《《La catenaria (Short 1969)》》Storyline
It was undervalued due to its being a western - John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, director Hawks, and score writer Dimitri Tiomkin should have - at least - received nominations.But they won""t take me unless I can talk more genteel.(gesturing toward Higgins) He said he could each me.Well, here I am ready to pay.I""m not asking any favor - and he treats me as if I was dirt.(Turning toward Higgins) I know what lessons cost as well as you do, and I""m ready to pay.Pickering convinces Higgins that it would make an interesting challenge to actually teach Eliza how to speak - to change her from a drab ""guttersnipe"" into a beautiful woman through language education:Pickering: What about your boast that you could pass her off as a duchess at the Embassy Ball, eh? I""ll say you""re the greatest teacher alive if you make that good.)Afterwards, although she was told the arrogant King refused giving her an audience, Anna pushed forward and unceremoniously approached the throne to speak to the King.Spalko, and a cliff-edge challenge.During the fierce pursuit scene as everyone struggled to get possession of the crystal skull in a burlap bag, Mac claimed that he was a double-agent, actually working for the CIA.A $20 dollar bill is slipped into Henry""s pocket as he meets mob boss Paulie""s notorious, "feared," but charismatically-magnetic hitman Jimmy Conway [the frame freezes on Jimmy""s face]:What Jimmy really loved to do, what he really loved o do was steal.