Caligari (1920), in which the doctor opened a standing cabinet for spectators at the town fair to reveal 23 year-old Cesare - who was to be awakened from sleep." From his Uncle Pete, the Kid had heard of Munny""s reputation - that he "was the meanest, god-damned son of a bitch alive.From a production budget of approximately $70 million, the film""s box-office was $117 million (domestic) and $239 million (worldwide).However, he had been fired almost a dozen times from previous publications:Tatum: Mr.Boot, I""m a $250-a-week newspaperman.I can be had for $50.Boot: Why are you so good to me?Tatum: I know newspapers backward, forward and sideways.I can write ""em, edit ""em, print ""em, wrap ""em and sell ""em.Boot: Don""t need anybody right now.Tatum (without pausing):I can handle big news and little news.And if there""s no news, I""ll go out and bite a dog.Make it $45.Boot: What makes you so cheap?Tatum: A fair question, considering I""ve been op man wherever I""ve worked.I think consideration first.Tall, definitely tall.Someone I can talk to in bed.A good sense of humor, not afraid of sex.A Texas oil man.Aggressiveness.Outdoor type.A rebel.Young.Youth.Joe gives a Texan yell, believing he fits the bill perfectly.Finally arriving in New York, he checks into the Claridge Hotel, where he decorates his fifth-floor, second-rate hotel room with a torn poster of Paul Newman fromHud (1963)and a picture of a topless woman from a men""s magazine.