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LAWYER'S OFFICE MAN ON PHONE ANGRY AT CLIENT. MISSING CHECK. REALIZES HIS MISTAKE. LOOSEN HIS TIE. MAN COMES IN AND ASKS FOR HELP WITH CASE. THERE ARE DISCREPANCIES. LAWYER TELLS HIM THE MISTAKES WERE MADE BY FORMER SECRETARY. PASS THE BUCK.
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| 01:26:49 88.25 |
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| 01:27:18 117.32 |
LAWYER HOLDING BOTTLE OF ALCOHOL IN SAME OFFICE. LEANS AGAINST DOOR AND DRINKS. SELF-DESTRUCTION. NARRATOR TELLS AUDIENCE THE LAWYER IS A CHURCH-GOER, TAX-PAYER, HUSBAND, FATHER, ETC. NOT WHAT HE SEEMS. DARK SIDE. "HIS DRINKING HAS PRODUCED GRAVE PROBLEMS IN HIS PERSONAL LIFE." LYING, ANXIETY. LAWYER KEEPS BOTTLE OF ALCOHOL STORED IN BOOKSHELF, SNEAKILY.
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| 01:27:55 154.35 |
BOSS WALKS IN AS LAWYER TAKES DRINKS FROM BOTTLE OF ALCOHOL. BOSS LOOKS CONCERNED. BOSS POINTS OUT THE LAWYER'S LIFE IS AFFECTED BY ALCOHOL. IT'S ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSE'S FAULT. WHEN "DRINKING, YOU'RE A TOTAL LIABILITY." LAWYER PROMISES HE'LL NEVER TAKE ANOTHER DRINK.
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| 01:29:23 242.44 |
AT BAR, PAYING BAR TAB. RATIONALIZATION. THINKS TO HIMSELF. GETS WORKED UP, IRRATIONAL THOUGHTS. FEELS COMPETITION BETWEEN YOUNG MAN SEEN EARLIER. SMOKING. DEVISES CONSPIRACY THEORY, HE THINKS THE YOUNG MAN IS TRYING TO OVERTHROW HIM. KEEPS DRINKING, DRUNK. "A MAN HAS A RIGHT TO DRINK IN HIS OWN OFFICE." DRUNK.
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| 01:31:20 359.96 |
DRUNK LAWYER. BLURRED VISION. WALKS ACROSS STREET IN TRAFFIC. ALMOST GETS HIT BY CAR. GETS INTO CAR AND DRIVES AWAY. DRUNK DRIVING. DWI. DUI. NICELY DRESSED TABLE. WOMAN PUTS OUT CIGARETTE. WAITING FOR HUSBAND. TEARS IN HER EYES. LOOKING UPSET. LAWYER LIGHTS CIGARETTE IN CAR, DRIVING FAST. ERRATIC DRIVING. SHARP TURNS. WEAVING, SWERVING.
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| 01:32:57 457.06 |
WOMAN HEARS HIM ARRIVE HOME, GOES OUTSIDE TO GREET HIM AS HE STAGGERS TOWARDS DOOR. SOUND BYTE, "OH NOT AGAIN." PARENTS FIGHTING, "YOU PROMISED!" "WHERE'D YA HIDE THE BOOZE? I WANT A DRINK." TEEN GIRL IN BED CRYING. HEARS PARENTS FIGHTING. FATHER HITS WIFE. GIRL CRINGES.
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| 01:33:34 494.09 |
LAWYER WAKES UP, HAS BAD HANGOVER. HE DOESN'T REMEMBER HITTING HIS WIFE. GIRL EATS BREAKFAST ON COUNTER. IGNORES FATHER. HE OPENS UP CAN FROM FRIDGE, SIPS, AND PUTS IT ON HIS HEAD. SHE PICKS UP BOOKS AND GOES TO SCHOOL. SAYS GOODBYE TO MOTHER. WIFE CLEANS UP DISHES. LAWYER TELLS WIFE TO CALL IN SICK FOR HIM, LIE. SHE DOES NOT RESPOND. HE DOESN'T REMEMBER BEATING HER. SHE IS ANGRY AND UPSET.
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| 01:35:40 619.22 |
WIFE CALLS BOSS, TALKS TO HIM ABOUT HER HUSBAND'S DRINKING. VERY UPSET. "EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE ALRIGHT." HE SUGGESTS THE ALCOHOLISM COUNCIL OF GREATER LOS ANGELES.
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| 01:36:42 681.28 |
WOMAN WALKING ON WILSHIRE BOULEVARD. WALKS INTO COUNCIL OFFICE. GOES INTO CLINIC. INTERVIEW. TALKS WITH COUNSELOR. "MY HUSBAND ISN'T AN ALCOHOLIC, HE JUST DRINKS TOO MUCH." DENIES HER HUSBAND IS AN ALCOHOLIC, BUT THEN LEARNS HE IS.
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| 01:38:37 796.4 |
SCREEN READS, "AL-ANON MEETING." MEETING FOR FAMILIES OF ALCOHOLICS. GROUP MEETING OF WIVES OF ALCOHOLICS. WIFE LEARNS SHE IS NOT ALONE, RECOVERING IS DIFFICULT, AND SHE MIGHT NEED TO GET A JOB.
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| 01:40:51 930.93 |
SCREEN READS," AA." AA MEETING. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS. MAN INTRODUCES HIMSELF. "I'M AN ALCOHOLIC." PEOPLE RESSPOND, "HI JACK." MAN INTRODUCES AA AND WHAT IT IS ABOUT. PEOPLE RAISE THEIR HANDS, APPLAUSE. PEOPLE TAKE TURNS STANDING UP AND INTRODUCING THEMSELVES, DISCUSSING THEIR STORIES. PEOPLE ALL LAUGH. WARM, FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT. WOMAN WITH LOOK OF SHOCK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING.
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| 01:42:55 1055.06 |
SCREEN READS, "LA COUNTY ALCOHOLIC REHABILITATION CLINIC" 12 STEPS. TWELVE STEP PROGRAM. REHAB. TREATMENT. WIFE DISCUSSES WITH DOCTOR ABOUT WHAT KIND OF TREATMENT HER HUSBAND WOULD RECEIVE. DOCTOR MAKES SPEECH ABOUT ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM IN THE UNITED STATES. PEOPLE LISTENING TO SPEECH. STIGMA KEEPS PEOPLE FROM GETTING TREATMENT. BABY IS BORN, GIVING BIRTH. CUT UMBILICAL CORD. DELIVERY. NEWBORN BABY. EMOTIONAL PATTERN. CONSTANT REJECTION, DEPENDENCE. PEOPLE AT BEACH (TEENAGERS). ALCOHOL USE IT TO OVERCOME SHYNESS. ALCOHOL IS A DEPRESSANT. TALKS ABOUT EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ON BRAIN. ALCOHOLIC BLACKOUT.
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| 01:48:28 1387.35 |
WOMAN WALKS AND THINKS. PASSES LOTS OF MODERN BUILDINGS. PASSES A FOUNTAIN. THINKS ABOUT WHAT OTHERS HAD SAID.
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| 01:49:28 1447.45 |
MAN PACES IN LIVING ROOM. PUTS DOWN PAMPHLETS ON ALCOHOLISM. UPSET. SMOKING. WIFE COMES HOME AND SAYS SHE ENROLLED IN BUSINESS COLLEGE. MAN IS UPSET, ANGRY WITH WIFE. "SO YOU'RE GONNA BE A CAREER GIRL?" USES GUILT ON WIFE. GUILTS HER INTO BEING THERE FOR HIM. HE IS ANGRY. SHE SHOWS HIM THE PAMPHLETS. THEY HUG. HE MAKES A PROMISE, SHE SAYS "NO MORE PROMISES." HE READS PAMPHLET. CUTS TO HIS FACE. END OF CLIP.
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Year: 1967
Color: Color
Genre: ALCOHOL & DRUGS
Specialty CollectionGenre: ALCOHOL & DRUGS
Description: FOCUSES ON EMOTIONAL SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS AFFECTING AN ALCOHOLIC'S FAMILY AND ASSOCIATES AND DEVELOPS A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO FAMILY GUIDANCE.
Keywords: AA
