a blown head gasket

“Uccck-ouuu.” Small Deer said, imitating a Fuck-You Lizard to perfection.

He did, however, successfully secure a four-wall distribution deal—a process by which a studio rents a movie theater for a period of time and receives all of the box office revenue—with Laemmle Theaters.

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