:53:01
Finally, I turned all my attention back
to my other great love, the mountain.
:53:08
Maybe it was my mood, but the more
I thought about it, the angrier I became.
:53:14
For the last years, I had worked
night and day for Paramount.
:53:18
Bluhdorn's golden boy now
wanted some gold of his own.
:53:22
While I was living rich,
everyone around me was getting rich.
:53:25
He's right. You give them an inch,
and they step all over you.
:53:30
My contract's up, but I'd
been throwing sevens too long.
:53:33
And here I am.
I'm still behind the eight ball.
:53:37
I called on my consigliere
and closest friend, Sidney Korshak...
:53:40
...one of the most feared lawyers
in the country.
:53:43
"I'll take care of it and quick,"
said Korshak. "You're gonna get gross.
:53:48
I don't care if it's just
one percent on every film."
:53:51
Korshak may have been known as the myth,
but he was no myth to Charlie.
:53:55
His proposal was turned down
flatter than Twiggy's chest.
:53:58
Bluhdorn wasn't smart.
He was brilliant.
:54:01
He knew my weak link, ego,
and he sure pressed it...
:54:05
...knowing it far
overshadowed my greed.
:54:08
"Sidney, I want everybody to get rich,
but don't rape me. Don't rape me."
:54:13
The real love of Charlie's life was
not family, or sex, or even business.
:54:17
It was negotiating.
:54:18
Charlie would negotiate for anything,
from an airline to a potato.
:54:22
"I want Bob to make history.
:54:23
I'm gonna let him make a picture of his own
for five years, under his own banner...
:54:27
...and still run Paramount.
:54:29
The last person to have that was
Darryl Zanuck, 30 years ago.
:54:32
I want him to get rich.
I'm so proud of him, Sidney."
:54:36
Proud.
:54:38
I would stay on at Paramount
as head of the studio...
:54:40
...and I would get to produce a picture
a year for five years. But no raise.
:54:58
- You produced Chinatown.
- Right.