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John L. Sullivan:
Of course I'm just a minor employee here, Mr. LeBrand... LeBrand:
He's starting that one again. John L. Sullivan:
I wanted to make you something outstanding... something you could be proud of, something that would realize the potentialities of film... as the sociological and artistic medium that it is. With a little sex in it. Something like... Hadrian:
Something like Capra. I know. John L. Sullivan:
What's the matter with Capra? LeBrand:
Look, you want to make O Brother, Where Art Thou? Hadrian:
Now, wait a minute! LeBrand:
Then go ahead and make it! For what you're getting, I can't afford to argue with you. John L. Sullivan:
That's a fine way to start a man out on a million-dollar production. LeBrand:
You want it, you've got it! I can take it on the chin. I've taken it before. John L. Sullivan:
Not from me you haven't. LeBrand:
Not from you, Sully, that's true. Not with pictures like So Long Sarong, Hey, Hey, In the Hayloft, Ants in Your Plants of 1939... But they weren't about tramps, lockouts, sweatshops, people eating garbage in alleys and living in piano boxes and ash cans. Hadrian:
And phooey! LeBrand:
They're about nice, clean young people... who fell in love... with laughter and music and legs. Now take that scene in Hey, Hey, In the Hayloft... John L. Sullivan:
But you don't realize conditions have changed. There isn't any work. There isn't any food. These are troublous times. Hadrian:
What do you know about trouble? John L. Sullivan:
What do I know about trouble? Hadrian:
Yes, What do you know about trouble? John L. Sullivan:
Well, what do you mean, What do I know about trouble? Hadrian:
Just what I'm saying. You wanna make a picture about garbage cans. What do you know about garbage cans? When did you eat your last meal out of one? Hadrian:
Well, what's that got to do with it? John L. Sullivan:
He's asking you. Hadrian:
You wanna make an epic about misery. You wanna show hungry people sleeping in doorways. LeBrand:
With newspapers around them! Hadrian:
You wanna grind out ten thousand feet of hard luck - and all I'm asking you is, What do you know about hard luck?
Of course I'm just a minor employee here, Mr. LeBrand... LeBrand:
He's starting that one again. John L. Sullivan:
I wanted to make you something outstanding... something you could be proud of, something that would realize the potentialities of film... as the sociological and artistic medium that it is. With a little sex in it. Something like... Hadrian:
Something like Capra. I know. John L. Sullivan:
What's the matter with Capra? LeBrand:
Look, you want to make O Brother, Where Art Thou? Hadrian:
Now, wait a minute! LeBrand:
Then go ahead and make it! For what you're getting, I can't afford to argue with you. John L. Sullivan:
That's a fine way to start a man out on a million-dollar production. LeBrand:
You want it, you've got it! I can take it on the chin. I've taken it before. John L. Sullivan:
Not from me you haven't. LeBrand:
Not from you, Sully, that's true. Not with pictures like So Long Sarong, Hey, Hey, In the Hayloft, Ants in Your Plants of 1939... But they weren't about tramps, lockouts, sweatshops, people eating garbage in alleys and living in piano boxes and ash cans. Hadrian:
And phooey! LeBrand:
They're about nice, clean young people... who fell in love... with laughter and music and legs. Now take that scene in Hey, Hey, In the Hayloft... John L. Sullivan:
But you don't realize conditions have changed. There isn't any work. There isn't any food. These are troublous times. Hadrian:
What do you know about trouble? John L. Sullivan:
What do I know about trouble? Hadrian:
Yes, What do you know about trouble? John L. Sullivan:
Well, what do you mean, What do I know about trouble? Hadrian:
Just what I'm saying. You wanna make a picture about garbage cans. What do you know about garbage cans? When did you eat your last meal out of one? Hadrian:
Well, what's that got to do with it? John L. Sullivan:
He's asking you. Hadrian:
You wanna make an epic about misery. You wanna show hungry people sleeping in doorways. LeBrand:
With newspapers around them! Hadrian:
You wanna grind out ten thousand feet of hard luck - and all I'm asking you is, What do you know about hard luck?
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Of course I'm just a minor employee here Mr LeBrand
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He's starting that one again
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I wanted to make you something outstanding
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something you could be proud of
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something that would realise the potentialities of film
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as the sociological and artistic medium that it is
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with a little sex in it Something like
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Something like Capra I know
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What's the matter with Capra Look
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You wanna make O Brother Where Art Thou
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Then go ahead and make it I can't afford to argue
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That's a fine way to start a man on a million dollar production
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You want it you've got it
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I can take it on the chin I've taken it before
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Not from me you haven't Not from you Sully that's true
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Not with pictures like Hey Hey In The Hay Loft
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Ants In Your Plants of 1939
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but they weren't about tramps lockouts sweatshops
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people eating garbage in alleys and living in piano boxes and ash cans
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And phooey
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They were about clean young people in love with laughter music and legs
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But you don't realise conditions have changed
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There isn't any work there isn't any food these are troublous times
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What do you know about trouble What do I know about trouble
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What do you mean
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Just what I'm saying You want to make a picture about garbage cans
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What do you know about garbage cans When'd you eat your last meal out of one
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What's that got to do with it He's asking you
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You want an epic about misery
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Movie Summary
Hollywood director John L Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.
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John L. Sullivan
