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Academy Award Ep7 If I Were King · Academy Award

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  Speaker 1: The House of Squibb, manufacturing chemists to the medical profession
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  Speaker 1: since 1858, brings you Academy Award.
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  Speaker 2: The pictures, the.
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  Speaker 1: Players, the techniques and skills which have won or been
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  Speaker 1: nominated for, the coveted awards granted each year by the
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  Speaker 1: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to each in
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  Speaker 1: his field for outstanding achievements. The House of Squibb, makers
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  Speaker 1: of the great family of Squibb medicinal products, brings you
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  Speaker 1: Paramount's stirring picture, If I Were King, with the distinguished
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  Speaker 1: star Ronald Coleman, who on three separate occasions has been
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  Speaker 1: nominated for the Academy Awards.
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  Speaker 3: In the reign of Louis XI, Paris was besieged by
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  Speaker 3: the armies of the Duke of Burgundy. Throughout the long winter,
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  Speaker 3: its inhabitants shut off from the outside world, faced either
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  Speaker 3: starvation or slaughter. Honest man turned thief. Thief turned killer.
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  Speaker 3: And in these dark, tumultuous times, like a rare jewel,
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  Speaker 3: fallen into the gutter, claimed the genius of a poet.
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  Speaker 3: Francois Villon. Paris under siege. A city of tensions and
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  Speaker 3: explosive restraints. A city of ironical paradoxes like this. A
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  Speaker 3: beggar come to church to look at a woman of quality.
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  Speaker 3: François Villon and Catherine de Vaucelles, lady-in-waiting to the queen. I.
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  Speaker 2: I was afraid you'd gone.
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  Speaker 4: Why... Why, you are a beggar from the Court of Miracles.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know you.
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  Speaker 2: Ah, but I've dreamt of you always. Each night we've
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  Speaker 2: roamed the starry way together. Each morning I've walked with
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  Speaker 2: despair in my heart. Knowing no mortal could.
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  Speaker 1: Be so fair.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, milady, wherever I look, I see only you. Of course,
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  Speaker 2: if I had better manners, I'd keep this to myself.
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  Speaker 2: But as you see, I have no manners.
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  Speaker 4: I do indeed.
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  Speaker 2: May I read you a poem?
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  Speaker 4: No, certainly not.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, milady. If I were king, ah, love, if
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  Speaker 2: I were king, what tributary nations would I bring to
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  Speaker 2: stoop before your scepter? And to swear allegiance to your
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  Speaker 2: lips and eyes and hair.
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  Speaker 4: Milady!
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  Speaker 2: Beneath your feet what treasures I would fling. The stars
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  Speaker 2: should be your pearls upon a string.
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  Speaker 4: Milady!
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  Speaker 2: The world a ruby for your finger ring.
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  Speaker 4: Please.
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  Speaker 2: And you should have the sun and moon to wear
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  Speaker 2: if I were king.
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  Speaker 4: Please, I must go. There he is, the beggar, hanoi,
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  Speaker 4: my lady.
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  Speaker 1: Don't let him escape.
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  Speaker 2: Nor was the king's guard to interrupt her reform, my lady.
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  Speaker 1: Here he goes. After him. Take François beyond the king's name.
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  Speaker 1: Where is the prisoner? He's in here in the torture room,
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  Speaker 1: your majesty. Oh, nasty smell down here. As if the
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  Speaker 1: cook had burnt the roast. Well, now, my man, why
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  Speaker 1: bring all this suffering on yourself? You were seen to
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  Speaker 1: pick up this arrow. To whom were you taking it?
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  Speaker 1: Better use your tongue while you still have it. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: he still has his tongue, hasn't he?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, majesty.
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  Speaker 1: Good. Now, my man, you'd better speak while you can speak.
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  Speaker 1: Where were you taking this arrow? Fear cone. What's that?
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  Speaker 1: I'll bend closer if you wish. Now, where were you
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  Speaker 1: taking it? Fear cone tavern.
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  Speaker 2: So.
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  Speaker 1: Well, well. Very interesting. Where is this, uh, this fear
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  Speaker 1: cone tavern? Fear cone tavern, sire? Why, it's in the
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  Speaker 1: Court of Miracles. A spot frequented by wantons, cutthroats, beggars, thieves.
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  Speaker 1: The scum of Paris. Very interesting.
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  Speaker 4: Oh.
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  Speaker 1: We must go there. Indeed, we must. In our very
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  Speaker 1: best disguises. The Peer Kong Tavern, eh? Oh, God. Give
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  Speaker 1: him water. But not too much. Ha, ha, ha!
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  Speaker 4: Oh, bring a spiced beer.
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  Speaker 2: It is good for strangers to be alone.
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  Speaker 4: Come, ugly one, buy spiced beer. And welcome to Piercon Tavern.
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  Speaker 1: Me? Oh, thanks, wench. Well, well, you get.
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  Speaker 2: What's this?
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  Speaker 4: Ha!
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  Speaker 2: Waste not thy heart upon this juiceless mold. Ere all
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  Speaker 2: thy fragrant youth depart and leave thee useless old. Isn't
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  Speaker 2: that beautiful?
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  Speaker 1: Who is this cockroach?
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  Speaker 2: Why, that's Francois Villon, the poet. A tinker of verses, gentlemen.
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  Speaker 2: No offense. Poetry is its own worst enemy. Come, join
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  Speaker 2: me in a bottle of wine fit for a king.
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  Speaker 1: You drink more than is good for you, my friend.
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  Speaker 2: What can a man do but drink when France is
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  Speaker 2: going to the devil?
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  Speaker 1: I suppose you could do better if you were king.
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  Speaker 2: I do not wish to appear boastful, Brother Longnose, but yes.
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  Speaker 2: I try and know my subjects to earn their loyalty
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  Speaker 2: instead of their loathing. So, by knowing the worst in them,
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  Speaker 2: I bring out the best in them.
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  Speaker 1: You should have been an orator, my friend.
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  Speaker 2: I am an orator. Thank you. Thank you, my subjects.
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  Speaker 2: And now, where is the wine?
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  Speaker 1: The grand constable.
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  Speaker 2: Stand, you villains.
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  Speaker 1: We've come for a rogue named Villon. Francois Villon. Which
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  Speaker 1: one is he?
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  Speaker 2: I am Francois Villon. Don't let them take you.
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  Speaker 1: Down with the king's watch.
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  Speaker 2: Quickly, assault.
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  Speaker 5: Order in the king's name.
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  Speaker 4: The king's archers just when we're winning.
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  Speaker 2: Clap your arms, all of you.
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  Speaker 5: So, you've murdered the grand constable. A pretty night's work,
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  Speaker 5: Master Vio.
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  Speaker 1: So the grand constable is dead. And in his hand,
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  Speaker 1: an interesting scrap of paper, eh?
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  Speaker 2: It was he.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, Oliver. The arrow was meant for him. Take this V.O.
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  Speaker 1: out and hang him. One moment, young man. Who are
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  Speaker 1: you to interfere with the king's justice? I am the
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  Speaker 1: king's justice. Your majesty.
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  Speaker 4: The king.
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  Speaker 2: Long live the king.
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  Speaker 1: Greetings, my loyal subjects. And especially to you, master philosopher
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  Speaker 1: and agile swordsman.
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  Speaker 4: Neil Francois, the king.
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  Speaker 2: I'm afraid it's a little late for etiquette.
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  Speaker 1: Quite so. Captain, arrest the leaders and take them to
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  Speaker 1: the palace dungeon. I suppose you're wondering what I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to do with you. I can almost guess. I could
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  Speaker 1: have you boiled in oil or sliced or drawn and quartered,
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  Speaker 1: and there are other tortures that For the moment, escape me.
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  Speaker 2: Your Majesty, I.
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  Speaker 1: But I'm not going to hang you yet.
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  Speaker 2: Your Majesty will never know my gratitude.
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  Speaker 1: I probably won't. You robbed my storehouse, insulted me publicly,
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  Speaker 1: made revolutionary speeches, and topped off the evening by assassinating
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  Speaker 1: my grand constable in cold blood. Your Majesty admitted he
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  Speaker 1: was a traitor. Even so, he was my grand constable.
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  Speaker 1: So don't split heads.
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  Speaker 2: But he started the fight.
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  Speaker 1: And you finished it, leaving me to punish you and
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  Speaker 1: reward you for the same deed, eh? Something which would
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  Speaker 1: have puzzled King Solomon himself.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, you might hang me at one end and
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  Speaker 2: pin a medal on the other.
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  Speaker 1: A greater king would hang you out of hand. And
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  Speaker 1: a lesser king would forgive you. I probably fall somewhere
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  Speaker 1: between the two. And this is my decision. Since you
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  Speaker 1: have deprived me of the services of my grand constable... Yes,
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  Speaker 1: but Your Majesty, I... Don't interrupt me. And since you
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  Speaker 1: think it's so easy to rule these carrion who call
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  Speaker 1: themselves my subjects... I hereby appoint you Grand Constable of
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  Speaker 1: France and Brittany.
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  Speaker 2: Grand Constable?
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  Speaker 1: Defender of my crown, commander-in-chief of my armies, and a
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  Speaker 1: dispenser of justice, high, middle, and low.
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  Speaker 2: But is this a jest?
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  Speaker 1: Not at all. Oh, it's true, you come from the gutter,
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  Speaker 1: my friend. But you have a certain native sense of loyalty, courage.
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  Speaker 1: And at least it will prove an interesting experiment, eh? Now, now,
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  Speaker 1: kneel down. Well, get down, get down. Go on, go on.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, sire.
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  Speaker 1: I dub thee Count de Montcourbier, hereditary knight of the
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  Speaker 1: Golden Buckle. Yes, and I think you need a bath. Oliver. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: your majesty. Show the Count de Montcourbier to his rooms.
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  Speaker 1: This way, my lord.
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  Speaker 2: Your majesty.
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  Speaker 1: Your majesty. My Lord, Grand Constable. Before continuing with the
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  Speaker 1: second part of... Academy Award, I'd like to point out
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  Speaker 1: how often, not only in motion pictures, but in every
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  Speaker 1: other field, a bright, attractive smile helps a man or
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  Speaker 1: woman on his way to the top. It's one of
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  Speaker 1: see the refreshing difference. In a moment, Ronald Coleman will
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  Speaker 1: be back with part two of If I Were King.
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  Speaker 1: But first, we want to thank Paramount Pictures for making
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  Speaker 1: this story available. You'll be interested to know that Paramount's
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  Speaker 1: current production is Kitty, starring Paulette Goddard and Ray Melant.
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  Speaker 1: And now, the House of Squibb presents part two of
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  Speaker 1: tonight's Academy Award, starring Ronald Coleman as Francois Villon in
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  Speaker 1: If I Were King. If I Were King Well, my
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  Speaker 1: lord constable, you smell different. And you look so different,
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  Speaker 1: I wouldn't know you.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, sire.
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  Speaker 1: Come, the court is waiting. I was saying, your majesty,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not familiar with the name of de Montcourbier... Although
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  Speaker 1: heraldry is my hobby.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I can't say the same for the name of Doudon, General.
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  Speaker 2: Ever since you won the Battle of Montlhery, I have
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  Speaker 2: watched your success with increasing enthusiasm. But I did not
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  Speaker 2: win the Battle of Montlhery.
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  Speaker 1: Oh.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, yes, yes. Of course, yes, yes.
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  Speaker 1: You lost it, yes.
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  Speaker 2: But there was the Siege of Liège.
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  Speaker 1: We lost that one, too, my dear Count.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, did we? I'm so sorry. We must talk about
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  Speaker 2: your battle some other time, General.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, come along. Now, this is the Duchess de Longueuil. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: I see. Where is the Count de Montcourbier? He spied
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  Speaker 1: one of the ladies in waiting, sire. Seemed to know her.
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  Speaker 4: Oh?
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  Speaker 1: Yes, so he does.
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  Speaker 2: You must think this rude of me, but my name is.
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  Speaker 2: De Montcourbier.
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  Speaker 1: Silly, isn't it?
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  Speaker 2: I looked at you... and nearly forgot my name.
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  Speaker 4: No doubt your lordship has many important things on his mind.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, no, no. No, I've nothing on my mind at all.
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  Speaker 2: You just affect me that way. I had no idea
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  Speaker 2: that you would.
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  Speaker 1: that I would.
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  Speaker 2: Do you live here?
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  Speaker 4: I am one of Her Majesty's ladies-in-waiting.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, what a fortunate queen. Do you know, the moment
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  Speaker 2: I set eyes on you, I said to myself, there
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  Speaker 2: is all the beauty of the universe... Past, present, and future...
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  Speaker 2: personified and embodied in this exquisite creature. And yet, I
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  Speaker 2: know not the name of all this loveliness.
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  Speaker 4: My name is Catherine de Vaucelles.
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  Speaker 2: Ah, it's a beautiful name.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, what is it?
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  Speaker 5: Your Majesty, a herald from the Duke of Burgundy... entered
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  Speaker 5: the city under a flag of truce. He demands audience.
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  Speaker 1: Admit the herald from Burgundy... You may speak, Sir Harold.
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  Speaker 1: In the name of the Duke of Burgundy and of
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  Speaker 1: his allies assembled in overwhelming force outside the walls of Paris,
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  Speaker 1: I hereby summon you, Louis of France, to surrender and
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  Speaker 1: to throw yourself upon me master's mercy. And if I refuse?
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  Speaker 1: For the city, famine till the end, then fire in
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  Speaker 1: the sword, and for yourself, no hope of pardon. And
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  Speaker 1: if I accept, an honorable retreat.
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  Speaker 2: You mean a dishonorable retreat, huh?
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  Speaker 1: Who are you?
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  Speaker 2: Grand Constable of France, Chief of the Armies, Dispenser of
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  Speaker 2: all Justice. No, no, don't bother to look around. I
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  Speaker 2: am replacing the traitor who was in your master's employ.
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  Speaker 1: You....
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  Speaker 2: Don't make any more movements like that... or I'll have
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  Speaker 2: you hanged and sent back to your master in a bag.
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  Speaker 2: You are not the envoy of a conquering hero... the
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  Speaker 2: servant of a group of shabby little vassals, rebellious serfs
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  Speaker 2: of a noble lord. Now, go back and tell them this.
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  Speaker 2: Kings are great in the eyes of their people, but
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  Speaker 2: the people are great in the eyes of God. We
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  Speaker 2: are well armed and provisioned. We are warm and comfortable
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  Speaker 2: behind our strong walls.
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  Speaker 1: We laugh at your threats.
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  Speaker 2: But if we who eat were starved, if we who
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  Speaker 2: drink were dried, If we who are warm were frozen,
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  Speaker 2: our answer would still be the same. We laugh at you. We,
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  Speaker 2: the people, and the king.
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  Speaker 1: And this is your answer? No. No, not all.
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  Speaker 2: We give you one week to disband and get out.
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  Speaker 2: Then we will attack and destroy you to the last man. Now,
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  Speaker 2: we don't wish to be annoyed further.
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  Speaker 1: But, but, your majesty. You heard my lord, Grand Constable.
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  Speaker 1: Get out. Yes, yes. There's nothing else you can do?
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  Speaker 1: Get out.
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  Speaker 4: My lord, will the Burgundians retreat or will they stay
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  Speaker 4: and be slaughtered?
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  Speaker 2: I'm afraid they'll stay and be slaughtered.
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  Speaker 4: Will you attack at dawn or during the night?
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  Speaker 2: Which would you prefer?
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  Speaker 4: My lord, you're making fun of me.
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  Speaker 2: No, milady. I'm smiling because my heart is singing.
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  Speaker 4: Will you wear my kerchief into battle?
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  Speaker 2: Aren't you afraid it may take my mind off the fighting?
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  Speaker 4: The queen said that you had called a council of war.
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  Speaker 4: All the generals of France.
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  Speaker 2: I did. I told them my plan of attack. I
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  Speaker 2: shall know their verdict any moment.
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  Speaker 4: They can do nothing but follow you.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I hope you're right.
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  Speaker 4: Will you bring me word?
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  Speaker 2: Of course. Where shall I find you?
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  Speaker 4: Well, you might find me behind the fourth door on
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  Speaker 4: the left on the third floor of the new east wing,
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  Speaker 4: if you can remember it.
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  Speaker 2: It is engraved on my brain in letters of fire. Sire,
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  Speaker 2: what was the verdict of the council? I must make
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  Speaker 2: haste to perfect my plans.
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  Speaker 1: Yes. The council refuses to accept your plan. And as
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  Speaker 1: you say, you must make haste, for you have very
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  Speaker 1: little time.
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  Speaker 2: But, sire, I don't understand. Oh, didn't I tell you?
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  Speaker 1: Well, now, let me see. You rendered us a slight service,
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  Speaker 1: which we are repaying with a week of exalted splendor.
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  Speaker 2: A week?
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  Speaker 1: A week, exactly. Of course, the week is almost gone.
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  Speaker 1: You have, let me see, yes, exactly one more day.
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  Speaker 1: Then I shall expect you to build me an extra
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  Speaker 1: fine gibbet. And from it, hang Master Vion.
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  Speaker 2: Yes. Yes, you know, for a few hours, Your Majesty
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  Speaker 2: had me almost disappointed in him.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'm glad your faith in me was sustained, my
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  Speaker 1: dear Vion. Good night.
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  Speaker 2: Good night. But, Your Majesty.
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  Speaker 1: Yes? What if I should escape? Oh, you won't escape.
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  Speaker 1: I've taken care of that. Just a moment, my lord.
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  Speaker 1: Were you thinking of leaving the palace?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, just taking the air before retiring. Taking the air
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  Speaker 2: on the battlements.
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  Speaker 1: Follow him. Quick, quick.
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  Speaker 4: Oh.
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  Speaker 1: Oh.
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  Speaker 4: There you are. I was afraid you'd forgotten.
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  Speaker 2: How could I?
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  Speaker 4: Give me your hand. In here. Milord, I heard the
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  Speaker 4: news of the council. The scurvy cowards. Why didn't you
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  Speaker 4: throw them out of their commands?
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  Speaker 2: Too many of them. More than I could replace to
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  Speaker 2: attack in a week.
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  Speaker 4: Then attack in two weeks.
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  Speaker 2: His Majesty only gave me one. I still have tonight.
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  Speaker 4: Milord. Milord. Sometimes I do not understand you. My heart
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  Speaker 4: tells me that you will not let Paris be defeated.
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  Speaker 2: And what else does your heart tell you?
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  Speaker 4: Oh, my Lord, I think you know.
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  Speaker 2: Does it mean so much to you that Paris be saved?
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  Speaker 4: I had visions of the city free again. Food coming
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  Speaker 4: through the gates and travelers from far off places. Hunts
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  Speaker 4: in the forest. of Fontainebleau. And I wanted you to
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  Speaker 4: take me on a picnic in the spring.
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  Speaker 2: I might not have been able to anyway.
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  Speaker 4: Why not?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, the spring is some time off and time does
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  Speaker 2: strange things to people, doesn't it?
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  Speaker 1: I wonder.
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  Speaker 2: I wonder in what misty isle the voice of Sappho
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  Speaker 2: thrills the air. In what green valley of the Nile
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  Speaker 2: does Cleopatra still despair for Antony the Deponaire? The wind
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  Speaker 2: had blown them all away. The good, the bad, the foul,
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  Speaker 2: the fair. Where are the snows of yesterday?
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  Speaker 4: Who wrote that?
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  Speaker 2: A person of no importance who is to be hanged.
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  Speaker 4: What a pity.
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: Ah, but you shouldn't feel too sorry for him. Such
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: wretches are born and live in the shadow of the gibbet.
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: They're starved and tortured. The slightest wrong they commit is
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: punishable by hanging. So when at last they do hang, well,
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: they've always expected it.
• 20:57
  Speaker 4: Aren't we lucky we're not in their shoes?
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: Yes, yes, it is nice, isn't it?
• 21:01
  Speaker 4: Poor starving people. But why wouldn't they fight for Paris?
• 21:07
  Speaker 4: If they had someone to lead them... To assure them
• 21:10
  Speaker 4: that when they had fought and conquered, they would find
• 21:12
  Speaker 4: their lot different. Their king grateful.
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: Catherine.
• 21:17
  Speaker 4: Milord.
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: They would.
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: They would fight. They would conquer. But I would have
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: to lead them.
• 21:23
  Speaker 4: Oh, Milord, you. But it would have to be one
• 21:26
  Speaker 4: they trusted. One of their own.
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: Yes, one of their own. One of the rabble of
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: the gutters of Paris.
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: Me. Catherine.
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: Have you ever asked yourself where the Mount de Montcourbier
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: came from?
• 21:37
  Speaker 4: No.
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: Did it ever occur to you that... that perhaps he
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: came from the court of miracles.
• 21:43
  Speaker 4: Oh, my Lord. For a minute you had me thinking
• 21:45
  Speaker 4: you were serious.
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: Don't you remember that day at the church?
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: Oh.
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: If I were king, ah, love, if I were king.
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: What?
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: Beneath your feet what treasures I would fling. The stars
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: should be your pearls upon a string.
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: Oh, no.
• 21:59
  Speaker 4: No.
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: Yes, the world a ruby for your finger ring. And
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: you should have the sun and moon to wear.
• 22:07
  Speaker 4: Please, my Lord. Please.
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: If I were king, yes, I am François Villon.
• 22:15
  Speaker 4: Oh, no.
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: The gutter poet. Companion of the finest company of cutthroats, rogues, thieves,
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: and murderers that France can boast of.
• 22:26
  Speaker 4: Why did you do this to me?
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: Oh, I never intended to. It started as the jest
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: of a king. Then, then I loved you. Love? With
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: all the meaning that the word can have in paradise. Love.
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: I could not give thee any godlier thing if I
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: were king.
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: Go.
• 22:52
  Speaker 4: Please go. Please.
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: Yes, I'll go. I'll go to the court of miracles.
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: Perhaps my thieves and cutthroats can do what the generals
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: and the armies of the king have not been able
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: to do. Save France.
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: Did you follow him? Yes, sire, but somehow... Out with it.
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: He escaped.
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: Escaped? After I ordered the finest gibbet built in all France.
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: After him, after him. What is it now?
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: Burgundian fire.
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: It breaches the west wall. Tell my generals, rouse the army.
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: But capture that rogue Francois Vion, dead or alive. Yes, sir.
• 23:44
  Speaker 4: Listen to me.
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: We've been fools long enough. While they're fighting, we'll sack
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: and loot the city. This is our chance.
• 23:52
  Speaker 4: Who's going to lead us?
• 23:53
  Speaker 3: Us?
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: Who?
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: I am.
• 23:54
  Speaker 4: You? Do you want any part of it?
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: Who got us right? Why, for a good meal. For
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: a good meal? You'd murder your own mother. His oratory
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: is improving with opportunity.
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: Eh, you get?
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: Villon.
• 24:08
  Speaker 4: Francois Villon.
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: Yes, Francois Villon. Come to tell you a few things.
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: My friends, we all know there is no honor among thieves,
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: so I'm not going to talk to you about honor.
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: And I'm not appealing to any patch of decency I
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: know you never had. But there are hundreds of thousands
• 24:27
  Speaker 2: of you here, and the city is falling to thieves
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: like ourselves. Come all the way from Burgundy to take
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: what belongs to us. Beggars to beg the bread from
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: our beggars' mouths. Cutpurses to cut our purses. Are we
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: going to let these poachers move in on our preserve?
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: These country louts show us how it's done.
• 24:48
  Speaker 3: No!
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: Are they going to starve us to death? No!
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: Then I tell you this.
• 24:54
  Speaker 2: There is no city that can be conquered unless it
• 24:57
  Speaker 2: wants to be. And whether they like it or not,
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: we are part of the city.
• 25:01
  Speaker 4: No!
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: The part that knows how to fight. Or don't we?
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: We don't.
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: Good. Then let us fight. The Bells of Paris.
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: It would seem our side has been victorious. Yes, sire.
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: I have the honor to inform you that our arms
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: have been victorious on every side. The Duke of Burgundy
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: and his allies are defeated and are in retreat. Your
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: Majesty's orders have been carried out, including the apprehension and
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: arrest of your traitorous Grand Constable, whose fate is now
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: in Your Majesty's hands.
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: Good.
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: We shall hang him this very day.
• 25:58
  Speaker 4: Your Majesty.
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: Yes?
• 25:59
  Speaker 4: Your Majesty, a great injustice has been done. Last night
• 26:02
  Speaker 4: we were facing deceit when the city was saved by
• 26:05
  Speaker 4: Francois Villon. Francois Villon, the rabble of Paris.
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: Say you so. Now that is most interesting. Oh. There
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: you are, Master Cutthroat.
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: Don't tell me I'm to have the honor of your
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: personal escort to the gibbet, Your Majesty.
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: I've been given to understand that you and some other
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: footpads had something to do with defeating the Burgundians last night. Well,
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: suppose I had. Well, just this. That you have a
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: devilish talent for seating me on the point of a
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: sort of justice. And it's becoming uncomfortable in the extreme.
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: I'm sorry I have no cushion to offer, Your Majesty.
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: Spare me your witticisms. It's difficult enough trying to be
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: king of France.
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: Oh, I found that out, your majesty.
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: You have?
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: Well, that's the first nice thing you've said to me.
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: Well, now, Francois Villon, in recognition of your heroic but
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: murderous services to the crown, I sentence you to life imprisonment.
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: I forbid you to show yourself again inside of Paris.
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: You can have the rest of France, but I must
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: have peace.
• 27:17
  Speaker 2: Your majesty.
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: And one more thing. You owe your head to the
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: intercession of Lady Catherine... Before you leave the palace, she
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: wants a word with you. No.
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: No, it's better this way.
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: Will you.
• 27:31
  Speaker 2: Will you thank the Lady Catherine and tell her that
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: someday I hope to make the saving of my neck
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: worthy of her efforts?
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: Oh, get out. Get out.
• 27:42
  Speaker 4: Get out. Driver, stop the horses. That is the man
• 27:55
  Speaker 4: I want, walking there in the road. Milord?
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: What do you wish, milady?
• 28:04
  Speaker 2: Paris is the other way.
• 28:06
  Speaker 4: May I... May I read you a poem?
• 28:10
  Speaker 2: No, certainly not.
• 28:12
  Speaker 4: Oh, thank you, milord. If I were king, beneath your
• 28:18
  Speaker 4: feet what treasures I would fling. Stars shall be your
• 28:22
  Speaker 4: pearls upon a string.
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: Oh, no, come, milady.
• 28:26
  Speaker 2: That does not sound well, coming from a woman's lips.
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: No?
• 28:30
  Speaker 4: Then how should it sound?
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: It should sound softly as a poem, from the heart
• 28:35
  Speaker 2: like a song. Ah, let these wild dreams and wilder
• 28:41
  Speaker 2: words take wing. Deep in the woods I hear a
• 28:45
  Speaker 2: shepherd sing a simple ballad to a sylvan air of love.
• 28:51
  Speaker 2: that ever finds your face more fair. I could not
• 28:57
  Speaker 2: give thee any godlier thing if I were king.
• 29:03
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• 29:26
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• 29:30
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• 30:52
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