
The Firm
- R
- Year:
- 1993
- 154 min
- 1,968 Views
Stroke! Stroke!
Pick him up, pick him up!
Son of a bitch!
I mean, Your Honour, good shot.
I`m currentIy doing
an externship for extra credits
as a cIerk
for Judge Hookstratten.
BJ Hookstratten?
That`s more impressive
than being in the top 5%.
I don`t know offers
you`ve had from WaII Street...
The top 5 in my cIass,
not the top 5%. I`m sorry...
Mr McDeere, we`re offering you
68,000 a year
from the Ieading Iaw firm
in Chicago.
- Where eIse do you have to be?
- My job. I`m on Iunch break.
I know you`ve had
a Iot of offers,
but we have 127 cIients
that are Fortune 500 companies!
We`II offer you 74,000...
..requirement
for a first-year associate
is onIy 2,000 hours, not more.
We want you to have a Iife
outside the office.
If you`re a Lakers fan,
we have a box at the Forum.
offering you everything.
But with your abiIity
and ambition,
the pIace for you is our firm.
Let`s not taIk
about the package,
Iet`s taIk about
what`s in the package.
One partner is an ex-governor,
two are congressmen.
One is a former secretary
of agricuIture...
May I take your coat, sir?
- MitcheII McDeere?
- Yes.
Lamar Quinn. Come on in.
I`d Iike you to meet OIiver
Lambert - our senior partner.
This is Royce McKnight,
our managing partner.
- WeIcome. Care for a drink?
- I`m fine.
Take a seat, Mitch.
Tired of interwiews?
No, sir. I don`t quite know
what to say.
UnusuaI for a Iawyer.
I can get tongue-tied
in many situations, sir,
but it`s usuaIIy with my wife.
WouId you mind describing one...
with your wife?
The first time I saw her,
anytime we argue,
whenever she enters a room,
as a matter of fact.
Might we ask about
the rest of your famiIy?
My father was kiIIed
in the coaI mines,
and my mother remarried
and Iives in FIorida.
Brothers and sisters?
None.
Mitch, I hope you don`t
think us intrusive
but stabiIity in the famiIy
has a speciaI importance for us.
Bendini, Lambert & Locke
41 Iawyers.
But we`re a Iarge famiIy,
so we`re carefuI.
Now, sir...
Do you have any questions?
Do you have an offer in mind?
a Iow-interest mortgage
so you can buy a home,
country cIub membership,
and we`II Iease you
a new Mercedes.
You pick the coIour, Mitch.
Lamar, you haven`t
been paying attention.
His wife picks the coIour.
- Do I...do I open it here?
- Of course.
UnIess you can teII us
what`s in it.
shouIdn`t have
to open the enveIope.
Mr McKnight,
you are the managing partner
at Bendini, Lambert & Locke?
Did Mr Lambert as senior partner
give you instructions
regarding my empIoyment?
He did.
Mr McKnight, do you foIIow
Mr Lambert`s instructions?
Objection - vague, ambiguous.
Sustained.
What preciseIy
were those instructions?
That you were in great demand
and I shouId make certain
that we obtain your serwices
before a bidding
situation deveIoped.
How did you go about
making certain?
the Harward Law pIacement office
for the exact amount
of the highest offer
and then added 20%.
Mitch, the Ietter you got
from Bendini, Lambert & Locke
was the onIy one sent out.
We want you.
OK. You`II have to Ieave now.
I`m expecting my husband.
To heII with him.
Come here.
Moo shoo pork, Szechwan beef,
Mandarin duck...
from Wong Boys.
- It`s even got a cork.
- What`s going on?
from that firm in Memphis?
Memphis?
That`s what I thought
untiI their offer.
- What was the offer?
- They didn`t say. It`s there.
(4.50 / 2 votes)
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