Original subtitles

[ speaking Farsi]

[ theme music playing]

[ Man with Australian accent]: GOOD DAY, LIEUTENANT ROBERTS.

IS THE MAJOR IN YET?

OH, NO, SIR, NOT YET.

WHAT ARE YOU UP TO THEN, MATE?

EMERGENCY TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS.

TEHRAN? TRICKY PLACE.

I HAD AN ASSIGNMENT THERE SOME TIME AGO.

ONCE THOSE IRANIAN FEATHERS GET RUFFLED

THEY'RE A LITTLE TOUGH TO PUT DOWN.

HOW DID YOU MANAGE, COMMANDER?

I DID A FAIR JOB OF IT, SIR.

THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM YOUR RECORD.

MAJOR, MY OFFICE.

COMMANDER BRUMBY, WHY DON'T YOU JOIN US?

I WANT YOU TWO TO GO TO THE PERSIAN GULF.

WHAT IS IT, SIR?

IRANIAN VERSION OF THE GARY POWERS INCIDENT.

HAVE YOU LOST A SPY PLANE OVER IRAN?

Chegwidden: IRANIANS HAVE OUR PILOT.

MAJOR, YOU'LL BE LEAD COUNSEL

WITH COMMANDER BRUMBY WORKING UNDER YOU.

ANY PROBLEMS WITH THAT?

CAN'T IMAGINE ANYTHING I'D LIKE BETTER, SIR.

FINE WITH ME, SIR.

MAN: SIR.

THANKS. GOOD MORNING.

HEY, BUD.

MORNING, SIR.

HEY, WHERE'S MAJOR MACKENZIE?

SHE'S IN THE ADMIRAL'S OFFICE

WITH COMMANDER BRUMBY, SIR.

DID THEY ASK ME TO JOIN?

HE DIDN'T SAY, SIR.

OH-- WHAT'S GOING ON?

WE LOST AN AIRCRAFT OVER IRAN

AND THEY'RE GOING TO TRY THE PILOT FOR ESPIONAGE.

NAVY?

YES, SIR.

A LIEUTENANT COMMANDER JACK KEETER.

WEREN'T YOU AT THE ACADEMY WITH HIM, SIR?

YEAH, HE WAS MY ROOMMATE.

COMMANDER, CAN I SEE YOU A MINUTE?

YES, SIR.

BUD, WILL YOU TAKE CARE OF THIS?

AYE, AYE, SIR.

[ softly]: GOOD MORNING.

MORNING.

YOU HEARD?

YES, SIR.

WHEN I BECAME JAG THREE YEARS AGO

I GAVE YOU THE FIRST CASE THAT CAME ACROSS MY DESK.

KEETER'S F-14 WENT DOWN IN CUBA, SIR.

HE WAS WORKING WITH C.I.A. THEN.

I ASSUME THIS IS MORE OF THE SAME.

WITH WEBB INVOLVED I'D SAY THAT'S A GOOD GUESS.

WHEN DO I LEAVE, SIR?

YOU DON'T.

ADMIRAL...

I AM ASSIGNING THE CASE TO MAJOR MACKENZIE AND COMMANDER BRUMBY.

MAC SPEAKS FARSI; BRUMBY HAS OPERATED IN IRAN.

THE AUSSIES HAVE AN EMBASSY THERE, WE DON'T.

ADMIRAL, I HAVE KNOWN KEETER FOR 17 YEARS, SIR.

HE IS MY OLDEST FRIEND.

IT'S A DONE DEAL, RABB.

YOU'RE TOO CLOSE.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, SIR...

THE ADMIRAL WAS VERY CLOSE TO HIS DAUGHTER

YET THAT DID NOT PREVENT HIM

FROM COMING TO HER RESCUE IN ITALY.

[ knock at door]

ENTER.

EXCUSE ME, SIR.

NOT TO INTERFERE, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF MORALE

I WAS WONDERING WHETHER YOU'D CONSIDER

SENDING COMMANDER RABB INSTEAD OF ME, SIR.

COMMANDER, DO YOU FEEL INADEQUATE TO THE TASK?

Brumby: NO, SIR.

IN FACT, I'M SURE THE MAJOR AND I'D MAKE A KNOCKOUT TEAM.

BUT IF THAT WAS MY MATE IN JEOPARDY

IT'D KILL ME NOT TO BE THERE FOR HIM, SIR.

WELL, THANK YOU, COMMANDER

BUT I'LL DETERMINE

WHAT'S BEST FOR MORALE AT JAG.

UNDERSTOOD, SIR.

DISMISSED.

AYE, SIR.

DID YOU PUT HIM UP TO THIS?

NO, SIR, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE HAD THE ASSIGNMENT

UNTIL JUST NOW.

OF COURSE YOU DIDN'T.

[ sighs]

ALL RIGHT, COMMANDER, YOU GO.

THANK YOU, SIR.

DISMISSED.

AYE, AYE, SIR.

RABB...

DON'T LET YOUR FRIENDSHIP WITH COMMANDER KEETER

AFFECT YOUR JUDGMENT.

NO, SIR, I WON'T.

[ to himself]: THE HELL YOU WON'T.

[ knock at door]

I FOUND A FEW CITATIONS

THAT MIGHT PROVE USEFUL, MAJOR.

THANK YOU, COMMANDER.

BRUMBY...

LOOK, I DON'T HOLD A GRUDGE.

[ exhales]

THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW

SINCE I HUNG YOU OUT TO DRY

DEFENDING COLONEL FARROW.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS, I HOPE YOU DIDN'T BACK OUT

BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT WE COULDN'T ESTABLISH

A WORKING RELATIONSHIP.

NO, IT'S LIKE I TOLD THE ADMIRAL.

IT'S COMMANDER RABB'S MESSMATE'S WHO'S IN THE HOLE,

HE SHOULD BE THE ONE TO GO AFTER HIM.

I AGREE.

BESIDES...

YOU AND I ARE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP, SARAH.

I SAID WORKINGRELATIONSHIP.

Webb: WE BELIEVE IRAN IS ONLY TWO YEARS AWAY

FROM NUCLEAR CAPABILITY.

LAST WEEK, WE RECEIVED SATELLITE COVERAGE

THAT A REACTOR IN THE DASHT-E-KAVIR DESERT

MAY BE PRODUCING WEAPONS-GRADE PLUTONIUM.

SINCE THE DATA WAS INCONCLUSIVE

C.I.A. CONSULTED NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

SECNAV AGREED TO SPONSOR A RECON MISSION

USING THE F-117 STEALTH AIRCRAFT.

I THOUGHT THE NAVY ABANDONED THAT PROGRAM YEARS AGO, SIR.

THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE WAS SUPPOSED TO THINK.

IT WAS UNDERGOING CARRIER-SUITABILITY TESTS

IN THE PERSIAN GULF, 40 MILES OFF THE COAST OF IRAN.

IT WAS DIVERTED TO GATHER INFRARED PICTURES FOR CLOSER ANALYSIS.

THE IRANIANS SHOT IT DOWN?

Webb: NO.

KEETER HAD CONTROL FAILURE.

HE HAD TO EJECT.

Chegwedden: HE WAS FOUND IN THE DESERT BY BEDOUINS.

HE WAS TAKEN TO THE POLICE STATION, TRADED FOR ARMS.

WHAT'S HIS CONDITION, SIR?

ACCORDING TO THE IRANIANS, SOUND ENOUGH TO STAND TRIAL.

IT'LL BE A KANGAROO COURT, SIR.

HMM.

Webb: IRAN IS OFFERING AN OLIVE BRANCH HERE.

FULL U.S. CONSULTATION IN THE PILOT'S DEFENSE.

WHAT'S THE QUID PRO QUO, WEBB?

MAYBE THEY JUST WANT TO IMPROVE RELATIONS.

YEAH, AND MAYBE THEY JUST WANT TO EMBARRASS US FURTHER.

EITHER WAY, I EXPECT YOU'LL FIND OUT RATHER QUICKLY.

ANY OF YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE PUNISHMENT FOR ESPIONAGE

UNDER IRANIAN LAW?

SAME AS UNDER OUR LAW: DEATH.

Man: THE PLANE WAS CATAPULTED AT 2005.

AT 2046, COMMANDER KEETER SHIFTED INTO STEALTH MODE.

AT 2104, HE ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE ALTITUDE

TO AVOID LEAVING A CONTRAIL.

THAT'S WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED

HIS FIRST MALFUNCTION.

THE YAW TRIM STABILIZER FAILED.

WHOA.

Man: HE BROKE RADIO SILENCE TO INFORM US

HE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING THE AIRCRAFT.

WE ORDERED HIM BACK TO THE CARRIER.

DID HE GO BACK? HE STARTED TO.

THEN THE SECOND MALFUNCTION OCCURRED:

AUTOMATIC ROLL STABILIZATION FAILED.

I THOUGHT THE FLIGHT STABILIZATION SYSTEM

HAD QUAD REDUNDANCY.

IT DOES-- IF ONE SYSTEM FAILS

THERE'S THREE MORE TO TAKE OVER.

HE HAD TO HAVE EXPERIENCED

A DRASTIC COMPUTER MALFUNCTION.

I'D SAY.

OKAY, CHIEF, SHUT HER DOWN.

[ exhales]

NOT BAD FOR YOUR FIRST TIME.

[ sighs]

COMMANDER KEETER'S LAST RADIO CALL

REPORTED LOSING PITCH CONTROL

AND EJECTING OVER LAKE NAMAK.

COULDN'T HE HAVE LANDED IN THE DESERT?

NOT WITH ALL THREE STABILIZING ASSISTS OUT.

WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURES? WE DON'T KNOW.

OUR TECHNICIANS ARE TRYING TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM.

SO FAR, NO LUCK.

HOPEFULLY, COMMANDER KEETER CAN TELL YOU MORE

WHEN YOU GET TO TEHRAN.

THINK HE COULD HAVE PUT HER DOWN IN ONE PIECE, SIR?

POSSIBLY.

PRETTY CONFIDENT.

A GOOD PILOT HAS TO BE.

BUT IN THE F-117

THAT KIND OF THINKING CAN GET YOU KILLED.

[ speaking Farsi]

I CAN'T BELIEVE MY GRANDMOTHER

USED TO DRESS LIKE THIS.

I REMEMBER HER AS THIS CUTE, LITTLE OLD LADY

IN LEISURE SUITS.

WELL, THE TWO AGENTS FOLLOWING US

SEEM TO THINK YOU LOOK PRETTY HOT.

Man: THE TEHRAN HIGH COURT COULD HAVE PROSECUTED

LIEUTENANT COMMANDER KEETER

FOR COMMITTING AN ACT OF WAR

BUT HAVE OPTED INSTEAD

TO PURSUE ONLY THE ESPIONAGE CHARGE.

[ coughs]

IT'S QUITE STRONG, COMMANDER.

[ choking]: OH, THAT WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

MINISTER, THE DISTINCTION YOU'RE MAKING IS MOOT

SINCE BOTH CHARGES ARE PUNISHABLE BY DEATH.

IF THIS WERE AN IRANIAN MILITARY PILOT DOWNED IN,

LET'S SAY, TEXAS, I DOUBT YOUR GOVERNMENT WOULD BE WILLING

TO DISPENSE OF IT WITH JUST A WINK AND A SMILE.

BUT HOPEFULLY, YOUR PRESENCE HERE WILL HELP TO OPEN

A DIALOGUE BETWEEN OUR TWO GOVERNMENTS.

THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT, SIR,

WOULD BE TO CONSIDER THIS INCIDENT A MUTUAL MISTAKE

AND TO RELEASE COMMANDER KEETER INTO OUR CUSTODY.

IRAN ADMITS NO MISTAKE IN THIS MATTER, COMMANDER.

YOUR COUNTRY IS DEVELOPING NUCLEAR ARMS, SIR.

MacKenzie: THE UNITED STATES IS TRYING TO PREVENT

A WIDESPREAD MIDDLE EASTERN CRISIS.

YOU'RE VERY FORWARD, MAJOR...

FOR A WOMAN IN MY SOCIETY.

[ speaking Farsi] IT'S BETTER TO SEE ME IN MY OWN COUNTRY.

YOUR FARSI IS PERFECT.

ONLY THE TRACE OF AN AMERICAN ACCENT.

WE IN THE MODERATE GOVERNMENT

ARE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT CHANGE

BUT THERE ARE HARD-LINE CLERICS IN THIS COUNTRY

WHO DO NOT WANT THAT CHANGE TO COME.

WE NEED SOMETHING...

TO APPEASE THESE FORCES:

A TRADE AGREEMENT, PERHAPS

OR RELEASE OF IRANIAN ASSETS IN YOUR COUNTRY-- SOMETHING.

UNFORTUNATELY, MINISTER NASSAN

WE DON'T HAVE AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE.

Rabb: WE ARE HERE, SIR, TO ASSURE

THAT COMMANDER KEETER IS ALIVE AND WELL

AND THAT HE STAYS THAT WAY.

[ chuckling condescendingly]

I HAVE ALWAYS ENJOYED

THE INTRICACIES OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY.

I'M NO DIPLOMAT, SIR.

MY POINT EXACTLY.

WHAT THE COMMANDER IS SAYING IS THAT IT WOULD BE UNPRODUCTIVE

TO DISCUSS ANYTHING UNTIL WE'VE SPOKEN WITH COMMANDER KEETER.

WELL, THEN, WHY DIDN'T HE JUST SAY THAT?

Rabb: I EXPECTED TO FIND COMMANDER KEETER IN A HOSPITAL.

OH, HIS INJURIES WERE SUPERFICIAL.

FROM HIS ACCOUNT,

WE BELIEVE THE PLANE WENT DOWN

SOMEWHERE NEAR LAKE NAMAK.

WHEN WE'VE GATHERED ALL THE PIECES.

WE'LL BE SURE AND RETURN THEM TO YOU.

OH, A PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM COMMANDER KEETER

TO HIS FATHER-- I PASS IT ON

AS EVIDENCE THAT WE ARE CIVILIZED.

THIS LETTER'S BEEN RESEALED, SIR.

OH, IT'S IRANIAN GLUE.

IT NEVER STICKS.

[ speaking Farsi]

[ softly]: KEETER?

KEETER?

KEETER?

[ exhales]

Rabb: YOU TOLD ME HIS WOUNDS WERE SUPERFICIAL.

THEY ARE-- HIS VITAL SIGNS ARE ALL ACCEPTABLE.

WHY IS HIS ARM IN A SLING?

I BELIEVE HE BROKE THAT WHEN HE EJECTED.

WHY WASN'T IT SET?

IT'S A SIMPLE FRACTURE.

KEETER?

MARTIN.

NO, IT'S HARM.

NO.

MARTIN BAKER.

COMMANDER KEETER, I'M MAJOR MACKENZIE.

WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU.

NO.

MARTIN BAKER.

I WANT HIM IN A HOSPITAL NOW, AND I WANT THAT ARM SET IMMEDIATELY.

HE'LL BE FINE IN TIME FOR THE TRIAL.

WHY ARE YOU TREATING HIM LIKE THIS?

HE'S AN ACCUSED CRIMINAL.

EVEN ACCUSED CRIMINALS HAVE RIGHTS.

NOT IN IRAN.

HOWEVER, AS YET ANOTHER GESTURE OF GOODWILL:

[ speaking Farsi] REMOVE THE SHACKLES AND GET HIM A DOCTOR.

THE TRIAL WILL BEGIN AS SCHEDULED

UNLESS YOUR GOVERNMENT IS WILLING

TO DISCUSS OTHER OPTIONS.

KEETER, WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE SOON--

I PROMISE, BUDDY.

NO MARTIN BAKER.

[ knock at door]

Man: ROOM SERVICE.

WE DIDN'T ORDER ANYTHING!

Man: I BELIEVE THAT YOU DID, MR. WEBB.

MAY I SET UP NEAR THE WINDOW?

AS YOU WISH.

THIS CHICKEN LOOKS GOOD.

IT'S EXCELLENT, MADAM.

WOULD SIR AND MADAM LIKE TO HAVE DESSERT AFTER DINNER?

WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT CREME BRULEE.

THAT WOULD BE NICE.

SOVIET-TYPE LISTENING DEVICES.

I AM SINA KAZZARI-- WEBB SENT ME.

YOU WORK FAST.

I HAVE TO.

YOU ARE BEING WATCHED BY TWO AGENTS.

YEAH, WE SPOTTED THEM.

CAN YOU GET THIS LETTER TO WEBB?

YES, WE ARE USING

THE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY AS A CONDUIT.

ENCRYPTED IN THAT LETTER, KEETER PUT THE COORDINATES

TO WHERE HE LANDED THE STEALTH.

WHAT?

KEETER'S FATHER DIED

A WEEK AFTER WE GRADUATED

FROM ANNAPOLIS, MAC.

THIS LETTER ISN'T

TO HIS DAD; IT'S TO US.

AND THIS...

IS NOT AN EJECTION CHUTE.

IT'S A DRAG CHUTE TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT

AFTER IT LANDS.

MARTIN BAKER MANUFACTURES EJECTION SEATS.

WHEN KEETER KEPT SAYING

"NO MARTIN BAKER, NO MARTIN BAKER"

HE WAS TRYING TO TELL ME...

HE DIDN'T EJECT.

HE LANDED THE STEALTH AND WALKED AWAY FROM IT

TO CONCEAL IT FROM THE IRANIANS.

SO THERE'S AN F-117 PARKED SOMEWHERE...

SOMEWHERE OUT HERE.

Kazzari: THAT'S DASHT-E-KAVIR.

Rabb: DASHT-E-KAVIR?

IT MEANS "BIG DESERT."

[ muezzin calling]

MORE COFFEE?

HEY...

MY THIRD-CLASS YEAR AT THE ACADEMY...

IT WAS ALL GETTING TO BE TOO MUCH FOR ME.

I WAS 19.

I DIDN'T EVEN REMEMBER

WHAT MY FATHER LOOKED LIKE.

I DIDN'T THINK I HAD

WHAT IT TOOK TO BECOME A NAVAL OFFICER.

THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THE HARMON RABB I KNOW.

JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS LEAVE, DURING FINALS, I WENT U.A.

BEFORE ANYBODY EVEN FOUND OUT I WAS GONE

KEETER CAME OUT, GOT ME, BROUGHT ME BACK.

WE'LL GET HIM OUT OF THIS, HARM.

[ knock at door]

Kazzari: MAY I PICK UP YOUR ROOM SERVICE CART?

I DELIVERED THE LETTER TO THE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY.

YOU TOLD THEM COMMANDER KEETER

PROBABLY LANDED IN THE DESERT?

YES, THEY'RE TRYING TO LOCATE

THE F-117 BY SATELLITE.

TO DESTROY IT.

THEY MAY HAVE OTHER PLANS.

THEY WOULD LIKE YOU AND THE MAJOR

TO COME TO THE EMBASSY FOR TEA

AT 4:00 THIS AFTERNOON.

GOOD DAY, MATES.

SOMEHOW I KNEW YOU'D BE HERE.

MR. WEBB NEEDED AN ESCORT.

THAT'LL BE THE DAY.

GOOD WORK ON GETTING THAT LETTER TO US.

KEETER WAS ABLE TO ENCRYPT THE COORDINATES

THROUGH A SPECIAL CODE WE TAUGHT HIM

FOR JUST THIS KIND OF SITUATION.

SO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DESTROY THE STEALTH, WEBB?

WE'RE NOT.

WE'RE GOING TO RETRIEVE IT.

OR RATHER YOU ARE.

OH, NO, NO, NO.

I AM HERE TO HELP KEETER.

THE PRIORITIES HAVE CHANGED.

MINE HAVEN'T.

AS A PILOT, YOU'VE GOT TWO

CRUCIAL QUALIFICATIONS: ACCESS AND ABILITY.

HARM'S NEVER EVEN FLOWN A STEALTH.

NEITHER HAD LIEUTENANT COMMANDER KEETER

UNTIL A MONTH AGO. ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO

IS GET IT OFF THE GROUND.

THE COMPUTER'S AUTOPILOT

WILL TAKE CARE OF THE REST.

THE COMPUTER IS THE REASON

IT'S ON THE GROUND IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THE TECHNICIANS ON THE SEAHAWK

BELIEVE A HEAT SINK WORKED LOOSE

FROM THE REPEATED CARRIER LANDINGS.

THAT COULD HAVE OVERHEATED AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

IN THE STABILIZATION SYSTEM.

REPLACING THE CIRCUIT

SHOULD BRING THE SYSTEM BACK ONLINE.

YEAH, UNTIL IT OVERHEATS AGAIN.

BY THAT TIME, YOU SHOULD BE BACK ON BOARD THE SEAHAWK.

MacKenzie: HARM, IF YOU GO

I CAN REPRESENT KEETER.

RABB MAY NEED YOUR FARSI SKILLS

TO REACH THE PLANE, MAJOR.

I'LL REPRESENT HIM.

TOO RISKY. ONCE WE GO AFTER THAT PLANE,

ANYONE WE LEAVE BEHIND WILL BE VULNERABLE.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO SACRIFICE KEETER.

HE KNEW IT WAS A DANGEROUS MISSION.

IS THAT THE GOING RATE OF EXCHANGE, WEBB--

A MAN FOR A PLANE?

DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING

IN THE TEHRAN HIGH COURT?

HIS FATE'S ALREADY BEEN DECIDED.

STATE WILL DO THE BEST IT CAN

TO NEGOTIATE A DEAL AFTER THE TRIAL.

YOU KNOW I'M RIGHT.

Rabb: PROGRESS BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES ISN'T LIKELY

IF YOUR GOVERNMENT EXECUTES AN AMERICAN PILOT

FOR TAKING PICTURES.

I AGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY, COMMANDER.

BUT YOUR COUNTRY SEEMS WILLING

TO SIT ON ITS HANDS

WHILE THIS INCIDENT HEADS TOWARDS A TRAGIC END.

HARM...

WHEN DID YOU GET HERE?

TWO DAYS AGO, BUDDY.

THIS IS OUR SECOND VISIT.

OH, WOW...

MUST HAVE BEEN REALLY OUT OF IT, HUH?

YOU REMEMBER MAJOR MACKENZIE?

NO, WISH I DID.

HOW'S YOUR ARM?

BROKEN.

Nassan: TELL YOUR FRIENDS

OF YOUR FREELY ARRIVED AT DECISION.

I'M GOING TO PLEAD GUILTY.

THROW MYSELF ON THE MERCY OF THE COURT.

IT'S A GESTURE

THAT WOULD BE MEANINGFUL TO MY PEOPLE, COMMANDER.

KEETER, IF THEY'VE TORTURED THIS CONFESSION OUT OF YOU...

NO TORTURE, NO PRESSURE.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE TRUTH

AND MOVE ON-- THIS IS ONE OF THEM.

WELL, I WISH YOU WOULD HAVE WAITED TO SPEAK TO US.

WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE HERE.

DID YOU GIVE THEM MY LETTER TO MY DAD?

OF COURSE.

DID DAD GET IT?

HE DID.

THEN I KNOW I'M DOING THE RIGHT THING.

Roberts: IF COMMANDER RABB FLIES THE STEALTH OUT

THIS IS THE ROUTE THAT HE'LL TAKE?

Webb: THAT'S RIGHT.

WHY NOT FLY TO AN AIR BASE

IN TURKEY OR SAUDI ARABIA?

TOO FAR.

THEY CAN'T REPAIR THE HEAT SINK

SO THE NEW INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WILL OVERHEAT.

WE BELIEVE HE CAN REACH THE SEAHAWK BEFORE THAT HAPPENS.

AND IF HE CAN'T?

THERE'S ALWAYS RISKS, ROBERTS.

WHAT ABOUT MAJOR MACKENZIE?

OR HAVEN'T YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THAT?

WE'LL GET MAC OUT.

AND LIEUTENANT COMMANDER KEETER?

THIS CONVERSATION IS LIKE DEJA VU.

LIKE I TOLD RABB

STATE WILL DO THE BEST IT CAN FOR COMMANDER KEETER.

I HOPE COMMANDER RABB CHOOSES NOT TO DO IT.

HE'LL DO IT.

RABB KNOWS THAT NATIONAL SECURITY HAS TO COME

BEFORE THE WELFARE OF ANY INDIVIDUAL.

MR. WEBB, COMMANDER RABB LIVES BY A CREED:

DUTY TO HIS COUNTRY, LOYALTY TO HIS FRIENDS.

YOU'RE ASKING HIM TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE TWO.

NO MAN SHOULD HAVE TO DO THAT.

THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY.

Kazzari: THE PLAN HAS CHANGED.

WEBB HAS DECIDED TO GET BOTH THE STEALTH

AND COMMANDER KEETER OUT OF IRAN.

SO THE TIN MAN HAS A HEART.

A JEEP AND SUPPLIES--

INCLUDING A SATELLITE RADIO AND G.P.S. RECEIVER--

WILL BE WAITING IN THE DESERT AT A RENDEZVOUS I'VE USED BEFORE.

WE WILL FOLLOW THE COORDINATES WEBB GAVE YOU TO THE PLANE.

WEBB DIDN'T GIVE ME THE COORDINATES.

HE HADN'T FINISHED DECODING IT YET.

WHAT DOES IT MATTER?

WE'LL HAVE KEETER WITH US.

THAT'S RIGHT. HERE IS

THE CIRCUIT BOARD AND INSTRUCTIONS ON INSERTION.

WELL, THAT'S THE EASY PART.

HOW DO WE BREAK KEETER OUT OF PRISON?

WE DON'T; THE IRANIANS DO.

AT NOON TOMORROW,

THEY WILL TRANSFER COMMANDER KEETER FROM BAKKAR PRISON

TO THE JUDICIAL MINISTRY BUILDING

FOR TRIAL.

WE RESCUE HIM...

HERE, FROM THE GARAGE.

Keeter: I WORE A TIE LIKE THIS TO MY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION

IN '81.

GUESS IRANIANS ARE A LITTLE BEHIND THE TIMES.

[ sighs]

LIVE FAST, DIE YOUNG... LEAVE A GOOD-LOOKING CORPSE.

WHOEVER SAID THAT FIRST IS A FRIGGING IDIOT.

[ speaking Farsi]

Kazzari: QUICK!

Keeter: YOU NEVER COULD

FOLLOW ORDERS, PARTNER.

ALL RIGHT, WE GOT THE A.P.U. GENERATORS

SATELLITE RADIO...

G.P.S. RECEIVER.

NO WEAPONS.

Keeter: MAYBE WEBB DIDN'T WANT US

TO START AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT, HUH?

WELL, WE'LL USE THE ONES

WE GOT OFF THE GUARDS.

ALL RIGHT, LADIES, LET'S GO.

I'VE GOT A BIRD TO FLY.

WAS HE ALWAYS THIS COCKY?

ONLY AROUND WOMEN.

SO, YOU'RE IRANIAN?

AMERICAN CITIZEN, MAJOR.

AFTER THE SHAH WAS DEPOSED, MY FATHER WAS KILLED BY KHOMEINI

AND MY MOTHER BROUGHT ME TO THE STATES.

WHEN I JOINED THE AGENCY

WEBB FOUND A WAY TO PLANT ME IN TEHRAN.

LISTEN, KAZZARI...

SINA, RIGHT?

I'M SURE THIS ISN'T

A TYPICAL MISSION AND, UM... THANK YOU.

WHEN I HAVE A JOB TO DO, I SEE IT THROUGH TO THE END

REGARDLESS OF THE CONSEQUENCES.

BUT... YOU ARE WELCOME.

[ both speaking Farsi] YOUR COMMITMENT IS ADMIRABLE.

DO YOU SPEAK FARSI?

MY GRANDMA TAUGHT ME.

[ speaking English] YOUR ACCENT-- IT'S BARELY DETECTABLE.

Keeter: I SET HER DOWN ON A DRY LAKE BED, ABOUT HERE.

Rabb: WE SHOULD BE THERE BY NOON TOMORROW.

ARE YOU HUNGRY?

STARVING.

I THINK THEY FED ME CAMEL FODDER.

WELL, I DIDN'T THINK THAT'D BOTHER YOU.

I'VE SEEN YOU EAT THINGS

OUT OF THE BACK OF THE WARDROOM FRIDGE

I WOULDN'T EVEN TOUCH.

NO GUTS, NO GLORY.

I FIGURED CUBA WOULD HAVE CURED YOU OF THAT PHILOSOPHY.

SO, KEETER, YOU THINK THAT CIRCUIT BOARD WILL LAST

UNTIL I GET TO THE SEAHAWK?

IT STARTED TO COOK ABOUT 30 MINUTES INTO MY FLIGHT

BUT YOU SHOULD BE ON BOARD BY THEN.

IF YOU'RE NOT, AND SHE STARTS TO GO, PUNCH OUT.

YOU DIDN'T PUNCH OUT.

YEAH, WELL, I HAD MILES OF DRY LAKE TO LAND ON.

YOU ONLY HAVE 750 FEET OF DECK.

DON'T EVEN THINK OF TRYING

WITHOUT THE STABILIZATION SYSTEM.

I DON'T WANT TO BE A PALLBEARER.

WELL, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK

I EVEN WANT YOU AT MY FUNERAL?

[ both chuckling]

Chegwidden: YOU KNOW, WEBB, IT WOULD BE NICE IF FOR ONCE

YOU'D SPIT ON YOUR OWN FIRE.

IT WAS A NAVY AIRCRAFT, ADMIRAL.

ON A C.I.A. OPERATION.

AUTHORIZED BY THE SECNAV.

I'VE JUST ABOUT HAD IT WITH YOU USING MY PEOPLE

TO CLEAN UP YOUR MESSES.

Webb: I USE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE THE BEST, A.J.

YOU DON'T SACRIFICE YOUR BEST ON A SUICIDE MISSION.

I AGREED THAT, IF WILLING

COMMANDER RABB COULD RETRIEVE THE AIRCRAFT

BUT NOT STAGE SOME DAMN JAILBREAK!

Webb: TIME WAS TOO SHORT TO RUN IT BY YOU.

I FELT WE COULD RECOVER BOTH THE STEALTH AND THE PILOT.

THIS, UH... THIS DOESN'T SOUND LIKE YOU, WEBB.

WHAT AREN'T YOU TELLING ME?

YOU KNOW IT ALL.

EXCEPT, SIR, HOW MAJOR MACKENZIE

AND LIEUTENANT COMMANDER KEETER

ARE GOING TO GET OUT.

MY MAN WILL DRIVE MAC AND KEETER ACROSS THE TURKISH BORDER.

YOU CAN'T SEND THEM ACROSS HUNDREDS OF MILES OF IRAN

WITH AN ARMY AFTER THEM. THEY'LL NEVER GET OUT!

I DID REQUEST THAT THE MARINES EXTRACT THEM, BUT SECNAV SAID

IT WOULD ONLY INFLAME THE SITUATION

IF ANYTHING WENT WRONG.

HE DID?

WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT.

TINER, GET ME THE SECNAV.

YOU KNEW THE ADMIRAL

WOULDN'T GO FOR A GROUND EXTRACTION THROUGH TURKEY.

YOU SET HIM UP TO FIGHT YOUR FIGHT WITH THE SECNAV!

A GOOD OPERATIVE NEVER TAKES A FIGHT

THAT SOMEBODY ELSE IS WILLING TO TAKE FOR HIM.

HOW DO YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT?

ON MY RIGHT SIDE.

[ indistinct chatter]

Rabb: YOU MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED YOU LEFT IT WITH BEDOUINS.

I DIDN'T.

[ sighs]

[ MacKenzie speaking Farsi] HELLO. HOW ARE YOU DOING?

[ responds in Farsi] DO YOU LET A WOMAN SPEAK FOR YOU?

[ speaking Farsi] ME AND THIS LADY SPEAK FARSI.

[ speaking Farsi] WHO ARE YOU?

[ speaking Farsi] I'M AN IRANIAN LIKE YOU.

[ speaking Farsi] NO IRANIAN.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

[ in English] KAZZARI JUST INSULTED HIM.

THESE BEDOUINS THINK THEY OWN THE DESERT.

[ speaking English] WE DO.

SIR...

I REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES NAVY.

WE ARE HERE TO RECOVER OUR PLANE.

[ laughs]

IT IS OURPLANE.

WE FOUND IT.

THAT IS BEDU LAW.

WHAT GOOD IS THIS AIRCRAFT TO THE BEDOUIN?

[ snickers]

IT DID NOT SAY YOU COULD NOT BUY IT BACK,

BUT FIRST, I, FAISAL MUHAMMAD

LEADER OF THE BEDU, WOULD LIKE TO OFFER

THE HOSPITALITY OF MY TENT TO ALL BUT THIS DOG.

EASY, HE COULD KILL US IN A SECOND.

COULD HE AND THIS MAN HERE CHECK THE PLANE OVER

TO SEE THAT NOTHING IS MISSING

THAT MIGHT AFFECT OUR TRADING?

AS YOU WISH.

[ speaking Farsi]

WHICH ONE IS IT?

GOT TO READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST.

WHAT IS IT?

CAMEL MILK.

IT'S DELICIOUS.

I'M GLAD YOU LIKE IT. HAVE ANOTHER.

LOOKS LIKE A BURNT PIECE OF TOAST.

HAND ME THE NEW ONE, WILL YOU?

THESE BEDOUINS ARE THIEVES.

THEY COULD DAMAGE THE A.P.U.

TRYING TO STEAL SOMETHING OFF IT.

I GOT THIS. YOU WATCH THE JEEP.

Rabb: LOOK, THIS PLANE IS

OF NO VALUE TO THE BEDOUIN; YOU CAN'T FLY IT.

ITS WINGS MAKE GOOD SHADE.

THAT JEEP HAS A VERY POWERFUL GENERATOR.

WE NEED IT ONLY TO START THE PLANE.

WHEN WE LEAVE, IT IS YOURS.

[ laughs]

THAT PLANE IS WORTH $80 MILLION.

WE MAY BE NOMADIC, BUT WE ARE NOT STUPID.

WHAT'S YOUR PRICE?

ONE MILLION AMERICAN DOLLARS IN GOLD.

THAT CAN BE ARRANGED.

WHEN I GET THE GOLD, YOU GET THE PLANE.

IT COULD TAKE DAYS TO GET THE GOLD.

BY THEN, THE IRANIANS MIGHT FIND THE AIRCRAFT.

NO GOLD, NO PLANE.

[ speaking Farsi] I WILL STAY WITH YOU UNTIL YOU GET THE GOLD.

I NEED ANOTHER WIFE LIKE MY CAMEL NEEDS PANTS.

[ speaking Farsi] THIS IS STRICTLY BUSINESS. THINK OF ME AS COLLATERAL.

IT IS A DEAL.

WHAT DID YOU SAY TO HIM?

I OFFERED TO STAY BEHIND AS COLLATERAL.

I AM NOT LEAVING YOU HERE, MAC.

I'LL BE FINE. THIS IS ABOUT COMMERCE, HARM, NOT ABOUT SEX.

YOU WERE FOUND NOT GUILTY IN YOUR HUSBAND'S DEATH.

WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THIS?

WELL, SOMETIMES PEOPLE TAKE RISKS THEY SHOULDN'T

WHEN THEY WANT TO PUNISH THEMSELVES.

I PAID MY DUES, HARM, AT THE ARTICLE 32 HEARING.

I'M DOING THIS TO COMPLETE THE MISSION.

[ sighs]

Muhammad: GO WITH MY YOUNGEST WIFE.

SHE WILL DRESS YOU PROPERLY.

[ sighs]

I'LL BE FINE.

WELL?

SHE'S OUR BIRD.

WHAT'D YOU GIVE HIM?

PROMISE OF A MILLION DOLLARS IN GOLD,

MAC AS COLLATERAL, UNTIL HE GETS IT.

YOU'D LEAVE MAC ALONE WITH HIM?

WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO BE WITH HER.

I ALWAYS DID WANT TO SPEND A FEW NIGHTS

ALONE IN THE DESERT WITH A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

SHE'D BE SAFER ALONE WITH FAISAL.

COME ON, LET'S GET THIS BIRD IN THE AIR.

Kazzari: LET'S NOT.

AN IRANIAN ARMORED UNIT HAS BEEN FOLLOWING US

WAITING FOR MY SIGNAL TO MOVE IN.

Rabb: I HAD A FEELING

BREAKING KEETER OUT WAS A LITTLE TOO EASY.

YOU SHOULD HAVE ACTED ON YOUR FEELINGS.

OH, I DID.

IF THIS BIRD ISN'T IN THE AIR IN, UH...

TEN MINUTES, NAVY'S GOING TO TAKE IT OUT

WITH A MAVERICK MISSILE.

I HOPE YOU DON'T PLAY POKER, COMMANDER.

LOOK, EVEN IF I AM BLUFFING,

WHAT DOES IT HURT TO STAND A COUPLE HUNDRED YARDS AWAY?

NOTHING.

GOOD.

OH, YOU, UH... PROBABLY WANT ME

TO TAKE THIS PISTOL OUT, RIGHT?

DON'T MOVE, EITHER OF YOU!

[ laughs artificially]

I FORGOT, HE USED TO LIVE IN THE STATES.

HE'S FAMILIAR WITH THE AMERICAN WESTERN.

YES, I LIKED THEM, TOO.

EXCEPT I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE GOOD GUY SHOULD WEAR THE BLACK HAT.

SO YOU CAN DROP YOUR PISTOL,

BUT DON'T KICK IT.

SEE? HE KNOWS THAT IF I DROPPED THE PISTOL,

KICKED IT TOWARD HIM,

HE'D BE DISTRACTED

LONG ENOUGH FOR YOU TO RUSH HIM.

NAH, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GRAB HIM WITH MY CAST ON.

I'D HAVE TO HIT HIM OVER THE HEAD WITH IT LIKE THIS.

YOU WERE BLUFFING ABOUT THE MAVERICK, WEREN'T YOU?

ONLY ABOUT THE TIME-- WE GOT 20 MINUTES.

[ speaking Farsi]

TOO BAD.

YOU DEPRIVED ME THE PLEASURE OF SHOOTING HIM MYSELF.

Rabb: HE WAS A DOUBLE AGENT.

HE SIGNALED THE IRANIAN ARMY WITH THIS.

THEY SHOULD BE HERE IN A FEW MINUTES.

[ yelling orders in Farsi]

MAC, KEETER'S GOING WITH YOU.

FOR WHAT? TO PROTECT ME?

WHAT, IF KEETER WAS BEING HELD AS COLLATERAL

WOULD YOU SEND ME WITH HIM?

YEAH. YOU WOULD?

IT'S SAFER THAN TRYING TO MAKE IT TO THE TURKISH BORDER ALONE.

IF IT'LL MAKE YOU FEEL ANY BETTER, MAJOR...

[ in Southern accent]: I'LL PLACE MYSELF UNDER YOUR PROTECTION, MA'AM.

STRAP HIM ONTO THE WING, WILL YOU, HARM?

Man: FLIGHT DECK, MOVE OUT 142 AN 200.

FLIGHT DECK, MOVE OUT 142 AN 200.

Appleby: LATEST SATELLITE PHOTOS SHOW

AN IRANIAN ARMORED PATROL CLOSING IN ON OUR PEOPLE.

IF MAC DOESN'T GET OUT OF THIS, ROBERTS...

I KNOW. WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU KNOW?

IT'S HIS BLOODY OP THAT WENT SOUR, MATE, NOT YOURS.

I SORT OF TALKED HIM INTO RESCUING COMMANDER KEETER.

I SEE.

WELL, DON'T GET YOUR KNICKERS IN A KNOT, MATE.

MAC WILL BE BACK, I'M SURE OF IT.

HOW CAN YOU BE SURE?

I PROMISED I'D TAKE HER SKIING.

WE'LL RENDEZVOUS IN TWO DAYS...

HERE, IN TURKEY, ON THE COAST.

WHAT IS THIS INSTRUMENT?

IT'S A G.P.S.

TELLS YOU WHERE YOU ARE IN THE WORLD.

ALLAH AND THE STARS TELL ME.

I DO NOT NEED BATTERIES.

TAKE CARE, MARINE.

YOU, TOO, SAILOR.

Rabb: YOUR GOLD WILL BE AT THE RENDEZVOUS POINT

IN 48 HOURS.

LET'S DO IT, KEETER.

Muhammad: MAY ALLAH BE WITH YOU

AND MY GOLD!

ALL RIGHT, ANY LAST- MINUTE POINTERS?

YOUR STABILIZING WARNING LIGHT COMES ON, GET OUT.

I MEAN IT, BUDDY-- FIRST FLASHING RED LIGHT, YOU PUNCH OUT.

COME ON, COME ON.

IRANIANS!

ANYTIME, KEETER.

WHAT'S WRONG?

IT NEEDS TO BE PRIMED.

[ engine roars to life]

YES!

WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG?

HE CAN'T PUT FUEL INTO THE ENGINES

TILL THEY SPOOL UP TO 18% POWER.

YES!

WOMAN, GIVE ME YOUR HAND!

HEY! COME ON!

[ yelling in Farsi]

Rabb: SHADOW, THIS IS GUARDIAN.

Man: YOU ARE CLEAR TO TAKE OFF.

Rabb: ROGER, UNDERSTOOD.

Rabb: SEAHAWK STRIKE, SHADOW TWO-FOUR.

FEET WET.

ROGER, SHADOW TWO-FOUR.

WE HAVE YOUR TRANSPONDER.

SEAHAWKSTRIKE, WHAT'S MY CHARLIE TIME?

WE'RE READY FOR YOU NOW, SHADOW.

THE COMPUTER'S GOING TO LAND HIM?

YEAH, IF THE HEAT SINK DOESN'T FRY THE CIRCUIT BOARD.

HE COULD TRY TO LAND MANUALLY, COULDN'T HE?

NOT AND LIVE.

SHADOW TWO-FOUR, STATE YOUR ALTITUDE.

ANGELS TEN, SEAHAWK

ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES OUT.

COMMANDER, YOU'RE ABOUT TO BE THE SECOND PILOT

TO LAND THIS BIRD ON A CARRIER-- YOU IN POSITION?

I'M LINED UP AND IN THE CONE.

TO AUTOMATICALLY LAND, YOU HAVE TO ACTIVATE TWO SYSTEMS:

THE ACLS SWITCH OUTBOARD OF THE THROTTLE

AND THE AUTOPILOT BUTTON ON THE STICK.

SHADOW TWO-FOUR, I'M COUPLED UP.

SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE RIDE.

SEAHAWK,I'VE GOT A PROBLEM.

THE YAW TRIM STABILIZER'S MALFUNCTIONED.

GET OUT OF THERE, RABB.

I'M ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL WITH THE RUDDERS.

THERE GOES THE ROLL STABILIZATION.

YOU'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME! GET OUT OF THERE!

NOT WHILE I HAVE AIR UNDER MY WINGS.

EJECT, RABB, EJECT!

I CAN MAKE IT!

I TOLD YOU TO EJECT.

[ sighs heavily]

I REALLY THOUGHT I COULD MAKE IT.

NO ONE COULD, COMMANDER.

TELL ME-- IF THAT SYSTEM HAD FAILED

WHEN YOU WERE LANDING TWO DAYS AGO,

WOULD YOU HAVE STUCK WITH IT?

[ sighs]

PROBABLY.

THEN YOU JUST LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON.

MacKenzie: I DOUBT IT.

MAC! KEETER!

THEY LANDED EARLY, SIR.

HEY, YOU WEREN'T DUE FOR 20 MINUTES.

TWENTY MINUTES AND 15 SECONDS.

SHE'S BEEN DOING THAT FOR TWO DAYS.

WHAT'S YOUR SECRET?

[ speaking Farsi]

IN ENGLISH, PLEASE.

[ in English] NAH, IT'LL LOSE SOMETHING IN THE TRANSLATION.

HUH!

[ theme music playing]