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A little pause... stop.

Won't you give your lady Claire a little smile?

Hey!

Is it my singing or you just don't like the song?

Huh?

Howdy!

Did you guys ever see a movie called Midnight Express?

It was real good.

The guy named Brad Davis was in it.

Did you ever see that movie?

Oh, they, uh...

Uh, uh... I go Dennis to Ninus, Americano del Norte!

In a seat-toe!

Fuck!

Get your fucking hands off my table!

You got to use your friends!

Come on!

Andy, what are you doing?

Pretty handy weapon you got there.

Yeah, pretty handy weapon you got there, too.

Hey, well, thanks for your help.

Hey, hey, you know, I, uh... I can't let some Louisiana boy get whooped.

How'd you know I was from Louisiana?

You kidding?

Where are you from?

Slidell.

Slidell?

That's only 80 miles from my home!

Baton Rouge!

Baton Rouge!

I just want to ask you one thing.

What move?

Get, get!

Exactly what you planned to do.

That big monster figured out that he'd been pissed off.

You know something?

I just play things as they come along.

Make them up, you know?

Well, then you better be damn glad that I was there.

Yeah, what's the worst thing that could have happened to you?

You'd have got the shit kicked out of you.

Yeah, but I didn't.

You know?

Because you showed up.

And I had the fun of pissing all over you.

Hey, if you don't take the chance, you don't get the fun.

What are you doing in this hall?

I'm smuggling drugs just like you.

What?

You think I'm a drug smuggler?

You kidding?

My name's Barry Seal.

No, it's not.

But I'll call you that if you want me to.

Emile Camp.

No, really.

That's my real name.

No sense lying in here.

Hell, they're gonna be telling me that I can go home for supper any time now, right?

Assessor 310.

You?

Wherever I can get a job flyin'.

If it's got wings, I fly.

Yeah?

Anybody give me a job?

No.

How about me?

Huh?

Yeah?

I got five pounds.

Buying for me right now.

I'll hurry.

No, sorry.

Why not?

I'll pay you 150,000 a run.

Nope.

Then why in the hell not?

You know what?

It appears to me you tend to get caught.

See what I tell you.

They cannot keep us Louisiana boys in jail for nothin'.

Nothin' my ass.

It cost me $2,000 in bribe money to get us out of there.

Whoa!

Man!

$2,000?

Yeah.

Now, my friend, you can buy me a drink.

I don't drink.

Well, I do.

All right.

Come on.

Let's get the fuck...

Bear.

Come.

On, Bear.

It's... We're talking five times the money per run.

I don't run powder.

I run grass, man.

You do it.

I do.

What, do you think my ass was in jail?

Hey, but look.

You know, I'm just one little old lonely pilot.

I mean, you're the one who got the great big organization.

I know.

At least that's what you've been telling me.

Now, is that... Is that a dare?

Because I love a dare.

How old are you, see?

About 10?

Yeah, but I got all these grown-up toys, my man.

Ooh.

Muchas gracias.

What's this old boy down there in Miami's name?

Lido.

His name is Lido.

And this guy works directly for the man himself.

Ore Ochoa.

What's his name?

I mean, you know who he is, don't you?

Oh, yeah.

He plays third base for the Cubs, right?

Hey, Bear.

Listen to me, man.

These old boys down there, they got no sense of humor.

You know what I mean?

None.

Damn.

I'm a very funny guy.

I come in second airplanes every time, don't I?

Yeah.

Oh, I love you, Debbie.

Oh, yeah.

Almost as much as airplanes.

I tell every airplane that I fool around with that I'm a happily married miss.

Don't you flash that Louisiana Char on me.

So, what's wrong?

You see Dub in there?

In his TWA uniform?

Oh, Barry.

Oh, it's 110 in there, but he kept his jacket on for my benefit.

Barry, you're a better pilot than Dub will ever be.

I know.

How come he's still flying for them and I'm not?

Well, it couldn't be because you were caught

smuggling guns with the anti-Castro Cubans, could it?

I was trying to do what I thought was right.

And I'm proud of you.

You stuck your neck out for what was right.

I got it chopped off.

Oh, honey.

That was years ago.

Hey.

I love you.

Why?

Because you're a great flyer.

And a pretty good lover.

Hey, wait a minute.

Pretty good lover?

I'm the best lover.

I'm the best lover in the whole world.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

What about Steve McQueen?

Steve McQueen.

Let's get Steve McQueen.

Don't!

I'm Leto.

Ellis Mckenzie.

I'm one of those we walk.

We give one rod.

Do good.

Maybe we give more.

Do you want that?

How do I know who you are?

You don't.

I don't know you either.

Look.

We pay $3,000.

We need to make $3,000 a kilo in order to fly.

For that much money, you take the chance.

What if something happens and I lose the load?

Oh, we'll kill you.

Hey, when do we start, man?

I like that kind of deal.

I'd like to ask you something that ain't none of my business.

You always do.

What does Debbie know about what you do?

Nothing.

I buy and sell everything.

You've been running stuff for Leto for what?

About five years now?

Are you telling me she doesn't suspect anything?

Does that bother you?

Lying to her?

Let me put it to you this way, Cam.

Most men lie to their wives about important stuff.

Like, you know, other women.

I don't do that stuff.

So I don't lie about that.

Look at that.

Look at those idiots.

Hello, Lieutenant Alvey.

Hey, you know, I'm going over to my office.

And then I'm gonna go over to RJ's for lunch.

And then maybe I'll go over to Ascension.

Just in case you get lost.

Go to hell, Seal.

Now don't you get mad, Lieutenant.

I just hate to see the Louisiana State Police wasting taxpayers' gasoline.

Following me.

You know what I mean?

I'm telling you.

You maybe shouldn't bait them like that, Bear.

What right do they have following me around?

They got nothing on me, and they never will.

You are the biggest, baddest, suspected bad guy in Louisiana.

And every cop in the state wants to know where you got all that money.

Yeah?

Well, if that's the case, why don't they follow Jimmy Swaggart around?

He lives in that big house right over there.

You're kidding.

Jimmy Swaggart lives right there?

Yeah.

Hell, he's got more money than I'll ever have.

How'd he get it?

Well, he's not a thief.

I know how he got it.

I just sent him $100 last week.

I'll show you this.

I did.

Oh, come on.

I swear.

Well, praise the Lord.

God is my co-pilot.

Can't be your car.

We'll send him another $100, too.

Not yet.

Debbie thinks you're in Mexico.

Buying and selling planes, like usual.

So, who thinks you're in Mexico?

With the money you have, as well as the money.

They caught some guy up here in Lauderdale that

gave up everybody he'd ever heard of to cut a deal.

So?

You're my lawyer.

Get me out.

Not that easy.

Bad, Barry.

You're looking at sixty years.

Sixty?

For a first offense?

Well, that's not the worst of it.

As soon as Baton Rouge heard you'd been arrested, they jumped on the bandwagon,

There's a U.S.

attorney over there.

His name's Thornton or something.

Thornton Biggs.

That's him.

Says he's gonna file his own indictment against you, too.

I went to high school with him.

Can't you talk to him?

Oh, damn it, Barry.

You know, you're not too popular with Louisiana cops.

Now, you've been sticking their noses in it for years.

Now they see their chance.

What about Leto?

No.

Leto don't know about this.

This flight was on the side.

But, Barry, you've been flying for Leto for five years now.

Maybe he would help.

Leto can't know about this.

The organization finds out I was arrested, they'll drop me like a rock.

The only way out of this I can see is for you to turn informant.

Bullshit!

Bullshit!

We'll talk strategy after I process your bond.

You'll be out of here in a couple of hours.

I'll keep you out of this.

I doubt if you can.

I don't care, Barry.

You know, I've been thinking about retiring for quite a while now.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Buy me a farm.

Costa Rica, maybe.

The only way you're ever gonna buy the farm is in an airplane, you old faker.

Barry.

No dice, huh?

I went to high school with that bozo, and he won't even see me.

High school ain't exactly a lifelong bond, you know.

You ought to give me ten minutes in the office with him, don't you think?

Well, what now?

I'm going to Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.?

Well, hell yes.

That makes a lot of sense.

Washington, D.C.

Why don't you go talk to the governor first?

I don't know the governor.

Well, who the hell do you know in Washington, D.C.?

Nobody.

But I bet they're dying to meet me.

Come on.

Charlie Brown.

Charlie Brown.

He's a clown.

Charlie Brown.

He's gonna get caught.

Just you wait and see.

Why is everybody always picking on me?

I'd.

Say Ochoa is responsible.

He's responsible for at least three-quarters

of all the cocaine that comes into the U.S.

easily.

Three-quarters?

At least.

And how much would you say comes into the U.S.

each year, Mr. Seale?

Oh, about a hundred ton.

That surprise you, gentlemen?

Well, let's say this.

If your estimate is correct, then we at the D.E.A.

aren't even touching the tip of the iceberg.

That's right.

You're not, and that's why you need me.

I can give you names, dates, landing strips, lab locations.

Of course, we have to have a deal.

Do we have a deal, Mr. Scott?

Uh, well...

I think the first thing we'd like for you to do

is meet with some field officers of the D.E.A.

in Miami.

Why?

Mr. Seale, we're Washington bureaucrats.

We need street experts to verify your claims.

Men who know the territory.

Just make sure they know what they're doing.

Don't you waste my time now.

I'll call James Donaldson and set it up right now.

He's the best there is.

This is a crock, Jim.

This guy's just gonna be another cowpaw pilot

trying to bargain his way out of a good case.

I know, I know, but Washington's hot on him, so we gotta play it out.

I'll bet you ten bucks you know the name and address of every drug dealer in Florida.

And they're gonna be willing to confess tonight.

I bet that's him.

Hey, Barry Seales!

Drop out of here!

Drop out of here quick!

John, get out of here!

Yes, sir?

What, are you nuts or something?

Shouting my name out like that?

Is someone watching you?

Oh, no, probably not.

You know, we're just in Miami.

Drug capital of North America.

I'd rather not be seen getting into a four-door sedan with black-walled tires...

if you know what I mean.

I'm Jim Donaldson of the DEA.

This is Special Agent Dave Booker.

Yeah.

You talked to Washington.

Yeah, they said you might help us out in our investigations of cocaine trafficking.

In exchange for what?

Well, they said you got a little problem in Lauderdale, but I'll tell you something.

There's nothing we can do unless we get something real, Mr. Seales.

Names thrown around down here don't really mean much on the street.

How's this for a name?

Jorge Ochoa.

You want to tell us who you think Mr. Ochoa is there, Mr. Seales?

You don't know who Jorge Ochoa is?

You put me off.

Ochoa.

Escobar.

Gotcha.

Why don't you tell us, Mr. Seales?

Who are they?

Ochoa.

Escobar.

Gotcha.

Oh, shit.

Amateurs.

They send me fucking amateurs.

How am I supposed to make a fucking deal with you people?

Hey, man, cool it.

You moron.

Hey.

I'll bring you the number one man in the whole fucking cocaine business, you asshole.

Hey, shut the fuck up.

And you... You cool it and just settle the fuck down.

Get that fucking gun out of my face.

Shut the fuck up, you asshole.

Shut the fuck up.

Shut up, you.

We'll call an asshole.

You can't help me.

Shut the fuck up.

You are so fucking stupid.

Hey, man.

Shut the fuck up, you son of a bitch.

I'm telling you.

You asshole.

You can't help me.

You sit there and shut the fuck up.

No way, man.

Shut up.

What am I doing here?

Stop this fucking car.

I'll tell you.

Shut the fuck up.

Stop the car.

You just stand right there.

You move, I blow a hole in your head.

You got that?

Cool down, David.

Cool down.

Don't do something stupid.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Just put the gun away.

All right?

Put the gun away.

You don't tell me what to do, and you don't call me an amateur.

Now, maybe I know who your Oka is, and maybe I don't.

Huh?

It's Ochoa.

It's Jorge Ochoa, and he's the biggest supplier of cocaine to America.

He's the head of the Medellin cartel.

And if you're so goddamn good at your job, why in the hell don't you know who he is?

Because I heard plenty of crap from scumbags like you before SEAL.

Maybe you're full of shit.

Yeah?

Maybe you're a fucking amateur.

Goddamn it.

Cool it, David.

Cool it.

Cool it.

Okay.

All right.

You made your point, SEAL.

Now, let's get off the street.

Let's get back in the car where we can talk.

Talk about what?

I came here to make a deal.

Fine.

Get in the car.

I'll make some big bucks for you, and then you

go to bat for me in court, and that's the deal.

The more you get us, the more we vouch for you.

That's the only deal you get, SEAL.

And I want amnesty for all the people who work for me.

I don't want to see any of them hurt.

Oh, you want a lot, don't you?

I'm gonna give you a lot.

I'm gonna make your fucking career.

I can't wait.

Why don't you grow up, asshole?

You better play straight with me, SEAL, or you're

gonna be in for more trouble than you ever needed.

This may come as a surprise to you, Donaldson, but I'm an honest man.

Is that Lito?

Gotta be.

Did you go to Colombia tonight?

Tonight?

Well, Cho has planes in Fort Lauderdale.

He needs it.

Why me?

What Cho wants.

Cho wants to meet me.

Why?

Maybe you know.

Me?

Hell, I don't know nothing.

Vamanos.

Oh, all right.

Sure.

Let me take a piss.

And then we're out of here.

All right?

Yeah.

Yeah, you must have a fairy godmother.

Fairy?

It's a fairy.

He wants me to go to Colombia tonight.

And you know what else?

I'm gonna meet with Ochoa himself.

Hey, man.

Lito's getting up out of the booth.

Barry, Lito's getting out of the booth.

Now, when I hand Ochoa over to you, you'll march down to that Lauderdale

judge, and you'll tell him what a good boy I am.

Won't you, Jim?

Barry, he's coming right at you, man.

He's coming right at you.

And you know what else?

I'm gonna tie a ribbon around Ochoa's neck.

Get him off the phone, man.

Barry, get off the fucking phone, man.

And I'm gonna deliver him to you assholes.

When I do that, what are you gonna do for me, Jim?

Get the fuck off the phone, man.

And what are you gonna do for me, honey?

Oh, it's my wife.

Shit.

Shit, shit, shit.

She's trying to think out of something that she promised me.

Now, how long are we gonna be down there?

We're gonna be gone.

Uh, now, what?

Hey, would you get the fuck off the phone?

No, honey.

No, what?

No, I promise you, this is business.

Get the fuck off the phone.

What is he talking about?

Wait, Mr. Jones is here.

He can explain this to you.

He'll vouch for me.

Uh, Mr. Jones?

Be a woman.

What?

Be a woman, man.

What the fuck are you talking about?

Be a woman.

His wife.

I don't know what he's talking about.

I don't know what she sounds like, man.

He's gonna hear everything we say.

Hey, sweetheart, I'm only kidding, darling.

You know that.

How many times do I have to tell you?

Get the fuck off the phone.

I will see you in a couple of days.

Right, sweetheart?

You asshole.

You fucking, fucking asshole.

You know I love you.

Fuck you.

Bye-bye.

Bye-bye.

This guy is fucking nuts.

He is so fucking screwed.

What did he say in front of Leto?

What did he say in front of Leto?

He's gonna marry him.

Are we made?

He's a screwball!

You understand what I'm saying?

He's an absolute screwball.

Hey, man, he's coming.

Get down.

Get down.

Fuck.

We're made.

This is fucked.

Man has got his own zoo.

No coon dogs.

I don't even see one coon dog.

Incomplete.

Okay, just a moment.

Mr. Mckenzie.

Yeah, it's me.

How very nice to meet you.

I am Jorge Ochoa Vasquez.

We have very much appreciated the work you have done for us in the past.

We have very much appreciated the work you have done for us in the past.

Well, it's nice to see you.

I'd like you to meet my co-pilot, Ronald Reagan.

Ronald Reagan.

I've heard a lot about you, Mr. Reagan.

The others are anxious to meet you both.

Come.

Mr. Reagan, Mr. Mckenzie.

Let me introduce you.

This is my friend and partner, Pablo Escobar Gaviria.

Ah.

How are you doing, sir?

And this, this is my second partner, Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha.

Yes, sir.

Gentlemen, our pilots, Elise Mckenzie and Mr. Reagan.

It's a special honor to meet you, Representative Escobar.

Señor Escobar is a member of the Colombian House of Representatives.

Yes, that is true.

He serves his country well.

So, tell me, Mr. Mckenzie, how is Miami?

I lived there for several years, you know.

Well, you ought to come back to Miami for a visit.

Perhaps I will again someday.

Tell me, how is my friend, Lito?

Well, you know, he says that you owe a business

acquaintance of his five million dollars.

Yes, that is true.

I have just given it to an associate of his this week.

If he does not have it soon, you will tell me.

See?

I certainly will.

Yes.

We wanted to see you, Mr. Mckenzie, because we are anticipating a change in operations.

Lara Bonilla, the new justice minister, was murdered in Bogota this week.

The press is blaming myself and Mr. Escobar.

Did you do it?

No, Mr. Mckenzie, we did not do it.

It was your CIA.

They killed him.

It is a plot to discredit us in our own country.

Let me tell you something, Mr. Mckenzie.

Your American leaders are filth.

They murder spics, and they blame me.

And this is why I will not hesitate to kill anyone who helps the American authorities.

Mr. Mckenzie, Mr. Mckenzie.

We are forced to move our laboratories out of Colombia to protect our enterprise.

Where?

Nicaragua, Panama.

I'm not comfortable flying into a communist country like Nicaragua, Mr. Ochoa.

I can assure you, Mr. Mckenzie, there is nothing to be concerned about.

We have the full cooperation of the Sandinista government.

And in Panama, we have the personal cooperation of General Noriega.

Mr. Noriega works with us.

We have many kilos buried around this country, and

Mr. Lader feels that the time is right to... Joe Lader?

You know him?

Only by reputation.

He feels that we must move our product out of this country quickly.

And you will fly it out for us.

Well, then, we'd better get to work.

If this first assignment with Mr. Lader goes well, we will

have a shipment of 30,000 pounds for you, Mr. Mckenzie.

30,000?

Pounds.

We'll take a real big airplane.

Big plane.

And a real big fee for you, too, Mr. Mckenzie.

1.5 million at current rates, Mr. Ochoa.

Do we have a deal?

Yes, sir, we got a deal.

We got a done deal, sir.

Donaldson.

Yeah, no, it's Barry.

No, I'm, uh... I'm in Medellin, Colombia.

Yeah.

Listen, all hell's broken loose down here.

Uh, they want me to, uh...

fly out 30,000 pounds for them, Jim.

Yeah, yeah, that's right.

You heard me right.

30,000.

I told you that I'd make your career for you, didn't I?

Uh...

Jim, you know my sentence hearing is coming up in, uh... in two days.

Uh, you got to go talk to the judge and tell him, uh, what I'm doing for you.

Jim, I... I'm looking at 60 years up there.

Well, I do trust you, okay?

But, I mean, you, uh...

I mean, you guys are the only ones that can help me with the judge.

You're gonna go to bat for me, aren't you, Jim?

I'm gonna bring you a Choa, Escobar, the whole bunch!

And I'm the only one that can do it!

Jim, remember that!

Yeah.

Okay.

Bye!

Case number A36038CRNCR United States of America versus Alder Seale.

Where are the DEA guys?

All rise.

The Honorable Matthew B.

Courier, Jr., presiding.

Be seated.

Mr. Seale, our purpose in this proceeding today is to hear my sentence for your

conviction on one count of possession with intent to sell an unlawful narcotic.

The other charges against you before this court are yet

to be tried and they will be sentenced independently.

Before I pass sentence, Mr. Seale, I want

you to know that I consider you an evil man.

You deal in death and operate with no consideration for your fellow man.

You don't care where the deadly substance that you smuggle goes or whom it hurts.

Therefore, I impose upon you the maximum sentence available to me on this charge.

That being 10 years in the federal prison.

You will begin serving this sentence immediately.

Where was the goddamn DEA?

Where's the goddamn DEA?

I don't know, Barry.

They said they'd be here.

Hey.

Don't open that fucking door!

You let those assholes in here, I might kill them!

I know how you feel, Barry.

How in the hell did you know how I feel?

You been double-crossed lately?

I know we weren't there, but we're gonna take care of it.

Now, I know this won't help, but it was a screw-up.

The judge didn't get the word on you.

We're trying to get a hearing with him right now.

We wanna stay in business with you, Barry.

Why should I do shit for you?

What does it get me?

Get out!

Barry, I'm sorry that it took so long.

There's no way that I wanted you sitting in that jail for two days.

I'm sorry that it happened.

The judge released you to us.

You can keep on working with us if you want.

But he's gonna re-examine your sentence in about five months.

I owe you an apology.

Jim, Dave.

Yeah.

I, uh...

I'm sorry I blew up in there.

I've had a chance to think about it a lot.

I don't know whether you guys know this.

I don't do drugs.

When I first started out in the business, everybody was doing them.

It was called recreational.

Nobody was hooked.

Nobody was dying.

Bad guys weren't killing bad guys.

It was all peace and love and that kind of thing.

But now...

So I thought about it.

And I thought...

Well, I was on the wrong side.

I'd even fooled myself into believing that, uh, working

with you guys, I was making up for the bad that I did.

But I was wrong.

The judge was right.

I hadn't paid.

I hadn't made up for it.

But I'm gonna do it now.

And I'm gonna prove myself to you.

Anyway...

I wanted you guys to know how I feel.

I'm gonna go call Leto.

He's gonna be wondering where I've been.

And I'm gonna make up some kind of story.

So we can get back into business.

And we can go out.

And we can burn some bad guys.

All right?

All right.

I wish I knew.

If he was, he's damn good at it.

Well, he'd have to be damn good at it.

He's lived this long, hasn't he?

What if he met him?

Does it matter?

Man, that is really cold.

I'm trying real hard not to.

Real hard.

Don't care about him, Dave.

Doesn't pay.

And that river's pretty high.

Do not get in that banana grove.

It'll take the weeds off.

The wind's wrong, Barry.

That branch is too wet.

You're gonna play hell getting out of there.

I'll tell you that.

Anything else?

It's a piece of cake.

Who's.

The one I see a million days?

Shit,

man, that's Joe Leder himself.

Let's.

Fly out of this swamp with all that shit?

No, of course not.

Man, we can't get up with that much weight.

Don't you worry.

I'm on a reason with the man.

I'll scram of it out of here.

Just like you contracted to do.

And if you refuse, I'll kill you right now.

And your copilot will do it.

You ready?

No!

I knew I could count on you.

Get out, man.

The sewer's gonna blow.

Shit, Red Rider.

Come on, buddy.

Shit!

Gringos!

Maricones!

No son pilotas!

These.

Bastards make them go to the plane!

They're gonna get barbequed!

Toma la cocaína!

Apúrense!

Help them.

Now!

Apúrense!

We have another plane!

I don't give a damn what kind of plane you got!

We can't take off with that load!

We gotta wait for this fuel to dry!

No!

All of it, now!

Take left fuel!

What, and crash in the ocean?

Refuel!

Clear!

En Nicaragua!

I knew it.

Nicaragua.

Welcome to Nicaragua, Mr. Mckenzie.

Buenos dias.

Buenos dias.

My name is Federico Von.

I work with your friend in Colombia.

They are very sorry about your trouble there, but everything is in readiness here.

Is the product safe?

Mr. Ochoa has instructed me to tell you that the 30,000 pounds he mentioned will

be waiting for you here in Nicaragua as soon as you can purchase a large plane.

I'll return.

Bueno!

Bueno!

That means good.

It's.

Ugly cocaine.

They want to know about it.

CIA!

Hooray!

Barry, watch yourself.

What's the matter?

30,000 pounds of cocaine going through Nicaragua is like fresh blood in the water.

It brings out all the sharks.

This is Neil.

A large.

Shipment of cocaine from Nicaragua.

Do we want it?

I'm going to stand behind Mr. Ochoa there.

Regent!

There are going to be a lot of men with guns down there.

We're not going to say cheese for some gringo.

These guys are really CIA?

Man!

This country is in a whole lot more trouble than I thought.

Oh my God!

Do you report Lauderdale legality, Mr. Seale?

Mr. Seale!

Do I have to remember to remind you of your poor Lauderdale legality?

I put the camera in some kind of housing that

looks like it's part of the regular equipment.

You know, part of the plane.

Then the housing keeps the automatic wine motor from being heard.

And you put it up here somewhere and you aim it at the rear door.

And all you got to do is give me some kind of automatic

remote control switch and I can use it to set it all.

What?

Where in the hell do you expect me to hide that?

Stick it up my ass?

You can put it in your pockets.

All five feet of it?

Cut a hole in your pocket and let the antenna slide down your leg.

Ooh wee!

Things this man won't do for his country.

Get the hell away from me!

Now where's the secret kept?

Ooh, nice and quiet.

Okay, all right.

Get the fuck out of here!

Get out!

You idiots are gonna get me again!

Get out!

I am tired of wasting my time with you assholes!

Now, I'll get your fucking photographs autographed!

Autographed!

What are you gonna do for me?

We have a deal, Mr. Seal.

The judge!

Say it!

Say it, damn it!

Plead to the judge on your behalf.

All right.

Out of my ship!

Out!

Camp, start the pre-check!

Yes, sir, Mr. Bond, Mr. James.

We're getting out of here!

James Bond!

Fuck!

Peace!

We gotta keep him hot!

Got.

A terrible summer cold.

Yeah?

Mr. Williams, come on in.

All right.

Call me Ollie.

Paul, I want you to meet Dewey Claridge of the CIA.

He's chief of the Latin American division over there.

Dewey, this is Paul Williams, Drug Enforcement Administration.

So, Paul, I want to hear more about this Nicaraguan drug traffic development.

All right.

Where'd you get these pictures?

These pictures are already famous around here, Paul.

The White House is very interested in anything that comes out of Nicaragua.

Now, this is the guy that they called Frederico Vaughn, right?

Mm-hmm.

He's a Sandinista official, assistant to Tomás Borges, Nicaraguan interior minister.

Sandinista?

I wasn't told that.

Oh, it's true.

He's with drug lord Escobar and, um... And gotcha.

And this is your undercover man.

What's his name?

Seal.

Barry Seal is his name.

Seal.

Right.

When will this information go public?

It won't.

Why not?

Well, it'd end a vitally important investigation for one thing, and it'd

seriously endanger Barry Seal's life for another.

The public has a right to know of the drug activities in Nicaragua, Mr. Williams.

Colonel North, Barry Seal is inside the biggest drug operation in the world.

The leaders of the Medellín cartel trust him, for God's sake.

We believe he might actually lure one of them to the U.S.

so we can arrest him.

We can't throw that kind of opportunity away.

Listen, Paul.

There's a vote coming up in Congress on money for the Contras.

This kind of proof of Sandinista involvement and drugs make a big difference.

I'm sure the U.S.

Attorney's Office will make it public at the proper time.

So tell us about this Seal.

What sort of man is he?

Depends on who you talk to.

He's either genius or he's scum of the earth.

.

Let's talk civilized.

Come on, sit down.

Take a seat.

Sit down.

Let's go.

Come on, take a seat.

Come on.

My name's Leonard Gray, Deputy Administrator of the DEA.

Let's see here, we got Tom Blomquist, Assistant Attorney General, Justice Department.

This is Ralph Lambert, Prosecutor's Office in Miami.

Jim Donaldson, Over there is Dave Booker.

They're Barry's Miami DEA controllers.

And this, of course, is Mr. Barry Seal.

Now, I'm going to bring you all up to speed.

Point one.

In today's New York Times, no less, there's a story about some general in El

Salvador... General Paul Gorman, the U.S.

commander of the Southern Command.

One of our own generals.

This general made a speech in El Salvador

about how the Nicaraguans are running drugs.

And that, and I quote, the world will soon be given proof.

How in the fuck does he know about Nicaragua?

Hey, don't look at me.

Why isn't the CIA in the city?

Every time there's a problem with justice, you've got to set rocks up.

All right, all right, all right.

All right, all right.

Calm down.

Gentlemen, calm down.

It's not my problem.

My problem is that Barry's about to make another haul.

We have to go.

We have to decide.

Does he go or not?

No.

No.

No way.

No.

No way.

No.

Look, speaking for the Miami prosecutor's office, we say no.

We think Barry's cover is compromised.

I've got a strong case against Ochoa right now, but I've got nothing if Celia's dead.

If I don't go, it's all blown.

Yeah, but if you do, they might have made you.

If I don't go, the whole investigation's over.

Yeah, but if you do, you might be dead.

Are you feeling sorry for me, Dave?

Dave's right.

The whole thing may be falling down on top of you, Barry.

Or may not.

We've got to play it out.

It's enough.

It's enough.

What we got will get you a lighter sentence.

You trust me.

It's not about a lighter sentence anymore.

All right?

It's about walking into that courtroom one of these days with Ochoa, Escobar.

Gotcha.

Every one of them in our pocket.

I can do that.

They haven't got me.

Not me.

I'm sure of it.

There's no way you can be sure of that, man.

In my guts, okay?

And that's what this is all about.

That's what it's all about.

I can do it.

My guts tell me I can.

I am the best.

And don't you try and stop me now.

It's not worth the risk for one more run.

No.

Oh, one more run.

They want me to haul 30,000 pounds of base from Colombia to Nicaragua.

All that base can't be in one place.

It's got to be in several different labs.

And then I can pinpoint them.

You know?

And then I can find the new labs in Nicaragua.

Then I can find out who's working them.

How much are they making?

What is the Sandinista involvement?

Now, how much is that information worth to the DEA and to the Justice Department?

Huh?

I might even be able to bring Mr. Ochoa himself right into the United States here

on the pretense that his organization has fallen apart here.

Do you really think you could do that, Mr. Seale?

I am the best.

I am the best.

And it wouldn't hurt your career too much if I did, would it, Mr. Broomquist?

Huh?

Or you, Mr. Lambert.

Hey, bud.

We see, Dave.

Huh?

What do you think about that?

Jim?

I think we just turned the corner.

Turned the corner in the war on drugs, Barry.

All right, then, I'll go just one more time.

You've convinced me.

What time do you expect to be back?

On noon tomorrow, no probleme.

We're gonna be waiting for you right here.

What's wrong?

Oh, you boys aren't worried, are you?

We're worried, Barry.

We're worried you're not gonna bring your airplane back.

Oh, nothing's gonna happen to the fat lady.

I'll see you boys tomorrow.

You stay off that radio until I call you.

Barry.

Yo!

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

Yeah, well, maybe you should go with him.

I'll tell you, man.

I'm crazy listening to this.

Okay, I got this one from here.

Uh, Brian, tell me what the hell you're talking about.

I'm gonna make this one solo.

You kidding?

I reckon I need you on this one.

You need me?

No, not this one.

What time you got?

What do you say to just one call on that thing?

You know we can't do that.

It's too dangerous for him.

Should we take him something to eat?

If he gets hungry, he'll come in.

Damn it, Jim, we gotta do something.

Like what?

Something.

Dave, we don't even have a damn ambassador down there.

It's a communist country, man.

Why don't you use the fucking radio?

Yeah, right, right.

And suppose it's in somebody else's hands.

That could get him killed.

He said no radio.

You heard him.

Jesus.

Hit it again.

Hit it again.

That's him.

Don't answer!

Don't answer!

Why not?

Wait for him.

He said the fat lady.

That's him.

Fat lady.

All is well.

All is well?

Yeah!

Barry?

Barry?

Don't.

Keep your eyes closed.

I'm turning the light off.

What time is it now?

Okay, I'll be there by noon.

Okay.

What is it?

Just a little problem.

All right.

I just got to get down to Miami as quick as I can.

A whole bunch of stuff is going to be happening in the next few days.

What stuff?

I can't explain now.

You're just going to have to stick by me, baby.

I'm going to need that real bad now.

Are they trying to kill you, Barry?

Who?

The drug dealers.

I'm not a fool, Barry.

How much do you know?

Nothing.

Just what a wife knows.

Tell me.

I've been working for the government.

Debbie.

The CIA.

Honey.

Laurel, treat me like an idiot, Barry.

It's the truth.

The CIA?

The CIA?

Jesus, Barry.

It's one thing to fly drugs around and lie to your wife about that, but don't make...

It's the truth.

The CIA.

I've been working for them.

I've been photographing some very important drug dealers down in Nicaragua.

And I couldn't tell you.

Oh, no.

Hell no.

You can't tell the CIA secrets.

They'll bang you for that, don't they?

I couldn't tell you.

Then why are you telling me now?

Well, maybe all over now.

Oh, God, Barry.

What have you done?

What have you done?

Shannon, I'm sorry.

My niece is linked to a cocaine smuggling scheme...

involved in three of Colombia's largest cocaine traffickers.

Government officials... cited photographs taken in Managua...

by the pilot of the DEA informant... to show a plane being loaded with cocaine.

What do we do now?

I don't know.

Bring Leo in is the only thing I can think to do.

The Miami paper is going to have that by the afternoon edition.

He'll skip.

Now, Ochoa and Escobar... State Department stuff.

What?

If I could just get him here... in the United States...

Hey, man, that practically gives your name.

Who did this to me?

Bastard, man!

I'll kill him!

I'll kill him!

Paul, how you doing?

I'm mad as hell.

That's how I'm doing.

What's the problem?

The problem is your big mouth.

You just couldn't wait to make your brownie points, could you?

You decided that story should go out.

You didn't give a damn who got hurt, did you?

Back off, Paul.

What are you talking about?

You know damn well what I'm talking about.

You leaked that story to the Washington Times about our pilot in Nicaragua.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

I didn't do anything.

The biggest damn drug investigation we've ever had.

We were this close to getting the highest guys in the Columbia cartel...

and now it's dead.

Well, there must have been a breakdown somewhere.

Oh, yeah, there was a breakdown all right, North.

And all because of your precious Contras, wasn't it?

Now, Paul...

you don't want to see Communism take over Central America any more than I do.

It's.

Over.

Oh, great.

I can hardly wait to get back to my cement block suite.

The Witness Protection Program is saving your life, Barry.

Hey, listen.

I'm a goddamn prisoner...

in a windowless cage, Donaldson.

That's funny, don't you think, Jim?

I testify against the bad guys... and I'm the first to go to jail.

The Witness Protection Program is not jail.

Well, what the hell do you call being locked up day and night?

Barry, Barry.

Look, there's something else happening today you need to know about.

The state of Louisiana is going to the grand jury tomorrow...

charging you for cocaine trafficking.

What?

Get your ass in here.

What in the hell are you talking about?

You told me they didn't have a case.

We could beat their case.

I put my butt on the line here in Florida to reduce my time.

I wind up doing 20 years in Louisiana?

I can make a deal with Louisiana.

What kind of deal?

You plead to one charge.

There's no trial, only a sentencing hearing.

Why should I plead guilty in Louisiana?

Because that's the deal.

Whatever you get in Florida, whatever the judge gives you

there, you can't get any additional time in Louisiana.

How much time am I getting in Florida?

Well, you've got a very strong defense... No, no, how much time?

If we're lucky, five years.

Why?

I've got DEA agents lined up around the block to testify for you.

The fuck?

And it's going to take you at least a year to testify in a Miami trial.

I think I can get that counted as time served.

Four years ain't nothing, man.

And then Louisiana can't touch you.

I think you're out of it, Barry.

You're out of the game.

I'm rich.

I want out of that fucking ten by ten room today.

What do you want, a house?

I want my house and my family.

It's $500,000 dead and a million alive.

That's a bounty on you, Barry.

Was I the best operative that you ever had?

Bar none.

Then you put me back out on the street.

Barry.

I'm not going to have any fucking lawyers deciding my life for me.

If I'm going to go down, I want to go down fighting.

Barry.

Is the Witness Protection Program voluntary?

Barry.

Is the Witness Protection Program voluntary?

Yes.

All right, you put me back undercover today.

It's not safe.

Don't put me in Columbia.

Nothing to do with Ochoa, other places in this country, other organizations.

You set them up, I'll knock them down.

Or I'll walk right now.

Deal?

Deal?

Deal.

Deal.

All right.

Now I want everybody out here.

Come on, y'all.

I got to piss.

Come on, out.

Let's go.

Come on, Ollie.

I don't want.

Anybody shooting me in the back.

Oh, man.

Whoo!

Huh!

Hey.

They don't understand, camp.

You don't want to.

That's right.

You think you got to have your scare fix.

Yeah, scare the shit out of yourself every so often.

That's right.

Oh, yeah?

How?

You'll settle down in Baton Rouge.

Oh, yeah.

Go to LSU games on Saturday and church on Sunday.

That's not me, camp.

That's not me.

It's not over till I say it's over.

My daddy used to say to me, he'd say, me, old boy, you got to change your ways.

Change is what life's about.

Hm.

We gave him a ride, didn't we?

Hm?

An eight-point barrel roll in a rainstorm.

Thunder and light.

A ride.

Hey, Juan.

Chewie.

How the hell you doing, man?

You got a piece of money?

All right.

Hey, you know what a...

Chewie, you know what a seal is?

You know, like a seal.

Oh, oh, oh.

Yeah, that's my name.

Barry Seal.

Now, don't you forget it.

You're under arrest.

Put your hands on your hands.

Move, move, move, move.

That's 1,000.

That's 20,000.

Right, Your Honor?

That's right.

Is that the correct way to address you?

I've never done business with a president of the country before.

I'm prime minister.

Prime minister.

But that is the same thing as a president here, right?

Yes, it is.

It is.

Have you ever, Mr. Prime Minister, heard of a seal?

Do you know what a seal is?

Like a seal, you know?

We've been trying to crack this case for eight years.

And in less than four weeks after Barry Seal got

to Las Vegas, we're able to arrest all six men.

Plus, we confiscated $22 million worth of cocaine.

That's the largest seizure in Nevada history.

Were any of these men convicted?

Yes, we were able to convict all six as a result of Barry Seal's testimony.

We arrested the prime minister of the Turks and the Caicos Islands as he was

accepting a bribe from our operative, Mr. Barry Seal.

Was this a landmark case for the DEA?

Yes, sir.

This was the first time that a foreign head of state has ever been arrested and

convicted on drug charges in the United States.

The DEA considers the Ochoa investigation the most significant

investigation it's been involved in since its inception.

And Barry Seal is the single most important

witness in the world today on cocaine trafficking.

Now, if Mr. Seal had done the things he has done, and instead of being a

cooperating defendant, he were a DEA agent, what kind of reward would he have gotten?

I suppose he would have received the Attorney General's Award, which,

as far as I know, is the highest award available to somebody in the DEA.

When I sentenced Mr. Seal to ten years, I called him an evil man.

At the time, I thought the evidence portrayed a defendant who was right,

cunning, and, frankly, amoral.

Promises of cooperation don't cut any ice with me at all.

And the only time I let anybody out of jail entirely is when their cooperation

rises to a level that they put their life in a position of peril.

And when they do that, then I think they deserve to be suitably rewarded.

Consequently, I'm going to reduce Mr. Seal's sentence to time served.

Enjoy your life, Mr. Seal.

You've earned it.

You're a free man.

Told you!

I told you!

Oh, look at you, you craphead!

Hey!

Good morning, Mr. Seal.

Good morning, Mr. Biggs.

What the hell is he talking to me now?

You've got bigger problems than him.

You know what?

I just got some fascinating news from the CIA.

Yeah?

A request for a letter testifying to your

truthfulness and your cooperation on your dealings.

Yeah, Regent said he'd send that right over.

There is no Regent.

What?

Regent is a fake name.

The CIA claims they've never heard of anybody with a fake name.

That baby gave you a fake name.

Bastard.

The court.

Of the Northern District of Louisiana is now in session.

Honorable Kenneth Alzo presiding.

Be seated.

Where are the DA's?

Where are they?

I don't know, Barry.

Don't worry about that.

Just calm down.

This judge can only give you probation.

Nothing more than Florida.

That's a deal.

Thornton Biggs, Jr., U.S.

Attorney for the government.

Thomas Fonny Corbeau, Mr. Seal.

All right.

Mr. Seal, do you understand that you're here for sentencing today?

Yes, sir.

Mr. Seal, you're gonna have to go a long way to convince me that you're not a major

drug dealer, or a smuggler, or whatever word

you want to use to describe your activities.

Drug dealers, like you, Mr. Seal, are the lowest,

most despicable type of people I can think of.

In my opinion, people like you, Mr. Seal, ought to be in a federal

penitentiary, working hard labor in the hottest sun or the coldest day.

Now, wait a minute, Your Honor.

Mr. Seal is in a unique position.

There's only one man in the United States who can testify against Jorge Ochoa,

who is considered to be the biggest drug dealer in the world.

Mr. Fonny Corbeau, you know what?

I don't care who Mr. Seal thinks he is.

He's nothing special to me.

Your Honor.

In this particular case, somehow you got only probation in another court.

And this court has agreed not to extend your penalty.

I don't like it.

There's nothing I can do about it now.

Your Honor.

It has come to my attention that certain people around you carry guns.

You may not have guns.

And the people in your employ may not carry

guns because that is constructive possession.

You're placed on active probation for five years and for a period of six months you

shall reside at the Salvation Army Community Treatment

Center at 7361 Airline Highway, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

This is a double-cross by the government.

In this court, I am the government.

Judge!

Read the plea agreement.

Oh, I know what it says!

I helped hammer it out!

It says no incarceration!

This is not incarceration.

Six months in the Salvation Army is incarceration!

He's free to work all he wants.

He goes there at 6 P.M., but he can't leave until 8 A.M.

the next morning.

This is not right!

This is a death sentence!

Mr. Seale has a one million dollar price on his head!

With no protection, he's a dead man!

Let me tell you what.

I would love for this plea agreement to be broken.

I'd love for it to be broken right now!

Is that why you're doing this?

Mr. Seale has one week before he must begin his Salvation Army stay.

This is my sentence.

They'll kill him!

They'll kill him!

Do something!

Shut up!

Mr.

Seale, what are you going to do now?

Are you going to hide him?

No, I don't hide.

Mr. Seale, aren't you afraid for your life?

What about the federal protection program?

That's just another name for jail.

I'm not going to jail.

I don't care what you call it.

Aren't you afraid?

I can see it.

What?

It's okay.

It's okay.

Who is that?

I don't know.

I'll go see.

I'll go.

It's all right.

I'll go.

Mr. Seale?

What do you want?

Major Nerma Phipps of the Internal Revenue Service.

This is a declaration of back taxes owed the government.

We are here to collect your assets and partial payment to that debt.

Wait a damn minute now.

Mr. Seale, my records show that you're on probation.

But now I have my rights now.

Resisting an officer of the law would be a violation of

that probation resulting in your immediate incarceration.

29 million.

It says that I owe 29 million in back taxes.

Based on the earnings you reported in court from drug transportation.

But you don't take Debbie's stuff, lady.

You take my airplanes and my boats.

We already have.

Barry,

I'm sorry about the hearing.

Where were you, man?

I'm sorry.

They told us it was going to be routine.

Nothing can go wrong.

They told us we couldn't come.

They?

They weren't ever on the street, were they, David?

Too dirty.

Why is this happening?

I don't know, Barry.

What did that do for you?

You did it all.

It's... It's... It's...

It's like opening a seal.

You know?

I'm sorry.

I can't help you.

My hometown.

They wanted to get me.

And they did.

I'm sorry.

I...

I'm afraid I have something to tell you.

I have some more bad news.

I flew up from Miami because I didn't want you to hear it from anybody but us.

Camp is dead.

He flew into the side of a mountain yesterday.

Looked like he fought it all the way down.

He clipped some trees and couldn't...

I bet it was a hell of a ride.

I wish I could have been there.

Debbie, I'm leaving.

Okay.

I'll meet you for breakfast if you want.

Right after my job.

You started jogging?

Every morning around the center.

If I can't be rich, I might as well still be pretty.

Well, you're pretty to me, rich or poor.

Whee!

I'm way past poor, baby doll.

Oh, I've got to go.

It's a quarter to six.

I love you.

Be careful.

Can't go.

What do you mean we can't go?

What's wrong?

Washington called.

Nobody from the DEA is allowed to attend the funeral.

What?

Said they'd fire anyone who attends.

Why?

They want it forgotten as soon as possible.

Well, that's shit.

I'm going to the funeral.

No, you're not.

What?

You're just going to lay down and swallow this?

I need you on the street.

We've got a lot of work to do.

Barry Seal didn't end anything but his own life.

And we're not going down with him.

Jim!

You got it!

9 A.M.

in the office tomorrow.

Oh, shit!

American.

Parent concerned about the death of his child.

The drug profits.

Are deeply involved in drug trafficking.

One month after Barry Seal's murder, President Reagan

went on television to plead his case for contra aid.

Federico Vaughn, a top aide to one of the nine commandantes who rule Nicaragua...

He showed one of the pictures Barry Seal took.

Bound for the United States.

This is an outlaw regime.

Seal was not mentioned.