1
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I swear she's older than my mom.

2
00:00:58,852 --> 00:01:00,979
Fucking kill me if I'm
still doing this at her age.

3
00:01:03,481 --> 00:01:06,359
Kill you now
if you ask me nicely.

4
00:01:08,486 --> 00:01:10,256
You know we're not allowed
to eat or drink in here.

5
00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:11,280
Yeah.

6
00:01:11,364 --> 00:01:13,491
Oh, fuck off.

7
00:01:13,575 --> 00:01:15,243
What did you say?

8
00:01:15,326 --> 00:01:18,121
Uh, I believe I said,
"Oh, fuck off."

9
00:01:19,456 --> 00:01:20,582
Pack up.

10
00:01:23,668 --> 00:01:25,128
I'm almost finished

11
00:01:25,211 --> 00:01:26,963
- with this document.
- Now.

12
00:02:26,564 --> 00:02:28,066
Ugh.

13
00:03:03,184 --> 00:03:04,394
Psst-psst.

14
00:03:05,728 --> 00:03:07,438
Come on.

15
00:03:16,614 --> 00:03:18,741
Since when did you get picky?

16
00:03:18,825 --> 00:03:19,826
Hmm?

17
00:03:41,639 --> 00:03:42,640
Hey, taxi!

18
00:04:07,415 --> 00:04:09,083
Oh, thank you.

19
00:04:13,087 --> 00:04:15,673
But then there was nobody left,

20
00:04:15,757 --> 00:04:19,260
and I was standing by myself.

21
00:04:19,344 --> 00:04:21,471
And how long until
your next book will come out?

22
00:04:21,554 --> 00:04:23,681
Good question. Uh...

23
00:04:23,765 --> 00:04:25,683
Well, this is a surprise.

24
00:04:25,767 --> 00:04:27,769
You invited me, did you not?

25
00:04:27,852 --> 00:04:29,604
You didn't reply.

26
00:04:29,687 --> 00:04:31,230
Coat check?

27
00:04:31,314 --> 00:04:33,691
At my party, we just threw
the coats on the bed.

28
00:04:34,692 --> 00:04:36,235
Good to see you, too, Lee.

29
00:04:36,319 --> 00:04:38,738
You never called me back,
and I...

30
00:04:38,821 --> 00:04:40,698
I have new ideas.

31
00:04:40,782 --> 00:04:42,200
Is this why you came?

32
00:04:43,242 --> 00:04:45,578
- Yeah.
- Well, I'm glad you're here.

33
00:04:45,662 --> 00:04:46,788
Try to have a good time.

34
00:04:46,955 --> 00:04:50,416
I like interviews.
Don't get me wrong.

35
00:04:50,500 --> 00:04:54,796
I just wish that you could
get it all done at once.

36
00:05:04,847 --> 00:05:05,974
Did you read it? It was...

37
00:05:06,057 --> 00:05:07,767
I haven't missed
a day of writing

38
00:05:07,850 --> 00:05:10,311
for the past 25 years.

39
00:05:10,395 --> 00:05:12,313
And do you ever
have trouble beginning?

40
00:05:12,397 --> 00:05:15,692
I don't subscribe to
the notion of writer's block.

41
00:05:15,775 --> 00:05:17,485
You never experience it?

42
00:05:17,568 --> 00:05:18,736
Writer's block is a term

43
00:05:18,820 --> 00:05:20,571
invented by the
writing community

44
00:05:20,738 --> 00:05:22,615
to justify their laziness.

45
00:05:22,782 --> 00:05:23,842
My success
is nothing more than

46
00:05:23,866 --> 00:05:25,466
that I have the determination
and stamina

47
00:05:25,535 --> 00:05:27,328
to sit and get the work done.

48
00:05:27,495 --> 00:05:29,998
- It's simple.
- Jackass.

49
00:05:30,164 --> 00:05:32,417
I mean, I find his distaste

50
00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:35,336
for linear plot structure
downright macabre.

51
00:05:58,651 --> 00:06:00,987
Well, that was quick.
Did you get properly fed?

52
00:06:01,070 --> 00:06:02,947
This week,
will you return my call?

53
00:06:03,031 --> 00:06:05,033
Sure. We'll see.

54
00:06:05,116 --> 00:06:07,577
I'm working on a lot
of fascinating projects.

55
00:06:07,660 --> 00:06:10,580
I just need my agent
to call me back.

56
00:06:10,663 --> 00:06:12,248
I don't think the world
is waiting

57
00:06:12,331 --> 00:06:14,709
for another Fanny Brice
biography, Lee.

58
00:06:14,792 --> 00:06:16,127
And we may disagree

59
00:06:16,210 --> 00:06:18,755
on what is considered
fascinating.

60
00:06:19,756 --> 00:06:20,756
Good night.

61
00:06:21,674 --> 00:06:24,177
Why do you have mostly-used
toilet paper rolls

62
00:06:24,260 --> 00:06:25,720
in the cabinet in your bathroom?

63
00:06:27,263 --> 00:06:29,724
So that the guests
can have a full roll.

64
00:06:30,641 --> 00:06:32,560
Well, that's batshit, Marjorie.

65
00:06:43,488 --> 00:06:46,491
I lost my ticket,
but that's my coat over there.

66
00:06:46,574 --> 00:06:48,367
There on the end.

67
00:06:53,122 --> 00:06:55,249
Have a good night, ma'am.

68
00:07:19,398 --> 00:07:21,317
<i>You'll be a very rich man.</i>

69
00:07:33,121 --> 00:07:34,580
<i>We'll talk about
it in a few years.</i>

70
00:07:34,664 --> 00:07:36,999
<i>I want to talk about it now!</i>

71
00:07:37,083 --> 00:07:38,523
There are lots
of things to consider.

72
00:07:38,584 --> 00:07:40,002
After all,
they are first cousins.

73
00:07:40,294 --> 00:07:41,629
Well, that's not unusual,

74
00:07:41,712 --> 00:07:43,607
our grandmother and grandfather
were first cousins.

75
00:07:43,631 --> 00:07:45,133
Yes, and look at us.

76
00:07:51,973 --> 00:07:53,724
Here, Jersey girl.

77
00:07:53,808 --> 00:07:56,811
I brought your favorite.
I brought you shrimpy.

78
00:07:56,894 --> 00:07:58,604
Hmm? Come on.
It's your favorite.

79
00:08:01,774 --> 00:08:06,487
<i>Very well. I assure you,
Oscar, I will think about it...</i>

80
00:08:12,660 --> 00:08:15,580
So, you still have a balance,
Miss Israel.

81
00:08:15,663 --> 00:08:17,665
Yeah, I'm aware of that.

82
00:08:17,748 --> 00:08:21,544
But she's really sick
and she's very old.

83
00:08:21,627 --> 00:08:23,212
I'm sorry,
but the doctor told me that

84
00:08:23,296 --> 00:08:24,731
I need to have at least
half the balance

85
00:08:24,755 --> 00:08:26,132
before I do any tests.

86
00:08:27,925 --> 00:08:29,969
Didn't you people take
a Hippocratic oath?

87
00:08:30,136 --> 00:08:32,513
You owe us $82.

88
00:08:32,597 --> 00:08:34,891
God. Wow.

89
00:08:44,609 --> 00:08:46,652
You know, if she did come
out here, she'd see this.

90
00:08:52,992 --> 00:08:55,411
All right, I have $14.

91
00:08:55,578 --> 00:08:57,788
I'm sorry, but I can't.

92
00:09:00,374 --> 00:09:01,751
No, we need half the balance.

93
00:09:21,270 --> 00:09:22,563
God...

94
00:09:22,647 --> 00:09:23,731
Asshole.

95
00:09:35,326 --> 00:09:37,453
Okay. Just these.

96
00:09:39,038 --> 00:09:42,250
Come on, man. I schlepped
these all the way here.

97
00:09:42,333 --> 00:09:43,960
I'll give you two dollars.

98
00:09:44,043 --> 00:09:45,962
I don't want the others.

99
00:09:46,045 --> 00:09:47,380
I don't even need that much.

100
00:09:47,463 --> 00:09:49,674
I just don't want to carry
them around anymore.

101
00:09:49,882 --> 00:09:51,592
I got a sick cat, and I...

102
00:09:51,676 --> 00:09:53,427
I told you
I don't want the others.

103
00:09:53,511 --> 00:09:55,221
There's people waiting.

104
00:09:55,304 --> 00:09:58,057
You know, you don't have
to be so disrespectful.

105
00:09:58,140 --> 00:10:00,601
Okay? You have actually
carried my books here.

106
00:10:01,894 --> 00:10:02,895
And you are?

107
00:10:03,104 --> 00:10:05,147
I'm Lee Israel.

108
00:10:05,231 --> 00:10:07,858
Oh, Miss Israel.
We have copies

109
00:10:07,942 --> 00:10:09,735
of your latest work
right over there.

110
00:10:13,406 --> 00:10:14,699
You're a rude little ape.

111
00:10:14,782 --> 00:10:15,783
Okay, get your garbage

112
00:10:15,866 --> 00:10:17,368
- off my counter.
- No!

113
00:10:32,967 --> 00:10:34,760
- Miss Israel?
- Hi, Andrei.

114
00:10:34,969 --> 00:10:36,470
It's been three months.

115
00:10:36,554 --> 00:10:38,806
I know. I'm sorry.
I'm working on it.

116
00:10:38,889 --> 00:10:40,474
I don't want to call
the management.

117
00:10:41,684 --> 00:10:44,770
Can you just cut me
a little slack? I'm...

118
00:10:44,854 --> 00:10:47,648
going through a rough patch,
and I just lost my job.

119
00:10:47,732 --> 00:10:49,567
I think it was ageism.

120
00:10:49,650 --> 00:10:51,235
You've been here
longer than I have,

121
00:10:51,319 --> 00:10:53,696
and you've been
kind to my mother.

122
00:10:55,114 --> 00:10:57,533
Just get it to me soon.
I will.

123
00:10:57,616 --> 00:10:59,368
Absolutely. Thank you.

124
00:11:01,746 --> 00:11:03,664
Uh, hey, in the meantime,

125
00:11:03,748 --> 00:11:05,624
do you think you could send
an exterminator

126
00:11:05,708 --> 00:11:07,126
up to my apartment?

127
00:11:07,209 --> 00:11:09,545
I have an untenable
fly situation.

128
00:11:36,530 --> 00:11:38,366
Good afternoon, darling.

129
00:11:38,449 --> 00:11:40,451
Hey, Jack Handsome.

130
00:11:40,534 --> 00:11:42,078
Can I have a beer,
pretty please?

131
00:11:42,244 --> 00:11:43,954
I don't know. Can you?

132
00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:52,922
Lee Israel?

133
00:11:55,674 --> 00:11:57,510
It's Jack Hock.

134
00:11:57,593 --> 00:11:59,929
Last time I saw you...
Thank you.

135
00:12:00,012 --> 00:12:02,056
We were both pleasantly pissed

136
00:12:02,139 --> 00:12:03,599
at some horrible book party.

137
00:12:03,682 --> 00:12:04,682
Am I right?

138
00:12:04,767 --> 00:12:07,645
It's slowly flooding back to me.

139
00:12:07,728 --> 00:12:08,813
Hey, what can I get you?

140
00:12:08,896 --> 00:12:11,273
You're friends with,
um, Julia some...

141
00:12:11,357 --> 00:12:12,733
- Steinberg!
- Yeah.

142
00:12:12,900 --> 00:12:15,152
She's not an
agent anymore. She died.

143
00:12:15,319 --> 00:12:17,446
She did? Jesus, that's young.

144
00:12:17,613 --> 00:12:19,323
Maybe she didn't die.

145
00:12:19,407 --> 00:12:21,867
Maybe she just moved back
to the suburbs.

146
00:12:21,951 --> 00:12:23,494
I always confuse those two.

147
00:12:23,577 --> 00:12:24,787
No, that's right.

148
00:12:24,870 --> 00:12:26,622
She got married and had twins.

149
00:12:26,705 --> 00:12:27,915
Better to have died.

150
00:12:28,082 --> 00:12:29,333
Indeed.

151
00:12:35,131 --> 00:12:36,891
I've just come from having
my teeth bleached.

152
00:12:36,966 --> 00:12:38,175
How do they look?

153
00:12:38,342 --> 00:12:39,927
Why would you do that?

154
00:12:40,010 --> 00:12:41,804
Oh, teeth are a dead giveaway.

155
00:12:42,721 --> 00:12:44,765
Okay.
Can I buy you a drink?

156
00:12:45,266 --> 00:12:46,809
Even though
you're the posh writer?

157
00:12:46,934 --> 00:12:48,477
- Thank you.
- Craigy?

158
00:12:48,561 --> 00:12:49,562
- Top her up.
- Yeah?

159
00:12:51,605 --> 00:12:53,566
You know,
I keep trying to remember

160
00:12:53,649 --> 00:12:56,235
that party that you mentioned.

161
00:12:56,318 --> 00:12:58,779
And something keeps
flashing in my head.

162
00:12:58,863 --> 00:12:59,989
I know something happened,

163
00:13:00,072 --> 00:13:02,491
but I can't seem
to put my finger on it.

164
00:13:02,575 --> 00:13:04,118
Bad shrimp?

165
00:13:04,952 --> 00:13:07,580
- Jack Hock, you said, huh?
- Here you go.

166
00:13:08,622 --> 00:13:11,375
That's me.
The renegade, the rebel.

167
00:13:11,459 --> 00:13:13,335
Jack Hock, big cock.

168
00:13:14,962 --> 00:13:16,338
I'm sure
it'll come back to me.

169
00:13:18,591 --> 00:13:21,135
How's old life
been treating you?

170
00:13:21,218 --> 00:13:22,470
I can honestly boast

171
00:13:22,553 --> 00:13:24,430
that I'm banned from
Crosby Street Booksellers.

172
00:13:27,766 --> 00:13:30,227
I'm banned from Duane Reade.

173
00:13:30,311 --> 00:13:31,979
All of them.

174
00:13:32,062 --> 00:13:34,023
I have a little
shoplifting problem.

175
00:13:34,106 --> 00:13:36,775
Well, it's all in the past,
but, uh...

176
00:13:36,859 --> 00:13:40,779
but for some reason,
I have a very memorable mug.

177
00:13:40,863 --> 00:13:42,490
And now I have to take a bus

178
00:13:42,573 --> 00:13:46,285
just to buy shampoo
and aspirin and stuff.

179
00:13:47,953 --> 00:13:52,249
I'm joking. Duane Reade's
not the only rodeo in town.

180
00:13:53,250 --> 00:13:54,585
You pissed in a closet.

181
00:13:54,668 --> 00:13:58,506
- I did what?
- You pissed in a closet.

182
00:13:59,507 --> 00:14:00,966
Now I remember.

183
00:14:01,050 --> 00:14:02,259
Nobody could stop talking

184
00:14:02,343 --> 00:14:04,053
about the handsome
English gentleman...

185
00:14:04,136 --> 00:14:05,136
Why, thank you.

186
00:14:05,262 --> 00:14:07,431
...who was so shit-faced

187
00:14:07,515 --> 00:14:10,601
he mistook the coat
closet for the can.

188
00:14:11,602 --> 00:14:13,896
You ruined thousands
of dollars' worth of furs.

189
00:14:13,979 --> 00:14:15,314
Well, I...

190
00:14:15,397 --> 00:14:20,152
Those old biddies didn't know
what hit 'em.

191
00:14:22,863 --> 00:14:26,534
Oh, their disgusting furs
covered in piss.

192
00:14:26,617 --> 00:14:28,953
Dogs followed them home.

193
00:14:36,001 --> 00:14:38,379
I'm glad somebody
found it amusing.

194
00:14:38,462 --> 00:14:41,423
Some folks stopped talking
to me after that night.

195
00:14:41,507 --> 00:14:44,176
Well, fuck 'em.
Cheers.

196
00:14:48,639 --> 00:14:50,391
So, do you work, Jack Hock?

197
00:14:50,474 --> 00:14:51,850
Oh, this and that.

198
00:14:51,934 --> 00:14:53,060
Mostly that.

199
00:14:53,978 --> 00:14:56,105
I happen to have
some very nice cocaine,

200
00:14:56,188 --> 00:14:57,273
if you're interested.

201
00:14:57,356 --> 00:14:59,275
No, I'm not.

202
00:14:59,358 --> 00:15:01,238
Oh, Jesus, it's not like
I have it all the time.

203
00:15:01,277 --> 00:15:03,028
Boy's gotta do
what a boy's gotta do.

204
00:15:03,112 --> 00:15:05,322
Anyways,
who are you to judge?

205
00:15:05,406 --> 00:15:07,166
It's four in the afternoon,
and you're drunk.

206
00:15:07,366 --> 00:15:08,617
I'm hardly drunk.

207
00:15:08,742 --> 00:15:10,286
Mmm?

208
00:15:10,369 --> 00:15:12,871
It's not "anyways,"
it's "anyway."

209
00:15:13,914 --> 00:15:16,792
Anyways, let's keep drinking.

210
00:15:16,875 --> 00:15:17,876
The day is young.

211
00:15:25,134 --> 00:15:26,135
Hey!

212
00:15:31,056 --> 00:15:33,225
You getting off
at the next stop?

213
00:15:34,059 --> 00:15:36,604
79th. And you?

214
00:15:36,687 --> 00:15:38,272
Yeah, I'll get out there.

215
00:15:38,355 --> 00:15:39,898
Works for me.

216
00:15:42,568 --> 00:15:44,403
I think I saw you
at Zabar's once.

217
00:15:44,486 --> 00:15:46,113
You were shouting at someone.

218
00:15:46,196 --> 00:15:48,657
They have terrible
customer service.

219
00:15:48,741 --> 00:15:50,743
I shopped there for years.

220
00:15:52,161 --> 00:15:54,455
They've really great bread.

221
00:16:01,879 --> 00:16:03,464
Oh, it's delicious.

222
00:16:04,798 --> 00:16:06,216
It's really good.

223
00:16:06,300 --> 00:16:07,885
So good.

224
00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:12,222
Oh, my.
That's the guy.

225
00:16:12,306 --> 00:16:13,307
Who?

226
00:16:13,599 --> 00:16:15,851
That's the asshole
from Crosby Street Bookseller.

227
00:16:15,934 --> 00:16:17,353
No.

228
00:16:17,519 --> 00:16:20,522
- What are the odds of that?
- Oh, I love the way you smell.

229
00:16:22,733 --> 00:16:24,860
Pen and paper.
Quick, quick, quick.

230
00:16:24,943 --> 00:16:26,028
Why?

231
00:16:28,489 --> 00:16:31,283
Come on.
I've got... Hang on. I...

232
00:16:48,175 --> 00:16:50,302
- Got it!
- Shh!

233
00:16:58,352 --> 00:17:00,270
This is me.

234
00:17:00,354 --> 00:17:01,563
Nice place.

235
00:17:01,647 --> 00:17:05,275
Used to be a lot nicer.
How about you?

236
00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:06,985
Couple of blocks along.

237
00:17:09,655 --> 00:17:10,781
Well...

238
00:17:12,574 --> 00:17:15,327
Jack, this was not unpleasant.

239
00:17:15,411 --> 00:17:17,037
See you tomorrow?

240
00:17:17,663 --> 00:17:18,872
You shall.

241
00:18:38,744 --> 00:18:40,496
<i>"Lee, today was to have been</i>

242
00:18:40,579 --> 00:18:42,247
<i>"the</i> Esquire <i>shoot with Spence.</i>

243
00:18:42,331 --> 00:18:44,500
"Difficult days, these.

244
00:18:44,583 --> 00:18:47,795
"Thank you for your sympathy
and understanding.

245
00:18:47,878 --> 00:18:49,797
"Ever yours, Kate.

246
00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:53,801
"P.S. Forgive the splotches.
All tears lately."

247
00:18:53,884 --> 00:18:57,054
What a lovely apology.

248
00:18:58,764 --> 00:19:01,767
This is very special.
Why would you part with it?

249
00:19:02,476 --> 00:19:03,685
Clutter.

250
00:19:03,769 --> 00:19:05,938
You know, I'm not
a very sentimental gal.

251
00:19:06,021 --> 00:19:07,856
Handwritten even.

252
00:19:07,940 --> 00:19:09,525
You're the Lee Israel?

253
00:19:09,608 --> 00:19:11,652
Jesus, is there another one?

254
00:19:11,735 --> 00:19:14,154
I've read your biographies.

255
00:19:14,238 --> 00:19:16,365
- Have you?
- You're a wonderful writer.

256
00:19:16,448 --> 00:19:18,200
Thank you.

257
00:19:18,283 --> 00:19:20,702
You might want
to remind my publisher.

258
00:19:20,869 --> 00:19:22,871
Well, her letters usually have

259
00:19:22,955 --> 00:19:24,373
the intimacy of a phone book,

260
00:19:24,456 --> 00:19:27,084
but this one is really nice.

261
00:19:27,251 --> 00:19:29,920
How does $175 sound?

262
00:19:30,003 --> 00:19:31,839
Sounds terrific.

263
00:19:41,265 --> 00:19:44,059
I rang you.
You didn't ring me back.

264
00:19:44,142 --> 00:19:45,561
Should I take it personally?

265
00:19:45,686 --> 00:19:46,728
Well, why wouldn't you?

266
00:19:46,812 --> 00:19:48,021
I'd never get out of bed.

267
00:19:48,188 --> 00:19:50,357
Then luckily for me, you did.

268
00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:52,109
I'm coming over to join you.

269
00:19:52,276 --> 00:19:55,445
I'm not good at reading
social cues.

270
00:19:56,697 --> 00:19:58,365
Uh, scotch and soda, Craig,

271
00:19:58,532 --> 00:20:01,076
- and I'll buy his next one.
- You got it.

272
00:20:01,159 --> 00:20:02,703
Mmm, things are looking up.

273
00:20:02,786 --> 00:20:04,621
Aren't you writing a new book?

274
00:20:04,705 --> 00:20:05,706
About Fanny Brice.

275
00:20:05,873 --> 00:20:06,915
Who?

276
00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,376
Fanny Brice.

277
00:20:09,459 --> 00:20:11,753
Just the greatest vaudeville
comedian of her time.

278
00:20:13,338 --> 00:20:15,382
You sure you're a fag?

279
00:20:15,549 --> 00:20:17,426
Mm-hmm.

280
00:21:32,584 --> 00:21:34,294
Hmm.

281
00:21:44,596 --> 00:21:47,849
Just recently found out
that my cousin, Sidney,

282
00:21:48,058 --> 00:21:51,395
was in possession of this
delightful bonne bouche.

283
00:21:51,478 --> 00:21:54,731
And I just thought that
you might be interested in it.

284
00:21:54,815 --> 00:21:58,026
Fanny Brice.
One of my favorites.

285
00:21:58,110 --> 00:21:59,945
I'm writing a new
biography about her.

286
00:22:00,028 --> 00:22:01,738
Well, what a funny
coincidence then,

287
00:22:01,822 --> 00:22:03,198
that your cousin had this.

288
00:22:05,659 --> 00:22:08,620
Didn't she say, "Wrong is for
other people"? I love that.

289
00:22:08,704 --> 00:22:10,455
She did say that.

290
00:22:13,792 --> 00:22:16,169
So, what do you think?

291
00:22:16,253 --> 00:22:17,796
I believe I can sell this.

292
00:22:17,879 --> 00:22:20,674
I could give you $75.

293
00:22:20,757 --> 00:22:22,259
Oh. Uh...

294
00:22:22,342 --> 00:22:24,302
I could give more
for better content.

295
00:22:24,386 --> 00:22:26,263
It's a bit bland is all.

296
00:22:26,346 --> 00:22:28,223
True.

297
00:22:28,348 --> 00:22:30,726
Um, well, do you think
you could pay in cash?

298
00:22:30,809 --> 00:22:32,811
Oh. Let me see if I have enough.

299
00:22:33,812 --> 00:22:36,023
I'm glad to hear you're writing
another book.

300
00:22:36,106 --> 00:22:38,025
I'll be the first to buy it.

301
00:22:39,735 --> 00:22:42,029
Did you hear Tom Clancy
is getting paid

302
00:22:42,112 --> 00:22:43,238
three million dollars

303
00:22:43,405 --> 00:22:45,365
to write more right-wing
macho bullshit?

304
00:22:45,449 --> 00:22:46,867
Are you kidding me?

305
00:22:46,950 --> 00:22:49,244
That blowhard's getting
three million dollars?

306
00:22:49,327 --> 00:22:50,787
Oh, to be a white male

307
00:22:50,871 --> 00:22:53,331
that doesn't even know
he's full of crap, right?

308
00:22:53,498 --> 00:22:57,169
I've tried to write a little.
Short stories.

309
00:22:57,252 --> 00:22:59,713
I know better than to presume
they're any good.

310
00:22:59,796 --> 00:23:02,466
Oh, I can't believe
I just admitted that.

311
00:23:02,549 --> 00:23:04,009
I'm sure they're terrible.

312
00:23:04,176 --> 00:23:05,886
They might be.

313
00:23:07,304 --> 00:23:09,306
Or they might not be.

314
00:23:09,389 --> 00:23:10,891
You know, I could take a look.

315
00:23:12,142 --> 00:23:13,226
Really?

316
00:23:13,310 --> 00:23:15,187
I'll be honest.

317
00:23:15,270 --> 00:23:17,189
Unfortunately, I believe you.

318
00:23:17,272 --> 00:23:18,690
$75.

319
00:23:21,902 --> 00:23:23,612
- Ms. Israel!
- I hear they got Tom Clancy

320
00:23:23,695 --> 00:23:24,905
three million dollars

321
00:23:24,988 --> 00:23:27,532
to write some more
red-baiting propaganda.

322
00:23:27,616 --> 00:23:30,452
Lee, my morning has been
long enough already.

323
00:23:30,535 --> 00:23:32,204
He's a fraud.

324
00:23:32,287 --> 00:23:33,330
What's your point?

325
00:23:33,413 --> 00:23:36,083
He was drinking sherry
at your party.

326
00:23:36,166 --> 00:23:38,293
No self-respecting writer
would drink sherry.

327
00:23:38,418 --> 00:23:40,045
Oh, Lord, Lee.

328
00:23:40,295 --> 00:23:41,655
I need you to get me
a book advance

329
00:23:41,713 --> 00:23:43,548
on my Fanny Brice book.

330
00:23:43,632 --> 00:23:45,425
I need you to get
ten thousand dollars.

331
00:23:45,509 --> 00:23:48,512
I'm months behind in my rent,
and my cat is sick.

332
00:23:48,595 --> 00:23:50,573
And isn't this the exact reason
that I have an agent?

333
00:23:50,597 --> 00:23:52,933
I can't get you an advance
like that, Lee. I just can't.

334
00:23:53,391 --> 00:23:55,227
Give me one reason
why that cocky shit

335
00:23:55,352 --> 00:23:56,512
gets three million dollars...

336
00:23:56,645 --> 00:23:58,605
and you can't get me
ten thousand?

337
00:23:58,688 --> 00:23:59,898
Are you that bad of an agent?

338
00:24:00,190 --> 00:24:02,359
Toni, could you please
close the door?

339
00:24:02,442 --> 00:24:06,154
Ms. Israel and I have some
sensitive business to discuss.

340
00:24:06,321 --> 00:24:07,697
Yeah, God forbid
you have to hear

341
00:24:07,781 --> 00:24:09,991
an adult conversation, Toni!

342
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:11,701
I'll give you three reasons.

343
00:24:11,785 --> 00:24:14,955
Number one,
Tom Clancy is famous.

344
00:24:15,122 --> 00:24:17,040
Here we go!

345
00:24:17,124 --> 00:24:19,543
Yes, you have written a couple
of successful biographies

346
00:24:19,709 --> 00:24:20,895
and you've managed to disappear

347
00:24:20,919 --> 00:24:22,504
behind your subject matter,

348
00:24:22,587 --> 00:24:25,298
but because of that,
nobody knows who you are!

349
00:24:25,382 --> 00:24:27,134
Because I'm doing my job.

350
00:24:27,300 --> 00:24:28,300
Number two,

351
00:24:28,343 --> 00:24:30,137
Tom Clancy does
every radio show.

352
00:24:30,220 --> 00:24:33,140
He does <i>Larry King.</i>
He goes to every book signing.

353
00:24:33,223 --> 00:24:34,391
He plays the game.

354
00:24:34,558 --> 00:24:36,518
Meanwhile, you have destroyed

355
00:24:36,601 --> 00:24:38,520
every bridge
I have built for you.

356
00:24:38,603 --> 00:24:41,523
See, that is beside the point.
I am doing good writing!

357
00:24:41,690 --> 00:24:44,818
Number three, nobody wants
a book about Fanny Brice.

358
00:24:44,985 --> 00:24:49,239
There is nothing new or sexy
about Fanny Brice.

359
00:24:49,322 --> 00:24:51,158
I couldn't get you a $10 advance

360
00:24:51,241 --> 00:24:52,951
for a book about Fanny Brice.

361
00:24:55,579 --> 00:24:58,456
I had a book on the
<i>New York Times</i> bestseller list.

362
00:24:59,457 --> 00:25:02,711
That has to count for something.

363
00:25:07,174 --> 00:25:10,177
Lee, I have known
you a long time,

364
00:25:10,260 --> 00:25:13,388
and believe me,
it hurts to say this to you.

365
00:25:13,471 --> 00:25:15,807
Tell me what to do then,
Marjorie.

366
00:25:15,891 --> 00:25:17,851
I have to do something.

367
00:25:17,934 --> 00:25:18,935
I'll take anything.

368
00:25:19,019 --> 00:25:21,188
Magazine pieces,
cracker box copy.

369
00:25:21,271 --> 00:25:25,192
Okay. Okay.
You have two options.

370
00:25:26,651 --> 00:25:28,111
You either become
a nicer person,

371
00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:31,406
you put on a clean shirt,
you stop drinking,

372
00:25:31,489 --> 00:25:33,241
you say "please"
and "thank you."

373
00:25:33,325 --> 00:25:35,619
Oh, God. Give me
a fucking break, please.

374
00:25:35,785 --> 00:25:38,705
Well, clearly that's
not going to happen.

375
00:25:38,788 --> 00:25:41,041
Or you can take
the time to go out

376
00:25:41,124 --> 00:25:43,126
and make a name for yourself.

377
00:25:43,293 --> 00:25:45,712
And then maybe, maybe,

378
00:25:45,795 --> 00:25:48,840
I can get you paid
for your work again.

379
00:25:48,924 --> 00:25:51,801
And how is it that I'm supposed
to do that, Marjorie?

380
00:25:51,885 --> 00:25:53,762
I'm a 51-year-old woman

381
00:25:53,845 --> 00:25:56,014
who likes cats
better than people.

382
00:25:57,015 --> 00:25:59,476
Not exactly hot and sexy,
as you like to say.

383
00:25:59,768 --> 00:26:01,561
Write your book
in your own voice.

384
00:26:01,645 --> 00:26:04,147
Well, you've been threatening
to do it for 10 years.

385
00:26:04,314 --> 00:26:06,399
I'd love to, Marjorie.

386
00:26:06,483 --> 00:26:08,568
Except that I have bills to pay.

387
00:26:08,735 --> 00:26:10,528
And not everybody
has an ex-husband

388
00:26:10,612 --> 00:26:13,073
who left them a
Classic Six on the Park!

389
00:26:16,076 --> 00:26:19,079
You can be an asshole
when you're famous,

390
00:26:19,162 --> 00:26:20,872
but as an unknown,

391
00:26:20,956 --> 00:26:23,959
you can't be such a bitch, Lee.

392
00:26:25,001 --> 00:26:27,045
Nobody is going to pay

393
00:26:27,128 --> 00:26:30,799
for the writer
Lee Israel right now.

394
00:26:30,882 --> 00:26:33,385
My suggestion to you
is you go out there

395
00:26:33,468 --> 00:26:36,346
and you find another way
to make a living.

396
00:27:18,888 --> 00:27:19,888
Hmm.

397
00:27:34,738 --> 00:27:36,031
<i>"P.S.</i>

398
00:27:37,073 --> 00:27:41,369
<i>"I have a new grandkid,
and he got my old nose.</i>

399
00:27:41,536 --> 00:27:42,996
<i>"Do I have to leave him</i>

400
00:27:43,163 --> 00:27:45,081
<i>"an extra something
for repairs?"</i>

401
00:28:03,641 --> 00:28:06,227
Yeah, I can definitely get
a lot more for this one.

402
00:28:06,311 --> 00:28:09,314
I mean, the P.S.
makes it priceless.

403
00:28:11,566 --> 00:28:14,110
How does $350 sound?

404
00:28:16,905 --> 00:28:19,366
So, one of each, twice a day,
in her food.

405
00:28:19,449 --> 00:28:21,743
The infection will probably
go away in a day or two,

406
00:28:21,826 --> 00:28:23,328
but keep giving her the pills.

407
00:28:23,411 --> 00:28:24,871
It'll stabilize her.

408
00:28:30,627 --> 00:28:32,921
And here,
your mom needed some milk.

409
00:28:33,088 --> 00:28:35,006
Thank you, Miss Israel.

410
00:28:35,090 --> 00:28:37,801
You're welcome.
Your hair looks nice today.

411
00:28:37,884 --> 00:28:40,053
Oh, no, no, no.

412
00:28:40,136 --> 00:28:41,576
Are you still having
insect problems?

413
00:28:41,721 --> 00:28:44,015
Yeah, it's awful. I mean,
there's dead flies everywhere.

414
00:28:44,099 --> 00:28:45,308
I'm going to take care of it.

415
00:28:46,184 --> 00:28:47,310
Thanks.

416
00:29:50,123 --> 00:29:51,499
<i>My dear Billy...</i>

417
00:29:51,583 --> 00:29:53,543
<i>I fear I must
decline your invitation</i>

418
00:29:53,626 --> 00:29:56,713
<i>as this weekend heralds
the arrival of Marlene.</i>

419
00:29:56,796 --> 00:29:58,673
<i>The canny old kraut remains</i>

420
00:29:58,756 --> 00:30:00,467
<i>one of my most cherished friends</i>

421
00:30:00,550 --> 00:30:02,969
<i>despite her predisposition
to whining</i>

422
00:30:03,052 --> 00:30:05,346
<i>ad nauseam
about her aging process</i>

423
00:30:05,430 --> 00:30:07,223
<i>as though she were
the first gorgeous lady</i>

424
00:30:07,307 --> 00:30:09,184
<i>undone by Father Time.</i>

425
00:30:09,267 --> 00:30:10,518
<i>Ever yours, Noël.</i>

426
00:31:59,502 --> 00:32:00,502
Welcome.

427
00:32:00,962 --> 00:32:02,547
Good afternoon.

428
00:32:03,256 --> 00:32:04,340
Um...

429
00:32:04,424 --> 00:32:05,967
I'm aware that you sell

430
00:32:06,050 --> 00:32:08,720
memorabilia and first editions.

431
00:32:08,803 --> 00:32:11,848
Is that also for typed,
signed letters?

432
00:32:12,056 --> 00:32:13,474
Yes, all of that.

433
00:32:13,558 --> 00:32:14,976
What can I do for you?

434
00:32:19,564 --> 00:32:23,526
Wondering if these might be
of interest to you?

435
00:32:39,083 --> 00:32:41,753
These are wonderful.
Yes, I'd be very interested.

436
00:32:45,548 --> 00:32:47,842
My cousin was a collector.

437
00:32:47,925 --> 00:32:50,386
He's asked me to help sell
some of his treasures

438
00:32:50,470 --> 00:32:52,472
so he can afford
the early bird specials

439
00:32:52,555 --> 00:32:53,640
in Palm Beach.

440
00:32:53,723 --> 00:32:56,476
Hard to find letters
that have a real...

441
00:32:56,559 --> 00:32:59,354
taste of the
author's personality,

442
00:32:59,437 --> 00:33:01,230
but these do just that.

443
00:33:01,314 --> 00:33:03,816
Yes. I thought so, too.

444
00:33:03,941 --> 00:33:06,611
He's a very, very clever man.

445
00:33:07,487 --> 00:33:09,614
I can give you $200 for them.
How does that sound?

446
00:33:11,949 --> 00:33:14,230
I'm afraid I can probably get
double that elsewhere, so...

447
00:33:14,369 --> 00:33:15,620
Okay.

448
00:33:15,703 --> 00:33:17,789
You're probably right.

449
00:33:17,872 --> 00:33:19,082
Name your price.

450
00:33:22,168 --> 00:33:23,920
$400 seems fair.

451
00:33:25,672 --> 00:33:26,673
Okay.

452
00:33:32,178 --> 00:33:33,179
Um...

453
00:33:33,262 --> 00:33:34,889
Do you happen to have cash?

454
00:33:34,972 --> 00:33:37,600
My cousin has closed
all of his banking accounts.

455
00:33:37,684 --> 00:33:38,976
It's complicated.

456
00:33:39,227 --> 00:33:41,229
I think I've got it.

457
00:33:45,858 --> 00:33:48,903
And please, if you come across
anything else, bring it in.

458
00:33:48,986 --> 00:33:51,823
I've got high-end clients
who come in frequently,

459
00:33:51,906 --> 00:33:56,119
or I'll call them if I have
something I know they'll like.

460
00:33:56,577 --> 00:33:57,745
Sure thing.

461
00:33:57,912 --> 00:34:00,081
In fact, I have a buyer
who actually knew Mr. Coward.

462
00:34:00,248 --> 00:34:02,166
He's gonna love these.

463
00:34:02,250 --> 00:34:03,876
Really?

464
00:34:04,419 --> 00:34:05,628
Wonderful.

465
00:34:09,465 --> 00:34:10,465
Okay, then.

466
00:34:15,054 --> 00:34:16,139
Crosby Street.

467
00:34:16,222 --> 00:34:17,682
<i>I'm looking
for the tall guy.</i>

468
00:34:17,765 --> 00:34:18,683
<i>The book buyer.</i>

469
00:34:18,766 --> 00:34:19,766
This is he.

470
00:34:19,851 --> 00:34:21,394
Oh, hello, thank God!

471
00:34:21,477 --> 00:34:24,689
This is Lillian Schuster
from the fourth floor.

472
00:34:24,814 --> 00:34:26,190
There's been an emergency.

473
00:34:26,274 --> 00:34:27,567
The building's on fire!

474
00:34:27,734 --> 00:34:29,694
Oh, God!

475
00:34:29,777 --> 00:34:32,029
Can you get in?
Can you get into the building?

476
00:34:32,113 --> 00:34:33,448
- My dog is in there.
<i>- No!</i>

477
00:34:33,614 --> 00:34:36,242
There's flames coming out
of your window right now.

478
00:34:40,204 --> 00:34:41,289
That was very enjoyable.

479
00:34:41,372 --> 00:34:42,415
Go, go, go!

480
00:34:42,498 --> 00:34:43,666
You do a very good voice.

481
00:34:43,750 --> 00:34:45,168
Oh!

482
00:34:45,251 --> 00:34:46,961
You know what,
I got no jingle in my jeans.

483
00:34:47,044 --> 00:34:48,045
You got a token?

484
00:34:50,339 --> 00:34:54,093
This is a celebratory
drinking session,

485
00:34:54,177 --> 00:34:55,928
and not a wallowing one.

486
00:34:56,012 --> 00:34:58,222
It's hard to tell the
difference with you.

487
00:34:58,306 --> 00:34:59,432
No offense.

488
00:35:01,017 --> 00:35:04,520
I have figured out a way
to pay my bills

489
00:35:04,604 --> 00:35:06,439
without shoveling shit.

490
00:35:06,522 --> 00:35:08,566
And it is a good feeling.

491
00:35:08,649 --> 00:35:10,359
Well, chin-chin.

492
00:35:11,569 --> 00:35:13,529
You going to tell me how?

493
00:35:13,613 --> 00:35:15,823
No. You'd be too scandalized.

494
00:35:15,907 --> 00:35:17,283
Oh, my!

495
00:35:17,366 --> 00:35:19,577
You clearly don't know me
very well.

496
00:35:19,660 --> 00:35:21,454
Some things

497
00:35:21,537 --> 00:35:23,289
are just better kept to oneself,

498
00:35:23,372 --> 00:35:26,042
even if they are brilliant.

499
00:35:26,125 --> 00:35:28,878
Come on! Spill the beans!

500
00:35:32,173 --> 00:35:33,299
Oh, God.

501
00:35:35,676 --> 00:35:36,886
Can you keep a secret?

502
00:35:36,969 --> 00:35:40,014
I have no one to tell.
All my friends are dead.

503
00:35:41,724 --> 00:35:46,187
Quite by accident,
I find myself in a rather...

504
00:35:46,270 --> 00:35:47,438
criminal position.

505
00:35:47,522 --> 00:35:51,567
I can't fathom
what criminal activity

506
00:35:51,651 --> 00:35:52,902
you could possibly involve in,

507
00:35:52,985 --> 00:35:54,254
except a crime of fashion,
of course.

508
00:35:54,278 --> 00:35:57,406
I'm embellishing...

509
00:35:57,490 --> 00:35:59,534
documents, if you will.

510
00:35:59,617 --> 00:36:01,494
Are you forging checks?

511
00:36:01,577 --> 00:36:02,620
No.

512
00:36:02,703 --> 00:36:05,289
Literary letters
by prominent writers.

513
00:36:05,373 --> 00:36:08,668
Not checks, not money,
just letters?

514
00:36:08,751 --> 00:36:12,255
You're not understanding
the world of elite...

515
00:36:12,338 --> 00:36:15,383
collectible, literary artifacts.

516
00:36:15,466 --> 00:36:17,510
I suppose not.
But how thrilling

517
00:36:17,593 --> 00:36:20,388
to be forging pieces of paper
that go where?

518
00:36:20,471 --> 00:36:21,556
Libraries?

519
00:36:21,639 --> 00:36:23,599
No, I am selling to collectors.

520
00:36:23,683 --> 00:36:25,142
How much are
you getting for them?

521
00:36:25,226 --> 00:36:27,019
I don't know why I told you.

522
00:36:27,103 --> 00:36:28,855
It's a waste of a secret.

523
00:36:28,938 --> 00:36:30,040
I should have gone out there

524
00:36:30,064 --> 00:36:31,524
and gotten a rock
and told the rock,

525
00:36:31,607 --> 00:36:33,276
'cause I'd get
a better response.

526
00:36:33,359 --> 00:36:35,278
Who else have
you told about this?

527
00:36:37,655 --> 00:36:39,215
You're not the only one
without friends.

528
00:36:40,658 --> 00:36:43,119
No. I remember you had someone.

529
00:36:43,202 --> 00:36:44,912
We broke up.
She was a pain in my ass.

530
00:36:44,996 --> 00:36:45,997
Why?

531
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:48,040
Because she wanted things.

532
00:36:48,124 --> 00:36:49,458
Like what? Money?

533
00:36:49,542 --> 00:36:50,543
No.

534
00:36:50,626 --> 00:36:53,087
She wanted me to listen
to her troubles,

535
00:36:53,170 --> 00:36:55,256
and become closer
with her friends

536
00:36:55,339 --> 00:36:57,633
and shit like that.

537
00:36:57,717 --> 00:36:59,260
The nerve.

538
00:37:01,470 --> 00:37:05,308
I haven't been in a relationship
for years.

539
00:37:06,183 --> 00:37:08,936
It's very hard to meet
someone at my age.

540
00:37:09,020 --> 00:37:10,354
I'm losing my hair.

541
00:37:10,438 --> 00:37:12,648
I don't think that's the reason.

542
00:37:16,611 --> 00:37:18,446
Wasn't this, uh...

543
00:37:18,529 --> 00:37:21,532
One line here was particularly
clever, don't you think?

544
00:37:21,699 --> 00:37:24,577
It's wonderful.
I love his writing.

545
00:37:24,660 --> 00:37:28,164
And Dorothy Parker as well.
Caustic wit, you know?

546
00:37:28,247 --> 00:37:29,790
Caustic wit is my religion.

547
00:37:29,874 --> 00:37:33,419
I can't carry it off.
You certainly can.

548
00:37:33,502 --> 00:37:35,582
Doesn't help too much in
the relationship department.

549
00:37:35,630 --> 00:37:37,381
I'm sure that's not true.

550
00:37:40,343 --> 00:37:42,345
Okay, shall we settle up?

551
00:37:42,428 --> 00:37:43,512
Yeah.

552
00:37:48,726 --> 00:37:50,686
I know. Cash.

553
00:37:59,070 --> 00:38:00,696
This has my number.

554
00:38:00,780 --> 00:38:03,532
Well, the number of the store.

555
00:38:04,825 --> 00:38:06,786
If you're ever
in the neighborhood,

556
00:38:06,869 --> 00:38:09,705
and, you know, want to get
a drink or coffee sometime.

557
00:38:13,626 --> 00:38:14,627
Sounds good.

558
00:38:16,337 --> 00:38:17,630
I would like that.

559
00:38:35,982 --> 00:38:37,149
You look like shit.

560
00:38:37,233 --> 00:38:38,359
Oh, ditto.

561
00:38:44,740 --> 00:38:47,243
You are looking
at one month's rent.

562
00:38:50,538 --> 00:38:51,539
Who's Marlene?

563
00:38:52,915 --> 00:38:54,709
It's Marlene.

564
00:38:54,792 --> 00:38:56,877
God, I don't know why
I bother showing you anything.

565
00:38:56,961 --> 00:38:58,087
How much did you get?

566
00:38:59,255 --> 00:39:00,589
I got $400 for two.

567
00:39:00,756 --> 00:39:02,508
That's a little more
than I just made.

568
00:39:02,675 --> 00:39:04,510
What?

569
00:39:04,593 --> 00:39:06,220
I just sold a little coke.

570
00:39:07,388 --> 00:39:09,140
Right here? To whom?

571
00:39:09,223 --> 00:39:11,767
Some fool. Mostly laxative.
Just left.

572
00:39:11,851 --> 00:39:13,185
You know what? Do me a favor

573
00:39:13,269 --> 00:39:14,746
and keep me away
from your seedy dealings.

574
00:39:14,770 --> 00:39:16,772
Hello, ladies.

575
00:39:16,856 --> 00:39:18,399
I resent that.

576
00:39:19,275 --> 00:39:21,402
Mmm. May I ask...

577
00:39:21,485 --> 00:39:23,487
...how sweet your
cinnamon roll is?

578
00:39:23,654 --> 00:39:25,781
It's perfect.

579
00:39:25,906 --> 00:39:27,324
If you don't like it,
I'll eat it.

580
00:39:27,408 --> 00:39:28,701
Oh.

581
00:39:31,328 --> 00:39:32,413
Yeah, I'll have a coffee.

582
00:39:32,538 --> 00:39:34,290
Oh.

583
00:39:34,373 --> 00:39:36,500
'Course I can.
And can you warm it up?

584
00:39:40,254 --> 00:39:42,548
How are you gonna eat it
with his dick in your mouth?

585
00:39:42,631 --> 00:39:43,758
First things first.
Hmm.

586
00:39:44,216 --> 00:39:46,135
God, you're shameless.

587
00:39:46,218 --> 00:39:47,720
He started it.

588
00:39:47,803 --> 00:39:49,263
Oh, help yourself.

589
00:39:49,388 --> 00:39:50,514
Okay.

590
00:39:51,515 --> 00:39:53,893
So, now we've both
got some money.

591
00:39:53,976 --> 00:39:55,019
What are we gonna do?

592
00:39:55,728 --> 00:39:56,728
What do you mean?

593
00:39:57,146 --> 00:39:59,732
Gamble? Shop? Drink?

594
00:39:59,815 --> 00:40:00,855
I don't suppose you dance?

595
00:40:00,983 --> 00:40:05,071
Unlike you, I prefer to put
my money to good use.

596
00:40:05,154 --> 00:40:07,406
Like buying groceries
or securing shelter.

597
00:40:07,573 --> 00:40:09,658
I just thought
we should do something.

598
00:40:09,742 --> 00:40:11,494
I mean, life is dreary.

599
00:40:27,927 --> 00:40:29,303
Let's go sit down.

600
00:40:48,531 --> 00:40:50,032
Thank you.

601
00:40:50,116 --> 00:40:52,368
This next song goes out

602
00:40:52,451 --> 00:40:54,411
to all the agoraphobic junkies

603
00:40:54,495 --> 00:40:56,831
who couldn't be here tonight.

604
00:40:56,914 --> 00:40:58,499
We don't have to stay long.

605
00:40:58,582 --> 00:41:00,543
One drink?

606
00:41:00,626 --> 00:41:02,419
Yeah, I like it. It's good.

607
00:41:03,671 --> 00:41:04,922
Scotch and soda?

608
00:41:05,005 --> 00:41:06,005
Well, I'm here.

609
00:41:17,893 --> 00:41:19,728
- Two scotch and sodas, please.
- You got it.

610
00:41:38,205 --> 00:41:39,623
Sing it!

611
00:42:30,132 --> 00:42:32,259
No, it's not worth half that.

612
00:42:32,343 --> 00:42:33,886
Really, a very fair price.

613
00:42:34,470 --> 00:42:35,888
Here is the signature.

614
00:42:35,971 --> 00:42:38,474
This is a $60 book.

615
00:42:38,557 --> 00:42:40,809
Really worth probably
about $150.

616
00:42:41,769 --> 00:42:43,020
Oh, baby, I hope

617
00:42:43,103 --> 00:42:44,688
they've got some booze.

618
00:42:44,772 --> 00:42:47,775
They most certainly
do not have booze.

619
00:42:47,858 --> 00:42:50,069
Maybe you can find some coke.

620
00:42:51,028 --> 00:42:52,363
How much is that?

621
00:42:52,696 --> 00:42:53,864
$200.

622
00:42:55,449 --> 00:42:57,576
How do you know
he really signed it?

623
00:42:58,827 --> 00:43:00,079
It's authenticated.

624
00:43:00,329 --> 00:43:03,123
- By whom?
- By an authenticator.

625
00:43:03,207 --> 00:43:05,167
Silly twat.

626
00:43:06,794 --> 00:43:08,545
Oh, look, cards.

627
00:43:11,423 --> 00:43:13,342
- Hello.
- Hi.

628
00:43:13,425 --> 00:43:14,510
Hey, Carl.

629
00:43:15,261 --> 00:43:16,262
Hi.

630
00:43:17,179 --> 00:43:19,890
- Such a hoot, isn't he?
- Brilliant.

631
00:43:19,974 --> 00:43:21,558
Such a hoot.

632
00:43:21,642 --> 00:43:22,977
Oh!

633
00:43:23,060 --> 00:43:25,271
Take a look at this beauty.

634
00:43:25,354 --> 00:43:27,940
I just got this one in.

635
00:43:29,149 --> 00:43:31,026
Dorothy Parker.

636
00:43:32,319 --> 00:43:33,946
Wow.

637
00:43:34,029 --> 00:43:35,447
I was born 30 years too late.

638
00:43:35,531 --> 00:43:37,866
I feel the same way.

639
00:43:38,033 --> 00:43:39,660
How much is that?

640
00:43:39,743 --> 00:43:41,954
Oh, that...

641
00:43:42,037 --> 00:43:44,498
We're not buying.
We're just looking today.

642
00:43:44,581 --> 00:43:47,042
No problem.
I am asking $600.

643
00:43:47,126 --> 00:43:49,003
Wow!

644
00:43:52,298 --> 00:43:54,091
But if you are tempted,

645
00:43:54,174 --> 00:43:55,551
make sure you do
your homework.

646
00:43:55,634 --> 00:43:59,930
Not all of the other dealers
are as discerning as we are.

647
00:44:00,014 --> 00:44:01,181
Oh?

648
00:44:01,265 --> 00:44:04,643
Some care more than others
about getting the real thing.

649
00:44:06,812 --> 00:44:10,357
Just in case,
who should we look out for?

650
00:44:11,817 --> 00:44:13,193
That one.

651
00:44:13,277 --> 00:44:14,445
The bowtie?

652
00:44:15,779 --> 00:44:18,532
I'd stay away from him.

653
00:44:18,615 --> 00:44:20,451
You run your mouth too much.

654
00:44:20,534 --> 00:44:21,910
- What'd I say?
- Too much.

655
00:44:21,994 --> 00:44:24,079
Oh, good.
He's almost finished.

656
00:44:24,163 --> 00:44:25,289
Let's go to your place.

657
00:44:25,372 --> 00:44:26,415
- Come on.
- Finally.

658
00:44:26,498 --> 00:44:28,375
Those flies are
driving me crazy.

659
00:44:40,971 --> 00:44:43,432
Oh! It smells horrible.

660
00:44:43,515 --> 00:44:46,018
I'll come back when
it's cleaned up.

661
00:44:47,353 --> 00:44:49,313
What's going on in there?

662
00:44:49,396 --> 00:44:51,440
What? Nothing.

663
00:44:51,523 --> 00:44:52,733
It smells really bad.

664
00:44:52,816 --> 00:44:54,860
Yeah, do you think I'm deaf?

665
00:44:54,943 --> 00:44:56,528
I heard them.

666
00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:01,283
Jesus, I'll do some
straightening.

667
00:45:09,458 --> 00:45:11,168
I don't mind, Lee.
Come on.

668
00:45:11,251 --> 00:45:13,337
Let me in.
I'll come and help you.

669
00:45:38,487 --> 00:45:39,988
Oh, my God!

670
00:45:48,622 --> 00:45:49,915
Oh, God.

671
00:45:54,420 --> 00:45:55,963
That's the last of it.

672
00:45:57,714 --> 00:45:58,882
Ugh.

673
00:45:58,966 --> 00:46:00,509
I need a break.

674
00:46:10,894 --> 00:46:11,979
<i>Hello?</i>

675
00:46:12,062 --> 00:46:14,189
Hello? Elaine?

676
00:46:14,273 --> 00:46:15,941
<i>Who is this?</i>

677
00:46:16,024 --> 00:46:17,151
Who is this?

678
00:46:17,317 --> 00:46:19,528
<i>You called me.</i>

679
00:46:19,611 --> 00:46:21,238
What is your name?

680
00:46:21,321 --> 00:46:22,448
<i>What's your name?</i>

681
00:46:22,531 --> 00:46:24,491
Harrison fucking Ford.

682
00:46:24,575 --> 00:46:26,118
Who the hell are you?

683
00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:38,505
<i>Roush Agency.</i>

684
00:46:38,589 --> 00:46:40,466
Yes, is Marjorie there?

685
00:46:40,549 --> 00:46:42,301
Lee Israel calling.

686
00:46:42,384 --> 00:46:44,678
<i>I'm sorry.
She's unavailable right now.</i>

687
00:46:44,761 --> 00:46:46,305
Oh, I see.

688
00:46:46,388 --> 00:46:49,141
Will you please leave
word for her that I called?

689
00:46:49,224 --> 00:46:50,267
Thank you.

690
00:46:57,065 --> 00:46:58,859
<i>Roush Agency.</i>

691
00:46:58,942 --> 00:47:01,361
Yes, I have Nora Ephron calling.

692
00:47:01,445 --> 00:47:03,614
<i>Certainly, one moment.</i>

693
00:47:03,697 --> 00:47:04,948
<i>Nora, hello.</i>

694
00:47:05,032 --> 00:47:06,408
Is this a good time?

695
00:47:06,492 --> 00:47:08,785
<i>Of course it is.
So wonderful to hear from you.</i>

696
00:47:08,869 --> 00:47:10,287
You star fucker!

697
00:47:10,370 --> 00:47:11,830
Is that one word or two?

698
00:47:21,131 --> 00:47:22,758
Who's Elaine?

699
00:47:25,761 --> 00:47:27,638
None of your business.

700
00:47:32,351 --> 00:47:34,311
Came out well.
Don't you think?

701
00:47:34,561 --> 00:47:35,854
Lovely.

702
00:47:37,606 --> 00:47:40,067
Okay, Miss Parker,
that will be $35.50.

703
00:47:45,948 --> 00:47:46,949
<i>Dear Joshua,</i>

704
00:47:47,032 --> 00:47:48,742
<i>Alan told me to write
and apologize.</i>

705
00:47:48,825 --> 00:47:52,329
<i>I have a hangover
that is a real museum piece.</i>

706
00:47:52,496 --> 00:47:54,915
<i>I'm sure I must have
said something terrible.</i>

707
00:47:54,998 --> 00:47:57,543
<i>To save me this kind
of exertion in the future,</i>

708
00:47:57,626 --> 00:47:58,794
<i>I am thinking of having</i>

709
00:47:58,877 --> 00:48:00,546
<i>little letters run off, saying</i>

710
00:48:00,629 --> 00:48:03,215
<i>"Can you ever forgive me?
Dorothy."</i>

711
00:48:03,298 --> 00:48:04,591
<i>But until I do that,</i>

712
00:48:04,675 --> 00:48:07,594
<i>can you ever forgive me?
Dorothy.</i>

713
00:48:14,017 --> 00:48:14,893
<i>Dearest Ralph.
Dear friend.</i>

714
00:48:14,977 --> 00:48:16,311
<i>Dear Timothy.
Dear Germaine...</i>

715
00:48:16,395 --> 00:48:18,564
<i>Gertrude Stein was right
about the roses,</i>

716
00:48:18,647 --> 00:48:20,899
<i>but she was
all wet about California.</i>

717
00:48:20,983 --> 00:48:23,318
<i>She said there
was no "there," there.</i>

718
00:48:23,402 --> 00:48:25,112
<i>Well, I'm here
to tell you there is.</i>

719
00:48:25,195 --> 00:48:27,239
<i>Yours, Dorothy Parker.</i>

720
00:48:27,322 --> 00:48:29,408
<i>Dear Edith,
that terrible old fart...</i>

721
00:48:29,491 --> 00:48:31,285
<i>the tyranny addict, Joe Kennedy,</i>

722
00:48:31,368 --> 00:48:32,536
<i>ruined Gloria Swanson</i>

723
00:48:32,619 --> 00:48:34,288
<i>by luring her away
from Paramount...</i>

724
00:48:34,371 --> 00:48:37,541
<i>Dear Sidney, I had no idea
you knew Dottie Parker.</i>

725
00:48:37,624 --> 00:48:40,961
<i>A tragic loss, but she
had been dying for decades.</i>

726
00:48:41,044 --> 00:48:43,171
<i>Whether it was
drink or chemistry</i>

727
00:48:43,255 --> 00:48:44,548
<i>or character, she was unable...</i>

728
00:48:44,631 --> 00:48:45,632
<i>I hate the Kennedys...</i>

729
00:48:45,716 --> 00:48:47,467
What are you now? Waitress?

730
00:48:47,801 --> 00:48:49,428
No, I robbed a bank.

731
00:48:49,511 --> 00:48:50,637
Miss Israel.

732
00:48:50,721 --> 00:48:51,805
How you doing, Mrs. Ungur?

733
00:48:51,888 --> 00:48:52,991
Thank you for those cookies.

734
00:48:53,015 --> 00:48:55,017
Those were good cookies,
weren't they?

735
00:48:55,100 --> 00:48:57,477
Not as good as
the chocolate babka, but good.

736
00:48:57,644 --> 00:48:59,980
I'll have to remember that.

737
00:49:00,063 --> 00:49:02,274
Hey, tell your son
to go easy on me, huh?

738
00:49:02,357 --> 00:49:04,568
Can't kick a old dog
out on the street, right?

739
00:49:06,278 --> 00:49:07,558
<i>Affectionately, Lillian Hellman.</i>

740
00:49:07,654 --> 00:49:08,654
<i>Yours, Edna Ferber.</i>

741
00:49:08,905 --> 00:49:11,116
<i>- Dorothy Parker.
- Judy Holliday.</i>

742
00:49:11,199 --> 00:49:12,993
<i>- Louise Brooks.
- Marlene Dietrich.</i>

743
00:49:13,076 --> 00:49:14,286
<i>Sincerely yours, Noël Coward.</i>

744
00:49:25,714 --> 00:49:27,174
You're Lee?

745
00:49:27,299 --> 00:49:29,259
Ms. Israel.
Alan.

746
00:49:31,637 --> 00:49:32,971
So, what do you got?

747
00:49:33,138 --> 00:49:34,389
Uh...

748
00:49:38,060 --> 00:49:39,394
Mmm.

749
00:49:41,521 --> 00:49:43,106
Mm-hmm.

750
00:49:43,190 --> 00:49:45,567
Very witty, don't you think?

751
00:49:45,651 --> 00:49:48,320
She had quite the mouth.

752
00:49:49,321 --> 00:49:52,574
I think what she had was
a very big personality.

753
00:49:52,658 --> 00:49:56,286
Uh-huh. Liked the ladies,
too, I heard.

754
00:49:56,453 --> 00:49:57,996
You sure these
are the real thing?

755
00:50:00,832 --> 00:50:02,292
I assume so.

756
00:50:02,376 --> 00:50:06,088
Nah, most people will believe
anything you tell them anyway.

757
00:50:06,171 --> 00:50:08,340
And people love this stuff.

758
00:50:08,423 --> 00:50:10,467
Personally, I don't get it.

759
00:50:10,634 --> 00:50:15,013
To Fanny Brice, Noël Coward,
and Dorothy Parker.

760
00:50:15,097 --> 00:50:17,933
May their brilliance live on.

761
00:50:18,016 --> 00:50:22,187
And to Lee, a brilliant writer
who happens to still be alive.

762
00:50:22,270 --> 00:50:24,189
That's negotiable.

763
00:50:25,524 --> 00:50:28,318
Wouldn't it be incredible if,
after you passed on...

764
00:50:28,402 --> 00:50:30,320
people were
selling your letters?

765
00:50:30,404 --> 00:50:32,030
Why on earth would I want that?

766
00:50:32,114 --> 00:50:33,240
Well, because.

767
00:50:33,407 --> 00:50:34,727
Most of us mortals
just disappear.

768
00:50:34,783 --> 00:50:37,035
This way,
you still kind of exist.

769
00:50:37,119 --> 00:50:39,621
No. When I die, who cares?

770
00:50:39,705 --> 00:50:42,082
I just want somebody
to feed my cat.

771
00:50:42,165 --> 00:50:43,667
I'll feed your cat.

772
00:50:44,960 --> 00:50:46,920
Thank you.

773
00:50:47,003 --> 00:50:48,672
Have you ever written
about yourself?

774
00:50:48,755 --> 00:50:51,591
Nah. I don't think I'd find
myself very interesting.

775
00:50:51,675 --> 00:50:53,385
I would. You should.

776
00:50:53,468 --> 00:50:54,970
Instead of waiting for someone

777
00:50:55,053 --> 00:50:57,347
to write a biography
about you.

778
00:50:58,557 --> 00:51:01,101
You're very flattering, Anna.

779
00:51:03,979 --> 00:51:07,190
I can't believe
that I'm doing this, but...

780
00:51:08,692 --> 00:51:10,569
Here's one of my stories.

781
00:51:10,819 --> 00:51:12,404
You brought it with you.

782
00:51:12,487 --> 00:51:14,489
I'm an idiot, I know.

783
00:51:14,573 --> 00:51:16,575
No, I mean, I'll give it a read.

784
00:51:16,658 --> 00:51:18,744
I've only taken
a couple of classes...

785
00:51:18,827 --> 00:51:21,788
Oh, don't worry about it.
I'm... I'm honored.

786
00:51:32,299 --> 00:51:34,050
You wear glasses.

787
00:51:34,134 --> 00:51:36,261
Only recently.

788
00:51:36,344 --> 00:51:38,180
I like them.
They look good.

789
00:51:38,889 --> 00:51:41,391
I wasn't sure about the frames.

790
00:51:41,475 --> 00:51:43,435
They're nice.

791
00:51:43,518 --> 00:51:45,812
I used to have perfect vision.

792
00:51:45,896 --> 00:51:47,564
Don't you hate getting older

793
00:51:47,647 --> 00:51:50,025
and watching
your parts fall apart?

794
00:51:50,108 --> 00:51:51,485
Nah. You're too young.

795
00:51:51,610 --> 00:51:52,903
Hardly.

796
00:51:52,986 --> 00:51:55,071
I really thought that
I'd have accomplished

797
00:51:55,155 --> 00:51:56,448
more by this time in my life.

798
00:51:56,531 --> 00:51:58,992
You just need
to drink more alcohol.

799
00:51:59,075 --> 00:52:02,621
I mean, plus,
you own the shop, right?

800
00:52:03,747 --> 00:52:06,625
Well, I inherited it, yeah.

801
00:52:06,708 --> 00:52:10,086
Truth be told, it's more
pressure than I thought.

802
00:52:11,546 --> 00:52:14,257
My father took real pride in it.

803
00:52:14,341 --> 00:52:15,801
Almost too much.

804
00:52:16,384 --> 00:52:19,221
I try to live up to that.

805
00:52:21,473 --> 00:52:23,350
Where did you grow up?

806
00:52:23,433 --> 00:52:25,310
Woodside, Queens.

807
00:52:25,393 --> 00:52:28,855
My parents live in Florida,
may they rest in peace.

808
00:52:28,939 --> 00:52:30,219
I also have a ridiculous brother

809
00:52:30,273 --> 00:52:32,651
who lives on Long Island, so...

810
00:52:33,151 --> 00:52:34,402
What about you?

811
00:52:34,528 --> 00:52:35,987
I'm an only child...

812
00:52:36,071 --> 00:52:38,365
but I'm close with a few
of my cousins, though.

813
00:52:38,532 --> 00:52:41,076
I think I have some cousins.
I think.

814
00:52:42,494 --> 00:52:43,954
Not into the family thing?

815
00:52:44,037 --> 00:52:45,747
No, I like my alone time.

816
00:52:46,706 --> 00:52:49,626
Well, not every second, though.

817
00:52:49,709 --> 00:52:51,044
You're here with me right now.

818
00:52:53,171 --> 00:52:56,591
Oh, hey.
I always need a drinking buddy.

819
00:53:17,737 --> 00:53:19,698
Thank you. That was fun.

820
00:53:19,781 --> 00:53:21,533
I think I'm a little tipsy.
Are you?

821
00:53:21,616 --> 00:53:22,993
It takes a lot more than that.

822
00:53:23,076 --> 00:53:25,620
Oh, no.
Have I embarrassed myself?

823
00:53:25,704 --> 00:53:27,038
What did Dorothy say?

824
00:53:27,122 --> 00:53:29,457
"Can you ever forgive me?"

825
00:53:34,462 --> 00:53:37,048
What?
Did I say something wrong?

826
00:53:37,799 --> 00:53:38,925
No.

827
00:53:39,009 --> 00:53:41,094
You didn't say anything wrong.

828
00:53:41,177 --> 00:53:42,470
Good.

829
00:53:44,472 --> 00:53:45,849
This has been very nice.

830
00:53:47,017 --> 00:53:48,602
It was.

831
00:53:49,603 --> 00:53:51,229
It's always nice
to make a new friend.

832
00:53:52,981 --> 00:53:54,774
Indeed.

833
00:53:55,942 --> 00:53:57,527
Speak soon?

834
00:53:57,819 --> 00:53:59,738
When I read your story,
I'll let you know.

835
00:53:59,821 --> 00:54:01,907
I'm pretty busy these days,

836
00:54:01,990 --> 00:54:05,869
so I don't know if I'll get
to it right away, but...

837
00:54:07,412 --> 00:54:08,496
That's okay.

838
00:54:09,497 --> 00:54:10,498
Good night.

839
00:54:10,582 --> 00:54:12,000
Good night.

840
00:55:20,694 --> 00:55:22,362
<i>My dear boy,</i>

841
00:55:22,445 --> 00:55:24,489
<i>I enjoyed our talk tremendously</i>

842
00:55:24,572 --> 00:55:27,867
<i>and was not the least bit upset
about the article.</i>

843
00:55:27,951 --> 00:55:29,327
<i>My professional demise</i>

844
00:55:29,411 --> 00:55:31,579
<i>has been gleefully
predicted for years,</i>

845
00:55:31,663 --> 00:55:34,416
<i>but nonetheless,
I await the return</i>

846
00:55:34,499 --> 00:55:36,876
<i>of your ruby-red lips
to Blue Harbor</i>

847
00:55:37,043 --> 00:55:39,504
<i>in the event my
spirit should falter.</i>

848
00:55:39,587 --> 00:55:43,049
<i>Yours and very much
anticipating,</i>

849
00:55:43,341 --> 00:55:45,051
<i>Noël.</i>

850
00:55:47,345 --> 00:55:48,680
This is quite something.

851
00:55:49,931 --> 00:55:51,141
I thought so, too.

852
00:55:51,224 --> 00:55:53,018
Well, as you know,

853
00:55:53,101 --> 00:55:54,978
I think I already
have a buyer for it.

854
00:55:55,061 --> 00:55:56,621
I'm gonna call him
as soon as you leave.

855
00:55:56,688 --> 00:55:57,688
Huh.

856
00:55:59,315 --> 00:56:02,527
I sent the Marlene Dietrich
to Los Angeles.

857
00:56:02,652 --> 00:56:05,780
I got a request
from a collector out there.

858
00:56:06,698 --> 00:56:07,866
Wonderful.

859
00:56:07,949 --> 00:56:11,411
You guys do that?
You sell to other collectors?

860
00:56:11,578 --> 00:56:12,787
Oh, yeah.

861
00:56:12,871 --> 00:56:16,041
There's a whole world
of wheeling and dealing...

862
00:56:16,124 --> 00:56:18,209
most of which
I don't partake in.

863
00:56:18,293 --> 00:56:21,921
There are a lot of characters
in this line of work.

864
00:56:22,005 --> 00:56:25,800
Hey, for a while there,
we had <i>The Hitler Diaries.</i>

865
00:56:25,884 --> 00:56:26,801
Hmm.

866
00:56:26,885 --> 00:56:29,387
Remember that?

867
00:56:29,471 --> 00:56:30,889
Criminal.

868
00:56:32,223 --> 00:56:34,267
Yeah.
Not everyone gets into this

869
00:56:34,350 --> 00:56:38,229
because they respect
talent and history...

870
00:56:38,313 --> 00:56:40,565
if you know what I mean.

871
00:56:41,608 --> 00:56:43,068
Yep.

872
00:57:08,635 --> 00:57:09,969
Lee?

873
00:57:15,850 --> 00:57:17,977
You really should replace
the shower curtain, Lee.

874
00:57:18,228 --> 00:57:21,147
You wanna discuss
decorating with me?

875
00:57:21,773 --> 00:57:23,566
Who beat you up?

876
00:57:23,650 --> 00:57:25,318
It's my own fault.

877
00:57:25,401 --> 00:57:26,653
I didn't have enough money,

878
00:57:26,736 --> 00:57:29,447
and I didn't know until after,
and...

879
00:57:29,531 --> 00:57:32,075
Until it was too late.

880
00:57:33,535 --> 00:57:35,495
I'm not even going to try
to understand that.

881
00:57:36,454 --> 00:57:38,873
I used to get away with so much.

882
00:57:38,957 --> 00:57:41,084
Do you think it'll scar?

883
00:57:42,710 --> 00:57:44,087
I couldn't find my keys,

884
00:57:44,170 --> 00:57:46,506
I couldn't get
into my apartment.

885
00:57:48,133 --> 00:57:49,133
What?

886
00:57:49,175 --> 00:57:50,802
And where is said apartment?

887
00:57:53,721 --> 00:57:56,182
It was on Ninety-Second...

888
00:57:56,266 --> 00:57:59,060
then it was on Ninety-Sixth.

889
00:57:59,144 --> 00:58:00,687
You...

890
00:58:01,813 --> 00:58:04,232
You can sleep on my couch.

891
00:58:05,191 --> 00:58:07,193
Thank you.

892
00:58:13,491 --> 00:58:15,577
Are you ready to order?

893
00:58:15,660 --> 00:58:18,872
Uh, yeah, I'll have a burger,
rare, with onions.

894
00:58:18,955 --> 00:58:21,332
I'll have the same, thanks.

895
00:58:21,416 --> 00:58:24,252
You said you wanted a steak.
Get a steak.

896
00:58:24,335 --> 00:58:25,879
You sure?

897
00:58:26,504 --> 00:58:27,755
He's gonna have the steak.

898
00:58:27,839 --> 00:58:28,923
Why don't you have a steak?

899
00:58:29,007 --> 00:58:30,633
'Cause we came here
to get you a steak.

900
00:58:30,717 --> 00:58:31,759
Thank you.

901
00:58:31,843 --> 00:58:33,136
Skirt or T-bone?

902
00:58:36,806 --> 00:58:39,934
He's gonna have the T-bone,
medium-rare,

903
00:58:40,018 --> 00:58:41,477
and we'll have another round.

904
00:58:43,897 --> 00:58:45,857
How've you gotten by
as long as you have?

905
00:58:45,940 --> 00:58:49,777
Do not underestimate
sparkly blue eyes...

906
00:58:49,861 --> 00:58:51,613
and a little bit of street smarts.

907
00:58:51,696 --> 00:58:54,032
They go a long way in this city.

908
00:58:54,115 --> 00:58:57,702
Although I may have stretched
my limits recently.

909
00:58:57,785 --> 00:59:00,121
Yeah, but who did you wanna be?

910
00:59:00,205 --> 00:59:02,457
I mean,
what was the actual plan?

911
00:59:02,540 --> 00:59:04,709
I honestly don't know
what to say.

912
00:59:04,792 --> 00:59:07,962
I imagined I'd figure it out
as I went along,

913
00:59:08,046 --> 00:59:09,505
and for the most part, I have.

914
00:59:09,589 --> 00:59:11,132
I certainly have no regrets.

915
00:59:11,216 --> 00:59:13,301
That can't be true.

916
00:59:13,384 --> 00:59:14,844
Oh.

917
00:59:14,928 --> 00:59:17,805
You mean, why don't I have

918
00:59:17,889 --> 00:59:19,933
some brilliant talent for
copying like you do?

919
00:59:21,100 --> 00:59:22,328
Is that what you
think I'm doing?

920
00:59:22,352 --> 00:59:23,728
- You think I'm copying?
- Mm-hmm.

921
00:59:23,811 --> 00:59:25,480
I'll have you know, I'm a better

922
00:59:25,563 --> 00:59:27,482
Dorothy Parker
than Dorothy Parker.

923
00:59:27,565 --> 00:59:29,692
Oh, I'll drink to that. Cheers.

924
00:59:41,412 --> 00:59:44,249
- Get your feet off the couch.
- Really?

925
00:59:44,332 --> 00:59:45,250
Look at it.

926
00:59:45,333 --> 00:59:47,001
This is not a flop house.

927
00:59:51,089 --> 00:59:52,131
There you go.

928
00:59:52,215 --> 00:59:53,925
How old is that old
hairball anyway?

929
00:59:54,008 --> 00:59:56,052
She's 12.

930
00:59:56,135 --> 00:59:59,472
That is fucking old.
What's that in cat years?

931
01:00:02,558 --> 01:00:05,061
<i>This is Paul from Armada Books.</i>

932
01:00:05,144 --> 01:00:08,606
<i>Ms. Israel, I was wondering
if you could come in tomorrow?</i>

933
01:00:08,690 --> 01:00:10,566
<i>I have a couple
of questions regarding</i>

934
01:00:10,650 --> 01:00:13,361
<i>the last Coward
letter I purchased.</i>

935
01:00:13,444 --> 01:00:16,364
<i>Please come in or call
as soon as you can.</i>

936
01:00:16,447 --> 01:00:17,490
Uh-oh.

937
01:00:17,573 --> 01:00:19,450
<i>It's important.</i>

938
01:00:53,359 --> 01:00:56,446
Thank you.
Thank you for bringing it in.

939
01:00:58,156 --> 01:00:59,824
Hi, Lee.

940
01:00:59,907 --> 01:01:01,993
What seems to be the problem?

941
01:01:03,786 --> 01:01:07,206
You know I've got that client
who knew Noël Coward.

942
01:01:08,416 --> 01:01:09,959
And he said that...

943
01:01:10,043 --> 01:01:14,130
Mr. Coward would never have been
as explicit as he was

944
01:01:14,213 --> 01:01:18,217
regarding his orientation.

945
01:01:18,301 --> 01:01:21,054
It was illegal
in those days, and...

946
01:01:21,137 --> 01:01:24,474
Anyway, apparently,
the letter is a fake.

947
01:01:24,557 --> 01:01:26,434
I'm shocked.

948
01:01:26,517 --> 01:01:29,270
I mean, my uncle
would be appalled.

949
01:01:29,354 --> 01:01:31,230
You mean, your cousin?

950
01:01:31,314 --> 01:01:32,398
Yes.

951
01:01:32,482 --> 01:01:37,695
My cousin has always been
very avuncular toward me, so...

952
01:01:44,369 --> 01:01:49,582
I also got a call
from Los Angeles, Lee.

953
01:01:49,665 --> 01:01:54,003
It seems one of your letters
was quite the controversy

954
01:01:54,087 --> 01:01:56,547
at a convention out there.

955
01:01:57,548 --> 01:02:00,718
I hate to say it, but your
name's been put on a list.

956
01:02:02,261 --> 01:02:03,388
On a list?

957
01:02:03,471 --> 01:02:05,681
People are on alert.

958
01:02:06,682 --> 01:02:07,975
That's all.

959
01:02:08,935 --> 01:02:11,229
They won't buy from you anymore.

960
01:02:28,579 --> 01:02:30,123
Hello?

961
01:02:32,500 --> 01:02:33,709
Alan?

962
01:02:35,128 --> 01:02:37,213
You got my messages.

963
01:02:37,296 --> 01:02:39,382
- Thanks for coming.
- Yeah.

964
01:02:39,465 --> 01:02:42,635
I brought some wonderful
Faulkners that I unearthed.

965
01:02:42,760 --> 01:02:44,178
Not why I called.

966
01:02:44,262 --> 01:02:46,556
Listen, the FBI has been
in here to see me.

967
01:02:47,723 --> 01:02:49,308
The FBI?

968
01:02:49,392 --> 01:02:51,144
They asked me to wear a wire.

969
01:02:53,354 --> 01:02:56,566
I'm not gonna do that to you.
I'm a good guy.

970
01:02:56,649 --> 01:02:58,359
And if they want
me to be a witness...

971
01:02:58,443 --> 01:03:00,194
I'll lie.

972
01:03:00,278 --> 01:03:03,531
But you're gonna pay me $5,000.

973
01:03:06,367 --> 01:03:09,036
I don't know what
you're talking about.

974
01:03:10,621 --> 01:03:13,416
Well, come on, I'm not gonna
rat you out or anything.

975
01:03:13,499 --> 01:03:16,085
That's very generous of you.

976
01:03:17,587 --> 01:03:20,173
I don't have $5,000.

977
01:03:21,048 --> 01:03:23,718
You're a clever woman.

978
01:03:23,801 --> 01:03:25,803
Figure it out.

979
01:03:32,727 --> 01:03:34,103
Oh, hello, welcome.

980
01:03:34,187 --> 01:03:36,063
Oh, thank you very much.
Um...

981
01:03:36,647 --> 01:03:38,483
My grandmother just died, and...

982
01:03:38,566 --> 01:03:39,650
- Oh.
- No, it's all right.

983
01:03:39,734 --> 01:03:40,902
And I discovered these

984
01:03:40,985 --> 01:03:42,403
when I was going
through her closet

985
01:03:42,528 --> 01:03:46,491
and wondered if they might be
of interest to you or not.

986
01:03:46,574 --> 01:03:48,826
- "Edna Ferber."
- You've heard of her?

987
01:03:48,910 --> 01:03:50,328
Oh, yes.

988
01:03:50,411 --> 01:03:53,122
She wrote that movie
with James Dean.

989
01:03:53,206 --> 01:03:55,666
I guess I'm not really up
on all these things.

990
01:03:55,750 --> 01:03:59,504
Just look at that.
Such wonderful knick-knacks.

991
01:03:59,587 --> 01:04:02,798
So your granny
collected letters?

992
01:04:02,882 --> 01:04:04,276
I don't know any
of the people in them,

993
01:04:04,300 --> 01:04:06,886
but I feel they
must be worth something.

994
01:04:06,969 --> 01:04:08,554
And how did you know

995
01:04:08,638 --> 01:04:10,139
that I bought
this kind of thing?

996
01:04:10,223 --> 01:04:12,391
- Do you?
- Sure.

997
01:04:12,475 --> 01:04:17,021
Yeah. I could give
you $50 a piece.

998
01:04:17,104 --> 01:04:18,689
I feel I could
do better than that.

999
01:04:18,773 --> 01:04:20,858
No offense,
but a store in Brooklyn

1000
01:04:20,942 --> 01:04:24,070
offered me $200 for one.

1001
01:04:24,153 --> 01:04:25,738
For one?

1002
01:04:25,821 --> 01:04:27,865
Why didn't you sell
it to them, then?

1003
01:04:29,492 --> 01:04:31,202
I hate the boroughs.

1004
01:04:31,536 --> 01:04:32,995
I'm really good at this.

1005
01:04:33,079 --> 01:04:34,539
You should see me at it.

1006
01:04:34,664 --> 01:04:36,249
When last did you go outside,
Lee?

1007
01:04:36,374 --> 01:04:37,500
How much did you get?

1008
01:04:37,583 --> 01:04:40,044
First place gave me $600.

1009
01:04:40,127 --> 01:04:42,713
The other guy gave me $1,000.

1010
01:04:42,838 --> 01:04:44,507
You just got closer
to paying back

1011
01:04:44,590 --> 01:04:47,385
that asshole with his own money.

1012
01:04:47,468 --> 01:04:49,470
He gave me $1,000!

1013
01:04:49,595 --> 01:04:51,722
- Was he suspicious?
- Oh, hell, no.

1014
01:04:51,806 --> 01:04:53,326
I always did want to
be an actor. Here.

1015
01:05:04,443 --> 01:05:05,903
How much did you say
he gave you?

1016
01:05:06,445 --> 01:05:07,655
What?

1017
01:05:09,532 --> 01:05:11,117
You're stealing from me?

1018
01:05:11,284 --> 01:05:13,411
No. Uh...

1019
01:05:13,494 --> 01:05:15,037
What did I say?

1020
01:05:15,121 --> 01:05:18,583
He gave me $1,400 plus 600.
I mean...

1021
01:05:18,749 --> 01:05:20,227
- Isn't that what I said?
- No, moron.

1022
01:05:20,251 --> 01:05:21,335
It's not what you said.

1023
01:05:21,419 --> 01:05:22,670
You're stealing from me...

1024
01:05:22,753 --> 01:05:24,922
and you don't even know
what it is you're selling.

1025
01:05:25,047 --> 01:05:26,340
Okay.

1026
01:05:26,424 --> 01:05:27,925
I made a mistake.

1027
01:05:28,009 --> 01:05:30,720
Okay? Here. Here.

1028
01:05:31,512 --> 01:05:32,512
Here.

1029
01:05:34,640 --> 01:05:36,767
Okay,
they're literary treasures.

1030
01:05:36,851 --> 01:05:39,854
One of a kind, carefully written
witticisms, okay?

1031
01:05:39,937 --> 01:05:42,481
They're not just
a piece of paper.

1032
01:05:42,607 --> 01:05:46,152
It's a portal into a better time

1033
01:05:46,235 --> 01:05:48,070
and a better place where people

1034
01:05:48,154 --> 01:05:50,615
still actually honored
the written word.

1035
01:05:50,698 --> 01:05:52,116
Okay! I get it.

1036
01:05:52,199 --> 01:05:53,409
Yeah, do you get it?

1037
01:05:53,492 --> 01:05:54,785
You better learn how to respect

1038
01:05:54,869 --> 01:05:55,911
what it is you're selling,

1039
01:05:55,995 --> 01:05:57,622
because it's my writing!

1040
01:05:57,705 --> 01:05:59,332
Well...

1041
01:06:00,374 --> 01:06:01,584
What?

1042
01:06:02,335 --> 01:06:04,629
I mean...

1043
01:06:04,712 --> 01:06:06,088
you're impersonating
other people,

1044
01:06:06,172 --> 01:06:07,274
I mean, very well, I'm sure,

1045
01:06:07,298 --> 01:06:08,591
but come on.

1046
01:06:08,674 --> 01:06:10,718
Nobody is buying
Lee Israel letters.

1047
01:06:16,766 --> 01:06:19,894
You steal from me again,
and I'll fucking kill you.

1048
01:07:06,691 --> 01:07:07,983
This was your grandmother's?

1049
01:07:08,067 --> 01:07:11,028
Found it in her suitcase.
I assume it's real.

1050
01:07:11,112 --> 01:07:12,196
Do you think it's real?

1051
01:07:12,279 --> 01:07:14,407
- Looks that way.
- Good.

1052
01:07:14,532 --> 01:07:16,385
But there have been
some forgeries going around,

1053
01:07:16,409 --> 01:07:17,969
so I'm gonna have
to get it authenticated

1054
01:07:17,993 --> 01:07:19,793
before I can purchase it,
if that's all right.

1055
01:07:20,621 --> 01:07:21,956
You brought it back, right?

1056
01:07:23,874 --> 01:07:25,710
I couldn't.
I didn't know what to do.

1057
01:07:25,793 --> 01:07:27,878
You left it there?
Gosh, you idiot.

1058
01:07:28,003 --> 01:07:29,630
Stop calling me an idiot.

1059
01:07:29,714 --> 01:07:31,924
I'm gonna go to jail for this.

1060
01:07:32,091 --> 01:07:34,260
I'm just gonna
kill myself first.

1061
01:07:34,343 --> 01:07:36,679
And you can't do this anymore.

1062
01:07:36,804 --> 01:07:39,181
Lee, come on.
We can't stop now.

1063
01:07:39,265 --> 01:07:40,725
Well, everybody
is on high alert.

1064
01:07:40,808 --> 01:07:43,477
I don't have a shot at paying
that schmuck back.

1065
01:07:43,561 --> 01:07:45,563
Maybe you could
steal more real ones

1066
01:07:45,646 --> 01:07:47,857
like you did at first,
and I'll sell them.

1067
01:07:47,940 --> 01:07:49,775
Finding those letters
was a complete fluke.

1068
01:07:49,859 --> 01:07:51,986
Well, where did
the real ones go?

1069
01:07:52,069 --> 01:07:53,154
Who has those?

1070
01:07:53,362 --> 01:07:55,281
Archives and museums.

1071
01:07:55,364 --> 01:07:58,242
And you have to have proof
that you're doing research.

1072
01:07:58,409 --> 01:08:00,286
They don't just let
anybody walk in.

1073
01:08:00,369 --> 01:08:03,456
You can get into archives.
You're a famous writer.

1074
01:08:04,540 --> 01:08:07,126
You can steal the letters,
copy them...

1075
01:08:07,209 --> 01:08:10,171
replace them with your copies,
sell the originals.

1076
01:08:11,839 --> 01:08:14,300
In my sticky finger days...

1077
01:08:14,383 --> 01:08:16,093
I'd choose the thing
that I wanted...

1078
01:08:16,177 --> 01:08:19,013
the things always had to come
in boxes like toothpaste...

1079
01:08:19,096 --> 01:08:21,891
and then when nobody
is paying attention,

1080
01:08:21,974 --> 01:08:23,684
I'd take the toothpaste
out of the box,

1081
01:08:23,768 --> 01:08:24,935
slip it into my pocket,

1082
01:08:25,019 --> 01:08:27,646
and replace it with a used tube.

1083
01:08:27,813 --> 01:08:29,690
If anyone was suspicious,

1084
01:08:29,857 --> 01:08:34,069
they'd come back to the shelf
and see nothing is missing.

1085
01:08:37,323 --> 01:08:38,949
Win-win, baby.

1086
01:08:40,826 --> 01:08:43,287
Well, not the store.

1087
01:08:43,704 --> 01:08:44,704
What do you mean?

1088
01:08:44,830 --> 01:08:48,793
Win-win doesn't apply
to the story you just told.

1089
01:08:48,959 --> 01:08:50,839
You always put a downer
on everything, you know.

1090
01:08:50,878 --> 01:08:52,713
Just eat your noodles.

1091
01:08:52,922 --> 01:08:55,758
She needs fresh water...

1092
01:08:55,841 --> 01:08:57,843
and two pills twice a day.

1093
01:08:57,927 --> 01:09:00,429
And you gotta
mash it up in the...

1094
01:09:00,638 --> 01:09:01,639
Knock it off.

1095
01:09:01,722 --> 01:09:03,450
You gotta mash it up
in the food like I showed you.

1096
01:09:03,474 --> 01:09:05,976
- I will.
- No snooping.

1097
01:09:06,060 --> 01:09:08,270
Stay out of my bed,
and no smoking.

1098
01:09:08,437 --> 01:09:09,437
Okay.

1099
01:09:12,066 --> 01:09:13,359
All right.

1100
01:10:01,323 --> 01:10:02,533
Can I help you?

1101
01:10:02,616 --> 01:10:05,619
Let's hope.
I'm doing a in-depth look

1102
01:10:05,703 --> 01:10:07,121
at writers and alcoholism.

1103
01:10:07,204 --> 01:10:09,373
Hence, Lillian Hellman.

1104
01:10:09,456 --> 01:10:12,209
Here's my contract
with my publisher.

1105
01:10:12,293 --> 01:10:14,461
I'm primarily interested in

1106
01:10:14,628 --> 01:10:16,964
more personal,
archival materials.

1107
01:10:17,298 --> 01:10:18,883
You know,
any kind of correspondence...

1108
01:10:18,966 --> 01:10:20,801
letters, diaries, journals.

1109
01:10:20,885 --> 01:10:22,428
I'll give you what we've got.

1110
01:10:26,265 --> 01:10:28,392
I told him I had to
get it authenticated.

1111
01:10:28,475 --> 01:10:30,227
He seemed pretty nervous.

1112
01:10:39,320 --> 01:10:41,906
Does this look familiar?

1113
01:10:43,240 --> 01:10:44,533
Yes, I bought this from her.

1114
01:11:03,302 --> 01:11:04,302
Hello.

1115
01:11:16,899 --> 01:11:19,443
"Commissioned,
Viking Press commissioned..."

1116
01:11:21,654 --> 01:11:22,863
What is all this stuff?

1117
01:11:22,947 --> 01:11:25,199
Why do you collect
old typewriters?

1118
01:11:25,282 --> 01:11:28,827
It's too complicated to explain.
It's my work.

1119
01:11:30,287 --> 01:11:32,414
I don't invite many people
to my home.

1120
01:11:33,415 --> 01:11:35,084
I'm a very private person.

1121
01:11:35,167 --> 01:11:38,003
Well, I take it you're not much
of a TV watcher.

1122
01:11:38,879 --> 01:11:40,547
Rots the brain.
I don't believe in it.

1123
01:11:40,631 --> 01:11:41,840
I'm a reader.

1124
01:11:43,300 --> 01:11:45,427
Hello, kitty.

1125
01:11:48,597 --> 01:11:50,599
What do you got here?

1126
01:11:51,141 --> 01:11:53,852
Oh, a little coke,
a little dope...

1127
01:11:53,936 --> 01:11:56,563
and little old me.

1128
01:12:01,527 --> 01:12:03,612
Let's get this party started.

1129
01:12:10,869 --> 01:12:12,037
<i>Hello?</i>

1130
01:12:12,121 --> 01:12:13,247
Uh...

1131
01:12:13,330 --> 01:12:14,999
Hello. Elaine?

1132
01:12:15,082 --> 01:12:16,417
<i>No.</i>

1133
01:12:16,500 --> 01:12:17,960
Is she there?

1134
01:12:18,043 --> 01:12:20,504
<i>No, would you like
to leave a message?</i>

1135
01:12:20,587 --> 01:12:22,548
Yes, this is Lee Israel.

1136
01:12:22,631 --> 01:12:24,341
<i>Oh.</i>

1137
01:12:26,677 --> 01:12:28,095
And who is this?

1138
01:12:28,178 --> 01:12:29,388
<i>This is Marie.</i>

1139
01:12:30,931 --> 01:12:32,641
Well, okay, Marie.

1140
01:12:32,725 --> 01:12:35,602
Could you please
tell her that I called?

1141
01:12:35,686 --> 01:12:37,062
Same number.

1142
01:12:37,146 --> 01:12:38,856
Thank you.

1143
01:13:02,046 --> 01:13:04,506
Where is that bloody cat?

1144
01:13:13,891 --> 01:13:16,101
Psst-psst-psst-psst.

1145
01:13:17,394 --> 01:13:19,438
Two.

1146
01:13:25,027 --> 01:13:27,237
Kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty.
Psst.

1147
01:13:28,197 --> 01:13:29,573
Ugh.

1148
01:13:29,656 --> 01:13:31,116
Jersey.

1149
01:13:31,200 --> 01:13:33,368
Psst-psst-psst-psst.

1150
01:13:33,452 --> 01:13:35,704
Psst. Come and get it.

1151
01:13:35,788 --> 01:13:37,790
Come on.

1152
01:13:37,915 --> 01:13:39,875
Oh, thank God.

1153
01:13:48,050 --> 01:13:49,676
Ma'am.

1154
01:13:51,762 --> 01:13:54,181
Good morning.
The Lillian Hellman box

1155
01:13:54,264 --> 01:13:55,682
I was working on yesterday.

1156
01:13:55,766 --> 01:13:58,560
Ah, yes, the book
on drunk authors.

1157
01:13:58,644 --> 01:14:00,354
Who else are you gonna
be writing about?

1158
01:14:00,437 --> 01:14:02,606
You know what?
I have a bus to catch.

1159
01:14:03,941 --> 01:14:05,651
Of course.

1160
01:14:05,734 --> 01:14:07,778
I'll get what you need.

1161
01:14:14,284 --> 01:14:15,577
Fuck.

1162
01:15:34,531 --> 01:15:37,159
Here you go.
Sorry about the rush.

1163
01:15:37,242 --> 01:15:40,037
I get overly anxious
when I travel.

1164
01:15:40,120 --> 01:15:43,624
Oh. Of course.
I do, too.

1165
01:16:02,142 --> 01:16:03,977
- Thank you.
- Yeah.

1166
01:16:18,825 --> 01:16:20,953
Jack?

1167
01:16:21,036 --> 01:16:23,830
Jersey, Mama's home.

1168
01:16:30,212 --> 01:16:33,131
What has he done to our home?

1169
01:16:33,215 --> 01:16:34,675
Huh?

1170
01:16:34,758 --> 01:16:37,344
Where are you?

1171
01:16:37,427 --> 01:16:39,096
Aha.

1172
01:16:39,179 --> 01:16:41,056
Hey, there.

1173
01:16:41,139 --> 01:16:43,100
You hiding, huh?

1174
01:16:54,444 --> 01:16:56,822
Oh, shit.

1175
01:16:57,864 --> 01:17:01,702
All right.
I know it looks bad, Lee, but...

1176
01:17:01,785 --> 01:17:03,578
Get out.

1177
01:17:03,662 --> 01:17:05,163
All right.

1178
01:17:05,247 --> 01:17:08,667
I couldn't resist him.
He's so adorable.

1179
01:17:08,750 --> 01:17:09,876
You have to understand, Lee.

1180
01:17:09,960 --> 01:17:11,545
Get out of my house.

1181
01:17:11,628 --> 01:17:13,088
Why?

1182
01:17:14,339 --> 01:17:15,215
What's happened?

1183
01:17:15,299 --> 01:17:16,591
My cat is dead!

1184
01:17:16,675 --> 01:17:18,427
What? Oh, no.

1185
01:17:18,510 --> 01:17:20,053
What's going on?

1186
01:17:20,137 --> 01:17:22,889
Oh, for fuck's sake,
get the fuck out of my house!

1187
01:17:22,973 --> 01:17:24,266
Darling, I can explain.

1188
01:17:24,349 --> 01:17:26,601
Okay, this is too
fucked up for me.

1189
01:17:26,685 --> 01:17:29,062
Lee, I'm so sorry.
It's not my fault.

1190
01:17:29,146 --> 01:17:31,648
It must have just
happened right now.

1191
01:17:31,732 --> 01:17:34,484
Get out. Get out! Get out!

1192
01:17:34,568 --> 01:17:36,987
Sorry. I did what you...

1193
01:18:16,526 --> 01:18:18,111
Oh, hi, Miss Israel.

1194
01:18:18,278 --> 01:18:20,405
Is Jersey okay?

1195
01:18:23,450 --> 01:18:25,452
Oh, no. I'm so sorry.

1196
01:18:28,705 --> 01:18:30,540
Um, I don't have a backyard
or anything,

1197
01:18:30,624 --> 01:18:32,751
so I wasn't sure
what to do with her.

1198
01:18:32,918 --> 01:18:36,338
It's okay. We can...
We can take care of that here.

1199
01:19:10,247 --> 01:19:12,749
Thanks for coming.

1200
01:19:13,959 --> 01:19:15,335
It sounded important.

1201
01:19:16,545 --> 01:19:17,545
It is.

1202
01:19:17,587 --> 01:19:21,299
Looks like you brought
Jersey with you.

1203
01:19:21,383 --> 01:19:24,052
How is that old bitch?

1204
01:19:24,219 --> 01:19:26,096
That's what I wanted
to talk to you about.

1205
01:19:26,179 --> 01:19:28,181
She, uh...

1206
01:19:28,265 --> 01:19:30,308
- She just died.
- Oh.

1207
01:19:31,601 --> 01:19:34,062
I just figured,
since she was a gift from you...

1208
01:19:34,146 --> 01:19:35,856
Was she?

1209
01:19:37,774 --> 01:19:40,152
I got too attached to her.

1210
01:19:40,235 --> 01:19:41,987
Getting another one?

1211
01:19:42,070 --> 01:19:43,864
No.

1212
01:19:43,947 --> 01:19:45,949
No, I couldn't replace her.

1213
01:19:46,032 --> 01:19:47,993
That wouldn't feel right.

1214
01:19:48,076 --> 01:19:50,245
Maybe in time.

1215
01:19:53,248 --> 01:19:56,501
You know,
I still go to Aunt Eleanor's

1216
01:19:56,585 --> 01:19:58,545
pretty regularly.

1217
01:19:58,712 --> 01:20:01,423
Oh, my God. I haven't thought
about that place in years.

1218
01:20:01,506 --> 01:20:04,050
It's still there?
On Ninety-Six?

1219
01:20:04,134 --> 01:20:06,553
Exactly the same.

1220
01:20:06,636 --> 01:20:10,307
I mean, you know,
different cats.

1221
01:20:10,390 --> 01:20:12,434
You still on Eighty-Second?

1222
01:20:12,601 --> 01:20:14,561
Where else would I be?

1223
01:20:15,145 --> 01:20:18,273
You all right?
You look all right.

1224
01:20:19,858 --> 01:20:22,486
You can't imagine
what I've done to survive.

1225
01:20:23,904 --> 01:20:25,739
Are you sleeping, Lee?

1226
01:20:26,740 --> 01:20:28,158
Fits and starts.

1227
01:20:29,493 --> 01:20:32,662
I was just supposed to be...

1228
01:20:32,746 --> 01:20:35,832
something more than this.

1229
01:20:35,916 --> 01:20:37,000
I mean, wasn't I?

1230
01:20:37,083 --> 01:20:40,337
That's why you wanted to see me.

1231
01:20:40,420 --> 01:20:42,881
No, I needed to see you.

1232
01:20:45,008 --> 01:20:47,469
I'm having a crisis here.

1233
01:20:47,552 --> 01:20:49,012
And you know me.

1234
01:20:49,304 --> 01:20:50,388
No, Lee.

1235
01:20:50,472 --> 01:20:52,140
There was always
a wall between us.

1236
01:20:52,224 --> 01:20:54,267
Something I couldn't penetrate.

1237
01:20:56,603 --> 01:20:58,146
I tried.

1238
01:20:58,230 --> 01:20:59,481
You know, God damn it, Elaine,

1239
01:20:59,564 --> 01:21:02,776
I tried more with you
than anybody else ever.

1240
01:21:02,943 --> 01:21:05,237
No, you didn't.

1241
01:21:06,238 --> 01:21:08,238
You did everything you could
to keep your distance.

1242
01:21:08,281 --> 01:21:10,784
You lied, you drank constantly,

1243
01:21:10,867 --> 01:21:12,160
you were self-involved.

1244
01:21:12,244 --> 01:21:14,162
Well, I didn't
say I was perfect.

1245
01:21:14,329 --> 01:21:15,789
You were so miserable.

1246
01:21:18,416 --> 01:21:20,293
- No, I wasn't.
- Yes, you were.

1247
01:21:21,336 --> 01:21:23,338
I tried to get you to trust me.

1248
01:21:23,421 --> 01:21:25,382
Certain point,
I just stopped trying.

1249
01:21:28,760 --> 01:21:31,304
Yeah, I wish you hadn't.

1250
01:21:32,847 --> 01:21:36,518
Well, you don't have to go yet.
Come on.

1251
01:21:36,601 --> 01:21:39,813
Lee, it's not my job anymore.

1252
01:21:39,896 --> 01:21:43,900
To talk you off the ledge.
It's exhausting.

1253
01:21:47,320 --> 01:21:49,072
I got a class.

1254
01:21:53,118 --> 01:21:54,661
Let them authenticate
all they want.

1255
01:21:54,744 --> 01:21:55,996
They're real. Don't settle.

1256
01:21:56,162 --> 01:21:59,291
Lee. Are we gonna talk about it?

1257
01:21:59,374 --> 01:22:00,834
I mean, I'm really sorry.

1258
01:22:00,917 --> 01:22:02,877
Okay, afterwards,
you come here immediately.

1259
01:22:02,961 --> 01:22:05,213
I'll do good. You'll see, Lee.
I'll make it up to you.

1260
01:22:05,297 --> 01:22:06,337
And get a written receipt.

1261
01:22:06,381 --> 01:22:07,841
I wanna know
how much you get paid.

1262
01:22:07,924 --> 01:22:09,426
Oh, come on.

1263
01:22:09,509 --> 01:22:12,137
How long are you gonna
freeze me out, huh?

1264
01:22:12,220 --> 01:22:14,055
I trusted you.

1265
01:22:14,139 --> 01:22:15,599
I don't know if you've
noticed this,

1266
01:22:15,682 --> 01:22:17,100
but I don't do that.

1267
01:22:17,183 --> 01:22:19,019
And you have reminded me
why that is.

1268
01:22:19,102 --> 01:22:22,939
Lee, I took care of your cat.
I swear.

1269
01:22:23,023 --> 01:22:25,275
It was an accident,
and I feel awful.

1270
01:22:25,358 --> 01:22:26,651
We will continue
to work together

1271
01:22:26,735 --> 01:22:28,111
because I have no other option.

1272
01:22:28,194 --> 01:22:29,279
But we are not friends,

1273
01:22:29,362 --> 01:22:30,947
and I don't think
we actually ever were.

1274
01:22:31,031 --> 01:22:32,574
Lee. Lee.

1275
01:22:32,657 --> 01:22:33,992
We will meet in public,

1276
01:22:34,159 --> 01:22:35,469
and you will not
fuck this up like

1277
01:22:35,493 --> 01:22:37,093
you fuck everything
else up in your life.

1278
01:22:37,162 --> 01:22:38,931
You will sell those papers,
you will get the money,

1279
01:22:38,955 --> 01:22:40,165
you will bring me a receipt.

1280
01:22:42,459 --> 01:22:44,502
I'll be back after the sale.

1281
01:22:54,596 --> 01:22:56,306
Aren't they fabulous?

1282
01:22:57,432 --> 01:22:59,643
I just know someone is going
to treasure them.

1283
01:23:05,315 --> 01:23:07,567
I need another one.

1284
01:23:07,651 --> 01:23:09,569
That's debatable.

1285
01:23:11,446 --> 01:23:12,989
How much do you want for them?

1286
01:23:13,448 --> 01:23:15,283
I was thinking $300, each.

1287
01:23:18,703 --> 01:23:20,830
Actually, do you have cash?

1288
01:23:25,794 --> 01:23:27,128
That's 500.

1289
01:23:27,837 --> 01:23:29,297
$600.

1290
01:23:30,757 --> 01:23:31,800
Thank you so much.

1291
01:23:40,266 --> 01:23:42,143
- Come on, right here.
- Mm-mmm.

1292
01:23:43,144 --> 01:23:45,689
No. I'm waiting for somebody.

1293
01:23:45,772 --> 01:23:47,190
It's clearly marked.

1294
01:23:47,273 --> 01:23:49,150
I'm pretty sure
they were stolen,

1295
01:23:49,234 --> 01:23:51,903
but I didn't want to ask.

1296
01:23:52,570 --> 01:23:54,382
She asked me to sell them
for her as a favor...

1297
01:23:54,406 --> 01:23:57,617
so, I said,
"Of course I will."

1298
01:23:57,701 --> 01:23:58,743
As a favor?

1299
01:24:00,120 --> 01:24:01,663
You don't accept a cut?

1300
01:24:01,746 --> 01:24:03,707
Well, a small one.

1301
01:24:03,790 --> 01:24:04,791
Very small.

1302
01:24:06,334 --> 01:24:07,794
You know what?

1303
01:24:12,382 --> 01:24:14,592
Oh, I got him. That's...

1304
01:24:18,847 --> 01:24:22,559
Lee Israel? I'm Agent Solanas.
This is Agent Doyle.

1305
01:24:22,642 --> 01:24:24,102
We're here to deliver a subpoena

1306
01:24:24,185 --> 01:24:26,438
to appear before
a federal grand jury.

1307
01:24:26,521 --> 01:24:29,566
Your appearance is scheduled
for two weeks from today.

1308
01:24:29,649 --> 01:24:32,569
We've intercepted your employee,
Jack Hock.

1309
01:24:32,652 --> 01:24:33,695
He's cooperating,

1310
01:24:33,862 --> 01:24:36,239
<i>as are the dealers
you've done business with.</i>

1311
01:24:36,322 --> 01:24:37,657
<i>Mr. Hock requests</i>

1312
01:24:37,741 --> 01:24:39,075
<i>that you do not try to reach him</i>

1313
01:24:39,159 --> 01:24:42,078
<i>or telephone or harass him
in any way.</i>

1314
01:24:43,329 --> 01:24:44,706
You are forbidden to destroy

1315
01:24:44,789 --> 01:24:47,417
any evidence pertinent
to this case.

1316
01:25:09,856 --> 01:25:10,857
Headache?

1317
01:25:11,983 --> 01:25:12,984
Awful.

1318
01:25:14,527 --> 01:25:16,154
Can't say I blame you.

1319
01:25:17,197 --> 01:25:19,449
Looking at this stuff,
it is pretty bad.

1320
01:25:21,201 --> 01:25:24,454
We're probably looking
at some time behind bars.

1321
01:25:27,540 --> 01:25:31,878
That said, these letters
are pretty incredible.

1322
01:25:31,961 --> 01:25:34,214
I especially enjoyed
the Louise Brooks.

1323
01:25:36,174 --> 01:25:37,884
Thank you.

1324
01:25:40,011 --> 01:25:41,721
Look, if you want me
to represent you...

1325
01:25:41,805 --> 01:25:43,115
there are a few things
you're going to

1326
01:25:43,139 --> 01:25:44,579
have to do before
appearing in court.

1327
01:25:45,266 --> 01:25:46,266
Like what?

1328
01:25:46,351 --> 01:25:47,435
Clean up your act.

1329
01:25:47,519 --> 01:25:50,063
First, you're getting a job.
Any kind of job.

1330
01:25:50,146 --> 01:25:51,906
Second, you're enrolling
in community service

1331
01:25:51,981 --> 01:25:53,817
to show just how
penitent you are.

1332
01:25:53,900 --> 01:25:56,069
What? What kind of service?

1333
01:25:56,528 --> 01:25:57,529
Something with children.

1334
01:25:57,821 --> 01:25:59,948
Ah, Jesus. No.

1335
01:26:00,156 --> 01:26:02,784
Animals, then.
Sick people, whatever.

1336
01:26:02,867 --> 01:26:06,204
You have to show that
you've turned over a new leaf.

1337
01:26:08,748 --> 01:26:09,958
And you've got to go to AA.

1338
01:26:18,049 --> 01:26:20,426
Can I ask you a question?

1339
01:26:20,718 --> 01:26:23,012
Everyone I sold to...

1340
01:26:25,932 --> 01:26:27,225
...do you think they all know?

1341
01:26:30,019 --> 01:26:33,439
Yeah. They all probably know.

1342
01:26:34,315 --> 01:26:36,609
But right now, that's
the least of your worries.

1343
01:26:46,494 --> 01:26:47,704
She is seeking employment

1344
01:26:47,787 --> 01:26:50,248
with Scholastic Books
as a copy editor

1345
01:26:50,331 --> 01:26:51,624
and has already put in

1346
01:26:51,708 --> 01:26:53,793
over 40 hours
of community service

1347
01:26:53,960 --> 01:26:56,337
at a cat shelter.

1348
01:27:02,343 --> 01:27:04,053
Before I render my verdict,

1349
01:27:04,137 --> 01:27:06,014
have you, in the last 24 hours,

1350
01:27:06,097 --> 01:27:08,474
used drugs, pills, alcohol...

1351
01:27:08,641 --> 01:27:10,119
anything that could
affect your ability

1352
01:27:10,143 --> 01:27:12,270
to understand what's going on?

1353
01:27:13,521 --> 01:27:14,564
Uh, no, ma'am.

1354
01:27:14,898 --> 01:27:15,958
Have you anything additionally

1355
01:27:15,982 --> 01:27:17,084
you'd like to say to the court

1356
01:27:17,108 --> 01:27:18,318
before I offer your sentence?

1357
01:27:19,444 --> 01:27:20,737
Yes.

1358
01:27:27,869 --> 01:27:30,788
"I have been living in a state
of enormous guilt

1359
01:27:30,872 --> 01:27:34,751
"and anxiety for many months."

1360
01:27:34,834 --> 01:27:37,045
Not so much because

1361
01:27:37,170 --> 01:27:39,297
I felt like what I was
doing was wrong

1362
01:27:39,422 --> 01:27:45,637
but because I was just always
afraid of being found out.

1363
01:27:45,720 --> 01:27:49,682
I can't specifically say that
I regret any of my actions.

1364
01:27:49,766 --> 01:27:50,934
Lee.

1365
01:27:52,602 --> 01:27:54,354
I don't.

1366
01:27:57,815 --> 01:27:58,900
I mean, in many ways,

1367
01:27:58,983 --> 01:28:03,321
this has been
the best time of my life.

1368
01:28:07,617 --> 01:28:11,829
I mean, it's the only time...

1369
01:28:11,913 --> 01:28:16,793
recently, that I can remember
being proud of my work.

1370
01:28:18,753 --> 01:28:21,631
But it wasn't really my work,
was it?

1371
01:28:21,756 --> 01:28:22,799
I mean...

1372
01:28:22,882 --> 01:28:27,011
if I had put in my work...

1373
01:28:27,095 --> 01:28:32,600
then I would've been opening
myself up to criticism.

1374
01:28:35,395 --> 01:28:40,650
And I'm too much
of a coward to do that.

1375
01:28:45,947 --> 01:28:48,074
Then I lost my cat.

1376
01:28:50,326 --> 01:28:53,246
She was probably
the only soul...

1377
01:28:53,329 --> 01:28:55,790
that truly loved me,
maybe ever.

1378
01:28:59,293 --> 01:29:01,421
And I lost my friend...

1379
01:29:01,504 --> 01:29:04,340
who may have been
an idiot, but he...

1380
01:29:04,424 --> 01:29:06,884
he tolerated me.

1381
01:29:07,885 --> 01:29:10,638
And he was nice to have around.

1382
01:29:11,639 --> 01:29:14,976
And I think I have
realized that I am...

1383
01:29:17,729 --> 01:29:19,981
...not a real writer.

1384
01:29:22,442 --> 01:29:23,985
And that...

1385
01:29:25,153 --> 01:29:26,446
...I think, in the end, it...

1386
01:29:27,447 --> 01:29:31,409
...I would say,
was not worth it.

1387
01:29:33,745 --> 01:29:35,413
I would say that.

1388
01:29:36,956 --> 01:29:38,041
Uh...

1389
01:29:38,291 --> 01:29:41,627
"I will accept the judgment
of the court as valid

1390
01:29:41,836 --> 01:29:45,923
"and fulfill whatever sentence
I may receive...

1391
01:29:47,258 --> 01:29:50,470
"...with full understanding
that I have earned...

1392
01:29:52,555 --> 01:29:53,556
"...said punishment."

1393
01:30:01,689 --> 01:30:03,691
Lee Israel,
the court sentences you

1394
01:30:03,775 --> 01:30:05,068
to five years' probation

1395
01:30:05,318 --> 01:30:07,528
plus six months' house arrest.

1396
01:30:07,862 --> 01:30:09,655
You may only leave home to go

1397
01:30:09,739 --> 01:30:11,532
to and from your place
of employment,

1398
01:30:11,616 --> 01:30:12,950
your work in the community,

1399
01:30:13,034 --> 01:30:15,411
and to
Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

1400
01:30:15,620 --> 01:30:18,581
You are not to leave the state
or consort with felons,

1401
01:30:18,664 --> 01:30:20,333
and you are to pay restitution

1402
01:30:20,416 --> 01:30:23,002
to your victims
within your means.

1403
01:30:23,086 --> 01:30:25,213
Thank you, Your Honor.

1404
01:30:33,304 --> 01:30:35,348
This is a good thing.

1405
01:30:36,307 --> 01:30:38,226
Very fair.

1406
01:30:38,309 --> 01:30:40,228
Mmm.

1407
01:30:40,311 --> 01:30:41,479
Good.

1408
01:30:41,562 --> 01:30:42,980
Yeah.

1409
01:30:47,819 --> 01:30:49,195
Mm-mmm.

1410
01:33:10,795 --> 01:33:13,089
Thanks for coming.

1411
01:33:13,172 --> 01:33:15,800
It was quite inconvenient.

1412
01:33:15,883 --> 01:33:17,043
I moved some meetings around.

1413
01:33:20,054 --> 01:33:21,973
Can I get you a drink?
I'm buying.

1414
01:33:23,557 --> 01:33:25,268
Not today.

1415
01:33:25,351 --> 01:33:30,398
My new meds make gin
taste like mouthwash.

1416
01:33:30,481 --> 01:33:32,525
Takes the fun out of it.

1417
01:33:35,278 --> 01:33:37,655
I guess you cut a deal?

1418
01:33:38,072 --> 01:33:39,949
Ratting on me worked out?

1419
01:33:40,032 --> 01:33:42,410
Three years' probation.

1420
01:33:42,493 --> 01:33:43,911
At least you're out and about.

1421
01:33:43,995 --> 01:33:45,037
So are you.

1422
01:33:45,121 --> 01:33:48,416
No. I'm at an AA meeting
on Tenth Street right now.

1423
01:33:50,584 --> 01:33:53,129
Criminals at large.

1424
01:33:53,212 --> 01:33:55,756
I can't imagine
what was so important

1425
01:33:55,840 --> 01:33:58,509
that Lee Israel
swallowed her pride

1426
01:33:58,592 --> 01:34:01,220
and asked to meet me,
so spit it out.

1427
01:34:04,682 --> 01:34:07,059
I've been thinking
about writing a new book.

1428
01:34:07,143 --> 01:34:10,313
About what happened, and...

1429
01:34:10,396 --> 01:34:13,482
what I did, and...

1430
01:34:13,566 --> 01:34:15,735
about you, if you'll let me.

1431
01:34:15,818 --> 01:34:17,445
Like hell I will.

1432
01:34:17,528 --> 01:34:18,904
What will my boyfriend say

1433
01:34:18,988 --> 01:34:21,657
if he heard about
my shadier dealings?

1434
01:34:21,824 --> 01:34:23,993
I doubt our crimes even rank

1435
01:34:24,076 --> 01:34:26,704
on your top ten
of shady dealings.

1436
01:34:26,787 --> 01:34:28,581
Fair enough.

1437
01:34:28,664 --> 01:34:30,344
But I don't want a book
out there about me.

1438
01:34:30,416 --> 01:34:32,835
I'm a very private person.

1439
01:34:34,337 --> 01:34:38,382
I need to do something,
and I need to write again.

1440
01:34:38,549 --> 01:34:39,884
Mmm.

1441
01:34:39,967 --> 01:34:43,012
What about Fanny... Price?

1442
01:34:43,179 --> 01:34:45,848
God damn. It's Brice.

1443
01:34:47,725 --> 01:34:50,478
As terrifying as it sounds, I...

1444
01:34:50,561 --> 01:34:53,272
I think I'm supposed
to be writing about us.

1445
01:34:55,983 --> 01:34:57,693
I'm still mad at you, you know.

1446
01:34:57,777 --> 01:34:59,779
You treated me like shit.

1447
01:35:00,738 --> 01:35:02,498
I don't think you're
a very nice person, Lee.

1448
01:35:03,783 --> 01:35:04,992
I would agree with you.

1449
01:35:08,245 --> 01:35:10,831
I suppose you might
be mad at me as well.

1450
01:35:11,165 --> 01:35:14,627
Well, I mean, if you didn't look
so decrepit, I might be.

1451
01:35:14,710 --> 01:35:15,795
Yeah, well...

1452
01:35:16,003 --> 01:35:19,131
it was gonna catch
up to me eventually.

1453
01:35:20,925 --> 01:35:23,135
You did fuck your way
through Manhattan, I mean...

1454
01:35:26,180 --> 01:35:28,057
I'd like that on my tombstone.

1455
01:35:41,487 --> 01:35:43,072
Could you make me 29?

1456
01:35:44,782 --> 01:35:46,242
With perfect skin.

1457
01:35:46,325 --> 01:35:48,744
Don't make me sound stupid. Hmm?

1458
01:35:58,212 --> 01:36:00,172
Thank you.

1459
01:36:07,388 --> 01:36:09,181
I'm late for a board meeting.

1460
01:36:10,182 --> 01:36:12,143
My driver's waiting.

1461
01:36:14,562 --> 01:36:16,856
Life of a millionaire.

1462
01:36:16,939 --> 01:36:19,108
What?

1463
01:36:22,820 --> 01:36:26,490
I had such an urge
to trip you just then.

1464
01:36:28,492 --> 01:36:29,827
Wow.

1465
01:36:37,168 --> 01:36:39,628
You're a horrid cunt, Lee.

1466
01:36:39,879 --> 01:36:42,381
You too, Jack.

1467
01:37:24,840 --> 01:37:27,468
<i>Jack would not tell me
what story he'd cook up</i>

1468
01:37:27,551 --> 01:37:30,804
<i>to explain his possession
of the letters.</i>

1469
01:37:30,888 --> 01:37:32,556
<i>Nor would he take
any suggestions</i>

1470
01:37:32,640 --> 01:37:34,934
<i>from me about a backstory.</i>

1471
01:37:35,017 --> 01:37:38,521
<i>It didn't finally matter,
because he was succeeding.</i>

1472
01:37:38,604 --> 01:37:41,315
<i>He always got the price
he asked for.</i>

1473
01:37:41,398 --> 01:37:43,776
<i>His narratives,
whatever they were,</i>

1474
01:37:43,859 --> 01:37:44,944
<i>kept my rent paid</i>

1475
01:37:45,027 --> 01:37:47,446
<i>and his mouth full of large,
gorgeous,</i>

1476
01:37:47,530 --> 01:37:49,949
<i>extraordinarily white teeth.</i>

1477
01:38:29,196 --> 01:38:31,574
I have a friend's birthday
coming up.

1478
01:38:31,657 --> 01:38:32,866
You know, he would love to own

1479
01:38:33,033 --> 01:38:34,493
that Dorothy Parker
in the window.

1480
01:38:34,577 --> 01:38:37,162
Ah. She's a beauty, isn't she?

1481
01:38:37,413 --> 01:38:40,291
Can I ask you how much
a letter like that runs?

1482
01:38:40,624 --> 01:38:43,377
We're asking 1,900,
framed and matted,

1483
01:38:43,460 --> 01:38:45,838
and it comes with
a letter of authenticity.

1484
01:38:46,005 --> 01:38:47,881
Does the letter of authenticity

1485
01:38:47,965 --> 01:38:49,758
come with
a letter of authenticity?

1486
01:38:49,842 --> 01:38:50,926
No.

1487
01:38:51,010 --> 01:38:53,470
I can assure you
it's the real thing.

1488
01:38:53,554 --> 01:38:55,114
No one can write
like Miss Parker could.

1489
01:38:55,389 --> 01:38:57,808
Not before and not since.

1490
01:38:58,434 --> 01:39:01,645
<i>My dear sir,
I offer my droopy salutations</i>

1491
01:39:01,729 --> 01:39:03,147
<i>from the great beyond.</i>

1492
01:39:03,355 --> 01:39:06,150
<i>I understand that you
are selling my personal letters</i>

1493
01:39:06,233 --> 01:39:08,485
<i>to the tune of nearly two grand.</i>

1494
01:39:08,569 --> 01:39:10,195
<i>To think poor Lee Israel</i>

1495
01:39:10,279 --> 01:39:11,697
<i>received a tiny fraction
of that sum</i>

1496
01:39:11,864 --> 01:39:15,576
<i>when she sold them to someone,
who then sold them to you.</i>

1497
01:39:15,826 --> 01:39:17,536
<i>I dearly hope that this letter</i>

1498
01:39:17,620 --> 01:39:18,996
<i>will not affect
the selling price</i>

1499
01:39:19,079 --> 01:39:21,415
<i>of your valuable artifact.</i>

1500
01:39:21,498 --> 01:39:23,208
<i>As I most famously muttered</i>

1501
01:39:23,292 --> 01:39:25,419
<i>mere moments after my cremation,</i>

1502
01:39:25,502 --> 01:39:28,088
<i>"Darling, excuse my dust."</i>

1503
01:39:28,172 --> 01:39:30,841
<i>Yours, Dorothy Parker.</i>