This is from the movie
In a Lonely Place.
Dixon Steele is a screenwriter played by Humphrey Bogart. Mildred Atkinson is a hat check girl who is reading the novel Dixon is going to turn into a screenplay.
Quote:
Mildred Atkinson: Oh I think it'll make a dreamy picture, Mr. Steele. What I call an epic.
Dixon Steele: And what do you call an epic?
Mildred Atkinson: Well, you know - a picture that's REAL long and has lots of things going on.
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So there you have it, an epic is real long and has lots of things going on.