Wonder Boys (2000) Subtitles

At 00:00:00.000, Character said: 23.976 FPS

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At 00:02:06.917, Character said: "The young girl sat perfectly
still in the confessional,

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At 00:02:10.504, Character said: "listening to her father's
boots scrape like chalk

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At 00:02:13.257, Character said: "on the ancient steps of the church,

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At 00:02:15.551, Character said: "then grow faint,
then disappear altogether.

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At 00:02:19.960, Character said: "She could sense the priest
beyond the grate--"

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At 00:02:21.640, Character said: On that particular friday afternoon,

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At 00:02:23.934, Character said: last february,

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At 00:02:25.519, Character said: I was reading a story to
my advanced writer's workshop

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At 00:02:28.605, Character said: by one James Leer,
junior lit major

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At 00:02:31.734, Character said: and sole inhabitant
of his own gloomy gulag.

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At 00:02:35.700, Character said: "She bit the flesh of her lip,

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At 00:02:37.281, Character said: "closed her eyes, mute."

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At 00:02:44.790, Character said: James' stories were about
as sunny as his disposition.

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At 00:02:48.542, Character said: I was distracted.

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At 00:02:50.794, Character said: Maybe it had something
to do with the fact

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At 00:02:52.921, Character said: that my wife had
left me that morning.

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At 00:02:54.965, Character said: So. Anyone?

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At 00:02:56.800, Character said: Maybe not.
Wives had left me before.

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At 00:02:59.261, Character said: - Carrie.
- As usual, James' classmates,

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At 00:03:02.931, Character said: aware of a writer's
inherent vulnerability,

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At 00:03:05.225, Character said: offered their sensitive,
gentle opinions.

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At 00:03:09.229, Character said: I mean, Jesus, what is
it with you Catholics?

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At 00:03:12.191, Character said: All right. All right.

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At 00:03:15.402, Character said: Let's try to be
constructive here, shall we?

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At 00:03:19.531, Character said: Howard, what about you?

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At 00:03:21.533, Character said: I hated it.

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At 00:03:23.535, Character said: His stories make me
want to kill myself.

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At 00:03:27.790, Character said: That's not exactly what I meant
by being constructive, Howard.

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At 00:03:34.880, Character said: Yes, Hannah?

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At 00:03:37.490, Character said: I think maybe we're
missing the point.

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At 00:03:39.134, Character said: Hannah Green.

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At 00:03:40.719, Character said: A talented writer who
rented a room in my house.

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At 00:03:43.138, Character said: I knew her to be
insightful, kind,

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At 00:03:46.350, Character said: and compulsively clad
in red cowboy boots.

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At 00:03:49.478, Character said: I had, in fact, never once
seen her without them.

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At 00:03:52.106, Character said: He respects us enough to forget us,
and... that takes courage.

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At 00:03:56.527, Character said: Well put, Hannah. And a good
note to end on, I think.

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At 00:04:00.531, Character said: Oh, don't forget about
WordFest this weekend.

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At 00:04:04.284, Character said: And those of you
who are driving VIPs

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At 00:04:05.994, Character said: to the cocktail party this evening

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At 00:04:07.413, Character said: should have them
at the chancellor's house

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At 00:04:09.665, Character said: no later than 5:30.

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At 00:04:14.503, Character said: Thank you for that.
Is he all right?

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At 00:04:20.384, Character said: I think so.
How about you?

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At 00:04:23.554, Character said: Me? Yeah. Why?

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At 00:04:26.974, Character said: Just checking.

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At 00:04:33.564, Character said: Turn off the light, please.

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At 00:04:44.324, Character said: It felt good to be in the car.

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At 00:04:46.910, Character said: Alone. Where I could clear my head.

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At 00:04:54.877, Character said: Tonight was the
opening of WordFest,

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At 00:04:57.171, Character said: the university's annual
three-day "gabathon"

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At 00:04:59.798, Character said: for writers and wanna-bes.

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At 00:05:01.759, Character said: My editor, Terry Crabtree,
was flying in for the event.

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At 00:05:05.637, Character said: He alone had championed my
last novel, "Arsonist's Daughter,"

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At 00:05:09.683, Character said: and its critical success
had put us both on the map.

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At 00:05:12.478, Character said: But that was seven years ago,

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At 00:05:14.772, Character said: and I still hadn't
finished my follow-up.

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At 00:05:17.775, Character said: I knew Terry didn't give
a rat's a***s about WordFest.

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At 00:05:20.277, Character said: He was coming to town to get
a look at my long-overdue book.

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At 00:05:25.740, Character said: I had to keep him at bay.

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At 00:05:30.954, Character said: - Ah, Tripp.
- Crabtree, how are you, my friend?

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At 00:05:34.208, Character said: - It's good to see you, Tripp.
- Let me help you with this here.

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At 00:05:37.378, Character said: Say hello to my new friend.

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At 00:05:39.671, Character said: - Miss Antonia Ss...
- Sloviak.

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At 00:05:42.910, Character said: Nice to meet you.
This way.

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At 00:05:45.100, Character said: I took the liberty of inviting
Antonia to tonight's festivities.

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At 00:05:47.554, Character said: The more the merrier.

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At 00:05:49.139, Character said: Terry was telling me
about you on the plane.

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At 00:05:51.225, Character said: It was all so interesting.

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At 00:05:52.726, Character said: I was just explaining how
a book comes to be published.

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At 00:05:54.812, Character said: What you do as a writer,
what I do as an editor.

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At 00:05:57.147, Character said: I sweat blood for five years,
and he corrects my spelling.

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At 00:06:01.360, Character said: - That's exactly what he said.
- We know each other pretty well.

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At 00:06:05.114, Character said: And actually,
it's seven years.

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At 00:06:08.534, Character said: You know how many times I've
boarded an airplane just praying

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At 00:06:11.120, Character said: that some gal like her would be
sitting down beside me?

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At 00:06:14.373, Character said: - She's a transvestite.
- You're stoned.

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At 00:06:16.625, Character said: - She's still a transvestite.
- So, how's the book?

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At 00:06:20.300, Character said: Uh, it's... it's fine.
It's done.

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At 00:06:23.549, Character said: Well, basically. I g***t a little
tinkering I've still g***t to do.

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At 00:06:27.386, Character said: Great!
Great!

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At 00:06:28.804, Character said: I was hoping I could get a look
at it sometime over the weekend.

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At 00:06:31.980, Character said: It's gonna be a little tough. I'm
at a critical juncture right now.

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At 00:06:33.892, Character said: I thought you were
just tinkering.

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At 00:06:36.145, Character said: W-Well, I **, but I have little
details I've g***t to work on.

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At 00:06:39.815, Character said: I'm not gonna pressure you.
I just g***t off the plane, you know?

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At 00:06:41.942, Character said: I mean, I get pressure.
You know? I get--

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At 00:06:44.403, Character said: Know what I mean?

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At 00:06:47.531, Character said: What the hell in the hootenanny
do you suppose that would be?

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At 00:06:51.410, Character said: That would be a tuba.

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At 00:06:58.000, Character said: You didn't actually
purchase this car, did you?

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At 00:07:00.753, Character said: No, I g***t it from Jerry Nathan.
He owed me some money.

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At 00:07:04.173, Character said: Ah! He owes God money.

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At 00:07:06.258, Character said: Including my commission
on that faux novel of his.

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At 00:07:08.802, Character said: That perfume you're
wearing, Antonia,

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At 00:07:10.387, Character said: that wouldn't happen
to be Cristalle , would it?

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At 00:07:12.347, Character said: Um, uh, yes, it is.

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At 00:07:14.725, Character said: - How did you know?
- Lucky guess.

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At 00:07:18.854, Character said: The WordFest kickoff party

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At 00:07:20.856, Character said: was always held at Sara
and Walter Gaskell's house.

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At 00:07:23.942, Character said: She was the chancellor, which
meant she oversaw the university.

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At 00:07:27.946, Character said: Her husband, Dr. Gaskell,

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At 00:07:29.948, Character said: was the chairman
of the English Department,

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At 00:07:31.950, Character said: which meant he oversaw me.

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At 00:07:38.415, Character said: Isn't that a nice greenhouse?

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At 00:07:40.584, Character said: It's Mrs. Gaskell's.
It's her hobby.

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At 00:07:43.128, Character said: I thought you were
Mrs. Gaskell's hobby.

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At 00:07:45.214, Character said: Piss off, will you, Crabs?
I lost a wife today.

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At 00:07:48.258, Character said: You'll find another. She'll be
young, beautiful. They always are.

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At 00:07:57.935, Character said: Oh, hello, everyone.
Terry, good to see you again.

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At 00:08:00.896, Character said: Chancellor.
Don't you look ravishing.

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At 00:08:05.734, Character said: - Oh, oh. Easy.
- I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

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At 00:08:09.321, Character said: It's these goddamn shoes.

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At 00:08:10.406, Character said: I don't know how anyone
can walk in these things.

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At 00:08:12.366, Character said: Practice.

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At 00:08:15.411, Character said: - I don't believe we've met.
- Antonia Sloviak.

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At 00:08:18.664, Character said: Poe!

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At 00:08:21.458, Character said: Poe! Poe!

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At 00:08:24.860, Character said: Poe, stop! Poe!

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At 00:08:26.880, Character said: That wouldn't be
Walter's dog, would it?

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At 00:08:28.215, Character said: - Poe!
- Who's he barking at now?

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At 00:08:31.427, Character said: He's still barking
at me. He's blind.

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At 00:08:33.887, Character said: Stop this.

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At 00:08:36.390, Character said: Honestly.

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At 00:08:38.434, Character said: Excuse me, I need to talk to you
for a second, Chancellor.

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