:09:02
God, I've got to have a drink!
:09:04
Literary functions are not Jack's speed.
:09:06
I mean, his favorite author
is the man who wrote "Pull Tab to Open".
:09:10
- I am his favorite author.
- You saying it's none of my business?
:09:14
Let me tell you, Jack is not the marrying kind.
:09:17
I am worried. You're the girl who
never gets a book back late to the library.
:09:21
You are three months past your deadline.
What gives? Un scotch, double.
:09:26
My heart just isn't in it. Romance
just doesn't seem real to me any more.
:09:31
Real? You don't write "real". You write
about people that sail off into the sunset.
:09:35
- And the next day when the sun comes up?
- There is no next day in romance.
:09:40
Stop confusing real life
with a romantic novel.
:09:43
- Joanie, just finish it.
- I can't.
:09:47
After 17 books,
I don't know how it ends any more.
:09:50
Then permit me to tell you.
:09:56
It doesn't end.
:09:58
It only begins anew
when you journey down the Nile with me.
:10:03
- Have you got the right woman?
- No.
:10:07
My name is Omar Khalifa and I have traveled
1,000 miles to tell you I need you.
:10:12
- You sent me the flowers.
- They pale by your beauty.
:10:15
Oh, Mary!
:10:16
- I read about you.
- Yes, I know. Time magazine.
:10:20
Well, I'm afraid the Western press
cannot understand the spirit of my vision.
:10:25
You are a writer. You can understand.
:10:29
So, Joan Wilder,
you must come and write my story.
:10:33
I only write romance novels.
:10:35
Yes. And you haven't finished the one
you're working on right now.
:10:40
You are a gifted storyteller.
You create heroes in a world of cynics.
:10:45
Journey down the Nile with me
and I'll give you a chance to record history.
:10:48
- Come. We must leave today.
- Joanie!
:10:51
In just four nights I will become Emperor,
and you will have the exclusive story.
:10:56
- They have emperors on the Nile?
- They do now.