- a great humanitarian,
- And my dearest friend.
- and my dearest friend
- Blah-blah.
- for 17 years.
- Ladies and gentlemen...
- See how much l learn from you?
- l'm afraid you've learned too much from me.
- There you are, Mr Gideon.
This is one of my A1,
first-rate, top-drawerjobs.
That's it. Good luck tomorrow.
What did you mean, l learned too much?
You're gonna make it. l'm hardly ever wrong.
Thanks.
Remember last Tuesday night?
lt was raining... very hard.
Oh, yeah. Yeah, it was raining. What about it?
l called you at midnight.
l must have been walking the dog.
l don't have time for this soer of thing.
You were with someone.
Yes.
And you made love to him.
Yeah.
Well, that's it, huh? We're finished?
l don't know.
How do you feel about me?
l love you.
Then l guess we're not finished.
Because l really do love you, Katie.
- Y ou mean that?
- Ah, hell, no.
l was pissed off at her.
l don't know. Yeah, l did mean it.
Soer of. Sometimes l don't know where
the bullshit ends and the truth begins.
l just wanted to say something nice to her.
Why?
ln case...
ln case...
ln case.
lf l die, l'm sorry for all
the bad things l did to ya.
And if l live, l'm sorry for all
the bad things l'm gonna do to you.
..as stated in the declarations,
sustained directly as the result of injury,
sickness, death of, or permanent disability...
Excuse me, Mr Clark.
Larry, give me our figures.
Well, on an estimated
production budget of $941,000,
with a contingency of 59,000
to round it out to the million,
so far we're in for
at least two-thirds of the fees.
Design, 8,000, costumes, 8,000,
electrics, 4,000.
We're in for the full director-choreographer,
15,000. Casting is another four.
Construction of scenery, where more than
half has been done, that's 125,000... plus.
Stage manager's about 8,000.
Press agent 1500, musicians about... two.
Assistants, secretaries, etc, 3,000.
Rehearsal halls and auditions... 9500.
Script and administrative, 1500.
Managers, l'd say... ten.
Adveerising and printing, about 20,000.
Orchestrations, so far, around 10,000.
Legal, 10,000, auditing, 2,000,
payroll taxes... maybe seven.
Well, seven. Author's advances, 10,000,
equity bonds, 50,000.
Rehearsal salaries, and we've made some
advances to a few of the cast, about 43,000.
We're in for about...
$480,500.
Yes. That's the figure l had here.
And change.
Let me try to understand.
Of that figure, how much do we recoup?
Yeah, l'm confused too. Do we
get all of that, or paer of it, or what?
Simply, here are the options.
One, if Mr Gideon recovers
and you resume production within the
180 days, we are not liable for any paer of it.
Two, if Mr Gideon should die and you resume
production with another director
within the 180 days, we are still not liable.
Three, however, if Mr Gideon
should expire before February 1,
and you abandon production,
we are liable for the full million dollars.
This means, gentlemen,
you could make a profit of...
$519,500.
You could be the first show on Broadway
to make a profit without really opening.
Well...
it's all very clear to me.
All this bullshit about death with dignity.
Y ou know what death with dignity is, man?
Y ou don't drool.
Change-of-pace time. Request.
Here we go. Vic O'Dante. Hey!
? Death is in, death is in, my dear
? Death is the thing
Oh, that's very theatrical, Joe.
Please don