Family Plot
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I think it's always horrible
when any actor is dismissed or fired.

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I think it's worse when you're not fired
for any particular reason

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other than you were the second choice
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and the first choice is now available.
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I believe it was
that very same evening

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when Hitchcock was having dinner
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at Jack's restaurant in San Francisco
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that Roy Thinnes
walked up to his table

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and said something to the fact,
"You've dismissed me,"

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or, W hy did you dismiss me?"
or, "You did wrong."

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And he just stared him down,
and Hitchcock was speechless

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and in a very difficult situation
and didn't like being there.

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And they just looked at
each other for a long while,

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and then eventually Roy Thinnes left.
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(Choir Singing)
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After Roy Thinnes left, we had to go
back to Grace Cathedral and shoot

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the one scene where
the bishop is kidnapped

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as well as other scenes
had to be retaken.

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Now, if there were
any shots in the sequence

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that didn't have Roy Thinnes in,
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then we only picked up those
shots to replace the actor.

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We didn't shoot - necessarily
shoot the entire scene over.

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(Devane) There's some shots
with Roy in the picture.

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Some of the longer shots
in San Francisco, actually,

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after the church sequence, when they
drag the body to the car, it's all Roy.

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I think I worked about six weeks on it,
out of a ten-week shoot.

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It was quite an experience cos you worked
9 to 5, like you were working in a bank.

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The trees are swaying
and the branches part!

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But there's no one there! Here.
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I see shadows falling!
The air's getting cold!

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The brightness dims. Goodbye, Henry.
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- Bye.
- (Devane) Hitch loved Barbara Harris.


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