Double Indemnity - Keyes Talks Suicide Statistics
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Published 2013-01-19
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True story: Edward G. Robinson did that all ine ONE TAKE. The actor playing his boss was stunned into silence, you can see it in the scene. Plus, Robinson asking for and taking the glass of water was not in the script - he ad-libbed it. Robinson was amazing.
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Robinson as Keys was no less than spectacular here. Ever since I first saw this movie I refer to my instincts as the "little man" as he does. That's the power of positive films (and TV) it has on us.
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In my opinion, this was Eddie G.'s finest hour.
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Oh my, did we just get treated to one of the all time greats in one of the best scenes of an all time classic great film FILLED with best scenes. Thanks for posting this. :)
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This is great stuff, performed by a master at his peak in a role he was made to play. Superb!
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Brilliant acting. Utterly brilliant.
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Edward G is just beautiful here. What a great actor he was.
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One of the best movie scenes ever! Edward G Robinson was a master.
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Keys is like a walking archive of facts, statistics, mathematical deductions, public records etc.That library book ya never returned back in 1994 that you claim you don't remember? Keys remembers...
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"May I have this?"
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Now THAT is a man who is secure in his job!
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Just goes to show the Oscars have been snubbing deserving performances forever. Legendary performance, no Supporting Actor nom.
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Next time i ll rent a tuxedo .One of the greatest lines in hollywood .
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Ok. Not to be "that guy" but for all of those saying that grabbing the glass of water was ad-libed, I'm not so sure. If Keyes doesn't grab the water, why does the script have the boss filling the glass in the first place? Also, notice how the boss "tees it up" toward the end of Keyes's speech...he moves it into the frame so the audience now sees it and we see clearly what Keyes is grabbing at. I think it was supposed to happen. :)
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Incredible scene!
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Totally agree!! The line "May I have this".is so good that it over shadows the one he delivers next. "Next time, I´ll trent a tuxedo. Come to think of it, I wonder why the scriptwriter.allowed it .
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His real name was Emanuel Goldenberg, a name that would not fly in 1930s Hollywood. He was willing to give himself a WASPy name for the sake of his career, but he added the middle initial "G" to remind himself who he really was.
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We all know who’s the real boss here.
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"No soap, Mr. Norton."
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Nyah, see!
