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-What about the kid who rings the bell?-What kid? What bell?
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The kid. After the mine caves in,he rings the bell to alert the town.
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-Is that in the script?-What if we gave the kid a disease?
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-A disease?-Braces on the leg, that sort of thing.
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-But he runs.-He could hobble.
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A How Green Was My Valley thing.Is that McDowall kid available?
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-Too old. Plus, hes English.-So?
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-The scripts set in Tennessee.-Did I get that page?
:01:00
Forget the disease. Nobody wants it.Its depressing.
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-Boss is right. Who needs disease?-Its horrible.
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-I hate disease.-Box-office poison.
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Hold on. I think I got a "what if."
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What if we give the character--Whats his name?
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-Floyd.-Terrible name. Change it.
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-Say we give no-name a dog.-A dog?
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A dog. No-names faithful companion.
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Toils at his masters sidein the coal mine.
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Cave-in happens,only the dog gets out.
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Cause dogs are smaller, usually.
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And its the dog that runsup the hill and rings the bell.
:01:39
Holy crap, thats beautiful.
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-Im choked up.-I got goose bumps.
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Lassie pictures always gross high.
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Instead of a disease,we give the kid a dog?
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-There is no kid. The kids a dog.-Could be just what the movie needs.
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Lets ask the writer.What do you think, Pete?
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