The Best Movie Ever Made
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The Best Movie Ever Made!" - Griffin Mill
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Hollywood's Dark Reality of Connections
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In Hollywood, it's not who you know, it's who you kill.
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The Truth Behind the Stories
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Everything you've heard is true!
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A Timely Reminder of Urgency
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Now more than ever!
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The Dark Side of Filmmaking
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Making movies can be murder.
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Traffic Delays and Frustrations
June Gudmundsdottir:
What took you so long?
Griffin Mill:
Traffic was a bitch.
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The Conflict Between Truth and Audience Reception
Bonnie Sherow: [After screening ''Habeas Corpus'' with its revised cast of famous actors and new happy ending]
How could you let him sell you out? What about truth? Reality?
Tom Oakley:
What about the way the old ending tested in Canoga Park? Everybody hated it. We reshot it. Now everybody loves it. That's reality.
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A Suggestion for a Getaway
Griffin Mill:
Let's go to Acapulco.
June Gudmundsdottir:
Is that the thing to do?
Griffin Mill:
It's a thing to do.
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The Harsh Reality of Innocence and Death
Tom Oakley: [Pitching ''Habeas Corpus'']
The DA Breaks into the prison, runs down death row, but he gets there too late. The gas pellets have been dropped. She's dead. I tell you, there's not a dry eye in the house.
Griffin Mill:
She's dead?
Tom Oakley:
She's dead. She's dead. Because that's the reality. The innocent die.
Griffin Mill:
Who's the DA?
Tom Oakley:
No one.
Griffin Mill:
No one?
Tom Oakley:
No stars on this project. We're going out on a limb on one.
Andy Civelli:
You know, like unknown stage actors or maybe somebody English like what's-his-name.
Griffin Mill:
Why?
Tom Oakley:
Why? This story is too damned important to risk being overwhelmed by personality. That's fine for action pictures, but this is special. We want real people. We don't want people coming with any preconceived notions.
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Concise Storytelling in Film Discussion
Griffin Mill:
So, what's the story?
Walter Stuckel:
Twenty-five words or less? Okay. Movie exec calls writer. Writer's girlfriend says he's at the movies. Exec goes to the movies, meets writer, drinks with writer. Writer gets conked and dies in four inches of dirty water. Movie exec is in deep shit. What do you think?
Griffin Mill:
That's more than 25 words and it's bullshit.
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Detective's Humor in Movie Conversation
Detective Susan Avery:
Mr. Mill, have you been going to detective school?
Griffin Mill:
No, actually, we're doing a... a movie right now, called Lonely Room, and Scott Glenn plays a detective much like yourself.
Detective Susan Avery:
Is he a black woman?
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Pasadena's Distinction from Los Angeles Arrests
Griffin Mill: [Asked to look at police mug shots]
Um, no. I - I mean, I - You're putting me in a terrible position here. I would - I would hate to get the wrong person arrested.
Detective Susan Avery:
Oh, please! This is Pasadena. We do not arrest the wrong person. That's L.A.!
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Business Deals at an AA Meeting
Larry Levy:
I'll be there right after my AA meeting.
Griffin Mill:
Oh Larry, I didn't realize you had a drinking problem.
Larry Levy:
Well I don't really, but that's where all the deals are being made these days.
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Elements for Successful Film Marketing
Griffin Mill:
It lacked certain elements that we need to market a film successfully.
June Gudmundsdottir:
What elements?
Griffin Mill:
Suspense, laughter, violence. Hope, heart, nudity, sex. Happy endings. Mainly happy endings.
June Gudmundsdottir:
What about reality?
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The Value of Time Over Entertainment
June Gudmundsdottir:
I don't go to movies.
Griffin Mill:
Why not?
June Gudmundsdottir:
Life is too short.
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Confronting Criticism Directly
Malcolm McDowell:
Griffin? Griffin! Hi, how are you? Listen: the next time you want to badmouth me, have the courage to do it to my face. You guys are all the same.
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Preference for Words Over Complete Sentences
June Gudmundsdottir:
I like words and letters, but I'm not crazy about complete sentences.
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Discussing Topics Beyond Hollywood in Conversation
Griffin Mill:
Can we talk about something other than Hollywood for a change? We're educated people.
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Commentary on Film Trends and Remakes
Griffin Mill: [after watching [[Bicycle Thieves|The Bicycle Thief]
Great movie, huh? So refreshing to see something like this after all these... cop movies and, you know, things we do. Maybe we'll do a remake of this!
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Preference for Proper Glassware
Griffin Mill:
This is a red wine glass. Can I have my water in a water glass?
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Eliminating Writers from the Artistic Process
Griffin Mill:
I was just thinking what an interesting concept it is to eliminate the writer from the artistic process. If we could just get rid of these actors and directors, maybe we've got something here.
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