The Last Tycoon Page #2
- PG
- Year:
- 1976
- 123 min
- 322 Views
Oh, no, Cecilia.
l've known you so long.
l've never thought of you that way.
You don't use that line this year.
What?
Nothing.
Yeah?
Mr. Stahr, Mr. Rodriguez...
...is still waiting to see you.
Oh, yeah. Send him in.
l'm sorry.
These actors...
Did you press that buzzer
with your foot?
Yes.
Of course not.
But you will dance with me
at the ball.
Sure l will.
Hello, Monroe.
Hello!
How are you?
Wonderful, really great.
You look just wonderful.
Thank you.
l had to see you in your office.
Sit down.
So... what's the trouble?
l'm through.
You're through?
What do you mean,
you're through?
Have you seen Variety?
Your picture's held over
at the Roxy.
lt did 37,000 in Chicago last week.
l know.
That's a tragedy.
l'm in a tragic mess.
lt's...
Well, what are you talking about?
lt's Esther and me.
Mm-hmm?
l love her.
She's my wife.
Yeah?
But l'm through.
l'm washed up.
lt's gone.
What's gone?
l've gone.
l'm ashamed to go to bed
with my wife.
l know Rainy Day grossed
25,000 in Des Moines...
...and broke all
records in St. Louis...
...and did 27,000 in Kansas City?
Kansas City.
But here l am,
afraid to go to bed
with my own wife,
the woman l love.
So l came to you, Monroe.
l've been to a doctor.
l've been to a cathouse.
Ah.
Yeah... nothing.
Nothing.
So, l... so l came to you.
Yes, you did, l see.
Ah...
...l mean, we both came from
nowhere, from nothing, right?
Right.
What were you,
a messenger boy?
That's right.
l delivered groceries.
Yeah.
This is America.
Look where we are now.
l mean, look at this
office, look at you.
Yeah.
We both came from nothing.
That's why l can talk to you.
l understand.
So, how is Esther?
She's the greatest girl in the world.
She's my wife.
Well, l know that.
l mean, she loves me.
Oh, l know, l know.
500 girls marched
up to my house...
...from the high school.
l stood behind the curtains
and l watched them.
l couldn't go out.
l mean, if they knew...
...lf my family knew...
...l watch myself on the screen...
...and l want to puke!
Mm.
Look at me.
All right, l'm a big star,
but what's really
profound about me...
...is that l'm a big star
with a big fan club...
Yeah, l-l know.
- who actually loves his wife,
so why would anyone want to play
these lousy tricks on me?
You see what l mean?
Sure, sure.
So l came to you.
Yeah.
Oh, yes,
l see.
Just play the part the way l said.
All right then
Thanks, Monroe.
Thanks.
The doctor's here.
Ah.
Hi, Doc.
Come on in.
When are you going
to take that vacation?
Soon.
When?
Oh, sometime in five or six weeks.
Getting any sleep?
About five hours.
Do you need any more pills?
No, l'm fine.
Any... pain?
Some.
They'll never get writers unionized.
You know why?
Hello, Monroe.
Gentlemen.
Monroe.
Gentlemen.
Everything all right?
Fine.
l was just saying...
...they'll never get
the writers unionized.
You know why?
Because they hate
each other's guts.
They'd sell each other out
for a nickel.
This man from New York
seems pretty set on doing it...
...the one who's coming out
to see me.
What's his name?
Brimmer.
Brimmer.
Communist, yeah.
You mean a real Communist?
Yeah, sure, a real one.
l mean,
some of these guys
are just jokers...
...that call
themselves Communists.
And mostly they are fairies,
too.
There are other aspects,
of course.
Well...
...l'll find out next week.
Better find out.
The last thing we need
is a writers' strike.
We got 16 pictures
going into production.
l'll handle him.
Monroe can handle him.
Monroe can handle anybody.
Anyway, mostly they are fairies.
There are other aspects,
of course.
Monroe, tell me, what do
you think of the idea...
...to make Manon with
a happy ending, huh?
lt's been making money
without a happy ending...
...for a century and a half.
What about
the South American picture?
With the same budget?
lt's out of proportion.
With that budget,
we have no chance.
What do you think, Mr. Marcus?
Monroe is our production genius.
l count upon him...
...and lean heavily upon him.
showed a $27 million profit.
lt's all due to him.
You know who first told him
you were a genius?
Guess.
You.
Right.
Damn good of you, Pat.
No, no.
l admire a man, l say so.
l want the whole world to know.
Perhaps that's because l'm lrish.
The lrish are a very
warm-hearted people.
The Greeks are warm, too.
l mean, try to find me
a Greek Communist.
You couldn't find one.
But there's not a $2 million
gross in the country right now.
Don't forget, we're in
the middle of a depression.
l know that.
l think we can count
on a million and a quarter...
...from the road show,
perhaps a million and a half,
and a quarter of a million abroad.
But you have a budget
of a million, seven-five-o,
and you say you expect
less than that in grosses?
What about prints
and advertising?
Distribution costs.
lnterest on the money...
and some profits.
Yes, he's here.
l'm not even sure
we'll gross a million.
lt's for you, Mr. Stahr.
Thank you.
Yes.
Hello, Robin.
Uh-huh.
Good.
Yes, leave the number
with Miss Doolin.
l'll call later.
You know, l'm fairly new out here.
Do l understand you to say that
you expect to gross...
...a half a million short
of your budget?
lt's a quality picture.
"Quality picture."
What the hell are we...?
We've played safe
for two years now.
lt's time we made a picture
that isn't meant to make money.
at Academy dinners...
...that we have a certain duty
to the public.
Okay.
lt's a good thing for the company...
...to slip in a picture
that'll lose money...
...write it off as good will.
Gentlemen.
Thank you.
Boy.
Mr. Stahr!
Hey, that's a good spiral
you got there.
Hello, Monroe.
- Hi, Dan.
Sir.
- Yes, Wylie.
Hello, Mr. Stahr.
You going somewhere?
Stage four.
Listen, have you read my script?
Uh, yes, l have.
Well, what do you think of it?
l think it's an interesting script.
Uh-huh.
How come you have
Take it away!
- Who told you that?
They're friends of mine.
They didn't know l was doing it.
l didn't know they were doing it.
We all found out this morning.
l'm sorry.
What can you do?
That's the system.
We're back!
You invented that system.
You've distorted the girl.
By distorting the girl,
you've distorted the story.
We're back.
How?
How have l distorted
the damn girl?
l'm not interested
in your fantasies.
Eddie.
Eddie!
Hello, Monroe.
Hi.
Listen, two people
at the sneak preview...
...complained that Morgan's fly
was open for half the picture.
What?
Oh, it's probably just a couple
of seconds, but l want you...
...to run the picture
until you find the footage.
Have some people with you.
Someone will spot it.
Sure, l'll take care of it.
Okay.
Hi, Cooke.
You've given her a secret life.
She doesn't have a secret life.
You've made her a melancholic.
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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