Other People's Money Page #4

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TRO.

Temporary restraining order.

Thank you very much.

Some crew I've got.

Seventeen lawyers...

...on retainer.

And you manage to work it out...

...so that in a free market...

...a so-called free country...

...I can't buy some sh*t-ass stock

every other a**hole can buy.

Congratulations.

You're destroying the capitalist system.

While everybody else

in the world is embracing it...

...my boys and girls are f***ing it up!

You know what happens

when capitalism gets f***ed up?

The communists come back.

They come out of the bushes.

Don't kid yourself.

They're waiting in there.

But maybe that's not so bad.

Because you know what happens

when the commies take over?

The first thing they do

is shoot all the lawyers!

And if they miss any of you,

I'll do it myself!

Now let's see if we can get

this small-town judge...

...to change his f***ing mind!

Come on.

It wasn't me!

I was in San Francisco!

Mr. Garfield,

a Miss Sullivan is on the line.

- Yes.

- Hello Lawrence.

We're here in the office

toasting Judge Pollard's decision.

Stop gloating. It doesn't become you.

Don't be a poor loser.

I got you on a technicality. Not bad

for some broad wet behind the ears.

I'd like to talk.

I have no time for talk. My days are full.

- I'll buy you a doughnut.

- I'm not hungry.

Since when do you have to be hungry

to have a doughnut?

Shut up.

Stop pouting. I'll buy you dinner.

Name the place.

I have a proposition for you.

You're trying to seduce me.

You have a nice laugh.

My house, 8:
00.

How about Lutce?

I wanna talk to somebody,

I go to them.

You wanna talk, come to me. 8:00.

I'll come for 20 minutes.

That's all I need. Strictly business.

Twenty minutes, my place, 8:00

- 5:
30

- 5:
30?

- Funerals are at 5:30. Seven.

- Six.

- I gotta wash my face.

- 6:
30.

- Deal.

- Deal.

Harriet!

Get me my barber.

Get me my manicurist.

Call Arthur. She's coming to the house.

- Miss Sullivan.

- That's me.

- Come on in. The boss is expecting you.

- Thank you.

- Mr. G will be right with you.

- Thank you.

Gloria Taylor.

Quarterback's girlfriend.

All that putz wanted to do was

take her pants off in the back seat...

...while I was ready to feed her...

...protect her,

put jewels around her neck.

I sent her poetry.

Longfellow.

Can't go wrong with Longfellow.

Day by day I gazed upon her

Day by day I sighed with passion

Day by day my heart within me

Grew more hot with love and longing

I gave her "Hiawatha."

All she wanted was a touchdown.

Yeah.

To the quarterback's girlfriend.

To Gloria.

Drink, drink. It's the best.

- You look terrific.

- Thank you.

How about some mushroom dip?

I thought this was a business meeting.

What's wrong with a little dip?

I never met a person so hard to feed.

Who are you mad at?

Come on, have some dip.

Swallow.

Nice.

I think we should talk business.

You have an exquisite neck.

I have to leave by 7.

I have another engagement.

Oh, right. I forgot.

- You got a "proposition."

- Thank you.

- Shoot.

- What will it take for you to go away?

Greenmail?

You're offering to buy me out?

Why so uptight? It's not illegal.

It's immoral.

A distinction that has

no relevance for lawyers.

But it matters to me.

Well, for someone who has

nothing nice to say about lawyers...

...you certainly have

plenty of them around.

They're like nuclear warheads.

They have theirs, so I have mine.

Once you use them,

they f*** up everything.

Let me ask you:

Do you have authorization

to offer me greenmail?

Of course not.

It's a lawyer's scheme.

Everybody walks out happy.

I get paid off.

Jorgy keeps his company.

The employees keep their jobs.

The lawyer gets a big fat fee.

Everybody walks out. Yumpin' yiminy.

Sounds pretty good to me.

- Except for the stockholders.

- Their stock falls out of bed...

...they don't know what hit them.

- Now you're Albert Schweitzer.

No, not Albert Schweitzer,

Robin Hood.

I take from the rich,

and I give to the middle class.

Well, the upper middle class.

- Would you care for some caviar?

- The stock is 18.

Do you like music? The violin?

- Let's be serious.

- Come on, let's change the subject.

- Arthur!

- The stock is 18. We'll buy it back at 18.

- First you laugh at me, then you insult me.

- Then name your number.

- What will you take?

- Twenty-five.

The stock hasn't seen 25 in years.

You want history?

The stock was once 60.

Take 20.

Such a high achiever.

If you're mad at somebody,

don't take it out on me.

Twenty-five is my number,

and that's a favor.

Well, I don't like your number,

and I don't need to be analyzed.

Do we have a deal or not?

Let's discuss it over dinner.

- Good night. Your 20 minutes are up.

- Wait a minute. I want us to be friends.

Let's segue into some soup

and french bread.

Come on. Don't go away mad.

I didn't buy your proposition.

Come back with another one.

You're an emancipated woman.

Learn to lose.

- I haven't lost.

- Wait, wait!

I got a proposition for you.

Hold on, you gotta listen.

You come on back up.

We have a nice dinner.

We make passionate love

for the rest of the night.

The first one who comes, loses.

- Loses what?

- The deal.

I come first, I sell you back

my shares at cost.

You come first, you buy them at 25.

I think you're serious.

So how do you suggest

we write this up?

Delicately.

Under the heading,

"Easy come, easy go."

What do you got to lose, your virginity?

I could lose millions.

So, what happens if we come together?

I never thought of that.

Well...

...think about it, honey.

I will. I will.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Come on. Don't go.

I haven't played my violin yet.

Oh, God.

Hello?

I just wanted to see if you got home safe.

Thank you.

In your beddy-bye?

I am.

- Did I wake you?

- No.

No.

- Did you have dinner?

- Yes.

With who?

None of your business.

- Are you thinking about me?

- No.

Well, how could

you possibly manage that?

Pills, whiskey, self-help tapes.

I got another proposition for you.

Oh, yeah? I can't wait

We swap.

Swap what, dirty jokes?

No. I give you all my shares...

...you give me the wire and cable division.

Hello?

Hello? You like?

- I'll ask them.

- Good.

All right, now wait. Don't go away.

Don't hang up. Don't hang up.

Stay right where you are. All right.

Okay.

Here comes the bridge.

That was very good.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

That was just for you.

Well, I appreciate it.

Sweet dreams.

- Okay. Good night.

- Bye-bye.

Oh, God.

Forget it.

Tell him to go to hell.

He spends $13 million for this place...

...then he sells it for 35.

My guys are out of work,

and he's made $22 million.

- Now how do I live with that?

- We eliminate a losing division.

The other divisions don't have

to support us anymore.

- I don't wanna hear that.

- You still control the company.

- You just don't have the cable division.

- Why is it so difficult...

...for everybody to understand...

...why I can't kill these people

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