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Herman Mankiewicz:
Irving, you are the shrewdest executive in this town. Why are you acting like some dumb ward heeler? You don't need my donation. You don't need anybody's. You have everything it takes right here. Irving Thalberg:
Meaning? Herman Mankiewicz:
[sighs]
Meaning you can make the world swear King Kong is ten stories tall and Mary Pickford a virgin at 40. Yet you can't convince starving voters that a turncoat socialist is a menace to everything Californians hold dear? You're barely trying
Irving, you are the shrewdest executive in this town. Why are you acting like some dumb ward heeler? You don't need my donation. You don't need anybody's. You have everything it takes right here. Irving Thalberg:
Meaning? Herman Mankiewicz:
[sighs]
Meaning you can make the world swear King Kong is ten stories tall and Mary Pickford a virgin at 40. Yet you can't convince starving voters that a turncoat socialist is a menace to everything Californians hold dear? You're barely trying
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Irving you are the shrewdest executive in this town
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Why are you acting like some dumb ward heeler
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You don't need my donation You don't need anybody's
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You have everything it takes right here
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Meaning
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Meaning you can make the world swear King Kong is ten stories tall
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and Mary Pickford a virgin at 40
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Yet you can't convince starving voters that a turncoat socialist
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is a menace to everything Californians hold dear
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You're barely trying
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Movie Summary
1930's Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).
