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Clips from The French Dispatch

"delivered a telephone to his superior."
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"Go ahead."
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"(OPERATOR SPEAKING FRENCH OVER PHONE)"
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"(LINE BEEPS)"
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"(MAN SPEAKING FRENCH OVER PHONE)"
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"MAN 2: (IN ENGLISH) As you know by now,"
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"we have kidnapped your son"
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"and absconded to a secure location which you will never discover."
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"Release or execute the Abacus"
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"and the little boy will be safely returned to your custody."
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"Failure to do so by sun-up will result in your son's violent death."
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"(LINE DISCONNECTS)"
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"ROEBUCK: Three."
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"The skylight window of the makeshift nursery"
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"which occupies the attic quarters jimmied ajar."
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"(GUN CLICKS)"
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"(THUDS)"
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"-(GIGI STRUGGLING) -(OBJECTS CLATTERING)"
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"ROEBUCK: The getaway and eventual motor pursuit was rendered vividly,"
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"if, perhaps, a bit fancifully, in a comic strip"
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"published the following week."
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"(CAR ENGINE STOPS)"
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"(DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE)"
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"Though the infamous Ennui gang war"
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""Winter Crimewave" had eradicated a healthy number of thugs and hooligans,"
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"it had also claimed the lives"
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"of a disgraceful proportion of innocent citizens."
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"Due to the surprise capture of the racketeering accountant"
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"Albert "the Abacus", in possession of a valise containing payroll stubs"
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"for all three of the city's major syndicates,"
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"the law-abiding community's hopes for an accelerated resolution"
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"-to the crisis had been renewed. -(WHISTLE BLOWS)"
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"(SIREN BLARING)"
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"However, this turn of events had forcefully rattled the cages"
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"of the denizens of the criminal underworld."
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"(GUNFIRE)"
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"For myself, I had failed to recognize the Abacus,"
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"but as it happened, I knew the chicken coop."
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"This is not in the article, by the way."
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"If I refer to Mr. Howitzer, do you know who I mean?"
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"Of course. Arthur Howitzer, Jr."
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"Founder and editor of The French Dispatch."
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"It was my first week in Ennui when I suffered the misfortune"
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"of being arrested in a drinking establishment"
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"on the fringes of the Flop Quarter"
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"along with a number of newly-found companions."
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"What was the charge?"
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"Love."
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"You see, people may or may not be mildly threatened"
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"by your anger, your hatred, your pride,"
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"but love the wrong way"
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"and you will find yourself in great jeopardy."
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"In this case, a chicken coop jail cell for six days straight."
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"I had no one who cared to rescue me, and no one who cared to scold me."
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"And the only local number committed to my typographic memory was"
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"Printer's District 9-2211."
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"ARTHUR: While I regret we are unable"
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"to publish either of these specific pieces,"
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"I would be very pleased to consider other submissions in the future."
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"Or if you find yourself in Ennui..."
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"ROEBUCK: I'd never met the man."
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"I knew how to reach him only because I wanted a job."
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"ARTHUR: Let's see here."
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"High school newspaper, poetry club, drama society."
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"Wrote the school song. Words and music."
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"Junior researcher, cub reporter, assistant editor."
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"Fires and murders."
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"That's how I started."
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"My father owned the paper, of course."
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"Bit of sports, bit of crime, bit of politics."
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"Shortlisted twice, Best Essays."
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"Deep South, Midwest, East Coast."
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"Vast country."
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"Haven't been there in 20 years."
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"Not now. I'm conducting a job interview."
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"Your writing samples are good. I re-read them in the taxi."
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"Have you ever done any book reviews?"
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"Never."
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"You're gonna be in there another few hours before they process you out."
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"Read this. Give me 300 words."
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"I'll pay you 500 francs minus the 250 I advanced for your bail,"
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"but I'll re-advance that against cost of living."
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"Bring me a first draft tomorrow morning"
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"and however you go about it, Mr. Wright,"
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"try to make it sound like you wrote it that way on purpose."
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"Thank you."
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"No crying."
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"It came to be known as the "Night of a Thousand Slugs.""
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"I'm reciting again."
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"How the Commissaire and his elite team of experts and analysts"
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"succeeded so swiftly in determining the location of the kidnappers' lair..."
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"Well..."
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"I just don't know."
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"The tools of the trade, I suppose."
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"(SPEAKING FRENCH)"
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"ROEBUCK: (IN ENGLISH) But succeed they did."
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"(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)"
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"(TRAIN PASSING BY)"
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"Who were they?"
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"It was later revealed."
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"A hired crew of bandits and gunmen"
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"imported by the ranking bosses of the Ennui rackets"
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"and their network of underworld middlemen."
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"Chauffeur Joe Lefèvre, a once almost promising instrumentalist."
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"Stetson, Spinster, and Hieronymus Von Altman,"
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"Dutch masterminds."
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"Marconi Brutelli, the Mediterranean anarchist."
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"A pair of hooligans, estranged cousins."
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"A trio of showgirls, all junkies."
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"Plus one small, resourceful prisoner,"
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"determined to free himself and reduce taxpayer expense."
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"(TAPPING ON METAL)"
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"What's that noise?"
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"(COIN CLATTERS)"
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"Uh, air bubbles in the radiator pipes. It's pressurized."
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"Sounds like Morse code."
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"Vaguely, maybe."
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"I'm Gigi, by the way. What's your name?"
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"I'm not gonna tell you that. This is a felony."
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"You're not a criminal. You're just a mixed-up showgirl."
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