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Paula McFadden: Five minutes! Leave your bags. This isn't a permanent conversation.
Elliot Garfield: I'm dripping on your rug.
Paula McFadden: It's been dripped on before.
Elliot Garfield: Look, I'm sorry about this. I didn't know there were going to be any complications.
Paula McFadden: There's a lot of that going around lately.
Elliot Garfield: I don't blame you for being hostile. I think I get the picture. Tony rented me the apartment and split with the money, right? Then you and your daughter got dumped on.
Paula McFadden: That is your version. My version is that Tony and I amicably end our relationship. We agreed that I would keep the apartment and you and your six hundred dollars got dumped on. Get the picture?
Elliot Garfield: Very sharp. That's sharp. That's very sharp. You're a sharp New York girl, right?
Paula McFadden: No, a dull Cincinnati kid, but you get dumped on enough and you start to develop an edge.
Elliot Garfield: Okay, so what's the deal, huh? I mean, I got a lease here in my pocket. You gonna honor it, or what?
Paula McFadden: I've got a daughter in my bed that tops a lease in your pocket.
Elliot Garfield: Look, I don't want to get legal. Legal happens to be on my side, you know? Now I happen to have a lawyer aquaintance downtown, all I have to do is call this lawyer aquaintance of mine and...
[hears Paula groaning]
Elliot Garfield: What? What?
Paula McFadden: An actor. Another Goddamn actor. "I happen to have a lawyer aquaitance?" Right out of A Streetcar Named Desire. Stanley Kowalski in summer stock, right?
Elliot Garfield: Wrong. Chicago in the dead of winter. Three and a half months at the Drury Lane Theater.
Paula McFadden: Ask an actor a question and he gives you his credits.
Elliot Garfield: You want to hear the reviews? Elliot Garfield brings to Kowalski dimentions that even Brando had not investigated?
Paula McFadden: Terrific! You write beautifuly. Aren't you a little short to play Stanley?
Elliot Garfield: Nobody knows that I stood on the poker table. What are you, a critic?
Paula McFadden: No, I love actors. As long as they stay up on the stage where they belong. But you put them down in real life and the whole world gets screwed up. Well, I have had enough. I am not getting thrown out of the same lousy apartment twice. You want your money back? Go to Naples. You want this apartment? Buy me two tickets to California. Either way I will give you two minutes to think it over before I start yelling rape.
Elliot Garfield: Jesus! You are really something you know that? Really. I'm surprised Tony didn't take a job in the Philippines.
Paula McFadden: I hope you are thinking because I am counting.
Elliot Garfield: Will you just wait just a second. Just... hold... hold it. Can we make a deal?
Paula McFadden: What kind of deal?
Elliot Garfield: I don't know. I just got here. Ha, ha. I can have a cup of coffee?
Paula McFadden: No.
Elliot Garfield: Oh, don't be bashful. Just say what's on your mind
Elliot Garfield: I'm dripping on your rug.
Paula McFadden: It's been dripped on before.
Elliot Garfield: Look, I'm sorry about this. I didn't know there were going to be any complications.
Paula McFadden: There's a lot of that going around lately.
Elliot Garfield: I don't blame you for being hostile. I think I get the picture. Tony rented me the apartment and split with the money, right? Then you and your daughter got dumped on.
Paula McFadden: That is your version. My version is that Tony and I amicably end our relationship. We agreed that I would keep the apartment and you and your six hundred dollars got dumped on. Get the picture?
Elliot Garfield: Very sharp. That's sharp. That's very sharp. You're a sharp New York girl, right?
Paula McFadden: No, a dull Cincinnati kid, but you get dumped on enough and you start to develop an edge.
Elliot Garfield: Okay, so what's the deal, huh? I mean, I got a lease here in my pocket. You gonna honor it, or what?
Paula McFadden: I've got a daughter in my bed that tops a lease in your pocket.
Elliot Garfield: Look, I don't want to get legal. Legal happens to be on my side, you know? Now I happen to have a lawyer aquaintance downtown, all I have to do is call this lawyer aquaintance of mine and...
[hears Paula groaning]
Elliot Garfield: What? What?
Paula McFadden: An actor. Another Goddamn actor. "I happen to have a lawyer aquaitance?" Right out of A Streetcar Named Desire. Stanley Kowalski in summer stock, right?
Elliot Garfield: Wrong. Chicago in the dead of winter. Three and a half months at the Drury Lane Theater.
Paula McFadden: Ask an actor a question and he gives you his credits.
Elliot Garfield: You want to hear the reviews? Elliot Garfield brings to Kowalski dimentions that even Brando had not investigated?
Paula McFadden: Terrific! You write beautifuly. Aren't you a little short to play Stanley?
Elliot Garfield: Nobody knows that I stood on the poker table. What are you, a critic?
Paula McFadden: No, I love actors. As long as they stay up on the stage where they belong. But you put them down in real life and the whole world gets screwed up. Well, I have had enough. I am not getting thrown out of the same lousy apartment twice. You want your money back? Go to Naples. You want this apartment? Buy me two tickets to California. Either way I will give you two minutes to think it over before I start yelling rape.
Elliot Garfield: Jesus! You are really something you know that? Really. I'm surprised Tony didn't take a job in the Philippines.
Paula McFadden: I hope you are thinking because I am counting.
Elliot Garfield: Will you just wait just a second. Just... hold... hold it. Can we make a deal?
Paula McFadden: What kind of deal?
Elliot Garfield: I don't know. I just got here. Ha, ha. I can have a cup of coffee?
Paula McFadden: No.
Elliot Garfield: Oh, don't be bashful. Just say what's on your mind
Full Transcript
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Five minutes
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that's all I'm asking What is it
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In about 30 seconds we're gonna get cut off
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My number's 873 5261
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It's a flooded booth on Amsterdam Avenue
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If you have any compassion in your heart whatsoever
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I'm tryin' Operator
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Any compassion in your heart you'll call me back 873 5261
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That number again is 873 52 Oh shit
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Hello thank you
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Five minutes
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Leave your bags This isn't a permanent conversation
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I'm dripping on your rug It's been done before
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I'm sorry I didn't know there were going to be any complications
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There's a lot of that going around
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I don't blame you for being hostile I get the picture
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Tony rented me the apartment and split with the money
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Then you and your daughter got dumped on
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That is your version
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My version is that Tony and I amicably end our relationship
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We agreed I'd keep the apartment and you and your 600 got dumped on
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Get the picture Very sharp
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That's very sharp You're a sharp New York girl right
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No a dull Cincinnati kid
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But you get dumped on enough you start to develop an edge
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So what's the deal I got a lease in my pocket
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You gonna honor it or what
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I got a daughter in my bed That tops the lease in your pocket
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I don't want to get legal Legal happens to be on my side
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I happen to have a lawyer acquaintance downtown
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Now all I gotta do is call this lawyer acquaintance of mine
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What
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An actor Another goddamn actor
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I happen to have a lawyer acquaintance Right out of Streetcar Named Desire
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Stanley Kowalski in summer stock right Wrong Chicago in the dead of winter
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Three and a half months at the Drury Lane Theater
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Ask an actor a question you get his credits
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Reviews
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Garfield brings to Kowalski dimensions even Brando hadn't investigated
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Terrific You write beautifully Aren't you a little short to play Stanley
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Nobody noticed I stood on a table Are you a critic
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No I love actors as long as they stay up on the stage where they belong
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You put them down in real life and the whole world gets screwed up
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Well I have had enough
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I am not getting kicked out of the same lousy apartment twice
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You want your money back go to Naples
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You want this apartment buy me two tickets to California
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I'll give you two minutes to think it over before I yell rape
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You are really somethin' you know that
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I'm surprised Tony didn't take a job in the Philippines
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I hope you're thinking 'cause I'm counting
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Will you wait a second Just hold it Can we make a deal
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What kind of a deal I don't know I just got here
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Can I have a cup of coffee No
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Don't be bashful just say what's on your mind
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Movie Summary
After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.
