Other People's Money
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- 1991
- 103 min
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I love money.
I love money more than I love
the things it can buy.
Does that surprise you?
Money. It don't care whether
I'm good or not.
It don't care whether I snore or not.
It don't care which god I pray to.
There are only three things in this world
with that kind of unconditional acceptance.
Dogs...
...doughnuts...
...and money.
Only money is better.
You know why?
Because it don't make you fat...
...and it don't poop all over
the living-room floor.
There's only one thing I like better:
Other people's money.
Hey, guys.
Come on.
All right. Now, squeeze in over here.
That's it. I've got to see all your faces.
- How you doing, Tom?
- Happy Thanksgiving, Jorgy!
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!
- Happy Thanksgiving.
- Smile, everybody!
Take a good one, Elton.
The stock is up another point and a half!
Somebody's up to something, Jorgy.
Good news. Stock is up.
Don't worry about it.
- Gus, you got your teeth in?
- Ready now!
Cheeks up!
New England Wire and Cable!
New England Wire and Cable!
Up two points.
Wire and Cable up two points.
Wire and Cable up two points.
- Morning, Mr. Garfield.
- Good morning, Arthur.
Say good morning to Carmen. She's
very happy today, aren't you, my sweet?
Good morning, Carmen.
- Cranberry juice is fresh today, boss.
- Oh, good.
You never let me down, Arthur.
You never let me down.
- Good morning, sir.
- Samuels.
- Good morning, Mr. Garfield.
- Good morning, Mr. Garfield.
- Good morning, Mr. Garfield.
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
- Good morning, Mr. Garfield.
- Good morning, Mr. Garfield.
- Good morning.
- Morning.
- Good morning, Mr. Garfield.
Work, work!
- Good morning, Mr. Garfield.
- Morning.
- Good morning, Mr. Garfield.
- Yeah.
Good morning, Mr. Garfield.
You look nice today.
I'm not paying you to be polite, Harriet.
What's happening?
- Good morning, Mr. Garfield.
- Good morning, Mr. Garfield.
Morning. Morning.
Mr. Holt wants to see you for dinner...
...and the Overly brothers will fly you
to Texas or come here, whichever you want.
When I die, put it on my gravestone:
- "He never went to Texas."
- Yes, sir. I'll call the engraver.
- Where's the cinnamon?
- Out of cinnamon.
If I can't count on Dunkin' Donuts...
...who do I count on?
- Well, you can count on me, sir.
Granger, Trundel Canning. Tell me.
Trundel is being sued
by the townspeople, sir.
Failed to comply
with environmental restrictions.
And there are claims of illness
from the citizenry.
Good.
Just before they're carted off to jail,
make a bid.
- Yes, sir.
- Angeli.
- Yo.
- Eastern Motels. Outstanding shares.
Six million, Mr. Garfield.
Slate owns 2 and a half million.
Mr. Morganstern wants to talk to you.
I'd rather talk to my mother.
- Pfeiffer!
- Yeah.
What about this
New England Wire and Cable?
It's too beautiful.
Is it booby-trapped?
I uh...
I uh...
I uh...
I...
...can't seem to find any problems,
Mr. Garfield.
Neither can I.
- Richardson.
- Yes, sir.
Let's talk to these people.
Call the man in charge,
whoever he is.
Yes, sir. We'll get right on it.
New England Wire and Cable.
Good morning.
The general manager, please.
That would be Mr. Coles.
- Who shall I say is calling?
- Lawrence Garfield.
Just one moment, please.
- What did he want?
- He wants to come up and see us.
Look the place over, he said.
Well, what's wrong with that?
He's a shareholder.
Well, it's not that simple.
What this man does is no secret.
Bill, you got the jitters.
Wall Street's in the liquidation business
these days, Jorgy.
My father founded this company
81 years ago.
- I took over 26 years ago...
- I know.
I control this company,
and nobody's gonna liquidate us.
What a sh*t pit.
Look at this.
Look at this.
I haven't seen a place this classy
since I left the Bronx.
Welcome to New England Wire and Cable.
I'm Bea Sullivan, Mr. Jorgenson's assistant.
- How do you do?
- I do good.
Would you like to invite your chauffeur in
to keep warm?
No, no. He's a yard chauffeur, honey.
Bring him inside, you spoil him.
Is there a Dunkin' Donuts in this town?
Dunkin' Donuts? No, I don't think so.
- Krispy Kreme, something?
- I'm afraid not.
But we have coffee,
and Emma might have a breakfast roll.
Breakfast roll?
Do you have an elevator?
I'm embarrassed to tell you,
it's out of order. You know elevators.
Any oxygen?
You should have warned me.
I'd have brought a paramedic.
Is it much further?
I'd like to get there before dark.
Jorgy, this is Mr. Garfield.
Mr. Garfield, Andrew Jorgenson,
our chairman.
Call me Jorgy. Everybody else does.
Sorry about the elevator.
- It has a mind of its own.
- Mr. Coles, president and general manager.
- Emma, bring in the coffee!
- Nice to meet you.
Last limousine we saw here
was in '48...
...when Truman was running for president.
- That's right.
He stood right out there on those stairs,
exactly where you were.
- Is that so?
- Yep.
That was the golden age.
Rebuilding America and all that.
Old Harry made a great speech that day.
- Is that so?
- Oh, yes. He was very impressive.
He's the only Democrat
Bea and I ever voted for.
Do you know much about
the wire and cable business, Mr. Garfield?
I know if the cable's out of whack,
the elevator don't go up.
- I'm thinking about the doughnuts.
- Doughnuts?
Mr. Garfield was wondering if we had any.
- Bill, do we have doughnuts?
- I don't think so.
How's that coffee coming along?
- Here we are, Mr. Garfield.
- Thank you.
- Sugar and cream?
- Sugar. I'll take care of it.
- Thank you, Emma.
- I could have Emma get doughnuts.
No, no. Why don't we get down
to business.
What's the matter?
You're not interested in doughnuts?
- Would you like me to get some doughnuts?
- No. Never mind, Emma.
You're right.
- Let's talk business.
- Good idea.
What business are we talking about?
Good coffee.
Well, let's put it this way:
Back in New York, I got a computer.
Her name is Carmen.
Every morning, right after I brush my teeth,
I punch out:
"Carmen, computer on the wall,
who's the fairest of them all?"
Now, most mornings, she spits out,
"Garfield, you're the fairest."
But three weeks ago, she said:
"Garfield, Garfield, scratch your balls.
New England..." Pardon me. "New England
Wire and Cable is the fairest of them all."
New England Wire and Cable?
I said, "What's it worth?"
So she showed me the numbers.
You got equipment here
that costs $120 million.
Even at salvage,
it's worth 30, 35 million.
- Can I use that blackboard over there?
- Yeah, go ahead.
Thank you.
Come with me.
Carmen will educate us.
Gonna erase this stuff here.
Here.
Let's put down 30 million.
- How many acres you got?
- A hundred and ten.
Carmen and I figure,
even as farmland, grazing land...
...it's worth 10 million.
- Is that fair?
- Yeah.
Let's lay the 10 under the 30.
That makes 40 million.
You bought some other companies,
didn't you, Bill?
You have a plumbing, an electrical
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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