:52:03
...until infidelity got me off my ass.
:52:11
Ali and McQueen had been
having an affair for months.
:52:15
Was it her fault?
:52:18
It was mine.
:52:20
I ignored her one promise,
never to leave her.
:52:24
Instead, I buried myself
into The Godfather.
:52:29
Ali filed for divorce.
:52:31
A few months later,
she and McQueen got hitched.
:52:35
Joshua would live with them.
:52:37
He would only know me now
as a weekend father.
:52:42
Did it haunt me?
:52:44
Well, let's just say, when a woman
leaves you, it ain't easy. It never is.
:52:49
But when that woman leaves you
for the biggest movie star in the world...
:52:52
...well, let's just say
it makes you feel small.
:53:01
Finally, I turned all my attention back
to my other great love, the mountain.
:53:08
Maybe it was my mood, but the more
I thought about it, the angrier I became.
:53:14
For the last years, I had worked
night and day for Paramount.
:53:18
Bluhdorn's golden boy now
wanted some gold of his own.
:53:22
While I was living rich,
everyone around me was getting rich.
:53:25
He's right. You give them an inch,
and they step all over you.
:53:30
My contract's up, but I'd
been throwing sevens too long.
:53:33
And here I am.
I'm still behind the eight ball.
:53:37
I called on my consigliere
and closest friend, Sidney Korshak...
:53:40
...one of the most feared lawyers
in the country.
:53:43
"I'll take care of it and quick,"
said Korshak. "You're gonna get gross.
:53:48
I don't care if it's just
one percent on every film."
:53:51
Korshak may have been known as the myth,
but he was no myth to Charlie.
:53:55
His proposal was turned down
flatter than Twiggy's chest.
:53:58
Bluhdorn wasn't smart.
He was brilliant.