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Nathan Lane and Lee Evans in Mousehunt (1997)

Eric Christmas: Ernie and Lars' Lawyer

Mousehunt

Eric Christmas credited as playing...

Ernie and Lars' Lawyer

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  • Ernie and Lars' Lawyer: [reading Rudolph Smuntz's will] "I leave you not just a model factory, but something infinitely more valuable: The future of string... itself."
  • [a loud explosion; Ernie parts the blinds of the office window to see string raining down on the factory workers]
  • Ernie and Lars' Lawyer: "And thus, it is my dying wish... that my two sons run Smuntz String together."
  • Ernie Smuntz: [claps] Great. Let's stick a "for sale" sign on the front lawn and see what we can get.
  • Lars Smuntz: Ernie, we're not supposed to sell it. We're supposed to run it, together!
  • Ernie Smuntz: Either way, this godforsaken museum piece isn't worth a dime, now, is it, Lars?
  • Lars Smuntz: *Some* things are more important than money, *Ernie*.
  • Ernie Smuntz: Notice that it's always the financially challenged who say that?
  • [Lars stands up]
  • Ernie and Lars' Lawyer: [holds out his open palm] Please, please. "I also bequeath to you my personal effects, including... my ceramic egg... half box of Cuban cigars... and--" Oh, yes, yes. "My-my collection of spoons."
  • [empties the contents from a box one at a time and sets them down on the table]
  • Ernie Smuntz: [sarcastically] My goodness, what a treasure, what a legacy.
  • [grabs the spoons]
  • Ernie Smuntz: *Spoons*! Spoons! So many spoons, so little time!
  • Ernie and Lars' Lawyer: [about their new house] It's interesting. it seems the previous owner was found locked in a trunk in the attic...

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