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My name is Peter Fallow.
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I am a writer.
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But you know that already.
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Unless you haven't read a newspaper
or seen a TV recently...
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...you know exactly who I am.
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I am the man of the moment.
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The hero of the evening.
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Me and a book I happened to write.
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The real hero of the evening
is not even with us tonight.
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We'll come to him in a minute.
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For now, indulge yourself
in the extravagance of the moment...
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...and remember, ifyou will,
a phrase from another little best-seller.
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"What does it profit a man if he gains
the whole world and loses his soul?"
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They're waiting.
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This is a story about such a man.
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There he is!
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And it begins on a rainy night
a little over a year ago.
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Our hero, Sherman McCoy,
was about to make a simple phone call.
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But despite the existence of 11 phones
and seven different lines...
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...in the 14 rooms
of his $6-million-plus apartment...
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...this was a phone call
he could not make at home.
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What on earth are you doing?
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I'm taking the dog for a walk.
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You're not taking "the dog" for a walk,
you're taking "Marshall."
:06:45
Marshall has a name. He's family.
And, anyway...
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...it's raining.
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I know that.
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So does Marshall.
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He doesn't want to go.
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Do you, Marshall?
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Judy....