[00:09.796] JOE:
[00:10.747] Hi there, Myron
[00:11.786] MYRON:
[00:12.257] How's it hanging?
[00:13.295] JOE:
[00:13.628] I've got a date with Sheldrake
[00:14.954] MYRON:
[00:16.054] I'm shooting a Western down at Fox
[00:18.067] JOE:
[00:18.330] How can you work with Darryl?
[00:20.087] MYRON:
[00:20.791] We should talk
[00:21.387] JOE:
[00:21.696] Gotta run
[00:22.733] BOTH:
[00:22.909] Let's have lunch
[00:23.889] MARY:
[00:24.001] Hi, Mr. Gillis
[00:25.165] JOE:
[00:25.336] You look great!
[00:26.304] MARY:
[00:26.636] I'm up for an audition
[00:28.289] JOE:
[00:28.854] Sheldrake is driving me insane
[00:31.226] MARY:
[00:31.651] Don't forget me when you're casting
[00:33.223] JOE:
[00:33.659] We should talk
[00:34.349] MARY:
[00:34.635] Gotta run
[00:35.464] BOTH:
[00:35.854] Let's have lunch
[00:36.670] JOE:
[00:37.184] Morning, Joanna
[00:37.935] MARY:
[00:38.440] Hi, there Myron
[00:39.328] JOANNA:
[00:39.647] Who are you meeting?
[00:40.489] MYRON:
[00:40.762] You look great
[00:41.569] JOE:
[00:41.725] Sheldrake, but do I need it
[00:43.332] MARY:
[00:43.524] I've spent the last month fasting
[00:44.309] JOANNA:
[00:44.859] I'm handing in my second draft
[00:45.550] MYRON:
[00:46.520] I'm shooting a Western down at Fox
[00:46.770] JOE:
[00:48.783] I'd really love to read it
[00:49.233] MARY:
[00:50.246] Don't forget me when you're casting
[00:51.996] JOANNA:
[00:52.243] We should talk
[00:52.843] MYRON:
[00:52.939] We should talk
[00:53.795] JOE:
[00:53.880] Gotta run
[00:54.621] MARY:
[00:55.283] Gotta run
[00:55.897] ALL FOUR:
[00:56.118] Let's have lunch
[00:56.505] JOE (spoken):
[00:57.364] Yeah, I had an appointment with Mr. Sheldrake
[00:58.491] JONES (spoken):
[00:59.024] Name?
[00:59.592] JOE (spoken):
[00:59.988] Gillis. Joseph Gillis
[01:01.032] JONES (spoken):
[01:01.694] All right, sir, you know your way?
[01:02.912] JOE (spoken):
[01:03.714] Yeah
[01:06.106] FIRST FINANCEMAN:
[01:06.489] We want the keys to your car
[01:07.732] SECOND FINANCEMAN:
[01:08.684] You're way behind with the payments
[01:10.204] FIRST FINANCEMAN:
[01:10.646] Don't give us any fancy footwork
[01:13.489] SECOND FINANCEMAN:
[01:13.664] Give us the keys
[01:15.671] JOE:
[01:16.009] I only wish I could help
[01:18.272] I loaned it to my accountant
[01:21.023] He has an important client down in Palm Springs
[01:25.784] Felt like shooting the breeze
[01:28.385] FIRST FINANCEMAN:
[01:28.605] Are you telling us you walked here?
[01:31.263] JOE:
[01:31.426] I believe in self-denial
[01:33.806] I'm in training for the priesthood
[01:36.326] SECOND FINANCEMAN:
[01:37.127] OK, wise guy, three hundred bucks
[01:38.972] FIRST FINANCEMAN:
[01:39.192] Or we're taking the car
[01:40.412] SECOND FINANCEMAN:
[01:40.795] We have a court order
[01:42.118] JOE (spoken):
[01:42.317] I love it when you talk dirty
[02:28.069] SAMMY:
[02:28.231] Bless you, Joseph
[02:29.172] JOE:
[02:29.357] That you, Sammy?
[02:30.749] SAMMY:
[02:30.913] How do you like my harem?
[02:32.829] JOE:
[02:32.968] How come you get such lousy breaks?
[02:35.475] SAMMY:
[02:35.614] One learns to grin and bear 'em
[02:37.507] GIRLS:
[02:37.670] This is the biggest film ever made
[02:41.071] JOE:
[02:41.187] What're you playing?
[02:42.114] ANITA:
[02:42.336] Temple virgin
[02:43.671] DAWN:
[02:43.810] Handmaiden to Delilah
[02:44.995] JOE:
[02:45.215] Let's have lunch
[02:47.073] Gotta run
[02:49.453] You've got to find me a job
[02:51.856] I'm way behind with my payments
[02:54.352] I thought you were meant to be my agent
[02:57.092] I need some work
[02:58.914] MORINO:
[02:59.216] I only wish I could help
[03:01.666] This town is dead at the moment
[03:04.232] There's been this slowdown in production
[03:08.330] JOE (spoken):
[03:08.528] Who is this jerk?
[03:09.931] MORINO:
[03:10.152] He's my wunderkind from Broadway
[03:13.253] Every major studio wants him
[03:15.946] YOUNGER MAN:
[03:16.132] Playing one against the other
[03:18.047] JOE:
[03:18.349] What I need is three hundred bucks
[03:21.530] MORINO (spoken):
[03:21.832] Maybe what you need is a new agent
[03:26.974] JOE:
[03:27.405] Hello, Artie
[03:28.229] ARTIE:
[03:28.472] Joe, you bastard!
[03:29.528] JOE:
[03:29.750] You never call me any more
[03:31.874] ARTIE:
[03:32.093] Found a cuter dancing partner
[03:35.427] How are things?
[03:36.251] JOE:
[03:37.029] Not so great
[03:37.887] ARTIE:
[03:38.583] Will this help?
[03:39.373] Twenty bucks?
[03:40.174] JOE (spoken):
[03:40.384] Thanks, you're a pal
[03:41.893] ALL (spoken):
[03:42.508] Good morning, Mr. DeMille
[03:45.217] Hi Mr. DeMille
[03:46.908] SHELDRAKE:
[03:47.245] This is Sheldrake
[03:48.325] Bring some water
[03:49.683] Get me that shithead Nolan
[03:52.365] Nolan, sweetheart
[03:53.788] Great to talk
[03:54.786] This draft is so much brighter
[03:57.120] You're the best
[03:58.003] Even so
[03:58.885] I've hired another writer
[04:01.292] SECRETARY (spoken):
[04:01.884] Mr. Gillis
[04:03.068] SHELDRAKE:
[04:03.289] Joe! What the fuck brings you here?
[04:04.787] JOE (spoken):
[04:05.170] You wanted to see me
[04:06.006] SHELDRAKE (spoken):
[04:06.203] I did? What about?
[04:06.748] JOE (spoken):
[04:06.945] "Bases Loaded." It's an outline for a baseball picture
[04:07.747] SHELDRAKE (spoken):
[04:08.637] So, pitch
[04:08.930] JOE (spoken):
[04:09.929] It's about a rookie shortstop. He's batting .347. The kid was once mixed up in a holdup. Now he's trying to go straight
[04:13.807] SHELDRAKE  (spoken):
[04:14.404] Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I think I have read this. Somebody, bring in what we've got on...
[04:17.522] JOE (spoken):
[04:18.502] "Bases Loaded."
[04:19.008] SHELDRAKE  (spoken):
[04:19.442] ..."Bases Loaded."
[04:19.953] JOE (spoken):
[04:20.208] They're pretty hot for it over at Twentieth
[04:21.086] SHELDRAKE  (spoken):
[04:22.282] Good!
[04:22.989] JOE (spoken):
[04:23.292] But can you see Ty Power as a shortstop?
[04:25.161] ENSEMBLE:
[04:25.405] Let's have lunch
[04:26.902] BETTY (spoken)
[04:27.169] Here's that "Bases Loaded" material, Mr. Sheldrake
[04:28.911] I made a two-page synopsis for you,
[04:30.606] but I wouldn't bother to read it
[04:32.265] SHELDRAKE (spoken):
[04:32.405] Why not?
[04:33.589] BETTY (spoken):
[04:33.763] It's just a rehash of something
[04:34.623] that wasn't very good to begin with
[04:36.283] SHELDRAKE (spoken):
[04:36.549] Meet Mr. Gillis. He wrote it
[04:37.967] ENSEMBLE:
[04:38.547] We should talk
[04:40.683] SHELDRAKE
[04:40.904] (spoken)
[04:41.101] This is Miss Kramer
[04:42.088] BETTY (spoken)
[04:42.587] Schaefer. Betty Schaefer.
[04:43.585] And right now,
[04:44.085] I'd like to crawl into a hole and pull it in after me
[04:46.301] JOE (spoken)
[04:46.465] If I could be of any help...
[04:47.730] BETTY (spoken)
[04:47.882] I'm sorry, Mr. Gillis, I couldn't see the point of it
[04:50.504] JOE (spoken)
[04:50.667] What sort of material do you suggest?
[04:52.502] James Joyce? Dostoyevsky?
[04:52.710] BETTY (spoken)
[04:54.626] I think pictures should at least try to say a little something
[04:57.006] JOE (spoken)
[04:57.168] I see you're one of the message kids
[04:58.945] I expect you'd have turned down "Gone With the Wind"
[05:00.385] SHELDRAKE (spoken)
[05:00.605] No, that was me
[05:01.743] ENSEMBLE:
[05:02.045] Gotta run
[05:03.588] BETTY (spoken):
[05:03.925] And I guess I was disappointed
[05:05.620] I've read some of your other work
[05:07.048] and I thought you had some real talent
[05:09.219] JOE (spoken):
[05:09.347] Yeah, that was last year. This year I felt like eating
[05:11.180] BETTY (spoken):
[05:11.343] Well, I'm sorry, Mr. Gillis
[05:12.064] SHELDRAKE (spoken):
[05:12.261] Thank you, Miss Kramer
[05:14.907] Well, looks like Zanuck's got himself a baseball picture
[05:18.565] ENSEMBLE:
[05:19.540] We should talk
[05:20.329] Gotta run
[05:21.269] Let's have lunch
[05:22.582] JOE:
[05:22.779] You've got to give me some work
[05:25.089] I'll take whatever's on offer
[05:27.388] There must be some shit that needs a rewrite
[05:29.884] Throw it my way
[05:31.521] SHELDRAKE:
[05:31.718] I only wish I could help
[05:34.388] There's no spare shit at the moment
[05:36.885] Remember the greatest writers starved in garretts
[05:40.843] Didn't care about pay
[05:42.945] JOE:
[05:43.258] Are you trying to be funny?
[05:45.487] SHELDRAKE:
[05:45.719] I believe in self-denial
[05:48.506] Gives a man some moral backbone
[05:50.688] JOE:
[05:51.105] Can you loan me three hundred bucks?
[05:53.602] SHELDRAKE:
[05:53.800] I'm sorry, Gillis. Good-bye
[05:55.378] JOE:
[05:56.672] I just love Hollywood
[06:00.209] CROWD (MYRON, CLIFF, SAMMY, MORINO, KATHERINE, LIZ, MARY, JOANNA, DAWN, ARTIE, JOHN, ANITA, ADAM, LISA) :
[06:01.301] Morning, Joanna / Where've you been hiding? / Hi there, Lisa
[06:04.087] I hate this weather / You look great / What're you doing?
[06:06.989] This is the biggest film ever made / I'm trying to make my mind up
[06:09.543] Guess I was born to play her/ They're talking nominations
[06:12.563] What is my motivation? / You should go work for Warners / Is your new script with Sheldrake?
[06:15.603] We shoot next month / Let's drive to Vegas this weekend
[06:18.447] I'm handing in my second draft / It's between me and Dietrich
[06:21.199] I'd really love to read it / I'd know just how to light you
[06:23.521] It won't work / I've landed a big Broadway show/ I'd know just how to light you
[06:24.573] We should talk
[06:26.093] Gotta run
[06:27.312] Let's have lunch!
[06:28.554] Hi, good morning
[06:29.820] Aren't we lucky?
[06:31.074] Going to work with Cukor
[06:34.533] Paramount is paradise
[06:39.936] Movies from A to Zukor
[06:42.617] We should talk, gotta run
[06:44.603] Let's have lunch
[06:45.775] We should talk
[06:46.843] Gotta run
[06:47.841] Let's have lunch!
[06:49.803] JOE(spoken, to BETTY):
[06:51.045] Come to get your knife back?
[06:52.857] It's still right there,
[06:53.937] Right between my shoulder blades