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I'm not about to lean on that slender branch now
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Motherless Brooklyn

I'm not about to leanon that slender branch now, when things matter most

I'm not about to lean
on that slender branch now, when things matter most

Full Transcript

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I'm not about to lean on that slender branch now,
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when things matter most.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
01:43:36
Uploaded
Jun 13, 2025
Genres
crime, drama, mystery
Production
Class 5 Films,MWM Studios

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Movie Summary

In 1950s New York, a lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend.
Well, the law's a rule book - Motherless Brooklyn 00:05
Well, the law's a rule book
You rebuild the city, in my experience, - Motherless Brooklyn 00:06
You rebuild the city, in my experience,
Fifty, 100 years from now, - Motherless Brooklyn 00:05
Fifty, 100 years from now,
What will help people to make science fiction real? - Motherless Brooklyn 00:05
What will help people to make science fiction real?
Or roads and bridges and tunnels - Motherless Brooklyn 00:05
Or roads and bridges and tunnels
Beaches and parks to let people - Motherless Brooklyn 00:05
Beaches and parks to let people
Palaces of culture where hellish slums used to be? - Motherless Brooklyn 00:05
Palaces of culture where hellish slums used to be?
It all sounds pretty grand, I guess, - Motherless Brooklyn 00:08
It all sounds pretty grand, I guess,
Central Park, - Motherless Brooklyn 00:04
Central Park,
When they started work on that, - Motherless Brooklyn 00:04
When they started work on that,
They kicked out farmers and tenant squatters, - Motherless Brooklyn 00:09
They kicked out farmers and tenant squatters,
And people protested about the loss of the countryside. - Motherless Brooklyn 00:05
And people protested about the loss of the countryside.
And if one man hadn't seen ahead to what we'd need, - Motherless Brooklyn 00:07
And if one man hadn't seen ahead to what we'd need...
Most people don't even know Fred Olmsted's name, - Motherless Brooklyn 00:06
Most people don't even know Fred Olmsted's name,
The important thing in this life is to get things done. - Motherless Brooklyn 00:04
The important thing in this life is to get things done.
And I will not obstruct the great work of this world, - Motherless Brooklyn 00:07
And I will not obstruct the great work of this world,
Talent and brains are rewarded in this building, Lionel. - Motherless Brooklyn 00:05
Talent and brains are rewarded in this building, Lionel.
If you're with us, I'll see to it personally - Motherless Brooklyn 00:07
If you're with us, I'll see to it personally
It's funny. We read it wrong. - Motherless Brooklyn 00:10
It's funny. We read it wrong.
- You good? - No. - Motherless Brooklyn 00:14
- You good? - No.