Martin Bell
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forfeiting stolen Nazi looted art worth millions and millions of dollars and doing things within the sort of art and craft of forfeiture that nobody else was doing. Sharon suggested that I give some thought to joining her unit. She knew I was into white collar stuff. She had already detected a little bit of whimsy in me.
And she said, we've got the beginnings of something that I think you may like. And so this is how that story begins, I guess. And that made the news the next day because it's not the sort of thing that happens all the time.
And she said, we've got the beginnings of something that I think you may like. And so this is how that story begins, I guess. And that made the news the next day because it's not the sort of thing that happens all the time.
And she said, we've got the beginnings of something that I think you may like. And so this is how that story begins, I guess. And that made the news the next day because it's not the sort of thing that happens all the time.
Good Lord. Look, I don't want to be gendered about this, but it's particularly true if you're a boy who grew up playing with plastic dinosaurs or who took, you know, the sort of field guide to dinosaurs out of the Brooklyn Public Library's central branch, as I did no fewer than 15 times as a kid.
Good Lord. Look, I don't want to be gendered about this, but it's particularly true if you're a boy who grew up playing with plastic dinosaurs or who took, you know, the sort of field guide to dinosaurs out of the Brooklyn Public Library's central branch, as I did no fewer than 15 times as a kid.
Good Lord. Look, I don't want to be gendered about this, but it's particularly true if you're a boy who grew up playing with plastic dinosaurs or who took, you know, the sort of field guide to dinosaurs out of the Brooklyn Public Library's central branch, as I did no fewer than 15 times as a kid.
One of the most perfect movies ever made. Every part of it, Marty. From the score to the casting.
One of the most perfect movies ever made. Every part of it, Marty. From the score to the casting.
One of the most perfect movies ever made. Every part of it, Marty. From the score to the casting.
The effects are still the best in the series, even though we've had 20 years of Jurassic Park movies since. It is a perfect movie. The sense of wonder that Alan Grant has as he removes his glasses. One of the greatest scenes in the history of cinema. As he grabs Ellie's head and points it toward where the dinosaur is.
The effects are still the best in the series, even though we've had 20 years of Jurassic Park movies since. It is a perfect movie. The sense of wonder that Alan Grant has as he removes his glasses. One of the greatest scenes in the history of cinema. As he grabs Ellie's head and points it toward where the dinosaur is.
The effects are still the best in the series, even though we've had 20 years of Jurassic Park movies since. It is a perfect movie. The sense of wonder that Alan Grant has as he removes his glasses. One of the greatest scenes in the history of cinema. As he grabs Ellie's head and points it toward where the dinosaur is.
Yeah, it was wild stuff. there had been an attempted auction of a Tyrannosaurus Batara skeleton in midtown Manhattan. I say attempted because in a weird moment that I could only describe as cinematic, a man burst through the doors like the Kool-Aid man, and rather than saying, oh yeah, screamed, stop the bidding.
Yeah, it was wild stuff. there had been an attempted auction of a Tyrannosaurus Batara skeleton in midtown Manhattan. I say attempted because in a weird moment that I could only describe as cinematic, a man burst through the doors like the Kool-Aid man, and rather than saying, oh yeah, screamed, stop the bidding.
Yeah, it was wild stuff. there had been an attempted auction of a Tyrannosaurus Batara skeleton in midtown Manhattan. I say attempted because in a weird moment that I could only describe as cinematic, a man burst through the doors like the Kool-Aid man, and rather than saying, oh yeah, screamed, stop the bidding.
He held a court order in his hand that the auction not proceed because of the suspicion that the item that the Tyrannosaurus Bataar skeleton was stolen.
He held a court order in his hand that the auction not proceed because of the suspicion that the item that the Tyrannosaurus Bataar skeleton was stolen.
He held a court order in his hand that the auction not proceed because of the suspicion that the item that the Tyrannosaurus Bataar skeleton was stolen.
As I understand it, the reason why the lawyer, a lovely man named Robert Painter, was representing the Mongolian government is because he'd met the president of Mongolia at a party and given him his business card. And, you know, as one does, you just wait for the call at that point. That party,