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Subtitles by explosiveskull

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I swear she's
older than my mom.

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Fucking kill me if I'm still
doing this at her age.

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Kill you now
if you ask me nicely.

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You know we're not allowed
to eat or drink in here.

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- Yeah.
- Oh, fuck off.

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What did you say?

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Uh, I believe I said,
"Oh, fuck off."

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Pack up.

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I'm almost finished

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- with this document.
- Now.

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Ugh.

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Psst-psst.

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Come on.

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Since when did you get picky?

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Hmm?

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Hey, taxi!

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Oh, thank you.

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But then there was nobody left,

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and I was standing by myself.

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And how long until
your next book will come out?

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Good question. Uh...

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Well, this is a surprise.

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You invited me,
did you not?

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You didn't reply.

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Coat check?

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At my party, we just threw
the coats on the bed.

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Good to see you, too, Lee.

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You never called me back,
and I...

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I have new ideas.

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Is this why you came?

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- Yeah.
- Well, I'm glad you're here.

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Try to have a good time.

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I like interviews.
Don't get me wrong.

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I just wish that you could
get it all done at once.

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Did you read it?
It was...

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I haven't missed
a day of writing

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for the past 25 years.

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And do you ever
have trouble beginning?

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I don't subscribe to
the notion of writer's block.

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You never experience it?

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Writer's block is a term

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invented by
the writing community

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to justify their laziness.

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My success
is nothing more than

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that I have the determination
and stamina

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to sit and get the work done.

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- It's simple.
- Jackass.

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I mean,
I find his distaste

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for linear plot structure
downright macabre.

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Well, that was quick.
Did you get properly fed?

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This week,
will you return my call?

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Sure. We'll see.

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I'm working on a lot
of fascinating projects.

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I just need my agent
to call me back.

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I don't think
the world is waiting

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for another Fanny Brice
biography, Lee.

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And we may disagree

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on what is
considered fascinating.

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Good night.

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Why do you have mostly-used
toilet paper rolls

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in the cabinet
in your bathroom?

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So that the guests
can have a full roll.

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Well, that's batshit,
Marjorie.

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I lost my ticket,
but that's my coat over there.

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There on the end.

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Have a good night, ma'am.

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You'll be a very rich man.

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We'll talk about it
in a few years.

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I want to talk about it now!

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There are lots
of things to consider.

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After all,
they are first cousins.

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Well, that's
not unusual, our grandmother

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and grandfather
were first cousins.

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Yes, and look at us.

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Here, Jersey girl.

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I brought your favorite.
I brought you shrimpy.

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Hmm? Come on.
It's your favorite.

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Very well. I assure yo,
Oscar, I will think about it..

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So, you still have
a balance, Miss Israel.

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Yeah, I'm aware of that.

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But she's really sick
and she's very old.

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I'm sorry,
but the doctor told me that

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I need to have at least
half the balance

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before I do any tests.

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Didn't you people take
a Hippocratic oath?

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You owe us $82.

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God. Wow.

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You know, if she did come
out here, she'd see this.

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All right, I have $14.

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I'm sorry, but I can't.

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No, we need half the balance.

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God...

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Asshole.

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Okay. Just these.

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Come on, man. I schlepped
these all the way here.

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I'll give you two dollars.

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I don't want the others.

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I don't even need
that much.

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I just don't want to carry
them around anymore.

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I got a sick cat, and I...

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I told you I don't want
the others.

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There's people waiting.

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You know, you don't have
to be so disrespectful.

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Okay? You have actually
carried my books here.

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And you are?

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I'm Lee Israel.

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Oh, Miss Israel.
We have copies

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of your latest work
right over there.

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You're a rude little ape.

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Okay, get your garbage

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- off my counter.
- No!

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- Miss Israel?
- Hi, Andrei.

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It's been three months.

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I know. I'm sorry.
I'm working on it.

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I don't want to call
the management.

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Can you just cut me
a little slack? I'm...

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going through a rough patch,
and I just lost my job.

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I think it was ageism.

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You've been here
longer than I have,

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and you've been
kind to my mother.

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- Just get it to me soon.
- I will.

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Absolutely. Thank you.

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Uh, hey, in the meantime,

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do you think you could
send an exterminator

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up to my apartment?

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I have an untenable
fly situation.

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Good afternoon, darling.

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Hey, Jack Handsome.

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Can I have a beer,
pretty please?

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I don't know. Can you?

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Lee Israel?

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It's Jack Hock.

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Last time I saw you...
Thank you.

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We were both pleasantly pissed

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at some horrible book party.

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Am I right?

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It's slowly flooding back to me.

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Hey, what can I get you?

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You're friends with,
um, Julia some...

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- Steinberg!
- Yeah.

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She's not an agent
anymore. She died.

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She did? Jesus, that's young.

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Maybe she didn't die.

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Maybe she just moved back
to the suburbs.

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I always confuse those two.

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No, that's right.

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She got married and had twins.

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Better to have died.

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Indeed.

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I've just come from having
my teeth bleached.

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How do they look?

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Why would you do that?

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Oh, teeth are a dead giveaway.

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- Okay.
- Can I buy you a drink?

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Even though you're
the posh writer?

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- Thank you.
- Craigy?

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- Yeah?
- Top her up.

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You know,
I keep trying to remember

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that party that you mentioned.

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And something keeps
flashing in my head.

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I know something happened,

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but I can't seem
to put my finger on it.

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Bad shrimp?

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- Here you go.
- Jack Hock, you said, huh?

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That's me.
The renegade, the rebel.

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Jack Hock, big cock.

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I'm sure
it'll come back to me.

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How's old life
been treating you?

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I can honestly boast

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that I'm banned from
Crosby Street Booksellers.

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I'm banned from Duane Reade.

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All of them.

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I have a little
shoplifting problem.

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Well, it's all in the past,
but, uh,

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but for some reason,
I have a very memorable mug.

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And now I have to take a bus

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just to buy shampoo
and aspirin and stuff.

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I'm joking. Duane Reade's
not the only rodeo in town.

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You pissed in a closet.

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- I did what?
- You pissed in a closet.

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Now I remember.

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Nobody could stop talking

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about the handsome
English gentleman...

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Why, thank you.

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...who was so shit-faced

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he mistook
the coat closet for the can.

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You ruined thousands
of dollars' worth of furs.

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Well, I...

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Those old biddies
didn't know what hit 'em.

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Oh, their disgusting furs
covered in piss.

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Dogs followed them home.

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I'm glad somebody
found it amusing.

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Some folks stopped talking
to me after that night.

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- Well, fuck 'em.
- Cheers.

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So, do you work, Jack Hock?

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Oh, this and that.

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Mostly that.

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I happen to have
some very nice cocaine,

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if you're interested.

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No, I'm not.

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Oh, Jesus, it's not like
I have it all the time.

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Boy's gotta do
what a boy's gotta do.

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Anyways,
who are you to judge?

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It's four in the afternoon,
and you're drunk.

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- I'm hardly drunk.
- Mmm?

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It's not "anyways,"
it's "anyway."

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Anyways, let's keep drinking.

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The day is young.

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Hey!

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You getting off
at the next stop?

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79th. And you?

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Yeah, I'll get out there.

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Works for me.

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I think I saw you
at Zabar's once.

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You were shouting at someone.

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They have terrible
customer service.

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I shopped there for years.

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They've really great bread.

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Oh, it's delicious.

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- It's really good.
- So good.

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Oh, my.
That's the guy.

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Who?

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That's the asshole
from Crosby Street Bookseller.

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No.

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- What are the odds of that?
- Oh, I love the way you smell.

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Pen and paper.
Quick, quick, quick.

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Why?

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- Come on.
- I've got... Hang on. I...

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- Got it!
- Shh!

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This is me.

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Nice place.

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Used to be a lot nicer.
How about you?

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Couple of blocks along.

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Well...

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Jack, this was not unpleasant.

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See you tomorrow?

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You shall.

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"Lee, today was to have been

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"the Esquire shoot with Spenc.

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"Difficult days, these.

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"Thank you for your sympathy
and understanding.

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"Ever yours, Kate.

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"P.S. Forgive the splotches.
All tears lately."

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What a lovely apology.

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This is very special.
Why would you part with it?

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Clutter.

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You know, I'm not
a very sentimental gal.

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Handwritten even.

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You're the Lee Israel?

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Jesus, is there another one?

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I've read your biographies.

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- Have you?
- You're a wonderful writer.

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Thank you.

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You might want
to remind my publisher.

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Well, her letters usually have

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the intimacy
of a phone book,

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but this one is really nice.

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How does $175 sound?

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Sounds terrific.

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00:19:40,269 --> 00:19:42,970
I rang you.
You didn't ring me back.

262
00:19:42,972 --> 00:19:45,706
- Should I take it personally?
- Well, why wouldn't you?

263
00:19:45,708 --> 00:19:47,207
I'd never get out of bed.

264
00:19:47,209 --> 00:19:49,409
Then luckily for me, you did.

265
00:19:49,411 --> 00:19:50,910
I'm coming over to join you.

266
00:19:50,912 --> 00:19:54,683
I'm not good
at reading social cues.

267
00:19:55,617 --> 00:19:57,485
Uh, scotch and soda, Craig,

268
00:19:57,487 --> 00:19:59,987
- and I'll buy his next one.
- You got it.

269
00:19:59,989 --> 00:20:01,688
Mmm,
things are looking up.

270
00:20:01,690 --> 00:20:03,623
Aren't you writing a new book?

271
00:20:03,625 --> 00:20:04,958
About Fanny Brice.

272
00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:06,062
Who?

273
00:20:07,063 --> 00:20:08,262
Fanny Brice.

274
00:20:08,264 --> 00:20:11,034
Just the greatest vaudeville
comedian of her time.

275
00:20:12,334 --> 00:20:14,501
You sure you're a fag?

276
00:20:14,503 --> 00:20:16,773
Mm-hmm.

277
00:21:31,547 --> 00:21:33,616
Hmm.

278
00:21:42,225 --> 00:21:46,927
Just recently found out
that my cousin, Sidney,

279
00:21:46,929 --> 00:21:50,264
was in possession of this
delightful bonne bouche.

280
00:21:50,266 --> 00:21:54,101
And I just thought that
you might be interested in it.

281
00:21:54,103 --> 00:21:56,504
Fanny Brice.
One of my favorites.

282
00:21:56,506 --> 00:21:58,906
I'm writing a new
biography about her.

283
00:21:58,908 --> 00:22:00,740
Well, what a funny
coincidence then,

284
00:22:00,742 --> 00:22:02,311
that your cousin had this.

285
00:22:04,412 --> 00:22:07,648
Didn't she say, "Wrong is for
other people"? I love that.

286
00:22:07,650 --> 00:22:09,719
She did say that.

287
00:22:12,721 --> 00:22:15,288
So, what do you think?

288
00:22:15,290 --> 00:22:16,791
I believe I can sell this.

289
00:22:16,793 --> 00:22:19,692
I could give you $75.

290
00:22:19,694 --> 00:22:21,161
Oh. Uh...

291
00:22:21,163 --> 00:22:23,397
I could give more
for better content.

292
00:22:23,399 --> 00:22:25,365
It's a bit bland is all.

293
00:22:25,367 --> 00:22:26,833
True.

294
00:22:26,835 --> 00:22:29,736
Um, well, do you think
you could pay in cash?

295
00:22:29,738 --> 00:22:32,007
Oh. Let me see
if I have enough.

296
00:22:32,741 --> 00:22:34,976
I'm glad to hear
you're writing another book.

297
00:22:34,978 --> 00:22:37,180
I'll be the first to buy it.

298
00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:41,181
Did you hear Tom Clancy
is getting paid

299
00:22:41,183 --> 00:22:42,216
three million dollars

300
00:22:42,218 --> 00:22:44,451
to write more right-wing
macho bullshit?

301
00:22:44,453 --> 00:22:45,852
Are you kidding me?

302
00:22:45,854 --> 00:22:48,155
That blowhard's
getting three million dollars?

303
00:22:48,157 --> 00:22:49,724
Oh, to be a white male

304
00:22:49,726 --> 00:22:52,293
that doesn't even know
he's full of crap, right?

305
00:22:52,295 --> 00:22:56,095
I've tried to write a little.
Short stories.

306
00:22:56,097 --> 00:22:58,732
I know better than
to presume they're any good.

307
00:22:58,734 --> 00:23:01,534
Oh, I can't believe
I just admitted that.

308
00:23:01,536 --> 00:23:03,236
I'm sure they're terrible.

309
00:23:03,238 --> 00:23:05,075
They might be.

310
00:23:06,342 --> 00:23:08,408
Or they might not be.

311
00:23:08,410 --> 00:23:10,180
You know, I could take a look.

312
00:23:11,212 --> 00:23:12,345
Really?

313
00:23:12,347 --> 00:23:14,113
I'll be honest.

314
00:23:14,115 --> 00:23:16,316
Unfortunately, I believe you.

315
00:23:16,318 --> 00:23:17,921
$75.

316
00:23:20,457 --> 00:23:22,656
- Ms. Israel!
- I hear they got Tom Clancy

317
00:23:22,658 --> 00:23:23,924
three million dollars

318
00:23:23,926 --> 00:23:26,392
to write some more
red-baiting propaganda.

319
00:23:26,394 --> 00:23:29,530
Lee, my morning
has been long enough already.

320
00:23:29,532 --> 00:23:31,332
He's a fraud.

321
00:23:31,334 --> 00:23:32,299
What's your point?

322
00:23:32,301 --> 00:23:35,034
He was drinking sherry
at your party.

323
00:23:35,036 --> 00:23:37,571
No self-respecting writer
would drink sherry.

324
00:23:37,573 --> 00:23:39,139
Oh, Lord, Lee.

325
00:23:39,141 --> 00:23:40,674
I need you to get me
a book advance

326
00:23:40,676 --> 00:23:42,610
on my Fanny Brice book.

327
00:23:42,612 --> 00:23:44,311
I need you to get
ten thousand dollars.

328
00:23:44,313 --> 00:23:47,380
I'm months behind in my rent,
and my cat is sick.

329
00:23:47,382 --> 00:23:49,550
And isn't this the exact
reason that I have an agent?

330
00:23:49,552 --> 00:23:52,320
I can't get you an advance
like that, Lee. I just can't.

331
00:23:52,322 --> 00:23:54,454
Give me one reason
why that cocky shit

332
00:23:54,456 --> 00:23:55,621
gets three million dollars...

333
00:23:55,623 --> 00:23:57,657
and you can't get me
ten thousand?

334
00:23:57,659 --> 00:23:59,059
Are you that bad of an agent?

335
00:23:59,061 --> 00:24:01,261
Toni, could you please
close the door?

336
00:24:01,263 --> 00:24:05,166
Ms. Israel and I have some
sensitive business to discuss.

337
00:24:05,168 --> 00:24:06,734
Yeah, God forbid
you have to hear

338
00:24:06,736 --> 00:24:09,069
an adult conversation, Toni!

339
00:24:09,071 --> 00:24:10,737
I'll give you three reasons.

340
00:24:10,739 --> 00:24:14,006
Number one,
Tom Clancy is famous.

341
00:24:14,008 --> 00:24:16,009
Here we go!

342
00:24:16,011 --> 00:24:18,678
Yes, you have written a couple
of successful biographies

343
00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:19,846
and you've managed to disappear

344
00:24:19,848 --> 00:24:21,380
behind your subject matter,

345
00:24:21,382 --> 00:24:24,418
but because of that,
nobody knows who you are!

346
00:24:24,420 --> 00:24:26,152
Because I'm doing my job.

347
00:24:26,154 --> 00:24:29,089
Number two, Tom Clancy
does every radio show.

348
00:24:29,091 --> 00:24:32,292
He does Larry King.
He goes to every book signing.

349
00:24:32,294 --> 00:24:33,560
He plays the game.

350
00:24:33,562 --> 00:24:35,595
Meanwhile, you have destroyed

351
00:24:35,597 --> 00:24:37,398
every bridge
I have built for you.

352
00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,467
See, that is beside the point.
I am doing good writing!

353
00:24:40,469 --> 00:24:44,004
Number three. Nobody wants
a book about Fanny Brice.

354
00:24:44,006 --> 00:24:48,175
There is nothing new or sexy
about Fanny Brice.

355
00:24:48,177 --> 00:24:50,110
I couldn't get you
a $10 advance

356
00:24:50,112 --> 00:24:52,248
for a book about Fanny Brice.

357
00:24:54,382 --> 00:24:57,554
I had a book on the New York
Times bestseller list.

358
00:24:58,488 --> 00:25:01,958
That has to count
for something.

359
00:25:06,062 --> 00:25:09,130
Lee, I have known you
a long time,

360
00:25:09,132 --> 00:25:12,299
and believe me,
it hurts to say this to you.

361
00:25:12,301 --> 00:25:14,834
Tell me what to do
then, Marjorie.

362
00:25:14,836 --> 00:25:16,871
I have to do something.

363
00:25:16,873 --> 00:25:17,938
I'll take anything.

364
00:25:17,940 --> 00:25:20,140
Magazine pieces,
cracker box copy.

365
00:25:20,142 --> 00:25:24,346
Okay. Okay.
You have two options.

366
00:25:25,648 --> 00:25:27,180
You either become
a nicer person,

367
00:25:27,182 --> 00:25:30,517
you put on a clean shirt,
you stop drinking,

368
00:25:30,519 --> 00:25:32,185
you say "please"
and "thank you."

369
00:25:32,187 --> 00:25:34,755
Oh, God. Give me
a fucking break, please.

370
00:25:34,757 --> 00:25:37,757
Well, clearly that's
not going to happen.

371
00:25:37,759 --> 00:25:40,025
Or you can take
the time to go out

372
00:25:40,027 --> 00:25:42,362
and make a name for yourself.

373
00:25:42,364 --> 00:25:44,765
And then maybe, maybe,

374
00:25:44,767 --> 00:25:47,668
I can get you paid
for your work again.

375
00:25:47,670 --> 00:25:50,836
And how is it that I'm
supposed to do that, Marjorie?

376
00:25:50,838 --> 00:25:52,805
I'm a 51-year-old woman

377
00:25:52,807 --> 00:25:55,209
who likes cats
better than people.

378
00:25:55,943 --> 00:25:58,746
Not exactly hot and sexy,
as you like to say.

379
00:25:58,748 --> 00:26:00,447
Write your book
in your own voice.

380
00:26:00,449 --> 00:26:03,484
Well, you've been threatening
to do it for 10 years.

381
00:26:03,486 --> 00:26:05,319
I'd love to, Marjorie.

382
00:26:05,321 --> 00:26:07,721
Except that
I have bills to pay.

383
00:26:07,723 --> 00:26:09,422
And not everybody
has an ex-husband

384
00:26:09,424 --> 00:26:12,361
who left them
a Classic Six on the Park!

385
00:26:14,997 --> 00:26:18,064
You can be an asshole
when you're famous,

386
00:26:18,066 --> 00:26:19,867
but as an unknown,

387
00:26:19,869 --> 00:26:23,172
you can't be such a bitch, Lee.

388
00:26:23,939 --> 00:26:26,040
Nobody is going to pay

389
00:26:26,042 --> 00:26:29,842
for the writer Lee Israel
right now.

390
00:26:29,844 --> 00:26:32,313
My suggestion to you
is you go out there

391
00:26:32,315 --> 00:26:35,951
and you find another way
to make a living.

392
00:27:17,860 --> 00:27:18,995
Hmm.

393
00:27:33,741 --> 00:27:35,243
"P.S.

394
00:27:36,077 --> 00:27:40,581
"I have a new grandkid,
and he got my old nose.

395
00:27:40,583 --> 00:27:42,082
"Do I have to leave him

396
00:27:42,084 --> 00:27:44,051
"an extra something
for repairs?"

397
00:28:02,470 --> 00:28:05,205
Yeah, I can definitely get
a lot more for this one.

398
00:28:05,207 --> 00:28:08,475
I mean, the P.S.
makes it priceless.

399
00:28:10,613 --> 00:28:13,315
How does $350 sound?

400
00:28:15,884 --> 00:28:18,319
So, one of each,
twice a day, in her food.

401
00:28:18,321 --> 00:28:20,821
The infection will probably
go away in a day or two,

402
00:28:20,823 --> 00:28:22,488
but keep giving her the pills.

403
00:28:22,490 --> 00:28:24,126
It'll stabilize her.

404
00:28:29,463 --> 00:28:32,032
And here, your mom
needed some milk.

405
00:28:32,034 --> 00:28:33,700
Thank you, Miss Israel.

406
00:28:33,702 --> 00:28:37,004
You're welcome.
Your hair looks nice today.

407
00:28:37,006 --> 00:28:39,072
Oh, no, no, no.

408
00:28:39,074 --> 00:28:40,540
Are you still having
insect problems?

409
00:28:40,542 --> 00:28:43,043
Yeah, it's awful. I mean,
there's dead flies everywhere.

410
00:28:43,045 --> 00:28:46,082
- I'm going to take care of it.
- Thanks.

411
00:29:49,076 --> 00:29:50,442
My dear Billy...

412
00:29:50,444 --> 00:29:52,478
I fear I must decline
your invitation

413
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,814
as this weekend heralds
the arrival of Marlene.

414
00:29:55,816 --> 00:29:57,584
The canny old kraut remains

415
00:29:57,586 --> 00:29:59,087
one of my most
cherished friends

416
00:29:59,455 --> 00:30:02,022
despite her predisposition
to whining

417
00:30:02,024 --> 00:30:04,293
ad nauseam
about her aging process

418
00:30:05,324 --> 00:30:06,226
as though she were
the first gorgeous lady

419
00:30:06,228 --> 00:30:08,195
undone by Father Time.

420
00:30:08,197 --> 00:30:09,899
Ever yours, Noël.

421
00:31:58,973 --> 00:31:59,872
Welcome.

422
00:31:59,874 --> 00:32:01,710
Good afternoon.

423
00:32:02,210 --> 00:32:03,342
Um...

424
00:32:03,344 --> 00:32:05,044
I'm aware that you sell

425
00:32:05,046 --> 00:32:07,647
memorabilia
and first editions.

426
00:32:07,649 --> 00:32:11,051
Is that also for typed,
signed letters?

427
00:32:11,053 --> 00:32:12,451
Yes, all of that.

428
00:32:12,453 --> 00:32:14,257
What can I do for you?

429
00:32:18,459 --> 00:32:22,698
Wondering if these might be
of interest to you?

430
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:41,316
These are wonderful.
Yes, I'd be very interested.

431
00:32:44,452 --> 00:32:46,753
My cousin was a collector.

432
00:32:46,755 --> 00:32:49,389
He's asked me to help sell
some of his treasures

433
00:32:49,391 --> 00:32:51,658
so he can afford
the early bird specials

434
00:32:51,660 --> 00:32:52,691
in Palm Beach.

435
00:32:52,693 --> 00:32:55,461
Hard to find letters
that have a real...

436
00:32:55,463 --> 00:32:58,363
taste of the author's
personality,

437
00:32:58,365 --> 00:33:00,332
but these do just that.

438
00:33:00,334 --> 00:33:02,968
Yes. I thought so, too.

439
00:33:02,970 --> 00:33:05,774
He's a very, very clever man.

440
00:33:06,507 --> 00:33:08,877
I can give you $200 for them.
How does that sound?

441
00:33:10,845 --> 00:33:13,313
I'm afraid I can probably get
double that elsewhere, so...

442
00:33:13,315 --> 00:33:14,581
Okay.

443
00:33:14,583 --> 00:33:16,917
You're probably right.

444
00:33:16,919 --> 00:33:18,454
Name your price.

445
00:33:21,157 --> 00:33:23,025
$400 seems fair.

446
00:33:24,759 --> 00:33:25,825
Okay.

447
00:33:31,165 --> 00:33:32,232
Um...

448
00:33:32,234 --> 00:33:33,801
Do you happen to have cash?

449
00:33:33,803 --> 00:33:36,769
My cousin has closed
all of his banking accounts.

450
00:33:36,771 --> 00:33:38,071
It's complicated.

451
00:33:38,073 --> 00:33:40,343
I think I've got it.

452
00:33:44,712 --> 00:33:47,813
And please, if you come across
anything else, bring it in.

453
00:33:47,815 --> 00:33:50,749
I've got high-end clients
who come in frequently,

454
00:33:50,751 --> 00:33:55,188
or I'll call them if I have
something I know they'll like.

455
00:33:55,190 --> 00:33:56,756
Sure thing.

456
00:33:56,758 --> 00:33:59,226
In fact, I have a buyer who
actually knew Mr. Coward.

457
00:33:59,228 --> 00:34:01,226
He's gonna love these.

458
00:34:01,228 --> 00:34:02,996
Really?

459
00:34:02,998 --> 00:34:04,432
Wonderful.

460
00:34:08,736 --> 00:34:09,771
Okay, then.

461
00:34:14,076 --> 00:34:15,542
Crosby Street.

462
00:34:15,544 --> 00:34:17,976
I'm looking for
the tall guy. The book buyer.

463
00:34:17,978 --> 00:34:18,911
This is he.

464
00:34:18,913 --> 00:34:20,413
Oh, hello, thank God!

465
00:34:20,415 --> 00:34:23,683
This is Lillian Schuster
from the fourth floor.

466
00:34:23,685 --> 00:34:25,250
There's been an emergency.

467
00:34:25,252 --> 00:34:26,618
The building's on fire!

468
00:34:26,620 --> 00:34:28,654
Oh, God!

469
00:34:28,656 --> 00:34:31,123
Can you get in?
Can you get into the building?

470
00:34:31,125 --> 00:34:32,525
- My dog is in there.
- No!

471
00:34:32,527 --> 00:34:35,362
There's flames coming out
of your window right now.

472
00:34:39,201 --> 00:34:40,333
That was very enjoyable.

473
00:34:40,335 --> 00:34:41,433
Go, go, go!

474
00:34:41,435 --> 00:34:42,835
You do a very good voice.

475
00:34:42,837 --> 00:34:44,036
Oh!

476
00:34:44,038 --> 00:34:46,073
You know what,
I got no jingle in my jeans.

477
00:34:46,075 --> 00:34:47,140
You got a token?

478
00:34:49,410 --> 00:34:53,179
This is a celebratory
drinking session,

479
00:34:53,181 --> 00:34:54,848
and not a wallowing one.

480
00:34:54,850 --> 00:34:57,283
It's hard to tell
the difference with you.

481
00:34:57,285 --> 00:34:58,654
No offense.

482
00:34:59,855 --> 00:35:03,522
I have figured out
a way to pay my bills

483
00:35:03,524 --> 00:35:05,458
without shoveling shit.

484
00:35:05,460 --> 00:35:07,560
And it is a good feeling.

485
00:35:07,562 --> 00:35:09,395
Well, chin-chin.

486
00:35:10,497 --> 00:35:12,531
You going to tell me how?

487
00:35:12,533 --> 00:35:14,967
No. You'd be too scandalized.

488
00:35:14,969 --> 00:35:16,335
Oh, my!

489
00:35:16,337 --> 00:35:18,571
You clearly don't know me
very well.

490
00:35:18,573 --> 00:35:20,473
Some things

491
00:35:20,475 --> 00:35:22,341
are just better
kept to oneself,

492
00:35:22,343 --> 00:35:25,143
even if they are brilliant.

493
00:35:25,145 --> 00:35:28,017
Come on! Spill the beans!

494
00:35:31,185 --> 00:35:32,555
Oh, God.

495
00:35:34,589 --> 00:35:35,855
Can you keep a secret?

496
00:35:35,857 --> 00:35:39,128
I have no one to tell.
All my friends are dead.

497
00:35:40,629 --> 00:35:45,265
Quite by accident,
I find myself in a rather...

498
00:35:45,267 --> 00:35:46,466
criminal position.

499
00:35:46,468 --> 00:35:50,569
I can't fathom
what criminal activity

500
00:35:50,571 --> 00:35:51,837
you could possibly involve in,

501
00:35:51,839 --> 00:35:53,272
except a crime of fashion,
of course.

502
00:35:53,274 --> 00:35:56,442
I'm embellishing...

503
00:35:56,444 --> 00:35:58,544
documents, if you will.

504
00:35:58,546 --> 00:36:00,714
Are you forging checks?

505
00:36:00,716 --> 00:36:01,714
No.

506
00:36:01,716 --> 00:36:04,049
Literary letters
by prominent writers.

507
00:36:04,051 --> 00:36:07,652
Not checks, not money,
just letters?

508
00:36:07,654 --> 00:36:11,324
You're not understanding
the world of elite...

509
00:36:11,326 --> 00:36:14,426
collectible,
literary artifacts.

510
00:36:14,428 --> 00:36:16,529
I suppose not.
But how thrilling

511
00:36:16,531 --> 00:36:19,431
to be forging pieces of paper
that go where?

512
00:36:19,433 --> 00:36:20,565
Libraries?

513
00:36:20,567 --> 00:36:22,601
No, I am selling
to collectors.

514
00:36:22,603 --> 00:36:24,237
How much are you
getting for them?

515
00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:26,138
I don't know why I told you.

516
00:36:26,140 --> 00:36:27,806
It's a waste of a secret.

517
00:36:27,808 --> 00:36:28,975
I should have gone out there

518
00:36:28,977 --> 00:36:30,544
and gotten a rock
and told the rock,

519
00:36:30,546 --> 00:36:32,344
'cause I'd get
a better response.

520
00:36:32,346 --> 00:36:34,549
Who else have you
told about this?

521
00:36:36,585 --> 00:36:38,250
You're not the only one
without friends.

522
00:36:39,587 --> 00:36:42,022
No. I remember
you had someone.

523
00:36:42,024 --> 00:36:44,056
We broke up.
She was a pain in my ass.

524
00:36:44,058 --> 00:36:45,125
Why?

525
00:36:45,127 --> 00:36:47,159
Because she wanted things.

526
00:36:47,161 --> 00:36:48,495
Like what? Money?

527
00:36:48,497 --> 00:36:49,728
No.

528
00:36:49,730 --> 00:36:51,998
She wanted me
to listen to her troubles,

529
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,333
and become closer
with her friends

530
00:36:54,335 --> 00:36:56,837
and shit like that.

531
00:36:56,839 --> 00:36:58,541
The nerve.

532
00:37:00,442 --> 00:37:04,379
I haven't been
in a relationship for years.

533
00:37:05,013 --> 00:37:08,080
It's very hard
to meet someone at my age.

534
00:37:08,082 --> 00:37:09,415
I'm losing my hair.

535
00:37:09,417 --> 00:37:12,020
I don't think that's the reason.

536
00:37:15,556 --> 00:37:17,290
Wasn't this, uh...

537
00:37:17,292 --> 00:37:20,627
One line here was particularly
clever, don't you think?

538
00:37:20,629 --> 00:37:23,596
It's wonderful.
I love his writing.

539
00:37:23,598 --> 00:37:27,266
And Dorothy Parker as well.
Caustic wit, you know?

540
00:37:27,268 --> 00:37:29,201
Caustic wit is my religion.

541
00:37:29,203 --> 00:37:32,270
I can't carry it off.
You certainly can.

542
00:37:32,272 --> 00:37:34,574
Doesn't help too much in
the relationship department.

543
00:37:34,576 --> 00:37:36,812
I'm sure that's not true.

544
00:37:39,180 --> 00:37:41,413
Okay, shall we settle up?

545
00:37:41,415 --> 00:37:42,750
Yeah.

546
00:37:47,656 --> 00:37:49,690
I know. Cash.

547
00:37:58,533 --> 00:37:59,699
This has my number.

548
00:37:59,701 --> 00:38:02,771
Well, the number of the store.

549
00:38:03,739 --> 00:38:05,772
If you're ever
in the neighborhood,

550
00:38:05,774 --> 00:38:08,911
and, you know, want to get
a drink or coffee sometime.

551
00:38:12,580 --> 00:38:13,848
Sounds good.

552
00:38:15,350 --> 00:38:16,852
I would like that.

553
00:38:34,870 --> 00:38:36,268
You look like shit.

554
00:38:36,270 --> 00:38:37,640
Oh, ditto.

555
00:38:43,678 --> 00:38:46,347
You are looking
at one month's rent.

556
00:38:49,752 --> 00:38:51,020
Who's Marlene?

557
00:38:52,020 --> 00:38:53,719
It's Marlene.

558
00:38:53,721 --> 00:38:55,855
God, I don't know why
I bother showing you anything.

559
00:38:55,857 --> 00:38:57,226
How much did you get?

560
00:38:58,292 --> 00:38:59,692
I got $400 for two.

561
00:38:59,694 --> 00:39:01,594
That's a little more
than I just made.

562
00:39:01,596 --> 00:39:03,562
What?

563
00:39:03,564 --> 00:39:05,333
I just sold a little coke.

564
00:39:06,401 --> 00:39:08,067
Right here? To whom?

565
00:39:08,069 --> 00:39:11,270
Some fool. Mostly laxative.
Just left.

566
00:39:11,272 --> 00:39:12,272
You know what? Do me a favor

567
00:39:12,274 --> 00:39:13,707
and keep me away
from your seedy dealings.

568
00:39:13,709 --> 00:39:15,775
Hello, ladies.

569
00:39:15,777 --> 00:39:17,479
I resent that.

570
00:39:18,113 --> 00:39:20,480
Mmm. May I ask...

571
00:39:20,482 --> 00:39:22,616
...how sweet
your cinnamon roll is?

572
00:39:22,618 --> 00:39:24,917
It's perfect.

573
00:39:24,919 --> 00:39:26,585
If you don't like it,
I'll eat it.

574
00:39:26,587 --> 00:39:27,922
Oh.

575
00:39:30,491 --> 00:39:31,391
Yeah, I'll have a coffee.

576
00:39:31,393 --> 00:39:33,192
Oh.

577
00:39:33,194 --> 00:39:35,764
- And can you warm it up?
- 'Course I can.

578
00:39:39,100 --> 00:39:41,667
How are you gonna eat it
with his dick in your mouth?

579
00:39:41,669 --> 00:39:43,270
- First things first.
- Hmm.

580
00:39:43,272 --> 00:39:45,272
God, you're shameless.

581
00:39:45,274 --> 00:39:46,739
He started it.

582
00:39:46,741 --> 00:39:49,141
- Oh, help yourself.
- Okay.

583
00:39:49,143 --> 00:39:52,879
So, now we've both
got some money.

584
00:39:52,881 --> 00:39:54,183
What are we gonna do?

585
00:39:54,815 --> 00:39:56,214
What do you mean?

586
00:39:56,216 --> 00:39:58,752
Gamble? Shop? Drink?

587
00:39:58,754 --> 00:40:00,118
I don't suppose you dance?

588
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:04,024
Unlike you, I prefer to put
my money to good use.

589
00:40:04,026 --> 00:40:06,893
Like buying groceries
or securing shelter.

590
00:40:06,895 --> 00:40:08,694
I just thought
we should do something.

591
00:40:08,696 --> 00:40:11,033
I mean, life is dreary.

592
00:40:17,138 --> 00:40:20,207
♪ And love me
even half as much ♪

593
00:40:20,209 --> 00:40:26,846
♪ As I love you ♪

594
00:40:26,848 --> 00:40:28,417
Let's go sit down.

595
00:40:47,535 --> 00:40:49,000
Thank you.

596
00:40:49,002 --> 00:40:51,471
This next song goes out

597
00:40:51,473 --> 00:40:53,306
to all the agoraphobic
junkies

598
00:40:53,308 --> 00:40:55,841
who couldn't be here tonight.

599
00:40:55,843 --> 00:40:57,576
We don't have to stay long.

600
00:40:57,578 --> 00:40:59,612
One drink?

601
00:40:59,614 --> 00:41:01,313
Yeah, I like it. It's good.

602
00:41:02,750 --> 00:41:03,917
Scotch and soda?

603
00:41:03,919 --> 00:41:04,951
Well, I'm here.

604
00:41:04,953 --> 00:41:09,188
♪ Ladies, good night ♪

605
00:41:09,190 --> 00:41:15,830
♪ It's time to say goodbye ♪

606
00:41:16,631 --> 00:41:19,066
- Two scotch and sodas, please.
- You got it.

607
00:41:21,002 --> 00:41:23,872
♪ Good night, ladies ♪

608
00:41:25,906 --> 00:41:30,909
♪ Ladies, good night ♪

609
00:41:30,911 --> 00:41:33,946
♪ It's time to say ♪

610
00:41:33,948 --> 00:41:37,417
♪ Goodbye ♪

611
00:41:37,419 --> 00:41:38,886
Sing it!

612
00:41:41,855 --> 00:41:45,424
♪ All night long
you've been drinking ♪

613
00:41:45,426 --> 00:41:50,032
♪ Your tequila ♪

614
00:41:52,167 --> 00:41:57,703
♪ But now you sucked
your lemon peel dry ♪

615
00:41:57,705 --> 00:42:03,542
♪ So why not get high? ♪

616
00:42:03,544 --> 00:42:05,779
♪ Good night, ladies ♪

617
00:42:05,781 --> 00:42:07,813
♪ Ladies, good night ♪

618
00:42:14,890 --> 00:42:17,556
♪ It's a lonely ♪

619
00:42:17,558 --> 00:42:20,725
♪ Saturday ♪

620
00:42:20,727 --> 00:42:24,899
♪ Night ♪

621
00:42:29,035 --> 00:42:31,203
No, it's not worth half that.

622
00:42:31,205 --> 00:42:33,105
Really, a very fair price.

623
00:42:33,107 --> 00:42:34,908
Here is the signature.

624
00:42:34,910 --> 00:42:37,377
This is a $60 book.

625
00:42:37,379 --> 00:42:40,047
Really worth
probably about $150.

626
00:42:40,748 --> 00:42:42,114
Oh, baby, I hope

627
00:42:42,116 --> 00:42:43,750
they've got some booze.

628
00:42:43,752 --> 00:42:46,819
They most certainly
do not have booze.

629
00:42:46,821 --> 00:42:49,290
Maybe you can find some coke.

630
00:42:50,056 --> 00:42:51,690
How much is that?

631
00:42:51,692 --> 00:42:53,094
$200.

632
00:42:54,294 --> 00:42:57,098
How do you know
he really signed it?

633
00:42:57,933 --> 00:42:59,199
It's authenticated.

634
00:42:59,201 --> 00:43:02,100
- By whom?
- By an authenticator.

635
00:43:02,102 --> 00:43:04,338
Silly twat.

636
00:43:05,774 --> 00:43:07,640
Oh, look, cards.

637
00:43:10,477 --> 00:43:12,478
- Hello.
- Hi.

638
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:13,614
Hey, Carl.

639
00:43:14,348 --> 00:43:15,417
Hi.

640
00:43:16,084 --> 00:43:18,917
- Such a hoot, isn't he?
- Brilliant.

641
00:43:18,919 --> 00:43:20,652
Such a hoot.

642
00:43:20,654 --> 00:43:21,987
Oh!

643
00:43:21,989 --> 00:43:24,824
Take a look at this beauty.

644
00:43:24,826 --> 00:43:27,161
I just got this one in.

645
00:43:28,062 --> 00:43:30,231
Dorothy Parker.

646
00:43:31,399 --> 00:43:32,964
Wow.

647
00:43:32,966 --> 00:43:34,734
I was born 30 years too late.

648
00:43:34,736 --> 00:43:36,969
I feel the same way.

649
00:43:36,971 --> 00:43:38,737
How much is that?

650
00:43:38,739 --> 00:43:40,973
Oh, that...

651
00:43:40,975 --> 00:43:43,609
We're not buying.
We're just looking today.

652
00:43:43,611 --> 00:43:46,245
No problem.
I am asking $600.

653
00:43:46,247 --> 00:43:48,147
Wow!

654
00:43:51,185 --> 00:43:53,085
But if you are tempted,

655
00:43:53,087 --> 00:43:54,587
make sure you do
your homework.

656
00:43:54,589 --> 00:43:58,891
Not all of the other dealers
are as discerning as we are.

657
00:43:58,893 --> 00:44:00,393
Oh?

658
00:44:00,395 --> 00:44:03,732
Some care more than others
about getting the real thing.

659
00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:09,504
Just in case,
who should we look out for?

660
00:44:10,805 --> 00:44:12,073
That one.

661
00:44:12,506 --> 00:44:13,575
The bowtie?

662
00:44:15,009 --> 00:44:17,145
I'd stay away from him.

663
00:44:18,013 --> 00:44:19,377
You run
your mouth too much.

664
00:44:19,379 --> 00:44:20,946
- What'd I say?
- Too much.

665
00:44:20,948 --> 00:44:23,082
Oh, good.
He's almost finished.

666
00:44:23,084 --> 00:44:24,451
Let's go to your place.

667
00:44:24,453 --> 00:44:25,384
- Come on.
- Finally.

668
00:44:25,386 --> 00:44:27,522
Those flies
are driving me crazy.

669
00:44:39,933 --> 00:44:42,368
Oh! It smells horrible.

670
00:44:42,370 --> 00:44:45,239
I'll come back
when it's cleaned up.

671
00:44:46,239 --> 00:44:48,475
What's going on in there?

672
00:44:48,477 --> 00:44:50,576
What? Nothing.

673
00:44:50,578 --> 00:44:51,777
It smells really bad.

674
00:44:51,779 --> 00:44:53,913
Yeah, do you think I'm deaf?

675
00:44:53,915 --> 00:44:55,650
I heard them.

676
00:44:57,185 --> 00:45:00,453
Jesus, I'll do
some straightening.

677
00:45:08,328 --> 00:45:10,163
I don't mind, Lee.
Come on.

678
00:45:10,165 --> 00:45:12,498
Let me in.
I'll come and help you.

679
00:45:37,558 --> 00:45:39,227
Oh, my God!

680
00:45:47,669 --> 00:45:49,171
Oh, God.

681
00:45:53,308 --> 00:45:55,210
That's the last of it.

682
00:45:56,743 --> 00:45:57,944
Ugh.

683
00:45:57,946 --> 00:45:59,648
I need a break.

684
00:46:09,890 --> 00:46:11,024
Hello?

685
00:46:11,026 --> 00:46:13,192
Hello? Elaine?

686
00:46:13,194 --> 00:46:14,993
Who is this?

687
00:46:14,995 --> 00:46:16,127
Who is this?

688
00:46:16,129 --> 00:46:18,663
You called me.

689
00:46:18,665 --> 00:46:20,232
What is your name?

690
00:46:20,234 --> 00:46:21,600
What's your name?

691
00:46:21,602 --> 00:46:23,435
Harrison fucking Ford.

692
00:46:23,437 --> 00:46:25,138
Who the hell are you?

693
00:46:35,917 --> 00:46:37,650
Roush Agency.

694
00:46:37,652 --> 00:46:39,618
Yes, is Marjorie there?

695
00:46:39,620 --> 00:46:41,286
Lee Israel calling.

696
00:46:41,288 --> 00:46:43,790
I'm sorry.
She's unavailable right now.

697
00:46:43,792 --> 00:46:45,290
Oh, I see.

698
00:46:45,292 --> 00:46:48,161
Will you please leave
word for her that I called?

699
00:46:48,163 --> 00:46:49,460
Thank you.

700
00:46:56,036 --> 00:46:57,937
Roush Agency.

701
00:46:57,939 --> 00:47:00,339
Yes, I have
Nora Ephron calling.

702
00:47:00,341 --> 00:47:02,741
Certainly, one moment.

703
00:47:02,743 --> 00:47:04,009
Nora, hello.

704
00:47:04,011 --> 00:47:05,411
Is this a good time?

705
00:47:05,413 --> 00:47:07,880
Of course it is.
So wonderful to hear from you.

706
00:47:07,882 --> 00:47:09,281
You star fucker!

707
00:47:09,283 --> 00:47:10,917
Is that one word or two?

708
00:47:20,094 --> 00:47:21,863
Who's Elaine?

709
00:47:24,799 --> 00:47:26,768
None of your business.

710
00:47:31,406 --> 00:47:33,638
Came out well.
Don't you think?

711
00:47:33,640 --> 00:47:34,942
Lovely.

712
00:47:36,477 --> 00:47:39,513
Okay, Miss Parker,
that will be $35.50.

713
00:47:44,951 --> 00:47:46,185
Dear Joshua,

714
00:47:46,187 --> 00:47:47,652
Alan told me
to write and apologize.

715
00:47:47,654 --> 00:47:51,390
I have a hangover
that is a real museum piece.

716
00:47:51,392 --> 00:47:53,792
I'm sure I must have
said something terrible.

717
00:47:53,794 --> 00:47:56,495
To save me this kind
of exertion in the future,

718
00:47:56,497 --> 00:47:57,897
I am thinking of having

719
00:47:57,899 --> 00:47:59,498
little letters run off, saying

720
00:47:59,500 --> 00:48:02,234
"Can you ever forgive me?
Dorothy."

721
00:48:02,236 --> 00:48:03,536
But until I do that,

722
00:48:03,538 --> 00:48:06,975
can you ever forgive me?
Dorothy.

723
00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:14,145
Dearest Ralph.
Dear friend.

724
00:48:14,147 --> 00:48:15,380
Dear Timothy.
Dear Germaine...

725
00:48:15,382 --> 00:48:17,516
Gertrude Stein was right
about the roses,

726
00:48:17,518 --> 00:48:19,784
but she was all wet
about California.

727
00:48:19,786 --> 00:48:22,321
She said there was
no "there", there.

728
00:48:22,323 --> 00:48:24,156
Well, I'm here
to tell you there is.

729
00:48:24,158 --> 00:48:26,259
Yours, Dorothy Parker.

730
00:48:26,261 --> 00:48:28,393
Dear Edith,
that terrible old fart...

731
00:48:28,395 --> 00:48:30,295
the tyranny addict,
Joe Kennedy,

732
00:48:30,297 --> 00:48:31,529
ruined Gloria Swanson

733
00:48:31,531 --> 00:48:33,098
by luring her
away from Paramount...

734
00:48:33,100 --> 00:48:36,502
Dear Sidney, I had no idea
you knew Dottie Parker.

735
00:48:36,504 --> 00:48:40,038
A tragic loss, but she
had been dying for decades.

736
00:48:40,040 --> 00:48:42,208
Whether it was drink
or chemistry

737
00:48:42,210 --> 00:48:43,509
or character,
she was unable...

738
00:48:43,511 --> 00:48:44,576
I hate the Kennedys...

739
00:48:44,578 --> 00:48:46,846
What are you now? Waitress?

740
00:48:46,848 --> 00:48:48,614
No, I robbed a bank.

741
00:48:48,616 --> 00:48:49,549
Miss Israel.

742
00:48:49,551 --> 00:48:51,016
How you doing, Mrs. Ungur?

743
00:48:51,018 --> 00:48:52,283
Thank you for those cookies.

744
00:48:52,285 --> 00:48:53,886
Those were good cookies,
weren't they?

745
00:48:53,888 --> 00:48:57,056
Not as good as
the chocolate babka, but good.

746
00:48:57,058 --> 00:48:58,857
I'll have to remember that.

747
00:48:58,859 --> 00:49:01,292
Hey, tell your son
to go easy on me, huh?

748
00:49:01,294 --> 00:49:03,964
Can't kick a old dog
out on the street, right?

749
00:49:05,399 --> 00:49:06,866
Affectionately,
Lillian Hellman.

750
00:49:06,868 --> 00:49:08,067
Yours, Edna Ferber.

751
00:49:08,069 --> 00:49:10,169
- Dorothy Parker.
- Judy Holliday.

752
00:49:10,171 --> 00:49:11,703
- Louise Brooks.
- Marlene Dietrich.

753
00:49:11,705 --> 00:49:13,304
Sincerely yours, Noël Coward.

754
00:49:24,350 --> 00:49:25,551
You're Lee?

755
00:49:25,553 --> 00:49:28,489
- Ms. Israel.
- Alan.

756
00:49:30,524 --> 00:49:32,123
So, what do you got?

757
00:49:32,125 --> 00:49:33,594
Uh...

758
00:49:37,064 --> 00:49:38,432
Mmm.

759
00:49:40,634 --> 00:49:42,167
Mmm-hmm.

760
00:49:42,169 --> 00:49:44,536
Very witty,
don't you think?

761
00:49:44,538 --> 00:49:47,542
She had quite the mouth.

762
00:49:48,276 --> 00:49:51,544
I think what she had
was a very big personality.

763
00:49:51,546 --> 00:49:55,380
Uh-huh. Liked the ladies,
too, I heard.

764
00:49:55,382 --> 00:49:57,352
You sure these
are the real thing?

765
00:49:59,886 --> 00:50:01,254
I assume so.

766
00:50:01,256 --> 00:50:05,156
Nah, most people will believe
anything you tell them anyway.

767
00:50:05,158 --> 00:50:07,359
And people love this stuff.

768
00:50:07,361 --> 00:50:09,527
Personally, I don't get it.

769
00:50:09,529 --> 00:50:14,098
To Fanny Brice, Noël Coward,
and Dorothy Parker.

770
00:50:14,100 --> 00:50:16,835
May their brilliance live on.

771
00:50:16,837 --> 00:50:21,239
And to Lee, a brilliant writer
who happens to still be alive.

772
00:50:21,241 --> 00:50:23,444
That's negotiable.

773
00:50:24,444 --> 00:50:27,346
Wouldn't it be incredible if,
after you passed on...

774
00:50:27,348 --> 00:50:29,348
people were
selling your letters?

775
00:50:29,350 --> 00:50:30,915
Why on earth
would I want that?

776
00:50:30,917 --> 00:50:33,652
Well, because. Most of us
mortals just disappear.

777
00:50:33,654 --> 00:50:36,120
This way,
you still kind of exist.

778
00:50:36,122 --> 00:50:38,591
No. When I die, who cares?

779
00:50:38,593 --> 00:50:41,159
I just want somebody
to feed my cat.

780
00:50:41,161 --> 00:50:42,797
I'll feed your cat.

781
00:50:43,997 --> 00:50:45,964
Thank you.

782
00:50:45,966 --> 00:50:47,632
Have you ever written
about yourself?

783
00:50:47,634 --> 00:50:50,536
Nah. I don't think I'd find
myself very interesting.

784
00:50:50,538 --> 00:50:52,404
I would. You should.

785
00:50:52,406 --> 00:50:54,071
Instead of waiting for someone

786
00:50:54,073 --> 00:50:56,577
to write a biography
about you.

787
00:50:57,477 --> 00:51:00,381
You're very flattering, Anna.

788
00:51:03,017 --> 00:51:06,453
I can't believe
that I'm doing this, but...

789
00:51:07,555 --> 00:51:09,687
Here's one of my stories.

790
00:51:09,689 --> 00:51:11,422
You brought it with you.

791
00:51:11,424 --> 00:51:13,493
I'm an idiot, I know.

792
00:51:13,495 --> 00:51:15,560
No, I mean,
I'll give it a read.

793
00:51:15,562 --> 00:51:17,696
I've only taken
a couple of classes...

794
00:51:17,698 --> 00:51:20,935
Oh, don't worry about it.
I'm... I'm honored.

795
00:51:31,279 --> 00:51:33,145
You wear glasses.

796
00:51:33,147 --> 00:51:35,313
Only recently.

797
00:51:35,315 --> 00:51:37,451
I like them.
They look good.

798
00:51:38,185 --> 00:51:40,386
I wasn't sure
about the frames.

799
00:51:40,388 --> 00:51:42,453
They're nice.

800
00:51:42,455 --> 00:51:44,757
I used to have perfect vision.

801
00:51:44,759 --> 00:51:46,558
Don't you hate getting older

802
00:51:46,560 --> 00:51:49,094
and watching
your parts fall apart?

803
00:51:49,096 --> 00:51:50,728
Nah. You're too young.

804
00:51:50,730 --> 00:51:52,130
Hardly.

805
00:51:52,132 --> 00:51:54,165
I really thought that
I'd have accomplished

806
00:51:54,167 --> 00:51:55,701
more by this time in my life.

807
00:51:55,703 --> 00:51:57,902
You just need
to drink more alcohol.

808
00:51:57,904 --> 00:52:01,810
I mean, plus,
you own the shop, right?

809
00:52:02,609 --> 00:52:05,611
Well, I inherited it, yeah.

810
00:52:05,613 --> 00:52:09,183
Truth be told, it's more
pressure than I thought.

811
00:52:10,484 --> 00:52:13,319
My father took real pride in it.

812
00:52:13,321 --> 00:52:14,956
Almost too much.

813
00:52:15,355 --> 00:52:18,493
I try to live up to that.

814
00:52:20,428 --> 00:52:22,393
Where did you grow up?

815
00:52:22,395 --> 00:52:24,163
Woodside, Queens.

816
00:52:24,165 --> 00:52:27,799
My parents live in Florida,
may they rest in peace.

817
00:52:27,801 --> 00:52:29,268
I also have
a ridiculous brother

818
00:52:29,270 --> 00:52:31,839
who lives
on Long Island, so...

819
00:52:32,172 --> 00:52:33,406
What about you?

820
00:52:33,408 --> 00:52:34,906
I'm an only child...

821
00:52:34,908 --> 00:52:37,475
but I'm close with a few
of my cousins, though.

822
00:52:37,477 --> 00:52:40,179
I think I have some cousins.
I think.

823
00:52:41,448 --> 00:52:43,080
Not into the family thing?

824
00:52:43,082 --> 00:52:44,918
No, I like my alone time.

825
00:52:45,620 --> 00:52:48,620
Well, not every second,
though.

826
00:52:48,622 --> 00:52:50,257
You're here with me right now.

827
00:52:51,991 --> 00:52:55,796
Oh, hey. I always
need a drinking buddy.

828
00:53:16,649 --> 00:53:18,683
Thank you. That was fun.

829
00:53:18,685 --> 00:53:20,551
I think I'm a little tipsy.
Are you?

830
00:53:20,553 --> 00:53:21,920
It takes a lot more than that.

831
00:53:21,922 --> 00:53:24,623
Oh, no.
Have I embarrassed myself?

832
00:53:24,625 --> 00:53:26,158
What did Dorothy say?

833
00:53:26,160 --> 00:53:28,696
"Can you ever forgive me?"

834
00:53:33,433 --> 00:53:36,169
What? Did I say
something wrong?

835
00:53:36,904 --> 00:53:37,868
No.

836
00:53:37,870 --> 00:53:40,205
You didn't say anything wrong.

837
00:53:40,207 --> 00:53:41,709
Good.

838
00:53:43,444 --> 00:53:44,978
This has been very nice.

839
00:53:46,078 --> 00:53:47,814
It was.

840
00:53:48,549 --> 00:53:50,317
It's always nice
to make a new friend.

841
00:53:52,051 --> 00:53:53,954
Indeed.

842
00:53:55,022 --> 00:53:56,721
Speak soon?

843
00:53:56,723 --> 00:53:58,723
When I read your story,
I'll let you know.

844
00:53:58,725 --> 00:54:00,859
I'm pretty busy these days,

845
00:54:00,861 --> 00:54:04,998
so I don't know if I'll get
to it right away, but...

846
00:54:06,399 --> 00:54:07,734
That's okay.

847
00:54:08,468 --> 00:54:09,533
Good night.

848
00:54:09,535 --> 00:54:11,238
Good night.

849
00:55:19,640 --> 00:55:21,440
My dear boy,

850
00:55:21,442 --> 00:55:23,341
I enjoyed
our talk tremendously

851
00:55:23,343 --> 00:55:26,810
and was not the least bit
upset about the article.

852
00:55:26,812 --> 00:55:28,212
My professional demise

853
00:55:28,214 --> 00:55:30,616
has been gleefully
predicted for years,

854
00:55:30,618 --> 00:55:33,284
but nonetheless,
I await the return

855
00:55:33,286 --> 00:55:35,886
of your ruby-red lips
to Blue Harbor

856
00:55:35,888 --> 00:55:38,556
in the event
my spirit should falter.

857
00:55:38,558 --> 00:55:42,194
Yours and very much
anticipating,

858
00:55:42,196 --> 00:55:44,265
Noël.

859
00:55:46,366 --> 00:55:47,699
This is quite something.

860
00:55:48,835 --> 00:55:50,234
I thought so, too.

861
00:55:50,236 --> 00:55:51,971
Well, as you know,

862
00:55:51,973 --> 00:55:53,938
I think I already
have a buyer for it.

863
00:55:53,940 --> 00:55:55,640
I'm gonna call him
as soon as you leave.

864
00:55:55,642 --> 00:55:57,078
Huh.

865
00:55:58,145 --> 00:56:01,346
I sent the Marlene Dietrich
to Los Angeles.

866
00:56:01,348 --> 00:56:04,986
I got a request
from a collector out there.

867
00:56:05,652 --> 00:56:06,951
Wonderful.

868
00:56:06,953 --> 00:56:10,388
You guys do that?
You sell to other collectors?

869
00:56:10,390 --> 00:56:11,790
Oh, yeah.

870
00:56:11,792 --> 00:56:14,993
There's a whole world
of wheeling and dealing...

871
00:56:14,995 --> 00:56:17,129
most of which
I don't partake in.

872
00:56:17,131 --> 00:56:20,866
There are a lot of characters
in this line of work.

873
00:56:20,868 --> 00:56:25,004
Hey, for a while there,
we had The Hitler Diaries.

874
00:56:25,006 --> 00:56:25,804
Hmm.

875
00:56:25,806 --> 00:56:28,473
Remember that?

876
00:56:28,475 --> 00:56:30,077
Criminal.

877
00:56:31,212 --> 00:56:33,178
Yeah. Not everyone
gets into this

878
00:56:33,180 --> 00:56:37,348
because they respect
talent and history...

879
00:56:37,350 --> 00:56:39,886
if you know what I mean.

880
00:56:40,587 --> 00:56:42,223
Yep.

881
00:57:07,614 --> 00:57:09,149
Lee?

882
00:57:14,788 --> 00:57:17,089
You really should replace
the shower curtain, Lee.

883
00:57:17,091 --> 00:57:20,292
You wanna discuss
decorating with me?

884
00:57:20,294 --> 00:57:22,627
Who beat you up?

885
00:57:22,629 --> 00:57:24,429
It's my own fault.

886
00:57:24,431 --> 00:57:25,698
I didn't have enough money,

887
00:57:25,700 --> 00:57:28,533
and I didn't know
until after, and...

888
00:57:28,535 --> 00:57:31,205
Until it was too late.

889
00:57:32,339 --> 00:57:34,642
I'm not even going to try
to understand that.

890
00:57:35,276 --> 00:57:37,875
I used to get away
with so much.

891
00:57:37,877 --> 00:57:40,213
Do you think it'll scar?

892
00:57:41,681 --> 00:57:42,948
I couldn't find my keys,

893
00:57:42,950 --> 00:57:45,852
I couldn't get
into my apartment.

894
00:57:47,120 --> 00:57:48,018
What?

895
00:57:48,020 --> 00:57:50,091
And where is said apartment?

896
00:57:52,692 --> 00:57:55,127
It was on Ninety-Second...

897
00:57:55,129 --> 00:57:58,230
then it was on Ninety-Sixth.

898
00:57:58,232 --> 00:57:59,934
You...

899
00:58:00,768 --> 00:58:03,371
You can sleep on my couch.

900
00:58:04,270 --> 00:58:06,406
Thank you.

901
00:58:12,513 --> 00:58:14,446
Are you
ready to order?

902
00:58:14,448 --> 00:58:17,882
Uh, yeah, I'll have a burger,
rare, with onions.

903
00:58:17,884 --> 00:58:20,250
I'll have the same, thanks.

904
00:58:20,252 --> 00:58:23,388
You said you wanted a steak.
Get a steak.

905
00:58:23,390 --> 00:58:25,092
You sure?

906
00:58:25,526 --> 00:58:26,792
He's gonna have the steak.

907
00:58:26,794 --> 00:58:28,025
Why don't you have a steak?

908
00:58:28,027 --> 00:58:29,694
'Cause we came here
to get you a steak.

909
00:58:29,696 --> 00:58:30,795
Thank you.

910
00:58:30,797 --> 00:58:32,265
Skirt or T-bone?

911
00:58:35,768 --> 00:58:38,937
He's gonna have
the T-bone, medium-rare,

912
00:58:38,939 --> 00:58:40,575
and we'll have another round.

913
00:58:42,843 --> 00:58:44,875
How've you gotten by
as long as you have?

914
00:58:44,877 --> 00:58:48,812
Do not underestimate
sparkly blue eyes...

915
00:58:48,814 --> 00:58:50,683
and a little bit
of street smarts.

916
00:58:50,685 --> 00:58:53,018
They go a long way
in this city.

917
00:58:53,020 --> 00:58:56,754
Although I may have
stretched my limits recently.

918
00:58:56,756 --> 00:58:59,091
Yeah, but who
did you wanna be?

919
00:58:59,093 --> 00:59:01,359
I mean, what was
the actual plan?

920
00:59:01,361 --> 00:59:03,562
I honestly don't know
what to say.

921
00:59:03,564 --> 00:59:06,964
I imagined I'd figure it out
as I went along,

922
00:59:06,966 --> 00:59:08,600
and for the most part, I have.

923
00:59:08,602 --> 00:59:10,034
I certainly have no regrets.

924
00:59:10,036 --> 00:59:12,638
That can't be true.

925
00:59:12,640 --> 00:59:13,871
Oh.

926
00:59:13,873 --> 00:59:16,841
You mean,
why don't I have

927
00:59:16,843 --> 00:59:19,145
some brilliant talent
for copying like you do?

928
00:59:20,013 --> 00:59:21,212
Is that what
you think I'm doing?

929
00:59:21,214 --> 00:59:22,781
- You think I'm copying?
- Mm-hmm.

930
00:59:22,783 --> 00:59:24,382
I'll have you know,
I'm a better

931
00:59:24,384 --> 00:59:26,384
Dorothy Parker
than Dorothy Parker.

932
00:59:26,386 --> 00:59:28,955
Oh, I'll drink to that.
Cheers.

933
00:59:40,267 --> 00:59:43,400
- Get your feet off the couch.
- Really?

934
00:59:43,402 --> 00:59:44,134
Look at it.

935
00:59:44,136 --> 00:59:46,203
This is not a flop house.

936
00:59:50,011 --> 00:59:51,176
There you go.

937
00:59:51,178 --> 00:59:52,944
How old is that
old hairball anyway?

938
00:59:52,946 --> 00:59:55,045
She's 12.

939
00:59:55,047 --> 00:59:58,583
That is fucking old.
What's that in cat years?

940
01:00:01,388 --> 01:00:03,855
This is Paul
from Armada Books.

941
01:00:03,857 --> 01:00:07,491
Ms. Israel, I was wondering
if you could come in tomorrow?

942
01:00:07,493 --> 01:00:09,460
I have a couple
of questions regarding

943
01:00:09,462 --> 01:00:12,297
the last Coward letter
I purchased.

944
01:00:12,299 --> 01:00:15,500
Please come in or call
as soon as you can.

945
01:00:15,502 --> 01:00:16,600
Uh-oh.

946
01:00:16,602 --> 01:00:18,569
It's important.

947
01:00:52,239 --> 01:00:55,576
Thank you.
Thank you for bringing it in.

948
01:00:57,277 --> 01:00:58,875
Hi, Lee.

949
01:00:58,877 --> 01:01:01,214
What seems to be the problem?

950
01:01:02,582 --> 01:01:06,586
You know I've got that client
who knew Noël Coward.

951
01:01:07,488 --> 01:01:08,786
And he said that...

952
01:01:08,788 --> 01:01:13,125
Mr. Coward would never have
been as explicit as he was

953
01:01:13,127 --> 01:01:17,194
regarding his orientation.

954
01:01:17,196 --> 01:01:19,365
It was illegal
in those days, and...

955
01:01:20,065 --> 01:01:23,600
Anyway, apparently,
the letter is a fake.

956
01:01:23,602 --> 01:01:25,370
I'm shocked.

957
01:01:25,372 --> 01:01:28,239
I mean, my uncle
would be appalled.

958
01:01:28,241 --> 01:01:30,375
You mean, your cousin?

959
01:01:30,377 --> 01:01:31,676
Yes.

960
01:01:31,678 --> 01:01:37,183
My cousin has always been
very avuncular toward me. So.

961
01:01:43,256 --> 01:01:48,493
I also got a call
from Los Angeles, Lee.

962
01:01:48,495 --> 01:01:53,031
It seems one of your letters
was quite the controversy

963
01:01:53,033 --> 01:01:55,669
at a convention out there.

964
01:01:56,402 --> 01:01:59,806
I hate to say it, but your
name's been put on a list.

965
01:02:01,375 --> 01:02:02,540
On a list?

966
01:02:02,542 --> 01:02:04,778
People are on alert.

967
01:02:05,712 --> 01:02:07,214
That's all.

968
01:02:07,915 --> 01:02:10,418
They won't buy
from you anymore.

969
01:02:27,634 --> 01:02:29,336
Hello?

970
01:02:31,370 --> 01:02:32,806
Alan?

971
01:02:34,073 --> 01:02:36,207
You got my messages.

972
01:02:36,209 --> 01:02:38,308
- Thanks for coming.
- Yeah.

973
01:02:38,310 --> 01:02:41,779
I brought some wonderful
Faulkners that I unearthed.

974
01:02:41,781 --> 01:02:43,181
Not why I called.

975
01:02:43,183 --> 01:02:45,686
Listen, the FBI has been
in here to see me.

976
01:02:46,752 --> 01:02:48,252
The FBI?

977
01:02:48,254 --> 01:02:50,357
They asked me to wear a wire.

978
01:02:52,259 --> 01:02:55,493
I'm not gonna do that to you.
I'm a good guy.

979
01:02:55,495 --> 01:02:57,527
And if they want me
to be a witness...

980
01:02:57,529 --> 01:02:59,196
I'll lie.

981
01:02:59,198 --> 01:03:02,669
But you're gonna
pay me $5,000.

982
01:03:05,272 --> 01:03:08,073
I don't know
what you're talking about.

983
01:03:09,509 --> 01:03:12,277
Well, come on, I'm not gonna
rat you out or anything.

984
01:03:12,279 --> 01:03:15,315
That's very generous of you.

985
01:03:16,649 --> 01:03:19,385
I don't have $5,000.

986
01:03:20,020 --> 01:03:22,821
You're a clever woman.

987
01:03:22,823 --> 01:03:24,892
Figure it out.

988
01:03:31,765 --> 01:03:33,130
Oh, hello, welcome.

989
01:03:33,132 --> 01:03:35,933
Oh, thank you very much.
Um...

990
01:03:35,935 --> 01:03:37,435
My grandmother
just died, and...

991
01:03:37,437 --> 01:03:38,770
- Oh.
- No, it's all right.

992
01:03:38,772 --> 01:03:39,971
And I discovered these

993
01:03:39,973 --> 01:03:41,473
when I was going through
her closet

994
01:03:41,475 --> 01:03:45,444
and wondered if they might
be of interest to you or not.

995
01:03:45,446 --> 01:03:47,911
- "Edna Ferber."
- You've heard of her?

996
01:03:47,913 --> 01:03:49,313
Oh, yes.

997
01:03:49,315 --> 01:03:52,150
She wrote that movie
with James Dean.

998
01:03:52,152 --> 01:03:54,585
I guess I'm not really up
on all these things.

999
01:03:54,587 --> 01:03:58,457
Just look at that.
Such wonderful knick-knacks.

1000
01:03:58,459 --> 01:04:01,692
So your granny
collected letters?

1001
01:04:01,694 --> 01:04:03,127
I don't know
any of the people in them,

1002
01:04:03,129 --> 01:04:05,964
but I feel they must be
worth something.

1003
01:04:05,966 --> 01:04:07,498
And how did you know

1004
01:04:07,500 --> 01:04:09,167
that I bought
this kind of thing?

1005
01:04:09,169 --> 01:04:11,368
- Do you?
- Sure.

1006
01:04:11,370 --> 01:04:16,074
Yeah. I could give you
$50 a piece.

1007
01:04:16,076 --> 01:04:17,609
I feel I could do
better than that.

1008
01:04:17,611 --> 01:04:19,944
No offense,
but a store in Brooklyn

1009
01:04:19,946 --> 01:04:23,114
offered me $200 for one.

1010
01:04:23,116 --> 01:04:24,649
For one?

1011
01:04:24,651 --> 01:04:26,953
Why didn't you
sell it to them, then?

1012
01:04:28,355 --> 01:04:30,422
I hate the boroughs.

1013
01:04:30,424 --> 01:04:32,056
I'm really good at this.

1014
01:04:32,058 --> 01:04:33,525
You should see me at it.

1015
01:04:33,527 --> 01:04:35,292
When last did you
go outside, Lee?

1016
01:04:35,294 --> 01:04:36,460
How much did you get?

1017
01:04:36,462 --> 01:04:39,096
First place gave me $600.

1018
01:04:39,098 --> 01:04:41,665
The other guy gave me $1,000.

1019
01:04:41,667 --> 01:04:43,467
You just got closer
to paying back

1020
01:04:43,469 --> 01:04:46,370
that asshole
with his own money.

1021
01:04:46,372 --> 01:04:48,473
He gave me $1,000!

1022
01:04:48,475 --> 01:04:50,674
- Was he suspicious?
- Oh, hell, no.

1023
01:04:50,676 --> 01:04:52,579
I always did want to be
an actor. Here.

1024
01:05:03,357 --> 01:05:05,457
How much did you say
he gave you?

1025
01:05:05,459 --> 01:05:06,527
What?

1026
01:05:08,395 --> 01:05:10,228
You're stealing from me?

1027
01:05:10,230 --> 01:05:12,397
No. Uh...

1028
01:05:12,399 --> 01:05:14,098
What did I say?

1029
01:05:14,100 --> 01:05:17,601
He gave me $1,400 plus 600.
I mean...

1030
01:05:17,603 --> 01:05:19,203
- Isn't that what I said?
- No, moron.

1031
01:05:19,205 --> 01:05:20,337
It's not what you said.

1032
01:05:20,339 --> 01:05:21,739
You're stealing from me...

1033
01:05:21,741 --> 01:05:24,042
and you don't even know
what it is you're selling.

1034
01:05:24,044 --> 01:05:25,342
Okay.

1035
01:05:25,344 --> 01:05:27,011
I made a mistake.

1036
01:05:27,013 --> 01:05:29,913
Okay? Here. Here.

1037
01:05:29,915 --> 01:05:31,618
Here.

1038
01:05:33,520 --> 01:05:35,687
Okay, they're
literary treasures.

1039
01:05:35,689 --> 01:05:38,957
One of a kind, carefully
written witticisms, okay?

1040
01:05:38,959 --> 01:05:41,493
They're not just
a piece of paper.

1041
01:05:41,495 --> 01:05:45,196
It's a portal
into a better time

1042
01:05:45,198 --> 01:05:47,130
and a better place
where people

1043
01:05:47,132 --> 01:05:49,768
still actually
honored the written word.

1044
01:05:49,770 --> 01:05:51,169
Okay! I get it.

1045
01:05:51,171 --> 01:05:52,402
Yeah, do you get it?

1046
01:05:52,404 --> 01:05:53,904
You better learn how to respect

1047
01:05:53,906 --> 01:05:54,973
what it is you're selling,

1048
01:05:54,975 --> 01:05:56,774
because it's my writing!

1049
01:05:56,776 --> 01:05:58,544
Well...

1050
01:05:59,513 --> 01:06:00,810
What?

1051
01:06:00,812 --> 01:06:03,580
I mean...

1052
01:06:03,582 --> 01:06:05,149
you're impersonating
other people,

1053
01:06:05,151 --> 01:06:06,250
I mean, very well, I'm sure,

1054
01:06:06,252 --> 01:06:07,551
but come on.

1055
01:06:07,553 --> 01:06:09,922
Nobody is buying
Lee Israel letters.

1056
01:06:15,629 --> 01:06:19,065
You steal from me again,
and I'll fucking kill you.

1057
01:07:05,578 --> 01:07:06,877
This was your grandmother's?

1058
01:07:06,879 --> 01:07:10,114
Found it in her suitcase.
I assume it's real.

1059
01:07:10,116 --> 01:07:11,248
Do you think it's real?

1060
01:07:11,250 --> 01:07:13,451
- Looks that way.
- Good.

1061
01:07:13,453 --> 01:07:15,353
But there have been
some forgeries going around,

1062
01:07:15,355 --> 01:07:16,821
so I'm gonna have
to get it authenticated

1063
01:07:16,823 --> 01:07:19,022
before I can purchase it,
if that's all right.

1064
01:07:19,024 --> 01:07:21,094
You brought it back, right?

1065
01:07:22,728 --> 01:07:24,661
I couldn't.
I didn't know what to do.

1066
01:07:24,663 --> 01:07:27,031
You left it there?
God, you idiot.

1067
01:07:27,033 --> 01:07:28,565
Stop calling me an idiot.

1068
01:07:28,567 --> 01:07:31,103
I'm gonna go to jail
for this.

1069
01:07:31,105 --> 01:07:33,304
I'm just gonna
kill myself first.

1070
01:07:33,306 --> 01:07:35,574
And you can't do this anymore.

1071
01:07:35,576 --> 01:07:37,408
Lee, come on.
We can't stop now.

1072
01:07:37,410 --> 01:07:39,678
Well, everybody
is on high alert.

1073
01:07:39,680 --> 01:07:42,480
I don't have a shot at paying
that schmuck back.

1074
01:07:42,482 --> 01:07:44,547
Maybe you could steal
more real ones

1075
01:07:44,549 --> 01:07:46,784
like you did at first,
and I'll sell them.

1076
01:07:46,786 --> 01:07:48,719
Finding those letters
was a complete fluke.

1077
01:07:48,721 --> 01:07:51,522
Well, where did the real
ones go? Who has those?

1078
01:07:51,524 --> 01:07:54,125
Archives and museums.

1079
01:07:54,127 --> 01:07:57,361
And you have to have proof
that you're doing research.

1080
01:07:57,363 --> 01:07:59,129
They don't just let
anybody walk in.

1081
01:07:59,131 --> 01:08:02,635
You can get into archives.
You're a famous writer.

1082
01:08:03,469 --> 01:08:06,004
You can steal the letters,
copy them...

1083
01:08:06,006 --> 01:08:09,442
replace them with your copies,
sell the originals.

1084
01:08:10,710 --> 01:08:13,344
In my sticky finger days...

1085
01:08:13,346 --> 01:08:14,978
I'd choose the thing
that I wanted...

1086
01:08:14,980 --> 01:08:17,914
the things always had to come
in boxes like toothpaste...

1087
01:08:17,916 --> 01:08:20,817
and then when nobody
is paying attention,

1088
01:08:20,819 --> 01:08:22,652
I'd take the toothpaste
out of the box,

1089
01:08:22,654 --> 01:08:23,855
slip it into my pocket,

1090
01:08:23,857 --> 01:08:26,691
and replace it
with a used tube.

1091
01:08:26,693 --> 01:08:28,726
If anyone was suspicious,

1092
01:08:28,728 --> 01:08:33,130
they'd come back to the shelf
and see nothing is missing.

1093
01:08:36,303 --> 01:08:37,671
Win-win, baby.

1094
01:08:39,907 --> 01:08:42,440
Well, not the store.

1095
01:08:42,442 --> 01:08:43,741
What do you mean?

1096
01:08:43,743 --> 01:08:47,811
Win-win doesn't apply to
the story you just told.

1097
01:08:47,813 --> 01:08:49,948
You always put a downer
on everything, you know.

1098
01:08:49,950 --> 01:08:51,982
Just eat your noodles.

1099
01:08:51,984 --> 01:08:54,718
She needs fresh water...

1100
01:08:54,720 --> 01:08:56,788
and two pills twice a day.

1101
01:08:56,790 --> 01:08:59,557
And you gotta
mash it up in the...

1102
01:08:59,559 --> 01:09:00,959
Knock it off.

1103
01:09:00,961 --> 01:09:02,360
You gotta mash it up
in the food like I showed you.

1104
01:09:02,362 --> 01:09:04,895
- I will.
- No snooping.

1105
01:09:04,897 --> 01:09:07,397
Stay out of my bed,
and no smoking.

1106
01:09:07,399 --> 01:09:09,236
Okay.

1107
01:09:11,104 --> 01:09:12,606
All right.

1108
01:10:00,319 --> 01:10:01,552
Can I help you?

1109
01:10:01,554 --> 01:10:04,621
Let's hope.
I'm doing a in-depth look

1110
01:10:04,623 --> 01:10:06,222
at writers and alcoholism.

1111
01:10:06,224 --> 01:10:08,426
Hence, Lillian Hellman.

1112
01:10:08,428 --> 01:10:11,294
Here's my contract
with my publisher.

1113
01:10:11,296 --> 01:10:13,563
I'm primarily interested in

1114
01:10:13,565 --> 01:10:16,101
more personal,
archival materials.

1115
01:10:16,103 --> 01:10:17,834
You know, any kind
of correspondence...

1116
01:10:17,836 --> 01:10:19,770
letters, diaries, journals.

1117
01:10:19,772 --> 01:10:21,675
I'll give you what we've got.

1118
01:10:25,077 --> 01:10:27,445
I told him I had
to get it authenticated.

1119
01:10:27,447 --> 01:10:29,315
He seemed pretty nervous.

1120
01:10:38,323 --> 01:10:41,060
Does this look familiar?

1121
01:10:42,062 --> 01:10:43,627
Yes, I bought this
from her.

1122
01:11:02,314 --> 01:11:03,615
Hello.

1123
01:11:15,795 --> 01:11:18,699
"Commissioned,
Viking Press commissioned..."

1124
01:11:20,599 --> 01:11:21,833
What is all this stuff?

1125
01:11:21,835 --> 01:11:23,667
Why do you collect
old typewriters?

1126
01:11:23,669 --> 01:11:28,007
It's too complicated
to explain. It's my work.

1127
01:11:29,108 --> 01:11:31,678
I don't invite many people
to my home.

1128
01:11:32,412 --> 01:11:34,012
I'm a very private person.

1129
01:11:34,014 --> 01:11:37,150
Well, I take it you're
not much of a TV watcher.

1130
01:11:37,783 --> 01:11:41,018
Rots the brain. I don't
believe in it. I'm a reader.

1131
01:11:42,322 --> 01:11:44,690
Hello, kitty.

1132
01:11:47,559 --> 01:11:49,629
What do you got here?

1133
01:11:49,996 --> 01:11:52,829
Oh, a little coke,
a little dope...

1134
01:11:52,831 --> 01:11:55,801
and little old me.

1135
01:12:00,505 --> 01:12:02,843
Let's get this party started.

1136
01:12:09,782 --> 01:12:11,182
Hello?

1137
01:12:11,184 --> 01:12:12,350
Uh...

1138
01:12:12,352 --> 01:12:14,151
Hello. Elaine?

1139
01:12:14,153 --> 01:12:15,486
No.

1140
01:12:15,488 --> 01:12:16,920
Is she there?

1141
01:12:16,922 --> 01:12:19,557
No, would you like
to leave a message?

1142
01:12:19,559 --> 01:12:21,592
Yes, this is Lee Israel.

1143
01:12:21,594 --> 01:12:23,427
Oh.

1144
01:12:25,631 --> 01:12:27,231
And who is this?

1145
01:12:27,233 --> 01:12:28,669
This is Marie.

1146
01:12:29,836 --> 01:12:31,668
Well, okay, Marie.

1147
01:12:31,670 --> 01:12:34,637
Could you please
tell her that I called?

1148
01:12:34,639 --> 01:12:36,207
Same number.

1149
01:12:36,209 --> 01:12:38,045
Thank you.

1150
01:13:00,933 --> 01:13:03,770
Where is that bloody cat?

1151
01:13:12,812 --> 01:13:15,247
Psst-psst-psst-psst.

1152
01:13:16,416 --> 01:13:18,719
Two.

1153
01:13:23,924 --> 01:13:26,359
Kitty, kitty, kitty,
kitty. Psst.

1154
01:13:27,260 --> 01:13:28,624
Ugh.

1155
01:13:28,626 --> 01:13:30,261
Jersey.

1156
01:13:30,263 --> 01:13:32,463
Psst-psst-psst-psst.

1157
01:13:32,465 --> 01:13:34,731
Psst. Come and get it.

1158
01:13:34,733 --> 01:13:36,435
Come on.

1159
01:13:36,870 --> 01:13:39,072
Thank God.

1160
01:13:47,145 --> 01:13:48,915
Ma'am.

1161
01:13:50,716 --> 01:13:53,317
Good morning.
The Lillian Hellman box

1162
01:13:53,319 --> 01:13:54,718
I was working on yesterday.

1163
01:13:54,720 --> 01:13:57,621
Ah, yes, the book
on drunk authors.

1164
01:13:57,623 --> 01:13:59,255
Who else are you
gonna be writing about?

1165
01:13:59,257 --> 01:14:01,862
You know what?
I have a bus to catch.

1166
01:14:03,063 --> 01:14:04,695
Of course.

1167
01:14:04,697 --> 01:14:07,000
I'll get what you need.

1168
01:14:13,139 --> 01:14:14,940
Fuck.

1169
01:15:33,353 --> 01:15:36,119
Here you go.
Sorry about the rush.

1170
01:15:36,121 --> 01:15:39,022
I get overly anxious
when I travel.

1171
01:15:39,024 --> 01:15:42,895
Oh. Of course.
I do, too.

1172
01:16:01,046 --> 01:16:03,183
- Thank you.
- Yeah.

1173
01:16:17,796 --> 01:16:19,963
Jack?

1174
01:16:19,965 --> 01:16:23,068
Jersey, Mama's home.

1175
01:16:29,108 --> 01:16:32,109
What has he done to our home?

1176
01:16:32,111 --> 01:16:33,744
Huh?

1177
01:16:33,746 --> 01:16:35,981
Where are you?

1178
01:16:36,483 --> 01:16:38,281
Aha.

1179
01:16:38,283 --> 01:16:40,051
Hey, there.

1180
01:16:40,053 --> 01:16:42,288
You hiding, huh?

1181
01:16:53,498 --> 01:16:56,068
Oh, shit.

1182
01:16:56,836 --> 01:17:00,771
All right. I know
it looks bad, Lee, but...

1183
01:17:00,773 --> 01:17:02,673
Get out.

1184
01:17:02,675 --> 01:17:04,141
All right.

1185
01:17:04,143 --> 01:17:07,744
I couldn't resist him.
He's so adorable.

1186
01:17:07,746 --> 01:17:08,911
You have to understand, Lee.

1187
01:17:08,913 --> 01:17:10,647
Get out of my house.

1188
01:17:10,649 --> 01:17:12,083
Why?

1189
01:17:12,085 --> 01:17:14,384
What's happened?

1190
01:17:14,386 --> 01:17:15,686
My cat is dead!

1191
01:17:15,688 --> 01:17:17,554
What? Oh, no.

1192
01:17:17,556 --> 01:17:19,056
What's going on?

1193
01:17:19,058 --> 01:17:21,924
Oh, for fuck's sake,
get the fuck out of my house!

1194
01:17:21,926 --> 01:17:23,227
Darling, I can explain.

1195
01:17:23,229 --> 01:17:25,495
Okay, this is too
fucked up for me.

1196
01:17:25,497 --> 01:17:28,066
Lee, I'm so sorry.
It's not my fault.

1197
01:17:28,068 --> 01:17:30,735
It must have
just happened right now.

1198
01:17:30,737 --> 01:17:33,404
Get out. Get out! Get out!

1199
01:17:33,406 --> 01:17:36,209
Sorry. I did what you...

1200
01:18:15,581 --> 01:18:17,181
Oh, hi, Miss Israel.

1201
01:18:17,183 --> 01:18:19,551
Is Jersey okay?

1202
01:18:22,522 --> 01:18:24,690
Oh, no. I'm so sorry.

1203
01:18:27,526 --> 01:18:29,459
Um, I don't have
a backyard or anything,

1204
01:18:29,461 --> 01:18:31,695
so I wasn't sure
what to do with her.

1205
01:18:31,697 --> 01:18:35,602
It's okay. We can...
They can take care of that here.

1206
01:19:09,167 --> 01:19:11,837
Thanks for coming.

1207
01:19:12,938 --> 01:19:14,506
It sounded important.

1208
01:19:15,675 --> 01:19:16,606
It is.

1209
01:19:16,608 --> 01:19:20,277
Looks like you brought
Jersey with you.

1210
01:19:20,279 --> 01:19:22,715
How is that old bitch?

1211
01:19:23,247 --> 01:19:25,115
That's what I wanted
to talk to you about.

1212
01:19:25,117 --> 01:19:27,183
She, uh...

1213
01:19:27,185 --> 01:19:29,488
- She just died.
- Oh.

1214
01:19:30,456 --> 01:19:33,089
I just figured, since
she was a gift from you...

1215
01:19:33,091 --> 01:19:34,861
Was she?

1216
01:19:36,795 --> 01:19:39,163
I got too attached to her.

1217
01:19:39,165 --> 01:19:41,031
Getting another one?

1218
01:19:41,033 --> 01:19:42,932
No.

1219
01:19:42,934 --> 01:19:45,002
No, I couldn't replace her.

1220
01:19:45,004 --> 01:19:47,036
That wouldn't feel right.

1221
01:19:47,038 --> 01:19:49,442
Maybe in time.

1222
01:19:52,178 --> 01:19:55,445
You know, I still go
to Aunt Eleanor's

1223
01:19:55,447 --> 01:19:57,548
pretty regularly.

1224
01:19:57,550 --> 01:20:00,383
Oh, my God. I haven't thought
about that place in years.

1225
01:20:00,385 --> 01:20:03,087
It's still there?
On Ninety-Six?

1226
01:20:03,089 --> 01:20:05,489
Exactly the same.

1227
01:20:05,491 --> 01:20:08,961
I mean, you know,
different cats.

1228
01:20:09,295 --> 01:20:11,661
You still on Eighty-Second?

1229
01:20:11,663 --> 01:20:13,698
Where else would I be?

1230
01:20:14,099 --> 01:20:17,470
You all right?
You look all right.

1231
01:20:18,670 --> 01:20:21,740
You can't imagine
what I've done to survive.

1232
01:20:22,908 --> 01:20:24,844
Are you sleeping, Lee?

1233
01:20:25,778 --> 01:20:27,480
Fits and starts.

1234
01:20:28,380 --> 01:20:31,781
I was just supposed to be...

1235
01:20:31,783 --> 01:20:34,918
something more than this.

1236
01:20:34,920 --> 01:20:36,052
I mean, wasn't I?

1237
01:20:36,054 --> 01:20:39,323
That's why you
wanted to see me.

1238
01:20:39,325 --> 01:20:42,162
No, I needed to see you.

1239
01:20:43,996 --> 01:20:46,630
I'm having a crisis here.

1240
01:20:46,632 --> 01:20:48,432
And you know me.

1241
01:20:48,434 --> 01:20:49,365
No, Lee.

1242
01:20:49,367 --> 01:20:51,168
There was always
a wall between us.

1243
01:20:51,170 --> 01:20:53,473
Something
I couldn't penetrate.

1244
01:20:55,674 --> 01:20:57,173
I tried.

1245
01:20:57,175 --> 01:20:58,508
You know,
God damn it, Elaine,

1246
01:20:58,510 --> 01:21:01,945
I tried more with you
than anybody else ever.

1247
01:21:01,947 --> 01:21:04,249
No, you didn't.

1248
01:21:04,983 --> 01:21:07,218
You did everything you could
to keep your distance.

1249
01:21:07,220 --> 01:21:09,886
You lied,
you drank constantly,

1250
01:21:09,888 --> 01:21:11,187
you were self-involved.

1251
01:21:11,189 --> 01:21:13,257
Well, I didn't say
I was perfect.

1252
01:21:13,259 --> 01:21:15,194
You were so miserable.

1253
01:21:17,328 --> 01:21:19,498
- No, I wasn't.
- Yes, you were.

1254
01:21:20,265 --> 01:21:22,332
I tried to get you
to trust me.

1255
01:21:22,334 --> 01:21:25,537
Certain point,
I just stopped trying.

1256
01:21:27,806 --> 01:21:30,676
Yeah, I wish you hadn't.

1257
01:21:31,676 --> 01:21:35,478
Well, you don't have
to go yet. Come on.

1258
01:21:35,480 --> 01:21:38,714
Lee, it's not my job anymore.

1259
01:21:38,716 --> 01:21:42,988
To talk you off the ledge.
It's exhausting.

1260
01:21:46,259 --> 01:21:48,328
I got a class.

1261
01:21:51,662 --> 01:21:53,597
Let them authenticate
all they want.

1262
01:21:53,599 --> 01:21:55,132
They're real. Don't settle.

1263
01:21:55,134 --> 01:21:58,301
Lee. Are we
gonna talk about it?

1264
01:21:58,303 --> 01:21:59,736
I mean, I'm really sorry.

1265
01:21:59,738 --> 01:22:01,771
Okay, afterwards,
you come here immediately.

1266
01:22:01,773 --> 01:22:04,240
I'll do good. You'll see, Lee.
I'll make it up to you.

1267
01:22:04,242 --> 01:22:05,375
And get a written receipt.

1268
01:22:05,377 --> 01:22:06,944
I wanna know
how much you get paid.

1269
01:22:06,946 --> 01:22:08,410
Oh, come on.

1270
01:22:08,412 --> 01:22:11,182
How long are you gonna
freeze me out, huh?

1271
01:22:11,184 --> 01:22:12,915
I trusted you.

1272
01:22:12,917 --> 01:22:16,152
I don't know if you've noticed
this, but I don't do that.

1273
01:22:16,154 --> 01:22:18,088
And you have reminded me
why that is.

1274
01:22:18,090 --> 01:22:21,825
Lee, I took care
of your cat. I swear.

1275
01:22:21,827 --> 01:22:24,294
It was an accident,
and I feel awful.

1276
01:22:24,296 --> 01:22:25,594
We will continue
to work together

1277
01:22:25,596 --> 01:22:27,164
because I have
no other option.

1278
01:22:27,166 --> 01:22:28,397
But we are not friends,

1279
01:22:28,399 --> 01:22:30,033
and I don't think
we actually ever were.

1280
01:22:30,035 --> 01:22:31,535
Lee. Lee.

1281
01:22:31,537 --> 01:22:33,203
We will meet in public,

1282
01:22:33,205 --> 01:22:34,404
and you will
not fuck this up like

1283
01:22:34,406 --> 01:22:36,073
you fuck everything else
up in your life.

1284
01:22:36,075 --> 01:22:37,975
You will sell those papers,
you will get the money,

1285
01:22:37,977 --> 01:22:39,511
you will bring me a receipt.

1286
01:22:41,380 --> 01:22:43,683
I'll be back after the sale.

1287
01:22:53,492 --> 01:22:55,528
Aren't they fabulous?

1288
01:22:56,362 --> 01:22:58,898
I just know someone
is going to treasure them.

1289
01:23:04,269 --> 01:23:06,736
I need another one.

1290
01:23:06,738 --> 01:23:08,741
That's debatable.

1291
01:23:10,375 --> 01:23:11,711
How much do you want for them?

1292
01:23:12,377 --> 01:23:14,613
I was thinking $300, each.

1293
01:23:17,950 --> 01:23:20,086
Actually, do you have cash?

1294
01:23:24,857 --> 01:23:26,492
That's 500.

1295
01:23:26,892 --> 01:23:28,528
$600.

1296
01:23:29,827 --> 01:23:31,029
Thank you so much.

1297
01:23:39,237 --> 01:23:41,406
- Come on, right here.
- Mm-mmm.

1298
01:23:42,139 --> 01:23:44,842
No. I'm waiting for somebody.

1299
01:23:44,844 --> 01:23:46,243
It's clearly marked.

1300
01:23:46,245 --> 01:23:48,210
I'm pretty sure
they were stolen,

1301
01:23:48,212 --> 01:23:51,017
but I didn't want to ask.

1302
01:23:51,483 --> 01:23:53,350
She asked me to sell them
for her as a favor...

1303
01:23:53,352 --> 01:23:56,786
so, I said,
"Of course I will."

1304
01:23:56,788 --> 01:23:57,889
As a favor?

1305
01:23:59,123 --> 01:24:00,824
You don't accept a cut?

1306
01:24:00,826 --> 01:24:02,860
Well, a small one.

1307
01:24:02,862 --> 01:24:03,927
Very small.

1308
01:24:05,297 --> 01:24:06,933
You know what?

1309
01:24:11,336 --> 01:24:13,770
Oh, I got him. That's...

1310
01:24:17,710 --> 01:24:21,544
Lee Israel? I'm Agent Solanas.
This is Agent Doyle.

1311
01:24:21,546 --> 01:24:22,980
We're here to deliver
a subpoena

1312
01:24:22,982 --> 01:24:25,249
to appear before
a federal grand jury.

1313
01:24:25,251 --> 01:24:28,884
Your appearance is scheduled
for two weeks from today.

1314
01:24:28,886 --> 01:24:31,554
We've intercepted
your employee, Jack Hock.

1315
01:24:31,556 --> 01:24:32,923
He's cooperating,

1316
01:24:32,925 --> 01:24:35,292
as are the dealers
you've done business with.

1317
01:24:35,294 --> 01:24:36,625
Mr. Hock requests

1318
01:24:36,627 --> 01:24:37,960
that you do not try
to reach him

1319
01:24:37,962 --> 01:24:41,166
or telephone or harass him
in any way.

1320
01:24:42,300 --> 01:24:43,667
You are forbidden to destroy

1321
01:24:43,669 --> 01:24:46,872
any evidence
pertinent to this case.

1322
01:25:08,928 --> 01:25:09,996
Headache?

1323
01:25:11,029 --> 01:25:12,098
Awful.

1324
01:25:13,465 --> 01:25:15,234
Can't say I blame you.

1325
01:25:16,001 --> 01:25:18,771
Looking at this stuff,
it is pretty bad.

1326
01:25:20,005 --> 01:25:23,676
We're probably looking at
some time behind bars.

1327
01:25:26,478 --> 01:25:30,813
That said, these letters
are pretty incredible.

1328
01:25:30,815 --> 01:25:33,586
I especially enjoyed
the Louise Brooks.

1329
01:25:35,187 --> 01:25:37,122
Thank you.

1330
01:25:38,857 --> 01:25:40,691
Look, if you want me
to represent you...

1331
01:25:40,693 --> 01:25:41,959
there are a few things
you're going to

1332
01:25:41,961 --> 01:25:43,696
have to do before
appearing in court.

1333
01:25:44,263 --> 01:25:45,328
Like what?

1334
01:25:45,330 --> 01:25:46,629
Clean up your act.

1335
01:25:46,631 --> 01:25:48,964
First, you're getting a job.
Any kind of job.

1336
01:25:48,966 --> 01:25:50,834
Second, you're enrolling
in community service

1337
01:25:50,836 --> 01:25:52,668
to show just how
penitent you are.

1338
01:25:52,670 --> 01:25:55,237
What? What kind of service?

1339
01:25:55,239 --> 01:25:56,906
Something with children.

1340
01:25:56,908 --> 01:25:58,975
Ah, Jesus. No.

1341
01:25:58,977 --> 01:26:01,744
Animals, then.
Sick people, whatever.

1342
01:26:01,746 --> 01:26:05,484
You have to show that
you've turned over a new leaf.

1343
01:26:07,653 --> 01:26:09,188
And you've got to go to AA.

1344
01:26:17,095 --> 01:26:19,628
Can I ask you a question?

1345
01:26:19,630 --> 01:26:22,133
Everyone I sold to...

1346
01:26:24,803 --> 01:26:26,605
do you think they all know?

1347
01:26:28,873 --> 01:26:32,478
Yeah. They all probably know.

1348
01:26:33,278 --> 01:26:35,982
But right now, that's
the least of your worries.

1349
01:26:45,456 --> 01:26:46,690
She is seeking employment

1350
01:26:46,692 --> 01:26:49,325
with Scholastic Books
as a copy editor

1351
01:26:49,327 --> 01:26:50,627
and has already put in

1352
01:26:50,629 --> 01:26:53,030
over 40 hours
of community service

1353
01:26:53,032 --> 01:26:55,601
at a cat shelter.

1354
01:27:01,340 --> 01:27:02,972
Before I render my verdict,

1355
01:27:02,974 --> 01:27:04,941
have you,
in the last 24 hours,

1356
01:27:04,943 --> 01:27:07,643
used drugs, pills, alcohol...

1357
01:27:07,645 --> 01:27:09,378
anything that could
affect your ability

1358
01:27:09,380 --> 01:27:11,550
to understand what's going on?

1359
01:27:12,652 --> 01:27:13,783
Uh, no, ma'am.

1360
01:27:13,785 --> 01:27:14,851
Have you anything additionally

1361
01:27:14,853 --> 01:27:15,951
you'd like to say
to the court

1362
01:27:15,953 --> 01:27:17,822
before I offer your sentence?

1363
01:27:18,424 --> 01:27:19,926
Yes.

1364
01:27:26,765 --> 01:27:29,766
"I have been living in a state
of enormous guilt

1365
01:27:29,768 --> 01:27:33,736
"and anxiety for many months."

1366
01:27:33,738 --> 01:27:35,972
Not so much because

1367
01:27:35,974 --> 01:27:38,141
I felt like what
I was doing was wrong

1368
01:27:38,143 --> 01:27:44,446
but because I was just always
afraid of being found out.

1369
01:27:44,448 --> 01:27:48,685
I can't specifically say that
I regret any of my actions.

1370
01:27:48,687 --> 01:27:49,956
Lee.

1371
01:27:51,556 --> 01:27:53,858
I don't.

1372
01:27:57,162 --> 01:28:02,602
I mean, in many ways, this has
been the best time of my life.

1373
01:28:06,571 --> 01:28:10,807
I mean, it's the only time...

1374
01:28:10,809 --> 01:28:15,981
recently, that I can remember
being proud of my work.

1375
01:28:17,715 --> 01:28:20,883
But it wasn't really
my work, was it?

1376
01:28:20,885 --> 01:28:21,784
I mean...

1377
01:28:21,786 --> 01:28:25,954
if I had put in
my work...

1378
01:28:25,956 --> 01:28:31,830
then I would've been opening
myself up to criticism.

1379
01:28:34,198 --> 01:28:40,038
And I'm too much
of a coward to do that.

1380
01:28:44,844 --> 01:28:47,212
Then I lost my cat.

1381
01:28:49,346 --> 01:28:52,149
She was probably the only soul

1382
01:28:52,151 --> 01:28:54,987
that truly loved me.
Maybe ever.

1383
01:28:58,322 --> 01:29:00,490
And I lost my friend...

1384
01:29:00,492 --> 01:29:03,427
who may have been
an idiot, but he...

1385
01:29:03,429 --> 01:29:06,065
he tolerated me.

1386
01:29:06,799 --> 01:29:09,868
And he was nice
to have around.

1387
01:29:10,602 --> 01:29:14,139
And I think I have
realized that I am...

1388
01:29:16,675 --> 01:29:19,145
...not a real writer.

1389
01:29:21,446 --> 01:29:23,149
And that...

1390
01:29:24,015 --> 01:29:25,718
...I think, in the end, it...

1391
01:29:26,451 --> 01:29:30,689
...I would say,
was not worth it.

1392
01:29:32,690 --> 01:29:34,393
I would say that.

1393
01:29:36,295 --> 01:29:37,494
Uh...

1394
01:29:37,496 --> 01:29:40,763
"I will accept the judgment
of the court as valid

1395
01:29:40,765 --> 01:29:45,102
"and fulfill whatever sentence
I may receive...

1396
01:29:46,304 --> 01:29:49,741
"...with full understanding
that I have earned...

1397
01:29:51,542 --> 01:29:53,045
"...said punishment."

1398
01:30:00,652 --> 01:30:02,718
Lee Israel,
the court sentences you

1399
01:30:02,720 --> 01:30:04,353
to five years' probation

1400
01:30:04,355 --> 01:30:06,789
plus six months' house arrest.

1401
01:30:06,791 --> 01:30:08,691
You may only leave home to go

1402
01:30:08,693 --> 01:30:10,593
to and from your place
of employment,

1403
01:30:10,595 --> 01:30:11,928
your work in the community,

1404
01:30:11,930 --> 01:30:14,397
and to Alcoholics Anonymous
meetings.

1405
01:30:14,399 --> 01:30:17,633
You are not to leave the state
or consort with felons,

1406
01:30:17,635 --> 01:30:19,235
and you are to pay restitution

1407
01:30:19,237 --> 01:30:21,972
to your victims
within your means.

1408
01:30:21,974 --> 01:30:24,343
Thank you, Your Honor.

1409
01:30:32,350 --> 01:30:34,452
This is a good thing.

1410
01:30:35,353 --> 01:30:37,353
Very fair.

1411
01:30:37,355 --> 01:30:39,356
Mmm.

1412
01:30:39,358 --> 01:30:40,557
Good.

1413
01:30:40,559 --> 01:30:42,161
Yeah.

1414
01:30:46,764 --> 01:30:48,334
Mm-mmm.

1415
01:33:09,773 --> 01:33:12,075
Thanks for coming.

1416
01:33:12,077 --> 01:33:14,843
It was quite inconvenient.

1417
01:33:14,845 --> 01:33:16,381
I moved some meetings around.

1418
01:33:18,983 --> 01:33:21,417
Can I get you a drink?
I'm buying.

1419
01:33:22,587 --> 01:33:24,219
Not today.

1420
01:33:24,221 --> 01:33:29,526
My new meds make gin
taste like mouthwash.

1421
01:33:29,528 --> 01:33:31,630
Takes the fun out of it.

1422
01:33:34,165 --> 01:33:36,734
I guess you cut a deal?

1423
01:33:37,001 --> 01:33:38,968
Ratting on me worked out?

1424
01:33:38,970 --> 01:33:41,337
Three years' probation.

1425
01:33:41,339 --> 01:33:42,938
At least you're out and about.

1426
01:33:42,940 --> 01:33:44,341
So are you.

1427
01:33:44,343 --> 01:33:47,543
No. I'm at an AA meeting
on Tenth Street right now.

1428
01:33:49,614 --> 01:33:52,115
Criminals at large.

1429
01:33:52,117 --> 01:33:54,816
I can't imagine
what was so important

1430
01:33:54,818 --> 01:33:57,419
that Lee Israel
swallowed her pride

1431
01:33:57,421 --> 01:34:00,392
and asked to meet me,
so spit it out.

1432
01:34:03,495 --> 01:34:06,061
I've been thinking about
writing a new book.

1433
01:34:06,063 --> 01:34:09,464
About what happened, and...

1434
01:34:09,466 --> 01:34:12,602
what I did, and...

1435
01:34:12,604 --> 01:34:14,637
about you,
if you'll let me.

1436
01:34:14,639 --> 01:34:16,573
Like hell I will.

1437
01:34:16,575 --> 01:34:17,941
What will my boyfriend say

1438
01:34:17,943 --> 01:34:20,810
if he heard about
my shadier dealings?

1439
01:34:20,812 --> 01:34:23,012
I doubt our crimes even rank

1440
01:34:23,014 --> 01:34:25,781
on your top ten
of shady dealings.

1441
01:34:25,783 --> 01:34:27,482
Fair enough.

1442
01:34:27,484 --> 01:34:29,285
But I don't want a book
out there about me.

1443
01:34:29,287 --> 01:34:32,091
I'm a very private person.

1444
01:34:33,224 --> 01:34:37,593
I need to do something,
and I need to write again.

1445
01:34:37,595 --> 01:34:38,928
Mmm.

1446
01:34:38,930 --> 01:34:42,097
What about Fanny... Price?

1447
01:34:42,099 --> 01:34:45,103
God damn. It's Brice.

1448
01:34:46,738 --> 01:34:49,405
As terrifying
as it sounds, I...

1449
01:34:49,407 --> 01:34:52,443
I think I'm supposed
to be writing about us.

1450
01:34:54,947 --> 01:34:56,779
I'm still mad at you,
you know.

1451
01:34:56,781 --> 01:34:58,850
You treated me like shit.

1452
01:34:59,550 --> 01:35:01,719
I don't think you're
a very nice person, Lee.

1453
01:35:02,787 --> 01:35:04,456
I would agree with you.

1454
01:35:07,157 --> 01:35:09,892
I suppose you
might be mad at me as well.

1455
01:35:09,894 --> 01:35:13,728
Well, I mean, if you didn't
look so decrepit, I might be.

1456
01:35:13,730 --> 01:35:15,265
Yeah, well...

1457
01:35:15,267 --> 01:35:18,569
it was gonna catch up
to me eventually.

1458
01:35:19,703 --> 01:35:22,571
You did fuck your way
through Manhattan, I mean...

1459
01:35:25,108 --> 01:35:27,511
I'd like that on my tombstone.

1460
01:35:40,559 --> 01:35:42,294
Could you make me 29?

1461
01:35:44,496 --> 01:35:45,395
With perfect skin.

1462
01:35:45,397 --> 01:35:48,132
Don't make me
sound stupid. Hmm?

1463
01:35:57,142 --> 01:35:59,377
Thank you.

1464
01:36:06,283 --> 01:36:08,386
I'm late for a board meeting.

1465
01:36:09,121 --> 01:36:11,355
My driver's waiting.

1466
01:36:13,625 --> 01:36:15,924
Life of a millionaire.

1467
01:36:15,926 --> 01:36:18,563
What?

1468
01:36:21,733 --> 01:36:25,935
I had such an urge
to trip you just then.

1469
01:36:27,305 --> 01:36:29,340
Wow.

1470
01:36:36,113 --> 01:36:38,882
You're a horrid cunt, Lee.

1471
01:36:38,884 --> 01:36:41,553
You too, Jack.

1472
01:37:23,662 --> 01:37:26,428
Jack would not tell me
what story he'd cook up

1473
01:37:26,430 --> 01:37:29,699
to explain his possession
of the letters.

1474
01:37:29,701 --> 01:37:31,500
Nor would
he take any suggestions

1475
01:37:31,502 --> 01:37:33,802
from me about a backstory.

1476
01:37:33,804 --> 01:37:37,472
It didn't finally matter,
because he was succeeding.

1477
01:37:37,474 --> 01:37:40,308
He always got
the price he asked for.

1478
01:37:40,310 --> 01:37:42,878
His narratives,
whatever they were,

1479
01:37:42,880 --> 01:37:44,146
kept my rent paid

1480
01:37:44,148 --> 01:37:46,414
and his mouth full
of large, gorgeous,

1481
01:37:46,416 --> 01:37:49,084
extraordinarily white teeth.

1482
01:38:28,160 --> 01:38:30,860
I have a friend's
birthday coming up.

1483
01:38:30,862 --> 01:38:31,994
You know, he would love to own

1484
01:38:31,996 --> 01:38:33,462
that Dorothy Parker
in the window.

1485
01:38:33,464 --> 01:38:36,499
Ah. She's a beauty, isn't she?

1486
01:38:36,501 --> 01:38:39,502
Can I ask you how much
a letter like that runs?

1487
01:38:39,504 --> 01:38:42,370
We're asking 1,900,
framed and matted,

1488
01:38:42,372 --> 01:38:45,374
and it comes with
a letter of authenticity.

1489
01:38:45,376 --> 01:38:46,776
Does the letter
of authenticity

1490
01:38:46,778 --> 01:38:48,712
come with a letter
of authenticity?

1491
01:38:48,714 --> 01:38:49,811
No.

1492
01:38:49,813 --> 01:38:52,448
I can assure you
it's the real thing.

1493
01:38:52,450 --> 01:38:54,316
No one can write
like Miss Parker could.

1494
01:38:54,318 --> 01:38:57,355
Not before and not since.

1495
01:38:57,723 --> 01:39:00,789
My dear sir, I offer
my droopy salutations

1496
01:39:00,791 --> 01:39:02,191
from the great beyond.

1497
01:39:02,193 --> 01:39:05,194
I understand that you are
selling my personal letters

1498
01:39:05,196 --> 01:39:07,463
to the tune
of nearly two grand.

1499
01:39:07,465 --> 01:39:09,231
To think poor Lee Israel

1500
01:39:09,233 --> 01:39:10,834
received a tiny fraction
of that sum

1501
01:39:10,836 --> 01:39:14,670
when she sold them to someone,
who then sold them to you.

1502
01:39:14,672 --> 01:39:16,505
I dearly hope that this letter

1503
01:39:16,507 --> 01:39:18,074
will not affect
the selling price

1504
01:39:18,076 --> 01:39:20,409
of your valuable artifact.

1505
01:39:20,411 --> 01:39:22,244
As I most famously muttered

1506
01:39:22,246 --> 01:39:24,413
mere moments
after my cremation,

1507
01:39:24,415 --> 01:39:27,149
"Darling, excuse my dust."

1508
01:39:27,151 --> 01:39:29,955
Yours, Dorothy Parker.

1509
01:41:39,287 --> 01:41:41,383
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