Trumbo (2015)
Mark Harelik: Edward 'Ed' Muhl
Quotes
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Edward 'Ed' Muhl : Kirk, if you don't get rid of Trumbo, I will.
Kirk Douglas : And right after I quit, you can re-shoot all my scenes. You see, Ed, for better or worse, I AM Spartacus.
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Hedda Hopper : Now listen, Ed, we'll picket every theater that movie is in unless you pull the prints tonight, and you get that traitor's name off of it.
Edward 'Ed' Muhl : Hedda, you can't put me in this position. That's expensive and pointless.
Hedda Hopper : Then you can kiss your movie, your studio, and your miserable ass goodbye.
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Edward 'Ed' Muhl : Kirk. Hedda Hopper just told me the American Legion is going to boycott us unless you get rid of Trumbo.
Kirk Douglas : Ed, he's not done with the script. His name will never be on the thing. What's anybody boycotting?
Edward 'Ed' Muhl : [to the make-up artists] Kirk... Just a second. Please. Please. Just give me five seconds, please.
[the make-up artists clear away]
Edward 'Ed' Muhl : Listen. Twenty million Americans are saying loud and clear, they will never buy a ticket to our movie unless you fire one writer. Here's fifty. Pick one.