1:39:03
The stars are ageless, aren't they?
1:39:14
Well, this is where you came in.
1:39:18
Back at that pool again.
The one I always wanted.
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It's dawn now and they must've
photographed me a thousand times.
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Then they got a couple
of pruning hooks and fished me out
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ever so gently.
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Funny how gentle people
get with you once you're dead.
1:39:38
They beached me
like a harpooned baby whale.
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And started to check
the damage, just for the record.
1:39:47
The whole joint was jumping, cops,
reporters, neighbours, passers-by.
1:39:53
As much whoop-de-do as we get
when they open a supermarket.
1:39:56
Even the newsreel guys
came roaring in.
1:39:59
Here was an item
everybody could have some fun with.
1:40:03
The heartless so-and-sos.
What would they do to Norma?
1:40:09
Even if she got away with it in court,
crime of passion, temporary insanity,
1:40:14
those headlines would kill her.
1:40:17
"Forgotten star a slayer."
1:40:20
"Ageing actress."
"Yesterday's glamour queen."
1:40:34
Coroner's office.
I want to speak to the coroner.
1:40:40
- Who's on this phone?
- I am. Get off!
1:40:43
This is more important.
1:40:45
"Times" city desk?
Hedda Hopper speaking.
1:40:47
I'm talking from
Norma Desmond's bedroom.
1:40:49
Don't bother with a rewrite.
Take it direct. Ready?
1:40:53
As day breaks over
the murder house, Norma Desmond,
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famous star of yesteryear, is
in a state of complete mental shock.