:32:01
"Cut!" says Hiller.
"That's it. We've got it."
:32:04
You did a good job, Ali.
You had me in tears.
:32:08
She runs over to me,
smothers me with kisses.
:32:12
"Evans, did you really like it?
The tears, they were for you."
:32:16
My eyes start to swell.
I actually start crying.
:32:20
Crying about happiness, and feeling that
I'm the luckiest guy in the whole world.
:32:24
Camelot was ours.
:32:26
Well, at least I thought it was.
:32:31
"Evans, there's a big problem. The board
of directors, they want me out of Paramount.
:32:36
They can't afford it anymore.
It's turning a cash flow into a cash drought.
:32:40
They've had it. They want me out too,
out of show business.
:32:44
Get back to what I do best.
Making money, not movies."
:32:47
Charlie was not prone to making
practical jokes, and this was no joke.
:32:52
Fuck them, Charlie.
Stall them if you can.
:32:55
With your eyes closed, you can buy
another quarter. I know you can.
:32:58
Give us one more shot at the table.
You can do it.
:33:01
"The board's already decided.
:33:03
They called an emergency meeting
a week from tomorrow.
:33:06
The studio will be closed
by the end of next week."
:33:08
Damn it. This couldn't be happening to me.
And we were just on a roll.
:33:13
Then it hit me.
:33:15
Give me a half-hour, Charlie,
with the board.
:33:18
Just one half-hour, that's all I need.
:33:20
"Evans, the one person they don't
wanna see is you. Are you crazy, Evans?"
:33:24
Yeah. But crazy good, Charlie.
:33:27
I've got one ace in my hand:
Love Story.
:33:30
And I'm gonna build a hand around it.
:33:33
"All right, Evans. You got a half-hour.
That's all, just a half-hour.
:33:37
Be in New York next Monday
at the board meeting.
:33:40
And buy a one-way ticket,
and don't be late."
:33:42
Peter Bart asked Mike Nichols
for an afternoon...
:33:45
...to film a reel for his boss
to deliver to the board of directors...
:33:49
...of Gulf and Western.
:33:51
Mike directed me in, I'm sure,
the best performance of my life.
:33:56
Where were you, Mike, when I needed
you 10 years ago, when I was an actor?