All language subtitles for Evening in Byzantium (1978) - Glenn Ford (inglés_ASR)

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so

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do

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not today not tomorrow but as surely as

a man is sent home from a hospital with

an incurable disease

to live out his days as comfortably as

he can america is finished

spread aren't you a little worried about

your box office making statements like

that

perhaps you've noticed my current

picture makes a very powerful statement

the truth is a weapon greater than

dollars heavy brett's trying to jump the

sleeping giant

shake the american people up oh yes we

the american people

the most naive arrogant manipulated

insecure pathetic flock of sheep in

history

the whole world is laughing behind our

backs and all we hear is applause

they'll take until it's all gone and

we'll give until we're empty

and then they'll step on us oh he's full

of it

what was that patriotism from one of

america's disenfranchised

who's disenfranchised i didn't jump a

war or run away from home

i came here to work there's so many

young patriots running around europe i

wonder what's so wrong with the greatest

nation on earth

you got that right i wouldn't dismiss

what easton is saying so quickly

i think he's right the united states is

finished you know something

you've got a lot of nerve talking about

america coming from the biggest

bust in history tania is too grand a

name

you ought to call your country the

titanic

you're right england's finished too at

least i'm willing to defend my country

trouble with you guys when that dying

island is there isn't anyone left to try

and save it well how long since you've

been home

go to hell easton is right america is

finished

what are your plans i leave for home

tonight but the cannes film festival

begins in two days your picture's got

the best chance of winning of any

european entry

i'll be back in time for the screening

but what could possibly be so important

that it could be i'll answer those

questions that a lady did now the bar is

still open i've got a lot of

arrangements to make so have a drink

yesterday

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certain now that that's the thrust of

the manuscript

my trips all arranged i just had to be

sure

no i'll get it

yes i'm waiting tonight

why are we bothering with this man

we're overreacting to the small piece of

information

that could mean our success or failure

it's too close

so close that we've got to find out what

if it is our blueprint

or close enough and we put a lid on it

if he's coming to candy we

already have a deal deals can be broken

fabricio if you had your way

all the people in the world would be

dead except the few of your very close

personal friends and they'd have to be

very very careful

you don't understand the rules when it

comes to games i understand them very

well

i'm a winner fabricio you are a loser

you're hot-headed you're impulsive

you don't know when to take one step

backward in order to move ten forward

what are we doing now about to embark on

the most momentous task of our lives

it will happen and jesse craig get

insurance for jesse craig

i always enjoy going home

i hope pat is still working in the

regency plaza hotel

her kind of decadence i love

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so

most of the homes in this neighborhood

go for around a million mr craig is in

residence now

but he's given us permission to see the

house at our leisure

i understand this was his wife's house

aren't they divorced yes some years now

mr craig agreed to house sit while he's

in town and he's in martha's vineyard

they have a house there as well well

maybe we ought to be looking for our

setting

it's in connecticut right somewhere near

bel air in it

somewhere near bel-air your performances

must be very amusing

right my music's a real giggle can't we

unload this twit

cool it

if you'll notice the craftsmanship in

these moldings

and the beautiful floor well it will

have to come out anyway wouldn't it

come out that go mate oh deco

this will be my music room well there

are a lot of rooms perhaps the

projection room would convert more

easily to your needs if you'll

follow me

hello what's that sounds like a flaming

party mr craig must be showing a film

if you'll follow me this way we can see

the rest of the house without disturbing

him

shot a film jesse craig was a famous

producer

never heard of him what happened he ran

out of petrol

it's all right the our world is you know

if we could move along i do have one

other appointment

i think you've offended him well he

don't come with the house does he

the judgments we have considered

anguished over

and finally adjudicated here at

nuremberg

will speak long after each one of us

defendants and jurors alike

have been rendered unto dust and will

testify

more explicitly than any rhetoric set

forth in this courtroom

whether man is a creature of the pack

an unthinking unfeeling heard animal

or is he being created in god's own

image

capable of independent thought

selflessness charity

and for god's sake small

measure of decency compassion

for his fellow man

the human race will judge not the

defendants here at nuremberg

in centuries to come rather

he will judge us the jurors

i pray that their verdict will find us

to be capable thoughtful honest men

who accepted their responsibility

found the courage to try to do the right

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thing

i guess i'm finished thank you

sure there's nothing else i can do no no

daddy

you know i really appreciate you taking

the time to run the film for me

i didn't know who else to ask i've been

out of this town such a long time

did i complain no i know you didn't but

it's still a little awkward to ask a

friend to get up there saturday morning

hey hey that's what friends are for

right besides i love to see your films

thank you

listen you've seen most of the stuff

that's come out of the studios lately

now how does this stand up really

well it was sobering to see it again

yeah

it's more than great it's an important

film mr craig i think i have some good

news for you

yeah i like your house crazy about it

it's mortal word

gonna be a real giggle fixing up this

old place roddy's the name

michael roddy did you tell mr ruddy what

my

ex-wife is asking for it yes million too

want it

bit steep for the old shanty

yes and despite the bank's devotion to

this area the most they'll likely loan

you is

five hundred thousand dollars you see

you'd have to come up with a difference

no

we won't be bothering with no banks mate

i don't trust them

mr ruddy's prepared to pay cash he

hasn't put the offer in writing yet but

uh oh there's no need to make an offer

no penny wants full price but an offer

of a million cash

well penny has always been well she's

always been sort of fond of cash

it's got to be the right offer you see

man's right the house is worth a million

too

you drive an art bargain old stick but i

guess that's it a million two it is

congratulations

you've unloaded the old barn

how long you've been divorced jess well

long enough to forget about it that's

for sure

she's still the same fella oh probably

not when they get over 40 she starts

looking around for a younger vintage

and she's got half of everything i own

she can afford a lot of looking

hey hey sure you don't mind driving me

the airport huh not at all

tell me about your new project what size

scale

about as big as you can imagine sounds

ambitious it is

i'm gonna produce the end of the world

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so

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uh

what did you think of our film mr craig

considering it wasn't american i mean

what the brett east the terrorist

monsanto in the film the one with the

beard and the hand grenade

that was a very effective disguise you

had and the movie did you

do you find it effective disturbing

just the movie was it

well it's based on true events but the

intent of the film was

was purely entertainment have you ever

considered that a film like that could

uh

also be instructional you mean good

triumphs over evil

and you're a very naive man i'm sorry of

course i know what you mean

those young men that were killed at the

olympics they were serving their country

and it was an important story that

needed to be told just like ours was

tell me something you know clint

eastwood charles bronson

you you went off to europe and you

became major stars but the other two

returned home

you didn't why call it loyalty

they had faith in me when nobody else

did i couldn't get arrested back home

that made you bitter no reflected you

know america acts as if it's the only

country in the world

sometimes european pictures they they

have a better lock on reality

well sometimes it takes others to make

you look at yourself and see the truth

whose idea was that uh legend on the end

of the film

it troubled you yeah encouraging people

to kidnap

terrorize and murder innocent people

yes that troubled me do you think the

rich of our country know that the poor

exist do they really care

do they raise one little finger to save

the child who die of starvation

i mean even as we eat caviar and drink

fine wines on this luxury flight to the

french riviera

well the thought doesn't seem to have

dulled your appetite

the true measure of communism is that

all of its people

should have champagne and caviar not

poverty i mean they should all live

as well as you do that was my legend you

saw in the film at the end

what does your message mean really his

man

an unfeeling unthinking hurt animal just

bent on satisfying his base instincts or

is he capable of independent thought

selflessness charity and compassion for

his fellow man

i'm flattered you remember my last film

but i think you

interpreted charity and compassion a

little

differently than i'd intended how often

in the bible did god after slew man

woman and child alike

in order to preserve the righteous that

was god he has a better fix on exactly

who the righteous are

i don't know if it's anybody in this

airplane certainly not anybody in first

class

here's to the righteous mr craig

i'm looking forward to continuing our

encounter in canada assuming that's

where you're going

yes yes that's right i'm sure that the

film community will welcome you back

with open arms

as long as they're not holding clenched

fists

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so

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so

you in america probably two days were

you asked to leave what was the reaction

of the american press

you're saying they were finished as a

country mostly denials

is that all they love me i i don't think

they're really interested in an actor's

opinion that's all guys

mr craig welcome to france gail mckinnon

yeah disgusting wasn't it

our handshake the priorities of the

press

well the press's priorities are private

prerogative

hmm illiterate you should have been a

writer not a producer

should have well the late mr craig

thanks you very much miss uh

mckinnon

i hope this doesn't mean we started off

on the wrong foot

i may not be much of a greeting party

but at least i cared enough to be here

just where are we going after this uh

this fine beginning

well you are on your way to the carlton

hotel and i thought after a suitable

interval say first thing in the morning

you'd be kind enough to grab my name is

craig jesse craig i requested a

convertible if you have one

more stupid play miss you scruffy as i

may appear i do send radio blurbs back

to the state

little capsules from the continent well

i doubt if there's much interest in me

there

you're wrong anyway that's not the

entire point of the interview

i'd like to do an in-depth magazine

article um which magazine

i don't know yet it's my first magazine

article

well i wish you the very best uh miss

but uh

i'm afraid i'm not interested i think

you'll change your mind mr craig

once you've looked at these they're

about you i'm afraid you're out of luck

because i

i detest reading about myself don't lie

well you do have a way of ingratiating

yourself don't you

look at these in your spare time i think

you'll be impressed

now is there anything else that you'd

like me to do miss mckinnon well i could

use a ride to khan

we both seem to like convertibles that

does give us something in common

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jesse jesse craig murph

good to see you never saw you looking

better oh this is uh

gail mckinnon she's a very persistent

young reporter

there's more than a story here mr craig

there's a person

very nice to meet you mr murphy i'll be

talking with you

you always have a drink oh i was about

to join sonia

no that can wait jesse

tell me the festival's gonna have a

little class this year well suppose we

keep that a secret huh how are you bill

i'm fine just fine you got a picture in

the festival no

but we're running every night at the

star on rue dante

come on down i think you'll like it i'd

be delighted are you here to sell or

just to watch the flesh auction

nostalgia see some old friends might

have a deal to me

well if you need any interim financing

let me know i've got a lot of brazilian

money ready to go

jesse will you excuse us i remember that

really good to see you jesse don't make

it so long next time

he'll never make a deal here that little

guy wouldn't have gotten past word one

with you in the old days

making pictures mark that's why he's

here why are you here i have something

in my suitcase i want to show you would

you wait here a minute

your bags are already in this week you

requested mr all right thank you

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ah

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mom

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if you have need of is you have but

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the air conditioning has been up energy

conservation is also very important to

us here in europe

if you open these doors you will find

that in a very few moments

the breeze is from the ocean bill

and may i say that you have the best

view in khan

come and see

brings back a lot of memories i'm not

sure i want to

remember all of them

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thank you for your trouble i've run

downstairs mercy

um have an enjoyable steam monsieur all

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right

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what a pleasure to see you again mr

craig oh it's entirely mine henry i'll

have a

gin and tonic and crushed eyes

and for mr murphy oh uh uh a beer

okay

there's a script that i want you to read

sure who wrote it

what's a new writer ernest's first

screenplay uh-huh

you got an option well that's no problem

you see but you got to read it tonight

you

and nobody else you understand tonight

oh come on jess

i'll be lucky to finish out the night on

one piece those parties that sonia's got

planned for us to

swing by make a timer

look i need to know what you think about

it and i need to know as soon as

possible

what's come over you you've been out of

circulation for years

only a waiter with 10 years services

know that your drink is

gin and tonic and crushed ice and

suddenly you come up with a uh

property that's this hot

yes yes properties like that you just

don't find them under rocks

they're usually kicked around for a

while who's seen it no one

and less than a handful will know the

ending even while it's being done

what a mystery oh you're pretty

theatrical

murph is probably the most important

subject that i've ever been connected

with

what's it about read it

give me a hint read it i don't think

i've ever seen you this excited

not even in the old days when you had

something to be excited about

it's good to have you back jesse just

help me get it made

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speaking of the old days or what i

wouldn't give

you better not let sonia hear you

talking that way

she'd give her a blue hair dye if she

thought this flying machine could get

airborne once again oh now i can recall

when you did pretty good between the

car hops and meter maids

i was lucky enough to get his overflow

well

isn't this a lucky day here i have the

good fortune or bad of having

a couple of extra ladies and running

into a couple of guys who are all alone

brad easton yes i know mr mr craig

this is the second time in one day i

consider that an omen uh well

unfortunately for uh murph here he has a

a very pressing engagement oh you don't

run into old friends like this

every day good good then it's a party

well you know i'm very sorry i can't

stay i really am but i

have some phone calls to make and uh

maybe another time it was

very nice to meet you uh again mr easton

ladies maybe another time um

jesse are you sure well now there's no

reason why you shouldn't stick around to

murph

just uh don't forget the script right

gotcha another time mr craig well

where do we go from here

may i suggest my villa michelle and

tanya here know the way very well

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don't forget your script i'll take care

of henry

no no

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make sure that they keep him busy now

there's a xerox machine in the office of

the hotel i'll arrange to have it open

then i've got a very special job for you

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to the general public the word producer

has certain connotations

a movie producer is likely to be a

portly gentleman with a cigar in his

mouth

a peculiar vocabulary and a distasteful

penchant for starlets

but there have been many gifted

producers goldwyn

jesse craig in 1946

craig then age 24 first presented d-day

at normandy

a motion picture claimed as one of the

finest ever made about the second world

war

between 1946 and 1966 craig produced 10

plays and more than 15 movies

a high proportion of them critical and

commercial successes

since 1967 no production bearing his

name

has been seen either on the stage or

screen

hello mr craig the circus are still busy

operator how can the circus still be

busy to paris

it's not like i'm trying to call new

york you know there's a film festival

going on yes i understand there's a

festival going on that's why i'm

to get here yes but would you keep

trying i'll be in my room all evening

and uh

don't put through any other calls will

you yes sir thank you

hello have you read the first few pages

yet

may i ask how you managed to get through

to me i left explicit instructions not

to be disturbed

i told him you were expecting my call i

knew you had to be expecting some call

no one comes to the festival to hide in

his room

they asked me if i was constance dobson

i told him i was

i don't know where you get the nerve to

start prying into my life

miss mckinnon it is not nerve it's

interest

there's a very interesting section about

constants

what it's on page 14. now look

i have no intention of waiting through

any of your pages now you're wasting

your time

that's all right i have a lot of it to

spare

i hope you like what you read i put a

lot of work into it

goodbye

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craig first met constance dobson in

paris

robert kennedy seemed the embodiment of

a new spirit and idealism

based on compassion and tenacity

constance dobson immediately commanded

craig's attention

she was vibrant alive ageless attractive

and compelling

in paris she was the best american girl

the american vote abroad is vital do you

know how many americans there are just

living here in paris who support the

senator's campaign

no if we could pick up a few thousand

votes as we cross europe

this entire trip could be a turning

point

what do you think i think he's the best

thing to come along in my whole life

old man it's nice to see you in a brawl

like this you're here to give generously

to the cause

um you think the car's needed every

little bit helps old man

i see that you're on the senator's team

polishing up his speeches

getting the ferocity out of him

replacing it with controlled passion

you ever seen so many sweating parasites

in your life deluding themselves they're

really working for a cause an ideal a

set of principles

they believe it because he believes in

it

the man's got charisma coming out of his

ears you can charm me in one minute and

chill your veins in the next

there's a hell of a novel in that man

probably three or four

i've no doubt as to who you'll be

choosing as a biographer well i'm glad

to hear that ian

of course that won't be until he's

president that's a long campaign

and frankly i'm here on emergency

rations through a yellow pad

some socks and hard to shave into a

suitcase and turned mother's picture to

the wall

don't write it out for me in just spell

it out huh

a couple of bucks to tie me over you

know i'm good for it

even leeches have friends how much is a

couple of bucks

two thousand two pounds well i don't

give donations to

lost causes but if i thought that you

were gonna sit on the beach and finally

finish that novel you've been picking

after the last five years i'd reconsider

i'm getting to get to it what are you

talking about

old wounds don't heal on you do they

jesse

they heal slowly

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that'll be another night old man

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it's good to see you again it's nice to

see you

i've been hearing very good things about

your work here in paris with your

drug rehabilitation program and that

you're part of the

organizers here tonight it didn't take a

lot of organizing

you have a name that precedes you

senator all the people here tonight are

here because they really care

i appreciate that excuse me of course

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jesse craig that's right senator i'm an

admirer of your work sir

it's good to have you here with us i'd

like to talk to you while i'm in paris

certainly we do mr craig

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oh it's very generous senator kennedy

will be grateful

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you share that smile it just seems kind

of comic for somebody getting

a member of the kennedy family at 500

church

don't you believe in what the senator's

trying to do well when i'm abroad i

usually say i'm a republican that makes

them less nervous

that's if i don't retreat all together

and say i'm a canadian that cancels out

all hatred

what are you doing in paris just passing

through

would you like to buy me a drink

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all right gin and tonic on the rocks

lots of ice and uh another glass of

champagne for mr craig and he likes just

a little crushed ice on the bottom

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hey you must be watching me pretty close

you were aware of that mr crane

well now you have me at a disadvantage

i'm constance dobson

i live in a modest department on the

champs-elysees i work with the drug

addicts you've heard about

and i'm never later than 8 15 at my desk

no matter what kind of a night i've

spent

i'm very partial to green olives

shall we find a place a little less

crowded with emotion

you know there's nothing very special

about kennedy exciting

the young see that they like him maybe

they know something

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well they're generally a lot more open

to the truth

this is what we came out here to talk

about are you going to kiss me now

you're going to wait until later

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i'm going to kiss you now

you're divorced i remember the article

about the breakup

i think it was in some fan magazine

not much of a netcat for 20 years

what happened well it was times when

i needed a penny and there was times

when she needed me

unfortunately those times didn't

coincide

magazine said she left you high and dry

warm dry

she bloodless is a better word

it wasn't a drop left by the time her

lawyer got through squeezing

was it another man

other men

younger men

you stay in paris

yeah for sure

will you come back will you give up your

fella

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don't ask too much too soon

i couldn't give it you couldn't handle

it

one day at a time yeah

you know i've never really seen paris

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i'll take you everywhere you want to go

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be part of me jesse

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uh

yo why the hell didn't you call me last

night like you said you would

look i tried to get you but the lines to

paris were busy

all night i've been waiting here like a

recluse

well i was i was thinking about you

honey

i'm flattered i thought you might have

wanted me to join you

well i i hadn't considered that

the first night we met save your excuses

you haven't even got the decency to lie

i certainly hope you found somebody to

hold your hand and can because your

franchise has run out in paris

connie will you be reasonable at this

moment i am purely

coldly and glacially reasonable i'm

taking the phone off the hook mr craig

so you can make your deals put your

projects together don't try to renew old

acquaintances because you don't know

anyone who wants to know you

anymore

she certainly sounded upset

you could have heard her out in the

corridor how'd you get in here

i told the maid i forgot my key now look

miss mckinnon

i worry about you older fellows you

don't seem to adjust as well to jet lag

you're going to be late for your lunch

date with your agent

how did you know about my lunch date i

ran into him last night at brett

easton's villa

and he invited me i just wondered if i

could get a ride

but if it's too much trouble i'll get

there somehow

well does it fit into your plans for me

to shower and shave

i've got all the time in the world

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this what the hell you think you're

doing

we had to move the crates out of the

warehouse and the police were closing in

he just brought him to the first logical

place you could think of is that it

was for a short time just how long do

you think it would take ladue or any of

us meant to search this villa

they are watching me day and night don't

you know that

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this is just the evidence that ladoo

needs to nail me now you better get

these crated up and out of here fast

the comrade what

our comrades are rotting away in jail

while we do nothing

we are united in a purpose one purpose

nothing and no one else matters a third

power will emerge from the ashes of

false idealism

our power when the time is right we'll

strike

that time approaches very rapidly until

then we remain anonymous not get those

out of here

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try and we think we know easton's every

move

he knows ours his network would make the

resistance

look disorganized and no trace of where

they might have taken any arms

no we could try the villa

no it's a waste of time east is too

smart for that we've got to stop that

man

will you tell me how there is nothing we

can do but watch and wait and watch and

wait and watch and wait until it's too

late

yes but for what when we have the answer

to that

my friend we can move against

and in the meantime in the meantime we

keep a very close eye on jessica craig

just the way easton has been doing

oh what is their connection

whatever it is i believe it to be a

dangerous one

for mr craig come

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you don't discourage very easily do you

miss mckinnon

how long is it going to take you before

you call me gail oh probably until i

find out what you

really want from me well i want a story

i told you that

the story of jesse craig one of the

foremost filmmakers in the world

you have got a script that you're uh

hoping to launch here in con no

i'm looking for scripts oh including the

one you're hiding

which one is that the one you gave murph

last night

is there anything you don't know about

me well i don't know if you have a sense

of humor

ah why do you wear them damn things

you need my shades yeah you don't like

them no i don't like them at all

oh is that better

yeah much i don't believe it a human

emotion

there may be hope for you yet mr craig

how long is it gonna take you to call me

jesse

as soon as you tell me your life story

uh what makes you think anybody wants to

read it

well you have an important script all i

want is to be at the beginning of an

epic movie that's going to be a

definitive answer

of what you'll tell me somewhere later

you're very sure of yourself aren't you

i'm very sure of you

jessie come sit down hi sonia i believe

both of you know uh

scale mckinnon yeah you were right about

her persistence

she tracked me down last night

interviewed me about you

so i understand jesse

i read it what do you think

dynamite do we dare do a picture like

this

we don't dare not to this guy malcolm

hart

i never heard of him well he's up and

coming

can he adapt it why should he adapt it

there are always further versions on any

script you know i don't need to tell you

that

this canvas is so

big no further graphs are no problem

no no i mean fast while we're here in

khan

this is the most explosive piece of

material i've read in 10 years

i don't wonder you were twisting my arm

to get me to read it last night

finance can be arranged right here now

can you get the guy here

he'll be here why can't you tell me who

he is

oh well you wouldn't know him it's not

important but

i can handle them all right well

i'm getting this material over to walter

klein this afternoon

why cline well if nothing else he knows

how to raise dough

that african picture costs 9 million

still skyrocketing

klein knows how to sell a big budget

picture like this and my god do you have

any idea what this picture's gonna cost

to do

if i hear another word i'll explode what

is this picture about mr craig well i'm

afraid i can to

talk to the press about it yet miss

mckinnon

well i'll keep it strictly confidential

until of course the hollywood reporter

doesn't

i'm surprised you haven't told me that

you've already read the script and

object to the wide-angle shot on page

42.

well i'll get to read it somehow

somewhere

i would just rather do it with your

permission but why change now

well i i've ordered lobster how does

that sound oh i love it

i like to crack claws

jesse uh why don't you and i mean over

to the bar

uh leave the girls to a cozy little

pre-lunch slander session

i want to talk to you uh i'll bring you

some drinks oh i don't drink before

night oh thank you

journalists were different in my day

they also look different in bathing

suits

no more remember this is the tropics

where my drinking is concerned

my wife thinks the tropics start just

below labrador

you go to bed with her i hadn't thought

about it

well think about it

jesse the movie industry is bankrupt

no money no talent

no guts uh four champagnes please

wall-to-wall pornography jesse any kid

today just over withdrawal

120 pages under his arms and a franchise

and the apache indians can get a picture

thrown together

that's why i'm so excited about your

project something is finally grabbed

over the heels

jesse this used to be your town i'm

gonna make it your town again

this script is gonna set this obsolete

dinosauric resort on fire

it's gonna bring you back into the fold

i just don't know if i want to go to bed

with walter klein

you do have some other attractive

alternatives

she's a child murph same age as my

daughter sure sure

jesse brett easton has a yacht off in

the harbor

he's giving a party tonight walter klein

will be there

we could put this deal together tonight

eight o'clock

just like that just like that

well how do you find mr craig's script

dangerous enough to kill him

what we're going to do about it

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kill it we're just gonna have to kill

jesse craig

sorry to stop but there's an old memory

here you rented a villa between antibes

and the cap

i know the spring of 47 that was when

d-day at normandy had won

three academy awards and you married one

of the leading ladies look if you know

so much about me why are these questions

huh

i know facts mr craig oh i can gather my

information from people

have your personality refracted and

distorted a hundred different ways

but i want the truth from you there it

is

oh it's beautiful it must have been

wonderful to sit on that terrace with a

a new bride and a new career

you've won we've won

what are you talking about the movie

rewards here read it for yourself

congratulations collected all three

best picture best editing best sound

next time let's go for broke

get out of the sunshine and back to work

love you both

murph well that's terrific

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that's terrific that's all you can say

is that's terrific

it's fantastic it's incredible

and i love you for it

aren't you excited for god's sakes yes

sure i'm excited

what's the matter i was just thinking

we've accomplished nothing allies will

become enemies enemies allies

shift in emphasis and the united states

is the world's agent but we'll continue

to bump aid into italy until she's fat

enough to turn

and we'll go back to firing bullets

germany will rebuild regroup

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you see we've seen that happen in a

century

that's what the film should have stated

damn it but it didn't

it won

you're the only dependable ideal that i

can rely on

i love you i'm so proud to love you

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was it a friendly divorce

as divorces go

the divorce in my family was silent

polite and obscene

my mom wandered away one day i was 16.

she'd wanted to wait before but

this time she didn't come back it wasn't

until i was 18 until i asked my father

why

what'd he say he said she was looking

for something

something she couldn't find with him you

ever hear from her oh i get a christmas

card every year from various places in

europe

i ought to look her up someday see what

kind of woman she's become

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what kind of a woman was she before

determined

outrageous and beautiful

you would have liked her a lot

why do i have this feeling that you knew

everything that happened inside that

villa that summer in that spring huh oh

i didn't know everything

what what do you know what other

surprises do you have in mind huh

i know about your next movie oh no you

don't um

the end of the world

i don't believe it no no how could you

use your script service didn't you

rush order ten copies six girls on it to

get it out to you in a hurry before you

left pecan

that's industrial espionage you could go

to jail for that you know

i didn't read it i just know about it

what makes you presume to know how the

world is going to end it doesn't take a

genius to figure that out

people just don't want to think about it

that's all you see you can't put an

infinite number of bombs with an

infinite number of matches into the same

room and not expect

one of them to ignite especially when

you add that extra ingredient of

lunatic fringes who want to see one

above

or the rand corporation you know

sometimes they call it the think tank

well they

issued a paper that every terrorist

group in the world is thinking

nuclear the world's got to come to a

violent end

unless someone does something about it

assassin

so we have to see the writing on the

wall before it's too late it's just a

question of time before some city paris

london new york los angeles

wiped off the face of the earth by some

nut or group of nuts

and if you don't think they exist just

pick up any newspaper

name the country any day of the month

fortunately for you the author of your

screenplay

has as much commitment as you do yes he

does

that's just a guess no it's not it's a

fact

you're malcolm heart you wrote the

screenplay but you didn't want anybody

to know about it

first dishonest [ __ ] i found in your

armor

thanks for the drink

i just left him

oh don't worry i think i've got him

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uh

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am i doomed to see your face forever

well that's not so far off time to

believe your script

anyway is my face so distressing

well it's been around them only

professionally

uh my private life is so boring that i'm

thinking of marketing my sex life as an

industrial sleepy

now why don't i believe that because as

a creative man you can imagine the

possibilities

unfortunately the young men in my life

lack the vision or the experience to

make me want to buy a ticket

both i think

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bless my soul this must be a gathering

of past fees

well that's hardly fair the girl's just

getting started if you're the best she

can do

he's going to make wrong-way cardigan

look like lindbergh

let's see if i can update those

references for you oh that's all right

i was just going to get myself a shirley

temple you two have a nice reunion

so that's how you manage to keep up such

a reasonable appearance despite the

encroachment of old age

you look barely out of your 40s well as

i recall i am barely on my 40s

oh that's right it was your father who

helped edison invent the movies

well if that's the best you can do ian i

suggest you stay away from pencils

they'll not be kind

they haven't been kind to me oh boy then

you don't need talent to put pornography

on film

i hear you of a hot new property by some

new young writer

there's only one copy out of my personal

control whoever spreading those kind of

stories is either a bill collector or a

liar

ah the guest of honor what a clyde

we met several years ago at the awards

in hollywood oh yes i remember

thank you for inviting me seems like a

very nice party well now that you're

here it is a party

i have a surprise for you will you come

with me please

just this way excuse me

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gentlemen the best filmmaker in the

world jesse craig

i am mustafa kamal and the use of my

associates mr sein and mr aston

how do you do please be seated

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never before in my entire career and it

spans more years than i can to remember

never before have i been so impressed by

a script

so much so that i immediately reached

out for the most important combination

of people i could find to bring it to

the screen with

all the scope and splendor that's been

intended by its author

now i realize we don't have a formal

deal jesse

but i know that your word in hollywood

is gold so i'm trusting you with my bank

account as

represented in person by the gentleman

here

they want to finance your picture as it

is

as it was to do this picture well you

will need vast sums of money

your preliminary budget is set at 12

million dollars

i think a more realistic figure would be

closer to 20.

we are willing to say to you forget the

budget

make the most powerful statement you can

you mean that's it

that's the deal that's it you know i i

hate to be cynical but i've always

believed you had to work hardest for the

things you

wanted most this is too good to be true

you see we should have worked together

years ago how about a toast

there you are uh certainly not to world

war three

but to our picture

gentlemen one small thing mr craig

i assume that it is customary that we

may have some voice in the final

shooting script

well i thought you were satisfied with

it as an important document as

written yes of course but you leave the

catalyst

which causes the final holocaust is

vague and

undefined no i think it's better that

way you know to leave it in the

audience's mind to decide

which man's unhealthy trigger ended the

world

i disagree let the trigger be one of the

greatest powder kegs that exists in the

world today

the arab israeli conflict

and uh who triggers the final holocaust

you say it need not be wholly defined

now you're not telling me that it has to

be the israelis who

precipitate the destruction of the world

are you i'm simply saying that we arrive

upon a final shooting script

that we agree on that is satisfactory to

both sides

well that sounds acceptable

uh let me ask you this who approves the

final cut of the film

well naturally we'd have to have some

word in it i've been making pictures for

a lot of years mr camille

we both know that no matter what's in

the script no matter what goes

on the screen you can cut a picture to

come out any way you want

you can slide it in one direction or

another

you have to enter an agreement on trust

mr greg

i agree the trick in eliminating

mistrust is to have everything worked

out

up front what might be your upfront

terms

i would retain possession of the

negative of the film and final cutting

of the picture

no one may touch the film after i have

finished with it

any businessman would tell you that in a

transaction of this

magnitude such terms would be totally

unacceptable

i don't think there's any doubt as to

what your intentions are sir

and i believe that i've made my

intentions perfectly clear i understand

you haven't made a motion picture in

some times to craig

but this was to be your comeback your

return to prestige

are you telling me that you're turning

down 20 million dollars

i guess i am

thank you for the wine mr klein

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gentlemen

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jesse jesse

said jesse where you going how did it go

gotta get some air

i've been your agent for a long time

when you've got to get some air

we got trouble big trouble

i knew craig would never go for clients

or appeal

so what do we do now we come in with

another source of money

another source of just the smoke screen

enough to tie everything up keep anybody

else becoming involved

and an excellent opportunity to pick a

few special brains my friend

afton's craig has been removed from the

picture

there's got to be there's got to be some

way to pull this deal back together

uh work out some agreement the only

agreement that's going to satisfy them

is their own

complete control of the picture i'm in

hell something i never gave away when i

was making those b

horror thrillers for rko no bro

that's it

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when you burn your bridges you don't

even leave a stick of charcoal behind my

father used to have an expression

who cares he used to say that everything

seems dark it's just before it goes

completely black there must have been a

lot of laughs too oh mr creek

for you thank you yes

jesse i'm glad i caught you i don't

think we have anything to talk about

walter jesse i was shocked that you were

the suggestion that they alter the

script

horrified is a better word i mean just

for god's sake my name is clyde

i'd like to believe you walter but you

were in too much control of that meeting

jesse by all that's holy you've got to

believe me i think you did exactly the

right thing

or by blowing the deal by adhering to

your principles

i want a man who has integrity and

compassion and sensitivity does that

surprise you

well frankly jesse i've made

exploitation pictures

that got me rich and overweight in a

heart condition i like to smoke good

cigars i like a lot of broads around me

i use favors people homie

i'm a stereotype

i also have a degree in psychology i

write poetry

i read everything i get my hands on i

know

art i just don't normally manufacture it

well i didn't know it could be

manufactured you sure

can but every once in a while you come

across something very special

your script is very special this is the

most important production i'll ever be

connected

hello all we need is uh to find another

source of financing that's all

the festival is still yuck well i

appreciate this walter

jesse i don't even get a chance to work

with your class of production

let me enjoy it at my old age look

you take it easy and i'll call as soon

as i can come up with something good

night welder

we could be back in business

yeah operator

operator uh uh get me paris

two six six six eight nine one this is

mr craig sweet uh 406.

thank you sir oh i'm sending henry back

there with a hundred francs to get this

call through right now thank you

jesse don't do this to me what did he

say

he's on our side he could be handled

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jesse you're kidding me craig hello

hey concerts i thought i told you i

didn't want to hear from you again

why didn't you get my card what card the

one with the lion cub i said it reminded

me of you

i got it i tore it up as i did every

letter you ever sent me i'm very busy

i'm i'm sorry i didn't stand for you

right away honey uh instead of your

coming here

i thought maybe we could get away for a

couple of days

you did did you where were you when i

needed you

you can't go away this is the best shot

you've had in years

what's that supposed to mean huh it

means it means you can't spend your time

with fluffy young girls then call me

when you drop in from the far corners of

the globe expecting a tropical breeze

and a warm body to lay by now if you

kept your fellas straight you'd uh

recall that i've never been much on

fluffy young girls now have i

just dilapidated old broads huh jesse

have a heart

one more word out of you murph and

you're gonna get that crushed eggs right

in your ear

constance

don't say one word murph

just don't

operator what is mr craig in suite 406

yeah no calls before nine o'clock

tomorrow morning absolutely no

exceptions huh yes sir good night okay

thank you

i'll go to bed will you murph i don't

feel like talking anymore tonight i'll

call you in the morning

hello oh man

what else can go wrong now what the hell

are you doing here this hour

i brought some pages i wanted you to

read

oh look i got my current affair screwed

up enough without reliving any past

mistakes do you mind

i'll just leave the pages i brought you

can glance at them in the morning

look i told you i have no intention of

reading any of your pages gail

gail

for all the success and acclaim one by

jesse craig for years of single

achievements

he arrived in khan in the twilight of

his life a lonely man

searching for a final victory led a new

mall to a special life

would you like me to stay

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yes

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is this what they call an in-depth

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interview

hello darling i called to apologize

i'm sorry i spoke to you that way uh

constance

oh wow this is a surprise i've changed

my mind

a woman's prerogative you know a mature

woman that is if you know what i mean

no i don't know what you mean last night

you said last night i was being very

petulant

i guess i was just annoyed because you

didn't drop everything and call me the

moment you landed in france

i didn't stop to consider that you've

been out of things for nearly 10 years

i'm sure you had a lot of adjustments to

make well a few

point is the point is i'm sorry i

accused you

let's start going to that huh hey how

soon can you get here

i'm here what at the airport

i had to come down here to pick up one

of my little problems what is one of

your little

problems a young american girl picked up

on a narcotics charge

i think i've managed to keep her out of

prison though you know the work i've

been doing

yes yes i can see you're anxious to hear

all about it

i'll be there as quickly as i can well

don't hurry

but you know i've got a few things to

take care of i i know

i had a long night you know the first

day back in the swing of things

to work you know i can't wait to hear

all about it

i'll see you in the bar at noon okay

okay

9 30. yeah is there anything else i can

do for you

uh oh gosh

hey look hey don't worry about it

i'm liberated not only that i'm a member

of the press

so if anything does get out about this

i can at least promise you accurate

quotes

oh great

[Applause]

coming

who is it

um uh listen could you come back in a

few minutes

this will only take a few minutes

all right come in expect to do

special sections it's a pleasure to meet

you mr gray

i'm an admirer of yours thank you

how is this all about it's not so easy

to say

but i'll do the best i can we have been

watching

you you have yes

ever since your arrival what love have i

broken oh none that i know of

that is none that i care about what do

you care about

france

okay some orange juice no but go right

ahead i realize this is an imposition

and what i have to say is going to be

even more

imposing just come right out with him

the french government would like you to

go ahead

with your financial arrangements with mr

klein

and his oil interest hey what is this

everybody knows more about my business

than i do

actually we know very little are you

familiar with the american actor brett

easton

yeah i met him he has a very large

interest

in you and your picture oh really

well he's never said anything to me

about it

but uh that has nothing to do with

police business

no the connection is gossamer at this

point that's why we would like you to go

through with the proposition

to see what it is they

are up to by they you mean

bread eastern or walter klein or

the arabs no whoever mr easton

has some questionable friends a lot of

movie stars have that problem

exactly what is it you want me to do

inspector should anything happen

while you are here anything you should

feel

disturbing feel free to contact me

i appreciate your time

enjoy your stay in khan mr craig

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gail

[Music]

i'm sure he knows nothing of the

conspiracy

you knew that before there was always

the possibility

i wanted to measure the men myself

now unsatisfied however if what i

suspect is true

mr craig could find himself in some

danger

did you warn him i could not without

incriminating the world famous men

i have no proof against brett east

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suspicion but if you're

right yes i know i know well the only

thing we can do is keep our eyes on the

secret

follow him wherever he goes that will

afford him some protection

until we fully understand again as you

wish

hello hey mr jerry olson is on the line

for you jerry olsen

oh yes put him on operator hello

jerry how are you i'm terrific that's

great

i'm looking forward to seeing you again

yeah well what's it all about

well i can't tell you i bought it over

the phone but meet me at the bar of the

carlin hotel

tomorrow night at nine o'clock i can

promise you the script will be well

worth your trip

that sounds good i'll be there good

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[Music]

jesse this is angie how do you do

mr craig hello engie she just started a

drug rehabilitation program

everything's up front with me you know

that and she wanted to meet you she

remembers a measure of honesty

oh it was watching your film that first

made me realize what i was doing to

myself

the girl in it was so like like people

i'd known

i grew up with what i was becoming

it's when she came to see me if the film

moved one person to that extent i may

have to

review it in a kinder light

i i can't stay but i i did want to meet

you

goodbye goodbye thank you very much

constance

now you think uh she's gonna make it

yes i think so now i'm glad you know

it's a

you're a very dedicated lady but i don't

know how you put up with a daily misery

gives me purpose

i haven't seen you in four months you

haven't even kissed me hello

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hello i just missed you so much

that's why i got so mad they're so good

to see you

let's get out of here hey i have some

friends who

told me about a little village called

maraud is about two and a half hours

drive from here

been there with anyone else doesn't

matter

yes no

i haven't been there with anyone else

on to morag right

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[Applause]

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tell me about cam don't you listen to

enough war stories in the office without

uh looking for more

come on it's exciting and you enjoy it

are there many there this year

many there's too many many friends

uh no you don't have friends in can you

have

you have acquaintances you stand in the

lobby the carlton hotel and you

talk to anybody whether it's your agent

your lover your wife everybody's

watching to see who's the most important

person

to talk to our careers are squeezed into

12 days

every precious moment counts how long

can you stay

just tonight can i come back with you

i'll think about that

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[Applause]

so

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you tell me why there's a good place to

eat around here there is only one place

for you with you

michelle it is at the center of the

village mercy

jesse i don't want to change i want to

go there right now

you know impatience is one of your more

endearing qualities

one of the most endearing things about

you is that you lie badly

my call this morning was someone there

why do you ask that something in your

voice

well if there was should i tell you when

can you tell me you've been

with no one else these past four months

there are degrees

oh i know there's degrees but i mean

you're the one who said there will be no

strings no attachments right

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were you with someone since i arrived in

kent a very

beautiful and insistent young reporter

has been trying to interview me

she said you know who's where she used

folk she was desperate

to do the story of my life why would

anyone be desperate for that that's an

interesting question

i don't know the answer do you know the

girl not to my knowledge

what does that mean or she may be

someone from my past or

connected with someone from my past so

all i know is she knows more about me

than i know about myself

she know about me everything how could

anyone know that

she's one of these what you call a very

militant persons and i guess she just

kept

kept at it until she found out

everything possible about me that's

simple

why i'm not sure but she asked me why i

came to ken

what did you tell her i told her i came

to save my life

and you know she knew did she care

yes she did what's her name gail

gail mckinnon

i've missed you

i missed you

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so

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ah oh that was wonderful even the coffee

was good

we needed it whatever happened to your

daughter

why don't you ever talk about it seemed

little to say

she wants me to quit the movie business

she says it's cruel

it's capricious and full of awful people

is she right well it's it's no worse

than any other business

just has better pr you get more lying in

the army in one day than

in a movie studio in a year

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yeah there's more throat cutting in

politics in the frozen food business and

there isn't hollywood

the end product no matter how good or

how bad it is

it can't do any more harm than generals

and

senators and tv dinners

does that mean you told her you were

gonna hang in there oh they'll let me

tell her by letter uh phone call before

i left

why don't we stay here for a week maybe

even a month

and after that we'll take a year and

travel the roads of

france in the sunshine

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so

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i think i'll take a shower oh come on i

insist you tell me about the festival

you see

you are partial to stories about greed

and avarice

it's exciting sure you can't be that

jaded

well i tell you i'm an observer

exile kings on an annual pilgrimage

outwitting leaders with small bands of

faithful retainers

living in pomp without circumstance

saying things like uh

i gave her her first job 75 a week and

now look where she is

and he brought it in two and a half

million over budget

we had to yank it in chicago after three

days and now the critics in new york say

he's a genius

they'll tell you the russians aren't

coming this year no

or the japanese or venice is finished

they speak in english french spanish

german hebrew arabic polish dutch

swedish

on the subject of sex money success

failure honest men and thieves pimps and

pandars

people have been famous and are no

longer

people who will be famous next week or

next year people who will die

unknown bombs are being dropped targets

chosen

hills lost and taken there are floods

and volcanic eruptions

wars and preparations for wars

governments are shaken

funerals and marches sounds like fun

it is if you're a part of it nations are

the disintegrated

around us from the terrace of the

carlton

for two weeks in springtime france and

all the world

is printed on sprocketed strips of

celluloid passing through a projector

at the rate of 90 feet per minute

don't come out how long do i have to

wait

only a moment we have all night lover

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hope and despair beauty and death are

being carried around

the city in flat round shining tin cans

[Music]

you can come out now

[Music]

no no i speak to her it's too soon it's

barely recovered enough to talk

if you had been in the same room with

constance

you knew her hospital throughout france

new concerns

uh last september i treated one of her

children

yes that's what she called those

pathetic measured pincushions of hers

her children athletic emaciated pin

cushions

not quite the phrase i would expect from

a compassionate doctor

listeners victor constance thrived on

their misery she had

to help them to drag them up from the

depth of despair

she was as high on their anguish as they

were high on dope

i knew that he would eventually destroy

her as it had destroyed most of her

children

you sound like a friend in great pain

i didn't mean to wake you mr craig but

uh the inspector insisted

i don't ever seem to be prepared for

your visit this is one i really

regret having to make how are you

alive doctor would you oblige me by

giving me a few moments alone with mr

craig

a few moments

the little doctor tells me that you were

not badly hurt in this accident the

world would have lost its finest

filmmaker oh forgive me if i don't um

share your relief i understand

doctor's very protective you know if i

hadn't taken constance to my rug

she'd be alive today

no they would have found you

they i thought you weren't helping me a

little bit in this

oh no something to do with the drug

program i guess

yes yes of course to think that her own

people

her children did this terrible thing

or a pusher some successful

soft-spoken bastard sitting on a tile

patio who picked up

a telephone and gave the order that an

annoyance

be removed from his life

i am her she wouldn't listen to anybody

but herself

that of course is the natural

explanation

conclusion to which both of us

would be led would be led there were two

people

in that hotel room you

and constance are you saying the bomb

was meant for me

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a possibility

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why why would anybody want to kill me

you have no enemies

my life hasn't affected anyone else's in

10 years you don't make enemies in

isolation except for yourself

constance is dead

don't don't make me live

with the thought that she died because

of me of course i sympathize with your

grief

i have a mountain investigation

all of my rag will be heard today we'll

get some news out of them

the moment i hear something i'll be in

touch with you

i hear that you can leave the hospital

today isn't it a little unusual

but an inspector of policing can be

investigating a murder in a small

village

a hundred miles away i have a personal

involvement

over there one mr craig

your politics politics

i don't have any your movie

i'm told you sold the screenplay to one

mr walter klein

i would have congratulated much earlier

so i do it now

congratulations i'm also told

that the deal is set for about 20

million

arab money where do you hear that

where does one hear anything in khan as

i left

the carlton was buzzing with the news

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i've missed you i missed you

why don't we stay here for a week maybe

even a month

and after that we'll take a year and

travel the roads of

france in the sunshine what are you

saying

you can come out now

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i have to talk to him i have to let him

know what's going on

the man was nearly killed he's in the

hospital by the time he gets out

everything will be settled we'll be all

set up and he'll start looking at it in

a different perspective

got to talk to jesse what if he finds

out

he's found out and his perspective is

the same as always

it's no deal just i didn't expect to see

you till after the festival

that's obvious are you supposed to be

out of the hospital

my god everyone was stunned when they

found out what happened

i called the hospital last night they

wouldn't put the call through

why to tell me about the deal i wanted

to find out if you were still alive

constance is dead yes

i know jesse now that started me

thinking i figured if i could give you

some good news

something that would take your mind off

what happened it'll take more than a

motion picture to do that

at least sit down stay among friends

well whatever you decide to do

it's your business the world shares your

problem with you mr craig you have a

powerful and important statement to make

is it coincidence that you should stand

so close to death at this moment

the discussion is closed gentlemen

jesse jesse slow down

come on jesse have a heart you just

dragged yourself out of a hospital bed

i want to talk to you come on give us a

break why should i what kind of a break

were you giving me

yes you heard him who the arab

oh come on he's an oil rich sheik who

wants to play with the movie stars

jesse this is perfect we need this deal

you need it

now come on what's wrong i don't know

but he's the second person who suggested

constance died for me ah he's talking

maybe not there's a lawyer on the

boulevard doumaresha la claire who will

put a clause in this contract that'll

give you complete control

and in such small print these camel

merchants won't even be able to read it

jesse i'm talking to you as a manager

agent

as a father figure as your friend you're

not listening

i think that consists was murdered over

my script now pack it in murph

it's all over not for sale you

understand

well what are you going to do pull up

your tent run away

give those maniacs what they wanted jess

i've represented you for a lot of years

but it's finished right now

i'll tell you the reason you're not

going to make this picture

the reason you've lived in obscurity for

10 years

you're afraid to fail

or just plain afraid

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he cares about you forgive me but the

one thing i'm not up to this trip is you

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[Applause]

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so

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there were two people in that hotel room

you and constance

is that you should stand so close to

death at this moment

i'm constance dobson i live in a modest

apartment on the champs-elysees

i work with the drug addicts you've

heard about and i'm never later than 8

15 at my desk no matter what

kind of a night i've spent i'm very

partial to green olives

i'll take you everywhere you want to go

be part of me jesse

you can come out now

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uh

hello sonia it's jesse craig

how are you i'm fine is murph there

going out to dinner what restaurant

i see all right thank you bye

applied through the script today covered

the cover it's got potential

i'd like to know how you got a copy of

the script

i want to climb onto my opinion there

are some adjustments that should be made

particularly to the ending it's wild but

it's got to be logical

basically all the elements are there

jess is a great producer

but writing was never his long suit

considering the last time a movie of

yours was ever shot

i was wondering what your long suit is

drinking my child yes i can see that

i'll be happy to discuss a polish on the

script with you if you ever get your man

back to the

cocaine and celluloid ian i wouldn't

trust your hands on a typewriter to

polish an anagram

words dear boy words they're only

powerful weapons and the mouth's a

powerful man

your script does need work alcoholic

hacks

sometimes have the right perspective on

life they're journeyman romantics

they know what's real you know sonya

neglected to tell me who you were dining

with

well you must be kidding wanted some

background on you and ian i'm just

freeloading oh boy recognizable

murph i've been thinking about what you

said and you're right

this is my last chance

ask ian here so i want you to make a

deal with the arabs

give me as much control as you can jesse

you got it

i have this attorney who get him just

close the deal any way you can

but we're going to make this picture

that's the spirit come sit down we'll

talk over there

no don't you call me tomorrow when you

get the details ironed out right

i'll congratulate you old boy when i see

a drowning man reaching for a shadow

it worries me good night ian

you're doing the right thing jesse

excuse me

you may have fooled a desperate agent of

yours or that poor alcoholic

but you are now talking to someone who

knows you and i know what you're going

to do

you do yes i do there's no way you're

going to go through with that deal with

the arabs

just a smoke screen is it yes

murphy told me what that arab said about

constance

about her being an innocent victim look

i don't want to hear any more of your

theories about my life

miss mckinnon it's gail and yes you're

going to listen to me

if you were that intended victim you're

going to make sure that who's ever

responsible knows that you're going

through with that movie

it's going to be all over con by

tomorrow morning

you're setting yourself up as a target

the whole world is a target there's no

middle ground with you is there

you either don't get on the bridge or

you jump from it

just what are you trying to do i'm gonna

flush them out that's what i'm gonna do

who i i don't know

yet are you

drunk drunk

no but i'm going to be within an hour

that's for sure

somehow i think we both have something

to lose would you like some company not

tonight

tonight more than any other night

it may be our last do you know what

you're getting yourself into

i knew that a long time ago

you don't give up do you

never do you

not anymore get in

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you didn't want me here tonight did you

oh yes i did

no it was too soon wasn't it it was too

soon

after i needed

to be with you

then say something

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all right what do you want me to say

that was terrific

it was fine vine sounds like a

qualification

terrific doesn't mean any room for doubt

it was terrific believe me it was

i was reaching out in desperation

i'm sorry did i make you think of her as

eddie

you made love to me and thought of

constance no

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i was so stunned when i heard

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you mean it wasn't in your book

it was a chapter you just hadn't planned

and is that it

don't be so cold-blooded

let someone care about you

i cried i cried about you and i don't

cry for anyone

thank you

aren't lovers polite once they've left

each other's body

so what happens now

we just wait for someone to take a shot

at you or blow up your hotel room

just what is so important about your

film that anyone would kill will stop

you from making it

that's what i'm gonna find out

if i can't talk you out of it will you

let me help

no i don't want you involved i'm sorry

for a while there i thought we were

involved no

i've got to do this alone you ever

wondered

how i know so much about you

all those small little details that

would have taken a stranger months of

research

oh yes yes i i wondered about it

yes how did i get all that information

well i assume you got it by implying

your own

inimitable style harassment

and determination and it never occurred

to you

that i might be your daughter

obviously that never occurred to me

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i'm told you're quite a stud in your day

that you made arrow flynn look like an

old monk but who told me

one of your many conquests and what kind

of relationship was it

one of those delicious sophisticated

brief encounters

or was it one of those heavy nail

scratching one night stands

either way it really doesn't make much

difference does it

a baby is optional

who are you

just a reporter doing a job mr craig

some of them are harder than others you

know what i mean

if you were my daughter you wouldn't

i'm part of a new generation remember us

we spread morals on our toast for

breakfast

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an exciting idea to do with your old man

goodbye lover

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oh my gosh

tell me what chance do you think uh you

have in the festival mr conrad

well i certainly vote for it they say it

has a bit of chance of all the other

feelings to win

i hope so uh one can't afford to come to

ken and this one wins

yes especially if you're coming from

england

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i don't think that love stories in this

day and age are a bit uh fascinating

no not it's done with flair style and

sheer good taste and that is how your

film was made no

i certainly wish it had been i'll let

you be the judges thank you mr conrad

don't thank me

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oh well well i might have known that i'd

find jesse craig in a nightclub instead

of the bar or the carlton where you said

you'd meet me

that would have been too easy you know i

completely forgotten jerry what do i say

you can say that you're sorry by buying

me a drink right hey would you bring the

gentleman here at gin and tonic and i'll

have another

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when your scoop gets in the pentagon you

may be arrested

it's dynamite jesse it could happen just

the way you've written it

now malcolm hart wrote it oh come on

jesse we've been friends for a long time

i mean those are the same thoughts that

you expressed years ago when we were

freezing in that irrigation ditch in

mendon you were loading film in your

camera and i was trying to protect us

from getting killed

will you help me jesse would have to be

done under stricter security and

supervision

everything would have to be cleared

through me that's why i brought you

then i make a toast world war three and

it's prevention

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i'll drink to that

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you're a hard man to track down

general olson how do you do have we met

i mean i don't remember

general jerry olsen one of the highest

decorated american soldiers in world war

ii and korea now a liaison between the

pentagon

and the entertainment industry is she

with the cia

oh i wouldn't worry about it miss

mckinnon won't be staying you're right

i won't be and neither will you we'll be

leaving together

why because i'm going to give you what

you really

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want

uh give us a minute with you jerry all

right i'll see you outside

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you know i thought i'd seen the last few

what do you think you're doing you want

to get whoever killed constance

what's that got to do with you you set

yourself up for bait

well i just think i got your first real

bite

i don't believe you i know this is just

fun and games to you but

you think tonight was fun why would

anybody want to get to me

through you now you tell me this is real

life mr craig not the movies

what do you expect the killers to do

call you and suggest a rendezvous

complete with passwords like i'll meet

you in the lobby of the carlton

you'll know me i'll be the one that's

naked with my hair on fire

all right all right listen i'm very

sorry for what happened tonight

i really am but i i don't know if i can

trust

you i don't know what you really want i

don't think what i

want matters until you get

what you want who is it who wants to see

me

don't you really know

later much later

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so

so

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[Applause]

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so

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[Applause]

nobody move right everyone stay right

where you are

i speak to you on behalf of the people's

liberation front

we're taking over this theater as a

protest to the insulting decadence and

hypocrisy of this festival and the

people who run it

it's a mess with you it took them 25

seconds to completely take over the

theater how many

we're not sure at least a dozen what do

they want they want to make a protest

at the decadence of the festival a stand

for the underprivileged people

i mean something like that yes yes but

what do they want

we don't know yet it's a

the excrement of society

all dressed up in tuxedos and long

flowing dresses glittering jewelry and

false dreams

or enthralled by images of make-believe

you're touched by a broken romance in an

out-of-season resort

but not by the starvation and dying

values around you

the people in this theater are not here

for politics

they are creators of films of

entertainment

their political philosophies are private

and their own however

no one here is blind to the

suffering that you have just described

are you telling me

that there are no political biases in

any of the films in this festival

no statements being made no propaganda

being insinuated

yes there are ideologies being expressed

but

uh cannot run for the film

without expressing a belief a thought

a suggestion on both sides

possibly there are answers to the

problems that have

forced you into this act at any

rate that these people have done you no

harm

you have made your statement it has been

noted

why not let them go i shall remain here

as your hostage if you so desire

no one leaves not until justice is

served

and we get what we want i suppose a

drink's completely out of the question

oh what do you want there are 33 of us

being held

unlawfully in french jail

terrorists patriots you will negotiate

with the police to have them all

released

you miss your carol and no one else you

will bring me proof of their freedom

he's crazy i will do everything i can

but it is very simple

mr carroll our 33 comrades will be

released

and given safe escort into algeria or i

will kill

33 people in this theater

starting with mr jack

conrad you didn't like my film

it was a piece of trash shallow and

uninspired i know

but did you like it

i could kill you right now of course you

could

if it makes you feel any better old chap

you have one hour to finalize the

arrangements mr carroll

if you are not back here by then these

people will start to die

i understand

it will take us out the night just to

find out who those 33

patriots are they're probably scattered

in jail in every city in france

we're releasing no one the problem is

local right here we will deal with it

how

do you guys i know dozens of people

would be slaughtered in the confusion

inspector ladoo yes yes i heard it all

mr carl there will be no negotiations mr

carroll

but you will give the appearance of

negotiation that will be stalled for as

much time as we can

and then what happens inspector what

happens when those

trapped animals in there realize they're

being deceived we should take control

before their time

he will start to kill them in their

before and horrors up

i could see it in his eyes no we have

surrounded buildings with police they

can't get out of here

just the people who will die with them i

am thinking of

they are innocent so where are the

athletes at munich

even more dangerous that stuff's

completely unstable we haven't even

finished testing it yet

can you think of a better opportunity

but the people around them will be

affected knocked out but it should only

be those within a radius of eight to ten

feet

the cartridges must be fired directly

and simultaneously at the terrorists by

expert

marksmen

and what if we're wrong it may not work

what happens then

we will find out you have less than an

hour

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so

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huh

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so

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[Applause]

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[Applause]

[Music]

do

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wow this is some pad whose is it ah mr

craig

i've been expecting you well seems our

paths are destined to cross you think

that's curious

uh no i'd say uh design

you're right mr i'm courting you the way

thalberg

goldwyn and mayo recorded well they were

men in positions of power

so mr greg oh i wouldn't say that your

script

oh i see let me show you my modesto

oh this is uh jerry olsen he's a friend

of mine olson

i used to own a villa like this just

after the war

it's beautiful and from beauty came

destruction

you know i've been trying to locate you

all day in desperation i call miss

mckinnon

i understand she knows where you are at

all times yes apparently

all right now that we're here what

should we talk about your movie

rumor has it that you're going to the

arabs for financing somehow i find that

a compromise you'll find unacceptable

what's that got to do with you i'd like

to finance it

and is there a reason for it i mean is

it for the liberation of the comrades

what else

can you tell us one question please that

we must go has anyone been killed in

there

all right has anyone been killed

inspector

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did you get it yes but uh we had a phone

call from paris from the president's

office

and we're forbidden to use it did you

take the car

i never received it i had no knowledge

of it not until it was too late

but i wanted you to know thank you do we

still go through with it

if we don't a great many illustrious

filmmakers are going to die here in khan

along with their films

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you know what you had to do

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plain water please you know about six

months ago a guy slipped on a kick of

soap in his bathtub and

locked himself cold and was drowned we

interrupt this program to bring you

further coverage of the situation at the

palais de festival

the terrorists still appear to be in

charge for a firsthand account

we go now to the palais de festival and

francois simone

now this scene along will require at

least 40 to 50 missiles depending upon

how many takes are necessary

and then we're going to need some

commercial aircraft and jesse

yes no word

can you be more specific about the kind

of armaments necessary for absolute

authenticity remember

what it is people's liberation front but

so far the police are giving

us no names we understand from inspector

ledu however that arrangements are being

made for the release of these political

prisoners

meanwhile inside the paler festival

hundreds of people are still being held

captive by the small band of terrorists

jerry brett come in here

come here look at this but ten minutes

ago four police officers arrived

carrying briefcases we were told this is

a special

unit of man but no one will tell us what

their specialty is

as yet there is no word from paris as to

the president's reaction to this act of

terrorism

not all the identities of the terrorists

are yet known

except the leader this is fabricio

antoni a well-known anarchist and

political agitator

damn fool terrorists have made our lives

all of those anarchists damn fools what

do they hope to accomplish at a

screaming

assassination

the west german authorities wanted him

for questioning after the olympic

massacre

but he could not be found three months

later murphy

murphy brian murphy my agent sonia's

wife's with him i gotta get down there

don't you be a damn fool what good can

you do down there i don't know but i'm

not gonna stand around here and watch

but once again the police were unable to

locate

him

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your time's almost up you can't stall us

mr carroll and we're not laughing

you have ten minutes to give me an

answer i have told you

the arrangements are being made your

people are all going to be released

proof i want proof what proof can i give

you

this takes time the police are moving as

fast as they can

he's not fooling him for a minute

ten minutes

well the men are ready we just have to

cut the glass out of the projection

windows the cutters have arrived they've

gone to work

just a few minutes

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this is no place for you mr craig no mr

easton

i some friends in there what's happening

they said nothing but the deadline

approaches rapidly you must all move

outside all right now listen

there might be a way to stall them a

little longer give you more time

oh well give them something they might

consider more valuable than a few

hundred strangers

give them a hostage that they might feel

they can bargain with

you're talking about yourself

that's right is it not a little

presumptuous to assume that the

terrorists would give up 500 hostages

for one well they may have a special

interest in this particular hostage now

believe me inspectors were the chance

jesse you can't well i tend to agree

with miss mckinnon

and one man no matter how valuable may

not be the answer

but two valuable men now that might

appear more attractive to them

i'll go in there with you jesse i think

between the two of us would be worth

anything they want

you might be able to reason with them

they are no doubt admirers of your

politics

we're not dealing with politics here

inspectors we're dealing with innocent

lives

those are animals up there that adhere

to no ideology except anarchism

inspector as amen i cannot condone what

you are doing

as a policeman

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i will make them the offer good

way to make this movie craig we ought to

stick together

well i appreciate the company no more

time no more time for jack conrad

wait oh wait

the police the police

are willing to make an exchange in the

hostages you now hold

they know the only exchange we will

accept

our 33 comrades running in your french

jails

listen to me your time is up listen to

me at this very moment

jesse craig and brett easton are outside

in the lobby

they are willing to become your hostages

in return for releasing this audience

they are ready to make this arrangement

as soon as possible

you know what the demands are no deals

will be made

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the glass has been removed from the

projection windows

we're ready now

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they have refused your offer

[Music]

everybody get up get up

line them up at the exit doors wait for

my

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keep signal the right yeah

[Applause]

[Applause]

all right

[Music]

[Music]

[Applause]

uh

all right

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wait here

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i'm gonna stretch

[Applause]

i've ever had

what happened one of the terrorists

he's going to shoot this woman down

small bird

i tackled him tried to get the gun

i don't know what made me do it

looking back on the scene what i need is

a fast rewrite

what i could really do with old boys

who's your friend i'm sorry

yeah he he could have been

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[Applause]

[Music]

the festival will never recover from

this tragedy oh it will

be tomorrow i know you're my life

inspector

i like your film

[Applause]

well you did all that you could we're

lucky more people weren't killed

what i find intriguing is why the

terrorists change their minds

aborted their plan let everyone go right

after your offer

to exchange yourselves for the other

seasons that can't be the reason

it can't well if you were really

a special person to them why did they

take you

excuse me inspector

fred leake and the others are dead

the nerve gas is gone nerve gas

is that what you were going to use if it

was necessary yes well i think you've

got the answer to your question

inspector

the terrorists did make a trade for the

hostages something more valuable to them

than returned comrades who have been

decimated in french jails

canisters of nerve gas there were

probably as many terrorists outside as

inside

a possibility now if you'll excuse us

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jesse we don't have time to continue our

discussion i'll meet you tomorrow at

the terrace of the grand hotel yes all

right

i really want this thing jesse i want to

close this deal

goodbye good night

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don't ever scare me like that again

well just get out of here

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you all right i never went through

anything like that in my life

those crazy guys were ready to start

shooting at us are you all right

what's the matter with you offering

yourself in exchange for us i just

wanted to be helpful

now this is uh this is jerry olsen here

he's the weapons man i told you about

we could have used you in there i wish

i'd been in there let's get out of here

i need a drink five or six of them

one is enough at this time of night

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we nearly got our heads shut off she's

worried about her dying from cirrhosis

of the liver i love her

oh ian wadley's dead

oh i'm sorry i'm really sorry

brent was he really going in there with

you

i believe he was we came here together

what were you doing together i witnessed

your withdrawal

scene at the pool and took over as

jessie's agent

murph brett easton wants to finance the

picture

easton i've got it lined up with klein

like you asked for

we're having lunch together tomorrow

easton might be the

better way to go

you don't understand not wait any longer

our comrades are rotting in jails

what do i care about a few failures who

allowed themselves to be caught

would you really have made yourself a

hostage with craig

that was a charade i would have done

anything to stop you our people were

killed

don't you understand what we're trying

to accomplish don't you

see the enormity of the task we're not

talking about the liberation of a few

people

but of nations the world

i should kill you myself because of

craig we've been forced to step up our

timetable

now because of you we have to act right

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now

[Applause]

ah mr crew your friend mr murphy did you

find him last night

is he hurt oh no no he's fine it's the

best thing that's happened to him since

the festival began

he's already got some kid writing a

treatment for the movie

talking about brando to play himself as

the lead

now i was up front with uh walter klein

about my terms

so i'll be up front with you i have the

final cut

and i own the negative that's the bottom

line

fine just as long as i get to play the

leading role yeah well that's understood

okay you drop your contract anywhere you

like i'll sign it and uh

come across with 20 million dollars hey

pal

in the past two years i completed six

pictures that grossed over 15 million

dollars

i co-produced the last three of them

with a profit participation of 25

now the distributors are so anxious to

get my next our next picture

that they're bending over backwards to

see that i actually get the money's due

on paper

are you asking me to believe that you're

gonna come up with the entire amount out

of your

personal pocket half the rest i have an

escrow on three swiss banks

after all this happened it can't be that

simple why not

we're both getting what we want

hi jerry oh jesse thank you very much

for getting here early

i've got to talk to you you sounded

urgent on the phone what's the matter is

it some change in the plan

well that's right you can talk in front

of her it'll be in chapter 29 whether

you do or don't

excuse us jesse

look i'm sorry but uh i don't want you

to make this movie

what the more i think about it the more

dangerous i know it is

that incident at the palais de festival

i just couldn't get your script out of

my mind there's no secrets in the script

like that

different sequences but with the same

underlying theme terrorism

now jesse your movie is a powder kick it

could blow up in our faces at any time

when i say our i mean our countries

jerry you don't understand what the

picture is going i stand what it's going

to do

it's going to give every terrorist group

an existence of blueprint to strike at

the heart of the western world now can't

you see that

it could happen the events in your movie

could happen we're alerting the

the world to the danger don't you

understand and the great powers have got

to realize that there's a third

now why don't we discuss this on the

planet

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now what i'm going to show you in naples

does not cover an

attack of the kind shown in your movie

we don't have provisions for it

won't this movie help protect us against

such an assault how do you mean

well the picture will take at least two

three months to prepare

then you've got about 15 weeks of

shooting schedule at least six months

post-production which means you're not

looking at a finished picture for at

least another year

certainly the pentagon has enough time

to prepare itself against

our fictional assault well that may be

true

but i just want you to know what you're

handling here jesse

it's nitro and it has to be handled with

kid gloves

now if a terrorist group like the plf

ever got hold of a copy of your script

how could that they don't need to

all they need is a storyline it wouldn't

mean anything to them without the ending

then that's what we have to protect all

right the ending of this picture is to

be as closely

guarded as i say the ending remember

close encounters

there will only be six copies that carry

the real

ending i'll devise another for

distribution okay

this my friends is a 20kt warhead with a

devastation field of two and one half

miles from radius well again i'm

checking specifics colonel macklin for

the authenticity of the script

is this the kind of bomb that terrorists

might use it certainly could be

your security surrounding nuclear

weapons must be impenetrable

we blanket every shipment but you have

to realize mckinnon that we're dealing

here with a highly provocative element

every time that we make a shipment or a

delivery

and that's human error how many of those

have been in the last decade

more than enough to supply every country

in the world accidents

for example last year in wiesbaden in

germany a truck crashed

it had five nuclear weapons by the time

we got there the weapons were all gone

and the driver was dead never got them

back we raided a terrorist group in

italy

we arrested 30 men and recovered two of

the weapons they were planning to launch

an attack on the western alliance

and the other three uh we haven't found

them yet

there was a boeing 707 hijacked this

morning french line

completely disappeared no trace no word

of ransom

no worried about the passages i couldn't

help but immediately

think of your storyline jesse well

that's where we're going to make this

picture

if we expose the danger we can protect

ourselves against it

this is our first line of defense the

missiles come into action on the first

alert

they're going to action right after the

first bomb was dropped too late

yes and this is our second line of

defense it becomes operational 20

seconds after the first

automatically launched against the enemy

but there would be an instantaneous

countermeasure

excuse me

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they are thank you i think i'll take one

over to jesse

excuse me no isn't this great

like the old days huh yeah it seems to

me the old days we celebrated

after the picture was made not before

some of the elegant folks here are

saying that the fact that you've got a

picture off the ground at all

is cause for a celebration you could be

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right

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well i could say i'm surprised to see

you here but you have this habit of

appearing when i least

expect it my name seems to have found

its way onto the invitation list

i didn't think a policeman drank while

on duty oh it's a popular fallacy

where else would a drink be so necessary

officially i'm off duty

and unofficially unofficially i'd like

to know

how your plan is coming planned

to the initiated is quite provocative

and brave

are you any closer to finding constance

dobson's killers

well your initiated suppose you tell me

i think you were pretty close

and playing a dangerous game plf

knows no mercy if they tried to kill you

once

i'll try again

excuse me gentlemen phone call for

inspector ledoux

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thank you

an interesting piece of information

another 707 jet airliner has been

hijacked

italian this time no word from the

passengers or crew

no ransom demands and no blackmail

two within 24 hours is it coincidence or

prophetic

you've read my script too i happen to

peruse

a copy of it uh in the line of duty

you know there have been several

hijackings in the last few years

last year there was two in the month of

august

now isn't it a little far-fetched to

jump to the conclusion that these events

parallel the ones in my script possible

but let's just consider it

what if your script came

perilously close to some terrorist plan

they would have two alternatives what do

they

either destroy or control your script or

step up their timetable now if it were

true

the pieces of the puzzle begin

to fit do they not the storyline of my

script calls for three

hijackings if you recall oh there is

time however

if the clock is indeed running

they will have to kill everyone

who could warn the world we could warn

them now you know

who would believe us in fact i remember

how foolish the hero in your script

looked when he tried to convince

the world without proof

in the meantime a bit of official advice

i would sleep very very

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leaving already i have some uh rewriting

to do when you need some tranquility no

parties no handshakes and no uh no women

exactly delicious creatures women

but a man's thoughts tend to get clouded

with passion

that's for sure hello i don't see you

again i'll i'll say goodbye now

that had another finality to it well the

festival is over

i'm going on my boat for a few days

we're testing a new engine but we'll be

in contact by radio

now don't hesitate to call me if you

have any problems script or financial

good night jesse good night

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take care of him before morning

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jesse damn jerry i've got to talk to you

at this hour you know what time it is i

don't care what time it is come on

did you hear that the second 707 was

hijacked tonight just disappeared no

communication no ransom no nothing yeah

well so what

so doesn't it have a familiar ring to it

now the script jerry

our script that's what's happening right

now oh come on jesse calm down huh

i mean let's try to make sense of what

you're talking about you were the one

who said it could happen

yeah i said that and it could i mean

there's been at least 15 hijackings

already this year not two within 24

hours with no word and no

ransom demands but how could the

terrorists get a hold of your script

nobody knows about it brett easton knows

about it

and if he's with a plf i saw him shoot a

terrorist the other night at the palais

de festival he was covering himself for

god's sakes oh

jesse jesse do i need to note a little

bit of paranoia here no you

don't all right what do you want me to

do i'm going to tell you what i want you

to do i want you to get on that phone

right now and i want you to call

washington

and tell them what on what do i base my

information what proof have you got

if i'm right the clock is already

running

and we're almost out of time listen to

him please

i'm flying to washington dc tomorrow

morning now when i get there i will talk

to general grayson who's on the joint

chiefs of staff

but i'm warning you jesse the pentagon

will kick this around for days

it would make cooperation on your movie

impossible i don't care about my picture

now you get on that phone right now you

want me to phone washington with a tale

like this

in the middle of the night now do you

know how far i would get

at least you can try

jesse please let me handle this face to

face when i get there

please trust me

you did all you could not yet well what

do we do now

we keep alive

so

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do you want to talk to me about it

what are we waiting for when are you

coming to bed

i've got to get you out of here now

tonight

will you stop being fatherly

well isn't that what i'm supposed to be

jesse look at me

let me tell you something in june of

1955

your secretary alice took a sabbatical

for three months

she was replaced by a temporary

secretary by the name of jackie berman

you were producing dark side of truth

the thriller that was nominated for best

picture

it didn't win she wanted it to win

because she cared about you

she carried a great deal i i don't

really you don't remember her do you

well you can't be expected to remember

every casual affair

must make the telephone book look like a

pamphlet

but let me tell you something

my mother remembered every day

and every night jackie berman

you still don't remember do you

sorry no i don't remember well don't

feel too badly i don't remember

very well myself

i'm not your daughter i could have been

how many times could i have been but you

were careful

you had a wife and a secretary and a

reputation to maintain

i'm sorry i don't remember

so was she thank you for telling me

no i'm still getting you out of here

turn off the lights

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hmm

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all right if he makes one move i want

you to kill him we understand

our easton is the only one who can stop

this i gotta reach jerry

operator operator give me jerry olsen

please mr olsen has checked out oh what

did you check out

about two hours ago thank you

welcome

i'd like to leave you behind but you and

everybody else in can

who's read my script is as much of a

target as i am

so you're staying right by my side

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it is a matter of the greatest

importance i would like you to arrange

for a meeting

with the foreign minister immediately

what is the nature of your business

oh i would prefer not to reveal that

over the telephone i'm leaving for paris

at once

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together

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sonia

sonja did you get the call to la yet

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okay

how long do you expect those women and

children to last in this heat

what is it you people want that does not

concern

you we are leaving i'm not leaving till

i know my passengers are safe

your passengers are in no danger they

will be left here left here

my crew will not abandon them

line them up begin executing them

all right all right all right

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all right

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confirmed third stage

the terrorists had planned well but

their biggest ally

was as always surprise who in the world

least of all the military or political

establishments of the major powers

would dream of an attempt so bold a plan

so ingenious

has to engulf them in a desperate

nuclear confrontation

each against the other none of them

knowing who had struck first

or why but knowing that survival

depended on them

striking back against anyone and

everyone who might have been responsible

the results would bring destruction to

them all and from the rubble would rise

the anarchists

the terrorists the third world power

it was inevitable it had already begun

new york why we don't have any

passengers

they'll never let us land at gunpoint

even if they would we don't have enough

fuel to get us there

captain you were fueled for a flight to

new york before you were diverted here

we have done you the kindness of cutting

your gross weight down to nothing

by leaving your passengers here that

should provide ample fuel margin to

reach new york nicely

yes it is well thought out

now either you start cooperating or one

of you dies

at least tell us what the point is that

will become clear to you in time

of which we have precious little we have

to be airborne back on your original

course in

22 minutes

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now do you want to work individually or

as a team

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no radio communications unless i'm in

the comics

close it up we go we haven't even

checked that out yet

the track is laid the wheels move the

door will be blown out

the rest is in the hands of fate

one way or another she will hit the

ground

and the world will never be the same

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again

from another outpost in morocco a second

hijacked jetliner lifted into the sky

with her lethal payload the destination

los angeles

and from the west coast of africa the

third instrument of death

begins a sinister vector to intercept

and take the place of a sister flight

even now making its way towards

washington

if you're on schedule you should be in

visual contact with trans global flight

112 in seconds

yes yes it is in sight

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unless something is wrong with the

timing mechanism

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what are you doing the point is what you

are

the answer to that is that you are now

trans global flight 112 bound for new

york city

right on schedule good

i'll update you when i hear from

hernando which should be almost any time

now

over and out

no bread

where the hell the sleeping giant

awakens

you're gonna stop at easton move

right now it's too late

you're gonna get on the radio and you're

gonna call your people

we're right on target jesse it's a

perfect plan

you couldn't have known how close your

blueprint was to ours all we have to do

in this quiet beautiful stretch of

mediterranean

is sit and wait for the ends of the

superpowers the united states

russia china

two

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ah

um

ah

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ah

huh

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[Applause]

[Applause]

jesse forgot to jam

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so

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i gotta get a hold of olsen again and

tell them what's happening

this is the teresa mzk808 calling the

marine operator this is an emergency a

mayday

teresa mzk808 calling the marine

operator this is an emergency

this is the marine operator what is the

nature of your emergency

i need to get in touch with a mr jerry

olson he's on board trans global flight

393 to washington dc

the plane left nice airport about uh two

hours ago i understood this was a mayday

call

is this a mayday call yes it's a mayday

call

must be given top priority i've got to

talk to this man on flight

393 trans global enroute to washington

dc

are you the teresa yes the teresa and

your name

is you craig jesse craig

now operator come on now we're wasting

precious time and you don't know how

precious

operator it's of vital importance that i

get through to this flight

and the man on it now will you put me

through i have no way of getting in

touch with the plane in the air

there must be some way to do it that

would take a special operator

well get hold of one patch it through

the airport or one of the airlines isn't

that possible

i believe it is but i'd have to check

then check as fast as you can

yes there's a call for you on the

captain's radio an urgent call sir

urge oh did they say who it was it was

calling

i think it's coming from france but i'm

not certain i don't know who's making

the call

okay

captain this is general olson

general i hope it isn't a girlfriend

that can't meet you at the airport

uh hello this is jerry olson speaking

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i have your party on board trans global

flight 17

go ahead i repeat this is jerry olsen

speaking

jerry is jesse yes i might have known

only jesse craig would track me down and

root look will you stop worrying

i'll tell the pentagon everything you

told jerry is definite

easton is a terrorist he's the head of

the plf

group i've just killed him you're what

now you shut up and listen it's

happening right now the terrorists of

hijack three commercial airliners just

like in the script

they're gonna blow up three others and

take their places just like in the

script don't you understand

yeah i understand they're gonna take

over the flight paths of the airliners

bound for los angeles new york city and

and washington dc don't worry jesse

this isn't the only flight in the air to

washington dc at the moment

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god

jerry can you still hear me jerry

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no this is the teresa mckay

808 calling the marine operator this is

an emergency call mayday

this is the marine operator teresa what

is the nature of your emergency

look i haven't time to explain it to you

but you have to put me through the norad

or the pentagon in washington dc as soon

as possible

there's a delay on long distance lines

of three hours

in one half of an hour the whole world

is going to be blown up

now don't tell me there's a three hour

delay you've got to get me through to

washington dc

i'm sorry

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operator

well i wonder how much more money they

want an hour

you've got to operator

this is the marine operator

look try and put me through to the norad

base in naples

colonel macklin

los angeles flight center this is uh

transglobal flight 814 do you copy

flight 814 we copy

we have you on our scope you are 100

miles from touchdown

new york flight center this is trends

global flight 112

we need a weather and position check

weather fair

high thin clouds wind light at five

knots from northeast

visibility 15 miles we place you on our

scope at vector crossing

75 miles out

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washington flight center this is trans

global flight

three we've just crossed the 30 mile

vector at 19 000

feet copy thank you transglobal 393

contact approach control center at 118.3

i just can't believe what you're telling

me craig how can i we're wasting time

and every second is precious

i don't care how fantastic it sounds

it's happening we've got to alert nato

in washington right now

you expect me to make these calls

without the slightest shred of any

evidence of any kind proof of any kind i

can't do that craig

colonel i'm placing the fate of the

world in your hands

because there's no one else i can talk

to who can do anything about it i can

prove it to you

you know jerry olsen was on trans global

flight 393 today

yes it's been blown out of the sky

just like i told you in another plane's

taking its place

how you get through the look you'll find

that there's a different captain of the

controls

that should convince anyone you're

talking to i can do that but i can't

look if you don't believe me the world

is finished

but if you have the slightest doubt if

one word of what i've told you is the

truth

you've got to stop those three planes

i'll call washington i'll put the alert

out through every nato base give me your

call number

it's theresa mzk808

i'll get back to you right away

i'm not going anywhere

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this is sac headquarters to all commands

launch immediately airborne command

aircraft

anjo one and two break not show three

advise immediately of your time

remaining on station

this is not a drill scramble aircraft

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um

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blackjack flight this is hocho one stand

by for vectors i have possible target

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acquisitions

uh los angeles flight approach this is

trans global flight 814 where 24 000

feet

transglobal flight 814 contact los

angeles tower at 120.3

you're clear for approach use runway 25

right tiger flight continue flying to

angels 40

turn further right to 020 degrees

you're clear for the approach descend

and maintain 9000 feet

intercept the ils at the outer marker

report at the outer marker

road runner

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washington approach this is trans global

flight 3903

we're at the other marker transglobal

393

we copy blackjack flight we have

positive target identification

los angeles 814 you are 25 miles from

touchdown

continue present rate of descent

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new york 112 you are 27 miles of

touchdown

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washington 393 or 20 miles from

touchdown

command this is missile control we have

positive target identification

locked on and standing by the fire

los angeles 814 you are 22 miles from

touchdown

your approach looks good tiger flight

aboard missile command has logged on

target

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393 you are 16 miles from touchdown

missile command has lock on target ready

to fire

i think

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me

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so

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were you in time

this time

i'm scared hold me

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next time it'll be too late

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um

you