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Max Klein:
You want me to be honest with you, Les?Lester Siegel:No, I would like you to bullshit me, Max.Max Klein:All right. I enjoyed your films, the early ones. I took this meeting out of respect, because I wanted to say no to your face.Lester Siegel:Thank you. Very respectful.Max Klein:You're finished, Lester. Get your cataracts fixed, read the trades. MGM just capitalized for six new films, they're screaming for sci-fi! They're offering me four times what you guys are offering me.Lester Siegel:Well, what can I say? Congratulations. But see, if kind of worries me what you said, let me tell you why. A couple of weeks ago I was sitting in Trader Vic's, I was enjoying a mai tai, when my pal Warren Beatty comes in. He wishes me well, and we have a little chat. Seems he was attached to star in 'Zulu Empire,' which was gonna anchor that MGM slate, but Warren confided in me that the picture's gone over budget because the Zulu extras want to unionize. They may be cannibals, but they want health and dental. Which means the movie's kaput, so the MGM deal ain't gonna happen, and your script ain't worth the buffalo shit on a nickel. So the way it looks to me, through the cataracts I grant you, is that you can either sign here and take ten thousand dollars for your toilet paper script, or you can go fuck yourself! With all due respect
You want me to be honest with you, Les?Lester Siegel:No, I would like you to bullshit me, Max.Max Klein:All right. I enjoyed your films, the early ones. I took this meeting out of respect, because I wanted to say no to your face.Lester Siegel:Thank you. Very respectful.Max Klein:You're finished, Lester. Get your cataracts fixed, read the trades. MGM just capitalized for six new films, they're screaming for sci-fi! They're offering me four times what you guys are offering me.Lester Siegel:Well, what can I say? Congratulations. But see, if kind of worries me what you said, let me tell you why. A couple of weeks ago I was sitting in Trader Vic's, I was enjoying a mai tai, when my pal Warren Beatty comes in. He wishes me well, and we have a little chat. Seems he was attached to star in 'Zulu Empire,' which was gonna anchor that MGM slate, but Warren confided in me that the picture's gone over budget because the Zulu extras want to unionize. They may be cannibals, but they want health and dental. Which means the movie's kaput, so the MGM deal ain't gonna happen, and your script ain't worth the buffalo shit on a nickel. So the way it looks to me, through the cataracts I grant you, is that you can either sign here and take ten thousand dollars for your toilet paper script, or you can go fuck yourself! With all due respect
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You want me to be honest with you Les
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No I would like you to bullshit me Max
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Alright
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I enjoyed your films the early ones
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I took this meeting out of respect because I wanted to say no to your face
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Thank you Very respectful
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You re finished Lester
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Get your cataracts fixed read the trades
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MGM just capitalized for six new films
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They re screaming for Sci Fi
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They re offering me four times what you guys are offering me
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Well what can I say
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Congratulations
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But see
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it kind of worries me what you said let me tell you why
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Couple of weeks ago I was sitting at Trader Vic s I was enjoying a Mai Tai
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when my pal Warren Beatty comes in
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he wishes me well we have a little chat
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Seems he was attached to star in Zulu Empire
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which was just gonna anchor that MGM slate
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But Warren confided in me that the picture s gone over budget
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because the Zulu extras want to unionize
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They may be cannibals but they want health and dental so the movie s kaput
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Which means that the MGM deal ain t gonna happen
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and your script ain t worth a buffalo shit on a nickel
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So the way it looks to me through the cataracts I grant you
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is that you can either sign here
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and take 10 000 dollars for your toilet paper script
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or you can go fuck yourself
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With all due respect
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Movie Summary
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
Actors
Max Klein
Lester Siegel
