Six Degrees of Separation
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:17:02
In the black newspaper, the theatre page
was opposite the want-ad page.

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Among his 42 films are:
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No Way Out, 1950, Cry, the Beloved
Country, 1952, Blackboard Jungle, 1955,

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The Defiant Ones, 1958, A Raisin in
the Sun, 1961, Lilies of the Field, 1963,

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In the Heat of the Night, 1967, To Sir,
with Love, 1967, Shoot to Kill, 1988,

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and, of course...
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner!
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He won the Oscar for Lilies of the Field,
and was twice named top box-office star.

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My father made no films from 1977 to
1987, but worked as director and author.

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Dad said to me once:
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"I still don't fully understand
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how all this came about
in the sequence it came about."

:17:53
(someone claps)
:18:02
Dad's not in till tomorrow at the Sherry.
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I came down from Cambridge. I thought
I'd stay at some fleabag for adventure.

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Orwell, Down and Out...
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I don't really know New York. I know
Rome, Paris and Los Angeles a lot better.

:18:18
Well, we're going out to dinner.
You'll come.

:18:21
- Out to dinner?
- Out to dinner.

:18:24
- The new ltalian looked cheery.
- Good. We've made reservations.

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- They wrap up ravioli like saltwater taffy.
- Six on a plate for a few hundred dollars.

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But why go out to dinner?
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Because we have reservations. What time
is it? Have we lost the reservations?

:18:39
There's nothing in the house. And it's 16th
century Florence, genius on every block.

:18:44
- Don't mock.
- You must have something in the fridge.

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A frozen steak from the lce Age.
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But why spend $100 on a bowl of rice?
Let me into the kitchen.

:18:53
Cooking calms me. And what I'd like to do
is calm down. Pay back your kids.

:18:59
- Two at Harvard. A daughter at Groton.
- Who've been wonderful.


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