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I'm sorry, Stroud.
I know how important they are to you.
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Nobody looks at my record, huh?
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15 years without a mark against me.
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- That don't mean billy-be-damned.
- You're exaggerating your importance.
1:17:14
These directives weren't made just
for you. It applies to the entire system.
1:17:18
Prisoners now have dogs, cats,
parrots, canary birds, even monkeys.
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It's bad sanitation.
Feeding becomes a big problem.
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It creates feuds among inmates.
Other prisoners complain of lice and fleas.
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The situation simply has to be cleaned up.
1:17:35
You have 60 days to get rid of your aviary.
That's all, Stroud.
1:17:52
I never thought Uncle Sam
would go back on his word.
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Meaning what?
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There's been an understanding between
the government and me, for 11 years,
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that I could raise my birds.
1:18:05
That pledge has been broken.
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- As far as I'm concerned, all bets are off.
- That sounds like a threat.
1:18:12
Warden, you just got through
tellin' me that I ain't very important.
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How could I threaten a big,
powerful Washington bureau?
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I've been doin' a lot of thinkin', Mother.
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I have a plan, and it might work.
1:18:28
What kind of a plan?
1:18:31
Do you remember how
you saved my neck in 1920?
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- Yes, but I don't see...
- Publicity. That's what did it.
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I don't think I follow you.
1:18:42
How many bird owners
know I'm a convict?
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- Just a few.
- Then we'll tell 'em.
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We'll tell 'em how
they're gonna take my birds away.
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We'll write to newspapers,
radio stations, commentators, columnists,
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bird clubs, magazines.