2:23:00
but l want you to put in a call
to Eddie Sloane for me.
2:23:03
- At home, sir?
- No, he's at the office.
2:23:05
This is damn big of Bill.
2:23:08
- Ooh. You all right?
- Yeah.
2:23:10
Also smart, you know?
2:23:12
Well, he had no choice.
He knows you're a formidable adversary.
2:23:16
- He said that?
- Yeah, l mean, you got him
by the short hairs.
2:23:19
Yeah, the short and gray hairs.
2:23:21
- We're all here, Bill.
- l appreciate this, Eddie.
2:23:24
Members of the board, this will
just take a minute of your time.
2:23:29
As custodians of the company, you may
receive information from what follows...
2:23:34
that will be valuable
to you or not.
2:23:38
- Either way, thanks.
- We're all ears.
2:23:40
Thanks.
2:23:45
Good evening, Bill.
2:23:46
Thank you, Quince.
2:23:49
l just wanted to say how appreciative
l am of this, um, grand gesture.
2:23:54
Shut up and sit down.
2:24:02
You're a useless sack
of shit, Drew.
2:24:04
You played footsie
with John Bontecou...
2:24:06
so you could dismember my company
to line your own pockets.
2:24:08
l don't know where you get that idea.
The board agreed--
2:24:11
The board didn't know you were
a mole who burrowed inside
so you could bury us all.
2:24:15
ls this Mr. Black's fantasy?
Another one of his whoppers?
2:24:19
Aren't you sick of this asshole
lurking around? Nobody knows who he is.
2:24:22
But one thing
everybody does know,
2:24:24
he somehow got your ear and has been
pouring poison into it ever since.
2:24:27
You're the poison, Drew.
2:24:30
You've operated behind the scenes
to suborn the trust of a man...
2:24:33
who has stamped you with his imprimatur
of class, elegance and stature.
2:24:37
l've had the opportunity to be witness
to every kind and degree of deception.
2:24:41
But Bill Parrish has been
on the receiving end of
machinations so Machiavellian...
2:24:45
that it has rarely been
my experience to encounter.
2:24:47
And yet, he has combatted them
stoically and selflessly,
without revealing my identity.
2:24:53
Had he violated
the vow of secrecy he took,
2:24:56
his task would
have been far easier.
2:24:58
He could have turned
defeat into victory.