The Purple Rose of Cairo
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Tom?
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Tom?
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- Cecilia. I dreamed of us in Cairo...
- Tom.

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- Tom, I brought Gil Shepherd.
- Gil Shepherd.

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- I play you in the movie.
- You do?

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- How dare you run away?
- This is disconcerting.

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I'll show you the meaning of
disconcerting. I'm trying to build a career.

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I don't want to be in the film any more.
I'm in love with Cecilia.

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- You said you weren't angry.
- You can't do this to me. It's my best role.

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- I've been critically acclaimed.
- Because of the way I do it.

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No, no. Because of the way I do it.
I'm doing it, not you.

:40:35
- It's me, not him. Isn't that obvious?
- Well, how do you explain that here I am?

:40:40
Well, because I took you
from the printed page and made you live.

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- So I'm living.
- Yes, but for the screen only. Please...

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- I want my freedom.
- I don't want another me running around.

:40:51
- Why? Are you afraid I'll embarrass you?
- Yes, frankly...

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- But you created me.
- All right, look. Be reasonable here.

:40:57
I'm starting to build a career.
Is life up on the screen so terrible?

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I want to be with Cecilia.
I'm in love with her.

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Tell him to go back.
Tell him you don't love him.

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You can't. He's fictional. You wanna
waste time with a fictional character?

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You're a sweet girl. You deserve a human.
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- But Tom's perfect.
-Yeah, but he's not real.

:41:18
What good is perfect
if the man's not real?

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I can learn to be real. There's nothing to it.
Being real comes very naturally to me.

:41:25
You can't learn to be real.
It's like learning to be a midget.

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- Some of us are real, some are not.
- I say I can do it.

:41:33
I'm not gonna argue with you.
I'm going back to town.

:41:36
I'm gonna call my attorney,
the actors' union.

:41:40
I won't take this lying down.
Nor will Raoul Hirsch.

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Nor the police, nor the FBI.
:41:49
Yes. Yes, we found him.
Gil Shepherd found him.

:41:52
But he refuses to get back
on the screen. RH is very upset.

:41:57
No, no, we can't force him.
It's not a crime.


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