Big Movie Premiere: The Proposal
- Year:
- 2009
- 30 min
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Sh*t!
Andrew, hey.
Here you go. Your regular lattes.
Literally saved my life.
Thank you. Thank you.
- Everyone OK?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Me too.
Hello, Frank?
How`s my favourite writer?
Of course you`ve been thinking about
our talk because you know l`m right.
People in this country are busy,
broke, and hate to read.
They need someone to say,
``Hey! Don`t watch
CSI:
Indianapolis tonight.Read a book! Read Frank`s book.``
And that person is Oprah.
- Cuttin` it close.
- One of those mornings.
Thank you, Captain Obvious.
Sweet...
- Sorry.
-...Jesus!
Rub some dirt on it, brother.
Frank, the truth is
all A-plus novelists do publicity.
Roth, McCourt, Russo and...
Frank! Can I tell you what else
they have in common? A Pulitzer.
I need the shirt off your back.
Literally.
- You`re kidding, right?
- Yankees, Boston, this Tuesday,
two company seats for your shirt.
You have five seconds to decide.
- Five, four, three, two, one.
- I know...
Later.
Hello. Hello?
Morning. You have a
conference call in 30 minutes.
Yes. About the marketing
of the spring books. I know.
- Did you call... What`s her name?
The one with the ugly hands.
- Janet.
- Yes, Janet.
Yes. I did. I told her that if she
doesn`t get her manuscript in on time
you won`t give her a release date.
Your immigration lawyer called.
He said it`s imperative...
Cancel the call, push the meeting to
tomorrow, keep the lawyer on the sheets.
Get a hold of PR, have them
start drafting a press release.
- Wow. Nicely done.
If I want your praise,
I will ask for it.
Who is... Who is Jillian?
And why does she want me to call her?
- Well, that was originally my cup.
- And l`m drinking your coffee why?
Because your coffee spilled.
So, you drink unsweetened
cinnamon light soy lattes?
I do. It`s like Christmas in a cup.
- Is that a coincidence?
- lncredibly, it is.
I wouldn`t drink
the same coffee that you drink
just in case yours spilled.
That would be pathetic.
Morning. Miss Tate`s office.
Hey, Bob.
Actually, we`re headed
to your office right now. Yeah.
Why are we headed to Bob`s office?
Have you finished
the manuscript I gave you?
I read a few pages.
I wasn`t that impressed.
- Can I say something?
- No.
I`ve read thousands of manuscripts,
this is the only one l`ve given you.
There`s an incredible novel in there.
The kind of novel you used to publish.
Wrong. And I do think you
order the same coffee as I do
just in case you spill,
which is, in fact, pathetic.
- Or impressive.
- l`d be impressed
if you didn`t spill in the first place.
Remember, you`re a prop.
Won`t say a word.
Our fearless leader and her liege.
Please, do come in.
Beautiful breakfront. Is it new?
It is English Regency Egyptian
Revival, built in the 1 800s
but, yes, it is new to my office.
Witty. Bob, l`m letting you go.
Pardon?
I asked you a dozen times to get
Frank to do Oprah, and you didn`t do it.
You`re fired.
I have told you that is impossible.
Frank hasn`t done
an interview in 20 years.
That is interesting, because I just got
off the phone with him, and he is in.
- Excuse me?
- You didn`t even call him, did you?
- But...
- I know, I know.
Frank can be a little scary
to deal with. For you.
Now, I will give you two months
to find another job.
And then you can tell
everyone you resigned, OK?
- What`s his twenty?
- He`s moving. He has crazy eyes.
Don`t do it, Bob. Don`t do it.
You poisonous b*tch!
You can`t fire me!
You don`t think I see
what you`re doing here?
Sandbagging me on this Oprah thing
so that you can look good to the board?
Because you are threatened by me!
- And you are a monster.
- Bob, stop.
Just because you have no semblance
of a life outside of this office,
you think that you can treat all of us
like your own personal slaves.
You know what? I feel sorry for you.
Because you know what
you`re gonna have on your deathbed?
Nothing and no one.
Listen carefully, Bob.
I didn`t fire you
because I feel threatened. No.
lazy, entitled, incompetent
and you spend more time cheating
on your wife than you do in your office.
And if you say another word,
Andrew here is gonna
have you thrown out, OK?
Another word and you`re going
out of here with an armed escort.
Andrew will film it with
his camera phone
and he`ll put it
on that lnternet site.
- What was it?
- YouTube?
Exactly. Is that what you want?
Didn`t think so. I have work to do.
Have security take his breakfront
- and put it in my conference room.
- Will do.
I need you this weekend to help
review his files and his manuscript.
- This weekend?
- You have a problem with that?
No. I... just my
grandmother`s 90th birthday,
so I was gonna go home and...
It`s fine. I`ll cancel it.
You`re saving me from a weekend
of misery, so it`s... Good talk, yeah.
I know, I know. OK,
tell Gammy l`m sorry. OK? What...
Mom. What do you want me to tell you?
She`s making me work the weekend.
No, l`m not... no.
I`ve worked too hard for this
promotion to throw it all away.
I`m sure that Dad is pissed,
but we take all of our submissions
around here seriously.
We`ll get back to you as soon as we can.
- Was that your family?
- Yes.
- They tell you to quit?
Miss Tate`s office.
Yeah. OK. All right.
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