:15:01
ownership interest,
:15:02
got bought out...
muscled out.
:15:05
We keep him around.
He's got a family.
:15:08
Poor schmuck.
He's sensitive.
:15:09
Don't mention the old days.
Hell, say whatever you want.
:15:11
Look, barring a preference,
:15:13
you'll be working on
a wrestling picture... Wallace Beery.
:15:15
They say you know
the poetry of the street.
:15:18
That rules out
westerns, pirates,
:15:20
screwball, Bible, Roman...
:15:22
I'm not some guy
that thinks poetic is fruity.
:15:24
We're together on that.
:15:26
I'm from New York myself.
:15:28
Minsk... if you want
to go all the way back,
:15:31
which we won't
if you don't mind.
:15:33
People will say to you...
:15:35
Wallace Beery, wrestling...
it's a B picture.
:15:38
You tell them... bullshit!
:15:39
We don't make B pictures
here at Capitol.
:15:42
Let's put a stop
to that rumor right now.
:15:45
[Rattling]
:15:48
[Shoes Squeak]
:15:49
Thanks, Lou.
:15:50
Join us.
Join us.
:15:52
We're talking about
the Wally Beery picture.
:15:54
Excellent picture.
:15:56
Got a treatment on it yet?
:15:58
We just bought the story.
:16:00
Saturday Evening Post.
:16:01
The hell with the story.
:16:03
Wally Beery's a wrestler.
:16:04
Give me his hopes, his dreams.
:16:06
Naturally he gets mixed up
with a bad element
:16:09
and a romantic interest
or else an orphan.
:16:12
Lou, think Wally's too old
for a romantic interest?
:16:18
Look at me.
:16:20
A writer in the room,
:16:22
and I'm asking Lou
about the goddamn story.
:16:24
Which is it, Bart?
:16:26
Orphan?
Dame?
:16:31
Both maybe?
:16:36
Maybe we should do a treatment.
:16:39
Hell!
Let Bart take a crack at it.
:16:42
He'll get into the swing of things
:16:44
or I don't know writers.
:16:46
Let's make it a dame.
Keep it simple.
:16:48
The important thing
:16:50
is we all want it to have
that Barton Fink feeling.
:16:53
We all have that feeling,
:16:55
but since you're Barton Fink,
:16:56
I'm assuming you have it in spades.
:16:59
I like you.