:28:07
You know who first told him
you were a genius?
:28:09
Guess.
:28:12
You.
:28:13
Right.
:28:16
Damn good of you, Pat.
:28:17
No, no.
:28:18
l admire a man, l say so.
:28:20
l want the whole world to know.
:28:23
Perhaps that's
because l'm lrish.
:28:25
The lrish are a very
warm-hearted people.
:28:27
The Greeks are warm, too.
:28:29
l mean, try to find me
a Greek Communist.
:28:31
You couldn't find one.
:28:33
But there's not a $2 million
gross in the country right now.
:28:36
Don't forget, we're in
the middle of a depression.
:28:38
l know that.
:28:39
l think we can count
on a million and a quarter
:28:43
from the road show,
:28:44
perhaps a million and a half,
:28:46
and a quarter of a million
abroad.
:28:48
But you have a budget
of a million, seven-five-o,
:28:52
and you say you expect
less than that in grosses?
:28:56
What about prints
and advertising?
:28:58
Distribution costs.
:29:00
lnterest on the money...
and some profits.
:29:03
Yes, he's here.
:29:04
l'm not even sure
we'll gross a million.
:29:08
lt's for you, Mr. Stahr.
:29:09
Thank you.
:29:11
Yes.
:29:12
Hello, Robin.
:29:15
Uh-huh.
:29:18
Good.
:29:20
Yes, leave the number
with Miss Doolin.
:29:22
l'll call later.
:29:25
You know, l'm fairly new
out here.
:29:27
Do l understand you to say that
you expect to gross
:29:31
a half a million short
of your budget?
:29:34
lt's a quality picture.
:29:36
"Quality picture."
:29:38
What the hell are we...?
:29:40
We've played safe
for two years now.
:29:44
lt's time we made a picture
that isn't meant to make money.
:29:47
Pat Brady is always saying
at Academy dinners
:29:49
that we have a certain duty
to the public.
:29:52
Okay.
:29:53
lt's a good thing
for the company
:29:55
to slip in a picture
that'll lose money...
:29:58
write it off as good will.