O Lucky Man!
- R
- Year:
- 1973
- 178 min
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If you have a friend
On whom you think you can rely
You are a lucky man
If you found the reason
To live on and not to die
You are a lucky man
Preachers, and poets
And scholars don't know it
Temples, and statues
And steeples won't show it
If you've got the secret
Just try not to blow it
Stay a lucky man
A lucky man
If you've found the meaning
Of the truth in this old world
You are a lucky man
If knowledge hangs around your neck
You are a lucky man
Takers, and fakers and talkers
Won't tell you
Teachers and preachers
Will just buy and sell you
When no one can tempt you
With heaven or hell
You'll be a lucky man
Takers, and fakers and talkers
Won't tell you
Teachers and preachers
Will just buy and sell you
When no one can tempt you
With heaven or hell
You'll be a lucky man
You'd be better by far
To be just what you are
You can be what you want
If you are what you are
And that's a lucky man
Oh, yeah, a lucky man
And that's a lucky,
A lucky, a lucky man
A lucky, a lucky, a lucky man
- Hello.
- Hello.
Do you realize this Nigerian coffee
is being packed straight back to
Nigeria?
Frightening, isn't it?
- Been here long?
- Mr. Travis?
- Long enough.
- Mr. Travis!
- Oh, see you.
- Yeah.
This Hessler is our latest machine.
It gives a four-sided seal
and runs 72 packs a minute.
Any fault in the plastic packing
can cause a break.
The coffee is returned
to our patent coffee processor.
Now, why is that? Mr. Biles?
- I've been off sick, sir.
- Eliminates waste, sir.
Absolutely correct.
Always remember, gentlemen,
that you are a failure in catering...
...if you don't know what to do
with your leftovers.
Right, I'll take them off
your hands now, Mr. Stone.
Follow me, gentlemen.
Now, gentlemen...
...you have learned
the number one truth.
That a cup of Imperial Coffee
is the only proper way to finish a
meal.
Be it in a palace or a prison.
But between the making
and the drinking must stand the
salesman.
This is where you come in.
You will be our representatives
in the frontline.
Each one of you is going to have
to prove himself on the battlefield
of sales.
It's a hard road you'll have to
travel.
There will be whole days
when you won't sell a bean...
...but you will go out the very next
day
and hit the jackpot.
Mr. Duff, may I ask a question?
- Certainly, Mr. Travers.
- Travis.
Beg your pardon.
How much does a top salesman get paid?
Your basic salary will be low, of
course,
11.50 pounds per week, before tax.
But for a good man, with commission,
the sky is the limit.
Our star salesman at the moment...
Oswald...
...takes home anything
from 75 pounds...
...to 150 pounds a week.
Now, I have never lied to you...
...never given you false hopes...
...but I believe in you.
With a coffee pack in one hand
and your sales list in the other...
...I want you to be one long line...
...of shining success.
From John O'Groat's to Land's End.
Now, selling is psychology.
A good salesman must know
something about psychology.
And in that particular field,
I can think of no better authority...
...than our chief of public relations,
Mrs. Gloria Rowe.
Mr. Spalding, please.
Come here, Mr. Spalding.
Smile.
Smile, Mr. Spalding.
Imperial product is good.
But people don't buy things
just because they're good.
They have to believe.
And you have to inspire that belief.
You have to believe.
Remember the words of William Blake.
"A sincere belief that anything is so,
will make it so."
Sincerity. Honesty.
Mr. MacIntyre, Mr. Travis,
Mr. Greasy.
- Thank you, Mr. Spalding.
- Thank you.
Hello, Mr. MacIntyre.
Smile.
Give with all your heart.
Don't think of yourself.
Relax those cheek muscles.
Smile, Mr. MacIntyre.
Mr. Travis.
Morning, Mrs. Rowe.
Now, that is sincerity.
That is a completely sincere smile.
If I was a buyer
and these were two travellers...
...Id definitely buy from the guy I
like.
I'd definitely buy
from the sincere personality.
I'm definitely going to buy from you,
Mr. Travis.
Lecture hall here. Duff speaking.
Now, Mr. Travis,
I want you to smile at Mr. Greasy.
Mr. Greasy, smile back
and give Mr. Travis a firm handshake.
Certainly. Right away, sir.
Mr. Greasy,
don't think I'm being personal...
...but we're when dealing with food
products, hygiene must be our motto.
Make sure you've got clean
fingernails.
- Mrs. Rowe?
- Yes.
The chairman wants to see us
immediately.
Take a break, gentlemen.
I'll see you on the shop floor in 20
minutes.
Gentlemen, I have very bad news.
Oswald has left the Northeast.
Left?
Vanished. Disappeared.
No notice. Nothing.
Just one ruddy great hole on the map.
And that's not all.
Oswald is suspected of trafficking in
stolen goods under imperials name.
- My God.
- Oh, God.
Well, I need an immediate replacement.
Mr. Duff, how are your trainees?
They're very good, sir.
But they need another two weeks.
No, no, I can't wait.
Mrs. Rowe.
Now, what's your instinct say?
Who's my man?
Can you sniff him?
Travis.
That's your man.
Travis, we're in a jam.
It's a case of all hands to the pumps.
I understand, sir.
Now, Mrs. Rowe
...and I have never known her wrong...
...so I'm going to play her hunch.
I'm giving you the Northeast.
Now, that's as far north as the
border...
...as far west as Lancashire...
...and as far south as the Humber.
It's a big challenge.
Do you think you're up to it?
I know I am, sir.
Normally, an opportunity like this
wouldn't come your way for 10 or 20
years.
Men far more experienced than you
have had their shot at it...
...and been broken by it.
But you've got guts...
...and you've got ambition...
...and that gives you a head start.
Good luck.
Now, there's your card.
Never travel without it.
Your map...
...your compass...
...and your car keys.
Now go out there and fight.
I will, sir. Every inch of the way.
You can rely on me.
Good man.
He's all yours now, Mrs. Rowe.
Oh, and Travis...
Thank you very much, sir.
Come here, Mr. Travis.
I am going to give you a simple test.
Be very careful how you answer.
I want you to taste
these cups of coffee...
...and tell me what they do for you.
Sturdy...
...plebian...
...plenty of body.
A vigorous robusta?
Spicy.
Now this.
The future is in your hands, Mr.
Travis.
Take it.
Now.
Poor people are poor people
And they don't understand
A man's got to make whatever he wants
And take it with his own hands
Poor people stay poor people
And they never get to see
Someone's got to win in the human race
If it isn't you then it has to be me
So smile while you're making it
Nobody's gonna know
Nobody's gonna know
No use mumbling
It's no use grumbling
Life just isn't fair
There's no easy days
There's no easy ways
Just get out there and do it
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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