The Bonfire of the Vanities Page #8

And he hasn't because he's a criminal.

690

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What a wretched painting.

691

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45:48,092 -- 00:45:50,970

It's a Filippo Chirazzi.

He's a friend of Caroline's.

692

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-Know him?

-I hope not. God, that looks like you.

693

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45:54,892 -- 00:45:56,450

No. How could it?

694

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45:58,812 -- 00:46:03,124

-Where are you going?

-The airport. The car's coming soon.

695

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We have time for a quickie.

What do you say?

696

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I've lost $600,000,000 today.

Possibly my job.

697

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I don't feel terrifically sexy at the moment.

698

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46:19,612 -- 00:46:22,843

You know I'm a sucker

for a soft dick, Sherman.

699

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You are incorrigible.

700

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46:28,972 -- 00:46:33,887

I suppose we could still go to the police.

We could get a talented lawyer.

701

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And put our heads right

into the tiger's mouth?

702

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I'm the one who was driving the car.

703

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Shouldn't I be the one

to make that decision?

704

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And I say no. I say no.

705

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Trust me.

706

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46:49,892 -- 00:46:53,202

Nothing will come

of that little newspaper article.

707

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Absolutely nothing.

708

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Mr. Fallow. Our hero.

709

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Reverend Bacon.

710

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47:17,252 -- 00:47:20,244

I feel as we already know each other.

And Mr. Corsaro.

711

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Nice to see you again.

712

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You have an exclusive.

Understand?

713

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I could've had every newspaper

and TV station spreading this news.

714

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But I have chosen only

you two. And I expect big coverage.

715

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In-depth coverage.

716

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Let's get to work.

717

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Let's go.

718

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Might we be making a mountain

out of a molehill? Honestly--

719

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Honesty has nothing to do with this.

720

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This is show business. I've never known

the two to go hand in hand.

721

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Neither have I.

And I'm supposed to be a journalist.

722

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You're a drunk. That's what I heard.

723

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And you're almost out of a job.

Or am I misinformed?

724

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You have the wrong man.

725

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No, I don't think so.

726

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I don't think so at all.

727

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TV's ready, Reverend.

728

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Stay in the wide shot.

Push in when you see the action.

729

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He's something, isn't he?

730

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He sure is.

731

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He's on the level with this one, right?

The story's legitimate.

732

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Of course.

733

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This Henry Lamb's a nice kid.

734

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The neighbors like him. No record.

Honor student.

735

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No question about it.

736

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Personally, I don't care. But, when I finish

with this story, the kid'll be a saint.

737

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Be nice to know it's true, that's all.

738

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It's true.

739

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We're rolling the cameras. Go ahead.

740

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Brothers and sisters, I stand before you

with a heart that is broken.

741

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And I stand before you

with a heart that is angry.

742

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It's heartbroken because our brother,

our neighbor, our son, Henry Lamb...

743

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has been struck down

in the prime of his young life.

744

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And now he lies in a hospital...

broken, like my heart.

745

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But I tell you, my heart is also angry.

746

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Yes! Angry!

747

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Because the driver

of that car didn't do nothing for him!

748

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And neither did the police!

749

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And neither did this man!

750

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Mr. Abraham Weiss.

751

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That's my name. My own f***ing name.

752

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That's a complete f***-up.

753

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-Who the hell are you?

-Assistant District Attorney Kramer.

754

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I work in this office.

755

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Sources at Motor Vehicles say...

756

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less than 200 Mercedes have plates

beginning with "RE," "RB," or "RP."

757

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How did they get this information

out of Motor Vehicles?

758

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Calm down. We've had this information

for over a week.

759

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Why aren't we doing anything about it?

Why aren't we tracing the car?

760

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Actually, I suggested we--

761

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What am I? The Wizard of Oz?

762

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Trace the car? Trace the car?

We don't even have a witness.

763

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We don't know where it happened,

or even if it happened.

764

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Trace the car.

765

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We don't have a case,

even if we find the car.

766

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If we found the driver,

and the driver came to us and said:

767

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"Yeah, that's right.

768

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"I hit this kid the other night,

and I didn't stop.

769

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"I didn't report it. I'm the guy. I did it."

Then we got a case.

770

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Just trace the f***ing car.

771

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Yesterday, I was

a respected Jewish liberal.

772

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Ten minutes of news like this,

and now I'm a hymie racist pig?

773

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The Italians are going to love this.

774

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The Irish, too.

775

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And the WASPs.

776

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They love this sh*t more than anybody.

777

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They love laughing at me.

778

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All the rich sons of b*tches.

779

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They still think they own this town.

780

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They sit in their co-ops, Park Avenue, Fifth,

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