:54:01
Shakespeare?
:54:02
No, l didn't get any
Shakespeare at school.
:54:04
How about you, Mr. Brimmer?
:54:09
Oh, a bit.
:54:24
Where do you come from?
:54:28
Tennessee.
:54:31
Baptist.
:54:32
l'm New York. Jewish.
:54:35
l know.
:54:38
Oh, at least
we're all Americans.
:54:40
We sure are, Mr. Stahr.
:55:03
Well...
:55:05
Well, l'm glad
you came out here.
:55:07
l wanted to talk to you.
:55:08
You've got my writers
all upset.
:55:10
Keeps them from going to sleep,
:55:13
doesn't it?
:55:14
l want them awake,
but l don't want them crazy.
:55:17
Well...
:55:19
...we're simply concerned
:55:21
that they have
the proper protection.
:55:22
That's all.
:55:24
Who from, me?
:55:28
You're a very good employer,
Mr. Stahr, but, uh...
:55:33
we still think that the position
can be...
:55:37
rationalized.
:55:39
l'll tell you three things:
:55:42
all writers are children;
:55:44
50% are drunks;
and up till very recently,
:55:47
writers in Hollywood
were gag men.
:55:50
Most of them still are gag men,
:55:52
but we call them writers.
:55:55
Uh-huh.
:55:58
But, uh... they're still
the farmers in this business.