The Post (2017)

Tracy Letts: Fritz Beebe

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• Fritz Beebe : If the government wins and we're convicted, the Washington Post as we know it will cease to exist.

  Ben Bradlee : Well, if we live in a world where the government could tell us what we can and cannot print, then the Washington Post as we know it has already ceased to exist.

• Roger Clark : What if we wait? What if we hold off on printing today. Instead we call the Attorney General and we tell them that we intend to print on Sunday. That way we give them and us time to figure out the legality of all of it, while the Court in New York decides the Times case.

  Ben Bradlee : Are you suggesting we alert the Attorney General to the fact that we have these documents, that we're going to print, in a few days?

  Roger Clark : Well, yes, that is the idea.

  Ben Bagdikian : Yeah, well, outside of landing the Hindenburg in a lightning storm, that's about the shittiest idea I've ever heard.

  Fritz Beebe : Oh boy!

• Fritz Beebe : The company's selling how many shares?

  Kay Graham : 1.35 million shares.

  Fritz Beebe : Price range is?

  Kay Graham : Between 24.50 and 27 dollars per share.

  Fritz Beebe : Not exactly a huge difference.

  Kay Graham : For them! But, you know, the bankers always fiddle with the prices. But, for *us*, that's over 3 million dollars and that represents over 5 years salary for 25 good reporters.

• Kay Graham : The Nixon White House is nothing if not vindictive. Just this morning they barred us from covering Trisha Nixon's wedding.

  Fritz Beebe : Somehow, I doubt that will rise to the level of catastrophe.

  Kay Graham : [laughs]  No. Probably not. Although, when Ben sets his mind to plunder, its not hard to imagine something more serious. Catastrophic events - do occur, you know.