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Herman Mankiewicz:
Listen to me, you child. He doesn't worry about legalities. Do you know why? Because he has more power than you could even hope to imagine. Orson Welles:
All the more reason to do it. Herman Mankiewicz:
Because he insulted you at a dinner party? Orson Welles:
Because he's a hypocrite. Because he's a... a real turncoat. Because he claims to care about the common man when nothing could be further from the truth. Herman Mankiewicz:
Oh, he's a journalist. He owns Hollywood. We're the shit on his shoes. You better go back to Broadway, kiddo. Orson Welles:
I expected more from you, Mank. Herman Mankiewicz:
Yeah, me too, but I got used to it. Orson Welles:
How does it feel getting used to it? How does it feel going up to the palace and amusing the lords and ladies with the same old stories they've heard a hundred times before? How does it feel being the ugly monkey they keep around to amuse themselves?
Listen to me, you child. He doesn't worry about legalities. Do you know why? Because he has more power than you could even hope to imagine. Orson Welles:
All the more reason to do it. Herman Mankiewicz:
Because he insulted you at a dinner party? Orson Welles:
Because he's a hypocrite. Because he's a... a real turncoat. Because he claims to care about the common man when nothing could be further from the truth. Herman Mankiewicz:
Oh, he's a journalist. He owns Hollywood. We're the shit on his shoes. You better go back to Broadway, kiddo. Orson Welles:
I expected more from you, Mank. Herman Mankiewicz:
Yeah, me too, but I got used to it. Orson Welles:
How does it feel getting used to it? How does it feel going up to the palace and amusing the lords and ladies with the same old stories they've heard a hundred times before? How does it feel being the ugly monkey they keep around to amuse themselves?
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Listen to me you child
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He doesn't worry about legalities Do you know why
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Because he has more power than you could even begin to imagine
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All the more reason to do it
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'Cause he insulted you at a dinner party
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Because he's a hypocrite
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Because he's a political turncoat
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He claims to care about the common man
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when nothing could be further from the truth
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Well he's a journalist He owns Hollywood
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We're the shit on his shoes
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You better go back to Broadway kiddo
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I expected more from you Mank
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Yeah me too but I got used to it
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How does that feel getting used to it
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How does that feel going up to the palace
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and amusing all the lords and ladies with the same old stories
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they've heard a hundred times before
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How does it feel being the ugly little monkey
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they keep around to amuse themselves
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Movie Summary
Orson Welles produces his greatest film, Citizen Kane (1941), despite the opposition of the film's de facto subject, William Randolph Hearst.
Actors
Herman Mankiewicz
Orson Welles
