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Clips from Mank

It's all right. I've got this. I'm good.

"It's all right. I've got this. I'm good."

Mank

Here.

"Here."

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I had them set you up out here so you wouldn't feel quite so confined.

"I had them set you up out here so you wouldn't feel quite so confined."

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The ladies will scandalize the neighborhood

"The ladies will scandalize the neighborhood"

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by occupying both bedrooms.

"by occupying both bedrooms."

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I will be staying in town at a bucolic spa called,

"I will be staying in town at a bucolic spa called,"

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if you can believe it, the Shoulder Arms.

"if you can believe it, the Shoulder Arms."

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I will do my editing there.

"I will do my editing there."

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As you know,

"As you know,"

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Fraulein Freda is not only a nurse and physical therapist,

"Fraulein Freda is not only a nurse and physical therapist,"

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she studied nutrition back in the old country.

"she studied nutrition back in the old country."

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- Ja, liebes Fräulein? - Jawohl, Herr Houseman.

"- Ja, liebes Fräulein? - Jawohl, Herr Houseman."

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It's a dry house.

"It's a dry house."

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The owner of the ranch doesn't permit alcohol.

"The owner of the ranch doesn't permit alcohol."

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But you're from Pennsylvania.

"But you're from Pennsylvania."

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You're no doubt used to it.

"You're no doubt used to it."

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Saved by the proverbial bell.

"Saved by the proverbial bell."

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Set it here, please.

"Set it here, please."

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And, uh, careful.

"And, uh, careful."

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Careful. Thank you.

"Careful. Thank you."

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Observe.

"Observe."

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Naturally, you'll do your damnedest to get at it.

"Naturally, you'll do your damnedest to get at it."

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By the time you finish the first draft, which is to say, in 90 days,

"By the time you finish the first draft, which is to say, in 90 days,"

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you should be a world-class sprinter.

"you should be a world-class sprinter."

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Rita, come in here, will you?

"Rita, come in here, will you?"

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This is Mrs. Alexander.

"This is Mrs. Alexander."

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She types 100 perfect words a minute and takes dictation like a clairvoyant.

"She types 100 perfect words a minute and takes dictation like a clairvoyant."

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Rita Alexander, Herman Mankiewicz.

"Rita Alexander, Herman Mankiewicz."

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How do you do, Mr. Mankiewicz?

"How do you do, Mr. Mankiewicz?"

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Uh, that's a big question.

"Uh, that's a big question."

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Well, since you like working nights, Rita here runs on London time.

"Well, since you like working nights, Rita here runs on London time."

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Her husband is one of our bold lads in the RAF.

"Her husband is one of our bold lads in the RAF."

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- Flies… What is it, Rita? Spitfires? - Hurricanes.

"- Flies… What is it, Rita? Spitfires? - Hurricanes."

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- My sympathy and prayers. - I beg your pardon?

"- My sympathy and prayers. - I beg your pardon?"

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Given the speed, climb, and turning radius of the Messerschmitt Bf 109...

"Given the speed, climb, and turning radius of the Messerschmitt Bf 109..."

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I hope we won't need your sympathy, Mr. Mankiewicz.

"I hope we won't need your sympathy, Mr. Mankiewicz."

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We'll do the praying and the fighting.

"We'll do the praying and the fighting."

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I will meet with Orson weekly. Keep him to date on our progress.

"I will meet with Orson weekly. Keep him to date on our progress."

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We're expecting great things.

"We're expecting great things."

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What is it the writer says? "Tell the story you know."

"What is it the writer says? "Tell the story you know.""

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Hmm.

"Hmm."

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I don't know that writer.

"I don't know that writer."

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Hello.

"Hello."

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Yes. Yes, he's right here.

"Yes. Yes, he's right here."

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Well, you should have everything. If I've forgotten, there's a clipboard.

"Well, you should have everything. If I've forgotten, there's a clipboard."

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- Yes? Hello? - They're getting him.

"- Yes? Hello? - They're getting him."

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Our wunderkind does have the gift of theatrical timing.

"Our wunderkind does have the gift of theatrical timing."

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Orson, hello. We just got in.

"Orson, hello. We just got in."

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Oh.

"Oh."

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- Hello. - Mank!

"- Hello. - Mank!"

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Houseman tells me we have you just where we want you.

"Houseman tells me we have you just where we want you."

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Lucky me.

"Lucky me."

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- How's the leg? - "Thigh bone's connected to the hip bone."

"- How's the leg? - "Thigh bone's connected to the hip bone.""

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Excellent.

"Excellent."

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Ready and willing to hunt the great white whale?

"Ready and willing to hunt the great white whale?"

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Just call me Ahab.

"Just call me Ahab."

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I understand we've 90 days.

"I understand we've 90 days."

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Let's aim for 60.

"Let's aim for 60."

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He's just cut a month.

"He's just cut a month."

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I used to do it in five for you at the Mercury. This is leisurely.

"I used to do it in five for you at the Mercury. This is leisurely."

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- Sixty days, and then we can noodle. - Nothing like a good noodle.

"- Sixty days, and then we can noodle. - Nothing like a good noodle."

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Uh, is the reason you lopped 30 days to run it past the RKO legal?

"Uh, is the reason you lopped 30 days to run it past the RKO legal?"

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I thought I told you, Mank. I have final cut, final everything.

"I thought I told you, Mank. I have final cut, final everything."

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There are no studio notes.

"There are no studio notes."

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We'll have no one but ourselves to blame.

"We'll have no one but ourselves to blame."

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- Sixty days and a noodle. - Mr. Welles, we're ready.

"- Sixty days and a noodle. - Mr. Welles, we're ready."

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Gotta run. I'm doing tests for Heart of Darkness.

"Gotta run. I'm doing tests for Heart of Darkness."

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Oh, little that, lesser Joe Conrad.

"Oh, little that, lesser Joe Conrad."

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If anyone should ask, tell 'em you're adapting.

"If anyone should ask, tell 'em you're adapting."

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Oh, you don't know this sun-bleached sewer here, my friend.

"Oh, you don't know this sun-bleached sewer here, my friend."

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Break wind at Hollywood and Vine,

"Break wind at Hollywood and Vine,"

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and a producer in Santa Monica reports a ruptured main.

"and a producer in Santa Monica reports a ruptured main."

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No, I don't know this burgh, not yet.

"No, I don't know this burgh, not yet."

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I'm toiling with you in spirit, Mank. And I don't hear any typing.

"I'm toiling with you in spirit, Mank. And I don't hear any typing."

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No notes.

"No notes."

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And then he turns 24.

"And then he turns 24."

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Trapped.

"Trapped."

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Uh-uh.

"Uh-uh."

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Let me take off these clothes.

"Let me take off these clothes."

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They let me go just as I achieved perfect equilibrium.

"They let me go just as I achieved perfect equilibrium."

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I won't work with half the producers on the lot,

"I won't work with half the producers on the lot,"

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and the other half won't work with me.

"and the other half won't work with me."

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What's this, a racing form?

"What's this, a racing form?"

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You stop reading, you stop learning.

"You stop reading, you stop learning."

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Hold still.

"Hold still."

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Lay back.

"Lay back."

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Cigarette, please.

"Cigarette, please."

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Hermie, if a match gets anywhere near your breath,

"Hermie, if a match gets anywhere near your breath,"

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you'll burst into flames.

"you'll burst into flames."

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Even the dog's name is awful.

"Even the dog's name is awful."

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Sounds like a Japanese houseboy.

"Sounds like a Japanese houseboy."

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You mark my words, Sara.

"You mark my words, Sara."

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The Wizard of Oz is gonna sink that studio.

"The Wizard of Oz is gonna sink that studio."

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Sleep. You're driving to New York tomorrow.

"Sleep. You're driving to New York tomorrow."

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Remember when you used to take the train

"Remember when you used to take the train"

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from back East?

"from back East?"

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I'd sneak aboard in Albuquerque and climb into your compartment naked.

"I'd sneak aboard in Albuquerque and climb into your compartment naked."

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I also remember how I spent my honeymoon in Berlin,

"I also remember how I spent my honeymoon in Berlin,"

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with hookers running up and down the stairs all night

"with hookers running up and down the stairs all night"

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because my dashing correspondent couldn't afford a nice hotel.

"because my dashing correspondent couldn't afford a nice hotel."

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Weren't those the days?

"Weren't those the days?"

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Yeah, yeah, and the nights weren't bad either.

"Yeah, yeah, and the nights weren't bad either."

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- Schnutz. - For the last time, what?

"- Schnutz. - For the last time, what?"

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- What year is it? - Herman…

"- What year is it? - Herman…"

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- I should have done something by now. - Oh, Hermie…

"- I should have done something by now. - Oh, Hermie…"

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Give me a sign, oh, Lord.

"Give me a sign, oh, Lord."

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I am as your servant Moses, though I won't work half as cheap.

"I am as your servant Moses, though I won't work half as cheap."

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Go to sleep, meshuggener.

"Go to sleep, meshuggener."

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- Schnutz? - What?

"- Schnutz? - What?"

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Why do you put up with me?

"Why do you put up with me?"

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I don't know.

"I don't know."

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That bush in the front yard,

"That bush in the front yard,"

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if it catches fire tonight, you will let me know?

"if it catches fire tonight, you will let me know?"

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I mean, you know all kinds of things.

"I mean, you know all kinds of things."

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Iambic pentameter, the words of the great poets.

"Iambic pentameter, the words of the great poets."

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What about the way she signed it? "Always, Ethel."

"What about the way she signed it? "Always, Ethel.""

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Can you beat that? Not just "Ethel." "Always, Ethel."

"Can you beat that? Not just "Ethel." "Always, Ethel.""

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Tommy, if we can find civilization by sundown,

"Tommy, if we can find civilization by sundown,"

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I hope to climb out of this crate and into a cold martini.

"I hope to climb out of this crate and into a cold martini."

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She's not the kind to use "always" if she didn't mean it.

"She's not the kind to use "always" if she didn't mean it."

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