Ishtar
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[YELLlNG lN DlSTANCE]
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Hi.
Yeah.

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How are you doing?
l'm Jim Harrison.

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l heard there was
another American in the hotel,
l thought l'd buy you dinner.

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l'm from New York.
Oh, me too.

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Yeah?
Yeah.

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Great meeting you. l'm starved.
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You see, Jim,
all the big record companies
want to sign us for an album.

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But right now, we're just refining
our songs, you know,
so we don't get ripped off

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by people like Simon & Garfunkel
and, you know, Springsteen.

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So we do it in Morocco.
Then it's ours.

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You know, you're the first guy
in show business l've met over here.

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Do me a favour. Do me a favour.
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Do an autograph for my kid.
Here. Come on.

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Oh. Yeah, sure.
Just write ''To Jim.''

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l really appreciate it.
Sure. My pleasure.

:31:00
Jim?
Yeah.

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That's a nice pen.
Keep it.

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No, no, no, you...
Keep it. Go ahead.

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Keep it, keep it!
You can buy me a drink
when l get to Morocco.

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So, uh, what are you doing here, Jim?
l'm with the ClA.

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lnteresting work?
lt's okay.

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lt's a little rough right now
because the communists
are trying to instigate a coup

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against the emir
and take over lshtar.

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Why?
That's how it works.

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Today they get lshtar,
tomorrow they get North Africa.

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Why?
That's how it works.

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Every once in a while,
an American comes over,

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and we ask him to keep
his eyes and ears open for us
and we pay him a little something.

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You'd be surprised
how many harmless conversations

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are really the first step
toward recruiting agents
for left-wing organizations.

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A guy comes up to you
and he starts talking about
the poverty, the injustice in lshtar.

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And there is poverty
and injustice in lshtar.

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Of course.
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He could be sincere, he could be
saying exactly what he means,

:31:59
Sure.
or he could be feeling you out.


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