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NORTH VIETNAM SOUTH VIETNAM

IN AMERICA IT IS CALLED THE VIETNAM WAR. IN VIETNAM IT IS CALLED THE AMERICAN WAR.

IT WAS A BLOODY WAR BETWEEN THE NORTH, LED BY THE COMMUNISTS WHO DEFEATED

VIETNAM'S LONG-TIME FRENCH COLONIZERS;

AND THE SOUTH, BACKED BY THE AMERICANS WHO TOOK OVER FROM THE FRENCH.

ALL WARS ARE FOUGHT TWICE

THE FIRST TIME ON THE BATTLEFIELD

THE SECOND TIME IN MEMORY

THE SYMPATHIZER

SIT STRAIGHT

NOW START AGAIN

STARTING AGAIN IS OUR VERY MOTTO

RESTART RECOLLECT

RESTART, RECOLLECT, REEDUCATE

RESTART, RECOLLECT, REEDUCATE, REVOLUTION

AND REWRITE.

COMRADE,

EVERYTHING I DID WAS TO ADVANCE THE CAUSE.

DID MY LAST CONFESSION NOT PROVE THAT?

START AT THE CINEMA.

AND THIS TIME, REMEMBER EVERY DETAIL.

EMMANUELLE STARRING SYLVIA KRISTEL

4 MONTHS BEFORE THE FALL OF SAIGON

CLOSED. GO AWAY.

VIGILANTE

CHARLES BRONSON IN DEATH WISH

IT'S NOT OVER. SIT STRAIGHT,

START AGAIN!

WHERE DID YOU GET THE LIST?

WHERE DID YOU GET THE LIST?!

HAVE I MISSED ANYTHING?

NO, SIR. WE HAVEN'T CRACKED HER YET.

HEY, DUMPLING!

I TOLD YOU, IF YOU'RE GONNA EAT DURIAN,

DO IT WHEN YOU ARE ALONE!

IT STINKS OF SHIT, EVEN UP HERE!

AND THIS PLACE IS FUCKING HUGE!

TURN THAT THING ON!

WHERE DID YOU GET THE LIST?

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR STUPID LIST.

WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU ABOUT THE LIST.

WE KNOW ITS CONTENTS BECAUSE IT WAS OFFERED TO US BY YOUR ASS.

HERE'S WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW:

WHERE DID IT COME FROM?

WHO WAS YOUR CONTACT?

THAT'S RIGHT, WE HAVE AN AUDIENCE.

THEY'VE COME TO SEE YOUR PERFORMANCE.

SIT UP STRAIGHT.

THEY ARE INTERESTED IN HEARING YOUR LINES.

SIT UP.

WHO WAS YOUR CONTACT?

48 HOURS EARLIER

SPECIAL POLICE HEADQUARTERS

THE WIRETAP PAID OFF.

I'VE GOT INTEL ON A DROP-OFF.

GOOD.

WHAT DO WE DO, SIR?

SHOULD I REPORT IT UPSTAIRS?

REQUISITION A CAR.

YES, SIR.

TAXI

FOLLOW HER.

OPEN THE DOOR.

CAPTAIN.

SHE'S TRYING TO SWALLOW SOMETHING. IT LOOKS LIKE A ROLL OF FILM.

GET IT OUT.

SHIT, SHE SWALLOWED IT!

HIT ME, COMRADE.

WHAT'S SHE SAYING?

YOU WANT ME TO SAY IT LOUDER?

FILTHY BASTARD!

SHE'S ASKING FOR A KISS.

CIA SAFE HOUSE

3 DAYS EARLIER

"DAD!" SEE I TOLD YOU.

- YOU HEARD IT! - I HEARD SOMETHING. BUT...

MORE LIKE A VOCALIZED BELCH--

IT'S DEFINITELY A WORD,

BUT IS IT "DAD" OR "GRANDMA"?

OR "AVOCADO"?

IT DID SOUND LIKE "AVOCADO".

SAY IT!

NOBODY'S FIRST WORD IS "AVOCADO".

ALL THAT MATTERS IS THAT IT'S A WORD.

WHY ARE WE HAVING A COFFEE ON THIS HISTORIC DAY

WHEN DUC HAS SAID HIS VERY FIRST WORD,

"AVOCADO"?

IT WAS NOT "AVOCADO"!

ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT. LET'S CELEBRATE.

EXCUSE ME, BEER PLEASE!

I THOUGHT YOU WERE ON YOUR WAY TO MASS.

DON'T USE MY BABY AS AN EXCUSE TO GET DRUNK IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.

LIKE WE NEED AN EXCUSE. RIGHT DUC?

COME TO YOUR UNCLE.

I HAVE A PATIENT WAITING, IN GREAT PAIN, HE SAYS.

LITTLE DUC, UNCLE MAN'S TAKING OFF!

GOOD WORK WITH YOUR BELCH!

GOOD GRIEF!

DUC, NOW LET'S TRY.

"DURIAN"--

HOW DID YOU MANAGE YOUR ESCAPE?

BON KEPT BUGGING ME TO STAY AND DRINK SO I SAID,

"I'M ON MY WAY TO MASS, WANNA JOIN?"

WHICH MADE HIM TAKE OFF AT ABOUT 100 KILOMETERS PER HOUR.

LOOK, HE'S STILL RUNNING.

PROMISE ME, WHEN THE DAY COMES, MAKE SURE THEY GET OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT'S COMING.

YOU SAID IT'S URGENT.

WHAT IS IT?

WHAT DO YOU NEED THIS TIME?

A COMPLETE STAFF LIST FOR THE SECRET POLICE.

I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN A FULL LIST RIGHT DOWN TO THE PRIVATES.

THEY WANT EVERYONE.

INCLUDING ME AS WELL?

INCLUDING YOU.

THEY WILL ALL NEED REEDUCATION WHEN WE RETAKE THE CITY.

EVERYONE.

EXCEPT FOR ME?

OH CAPTAIN, YOU SPOIL ME.

KHANH...

DO YOU HAVE A STAFF LIST? A COMPLETE STAFF LIST?

WHY?

I DUNNO, THE GENERAL ASKED FOR IT.

HE HAS ONE ALREADY.

OF COURSE, HE DOES. TYPICAL.

AND WHERE IS IT? LET ME REMIND HIM.

FILE CABINET, BOTTOM DRAWER.

OF COURSE. THANKS.

ASIAN COMMUNISM AND THE ORIENTAL MODE OF DESTRUCTION

DR. RICHARD HEDD

THE WIRETAP PAID OFF.

WHAT DO WE DO, SIR?

SHOULD I REPORT IT UPSTAIRS?

REQUISITION A CAR.

YES, SIR.

WE HAVE OURSELVES A PROBLEM IN THE GARDEN...

HOLD ON.

ONE MOMENT.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE CAT IS ABOUT TO POUNCE ON THE PIGEON.

SOON.

DID YOU HEAR ME?

OPEN YOUR MOUTH, PLEASE.

WHO DROPPED OFF THE ROLL OF FILM IN THE MAILBOX FOR YOU?

WHO WAS YOUR CONTACT?

MY CONTACT?

HIS FIRST NAME IS "VIêT",

LAST NAME "NAM"!

HOW VERY DISAPPOINTING.

YOU'RE CENTER STAGE, IN THE SPOTLIGHT, AND THIS IS YOUR PERFORMANCE?

WE TREAT YOU LIKE A DIVA-- PERFORM LIKE ONE.

I KNOW THAT NOTHING IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN INDEPENDENCE AND FREEDOM.

REALLY? DO YOU KNOW THAT, OR ARE YOU JUST QUOTING UNCLE HO?

AND I KNOW THAT YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED.

OH, ARE THEY?

THE DAY IS SOON WHEN SAIGON WILL FALL...

AND ALL OF YOU TRAITORS WHO HAVE CARRIED A SNAKE INTO YOUR OWN HOME,

WILL BE ON YOUR KNEES, BEGGING FOR A COWARD'S FLIGHT OUT OF HERE.

BUT EVEN THEN WE WILL NEVER LET YOU GO.

OUR KATYUSHA ROCKETS WILL CHASE YOU TO THE END OF THE SKIES,

RIP THROUGH THE BELLIES OF YOUR WAR PLANES,

AND FRY YOU LIKE STUFFED PIG'S INTESTINES.

A DAMIANOS FILM THE COMBINATION

2 MONTHS LATER

TURN THAT OFF!

DON'T!

OFF!

CLAUDE IS HERE.

HE MEANS OUR PLANE IS HERE.

I HOPE THAT YOU WILL MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR YOUR FAMILY.

ASK THE QUESTION.

WHY DO THESE IVY LEAGUE BRATS ALWAYS INSIST THEY'RE PART BLACK?

THAT'S 92 SEATS.

MY EXTENDED FAMILY ALONE IS 58.

AND THEN THERE'S MADAME'S FAMILY.

REMEMBER, WHEN THE AMERICANS TRY TO SELL YOU SHORT,

THEY LOOK YOU STRAIGHT IN THE EYE.

DO YOU PLAN TO ABANDON US AFTER ALL WE'VE DONE FOR YOU?

WE VIETNAMESE ARE NOT AMERICA'S CHEWING GUM!

WE NEED TWO PLANES! UNDERSTOOD?

"TOP SECRET"

MY MOTHER IS NOT "ADDITIONAL"!

ONLY "WIFE AND A CHILD."

I WILL LEAVE MY DAUGHTER BEHIND WITH HER NANNY.

YOU CAN ALWAYS HAVE ANOTHER KID.

NO ONE CAN TAKE THE PLACE OF ONE'S MOTHER.

DO YOU KNOW WHO MY LATE FATHER WAS?

THAT'S WHY YOU WERE CHOSEN IN THE FIRST PLACE.

HE WENT TO LAW SCHOOL WITH PRESIDENT THIEU'S BROTHER IN PARIS--

THE PRESIDENT, IN CASE YOU MISSED THE NEWS,

FLED THE COUNTRY TO TAIWAN LAST NIGHT.

YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND HIM A POSTCARD THERE ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE.

PLEASE, JUST FIVE MORE SEATS,

OR I SWEAR...

I WILL KILL MYSELF RIGHT NOW,

IN YOUR OFFICE.

I'LL GIVE YOU SOME PRIVACY.

MAKE IT FAST.

YOU MORONS! DON'T YOU SEE THE STARS ON THE PLATE?

IT'S AN EMERGENCY COUNTERINTELLIGENCE OP!

IT'S DANGEROUS, THE ENEMY'S CLOSE.

GET BACK TO SAFETY!

I'M SICK OF THOSE FUCKING COMMIES!

WELL...

I'M GLAD YOU GUYS ARE FLYING OUT TOMORROW.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT THIS FUCKER.

IN EXCHANGE FOR EXTRACTING A ROTTEN TOOTH FOR GENERAL PHU...

HE'S GOT A SEAT ON A MEDEVAC THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW.

THERE WON'T BE ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN AMERICA.

SOAK IT IN BOYS--

THE BAND WITH ONLY THREE SONGS ON THEIR SET LIST,

AND THE SMELL OF STALE BEER.

THE COMMIES CAN TAKE THE BEER AND REPLACE IT WITH COMMIE PISS,

THEY CAN SHIT ON EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL AND CLASSY ABOUT THIS TOWN...

BUT THEY CAN'T STEAL OUR MEMORIES.

BLOOD BROTHERS.

LES TROIS MOUSQUETAIRES.

ALL FOR ONE,

AND ONE FOR ALL.

UGH, WHAT THE HELL, HOMO?

YOU FUCKING BASTARD--

2 DAYS BEFORE THE FALL OF SAIGON

SOUNDS LIKE THE CENTRAL MARKET.

THAT WAS A 250 KILOGRAM LOAD...

BUDWEISER

THEY'RE GETTING CLOSER.

SHIT... I WAS TRYING TO HOLD BACK THE TEARS, BUT...

THIS DAMN SONG GETS ME EVERY TIME.

ENOUGH!

WE DON'T WANNA HEAR THIS DAMN COMMIE SONG!

TAKE IT EASY, SOLDIER.

THE SONG'S ANTI-WAR. IT DOESN'T TAKE SIDES.

EXCUSE ME, SIR...

BUT YOU DO KNOW THAT WHEN THE COMMIES TAKE OVER,

HALF-BREEDS LIKE YOU WILL BE THE FIRST TO FACE THE FIRING SQUADS?

WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY, SERGEANT?

WHY DON'T YOU SAY IT AGAIN?

WHAT DID YOU CALL MY FRIEND?

HE'S FIGHTING FOR ME. SHOULDN'T I MAYBE HELP HIM?

HERE'S A FULL STAFF LIST OF THE SECRET POLICE.

AS OF TODAY. I RESHOT IT.

MY LAST MISSION AS A MOLE IS COMPLETED.

THAT WOMAN I SAW IN THE MOVIE THEATER, MAKE SURE SHE IS SAFE.

LET THE ORGANIZATION WORRY ABOUT IT.

WHEN DO WE ARREST THE GENERAL'S MEN?

WE'RE WINNING, BUT WE HAVEN'T WON YET.

BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LET THEM ESCAPE, ARE YOU?

THE GENERAL DESERVES TO BE PUNISHED.

HE'S NOT JUST GOING TO STOP FIGHTING WHEN HE GETS TO AMERICA.

HE'S GOING TO LOBBY, AGITATE, AND ORGANIZE FOR COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY ACTION.

THAT'S PRECISELY WHY WE NEED SOMEONE WITH THE GENERAL,

TO KEEP AN EYE ON HIM, AND REPORT BACK.

NO. NO. I'M NOT GOING.

WE'RE NOT DEBATING THIS.

I'VE BEEN LIVING UNDERGROUND FOR THREE-AND-A-HALF YEARS,

FIGHTING, YEARNING FOR THE DAY OF VICTORY.

I WANT TO BE HERE TO CELEBRATE.

AND TO HELP BUILD OUR FUTURE!

WHEN THE PLANE ARRIVES AND EVERYONE'S ON BOARD,

I'M GOING TO WALK UP TO THE GENERAL AND SAY,

"BON VOYAGE, I'M STAYING HOME."

THAT'S A NICE DRAMATIC SCENE FOR A MOVIE,

BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

YOU CAN DO MORE FOR THE REVOLUTION THERE THAN YOU CAN HERE.

WHY?

BECAUSE I'M A BETTER MOLE THAN A HUMAN?

YOU WANNA GO.

WHEN YOU WERE AT COLLEGE, YOUR LETTERS BACK WERE LIKE FAN LETTERS.

YOU DREAM IN ENGLISH.

YOU LOVE AMERICA.

ADMIT IT.

I WAS FASCINATED AND REPULSED--

THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO LOVE AMERICA.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT, MY FRIEND?

HOME IS OVERRATED.

I'LL LEAVE YOU MY BOOKS AND MY RECORD COLLECTION.

MAKE SURE YOU AND BON GET TO AMERICA SAFELY.

TELL HIM MY FLIGHT WAS CANCELLED DUE TO FIGHTING.

1 DAY BEFORE THE FALL OF SAIGON

LAN!

SWEETHEART, LET'S GO!

WE'RE GOING TO AMERICA.

WE'LL GET NEW CLOTHES THERE.

LAN, PLEASE! THEY'RE WAITING FOR US!

WHY CAN'T WE GO TO PARIS?

THE GENERAL CHOSE THE SOUNDTRACK.

WHY IS HE TAKING THIS ROUTE? THE CURFEW!

WE'RE GOING TO GET SHOT.

HE'S THE GENERAL!

HOTEL MAJESTIC

A DAMIANOS FILM

SHHH, WE'RE GOING ON A TRIP.

TO A BETTER PLACE...

TO AMERICA.

WHY IS YOUR HUSBAND BRINGING ME TO AMERICA IN PLACE OF HIS DAUGHTER?

THERE IS NOWHERE BETTER THAN MY HOMELAND.

"ALL PEOPLE UNITE TO PROTECT THE SOUTH LIBERATE THE NORTH"

MOM, WE'LL BE SAFE ONCE WE CROSS THAT GATE.

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS

INDIRECT ARTILLERY HAS CEASED.

THAT'S GOOD. I GUESS.

IT'S A REPOSITION.

THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE AWAY THEIR GUN TEAMS.

LISTEN TO THIS GUY!

HE'S BEEN SO SPOILED ALL HIS LIFE,

HE DOESN'T REALIZE HOW LUCKY HE IS TO BE HERE.

EVEN IN HEAVEN, WE'D COMPLAIN THAT IT WASN'T AS WARM AS HELL.

WE ALL KNEW WHAT WAS COMING, BUT COULDN'T STOP IT.

WORSE STILL, WE KEPT HOPING THAT SOMETHING GOOD WOULD COME OF IT.

YOU PATHETIC BACHELOR,

DON'T BE SLANDERING HOPE LIKE THAT.

YOU HEAR DUC CRYING.

MY HOPE IS THICK AS BLOOD.

BUT HEY...

YOU'VE GOT MY BLOOD TOO, REMEMBER?

THAT'S US.

LET IT GO! JUST GET ON BOARD!

LINH!

ALL CIVILIANS EVACUATE THE AIRFIELD. THIS AIRFIELD IS NO LONGER OPERATIONAL.

BON! HURRY UP! GET DOWN!

RUN!

OVER HERE! OVER HERE!

LET'S GO MOM, LET'S GO!

WHETHER WE DIE HERE OR DIE RUNNING, IT'S JUST THE SAME.

LINH. TRUST ME. WE NEED TO RUN FAST.

THEY'RE STARTING TO LEAVE. WE'VE GOT TO GO!

OKAY, THEN. LET'S GO.

MOVE IN CLOSER!