I was just thinking the same thing. It's really a loss for cinema that he died of a heroin overdose. The guys was a veritable fountain of talent and apart from his family who no doubt feel his loss more keenly than anyone else American cinema and audiences have been deprived of one of the great actors of our time.
A top 10 scene of the past 20 years, for me. Just a masterclass here. "...and I'm never, ever sick at sea" has always gotten the biggest laugh from me. The reference, the delivery, the timing. I ripped this and put it on my iPod.
Never sick at sea refers to how Gust had the stomach to both handle difficult situations in difficult places and also, per the book, he had a cast iron stomach that could handle food in the dirtiest of third world nations.
This was the 2nd funniest scene in the entire movie! The 1st was: "I apologize. As a former Navy officer I should've known better." "As a former Navy officer I would've been surprised if you had." This whole movie was solid gold!
Gotta disagree - the funniest scene was "I wasn't listening at the door, don't be ridiculous. I bugged the scotch bottle." "What?!" *camera pans to the scotch bottle*
If you read the source material, the scene is even better. Gus Stavros was a high-ranking CIA officer who wasn't an Ivy League blueblood. He supported the secretarial staff and used them as a network of informants within the CIA (and they loved him for it). So he could both get away for insulting a superior (since it was expected of him) and he would care what the secretaries thought of him insulting the snobs.
Phillips' incredible performance aside, if it's faithful to source material then it's clear Gus was a class A narcissist; nobody questioned his loyalty or even brought it up, the manager clearly said he was off the desk because he was a brut, lacking the soft touch needed for that job. And Gus spying on him and using this info to deflect from the core point is another narcissistic trait. Great performance, but also a great exercise in spotting dark personalities.
His loyalty was questioned, implicitly, with the “You can hardly blame the director for questioning the loyalty to America of people who are just barely Americans in the first place” Gust was a 1st generation American. He survived Turner’s 1979 Halloween Massacre purge, but clearly took issue with it
@@super266 that is not narcissism....it was literally just him not being someone who has a more diplomatic way of talking (according to that director). What criteria does Gus fit of having NPD??
he steals nothing. he walks straight up to it, looks it straight in the eyes, and the scenes gave him... whatever he wanted. he was truly gifted and was beloved by the people
"MY LOYALTY...?" Cravely insulted Gusts's accomplishments, his work ethic, and his nationality. Yeah. I would've smashed his window again too. And a few other things.
Probably Philip Seymour Hoffman's best role ever. He stole every scene he appeared in. The character, the body language, everything was spot on. Brilliant actor.
Nah, that's how he acted. "Capote", "25th Hour", "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" -- that's what he did. His death was an invaluable loss to the cinema.
I thought this was one of the best movies in 2007.. It was told well and it was based on a true story!! Always a worth the time to watch this movie again! 😃
Sadly he wasn’t on the Greek side. Not only did he collaborate with the Greek junta, he was also indirectly responsible for the whole mess in Cyprus after saying to the Greek dictator to invade the island with full American support (Greece didn’t have any support and in the end Turkey invaded the island as well and split the nation in two). He might be cool to Americans but to Greeks he was a straight up traitor who caused nothing but pain and misery.
I know this film, and scene are from George Crile’s book. I so wish Hollywood could have made a screenplay for PSH to replay this brilliant, patriotic,American, Gust Karvatokas. RIP
Because where he would have been stationed would have required him to be on listening boats. Can't do your job and run an operation if you're puking up your guts...
Actually they knew he was using again and were trying desperately to get him help. But he kept telling them “I’m not ready” in regards to getting help.
Reminds me of what Sorkin did with the begining scene of the Social Network: bring up some point, gloss over it in the flow of the dialogue, then come back to it as thoughts converge. Gust talks about the agents turner fired, reviews the several ways Cravely is a douchebag, then comes back to the loyalty of the agents (and himself, also a first gen. American) as he smashes the window
Loses the gig as the Helsinki Chief, takes up a pivotal role in getting the Soviets out of Afghanistan and leading the Soviet Union to collapse shortly after. Nice.
@@joestallings So very true! It would've been interesting to see what would have happened if the U.S.S.R. never collapsed and we were still in a cold war. Would we have ever been involved with wars in the Middle East? Would 9/11 have happened? Or would we have all died in a nuclear holocaust? Who knows! But it sure would've been interesting to have seen!
And the real point of the movie is that by doing so and not helping rebuild Afghanistan after we used them to fight a proxy war it made a lot of people in Afghanistan very mad at the USA.
Posted in Greece... Spent the last three years learning “finish”... I’m never ever sick at sea... and you know I know. LOL Hmmm... can’t speak the same language as the people that they are spying on... The irony and sarcasm is beautiful. LOL SIGH...
the tap on the typewriter after he asked that lady how he did is such a wonderful little touch. I dont know why I love it so much
It's a perfect little I love you too 😉
just like in the park when he tears off the sugar packet with his teeth and puts the empty in his suit pocket. great actors make great choices.
It was a subtle way of Gust saying, "You're welcome." 👍
The line that got me was "...people who know how."
He was dignifying her in her typewriter
For 24 years people have been trying to kill me. People who know how. Awesome line
Yup. Très Sorkin-y
I will NEVER grow tired of this scene.
Great scene & superb acting. Hoffman was one of the greats.
I was just thinking the same thing. It's really a loss for cinema that he died of a heroin overdose. The guys was a veritable fountain of talent and apart from his family who no doubt feel his loss more keenly than anyone else American cinema and audiences have been deprived of one of the great actors of our time.
He’s leagues above Dicaprio in every sense
Picked such good roles too
Is not was. There will never be another ✌️❤️🐧
John Hamm made John Slattery look good
Hoffman makes him look like he's keeping his head above water
Losing Hoffman was a tragedy. Fantastic actor and one of my favorite scenes.
His death was his choice
@@inthedarkwoods2022 wow you must be a really cool guy to hang out with.
@@Dirtyharold86I’m sure he chose to be an addict 🤦♂️
The secretary at the end gets me every time. Great comedic touch to a tense scene.
Hoffman gave us so much. What an incredible body of work he left. He was unbelievably prolific and consistently brilliant.
A top 10 scene of the past 20 years, for me. Just a masterclass here. "...and I'm never, ever sick at sea" has always gotten the biggest laugh from me. The reference, the delivery, the timing. I ripped this and put it on my iPod.
Sorkin loves his Gilbert and Sullivan.
Never sick at sea refers to how Gust had the stomach to both handle difficult situations in difficult places and also, per the book, he had a cast iron stomach that could handle food in the dirtiest of third world nations.
This was the 2nd funniest scene in the entire movie! The 1st was:
"I apologize. As a former Navy officer I should've known better."
"As a former Navy officer I would've been surprised if you had."
This whole movie was solid gold!
Gotta disagree - the funniest scene was "I wasn't listening at the door, don't be ridiculous. I bugged the scotch bottle."
"What?!" *camera pans to the scotch bottle*
“There’s a microphone on the scotch, a receiver in my ear, get past it.” 😆
"Why do elected officials say one thing and then do the opposite?"
"Well, tradition, mostly."
"Thats a little paranoid."
"Well you're no Thomas Jefferson. Let's call it even..."
RIP, Philip Seymour Hoffman.
What a powerhouse.
Love the "How was I?" at the end...
If you read the source material, the scene is even better. Gus Stavros was a high-ranking CIA officer who wasn't an Ivy League blueblood. He supported the secretarial staff and used them as a network of informants within the CIA (and they loved him for it). So he could both get away for insulting a superior (since it was expected of him) and he would care what the secretaries thought of him insulting the snobs.
Gust. Great performance
Phillips' incredible performance aside, if it's faithful to source material then it's clear Gus was a class A narcissist; nobody questioned his loyalty or even brought it up, the manager clearly said he was off the desk because he was a brut, lacking the soft touch needed for that job. And Gus spying on him and using this info to deflect from the core point is another narcissistic trait.
Great performance, but also a great exercise in spotting dark personalities.
His loyalty was questioned, implicitly, with the “You can hardly blame the director for questioning the loyalty to America of people who are just barely Americans in the first place”
Gust was a 1st generation American. He survived Turner’s 1979 Halloween Massacre purge, but clearly took issue with it
@@super266the scene also subtly highlights America’s commitment to democracy 😂
@@super266 that is not narcissism....it was literally just him not being someone who has a more diplomatic way of talking (according to that director). What criteria does Gus fit of having NPD??
He steals just about every scene.
he steals nothing. he walks straight up to it, looks it straight in the eyes, and the scenes gave him... whatever he wanted. he was truly gifted and was beloved by the people
I come back a lot to watch this. He has dirt on him and even told him the room number. And yes, that typewriter hit was sweet
”For twenty four years people have tried to kill me, people who know how “.😂
It's the understated way he said, people who know how, that made it so powerful
Wouldn't we all want to break our bosses window, twice! and still hold our job.
He knew the details of his bosses affair. Probably had recordings.
The secret to grabbing your bosses by the balls is keeping all their secrets, professional and personal, and let them know that you know
Without actually telling which secret you know about
"MY LOYALTY...?" Cravely insulted Gusts's accomplishments, his work ethic, and his nationality. Yeah. I would've smashed his window again too. And a few other things.
Well if you had details of your boss's affair with someone else's fiancé you would probably have pretty good job security too.
Probably Philip Seymour Hoffman's best role ever. He stole every scene he appeared in. The character, the body language, everything was spot on. Brilliant actor.
Nah, that's how he acted. "Capote", "25th Hour", "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" -- that's what he did. His death was an invaluable loss to the cinema.
I thought this was one of the best movies in 2007.. It was told well and it was based on a true story!! Always a worth the time to watch this movie again! 😃
I'm sure that much of the dialogue was invented but Sorkin gives you the characters in such a ridiculously believable way.
Hank Pym said never to trust a Stark....
Apparently Gust in real life was a real animal. Glad we had guy like him on our side
Sadly he wasn’t on the Greek side. Not only did he collaborate with the Greek junta, he was also indirectly responsible for the whole mess in Cyprus after saying to the Greek dictator to invade the island with full American support (Greece didn’t have any support and in the end Turkey invaded the island as well and split the nation in two). He might be cool to Americans but to Greeks he was a straight up traitor who caused nothing but pain and misery.
one of the greatest actors to ever live! RIP Mr. Hoffman
PSH could deliver the classified ads as a monologue and I'd be mesmerized. Such a talent. RIP.
Another amazing performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman.
RIP
I FUCKING MISS PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN
I know this film, and scene are from George Crile’s book. I so wish Hollywood could have made a screenplay for PSH to replay this brilliant, patriotic,American, Gust Karvatokas. RIP
This is my favorite scene in any movie ever made! Period.
This is a short movie all in itself. Maybe one of Sorkin’s best.
I'd like to take a moment to review the several ways in which PSH is a genius in this scene as well.
I got hooked on PSH after his raging Matress Man ("are you threatening me???") scene in Punch Drunk Love, this scene has the same energy
I need to watch this movie again.
This Scene makes me, CRY!! Phillip Seymour Hoffman is AMAZING!!!
PSH is a f***ing legend.
The smoking in the office, the ash trays and the typewriters bring back memories of the ‘80’s
Having an opportunity to play a scene like that!!!!...if that isn't therapy...then nothing is! PSH ...we miss you.
He was an amazing actor.
We miss you Phillip Seymour Hoffman 😢
Great script, great scene, great speech acting!
Hoffman, great job in this scene.
Great scene. I wonder how much of that was adlibbed or extra added touches by Hoffman.
i wish i could tell PSH how good he was
Omg it’s Howard stark.
Its Roger sterling actually
Writer Sorkins wit was just brilliant in this script.
Gus is a fucking beast
Thus was such a good movie, rip PSH.
For Gus it is normal to interfere in the government of other countries. The audience doesn't question this.
Its ok when America does it. Only when Russia does it to America, that is when its wrong. Got it.
'cos this is the norm for USA... 😂
Watch the end of the movie
He was an incredible actor. I truly was sad when he died. Way too young.
I miss him so much. Legend
The quote about the water and damage is classic manager-employee frustration
Philip Seymour Hoffman was truly fantastic
This is hysterical....
Can be diplomatic when necessary
this was Hoffman's best scene of his career. close 2nd is his crying fit in Boogie Nights.
PSH was just such an incredible and arguably underrated actor. His performance in this film is Oscar-worthy. These scenes are priceless.
In a league of his own. Such talent.
Amazing scene. Good movie too.
Talking to a CIA BOSS LIKE THIS
If you can say "Vesihiisi sihisi hississä", you're hired.
Man, so this is why Roger the way he is.
Puncy school boy lmao
I’m never ever sick at sea! What?
Because where he would have been stationed would have required him to be on listening boats. Can't do your job and run an operation if you're puking up your guts...
Helsinki is a port city.
It's a reference to the light opera HMS Pinafore, by Gilbert and Sullivan.
Not that complicated buddy
@@rederic2004 Points to you, budd! Nice catch!
I know it’s too late, but I could’ve watched a movie about these characters alone.
"I'm not even gunna dignify that with a response"
Office politics at its best
This guy was awesome. Hoffman was a gift. Where were his real friends in the the time of need?
One of the greatest actors of all time and you don't think he might have been great at keeping a secret from people in his life?
Actually they knew he was using again and were trying desperately to get him help. But he kept telling them “I’m not ready” in regards to getting help.
Reminds me of what Sorkin did with the begining scene of the Social Network: bring up some point, gloss over it in the flow of the dialogue, then come back to it as thoughts converge. Gust talks about the agents turner fired, reviews the several ways Cravely is a douchebag, then comes back to the loyalty of the agents (and himself, also a first gen. American) as he smashes the window
Miss you big man. RIP
I miss Hoffman a lot ❤
I know for a fact that bosses need to be told what to do....
just gold
Hoffman was a great actor!
I really enjoyed this movie. I have watched it countless times. 😵💫😵💫😵💫
A fantastic movie
love, Love, LOVE this scene…one of the all time greats👍🏼
Contacts in the office. Wisdom.
Loses the gig as the Helsinki Chief, takes up a pivotal role in getting the Soviets out of Afghanistan and leading the Soviet Union to collapse shortly after.
Nice.
An actual Zen master "We'll See" turn of events.
@@joestallings So very true! It would've been interesting to see what would have happened if the U.S.S.R. never collapsed and we were still in a cold war. Would we have ever been involved with wars in the Middle East? Would 9/11 have happened? Or would we have all died in a nuclear holocaust? Who knows! But it sure would've been interesting to have seen!
And the real point of the movie is that by doing so and not helping rebuild Afghanistan after we used them to fight a proxy war it made a lot of people in Afghanistan very mad at the USA.
Such a great scene.
"Also, water goes over a dam and under a bridge. You Ponzi schoolboy."
He should have taken Roger out drinking, he would have gotten the job once Roger have about 10 martinis.
What a shame he decided to leave us to face the world alone.
He was so fucking good
Epic
How many people would love to have that moment with their boss? ❤😂
This actually happened btw…in fact if you read the real account the movie is pretty mild compared to reality lol
I miss him so much
Avrakotos will never work at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce again.
Whenever I see Phillip Seymour Hoffman kill a scene (like he does here) I start getting emotional. Man died way too young
That...Howard Stank?
Never knew that about Turner.
And Im never sick at sea....😀
anyone know the name of the actress who played the typist?
"How was it?"
You Can’t Do That You Might Go To Irvine Police Office.
Every man in the world wishes they could educate their boss like this. And every man also knows this is pure fiction. Irl he'd never work again..
he gave teh job to Don Draper
In fairness, he is coarse
So Basically Clair just wanted to set them up for violence out of spite or inner office politics.
Posted in Greece...
Spent the last three years learning “finish”...
I’m never ever sick at sea...
and you know I know. LOL
Hmmm... can’t speak the same language as the people that they are spying on...
The irony and sarcasm is beautiful. LOL
SIGH...
1:20
Im on record always hating Philip Seymour Hoffman, and now that he’s gone it’s only grown stronger