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something different...

like The Wrong Man or Vertigo...

someone loses money.

So, we should stop trying

to give them something new?

You owe Paramount

one last picture, Hitch.

Now, can't you do something like

North by Northwest...

but for us this time,

instead of for MGM?

Psycho.

No one respects the name "Hi:41,672

I promise you.

Are you telling me "no," Barney?

I think you know me

better than that, Hitch.

You know what his family did

before they built those movie palaces?

Ran a grocery store.

My father ran a grocery store.

Exactly, that's what I'm saying.

He should show some respect.

They think I've lost my touch, Lew.

My association with television

has cheapened me.

Are you referring

to that deal I got you...

where Bristol-Myers pays you $29,000

an episode, and you own the negative?

That's my kind of cheap.

They just want the same thing

over and over and over.

They've put me in a coffin,

and now they're nailing down the lid.

Hitch, as your agent...

I will never let that happen.

How much do you think

you can make this picture for?

$800,000, give or take.

You're home early.

Oh!

It's lovely, actually.

Oh!

You know, I'm disappointed

you didn't give Whit's book a chance.

And what about Whit? Is he disappointed?

No, he knows you well enough.

Time for a new one, anyway.

Well, you better enjoy the pool, my dear,

while you can.

We might not have it much longer.

Why?

Paramount refuses to finance the movie.

Oh, Hitch, I'm so sorry.

Lew can't find the money.

At least, not fast enough.

Well, why not wait?

No.

We're just going

to have to go it alone, old girl.

Finance it ourselves.

Well, are we going to have to sell

the whole house, or just the pool?

I just want to do the film.

I'm going to ask you this once,

and I'll never mention it again.

Why this one, Hitch?

It's not just because

so many people are saying "no," is it?

Do you remember the fun we had

when we started out all those years ago?

We didn't have any money then, did we?

We didn't have any time, either.

But we took risks, do you remember?

We experimented.

We invented new ways

of making pictures...

because we had to.

I just want to feel...

that kind of... freedom again.

Like we used to, you know?

We are about to propose

a restructured deal for Psycho.

I'm listening.

We finance it.

Independently.

Hitch waives his directorial fee...

Paramount only distributes it...

in exchange for 40% of the profits.

But what exactly

is Paramount distributing?

Is this still a picture about a queer

killing people in his mother's dress?

is the reputation of Alfred Hitchcock.

Barney...

it's very simple.

This is Mister Hitchcock's next film.

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