All language subtitles for Землетрясение.1974.BDRip-AVC msltel_Track05

(PANTING)

God damn it!

Your last words
last night.

The very first words
you greet me
with this morning.

Don't you think
you ought to do
something about

expanding
your vocabulary?

Yeah, while you
expand your chest.

Didn't you get
enough exercise
jogging this morning?

Don't you ever
get tired?

I don't think
I'm gonna have time for
breakfast this morning.

Why not? It's ready.

Denise Marshall's boy
asked me for
an autographed football.

I'm gonna drop it off
on the way to the office.

An autographed football
from you.

(LAUGHING) And you
haven't played football
in 16 years.

Well, I guess it's part
of this nostalgic binge
everybody's on.

Anyway, it's the ball
Frank Gifford signed.

That's the signature
he really wants.

You know,
I find it peculiar.

Almost amusing.

The widow Brian Marshall
comes back into town
after seven months,

and you rush off
without even so much
as a cup of coffee.

But if I ask you...

If you ask me to
stop off at the market

to pick up a head
of lettuce for you,
I'd find some excuse.

Christ!

(SIGHS) You know,
if it wasn't 7:30
in the morning,

I would have a drink.

I didn't know you
were a clock-watcher.

What?

What did you say?

I said, I didn't know
you were a clock-watcher.

Don't you dare
lower your voice to me.

Look, what's
this all about?

I know you.
I've been married
to you long enough.

I know the more contempt
you feel for me,
the lower the voice.

Hell, Remy,
you'd hardly call this
a marriage, would you?

Going now, Remy.

I said, I'm leaving.

Remy.

Remy.

(WHEEZING)

Remy.

(EXHALES)

(WHEEZING)

Remy! Remy.

(SIGHS)

Jim? Stewart Graff.
She's done it again.

Yeah, I think
we'll get faster action if
you call the ambulance.

(RAGGED BREATHING)

Well, of course
I'll induce vomiting.

I know
the rules by now.

Just get over here,
will you?

(RUMBLING)

Oh! Oh, my God.
Oh! Oh.

(RUMBLING STOPS)

Oh.

If you're going
to throw the pills
in the toilet,

you might
at least flush it.

(RUMBLING)

Man, that was a jolt.

You can
forget your coffee.

We got an emergency
inspection to run.

I'm off duty
in half an hour.

It was
just a little tremor.

That's a solid
concrete dam.

Well, those are
the rules, Max.

You can always
use the overtime.

Yeah,I suppose so.

(ENGINE STARTS)

CARETAKER:
Is everything okay?

ASSISTANT: Yeah.

Why don't you
check the base?
I'll look down below.

NEWSREADER ON RADIO:
At 7:46 this morning,

a minor earthquake
registering 3.1 on
the Richter scale

was felt in the
Los Angeles area.
No injuries were reported.

However,
minimal property damage...

Repeating a KJB Sig Alert.

Hello, Laura?

This is Mr. Graff.
My secretary in yet?

Yeah.

Well, tell her I'll be
a little late, huh?

All right, Mr. Graff,
I'll tell her.

Let me speak to him.

Oh, Mr. Graff?
Just a moment,
it's your father-in-law.

Stewart, see me
as soon as you come in.

I want to go over
that Bill Cameron
matter again.

Sam, I'm not
gonna budge on this.

I don't want to
lose this contract.

I'll talk to you
about it later.

Thank you.
Yes, sir.

Fred?

Fred?

(EXCLAIMS)

Fred!

Fred! Fred?

(GRUNTING)

(SIREN WAILING)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

Watch it, Lew.

You nearly wrecked us up
in that last turn.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

You see? I told you.

We're gonna hear
about that one.

Want to drive,
Emilio?

No, no, no.
You're driving.
You're driving.

We're over
the city line.

The Captain
will bust our rumps

if we mess up here
in the county again.

Do you remember
what happened
with that guy Merle?

I still don't think
his gun went off
by accident.

I get along just fine
with nine toes.

(SIREN CONTINUES WAILING)

I told you to stay
out of the county,
you bastard.

Merle...

Some guys are just
too goddamned dumb

to stay
where they belong.

Do you know
who owns that hedge
you just wrecked?

I'm gonna
tell you, Slade.

It's Zsa Zsa Gabor.

Corry, forget
about the dishes.

You'll be late
for school.

Come on.

And remember to go
to Mrs. Clark's when
you come back, huh?

She'll look after you
until I'm home
from the studio.

(DOOR BELL BUZZING)

Stewart!

Hi. Come on in.

Hi. You brought it.

Sorry I forgot it
last week.

Where did
Frank Gifford sign?

Right there
under the laces.

Yeah.

Thanks, Mr. Graff.
That'll look great
on my bookcase.

That's really nice
of you. Thank you.

Couldn't let down
my last fan.

(CHUCKLES) Hurry.

Okay, have a good day.

Goodbye, Mom.
Bye-bye.

GRAFF: So long.

You know what?
GRAFF: What?

I've got a part
in a movie.

Oh, great.

Yeah, great.
Three days shooting,
22 lines.

It's hard. I've been
out of it so long.

Well, at least
I feel alive again,

and I didn't for so long
after Brian died.

Well, I guess
I should get dressed.
Yeah.

Hey, did you feel
that tremor this morning?

It really
wasn't very strong.

No? Would you
like some coffee?

Yeah.

If there's an unbroken cup
somewhere that I can find.

It'll have to
be instant.

Yeah, well,
instant will be fine.

You know, Barbara says
you're the best...

Barbara?
Yes.

Barbara.
Your boss's secretary.

Oh.

And my one good friend.

Well, she says you're
the best engineer
in the country.

Yeah, well,
Barbara's paid to
say things like that.

Oh. Oh, that's the script
of the movie I'm doing.

"Movie I'm doing."

That's the overstatement
of the year.

Here I am,
two small scenes,

and I'm so worried,
I'm so nervous.

I was up all night
trying to figure out

how to make this
damn thing work.

(CHUCKLES)

Can I help you?

Yes. You could read
the lines with me.

It's just one scene.
One page.

I think I know it.

Right here,
near the top.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Okay,
let me fill you in.

I play a bit player.

Now, the part you read
is a big movie star.

A drunk, a gambler,
married 18 times,
the whole thing.

And there's
a dinner party.

Now, an assistant director
invited me,

only he's not enough of a,
whatever, gentleman,
to pick me up.

I have to drive myself.
Well, that's okay.

Now, they're all
talking about me
just before I come in.

You know, asking him
the usual questions
about bit players.

Talk, talk, talk, talk.
I come in.

Introductions,
introductions,
introductions.

Then our big star, you,
makes his appearance.

You ignore me,
for quite a while.

So, I say to you,
"Hello, Mr. Sheppard.

"It's been a long time.
How have you been?"

And you say...

"Do we know
each other?"

"You bet your ass we do."

That kind of a script.

(CHUCKLES) Oh.

And the character
I'm playing

is also supposed to
be a nymphomaniac.

Mmm-hmm.
Yeah?

And the director
of the picture

is a strong believer
in typecasting.

But anyway,
I'll cope with that.
You want it black?

Yeah. Black's...

And don't worry.

Worry about what?

I'm not a nympho.
Mind you, I'm not
Mary Poppins, either,

but I'm far
from being...

What's the male equivalent
of a nympho?

Satyr, I think.

Satyr?

Yeah.
Oh.

And you don't need
to worry, either.

Worry?

What I mean is, I'm not
Billy Graham exactly,
but I'm no satyr.

Mmm-hmm.

Jesus, that tremor
must've stopped the clock.

It's a little
after 9:00.

And I have
a 10:00 call.

I'm sorry,
I've got to run.

I'm overdue
at the office.

Listen. Thank you
for everything.

I mean, the cueing,
the football
and the sympathy.

And as Mary Poppins
would say,

"Bye-bye."

(CHUCKLES)

Eight stitches to
close his lower lip,
six loosened teeth.

You aren't supposed
to do things like that
to a brother officer.

Not a brother officer, sir.
Merle is a county cop.

I'm talking about
Los Angeles cops
and county cops.

That kid stole a car.

Then he got stoned
and he slammed
into a little girl.

A little Mexican girl,
about six years old.

That little girl
was thrown about
15 feet in the air.

She was probably dead
before she hit the sidewalk.

Her blood covered
three whole cement squares.

Not spattered.
Solid. Just like paint.

The driver never
even slowed down.

And he almost got away
because some peckerwood
rich man's whore

in a cop's uniform
was worried about a hedge!

You will receive
a formal notice
of suspension.

And a date for
departmental trial.

Now, get on home.

Hey, Lew, how'd it go?

(MACHINES RAHLING)

JOHNSON: Michelle,
get me the Valley reading.

MICHELLE: Okay.
Have they plotted
the epicenter yet?

Yes, sir, it was
quite a shock. Yes.

Yes. Nevertheless, there's
no scientific evidence

that a 3.1 earthquake
can loosen dental fillings.

No. Right.
Thank you.

Walt! Your turn on
the PR desk.

Yes, that's right.
Dr. Adams. Room 14.

He isn't?

Well then I'd like
to leave a message.

JOHNSON: Walt!

Just a minute, okay?

Would you have him
call Walter Russell at
the Seismology Institute?

Yeah, it's very important.

Yes, thank you.

Here's a strange one.

"Caretaker at
the Hollywood
reservoir dam

"drowned at the bottom
of an elevator shaft."

They still haven't
figured out what happened.

Okay.

What's the matter?
You look sick.

I just found out
Dr. Adams stayed up at
the fault an extra day.

So?

Well, I sent some
figures and a memo

into the Director's office
late yesterday afternoon.

I don't think he's
even read them yet.

Figures on what?

Well, I know
you'll laugh,

but I think we're gonna
have a really big quake.

Probably today.
Tomorrow at the latest.

And I wanted
Dr. Adams here

to back up
my computations.

Thought you were
leaving yesterday,
Dr. Adams.

We've been held up.

But we hope to have
most of the instruments
planted by noon.

Still haven't figured out
exactly what it is
you fellas are trying to do.

It's rather technical.
That device

records minute variations
of seismic waves.

MR. GRIGGS: Huh.
Well, better start
my plowing.

ADAMS: Thanks again
for letting us on
your land, Mr. Griggs.

Once the trench
is filled in,

you'd never have
known we were here.

(SHEEP BLEATING)

Well?

That was nice.
Real nice.

Yeah, tell me this,
you gonna have this thing
ready for this afternoon?

I'll have it ready,
don't worry.

But I think we'll
need an extra can
of butane there.

Come on, Sal, huh?

We'll pick one up
when we go for Rosa
this afternoon, all right?

All right.

What I want to know is,
are you gonna get her
to help us?

Yeah, yeah,
she'll help us.

Well, she's not
too crazy about our
line of work, man.

Miles, I'll get her.

Well, you better,
because this Vegas job

is the biggest
break we ever had.

Miles, I'll get her.
I'll get her.

What do you want?
Will you relax?

All right.
Jesus!

Wow.

Seventy-three.

Five forty-nine.

Eighty-nine.

Eighty-nine.

That'll be 20.16.

Forgot to
bring enough cash?

That's right.

Hey, I'll put this back.
Who needs protein anyway?

Don't worry about it.
Drop the money off
the next time you're in.

Thanks.

MAN: Find anything?

All okay
as far as I can tell!

I'll check again!

I guess we won't find
anything until after
the shaft is pumped out.

But everything looks fine.

Right. People drown
in elevators

every damn day
of the week.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(DEVOTEES SINGING)

Officer, can you
order these freaks
out of here?

They've been scaring
my customers away,

and I've been trying
to get them to leave.

You got something
against religion?

What'll you have?

Double bourbon, Jay.

In uniform, Lew?

Naked in a glass
will do just fine.

Spiro Т. Agnew.

You asked to see me,
Dr. Stockle?

Sit down.

Russell,
this is very interesting.

You forecast an earthquake
in the three to four
point range this morning.

We had an earthquake
in the three to four
point range this morning.

I'm impressed.

Thank you, sir.

However, isn't it
rather slender evidence

for predicting
a catastrophe?

Sir, these are based
on this morning's signals

from those stress
measurement instruments

that Dr. Adams sank
during that experimental
well project.

They indicate
another pre-shock,

probably before
noon today.

And if it happens?

Then the big one
follows in 48 hours.

At least seven point.
Now, naturally,

if that second minor
shock doesn't occur,

then it just proves
that my computations

were based on
insufficient evidence.

But I think we
have a strong...
Russell.

Russell, you are still
a graduate assistant.

Are you seriously
contending that
a graduate assistant

would be the first
scientist in history

to pinpoint
a major earthquake
within 48 hours?

No, sir.

But I am following through
on Dr. Adam's theories

and the probability curves
that he drew up.

But I feel that I've
been on the project...

Dr. Adams is on
a field trip upstate.

I sure wish he wasn't.

Thank you, Russell.

Leave those.

Fiona, I want
some figures run
through the computer.

And try to get Frank Adams
for me in Fresno.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Yeah? Morning, Sam.

Morning, Stew.

Listen, you still
refuse to handle
the Bill Cameron job

unless he upgrades
the specifications?

Absolutely.

Okay.

But you're gonna
have to convince him

that those changes
are necessary.

I could never talk him
into anything.

Oh, do me
one more favor, huh?

Don't muff the deal.

Oh, just a moment.

Mr. Royce,
your daughter's
on the phone, 347.

Thank you.

He'll be right on.

Remy?

Hello, Remy.

Fine.

Well, I was planning
on eating here
in the building.

Well, come on in.

REMY:
No, away from the office.

Oh, it's terribly
important.

Oh. Okay, honey.

The Windsor at 1:15?

And try to calm down.

Okay.

SEISMOLOGIST: Bill,
here comes another one.

(RUMBLING)

It's a pretty good shake.

Oh, shit!

Hey,
that shot didn't count.
No way can it count.

Hey, nothing
in the rule book
about earthquakes.

It didn't count.

Yeah, it did.

CHAVEZ:
Hardly ever get two
in one morning.

Two what?

Earthquakes.

(PLAYERS GRUNTING)

In another half hour,
I won't feel the one

that's supposed to
knock California
into the ocean.

(ALL GRUNTING)

The Captain's
cooled off.

He's gonna do
his damnedest to
straighten things out.

I don't want to
be a cop anymore.

Right since
the time I was a kid,

I figured on cops
helping folks, you know?

Folks who couldn't
help themselves.

All right,
maybe that was dumb of me,

but that's the way
I figured.

But folks don't count
for a diddly, do they?

(PLAYERS SHOUTING)

Take it easy, now.
I'll call you
at home later.

Sure, Emilio.

(BOTH GRUNTING)

The shot counted.

Bobby Riggs.

That wasn't there
before the tremor.

I know every inch
of this dam.
It's a new one.

Max,
I'm a trained technician.
You're a watchman.

Now, stop trying to
teach me my business.

It wasn't there.

There's no such thing
as solid concrete
and you know it.

Hairline cracks
are bound to appear
from time to time.

You don't
panic over them.

The water's rising.
It's gone up half an inch
since the quake.

He's right.
What the hell
is going on?

JOHNSON: But it could all
be coincidence.

I don't see
running wild over
some untested theory,

at least until we've
heard from Frank Adams.

After all,
it's his research project,
and not Walt's.

No one can
find Frank Adams.

No one was sure
the atom bomb would work

until they dropped it.
It worked.

Our present problem is

what in God's name
do we do now?

Well, we warn people.

Do we?

Think about it.

A public announcement now
that a major earthquake
is imminent,

that could create
incredible panic.

People climbing
over people

trying to get out
of the city.

That could be
a worse disaster
than the quake itself.

But an orderly evacuation
could save hundreds
of thousands of lives.

An orderly evacuation
to where?

The desert?
The mountains?

How do you feed
and shelter

four million people
in open country?

And suppose we release
this information and
there isn't a big quake?

Well, what's the point
in learning how to
predict an earthquake,

if you don't do
anything about it
after you predict it?

Russell!

Russell, look!

Dr. Johnson and I
are not cynical.

But a false alarm now,
even if it went no further

than the Mayor or
the Governor's office,

would destroy
the institute's credibility.

Credibility!
Look, Russell!

Four or five years
from now,

we come up
with a foolproof
detection system.

Who in authority is
gonna believe us then?

(TELEPHONE BUZZES)

Yeah?

No. No, no,
don't call his wife.

I'll take саге
of it myself.

Frank Adams is dead.

So's young Ward.

They were working
in a trench
across the fault.

The walls collapsed.

Fiona, get me
the Mayor's office.

It's a matter of
gravest urgency.

See if you can push
the blueprint room
on those revised drawings

for the Cameron job,
will you, Carl?

He'll want to see them
this afternoon.

Okay, Stewart.

I've got to get out
of here for a while.

This place is
closing in on me.

Denise.
Hi.

Hi. You finished
working already?

Never got started.

Would you believe it?
The tremor damaged the set,

and they rescheduled
my scene for tomorrow.

So, I thought I'd
drop in on Barbara.

Something wrong?

No, I need a drink.

Oh. Are you one of
those solitary drinkers?

Not if I can help it.
Would you join me?

Yes. Yes.

ROYCE: Do you realize what
you're asking of me?

What's really happening
with you two?

He's been seeing
Brian Marshall's widow.

Well, of course.
He feels obligated
to help her out.

Her and her boy.

Oh, Albert Schweitzer
wasn't that dedicated
to mankind.

There's more to it,
Remy.

It was Stewart
who assigned Brian
that propane cavern job,

and he's been
blaming himself

for what happened
ever since.

Oh, Dad,
don't be so naive.

I know they're
having an affair.

When you met Stewart,
he was a dirt-poor boy

trying to work his way
through college on
an athletic scholarship.

I think you still
half see him that way.

But he's a top man now.

He doesn't need me,
he doesn't need anybody.

There isn't a firm in town
wouldn't take him
on his own terms.

How big a quake?

A seven
on the Richter scale,
possibly higher.

That could release
more than the total
energy generated

by the Hiroshima,
Nagasaki nuclear
bombs combined.

If I issue
a public warning,

you know what will
happen to this city?

Of course we know,
that's impossible.

But there are
some precautions you
could take, aren't there?

Alert the police,
the fire department.

Have the Governor
mobilize the National Guard.

Well, he could announce
that it's necessary

to prevent looting at
the Valley quake site.

Well, the police
have that situation
totally under control.

Mayor Lewis,
the next situation,
if it comes,

would be somewhat different.

The Governor and I
aren't even in
the same party.

If this turns out
to be a false alarm,

he'll make me look
like the biggest fool
west of the Mississippi.

Second biggest.
I'll top the list.

What do you say, Lew?

Hey, Rosa...

Hiya, pal.

...the ladies room
is through that door

and a couple of
steps to the right.

You still pursuing
those evildoers?

Not as hard as usual.

MILES: Hey, Jay, we want
a couple of burgers and
some orange juice to go.

JAY: Two burgers and
orange juice to go.

The 50 bucks, Miles.
You owed me
for three weeks.

Hey, listen, man.
What if I pay you
tomorrow. Okay?

Hey, the 50.

You're a great bike rider
but a lousy pool shooter.

Officer, I mean,
you're not gonna let him
get away with this, are you?

Yes.

Fifty bucks,
or I'll break your back.

Peter Fonda.

Listen...
Peter Fonda...

Hey, hey, Sal.
Hey, wait.

Неге. Take it.

Yeah, I'll take it.

Thanks. Brother.

Mother.

SAL: Miles,
what're you doing?

All I've got is
a dollar and some
loose change on me.

Hey, Lew, hey, come on.
Lend me 10 bucks, huh?

I don't have time
to go to the bank.

You better stop
breathing those
gas fumes so much.

Hey, listen, Lew,
this is an emergency, man.

We need a butane tank
for the stunt.

That son of a bitch
just left me
10 bucks short.

Look, I'll have it
back to you tomorrow.
I promise.

Come on, Lew. This is
really important to me.

This big guy
is coming down

from one of
the big Vegas hotels
to see this act.

Now, there has
never ever been
anything like this.

If that hotel
sponsors us, man,

I could wind up on ABC's
Wide World of Sports, man.

And after that,
you can forget
about Evel Knievel.

It'll be just
the Miles Quade Story.

You know, I'm sorry
I ever arrested you two.

I've been paying
for it ever since.

Hello.

Rosa, I want you
to meet Lew Slade.

He's the cop who
flattened Miles and I

with a blackjack at
the North Hollywood rally
last year.

Hey, that's right.
And we didn't even
start that ruckus.

Well, you should've
knocked their brains
into place.

Come here, Rosa.
I want to talk to you.

Come here. Listen.
If I had the bread,

I would hire a beautiful,
sexy broad this afternoon,

and I would
kick your ass
all the way home.

Well, I don't
need your help. Bye.

Now, Rosa,
will you listen to me?

Daredevil motorcyclists
always have to have

beautiful, sexy broads
hanging around.

Rosa, that's right.
What do you want,

us to look like
phonies or what?

Sal, I'm your sister.
What about Maureen?
She's your girlfriend.

Come on, Rosa.
Maureen is
too flat-chested.

Rosa, come here.

Now, Rosa,
I want you to show
the officer your t-shirt.

Oh, yeah, Lew,
take a look at this.

We're gonna have 20,
maybe 30,000 of these

made up after
the Vegas show.

Go ahead, take a look.
See what you think of it.

I think it's beautiful.

GRAFF:
My wife will ask me,
"Is she pretty?"

I'll say, "Quite."

And she'll say,
something like,

"That figures.
Tell me about her."

And you'll say,
"Nothing much to tell.
We just had a drink."

And she'll ask me,
"No small talk?"

"Very little.
A trait that goes
with engineering."

Yeah, maybe it does.

It's good.

Can I ask you something?

Sure. Anything.

When we made love,

when you made love to me,
it was with such...

Such...
I'm trying to think of
exactly the right word.

It was with such...

Anger.

Anger?

Yeah, anger.

(SCOFFS)

Did I anger you?

No.

I think you are
absolutely lovely.

Well, I think so, too.
I'm not hurt.

Tell me, how long
has Barbara worked
at the office?

Oh, 10, 12 years.

Well, did you ever
know me to drop in
on her before?

No. Certainly not
since you got back
to LA.

Well, maybe I didn't
want to see Barbara.

Maybe I wanted
to see you. Hmm?

How about that?

Yeah. How about that?

So, you didn't
seduce me.

I seduced you.

Great.

Well, next time
I'll do the honors.

Oh, don't feel
there has to be
a next time.

Don't think
that you just made
a lifelong commitment.

Come here.

Why?

Come here.

I have to go to
Oregon this summer.

All summer on
a hydroelectric project.

Come up there,
with Corry.

I'll rent a house
for the two of you.

It's such beautiful,
really beautiful country.
It'd be great for him.

Please.

I'll think about it.

I'll come back tonight.

I'll think
about that, too.

ANNOUNCER ON RADIO:
We interrupt our
regular program

to bring you
a special bulletin.

The Governor
has just announced

that the following
National Guard units

have been put
on emergency
active duty status.

The Fourth
Infantry support group,

the 227th Heavy
Transport Battalion,

the 112th
Headquarters Company,

the 33rd
Communications Battalion,

the 47th Engineers Company.

WOMAN: Oh, my God.

Let me show you
what's happening.

First of all,
we start up there.

Then it's down that ramp,
like hell into
that first big loop,

up this ramp,
zoom over the truck,

down this ramp
and straight into
that big figure eight.

Then it's down that ramp
right into that fire ring.

Now, that fire ring
doesn't just have
flames on the outside,

like in your dog acts.

No, no, we rigged
those gas jets

to shoot flames
right in the center.

Then it's down that ramp,
over that pit,
and we're home free.

Now, you take a guy
like Knievel.

Now, he'll jump 20,
maybe 30 cars,

and call it
a big goddamn thing.

(LAUGHS) But, baby,
let me tell you something,

compared to those,

landing on a roof of a car
at 100 miles an hour,

that's like
landing in a water bed.

(ALL LAUGHING)

Miles,
you're out of your mind.

Hey, but, Rosa,
wait a minute.
No. No, way.

If you want to help
your best friend
kill himself, fine.

Rosa, listen.
Now, listen.
Don't be rotten.

There's nothing to it.
It is simple!

Who do you think
you're kidding?

I'm going to a movie.

Rosa.
Rosa.

ROSA: Clint Eastwood
at the Royal.

MILES:
Rosa, wait a minute.

(SAYING GOODBYE IN ITALIAN)

You're gonna fix it up.

You're gonna fix it up.

She's nervous.
She's...
Yeah, sure.

Where's them cantaloupes?

We asked you
for some free
cantaloupes, Jody.

Say, my friend,
what kind of friend
are you?

Still playing
soldier boy, Jody?

That's right.
We saw on television

where you're gonna
go play soldier boy.

Say, say, say.
Say, say, say.

Is it true that
blondes have more fun?

Oh, no. Look at that.
I told you he was a fag.

Say, Jody, you a fag?

If I'd known you
was a fag, Jody,

I'd have been
up here before.

I could've
used the money.

(ALL CHUCKLING)

Fall in!
Hey, yo.

Left, right.
Left, right.
Ho. Hup. Hup.

Let's decorate
the warrior.

SANDY: Eyes straight
to the front, soldier.
Quit looking around.

GRAFF: Now the motion
in this model was programmed

from the actual
recorded ground motion
of a 6.2 earthquake.

Long Beach in '33.

Now, a magnitude
of eight would
produce a motion...

What's your point?

Bill, we live in
an earthquake zone.
What can I tell you?

That I've failed
to meet city or state
safety requirements?

That's not the point.
I think we should
go beyond the codes.

You remember
the Sylmar quake.

A lot of buildings
that met the code
collapsed.

You know how much money
I pour into this company
every year?

You bet I do.

And you're willing to
risk losing my business
for something like this?

Yes, I am.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

The revised prints
on the interior are in
my office, Mr. Cameron.

I figured you'd
want to go over them.

I'll see
what it costs me.

And I thought you
were gonna chew me out

for leaning
on Bill Cameron.

Oh, I just figured
it was time I kicked
myself upstairs.

And I always like
the feel of that name,

"Chairman of the Board."
Has a nice ring.

Congratulations,
Mr. President.

(LAUGHS) Jesus!
(BOTH CHUCKLING)

Thanks, Sam.

Oh, listen.
You're gonna have to

forget about that
Oregon project, I guess.

We can't have
a new company president

pouring cement
out in the woods somewhere.

What's the matter?

Look,
I just promoted you.
I didn't fire you.

No, Sam, you're gonna
figure I'm crazy,

but I'd like
a little time to
think this over.

Okay.

Any problems
I ought to know about?

No.

Just a few priorities
I've got to get straight
in my head.

Sure.

Sam,

Remy didn't have
anything to do
with this, did she?

Don't worry.

You'd have this job
even if you weren't
my son-in-law.

(PHONE RINGING)

Oh, hold that.

Hello?
GRAFF: Hello, Denise?

Stewart. Hi.

Look. I'm not
gonna be able to
make it tonight.

Something important
came up at work.

Any trouble?

No. No trouble.
I've just got
a problem to solve.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorrier
than you are.

Oh, it doesn't matter
about tonight.

We'll have lots of time
together up in Oregon.

Okay? Bye-bye.

Goodbye.

CORRY: Mom?

Mom.

(DOG BARKING)

Yeah?

Okay if I go to
the playground?

Sure. Just be
careful crossing
that bridge, huh?

And, Соггу,
if I'm not home when you
get back, don't worry.

I might
take a walk later.

I'll leave
the kitchen door unlocked.

I think I'll make
a practice run.

Loosen up the machine.

All right, Sal.

Miles! Jesus!

(GRUNTING)

(GROANING)

Miles,
you all right? Huh?

Came out of
that damn thing.

What happened? Huh?

Come on,
help me try again.

Listen to me, Miles.

We only have
one 250 left.
You understand me?

Huh?
What're you
talking about, man?

I gotta try it again!

Okay.
Okay, you're the boss.

Come on.

(ENGINE REVVING)

All right, Miles,
come on, baby.
Come on!

Come on!
Let her roll!

...delay in the contract,
I suggest...

Barbara.
Mmm-hmm?

You knew Brian Marshall?

Yes.

Ever meet his wife?

Sure. We see
each other all the time.

What's she like?

She's a very nice girl.

Yes.
I was afraid of that.

(INTERCOM BUZZES)

Yes?

LAURA: Mr. Royce,
your daughter's on
the way into your office.

Fine.

Remy.

Good afternoon,
Mrs. Graff.

REMY: Hello, Barbara.

Have you spoken
to Stewart yet?

Yes.

He said he wanted
to think about it.

Miles, here he comes now.
The guy from Vegas.

Oh, baby.
This is gonna be
the greatest run of my life.

I'm tuned to just
the right pitch.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Now, you go on home
and put this right
out of your mind.

You look exhausted.

Thanks, Dad.

Sam, I...

Hello, Remy.

Well, I guess
you've got yourself
a new president.

Great!

And you'll stay away
from that Marshall woman?

(SIGHS)

Stewart.

Stewart, wait.

Stewart,
where are you going?

Anywhere. A bar.

Why are you so angry?

Remy, don't
you understand?
That was a bribe.

Another bribe!

Our whole marriage
has been a series
of bribes.

And you took them.

Well, it's time I quit.

You're really going
to see that Marshall bitch,
aren't you?

Not till tonight.

Oh, finally you
admit the truth.

It wasn't
the truth until today.

It was never the truth!
It is now.

Bastard!

REMY:
I'm not that stupid.

(DOGS BARKING)

(DOGS WHINING)

(BIRDS SQUAWKING)

Max.
Hey.

Finally found
the trouble.

I guess the earthquake
busted the conduit

and it's flooded
the bottom of the shaft.

(LOUD RUMBLING)

(ALL EXCLAIMING)

(ALL CLAMORING)

Get down!

(ALL SCREAMING)

WOMAN: Oh, my God!

(PEOPLE SHOUTING)

(ALL SCREAMING)

(GASPING)

(SCREAMING)

(MOOING)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(GRUNTS)

(ALL SCREAMING)

(ALL GROANING)

WOMAN: Holy mother of God!

(ALL SCREAMING)

Help me!
Oh, God, help me! Help!

MAN: What is she doing?

(LOUD RUMBLING)

WOMAN: What's happening?

(ALL SCREAMING)

(SCREAMS)

(GROANS)

(PEOPLE SHOUTING)

(WOMAN SHOUTING)

Oh, God!

Mother!

Mother!

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

MAN: Turn off the gas!

(RUMBLING STOPS)

(PEOPLE GROANING)

GRAFF: Oh, my God!

Stay here.

(SIRENS WAILING)

MAN 1: Help.

(PEOPLE GROANING)

MAN 2: Is there
a doctor around here?

Barbara.
Barbara! Barbara!

Mr. Cameron threw me
out of the elevator.

And then I heard all
those people screaming!

(SOBBING)

Barbara, it's the first time
the old bastard ever did
anybody a favor.

All right,
take it easy,
everybody.

It's over now.
It's over.

Over here,
take care of it.

Ben,
get the first aid kits
over there.

All right, all right,
now listen to me,
everybody.

Let's just settle down.

(WOMAN GROANING)

ROYCE: The worst is over,
do you understand?
The worst is over.

Hey!
WOMAN: What's happening?

(ALL CLAMORING)

(ALL COUGHING)

Break the windows.
Break the windows!
Come on, over there!

It's not safe here!

ROYCE: Come on,
get out of here.
Get out!

Come on, hurry up.
Hurry up. Come on.

(ALL CLAMORING)

MAN: Don't stop!

(SCREAMING)

(ALL CLAMORING)

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

(SCREAMING)

(SIRENS WAILING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER
ON POLICE RADIO)

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

Corry!

Соггу?

PATROLMAN:
Calling Van Nuys.
Calling Van Nuys.

We really got problems.

Thank God we had
mobile units to bring in.

Let's get to
the control panel.

MAN: Fires out of control,
Van Nuys Hospital,

all roads blocked between
Victory and Kittridge.

Is there any way
I can broadcast
to the whole city,

get picked up on
transistor sets?

There's a few
commercial stations

on the quake fringe area
still operating.

We might be able to rig
a microwave relay
to one of them.

Well, get on it, then.

SLADE: Hey, you, come here.
Help this guy, damn it!

Slide him out
from under there.

Hey, who do you have to know
to get a drink around here?

Shut off that gas valve.

WOMAN:
Help me. Help me.

(WOMAN GROANING)

Help me. Help me.

INSPECTOR: You guys,
check that edge.
Both sides.

You two, check up here.
Both sides.

Couple of guys
down below.

It held.
My God, it held.

How much longer?

I'm gonna
divert some water
into the spillways.

We gotta cut down
on the pressure.

Not without official
permission, you're not.

(SIGHS) It's dead.

I told you to
leave that alone.

The city's gonna
need every drop of
water it can get.

There's dozens of fires
down there already.

If this dam busts,
there won't be nothing

between here
and Wilshire Boulevard
left to burn.

The quake may have
broken something inside.
(GRUNTS)

It won't budge.
It won't budge.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

ROYCE: Stewart,
you'd better get out
of here.

The whole building
is full of phosgene.

You'd better get out, too.
Maybe there's some way

down through
an elevator shaft.

Shut the door.

It's giving.
I've got it.

(BOTH COUGHING)

Shut it.

Get me...
Get me a chair,
with arms.

All right,
put it down there.

(CLAMORING)

Pull it all the way.

Here, hold this.

All right,
pull the chair.
Hold it up here.

(ALL COUGHING)

We need
something flexible
to strap 'em in.

Pantyhose.
Barbara, take off
your pantyhose, damn it.

You, too. Come on.
Take off your pantyhose.

Get it out.
Get it out.

Here's one.

Here comes the first one.

Let her down as
slow as you can.

And keep down the sway.

Steady.

(WOMAN EXCLAIMING)

It's okay.
You made it.

There.
It's all right now.

Now, let me
give it another shot.

Now, try it again.

Yeah!

(ALL EXCLAIMING CHEERFULLY)

You guys owe me
a six-pack.

You got it.

Соггу!

(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)

Соггу, sweetie.
All right. Okay.
I'll get you out.

(GRUNTING)

Okay, it's going
to be all right.

I'll lift you up.
Okay, try...

Help!

I don't believe it.
I don't believe it.

What do you mean?

Busted!

The ramps are busted,
the loops are busted,
the rings are busted.

I hope to God
Evel Knievel
was in town today.

Why?

Huh?

Help!

(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)

Please, help me!

Help!

Help! Help!

Here! Down here!

Help me.
My son is hurt. Help us.

Huh?
Come on.

Okay.

Take it easy, lady.
Come on.
Yeah.

Push him up here.
Push him up here, lady.

Slowly.

MILES: Got him?
Got him.

SAL: Yeah, I got him.

Careful.

Stay right there
and watch those wires.

It'll be hours before
we drain off enough
to do any good.

(SIGHS)

Help!

Help me.

MILES: Hold on, lady.

Help me.
Hold on, lady.

Miles,
put him right here.
MILES: Here we go.

Where are we gonna
take him, huh?

There's no hospital
for miles.

I guess we better head
for the police station.

Yeah. Yeah, let's go.

WOMAN 1: How can I find out
about my daughter?
She's in County Hospital.

MAN 1: My store.
The whole front is gone.

You've got to
help me protect it.

MAN 2: Why aren't
the firemen here yet?

WOMAN 2: Please,
help me find a doctor.

My husband's
legs are broken.

Now, look... Stop!

You're all gonna
have to help yourselves.

Most of the police
in this district were
killed in that station house.

And the guys
that were on patrol
when the quake hit,

well, they probably
got more to do
than they can handle.

Now, look, you get
as many volunteers
as you can.

Go to that hardware store
over there.

Now, if it's locked,
break in.

Find as many picks
and shovels as you can.

And start looking for people
who are buried alive.

There are plenty
of 'em, believe me.
Give him a hand.

Move your ass!

Come on, let's go.

Now, I want all the women
and the kids who have houses
in any kind of shape at all,

to go to them
and to stay there.

Now, turn off
all the gas lines...

Hey, I'm getting
something.

ANNOUNCER:
Ladies and gentlemen,
stand by for a message

from the Mayor
of Los Angeles.

MAYOR:
This city has suffered
the greatest natural disaster

in the history of
the United States.

The state and the nation
are rallying to our aid.

But for the next few hours,
until massive help
can reach us,

we will have to depend
on our own physical
and spiritual resources.

Private physicians
should report

to emergency aid stations,
now being set up at key sites
throughout the city.

Bring all the medical
supplies you can carry.

Clinics have been established
in the following locations,

the Hollywood Bowl,
the Occidental Insurance
building, the Wilson Plaza...

Laura!
Laura, my father?

Is he all right?

My father!
Laura, my father! God!

Go on. Come on,
you're next. Move.

(GRUNTING)

(WHEEZING)

(GROANS)

You all right?

Sam, why didn't you
go ahead of some
of the younger guys?

Staying up here
was crazy.

(BOTH COUGHING)

I don't think I'm strong
enough to lower you
all the way by myself.

So, get ready
for a jolt.

(EXCLAIMS)

(COUGHING)

Let's get out of here.

Give me your hand,
will you?

Watch yourself.
Okay.

Easy. Easy.

Do you know
Denise Marshall, Barbara?

Yes.

See if you can
get to a phone,

find out
if she's all right.

Are the phones working?

Try, please!
Okay.

Come on,
let's get out of here.

Officer,
are the phones working?

Nowhere.
Out all over the city.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

Hey, Lew.

Miles?

Look, we got
a hurt kid in the back.

He's in shock.

Well, all we can do
is keep him warm until
we can get up to a doctor.

Неге.

You figure you can find
your way to Wilson Plaza
in this heap?

They got an emergency
medical station
set up down there.

I got to find
my sister Rosa.
She went to the movies.

We've got a lot of injured
to move and you're gonna
move them in this.

And I'm gonna stay here.

Come on,
now give me the bike.
I've got to find Rosa.

Listen, just do what he says.
I'll find Rosa on the bike.

I can get around
better than anybody.

Okay. Move out.
Single file.

MAN: Got it.

WOMAN: Over there!
There's a store open
over there!

MAN 1: Okay.
Hey, grab the cash!

WOMAN: Okay!

MAN 2: This way!

MAN 3: Let's go, this way.

Hey, you all.
Over here.

Let's go.

Hey, get away from
that cash register.

I was just trying
to get home
and I was hungry.

Look, I'd like to
let you go, miss,

but we have
strict orders on looters.

They're all supposed
to be placed under arrest.

I was just hungry...
And no exceptions.

Now, come on,
let's go. Come on.

OFFICER ON MEGAPHONE:
Cars must leave
the garage area

after dropping off
patients.

Hot coffee and food is
available in basement shopping
levels two and three.

Please keep moving.
Move right along.

Please keep moving.

More doctors are waiting
at the first garage level.

Hot coffee and food is
available in basement shopping
levels two and three.

All cars must leave
the garage area after
dropping off patients.

Please keep moving.

More doctors are waiting
at the first garage level.

Cars must leave
the garage area after
dropping off patients.

Hold it. Hold it.

Oxygen.

Get me
a blood pressure.

Wait. How do you feel?

(GASPING) Hard to breathe.

VANCE: Chest pains?
Yes.

He's had a heart attack.
Come on.

Start him on
a liter of 5% dextrose.

OFFICER: Cars must leave
the garage area after
dropping off patients.

Stewart!

Denise and her boy
will need help, too.

I've got to try
and find them.

Is she more important than me?
Than our life together?
Than everything...

Remy,
for God's sake...

Stewart,
we tried to be...

Please.
I'm sorry.

Bye.

Cars must leave
the garage area after
dropping off patients.

Please keep moving.
Hot coffee and food
is available in...

I'm talking with the people
at the dam, Mayor Lewis.

They're maintaining
a constant inspection.

I can't take any chances,
Colonel.

Dr. Stockle said
we can expect
aftershocks.

And I just got a report
from the Building
and Safety Department.

They say some structures
may look perfectly sound

but have been so weakened,
that even a minor quake
can bring them down.

Evacuate the area
immediately below the dam.

MAN ON MEGAPHONE:
This is a precautionary
evacuation. We repeat,

there is no present danger
of the dam collapsing.

Move to high ground,
west of Highland Avenue
and north of Franklin.

This is
a precautionary evacuation.

(ALL CLAMORING)

/ repeat, this is
a precautionary evacuation.

Wait! Wait!
They're not lying to you.
You've got plenty of time.

Stay there. Stay there.
Come on, lay down.

You're gonna be all right.
You're gonna be all right.

Halt.

Hey, Sid.
Hi.

How come you took
this bunch prisoners?

Suspicion of looting.

Hey, how about turning that
dark-haired girl over to me?
She's a friend.

Yeah. Sure. Hey, you.
Come here. Yeah. Come on.

Can I go home now?

Can't allow that.
You're my responsibility.

But...
Come on.

It's a couple dozen blocks
back to your house,

and now that
it's getting dark,
the animals are loose.

But...

You just
make yourself comfortable
inside the store here,

I have to
send out patrols.

You all patrol
that area up there and
watch out for looters.

Move out!

HANK: Hey, Sarge,
look what we found.

Jody!
For Christ's sake,
what a break!

HANK: Caught these guys
around the corner.
Their car broke down.

Look at the goodies
they had with them.

You think we ought
to shoot 'em?

Jody, we've just
been putting you on.

You can't
kill guys for that.

Maybe they didn't steal
these necklaces and things.

Maybe they're just fags
who like to dress up
in women's jewels.

You find any dresses
in the car?

(CHUCKLES) No, Jody.

Well, I guess we'll
have to shoot 'em.

Hey, wait a minute, Jody.
I was telling these guys
just today to lay off.

I swear to God, I was.
Ask 'em.

Yeah.
Ask 'em.

Sure, those naked guys
on the wall,
that didn't mean nothing.

We knew that
you lifted weights
and all that crap.

Scum like you
think you can get away
with anything.

Push people around
when you want to.
Steal when you want to.

Make fun of men who have
to work for a living, huh?

But not today.
Hey, come back, you guys.
I was only kidding.

Hey...
Hey, don't do that, man.

(ALL GROANING)
(SCREAMS)

Not like
back in the store,
is it, Miss Amici?

No scrawny bitches
coming in asking for

double Green Stamps
two days after
the special's over, huh?

None of that stuff.

Move it! I want this whole
patrol area quarantined.

No civilians are to be
allowed through
without being questioned.

Can't tell.
They might be looters.

What about the people
trying to get through
to Wilson Plaza aid station?

I meant everybody.

There's no other
clear streets around here.

Move out!

Denise!

Denise!

(CAR APPROACHING)

All right, out.
What are you
talking about?

You're healthy enough
to walk.

I got a lot of injured
to move and I mean, fast.

That dam up there
is liable to go
at any minute.

I've got some people
I've got to find.

This thing looks like
it'll go anywhere and
that's just what I need.

Now, get out.
Just a minute.

You're one of those
trouble makers,
aren't you?

I've never shot
a trouble maker before,
or are you gonna get out?

Look. I'm looking for
a girl and a little boy.
They mean a lot to me.

Send your butler.

Where's the shift?

All of them. Depends
on what you want to do.

That's a customized
transmission.

It's got eight
forward speeds,
and three reverse.

All of them
a hell of a lot harder
to operate than that .38.

All right, you're
an ambulance driver.

What?

I'm sorry.
It's been a hell of a day.

Okay, that's it.
We got one more.

(DOG BARKING)

(DOG WHIMPERING)

We are in desperate need
of blood type AB negative.

Check Red Cross blood bank,
and report back.
Officer Scott.

OFFICER ON MEGAPHONE:
Coffee and food is available

in basement shopping
levels two and three.

SAL: I never thought
we'd get here.
Careful.

A long time to go
a couple of lousy miles.

Listen, lady, I gotta go now.
I gotta move the truck out.
I'll see you.

Thank you very much.

He's had a bad fall,
he's hit his head and
he just won't come to.

Can I go with him?

No, no. We'll get
in touch with you.
On the third level.

Thank you.

Right around there.

MAN: Coming through.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

OFFICER ON MEGAPHONE:
Those not needing
medical aid,

please stay away
from the field hospital.

WOMAN: Please, help me.
Somebody.
Doctor, nurse, anybody...

MAN: The building must
have its own generators.

(INDISTINCT)

Barbara! Barbara!

Are you okay?

Yeah.
I'm just terrified. You?

I'm fine, but Corry's
had a bad fall.

He's upstairs
with the doctor.
Oh!

Stewart Graff,
is he all right?

Yeah, he's all right,
the last I saw,

but Mr. Royce
had a heart attack.

He's had a heart attack?

I'm just waiting word
from the doctor.

Listen, I've got to
get out of here,

I'm going up for some air.

Will you come with me?
No. I'd rather
stay here.

I'll see you later.
Take care.

(CHILDREN SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY)

(GUITAR PLAYING SOFTLY)

(PEOPLE LAUGHING)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

He's gone.
He never had a chance.

Should I tell
his daughter?

I don't want any deaths
reported to the survivors
until things settle down.

JODY: Miss Amici.
Mmm.

Miss Amici?

You better eat.
This is nice and fresh.

Hank got into
the deli down the street.

A lot of guys with hair
over regulation length
wear 'em.

Oh.

You know, I really used to
look forward to seeing you
in the supermarket.

You never complained like
all the rest of those
women... Carrying on.

Thank you.

And I hope the lousy store
was knocked flat.

What I really want to do
is open a karate school.

I'll have enough
saved pretty soon.

A lot of money
in karate, you know.

I'll give you
free lessons.

I'm not
really very hungry.

It's a hot night out.

Why don't you
take off that jacket?

You always liked me, too.
I could tell.

You never said anything,
but I could tell.

(WHIMPERS)

(STUTTERS) Don't...
Don't hurry me.

It's no real fun
that way.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

ASSISTANT:
Everything all right?

Yeah, fine.

(LOUD RUMBLING)

Another one of those
damned earth slides

on the other side
of the reservoir?
Uh-huh.

Jesus!
That's a scary sound.

How is he?

Oh, he's going
to be all right.

Mild shock
and a concussion.

I've given him something
to help him sleep.

Where are you
taking him now?

Well,
the Army Medics
have set up

their field x-ray trucks
in the third level garage.

Doctor! Doctor!
Why aren't you
with my father?

(STUTTERS)
Don't bother me now.

(RUMBLING)

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

(ALL CLAMORING)

Get down!

Get down!

ANNOUNCER ON RADIO:
Red Cross emergency
aid stations

are already functioning...
(WHIMPERS)

Are you sure you know
the way to Wilson Plaza?

Damn it. That's
where I just came from.

ANNOUNCER:
The Mayor's office
has not yet released

a damage report
on the aftershock.

However, details are
expected momentarily.
Please stand by...

(SCOFFS) There's other
buildings sure
to have come down.

First time in my life
I'm ashamed of
my profession.

We never should have
put up those 40-story
monstrosities. Not here.

Hey!

What's the matter?

The door's out of line.

It wasn't before
that aftershock
a few minutes ago.

(RUMBLING)

Don't be scared.

We'll be feelin'
those quivers for days,
the CO. said.

That looks great.
A pretty girl ought
to have nice things.

I've always thought so.

Hey, you gotta forget
about the way
it used to be.

Your brother
could be dead.

Nobody left but me
to take care of you.

Well, I've got
another brother
in San Francisco.

And he's in the Mafia.

HANK: There's another
car coming, Jody.

This area's quarantined.
You'll have to detour.

I'm a police officer.
We're transporting
injured people.

This is an emergency.

What isn't
after an earthquake?

Go back or take them
to a Hare Krishna temple.

Lew, help me.
He's nuts! Crazy.

What the hell
are you doing?
I know this kid.

(GUN COCKING)

She's under detention.
Looting.

Take it easy.
All right.

Okay.

Go back
the way you came.

Okay.

JODY: Move out!

ROSA: Don't leave me
with him! Lew!

Lew! Help me!

Lew, help me!

Lew!

I'm going for an officer.
That guy in there is cracked.

Come on.
Hey, come on.

Pull up
another hundred feet.

Pull it around
the corner and stop.

Nuts, am I, huh?

(WHIMPERS)

You got your nerve.
Only a whore would
wear something like that.

(SCREAMS)

SLADE: Rosa!

Let's go.

Better not.

(SCREAMS)

(CRYING)

Come on, Rosa.
Come on. Settle down,
will you, huh?

Earthquakes bring out
the worst in some guys,
that's all.

Here. Come on.

Here, look.
Look what you got.

Look at what you got
to take care of.

ANNOUNCER ON RADIO:
...caused by
a ruptured gas main...

(LAUGHING)

Total evacuation
is under way.

My brother told me you were
a strange kind of cop.

...dozens of weakened
structures collapsed
when the aftershock hit.

The worst disaster
was the four-year-old,

supposedly earthquake-proof,
Wilson Plaza.

The Army Corps of Engineers
is rushing all
available workers

and equipment
to the scene.

Stand by for
further bulletins.

(WATER TRICKLING)

Oh, my God.

Inspector! Inspector!

(CAR HONKING)

Hold it. Stop.
You can't go any farther.

SLADE: I'm a police officer,
transporting injured people.

Okay. Come on.

I'm sorry, lady,
now you can't go...

Officer,
I've got to get to...
Stay back.

No, it's urgent.
Listen. Listen.

Mr. Graff,
they're still down there.

Remy and Mr. Royce.
Denise, too.
She asked for you.

Where were they
in the building?

The third level below.

Come on.

COLONEL: I agree.

There's a chance
people could still be alive
in the sub-basements.

It'll take days to
unearth all this debris.

Look, the air supply
can't last more
than a few hours.

I know the design
of this building.

I've been through
it a hundred times.

The basement extends
clear out to the street
on this side.

If the storm drain
runs down deep enough,

all you'd have
to tunnel through

is a couple of layers
of concrete and
a few feet of dirt.

I got radio word
a few minutes ago,

that the Hollywood
reservoir dam is
disintegrating.

We're on high ground here,
but those drains
are 40 feet down.

Believe me, if the dam goes,
they'll fill up in minutes.

Dams have lasted for weeks
with major breeches in them.

It's too dangerous to try.
Besides, the sewers must've
cracked around like whips.

You know,
the eastern approach
is totally blocked.

Yeah, well,
what about the other end?

Well, I was just gonna
call up an inspection team.
Come and see for yourself.

Let's go.

COLONEL:
Make way, fellas.

Lew,
where are you going?

I'm going with them.

Let's have a look.

Can't you get
through here?

We don't know how far
this opening runs.

You haven't checked?

FOREMAN: My men stay here.

That could cave in
any second!

Hey, you know
as well as I do,

the chances are a hundred
to one, that everybody
in that building is dead.

(RUSTLING)

Holy mother!

I got through.

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

Can you get me
a jackhammer
and a bolt cutter?

You use
a jackhammer in there,
the roof11 fall in.

Look. I think there's some
people alive in there,

and I'm gonna try
and get 'em out.

Well, nobody else is.
And you can't do it
all alone.

Yeah, I won't be alone.
He's coming with me.

Make sure
they don't turn on
the compressor

for this hammer
until we signal.

Right.

Any word from the dam?

The last radio report
we had, said no further
cracks had appeared.

Swell.

Hey, you sure
I can't talk you
out of this insanity?

(SCOFFS) Colonel,
I really wish you could.

Good luck.

Watch your head.

GRAFF: Keep it coming!

I've paced it off.

We ought to
break through right about
the third basement level.

This thing ready?

SLADE: All right.
The pressure's ready.
Hold on.

MAN: I'm getting
outta here.

ASSISTANT:
Inspector! Inspector!
Get the hell outta here!

It's breaking up.
Get out!

(ALL CLAMORING)

Get out.
It's breaking up!
Get out!

Should be a couple
of feet of earth then
just the basement wall.

Hand me that light.

(WOMEN CRYING)

(DRILLING)

We're through!

MAN 1: Oh, my God!

MAN 2: They're through!
We're saved!

(DRILLING CONTINUES)

Anybody in there?

VANCE: About 70 of us.

(HORN HONKING)

Got it.

Stewart.
Denise.

Come on, let's go.

Be careful of
the loose area
down there.

Easy. Easy. Easy.

Careful of
the loose stuff
down there.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

(RUMBLING)

WOMAN: No, not again.

It stopped.
It stopped.

Take it easy and watch
your head down below.
I got you. I got you.

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

(SCREAMING)

Take your time
and watch it down there.
That stuff is all loose.

MAN 1: Give us
a hand down here.

MAN 2: Straight up.
Straight up.

(SCREAMING)

SLADE: Nice and easy.

Okay.

That's all of them.
Let's go.

Yeah.

MAN: Watch it.
Don't panic now.

(RUSTLING)

GRAFF: Women first!

Come on, come on,
come on, come on.

Relax.
There's lots of time.

SLADE: Take it easy.
Take it easy.

GRAFF: Take it easy.
One at a time.
Women first.

Take it easy.
Take it easy.

Don't panic.

(WATER RUSHING)

Go on, Remy.

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

(SCREAMS)

Remy!

Lew! Lew!

This used to be
a hell of a town,
Officer.

Yeah.