The Barefoot Contessa Page #2

Now get out of here.

Right now. Get out

This is Madrid, in Spain,

not Sunset Boulevard

We flew from Rome in your

private plane, remember?

Then let her find her own way back

There must be other planes,

trains, buses. Give her some money

Is she changing? Then why

didn't you bring her with you?

- She don't sit with the customers

- You talked to her?

Through the door.

She opened it that wide

That fella in Rome was right.

Her English ain't bad

- Did you tell her what it was about?

- She knew. And she knew who you were

She don't sit at the

tables with the customers

One of the waiters tells me she's

got a reputation for not mingling

Do you suppose that, just this

once, you might have to go yourself?

This time, I want "you" to go

Sorry, my contract and the

bylaws of my various guilds

call for me to render my services

to you as a writer and a director

I'm not required to do

your... public relations

Look who's a candidate

for the Christopher Award

An ex-drunk who's

fallen on his face

in front of half of central casting

Shut up, Oscar

Now, this is as good a time as any

to get our relationship

straight, once and for all

You work for me. I pay you.

That means only one thing to me

whether you're a director or

a janitor in one of my plants:

I'm your boss

I'm also perfectly willing and able

to cancel this entire

production right now

Pay you off and write you off

The government will be

paying for most of it anyway

With Oscar's help,

I can let it be known

your script wasn't worth shooting

and that you were in

no condition to shoot it

Maybe you went off

the wagon. Who knows?

The majors aren't wanting you anyway

And if I can't afford you

as an independent, who can?

All that, just to meet a new face

All that, because I

want you to do what I say

even if it's picking up

my hat when I tell you to

Give me some money,

Oscar, to get back to Rome

I'll ad-lib the rest of the way

Why don't you come too, Harry?

You might as well put whisky in

that. And don't worry about your soul

You must have lost it at

some preview, a long time ago

Um...

Seorita Vargas?

Gracias

Seorita, your bare feet are showing

Now, I don't speak Spanish,

you don't speak english

so the only way we can

make any progress is to...

- I did not say to come in

- You did not say to stay out

- You did not actually say nothing

- Anything

Your English is very good

Where'd you learn it?

- This man, he is my cousin

- This man, he is your cousin

Did you come for the same reason

as the man with sweat on his face?

Yes. But, as you see, I

have no sweat on my face

Mr Edwards thought I

might persuade you...

I do not mingle with the customers

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