennick.

No one has been calling for

Elizabeth Rennick in 15 years.

a is going to be

lucky for her life.

She is very old.

Mr. Goldhammer, what sense

of humor do you have.

Here is his number.

Here Elizabeth Rennick.

555-8318. I'm not here.

I'm rehearsing a new

production of Romeo and Juliet

where I was given the

role of the nurse.

I declined several times,

because I...

I do not do second roles,

but Joe Papp, the brilliant

producer of "A Chorus Line",

continued calling and finally,

I said, "Ok, I'll try."

We are at the Delacorte Theater

in Central Park for rehearsals,

who, I hope, will not

take more than 2 weeks,

if everyone behaves

professionally.

Sometimes these companies on Broadway

are a bunch of animals,

smoking drugs,

where everyone tries to get

into each other's pants.

Everyone does not care about

Shakespeare, but hopefully...

Excuse me.

I'm looking for Elizabeth Rennick.

Miss Rennick, we are ready

to redo your scene.

Miss Rennick!

Put yourself there.

That's it.

Just here.

Perfect. Good...

And please, try not to flicker!

Nurse, where's my daughter?

Call her forth to me.

Now, by my maidenhair...

"Maidenhead", Miss

Rennick, not "maidenhair"!

I want to cut this reply.

We can not cut it!

She made the same

mistake all week.

You can not memorize

your replicas!

- I forgot my rejoicings once!

- You knew them once!

a does not work!

Very good, everyone,

lunch break, one hour!

Miss Rennick, please,

I need your help.

Are you still friends?

You see her sometimes...

I should never have given

my name to this fiasco.

Yes. Miss Rennick, could

you call him for me?

Call who? What are you telling?

Garbo.

Miss Garbo.

Yes. She gave me this ring.

It's gold.

It was very generous on his part.

Especially thinking that this

is the first thing she did.

Do you know the flea

market on 6th Avenue?

You could pick her up there.

She has always loved to hunt.

You are...

I am sorry.

It's massive money.

$ 175.

You saw it?

It's not...

I do not know. I believe so.

May I have a minute

of your time,

I am neither a

journalist nor anything.

It's about my mother.

You must listen to me, please.

My mother is very sick.

She is in the New York hospital, room 808.

She has a tumor.

She does not have much time.

She does not have the time.

The doctor thinks he has

only one week left.

She has this mad desire.

She wants to meet you.

I've been looking for you for three months.

She just wants to see you

before she dies, that's all.

She just wants to watch you.

I do not know, just see you.

Please. Come with me.

Just a few minutes, that's all.

Five minutes. One minute.

Please.

There is not even to think about it.

She loves you so much.

She loves you, maybe

even more than me.

It's her.

I can not believe it.

It's really you.

It's you.

If I had known, I would have done...

I would have put on my

hair, had a manicure done.

Did you meet my son?

He is a good boy.

He works very hard.

I do not know what to say.

I mean, you're here,

I do not have words.

It must be 30 years, 40 years.

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