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So mythical was its allure...
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...that it became the DEA's most effective
bait to entrap schmuck buyers.
1:03:08
Twenty-four hours later,
my associate was on the horn.
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"What do I tell her?
She's called twice."
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Me being the gambler, and maybe the fool,
said, hell, let's buy it.
1:03:19
The deal was to go down on Friday.
1:03:22
I waited by the phone all day.
No call.
1:03:28
At 7:45 that evening, I was going
out the door, when my houseman hailed me.
1:03:33
It was my associate.
1:03:35
"Bob, Mike and I have been arrested.
We've been set up by the DEA."
1:03:39
What are you talking about?
1:03:41
"Don't worry. Nothing's gonna go wrong.
It'll all be taken care of.
1:03:45
You have nothing to worry about.
Your name was not mentioned."
1:03:54
It was the biggest mistake of my life.
1:03:57
How could I have been so fucking dumb?
1:04:08
Was Bluhdorn angry?
Foaming at the mouth.
1:04:14
"I'll never forgive you, Evans."
1:04:18
He never did.
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Gone now was the
sacred embrace of Bluhdorn...
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...never to return again.
1:04:28
Paramount, the company
I saved from the graveyard...
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...gave a terse statement to the press
concerning my new infamy.
1:04:34
"Evans is not an employee of Paramount
and has not been an employee for years.
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He is an independent contractor,
producing pictures for us."
1:04:43
May 2, 1980.
What a difference a day makes.
1:04:50
Judge Brodericks' dictate was to produce
a 30-second anti-drug spot.
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Well, I did a little more than that.
1:04:59
I produced a series of weeklong specials
for NBC entitled Get High on Yourself.