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- There you are, Mr. Maloney.
- What?
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A respected colleague of mine,
Mr. Justice Snow,
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feels that this court is doing you
a great injustice
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by not meeting you face to face.
:47:12
We ought to hear your voice,
bask in your personality.
:47:16
What was the expression he used?
Oh, yes. We should "touch flesh".
:47:20
Mason, call the guard.
:47:22
Don't go, Mason. This might be
quite educational for all of us.
:47:26
Would you care to take
the witness stand, Mr. Maloney?
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- You gonna swear me in?
- You gonna lie to me?
:47:37
Maybe you better swear me in.
:47:39
I, Herbert G. Maloney,
do solemnly swear
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the testimony I'm about to give
will be the truth, the whole truth
:47:43
and nothing but the truth,
so help me, Loomis.
:47:53
Let's get right to the point,
Mr. Maloney.
:47:56
Are you aware that you broke a law?
:47:58
No, ma'am.
:47:59
You didn't realize that Nebraska
has statutes prohibiting pornography?
:48:03
Doesn't the First Amendment
apply to guys like me?
:48:06
Isn't it an umbrella that's supposed
to keep all of us from getting wet?
:48:09
Or is there a hole in it
over Nebraska?
:48:11
But the people of Nebraska have
the freedom to protect themselves
:48:15
against your abuse of their freedom.
:48:17
That's what this case is all about.
:48:19
Look, lady, I'm a businessman.
:48:22
I don't see where
the government's got any business
:48:24
telling me how to run my business!
:48:27
I'm relieved.
:48:29
For a while, I thought you might be
thinking of yourself as an artist.
:48:32
I do recall the word "art"
plastered across your film.
:48:39
Tell me, Mr. Maloney,
:48:41
do you honestly believe
The Naked Nymphomaniac is art?
:48:45
Sure. Why not? Who's to say it isn't?
What's art anyway?
:48:48
Artists don't even know,
let alone lawyers.
:48:52
Exactly what was your motivation in
filming The Naked Nymphomaniac?
:48:56
Money. You can't have much pursuit
of happiness in this country
:48:59
unless you pursue a little money.
Anything unconstitutional about that?