Life Page #4

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Oh, Dennis.

Hey.

What do we have to do exactly?

I mean, what do you mean,

"What do we have to do"?

We have to take some pictures.

It's like a photo essay.

Photo essay...

We tell a story with images, like you do

in movies, except this time it's about you,

and it's not a character.

Do I like the sound of that?

Jimmy, man, it's "Life"!

Come on.

That means no studio shots,

no lighting, none of that crap.

I know, I wanna help you.

Well, I'm helping you, man.

Yeah, I get that.

But I... I admit, I want to get them first.

That's exactly what I just told "Life".

The public, they gotta

get to know you a bit.

Yeah, I... I know. I'm just not sure how

much I want to speed up that process.

Well you just gotta trust my intentions.

Jimmy?

Ah... Dennis...

Look, I'm... I'm just lazy is all.

Man... I've got to go.

I'll call you.

Mr. Warner will be

with you in just a minute.

Mr Warner's office.

He's not available.

Oh, sh*t.

That's Warner Brothers?

You didn't know?

And this is, uh...

what, this is always here?

An exhibition

just for you, I'd say.

Oh, I thought this was

gonna be good news.

Jimmy.

It's so good to see you.

It's all beginning to happen.

We're very excited

with the final cut.

Yeah, looks good, right?

Roger here has got a

ton of stuff lined up for you.

Oh, a ton!

Sounds heavy.

We don't have any time, so there's

probably some ground rules

we need to go through.

Things that should've been clearer

from the start.

You're an intelligent boy, right?

It's a question.

Oh, uh...

Well, I think so.

I'm intelligent, right, Roger?

Huh... Hm.

John Barrymore,

Douglas Fairbanks,

Cagney, Bogart.

These were my actors,

you understand.

They followed certain rules.

Basic rules

for intelligent people.

Then I made all the decisions

that made them what they became.

I cleared the path,

you understand.

I hear Nicky Ray is

thinking of you for "Rebel".

Course, he's thinking

about a couple of others too.

I'm not sure we should emphasize

the rebel in you, Jimmy.

Whatever's gonna happen to you...

doesn't just happen by accident.

I had to work to get this.

Um, I'm going to get

better at interviews.

It's not about speaking

your mind, Jimmy.

If you're not a good boy...

I'm going to f*** you.

Till it hurts very much.

So do you wanna be working

back at the CBS parking garage?

So, what have we got

for Jimmy, Roger?

Uh...

How would you like to be a judge

at a bikini contest at Santa Monica?

Picks are gonna cover it,

six-page spread, lots of flesh.

We just want to see you out

and about for the next month.

Different situations.

Here, there.

High, low.

A lot to do before the Premiere.

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