Sunset Boulevard movie - DANCE SEQUENCE lyrics
rate me<br>
(A group of EXTRAS from Cecil B. DeMille's latest extravaganza 'Samson and Delilah' crosses the stage. JOE thinks he recognizes a man with a false beard and gold helmet who's accompanied by a gaggle of scantily-clad DANCING GIRLS: SAMMY. HE raises his hand in a priestly gesture.)<br>
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SAMMY<br>
Bless you, Joseph<br>
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JOE<br>
That you, Sammy?<br>
<br>
SAMMY<br>
How do you like my harem?<br>
<br>
JOE<br>
How come you get such lousy breaks?<br>
<br>
JOE<br>
One learns to grin and bear 'em.<br>
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GIRLS<br>
This is the biggest film ever made<br>
<br>
JOE<br>
What're you playing?<br>
<br>
ANITA<br>
Temple Virgin<br>
<br>
DAWN<br>
Handmaiden to Delilah<br>
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JOE<br>
Let's have lunch, gotta run.<br>
<br>
(The FINANCEMEN, meanwhile, settle down to watch and wait. JOE moves swiftly towards a sharply-dressed middle-aged man, MORINO , his agent. MORINO is with a very much younger man and does his best to pretend not to notice JOE. When he realizes the encounter is unavoidable, HE makes a great show of pleasurable surprise and greets JOE with effusive bonhomie.)<br>
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JOE<br>
You've got to find me a job.<br>
I'm way behind with my payments<br>
I thought you were meant to be my agent<br>
I need some work<br>
<br>
MORINO<br>
I only wish I could help<br>
this town is dead at the moment<br>
there's been this slowdown in production....<br>
<br>
(JOE interrupts, indicating the YOUNGER MAN)<br>
<br>
JOE<br>
Who is this jerk?<br>
<br>
MORINO<br>
He's my wunderkind from Broadway.<br>
Every major studio wants him .<br>
<br>
YOUNGER MAN<br>
Playing one against the other....<br>
<br>
JOE<br>
What I need is three hundred bucks.<br>
<br>
MORINO<br>
Maybe what you need is a new agent.<br>
<br>
(JOE spots a friend of his, ARTIE GREEN, a fresh-faced assistant director in his mid-twenties)<br>
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JOE<br>
Hello, Artie<br>
<br>
ARTIE<br>
Joe, you bastard!<br>
<br>
JOE<br>
You never call me anymore.<br>
<br>
ARTIE<br>
Found a cuter dancing partner <br>
How are things?<br>
<br>
JOE<br>
Not so great.<br>
<br>
ARTIE<br>
Will this help?<br>
Twenty bucks?<br>
<br>
(ARTIE hands JOE a twenty dollar bill; JOE hesitates then accepts it.)<br>
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JOE<br>
Thanks, you're a pal.<br>
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ALL (Ad-Lib)<br>
Good morning, Mr. De Mille<br>
<br>
MYRON<br>
Good morning, C.B.<br>
<br>
(During this exchange, the lights have come up on SHELDRAKE's office. SHELDRAKE, a mournful, dyspeptic figure sits behind his desk, speaking into one of an array of phones.)<br>
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SHELDRAKE<br>
This is Sheldrake<br>
bring some water <br>
get me that shithead Nolan.<br>
<br>
(HE puts down one phone and picks up another)<br>
<br>
Nolan, sweetheart, <br>
great to talk <br>
This draft is so much brighter.<br>
You're the best<br>
even so <br>
I've hired another writer. <br>
<br>
(HE puts the phone down as his SECRETARY shows JOE into the office, handing Sheldrake a tumbler of water as she does so. SHELDRAKE seems surprised to see JOE and makes some unconvincing stab at conviviality as HE shakes some bicarb into the water.)<br>
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SECRETARY<br>
Mr.Gillis<br>
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