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Arliss: For most of us,
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the dream of becoming a champion
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remains a fantasy.
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But for a special few,
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it is very much a reality.
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We cheer them.
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We live through them.
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Athletes are our last warriors.
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My job is to make
their dreams come true.
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My name is Arliss Michaels.
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I represent athletes.
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These are my stories.
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♪ Don't know what it is
that makes me love you so ♪
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♪ I only know I never
wanna let you go ♪
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♪ 'Cause you started
something, oh, can't you see ♪
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♪ That ever since we met
you had a hold on me ♪
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♪ It happens to be true ♪
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♪ I only wanna be with you ♪
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♪ I just wanna be
beside you everywhere ♪
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♪ As long as we're
together, honey, I don't care ♪
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♪ 'Cause you started
something, oh, can't you see ♪
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♪ That ever since we met
you had a hold on me ♪
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♪ No matter what you do ♪
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♪ I only wanna be with you ♪
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Sports announcer: Here comes
Fondeaux on a breakaway.
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He shoots! He scores!
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Guy Fondeaux with
his 63rd goal of the year!
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I never should have traded him.
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What was I thinking?
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What was I drinking?
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Waiter: One double
Tanqueray with a twist?
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Honey, find out
where the food is.
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I'm so hungry I'm
farting fresh air.
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You know, Guy is a free agent.
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Oh, I can't afford him, Arliss.
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That's why I dumped his salary.
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This is L.A. I've got
zero luxury boxes.
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Someone needs to
buy me a new arena.
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I'm hearing a sound.
A very strange sound.
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Is it the sound of a moving van?
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It's about time. I thought your
Wonder Bra had a blowout.
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Mmmm. This WASP Dining
Club food is really terrific.
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How would you like
to join the club, Arliss?
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Oh, I don't think
I'd fit into this club.
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Not this club. A special club.
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Ownership.
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Ownership?
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Ten percent of my
hockey franchise?
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And all you've got to
do for it is to find a city
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that will provide me
with a comfortable home.
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It is intriguing.
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I'm sure I could find
a few eligible cities
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that would be very interested.
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I am so glad we are
finally on the same team,
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Mr. Future President
of the Kings.
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But not one word
of this is to get out.
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No one is to know
what we're doing.
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Especially this dipshit.
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Councilman Colsen.
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Flora. Hey, it's too bad
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about the team's losing streak.
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Oh, well, it's not
for lack of trying.
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My boys leave it on
the ice every night.
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Any movement on the
new arena feasibility study?
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(sighs) No, I'm sorry.
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We've been so tied up with this
impending teachers' strike, you know?
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Oh, of course,
darling, of course.
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The kids come first.
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Right, right.
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Enjoy your dinner.
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Same to you.
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What does he give a shit
about those little snots for?
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They don't vote.
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Arliss? I want you
to run with this.
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You have my permission
to make a deal.
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But... keep this
very hush, hush.
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You know, no one loves
the fans more than I do.
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But unfortunately, this
is not about the fans.
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It's not about wins and losses.
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It's about P.S.L.'s.
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P.S.L.'s?
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Personal Seat Licenses.
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One of the great pieces
of larceny of the 1990s.
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Flora Lansing. Not
an unattractive woman,
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in a cosmetically
altered sort of way.
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Here's how they work.
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Get a city to build
your new arena,
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and charge prospective
season ticket holders
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10 grand apiece just for the
right to buy season tickets!
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(laughs) Boy, I wish
I'd thought of that.
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Good morning, all.
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Boss, are you sure
you wanna be an owner?
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I mean, then you'll be
a buyer and a seller.
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How are you gonna do both?
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Conflict of interest. You can't own
a team and represent the players.
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League rules. Well,
we'll just divest ourselves
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of all our hockey clients.
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Even Fondeaux?
He's a free agent.
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We'd be losing five percent
commission on a possible $20 million deal.
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Not if I can sign him to a new team
before we close on moving the franchise.
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W... W... Wait... Wait...
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so you have your cake,
you eat it, you move it.
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Ten percent of a
franchise will be worth more
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than all of our hockey
commissions combined.
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Rita: This isn't about
money, Arliss. It's about ego.
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That is absolutely...
not untrue.
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However, mostly, it's about
taking AMM to the next level.
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Making us a real player.
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Like Mike Ovitz, bringing
together M.C.A. and Matsushita.
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Exactly, we can run tennis
tours, superstar competitions...
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Skins' games. It's
where it's all going now.
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Vertical integration.
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What about the fans?
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Yeah, boss, what about the fans?
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I don't wanna be a party
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to ripping out another
franchise out of this city.
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You know, the
Raiders, the Rams...
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Don't think of it that way.
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Think of bringing hockey
to new fans in new cities.
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Think of yourselves
as missionaries.
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And think of the fans in
the missionary position.
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We've already narrowed down
the candidates to three cities.
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So... where to first, padre?
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Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.
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Raleigh-Durham was
chosen by Lifestyles Magazine
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as the fourth most desirable
city in the U.S. in which to live.
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- (heavy coughing)
- We have it all.
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- (coughing continues)
- Affordable housing, good schools...
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(Southern accent) Clean air.
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(coughing continues)
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Perfectly lovely.
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But if all this were
about pretty towns,
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the Kings would move to Aspen.
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Mrs. Lansing needs to know
why uprooting from a megalopolis
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like Los Angeles to a
secondary market, like, Raleigh,
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would be advantageous.
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Let me show you boys somethin'.
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(clears throat)
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(coughs)
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This here is the
Blue Devil Valley,
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one of the most
aesthetically beautiful areas
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in all the Carolinas.
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It's breathtaking.
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Here's where we're
gonna put your arena.
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Ohh...
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And you can guarantee
that this facility
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will be completed
within the year?
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Absolutely. This is
a right-to-work state.
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None of this union bullshit.
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One guy doesn't get the
job done, we haul his ass out,
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and bring another
guy in who can do it.
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Smoke?
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(muffled grunt)
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No... thank you.
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(Kirby pounding on table)
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Uh, excuse me.
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You strike me as a creative man.
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Why don't you and I sit down
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over some dinner
and... and talk, huh?
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(violent coughing)
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(coughing continues)
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(Kirby spitting)
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(coughing and
spitting continues)
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I'm tellin' you, the only
place for the Kings is...
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Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Arliss: No place like it.
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Arliss: But are you sure you
can support a hockey team?
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There's a lot to do here!
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I assure you Mrs. Lansing will
like doing business here, Arliss.
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If a casino owner wants
to erect a 1,000-foot tower,
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we change the building
height requirements.
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If airline pilots complain of
lasers flashing in their eyes
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from modern day pyramids,
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we alter flight patterns.
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In Las Vegas,
business comes first.
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(quietly) And taste
comes second.
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Now, no matter
what you've heard,
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I assure you Las Vegas
is still a family town.
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Help yourself.
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Cigarette? No.
No, thank you, no.
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Arliss: I'm sure Mrs.
Lansing is going to be thrilled
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with this whole
family concept thing,
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but it still comes
down to hard figures.
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Stanley?
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Stanley?
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I'm sorry. What?
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Do you have the figures?
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Forget the figures. No other
town can give you what I can.
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I guarantee it.
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If you'll indulge me, I'll
show you what I mean.
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Lights!
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(disco music playing)
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Announcer's voice: Anthony
Ferullo's Diamond Wheel Casino
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presents... the
Anthony Ferullo Arena!
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Home of the Las
Vegas Diamond Kings!
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I've died and gone to Kirbyland!
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The Diamond King Arena will sit atop
the Diamond King Hotel and Casino.
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It'll seat 17-5 and rotate
at about 20 feet per minute
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around the ice. Never a bad
seat... for more than few minutes!
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I was wrong when I said
that Las Vegas was tacky.
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It's beyond tacky. It's the
derivative root. It's the tack.
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Of course, we'll have to
knock down the MGM Grand.
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But that's old Las Vegas.
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I'm telling you, the only
place for the Kings is...
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Mexico City.
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(guitars playing)
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Salud!
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(glasses clink)
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You have outdone
yourself, El Alcalde.
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Well, it's not very often that
we're in the presence of Kings.
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Yeah... uh... very good.
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Presence of Kings. I like that.
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You know, when they put the
major leagues and NBA into Canada,
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I said, "Hey, what about
our neighbors to the south?"
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I can't tell you
how grateful we are
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to finally hear an
American say that.
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We too have wondered
why the professional sports
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haven't tried to
make a go of it here.
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I think ice hockey will do it.
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Hockey in Mexico,
please. (laughs)
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(laughs) Rita...
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People laugh. But please,
give us a little credit.
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Remember, they laughed
at baseball in Montreal.
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I'm still laughing at
baseball in Montreal.
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(chuckles) Rita...
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So sorry, I... too many
margaritas makes me
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a little loco in the
cabeza. (laughs)
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Ahh, you speak Spanish.
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(guitar music continues)
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(speaking Spanish)
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I've been going
over your proposal.
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Most impressive.
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Although I'm a little fuzzy
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how you're going to
fund this new venture.
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Allow me to show you.
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(speaking Spanish)
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(speaking Spanish)
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(speaking Spanish)
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(guitar music continues)
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El Alcalde: And now,
Mr. Arliss, for the best of all,
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behold the luxury
box of the Aztec Kings.
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(trumpet music playing)
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Most impressive!
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The selling of these
luxurious boxes
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will generate tens and
tens of millions of dollars.
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Ole! (chuckles)
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However, Mr. Arliss,
we don't wanna be
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some pawn that you will
use to get a higher price
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from another city.
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A pawn? Senor
Alcalde, absolutely not.
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However, hockey in Mexico will
only be a reality if you make it so.
252
00:12:16,969 --> 00:12:19,139
(chuckles)
253
00:12:19,205 --> 00:12:20,205
Salud.
254
00:12:28,981 --> 00:12:32,951
Arliss: Keeping professional hockey
n Los Angeles became priority one.
255
00:12:33,018 --> 00:12:37,218
Every member of the AMM team
was focused on the same goal.
256
00:12:37,289 --> 00:12:39,489
Tuned to the same wavelength.
257
00:12:39,558 --> 00:12:41,628
In the words of Baba Ram Dass,
258
00:12:41,694 --> 00:12:43,864
when everyone is pulling
in the same direction,
259
00:12:43,929 --> 00:12:46,099
momentum is achieved.
260
00:12:47,466 --> 00:12:50,536
As for myself, I
maintained a low profile.
261
00:12:50,603 --> 00:12:54,743
Working diligently behind the
scenes, strategizing my next move.
262
00:12:54,807 --> 00:12:57,707
Hey, Arliss, man, thanks for hookin'
me up with the summer league.
263
00:12:57,776 --> 00:12:59,306
It's a great chance
for me to know L.A.
264
00:12:59,378 --> 00:13:01,608
Oh, my pleasure,
Kobe. Kobe, help me out.
265
00:13:01,680 --> 00:13:05,220
How do you say, "My client
wants to renegotiate" in Italian?
266
00:13:05,284 --> 00:13:12,664
(speaking Italian)
267
00:13:12,725 --> 00:13:13,825
That's very romantic.
268
00:13:13,892 --> 00:13:15,292
Say, Arliss, got a moment?
269
00:13:15,361 --> 00:13:16,701
Always a moment for the media.
270
00:13:16,762 --> 00:13:19,702
Jim Hill, meet Kobe Bryant,
the youngest player in the N.B.A.
271
00:13:19,765 --> 00:13:22,065
and the richest 17-year-old
with a summer job.
272
00:13:22,134 --> 00:13:24,414
Nice to meet you, welcome to L.A.,
but, uh, can I ask you a question?
273
00:13:24,436 --> 00:13:25,936
Me? Sure, go ahead.
274
00:13:26,005 --> 00:13:27,865
Is it true that you're
spearheading the effort
275
00:13:27,940 --> 00:13:30,340
to move professional
hockey out of Los Angeles?
276
00:13:30,409 --> 00:13:32,549
Because rumors are circulating
you've been visiting cities
277
00:13:32,578 --> 00:13:34,208
that are making proposals.
278
00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:36,980
That is absolutely outrageous.
That is just an out-and-out lie.
279
00:13:37,049 --> 00:13:38,649
Kobe, (speaking Italian)
280
00:13:38,717 --> 00:13:40,547
(speaking Italian)
281
00:13:40,619 --> 00:13:42,149
If that's so, then
what were you doing
282
00:13:42,221 --> 00:13:43,921
in Raleigh-Durham,
North Carolina?
283
00:13:43,989 --> 00:13:46,559
I have a friend who's a pitching
coach for the Durham Bulls.
284
00:13:46,625 --> 00:13:47,925
I was checking out prospects.
285
00:13:47,993 --> 00:13:50,033
You were also
spotted in Las Vegas.
286
00:13:50,095 --> 00:13:51,855
I do a lot of business
in Las Vegas.
287
00:13:51,930 --> 00:13:53,500
Besides, I'm a big
Rita Rudner fan.
288
00:13:53,565 --> 00:13:56,035
Kobe, (speaking
Italian) Rita Rudner?
289
00:13:56,101 --> 00:13:58,171
(speaking Italian)
290
00:13:58,237 --> 00:14:00,017
- (both laughing)
- Right, right. Very funny, very funny,
291
00:14:00,039 --> 00:14:02,009
But Arliss, answer me
this. Can you explain
292
00:14:02,074 --> 00:14:05,144
what in the world you
were doing in Mexico City?
293
00:14:05,210 --> 00:14:07,150
My nephew wants
to be a bullfighter.
294
00:14:07,212 --> 00:14:08,982
I was checking out schools.
295
00:14:09,048 --> 00:14:11,478
Look, Jim, don't you dare make
me out to be the villain here.
296
00:14:11,550 --> 00:14:14,090
I will do everything in my power
to keep hockey in Los Angeles.
297
00:14:14,153 --> 00:14:15,453
Benissimo!
298
00:14:15,521 --> 00:14:17,101
This city can't afford
losing another franchise.
299
00:14:17,122 --> 00:14:18,122
Fortissimo!
300
00:14:18,190 --> 00:14:19,730
And I will lay down in
front of a garbage truck
301
00:14:19,758 --> 00:14:21,128
before I'll allow
that to happen!
302
00:14:21,193 --> 00:14:22,193
Ole!
303
00:14:24,229 --> 00:14:26,329
Arliss: Flora, what
the hell is goin' on?
304
00:14:26,398 --> 00:14:28,428
The shit is hitting the fan.
305
00:14:28,500 --> 00:14:30,770
I got a call from a talk
show in Vegas this morning.
306
00:14:30,836 --> 00:14:35,236
The host tells me that the bookies'
buzz is the team is coming to town.
307
00:14:35,307 --> 00:14:36,977
How the hell did they
find out about this?
308
00:14:37,042 --> 00:14:39,412
It sure as hell didn't
come from my side.
309
00:14:39,478 --> 00:14:41,648
Okay, okay, there's
no need to panic.
310
00:14:41,714 --> 00:14:44,194
I got the fire stoked. I'll have
a deal by the end of the month.
311
00:14:44,249 --> 00:14:47,189
Month, my ass. They ran Modell
out of town when they heard
312
00:14:47,252 --> 00:14:50,622
he was moving the Browns. I need
this closed by the end of the week.
313
00:14:50,689 --> 00:14:51,789
The end of this week?
314
00:14:51,857 --> 00:14:54,327
That's right, otherwise,
our deal is off.
315
00:14:54,393 --> 00:14:57,633
Make this happen,
Arliss. The clock is ticking.
316
00:14:57,696 --> 00:15:00,296
Arliss: Making things
happen is my metier.
317
00:15:00,366 --> 00:15:05,596
Arliss always says, "Put your client's
best interest ahead of your own."
318
00:15:06,805 --> 00:15:09,775
Guy: Ah! Hi, Arliss.
319
00:15:09,842 --> 00:15:11,942
Guy Fondeaux, how's
the sultan of the slap shot?
320
00:15:12,010 --> 00:15:14,580
Arliss, you are the
master of the bullshit.
321
00:15:14,646 --> 00:15:16,946
And you are the master
of the free agent market!
322
00:15:17,015 --> 00:15:20,515
I've got firm offers from New
York, from St. Louis, from Edmonton.
323
00:15:20,586 --> 00:15:22,746
So why don't we go over each
one and come to a decision?
324
00:15:22,788 --> 00:15:26,988
Look, this free agency
thing? I wanna take it slow.
325
00:15:27,059 --> 00:15:30,559
- Slow?
- I wanna visit the cities, see what they have to offer.
326
00:15:30,629 --> 00:15:32,969
You wanna visit the cities?
327
00:15:34,533 --> 00:15:35,603
Can you make an itinerary?
328
00:15:35,667 --> 00:15:39,067
Itinerary? Yeah, sure.
329
00:15:39,138 --> 00:15:41,868
Uh, tomorrow, I can
have you in, uh, San Jose,
330
00:15:41,940 --> 00:15:43,510
Edmonton and Calgary.
331
00:15:43,575 --> 00:15:46,445
Tuesday we can do
Quebec, Montreal, New York.
332
00:15:46,512 --> 00:15:48,882
Wednesday, Philadelphia,
Washington, Florida.
333
00:15:48,947 --> 00:15:50,627
- Thursday, we can go out to Colo...
- Hold on.
334
00:15:50,649 --> 00:15:53,219
I can't start lookin'
for at least two weeks.
335
00:15:53,285 --> 00:15:54,915
Two weeks?
336
00:15:54,987 --> 00:15:57,657
Yeah, the wife and I. We're
takin' the kids to Hawaii.
337
00:15:57,723 --> 00:15:59,063
We always do this time of year.
338
00:15:59,124 --> 00:16:01,764
No, no... no, Hawaii
this time of year?
339
00:16:01,827 --> 00:16:03,357
No, no, next month is better.
340
00:16:03,429 --> 00:16:04,699
It's the rainy season.
341
00:16:04,763 --> 00:16:06,873
Last month was the rainy season.
342
00:16:06,932 --> 00:16:10,002
No, the rainy season was
extended, it was very well received.
343
00:16:11,303 --> 00:16:13,813
Anyways, I can't
decide just yet.
344
00:16:13,872 --> 00:16:14,872
Sorry.
345
00:16:15,874 --> 00:16:18,344
Uh, Guy, I've got... I
got some bad news.
346
00:16:18,410 --> 00:16:21,910
Um... I can't
represent you anymore.
347
00:16:21,980 --> 00:16:24,820
Are you kiddin' me? Why not?
348
00:16:26,652 --> 00:16:28,822
I'm about to become an owner.
349
00:16:28,887 --> 00:16:30,587
You, an owner?
350
00:16:30,656 --> 00:16:35,056
Owners are the most deceitful,
disloyal people on Earth.
351
00:16:35,127 --> 00:16:39,097
W... I... I know that, but I
think if I work at it, I can fit in.
352
00:16:39,164 --> 00:16:41,574
Arliss, are you sure about this?
353
00:16:41,633 --> 00:16:44,143
Together, we can
make a lot of money.
354
00:16:44,203 --> 00:16:46,543
Oh, I know, and it's killing me.
355
00:16:47,573 --> 00:16:49,053
But don't... don't you
worry, you're not gonna
356
00:16:49,074 --> 00:16:50,634
have any trouble
finding representation.
357
00:16:51,443 --> 00:16:53,083
Thanks a lot, Arliss.
358
00:16:57,683 --> 00:17:01,523
Strange. Usually, it's
the clients leaving me.
359
00:17:04,356 --> 00:17:07,386
Arliss: The greed of
franchise merry-go-rounds...
360
00:17:07,459 --> 00:17:09,329
Something I would
never be a party to.
361
00:17:09,394 --> 00:17:12,974
Get me North Carolina, Las Vegas and
Mexico City on the phone, we are gonna
362
00:17:13,031 --> 00:17:15,571
have us a biddin' war!
363
00:17:15,634 --> 00:17:17,914
Well, I'll tell you how you
could do better, Raleigh-Durham,
364
00:17:17,936 --> 00:17:21,306
your tobacco company
cannot advertise on radio or TV.
365
00:17:21,373 --> 00:17:24,743
But you could have your
company logo on the arena,
366
00:17:24,810 --> 00:17:27,650
which means your product is
mentioned on every telecast.
367
00:17:27,713 --> 00:17:31,223
And, Mrs. Lansing has even
considered renaming the team
368
00:17:31,283 --> 00:17:33,393
the Raleigh-Durham Filter Kings!
369
00:17:33,452 --> 00:17:35,522
All for an additional
$25 million.
370
00:17:35,587 --> 00:17:37,087
Now, doesn't that sound fair?
371
00:17:37,155 --> 00:17:40,925
Son, we passed
"fair" 10 million ago.
372
00:17:40,993 --> 00:17:44,133
I know how his mind works. Give him
your best offer up front and stand firm.
373
00:17:44,196 --> 00:17:46,566
He says to stand firm.
374
00:17:46,632 --> 00:17:49,032
Arliss, that's our best
offer. We're standin' firm.
375
00:17:49,101 --> 00:17:50,701
Well, then you might
as well sit down,
376
00:17:50,769 --> 00:17:53,209
because the hockey express
is about to pass your ass by.
377
00:17:53,272 --> 00:17:54,472
Hold!
378
00:17:54,474 --> 00:17:55,744
(beep)
379
00:17:55,741 --> 00:17:58,841
Hello, El Alcalde, mi amigo.
It appears that hockey noche
380
00:17:58,911 --> 00:18:01,281
in Mexico is very close
to becoming a reality.
381
00:18:01,346 --> 00:18:02,976
I'm happy to hear that.
382
00:18:03,048 --> 00:18:06,218
However, I see nothing in your
proposal about pouring rights.
383
00:18:06,285 --> 00:18:08,915
Pouring rights?
384
00:18:08,987 --> 00:18:10,117
What are those?
385
00:18:10,188 --> 00:18:11,958
Don't bullshit a
bullshitter, El Alcalde,
386
00:18:12,024 --> 00:18:13,664
you know exactly what they are.
387
00:18:13,725 --> 00:18:17,825
Exclusive rights from beer and soft drink
companies to pour only their beverages.
388
00:18:17,896 --> 00:18:23,096
We're looking at an additional $15 million
from, say, Coors, Corona, Dos Equis, Tecate.
389
00:18:23,168 --> 00:18:24,168
And another thing...
390
00:18:24,236 --> 00:18:32,236
(speaking Spanish)
391
00:18:42,888 --> 00:18:47,528
Senor Arliss, may I say,
you're a most worthy negotiator.
392
00:18:47,593 --> 00:18:50,263
Don't blow smoke
up my ass, Alcalde!
393
00:18:50,329 --> 00:18:52,859
This is your chance to break
into the big-time sports market.
394
00:18:52,931 --> 00:18:54,871
Personally, I'd like
to see you succeed.
395
00:18:54,933 --> 00:18:57,103
But you've got to do better.
396
00:18:57,169 --> 00:18:58,499
- Hold!
- (beep)
397
00:18:58,570 --> 00:19:00,210
Las Vegas, we've got a problem.
398
00:19:00,272 --> 00:19:04,442
We've already projected the sale
of 10,000 P.S.L.'s at 11 grand a pop.
399
00:19:04,509 --> 00:19:05,739
What's the problem?
400
00:19:05,811 --> 00:19:08,281
The problem is your
arena only seats 17-5.
401
00:19:08,347 --> 00:19:11,217
Mrs. Lansing needs 18,000 to
generate acceptable attendance figures.
402
00:19:11,283 --> 00:19:14,093
Then we run into some
engineering snags.
403
00:19:14,152 --> 00:19:18,092
Any bigger, and the arena will
implode onto the hotel and casino.
404
00:19:18,156 --> 00:19:21,556
That would be tragic. Casino is
where we make all our money.
405
00:19:21,627 --> 00:19:23,467
In addition, we want a
piece of the hotel, the casino,
406
00:19:23,495 --> 00:19:25,025
and incentive-to-move costs.
407
00:19:25,097 --> 00:19:26,867
He says he wants moving costs.
408
00:19:26,932 --> 00:19:29,202
I'll get to the bottom of this.
409
00:19:29,267 --> 00:19:30,377
I'll see what I can find out.
410
00:19:30,402 --> 00:19:31,542
I'll take care of it.
411
00:19:34,773 --> 00:19:36,923
Whoa whoa whoa, wh... wh... where...
where do you think you're going?
412
00:19:36,942 --> 00:19:38,612
Viva Las Vegas, baby,
I tore that town up.
413
00:19:38,677 --> 00:19:39,677
Es stupido!
414
00:19:39,745 --> 00:19:41,345
Raleigh is by far
the soundest choice!
415
00:19:41,413 --> 00:19:42,883
Oh, three words, Ku Klux Klan.
416
00:19:42,948 --> 00:19:43,948
Thank you, Mrs. Banderas.
417
00:19:43,982 --> 00:19:44,982
Insolente.
418
00:19:45,050 --> 00:19:46,050
Look, it's a no-brainer.
419
00:19:46,118 --> 00:19:47,728
Bottom line is, the air in
Raleigh-Durham sucked,
420
00:19:47,753 --> 00:19:48,763
the air in Mexico City sucks,
421
00:19:48,787 --> 00:19:50,257
the air in Las Vegas is great.
422
00:19:50,322 --> 00:19:51,462
If you're above ground.
423
00:19:51,523 --> 00:19:52,523
- Oh!
- Yeah, well,
424
00:19:52,591 --> 00:19:54,861
You just wanna get ahead.
You just wanna get head.
425
00:19:54,926 --> 00:19:56,496
You look like the poster
girl for Cinco de Mayo!
426
00:19:56,528 --> 00:19:58,408
Excuse me! You wanna just
say that again so I can hit you?
427
00:19:58,430 --> 00:20:00,230
You look like some
sadly misdirected pinata.
428
00:20:00,298 --> 00:20:01,828
(indistinct arguing)
429
00:20:01,900 --> 00:20:02,910
Who's been paying you off?
430
00:20:02,934 --> 00:20:06,274
(indistinct arguing continues)
431
00:20:06,338 --> 00:20:07,738
Congratulations.
432
00:20:09,307 --> 00:20:10,637
We have a deal.
433
00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:13,054
(beep)
434
00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:19,990
Flora: So sweet of you.
435
00:20:21,219 --> 00:20:22,589
Mmm...
436
00:20:25,257 --> 00:20:27,987
Arliss! Come sit.
437
00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:32,100
Councilman Colsen, do you mind if
Arliss and I have a moment alone?
438
00:20:32,164 --> 00:20:34,174
Of course not.
439
00:20:34,232 --> 00:20:35,232
Councilman...
440
00:20:39,604 --> 00:20:42,844
Little late for those city jerks
to be kissin' your ass, huh?
441
00:20:42,908 --> 00:20:44,678
Or are they tryi"
to get you drunk?
442
00:20:44,743 --> 00:20:47,683
You didn't sign
anything, did you?
443
00:20:47,746 --> 00:20:50,676
- Uh...
- By the way, you sure you wanna discuss this here?
444
00:20:50,749 --> 00:20:52,549
There's a lot of people around.
445
00:20:52,617 --> 00:20:55,717
We can come out
now. The war is over.
446
00:20:55,787 --> 00:20:56,987
What?
447
00:20:57,055 --> 00:21:00,525
It seems the city miraculously
found the extra money
448
00:21:00,592 --> 00:21:03,162
to build a new arena.
449
00:21:03,228 --> 00:21:05,458
Sorry, teach, no
raise this year.
450
00:21:05,530 --> 00:21:10,340
And, I have the rights to
sell luxury boxes and P.S.L.s
451
00:21:11,536 --> 00:21:13,506
You're staying?
452
00:21:13,572 --> 00:21:15,272
Good God, Arliss, can you see me
453
00:21:15,340 --> 00:21:19,610
living in Raleigh fucking
Durham, or Las Vegas, please.
454
00:21:19,678 --> 00:21:23,008
And Mexico City? All
that smog and no English?
455
00:21:23,081 --> 00:21:25,751
Um-um. L.A.'s the place, Arliss.
456
00:21:25,817 --> 00:21:28,147
Here's where it all happens.
457
00:21:28,220 --> 00:21:31,920
You! You leaked the
stories, didn't you?
458
00:21:31,990 --> 00:21:32,990
Nonsense.
459
00:21:33,024 --> 00:21:34,794
I can't believe it.
460
00:21:34,860 --> 00:21:36,090
You used me.
461
00:21:36,161 --> 00:21:37,461
Used you?
462
00:21:37,529 --> 00:21:40,999
Arliss... you're a hero.
463
00:21:41,066 --> 00:21:43,436
Arliss: At that moment,
I had enormous respect
464
00:21:43,502 --> 00:21:45,242
for Flora Lansing.
465
00:21:45,303 --> 00:21:49,013
Maybe because I saw
in her so much of me.
466
00:21:49,074 --> 00:21:50,544
A hero?
467
00:21:52,811 --> 00:21:55,551
I promised you that I would
do everything in my power
468
00:21:55,614 --> 00:21:58,854
to make sure that hockey
stayed in Los Angeles.
469
00:21:58,917 --> 00:22:01,847
Well, hockey is
staying in Los Angeles!
470
00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:04,160
(applause)
471
00:22:04,222 --> 00:22:08,592
And saving the
biggest surprise for last.
472
00:22:08,660 --> 00:22:14,930
I want to introduce to you our
newest, just-signed superstar,
473
00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,870
Guy Fondeaux!
474
00:22:17,936 --> 00:22:20,966
(applause)
475
00:22:21,039 --> 00:22:23,009
(quietly) Is this unbelievable?
476
00:22:23,074 --> 00:22:26,144
Just after you left, she
made a pre-emptive offer.
477
00:22:26,211 --> 00:22:29,211
I tell you, my new agent
made a hell of a deal.
478
00:22:30,248 --> 00:22:31,648
(whispers) How much?
479
00:22:33,752 --> 00:22:36,522
Arliss: Although I allowed
myself to revel in my role
480
00:22:36,588 --> 00:22:39,088
as the savior of
hockey in Los Angeles,
481
00:22:39,157 --> 00:22:40,987
I couldn't help but
think of the many sharks
482
00:22:41,059 --> 00:22:44,159
who came so close to
stealing a hockey franchise.
483
00:22:44,229 --> 00:22:47,169
I, for one, am glad
they're still waiting.
484
00:22:49,100 --> 00:22:51,100
My name is Arliss Michaels.
485
00:22:51,169 --> 00:22:52,839
I represent athletes.
486
00:22:52,904 --> 00:22:55,014
These are my stories.
487
00:23:01,213 --> 00:23:05,223
(bulldozer engine running)
488
00:23:05,283 --> 00:23:06,893
I thought they were comin'.
489
00:23:06,952 --> 00:23:08,192
(cough)
490
00:23:09,621 --> 00:23:15,291
(disco music playing)
491
00:23:15,341 --> 00:23:19,891
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