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[Reagan] He said to his wife,
"What do you mean change the baby?

I'm a ball player. That's
not my line of work."

And she turned around with her hands
on her hips and she communicated.

- [crowd laughs]
- She said, "Look, Buster,

you lay the diaper
out like a diamond.

You put second
base on home plate.

Put the baby's bottom
on the pitcher's mound.

Hook up first and third,
slide home underneath.

And if it starts to rain,
the game ain't called.

You start all over again."

[crowd laughing, applauding]

So I'm going to communicate.

Now, I know that we can't
make things right overnight,

but we will make them right.

Our destiny is not our fate.

It is our choice.

You and your forbears
help build this nation.

- [camera shutter clicking]
- Now, help us rebuild it.

Thank you very much.

[camera shutter clicking]

Thank you, Mr. President.

Good job, Mr. President.

Rawhide's on the move.

[officer on radio] All clear.

Went great, sir.

Boy, a trip down memory lane.

Haven't seen him in
decades, Roy, with AFL-CIO.

Oh, he said the two of you fought with
a guy in Hollywood, named Sorrell.

Sorrell. Herb Sorrell.

Yes, he was working
for the Soviets,

trying to infiltrate
Hollywood through the unions.

Roy and I used to call him
"sore-as-hell" after that.

- What's next on the agenda?
- [Brady chuckles]

[indistinct radio chatter]

- [camera shutter clicking]
- [crowd shouting]

[officer on radio] Rawhide
coming through the south exit.

Prepare the chopper...

[crowd shouting]

[Reagan] My mother used to say,

"Everything in life
happens for a reason,

even the most
disheartening setbacks.

And in the end, everything,

even seemingly
random twists of fate

is all a part of
the divine plan."

[gunshot]

[two gunshots]

[gunshot lands]

[crowd shouting, screaming]

[tense music playing]

- [bleep]
- [indistinct shouting]

[officer] Get him
out! Get him out!

Details are very
sketchy at this moment.

We don't know precisely what
happened. We don't know the sequence.

First of all, the
president is safe.

That is just as...

- Pardon me please.
- [staff] Bob Berkowitz.

Hello, Bob?

I'll wait for somebody in the back
room to come up here and tell us.

We had been reporting to you that
the president was not injured.

The White House has confirmed
now just in the last few minutes

that President Reagan
has indeed been shot.

- He isn't communicating.
- [camera shutter clicking]

- [female reporter] Larry, can we ask you a question?
- [male reporter] Larry,

is there any evidence the assassin
was working for the Soviets?

- [female reporter] Larry...
- I can't say. That's it.

We have gotten confirm...

[tense music playing]

[reporter] Communists have
seized power by force in Russia.

[revolutionary] Anyone standing in
the way of revolution will be removed.

[Churchill] An Iron Curtain has
descended across the continent.

[Dick] The seeds of totalitarian
regimes are nurtured by misery and war.

They spread and go on the evil
side of poverty and strife.

They reach their full growth when
the hope of a better life has died.

We must keep that hope alive!

[reporter 1] The world witnessed
a new level of destruction

in the first atomic bomb.

This show of atomic force

is only a warning
of things to come.

[reporter 2] Soviet Union has
by violence and intimidation

bordered the rights of Poland,
Ukraine, and Czechoslovakia

holding millions in a
prison unable to escape.

[reporter 3] The world is
focused today on Berlin

where East and West face off.

The Soviet regime looks
to close its border

in East Germany
against those fleeing

the totalitarian crackdown.

[reporter 2] Castro's
takeover of Cuba

secures the Soviets a base

for nuclear aggression
aimed at the United States.

[Kennedy] Now, it is time
for this nation to take

a clearly leading role
in space achievement,

which in many ways may hold
the key to our future on Earth.

[whooshing]

[car horns honking]

[phone ringing]

[receiver thuds]

[Russian official] Do you
still worry they are listening?

[Viktor] They stopped listening
to me a long time ago.

[Russian officia] Not me.
I'm sending him to see you.

[Viktor] This is no longer
a fight for old men.

[Russian official] Perhaps not, but
he's our youngest cabinet member

being groomed to be
the next president.

He has little experience,

but some of us believe he
can be the next leader.

However, he will need to
learn from our mistakes.

[Viktor] You mean my mistakes?

[Russian official] Ah, try to
look at this as an opportunity

to make things right.

[Viktor] Does anyone else
know he's coming to see me?

[Russian official]
Let's hope not.

[knock on door]

[footsteps approaching]

- [doorknob clicks]
- [door creaks]

- Hello.
- Hello.

I'm here to see
Viktor Petrovich.

Please come in.

Thank you.

[dog barking in distance]

Thank you for
seeing me, Comrade.

"Comrade"?

We don't use that
term much any longer.

Offered in respect.

For you, and a time that
deserves equal respect.

1981.

Oh.

Special.

[mutters]

So...

what brings the rising
star of Mother Russia

to visit with a... an old spy?

[chuckles]

To ask just one question of you.

Why?

- "Why"?
- If I'm about to regain

our rightful place in
this world, I must know

why we failed 30 years ago.

Why we gave up
without even a fight?

Why did we allow ourselves to become a
mere shadow of our once great nation?

Wiser men than I...

have already answered that.

Not to my satisfaction.

What makes you think
I am more capable?

Because of who you are, Comrade.

[tense music sting]

What you did.

And you were there.

Yes, I was there.

I was there.

[tense music playing]

[Viktor] My official
title was Analyst

at the Committee
for State Security,

our beloved KGB.

But I was a psychologist

profiling those who could
become threats to our nation,

sometimes decades away.

[Brezhnev coughing]

- Mm, ah.
- [thuds]

[Viktor] Some say
I was responsible

- for the fall of the Soviet Union.
- [door closes]

Let's rest this
little stagnation.

Yes? What is it, Comrade?

[Viktor] The actor.

[paper rustling]

He will win.

I've been warning about
this man for many years.

Prepare a file.

Uh... Comrade Secretary,

I have prepared dozens
of these documents.

Yes, and I appreciate that,

Comrade Petrovich.

But go prepare another.

Of course.

[door opens, closes]

[Viktor] Yes, I was there.

When I began as analyst,
we had one goal:

spreading communism to
every corner of the globe.

[speaking Russian]

[Viktor] Some countries we
invaded with military force,

but we had special
plans for the USA.

We sought to break
them down from within,

strategically
infiltrating their society

even their movie industry.

[whirring]

My assignment was to track and
influence their key players

and to merge their
labor unions into one

which we could control.

But it's the wrong
question you ask.

History is never about
when, where why, how.

It always comes down to who.

- You ready?
- Yes, sir, I'm ready.

All right. Ronald Reagan,

come give us that
Hollywood smile.

[Viktor] And I just so
happened to have been assigned

to "The Crusader."

That is what we
mockingly called him.

It became my obsession

to understand what was
beneath the facade.

And I learned to never leave a
detail behind as unimportant,

because...

it is all important.

[Jane] After we get married,
how many sons are we gonna have?

Well, how many do you want?

Well, it would be nice
to have a full team.

[chuckles] What's
your favorite sport?

That's the trouble.

Football.

Cut! And print it!

Nice work, Ron and Jane.
Moving on to the next shot.

Well, that felt pretty natural.

Really? What part?

[director] Let's move
into those baby blues.

- [puffs smoke]
- [lighter clicks]

["Swinging On A Star" playing]

♪ Mmm, would you like
to swing on a star? ♪

♪ Carry moonbeams
home in a jar? ♪

♪ And be better
off than you are? ♪

♪ Or would you
rather be a mule? ♪

[Eddie] But we're
more than actors.

- We're symbols, leaders.
- Yes.

We should be speaking to the
important issues of the day.

Oh, Eddie. Give it
a rest, will you?

Leave that to the writers.

[Dalton] You're still
new here, Reagan.

Trust me, the studios
control every word I write.

And God help me,
if I don't write,

or you don't read
what they tell us to.

Uh, they're paying
the bills, Dalton.

- They should have some say.
- Yes.

I mean, we're doing
pretty well, aren't we?

- I think so.
- You don't get it, Holden.

All we are is a
mouthpiece to a system,

to a society, a society that
ignores the working man.

Trust me, it won't last.

Well, what do you
mean by that, Dalton?

Exactly what it says.

Honey, come on.
Let's go dance.

Just a second, honey.
No, no, really,

explain it to me.
I'd like to know.

Well, let's just say this
whole American Dream thing

doesn't exactly apply
to everyone equally.

And some of us aren't
sitting still for it.

We're doing something about it.

Doing what?

Dalton, maybe we should talk
about this some other time.

At some point, you're
gonna need to pick a side.

[sharp exhale] Well,
not tonight. [chuckles]

Tonight, the only thing I'm
gonna pick is my dance partner

and I'm dancing with
my beautiful wife.

If you'll excuse me,
fellas, and lady.

- [Dalton scoffs]
- We'll be back.

[Viktor] He did not initially
appear to be a great concern for us.

He was too busy
enjoying his honeymoon.

Not to mention, the
Hollywood glitz and glamour.

[camera shutter clicking]

[Viktor] To understand
what made this man unique,

I needed to understand the boy.

- [car approaching]
- [horse whinnying]

[Viktor] He grew up in a small
town in the middle of America.

[horse whinnying]

[Viktor] His father
had a nickname for him.

They called him "Dutch."

He had experience speaking
to crowds at an early age,

as his mother, Nelle,

pushed him to read poetry and
Bible verses at their church.

"If my people which
are called by my name,

shall humble
themselves and pray,

seek my face and turn
from their wicked ways,

then I will hear from
heaven, forgive their sin,

and heal their land."

[Dutch] Are we God's people?

Well, anybody can
be God's people

so long as they choose Him.

How did you memorize
those verses so fast?

I don't know. I just
read it and remembered.

It's a gift, Dutch. You have
to look for those talents

because God has a
purpose for your life.

Something only you can do.

[horse whinnying in distance]

[chuckles]

[Jack] "Unfortunately, Miss
Brenda, your dear husband, Shamus,

drowned to death in the vat
at the Guinness brewery."

"Oh, me poor Shamus, please
tell me he went quick."

"No," said the old priest.

"The old bugger got up
three times to pee!"

[laughter]

[Viktor] His father, Jack,
was a charismatic storyteller

and Dutch idolized him for that.

[patrons shouting]

[Viktor] But he saw
that talent drown

in the bottom of a bottle.

- [Dutch] Jack.
- [Jack groans]

- Jack, come on.
- [grunts]

- [bottles clink]
- Come on, Jack.

[Dutch grunting]

[Nelle] Did you get fired again?

[Jack] They didn't
fire me. I quit.

- You quit?
- I got big things cooking, Nelle!

[Nelle] Spare me, Jack!

We are already late on rent.

Do not force our children
to move yet again.

- [Jack] Blah-blah-blah-blah!
- [thudding]

[footsteps tapping]

Why does Jack drink
so much whiskey?

It makes him forget.

Forget what?

[sighs] All he wanted to be.

All he knows he never will be.

Does God have a
plan for his life?

Oh, Dutch, of course He does.

Unfortunately, Jack has
other plans for now.

Hey.

Open this.

It's from me and
Reverend Cleaver.

[Viktor] They call it...

dime-store novel

about a boy with a
drunk for a father.

The boy finds God

and he is elected to
the American Congress.

[birds chirping]

Well, you have to be 12,

and you go through membership
and confirmation class...

I know that, sir,

but it has to be now.

I read the book

and I wanna be like that man.

Ronald Wilson
Reagan, I baptize you

in the name of the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Dutch reads this book.

This book was a roadmap for him

of the world where good
triumphs over evil.

This book. Here, look.

Russian copy.

[Viktor] But to find what
I was really looking for,

I had to go back to
Reagan, the lifeguard.

Help!

- Help!
- [woman] Somebody save her!

- Although he would later claim...
- Help!

- to have saved 77 lives...
- Help me!

- over those summers...
- Help!

- There was a question as to whether...
- Help!

Hold on, hold on. I
got you. I got you.

Those were all legitimate.

- You okay?
- Yeah.

Yeah.

Almost there.

- [man coughing]
- There you go.

[Viktor] He also learned
that performing his duty

- would not always result in praise.
- [man panting]

What the hell are you
doing? I was fine.

You trying to make
me look like a fool?

I'm sorry.

- [indistinct command]
- [overlapping chatter]

Thirty-six, thirty-two.

Set! Hut!

[grunting]

- Yeah!
- [whistle blows]

[coach] Good practice,
gentlemen. Bring it all in.

[indistinct chatter]

- [Viktor] At his university...
- Fellas, I got tough news.

He was bringing people
together and solving problems.

- [Reagan] Hey, Coach!
- [player] Next week, right?

Coach.

How come Sal and Palmer
aren't traveling with us?

- They're colored.
- I can see that. Thanks, Coach.

- Hotel wouldn't take 'em.
- [knock on door]

[Jack] Come on in, boys.
Welcome to Hotel Reagan.

[chuckles] There's a room
upstairs for you, boys.

I hope you don't mind
sharing with Dutch.

- His brother says he snores.
- [laughter]

- [door closes] - That there
is the Reagan training table.

[Sal] Thank you, sir.

Come on in. [chuckles]

I knew you'd come through, Jack.

- [percussion chimes]
- [stick thuds]

It's 8:00 p.m., I'm Dutch
Reagan. Here now the news.

The new German
Chancellor, Adolf Hitler,

declares that his intentions
in rebuilding Germany

are peaceful and will comply with
all international agreements.

- [Viktor] And it was radio...
- Yeah, sure they are.

Through which he began
to show his skills.

But I finally traced his
disdain for communism.

It's hell on Earth.

People are frightened,
hungry, divided.

[Viktor] ...back to when a dissident
of our country visited his church.

State runs and controls
everything to the smallest detail.

Your speech, your actions,
even your thoughts.

You know what they took
away from us first thing?

God.

Church like this.

You will not find it
in the Soviet Union.

They closed down most of them.

And the clergy, many
are dead or disappeared.

Americans should know
more about the communists

because it's coming here.

Freedom is only one generation
away from extinction.

[applause]

[Viktor] And just like that,

the seed was planted.

- [alarm bell rings]
- [bugle call blares]

[Reagan] And remember,

loose lips sink ships.

This is Ronald Reagan.

So until next time,

so long,

- and God bless America.
- [director] Cut.

- That's a wrap on Reagan today.
- Excuse me?

Oh, Mr. Warner. That's
a wrap, everyone.

[bell rings]

Am I in trouble, boss?

Let's have a walk.
Congratulations.

Vice president of Screen Actors
Guild, huh? I'm impressed.

You know you stepped into
a hornet's nest, don't you?

- [indistinct chatter]
- How's that?

There's about to be another
war right here in Hollywood,

with the commies on one
side, the mob on the other.

And you're caught right
in the middle, son.

Okay, Jack. Hey.

Let's get one thing
straight, okay?

I'm not gonna do any
union busting for you

just because I'm
on your payroll.

It's a conflict of
interest for me.

It's not about
busting up the unions.

But it's this new
group, this, uh...

Yeah, the Conference for
the Studio of Unions.

Herb Sorrell, he's a commie.

- Yeah.
- They're not just talking strike.

They're talking about
taking over all the unions.

Well, if it's a turf war, just
let them work it out. That's all.

They're not gonna work it out,
they're gonna fight it out,

and that's where you come in.

The actors are
the biggest union.

If they go to Sorrell,
I'm telling you right now,

the commies win.

- That ain't happening here.
- Well, look,

I don't feel comfortable getting
into the middle of something.

Do you think you're gonna
be a leading man forever?

You need to face the facts, son.

This war took the best
years of your life.

You got, what, five years
of smiling for the camera

until they put you
out to pasture?

- Well, thanks for the pep talk, Jack.
- Or...

do you make a difference?

A real difference.

[soft music plays]

The movies are a platform.

That we, as actors, are proud
and privileged to be a part of.

We are the face and the
lifeblood of American movies.

And so we must be vigilant

and make ourselves
aware of others

that may seek to
use our platform

to use us for
their own purposes.

[applause]

♪ Of all the boys I've
known, and I've known some ♪

♪ Until I first met
you, I was lonesome ♪

♪ And when you came in sight,
dear, my heart grew light ♪

♪ And this old world
seemed new to me ♪

♪ You're really swell,
I have to admit you ♪

♪ Deserve expressions
that really fit you ♪

- ♪ And so I've racked my
brain... ♪ - [lighter clinks]

Was it something I said?

I'm just curious. [long sigh]

Are you an actor
or a politician?

Jane, not here.
Not now. Please.

If you put as much
work into your career

as you do making your speeches,

you'd have an Oscar by now.

- Jane...
- [women laughing]

This is SAG. This
is our union.

And being Vice President
of the Screen Actors Guild

is like a gift from
God. I really feel

like I can do something
that matters here.

Is there anything worse
than an actor with a cause?

[long sigh] Kill your
career if you must, Ronnie,

but spare me your damn speeches.

You are an actor.

- That is your job.
- Jane, just don't.

- Not politics!
- Please don't.

[glass thuds]

["Stormy Weather" playing]

[indistinct background chatter]

- [insects trilling]
- [siren wailing in distance]

- [Reagan] No.
- What do you mean "no"?

Higher wages, better
working conditions.

That's what we all want. That's
what we're all going for.

And you wanna shut it all down?

What is it that you really want?

One union, and united.

Look, you don't wanna go
to war with us, Reagan.

- [bangs table]
- [suspenseful music plays]

[Viktor] But what nobody knew

was that Reagan was
an FBI informant.

His codename T-10,

and he was exposing our
growing influence in Hollywood.

[judge] Mr. Warner, can
you provide the name

of the leader of
the organization

attempting to
infiltrate your studio?

- [shutter clicking]
- [whirring]

His name is Sorrell.

Herb Sorrell.

We're not joining you, Herb.

[crowd jeering, shouting]

- [gasps]
- [gun clacks]

Put it down. It's okay.

[man] Settle down. Settle down.

You don't get it, do you?

We own this town.

You don't own me.

You don't own them.

You wanna take a vote
right now? Go ahead.

Let's put it to a
vote! See what happens.

- See what happens.
- [crowd agreeing]

[tense music playing]

- [crowd shouting]
- [siren wailing]

- [shouting]
- [men grunting]

- [dog barking]
- [whistle blowing]

[dog barking]

[judge] Mr. Hayden,
in your opinion,

why weren't the communist's
efforts successful?

[Hayden] There was
just one problem.

They ran into the Board of Directors
of the Screen Actors Guild,

in particular, Ronald Reagan...

who was a one-man battalion
against this thing.

Let's go to work.

- [cheering]
- Yeah!

[Reagan] As a citizen,
I would not like to see

any political party outlawed

on the basis of its ideology.

Democracy is strong enough
to stand up for itself

against the inroads
of any ideology,

no matter how much we
may disagree with it.

Because I still
believe, Mr. Chairman,

that democracy can handle it.

[Viktor] He had shut us down.
He was clever in his message

that it was okay
to be communist,

but not while being paid by us.

[soft music playing]

[camera whirring]

And cut! That's
lunch, everybody.

- [crew] Okay. Nice work.
- [Jane] You were great too.

- [actor] Can I buy you lunch?
- [Jane] Sure. I have time.

- Let's grab a bite.
- Honey...

[Viktor] While his wife's
career was skyrocketing...

- [Jane] ...commissary or my dress...
- [kid] Mama!

[Viktor] ...he was
reduced to the sidelines

and their marriage...

- deteriorated.
- [kid babbling] Mama...

[Viktor] And to break
more his damaged heart,

their third child, Christine,

died the very day she was born.

[mournful music playing]

[Nelle] How's my son?

I lost a child...

marriage, a career.

How do you think your boy is?

You know, Nelle,

I think I kinda missed the boat
on that whole purpose thing.

Maybe I'm just Jack
all over again.

No, Dutch.

You're not your father.

Just remember

to listen to that
small, soft voice,

the one that you can't hear

unless you're alone

and quiet,

and he has your full attention.

Remember whose you are

and whom you serve.

Yes, Sandy?

Can you give an
actress five minutes?

Uh... [exhales]

- Of course.
- Miss Davis?

Hello. [clears throat]
I'm Nancy Davis.

Hello, Nancy Davis.
I'm Ron Reagan.

- Yes, I know.
- [both chuckle]

- How about a cup of coffee?
- Oh, sure.

- Have a seat.
- Ah.

I'm afraid I've been a
pest to your secretary.

- Oh.
- But I persist when it's important.

- Cream, sugar?
- Oh, well,

- sure, uh, black.
- Oh!

- [coffee pours]
- [glass clinks]

Well... how can I
help you, Nancy Davis?

Well,

I'm listed as a signer
on a letter of support

for two communist sympathizers

but I never signed
any such letter.

There's another Nancy Davis.

Oh, I see.

Well, uh, the easiest thing to
do, is just change your name.

It happens all the
time in Hollywood.

Oh, no. No. I
cannot do that, no.

My name is very important to me.

It's-it's my family.

Oh, of course.

Uh, family's important.

Yes.

Very important.

So, uh, I guess there's
only one thing left to do,

and that is to launch an exhaustive
and a detailed investigation.

Well, of course, I've
retained an attorney.

Oh, there won't be
any need for that.

We can knock this
out over dinner.

- Excuse me?
- Yes, uh, we can discuss it then.

But I can't be late. I, uh...

Yes, I have an early studio
call tomorrow morning.

Oh, well, I'll have
to check my date book.

[chuckles] I'm just
gonna... Just give me...

Yes?

Yes. Um...

Well... Oh, I think
I can manage it,

but I have an early call too.

Well, then it's a date!

- Yeah. Yes.
- Yeah.

- Okay.
- Thank you.

- Pleasure.
- Goodbye, for now.

[secretary] Bye, Miss Davis.

[whistles]

[bright music playing]

Okay, Bobby, thanks.

I'm gonna take care of
that in the morning.

[ballad song playing]

- Well...
- Well, it looks like

we've shut the place down.

Huh, yes, we did. Here.

- [chuckles]
- Oh...

Thank you, Joseph. Uh...

- Miss Davis?
- Yes?

I'm gonna get on this
first thing in the morning

and I'll make all
the calls myself.

Your name will be off that list.

Oh, just like that?

- Just like that.
- [chuckles]

So, um,

when-when you're not acting
or being SAG president,

what-what do you like to do
with your time, Mr. Reagan?

Well, I... I like the outdoors.

Mm-hmm.

- I-I play golf.
- Mm.

And...

I-I love riding horses.

Yes. Do you ride?

- Sure, I do. Mm-hmm.
- You do?

Well, there's nothing like a
relationship with a horse, is there?

They're beautiful animals.

- Yeah.
- Mm-hmm.

- Ooh! Ooh!
- ["Little Girl" playing]

Look, just...

- How do I slow down?
- Well, just...

- Ooh! Okay.
- You're doing fine. You're doing fine.

[both chuckling]

[breathes shakily] Oh! Oh!

- You look good on a horse.
- Oh, thank you.

[horse whinnies]

[Nancy] I have a
confession to make.

Oh, what's that?

I don't ride horses. [chuckles]

- Really? You could have fooled me.
- Oh! [chuckles]

Well, it's beautiful up here.

Come on over here.

- Yes, it is.
- It's like we're a million miles from LA.

Yes. You know, I did my first
location shoot here in fact.

- Really?
- Yes.

I jumped on the
back of that horse,

looked around at all this, and
said, "Wow, I'm in heaven."

Oh!

Yeah, it's heaven.

You know, I have a confession
to make of my own, Nancy.

- Mmm.
- [horse whinnies]

Uh...

I'm what you call
"damaged goods."

I'm divorced, I got kids.

I haven't had a
decent role in years

and I'm just about broke.

How's that for a come-on?

We're all damaged goods, Ronnie.

What's next for you? I mean...

what do you want
out of this life?

I don't know, I used
to have big ambitions.

Dreams.

Now, I...

I don't know. I just wanna do
something good in this world.

Make a difference.

I think you've done that.

I'd like to make
a difference too.

But I have figured
something out, Ronnie.

- What's that?
- It's really hard

to make a difference
in this life

when you have to do it alone.

["Nancy (With the
Laughing Face)" playing]

[Nancy] Mmm.

- Are you sure you wanna go?
- [baby crying]

You know, this is not
exactly Academy Award stuff.

Well, you know we
don't like to be apart,

and I love to watch
my husband work.

I know, I know, work's work.

[engine starts]

Bye, Patti!

[car revs]

["This Town" playing]

[crew] Mr. Reagan, your
agent's on the line.

Look, Lou, if I go out
there, my career, it's...

it's dead.

[sighs]

Lou, listen to me.

I'm not going out there.

It is Pabst Blue Ribbon time!

- What'll you have?
- I'll have a Pabst Blue Ribbon!

- I'll take a Pabst, Bonzo!
- Oh, yeah.

[audience laughing]

[Ziggy] Looks like it's
bedtime for Bonzo, folks!

- [music cue] - [Reagan grunts]
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen,

and now the Pabst
Blue Ribbon dancers!

[audience applauds]

- Mm.
- [glass thuds]

[sighs, forced chuckle]

Ladies...

do you happen to
have an extra smoke

for a clown? Thank you.

[electricity buzzing]

[lighter clinks, flicks]

[puffs smoke]

[lighter clicks]

- Thanks.
- No problem.

- [singer singing]
- [crowd cheering]

[electricity buzzing]

- [grunts]
- [glass shatters]

[buzzing]

This season, I'm sending all
my friends Chesterfields.

[Viktor] Meanwhile, his
career as movie star

continued to fade.

Wow! I could've had a V8!

Oh, Ronnie!

That's a super smooth shave.

That's because I used Gillette.

Soothe your skin with
Campho-Phenique antiseptic powder.

At the movies or at home, honey,
they're the perfect snack.

ICEE. The coldest drink in town

at a sweet, low price.

Come on, Colman's.
Light my fire.

[bell dings]

[Viktor] He continued to focus on his role
as the president of Screen Actors Guild

where he did quite
well, actually.

But the movie opportunities
started to evaporate.

Yes, he was a B-movie
star. This is well-known.

But what does this have to do
with losing our Motherland?

Communism is not the Motherland.

They're the Motherland.

Turgenev, Leo Tolstoy, Chekhov.

That's the Motherland!
The Motherland...

is here!

- [Viktor mumbling]
- [aide speaking]

I can't. I must be...

[phone ringing]

[Nancy] Hello?

Oh, no.

Ronnie?

Thank you, Lord, for my mother.

Take care of her.

I know you will.

Your good and faithful
servant has come home.

[Viktor] While he mourned
the loss of his mother,

and continued to
struggle with his career,

the world was passing him by.

[reporter] The United
States and Soviet Union

now face off in a new Cold War.

- Nuclear retaliation looms.
- [men shouting]

"The purpose of these bases

can be none other than to provide
a nuclear strike capability

against the western hemisphere."

[reporter 2] President
Kennedy's blockade

stops the advance of
nuclear weapons into Cuba.

[reporter 3] Movements
across Germany had stopped

as the East Germans
built a wall overnight,

separating not only the country,

but neighbors and family.

[Viktor] He became host of TV
show for appliance company.

He toured across the country,
meeting factory workers

and giving speeches.

He was like politician
with no party.

So, he decided to set his
sights on something else.

Us. He devoured books
about communism, espionage,

our takeover of Eastern Europe,

and the construction
of the Berlin Wall.

You know our bed's a
lot more comfortable.

Well, unless you prefer, uh,
Whittaker Chambers to me?

- Oh, you know that's not true.
- [chuckles]

Come to bed, honey. It's late.

[sighs]

You know, all they have
are missiles and oil.

If we get them to spend
money they don't have,

they can't support themselves.

- The Soviets.
- The Soviets.

We've been going
about this all wrong.

We don't have to match
them missile for missile.

All we have to do

is just keep up the pressure.

We have deeper
pockets than they do.

And here I thought
I married an actor.

Well, you could always
talk to Dick Nixon,

President Kennedy, or any
of your political friends.

But why is it that my
husband seems to know

what's gonna happen
before they do, hmm?

- Well...
- Yeah.

I was a lifeguard at a public
swimming hole on a river.

And I studied that river.

And I learned how to
read the currents.

Not just the ones
on the surface.

But also the ones that were
deep underneath the water,

flowing way under.

And I got good at it.

I knew people were in
trouble before they did.

- [metal thudding]
- [seagulls squawking]

Moon, thank you for bringing your
brother up here on such short notice.

It wasn't easy, he's
not a fan of flying.

Well, we'll remedy that. Thank
you for coming, Mr. Reagan.

Thanks for having
me, Mr. Tuttle.

[Holmes] Now, we understand
that you jumped the aisle

- and switched parties.
- Well,

my brother and I both,
we came of age under FDR.

Our dad, Jack, he
was a huge fan,

and we were proud to
be New Deal Democrats.

So why did you leave 'em?

I didn't.

- They left me.
- [laughter]

Well, how do you feel about
campaigning for Goldwater?

He's gonna get
shellacked in November.

No way he takes the White House.

Mr. Tuttle's right,
he can't beat LBJ.

I'm curious, Ron.

What would you say is
the issue of our time?

No question about it.

Communism and the Soviet Union.

Domestic issues is what
I'm more curious about.

What's more domestic than
survival, Mr. Tuttle?

Communism is the natural
enemy of freedom.

It won't stop attacking us
from the outside or the inside.

And it's spreading around the
world while we wring our hands

trying to negotiate.

What did I tell you, guys?
He's not just a pretty face.

Why don't you put your money
where your mouth is, Ron?

Get in the game. Support
Goldwater and then run for office.

Well, he'd win State
Senator in a landslide.

State Senator. How
does that sound?

Well,

I played a senator once.

[chuckling]

But I've never
played a governor.

[laughter]

[Viktor] Seventeen years after
I had begun following him,

he made his debut on
American political stage.

Well, I'd like to suggest to you, there
is no such thing as left or right.

There's only up or down.

- Look, there's daddy.
- [Reagan] I believe that the issues

confronting us
cross party lines.

Now, one side of this campaign

has been telling us that
the issues of this election

are the maintenance of
peace and prosperity.

The line has been used.

"We've never had it so good."

Somewhere, a perversion
has taken place.

Should Moses have told the
children of Israel to live

in slavery under the pharaohs?

Should Christ have
refused the cross?

Should the patriots have
thrown down their guns

and refused to fire the
shot heard around the world?

You and I have the courage

to say to our enemies...

there is a price
we will not pay.

A point beyond which
they must not advance.

We'll preserve for
our children this,

the last best hope
of man on Earth,

or we'll sentence them
to take the last step

into a thousand
years of darkness.

When great forces are on
the move in the world,

we learn that we are
spirits, not animals.

There's something going
on in time and space,

beyond time and space,

which, whether we
like it or not,

spells duty.

You and I...

have a rendezvous with destiny.

[audience applauds]

[Viktor] Mr. Goldwater
lost decisively.

But The Crusader had arrived.

And he was putting us on notice that
he was not afraid to take us on.

[audience whistling, applauding]

- [upbeat music playing]
- [camera shutter clicking]

[Betty chuckles]

- Hello.
- Hello.

Oh, hi! It's you!

- [chuckles] Well, yes.
- What are doing you here?

I... Did I win something?

No. We're canvasing
the neighborhood,

and I'm running for governor
and I would like your vote.

Well, of course! Of course! I...

Now I'm embarrassed.
I forgot your name.

Do his initials help? RR?

[gasps, breathes out]

[inhales deeply] Honey!
Roy Rogers is here!

And he's running for governor!

["Wild Thing" playing]

[crowd whooping, applauding]

[camera shutter clicking]

[Viktor] He was on
the US stage now.

But my colleagues still
refused to take him seriously.

After all, they said,

"What could state
governor do to us?"

[crowd cheering] Reagan! Reagan!

[upbeat music playing]

The police are overburdened.
There's just too many of them.

Where are these kids' parents?

Well, they're not all
students. Mostly agitators.

They don't even know
what they're protesting.

They're just doing it to do it,

and they're getting
outside help.

They've issued a
new set of demands.

Of course they have.

They want you to present
them to them personally.

- The National Guard... is on standby.
- [Reagan sighs]

They can be on-site
within an hour.

That's going federal.
Ramifications for that.

Communities, schools,
especially the press.

If they wanna talk,

let's go talk.

[bells tolling]

- [siren whooping]
- [crowd shouting]

[protester] Love rules!

Governor Reagan!
Make love, not war!

From the looks of him, he
can't do either right now.

Bill's gonna meet us inside.

Lead the way.

Peace now! Peace now!

We want to hear you speak openly
about this to the state of California!

Well, what do you
think I'm doing here?

If you would come out against the
police escalation, they might listen.

When did you ever stand up
in front of your students

and beg them not to do this?

They told you that they were
going to destroy the university

if you sought to go ahead
with this construction.

- But they offered to negotiate!
- Negotiate what?

All of this happened,
professor, the very first time

that some of you who are
old enough to know better

let students think that they
have the right to choose

which laws they were gonna obey,

as long as it was done in
the name of social protest.

I've had enough.

- I'm calling in the National Guard.
- [door closes]

[overlapping chatter, shouting]

[footsteps tapping]

Shh!

[protesters laughing]

[Viktor] The protestors
pushed him hard,

but he pushed them harder.

- [film clicking]
- He was controversial governor,

but limited in what
he could accomplish.

At least, as far as the things
he cared most about, like us.

He enraged many
sympathetic to our cause,

but he also inspired
many fanatics

who would go to great lengths

to get a glimpse of their hero.

[dog barking in distance]

Ron, who's this?

Young man, uh...

why are you in my yard?

Hey, Mrs. Gov!

I'm, uh, I'm Dana.

I'm the head writer
for Youth for Reagan.

And they're shutting us down. I
just want five minutes with the Gov.

Oh, for heaven's sake.

I-I'll be respectful,
scouts honor.

I-I won't swear
or throw anything.

- And I don't burn buildings.
- [Nancy] No, the problem is,

is that the governor is
on a very tight schedule

and he won't give
you five minutes.

- He'll give you an hour.
- Sweet!

No, it's not sweet.
You need to go home.

Please, just call the office and I'll
make sure you get an appointment, okay?

- Honey? Is everything all right?
- Hey, Gov!

These young people spent
the night in our yard.

I just wanna talk.
Five minutes.

You look tired. How
about a cup of coffee?

- Oh.
- Hell, yeah, dude!

Thank you. I'm sorry,
I mean, Governor.

[whimpers]

[Reagan] So the politician says,
"What did I do to deserve this?"

Saint Peter said, "Well, we
didn't know what to do with you,

because you're the first
politician we've had up here."

[Viktor] Nelle had
been gone for a decade,

but The Crusader
managed to find others

who shared her
fundamentalist beliefs.

And one evening, our
surveillance picked up

one of the strangest
exchanges I ever heard...

- [camera shutter clicking]
- involving a pop star,

a preacher,

and a prophecy.

If you continue to walk
uprightly before me,

you will dwell at 1600
Pennsylvania Avenue.

Amen.

[exhales]

Well, that was something.

All right, well, we
should probably head out.

- Yes, yes.
- Thank you, Governor.

- Thank you, Pat.
- Yeah, thanks for coming.

Yes. [chuckles]

You can't possibly believe this.

Doesn't matter if I believe it.

Did he believe it?

Who knows?

[tense music playing]

[sighs]

[birds chirping]

[soft music playing]

Well, Bill, there she is.

688 acres in all.

That sounds about enough.
How much they asking?

Too much for an honest
politician. [chuckles]

Well, there's nothing like stomping
around on your own piece of dirt.

Work and sweat,

think about your next move.

[sneers] Next move.

You know, they
taunt, unfortunately.

Won't last.

The Soviets, they're
here to stay.

There's nothing a retired
governor can do about The Soviets.

Well, you got a point. Not much.

But a president...

Now, he can do a thing or two.

[chuckles]

[hopeful music playing]

"So multiply that by a
billion, double that,

and that's only the surface
of how deep it really is.

'It' being my love for you.

I really love you
mucher than that.

ITWWW..."

- In The Whole Wide World.
- In The Whole Wide World.

- [chuckles] Aw.
- [chuckles]

Reminds me of one
of your old movies.

I should have a parasol
and a mint julep.

Well, Nancy Pants, I can
row back and get you one.

[chuckles, breathes deeply]

Bill thinks I should
run for president.

- Oh, Bill thinks so, does he?
- What?

- You think I'm too old?
- No.

You look 20 years
younger than you are.

Your mind is sharp as a tack.

Well, you know I can't do
this without your support.

You'll always have my support.

I know I can't just let you chop
wood for the rest of your life.

- Why not?
- [both chuckle]

I've actually been thinking about
what that preacher said by the pool.

You thought he was a kook.

I still do.

But maybe he was onto something.

You just may need to save us.

[newscaster] Good evening.
Tonight's showdown

might be the most thrilling
convention we've ever seen.

It's a true toss-up between
the incumbent president

and a serious challenger
from within his own party.

- Dick thinks if he can talk to Drew...
- What?

Dick thinks that if he can talk to
Drew, Pennsylvania might go our way.

Okay. I heard James Baker had
Pennsylvania on lock before.

- He said they're in play.
- We lost Oregon.

- Oregon?
- It's gone. All right?

Ohio, Indiana, Florida,
or Pennsylvania,

- they'll have to break our way.
- Anyone else looking for a Ford hat? How about you?

I think you need to change
that hat. Here you go.

Oh, that's gonna look
good. I'll get rid of this.

Okay, we may need to
rethink that strategy.

Indiana, Florida, Pennsylvania.

I'll get Schweiker to connect
with Drew about Pennsylvania.

- I'll circle back to Ohio.
- Okay. I will take Florida,

and, Mike, why don't you go
talk with Rich and Marilynn...

- Marilynn. Okay.
- About Indiana? Okay?

Hey, hey. We gotta win
one for the Gipper.

- Huh?
- Come on!

- One, two, three! For the Gipper!
- Ready, go... What?

[newscaster] For the next
President of the United States,

California casts all 167
for Governor Ronald Reagan!

[cheering]

- Thank you, California.
- [laughter]

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

has 93 votes for Gerald Ford!

[crowd cheering]

The state of West Virginia
proudly presents its vote

on behalf of our party's
candidate for the presidency...

Twenty votes for
Gerald R. Ford.

[crowd cheering]

[buzzing]

[Viktor] There is no
defeat more bitter

than a political defeat,

especially if you think
it is your last chance.

[Ford] And right now, I predict

that the American people
are going to say that night,

"Gerry, you've done a good job!

Keep right on doing it!"

Ford stole it, sir.

He was handing
out ambassadorship

and rides on Air Force
One like candy to babies.

[Reagan sighs]
Backstage politics.

[grunts, exhales]

What I really wanted,
Mike, was to be the guy

who finally got to say
"nyet" to the Soviets.

Guess it wasn't God's will.

[Viktor] Democrats
and Republicans

presented a united front
against us for 30 years.

But we sensed an opportunity with
the election of Jimmy Carter.

Then, in 1979,

my worst fears
began to take shape.

It is a crisis of confidence.

Yes, Jimmy, it's a crisis
of confidence, all right.

Are you listening to this?

We can see this
crisis drawing down...

We are the greatest country in the
world and we have just forgotten it.

[Jimmy Carter continues
speaking over TV]

Like I didn't see this coming.

It's okay to say it, Ronnie.

Okay. I'll say it.

I want to run again.

[sighs]

What do you think about that?

If I can do it all again...

[sighs]

The public scrutiny, the
attacks on your character,

all the lies.

But mainly,

I want you to be happy.

Well, you've already made me
the happiest man in the world.

[both chuckle]

I've had to share
you my whole life.

But... that's what
I signed up for,

and who I fell in
love with. Hmm.

[exhales]

It's not over for you, Ronnie.

You know what you have to do.

And this time...

- Win it.
- Win it.

[Nancy chuckles]

No, Mr. President,

we don't have
double-digit inflation

because the people
are living too well.

We have double-digit inflation because
the government is living too well.

Our first priority must
always be world peace.

The use of force is
always the last resort.

These are the kind of elements
of a national health insurance

important to the
American people.

Governor Reagan, again, typically
is against such a proposal.

[sneers]

- There you go again.
- [audience laughs]

Next Tuesday, you will all go to
the polls and make a decision.

And when you make that decision,

I think it would be
well to ask yourself,

are you better off than
you were four years ago?

Is it easier to buy things in the
store than it was four years ago?

Is there more or less
unemployment in the country?

Is America as respected
throughout the world?

Do you feel as safe?

Are we as strong as we
were four years ago?

If your answers are "yes,"

then I think it is obvious
who you will vote for.

But if you don't agree...

then may I suggest
another choice.

And will, to the
best of my ability.

[Berger] Preserve,
protect and defend.

Preserve, protect and defend.

The Constitution of
the United States.

The Constitution of
the United States.

- So help you God.
- So help me God.

Congratulations, sir.

[crowd cheering]

[Reagan] We will again be
the exemplar of freedom

and the beacon of hope for those
who do not now have freedom.

As for the enemies of freedom,

they will be reminded

that peace is the
highest aspiration

of the American people.

We will negotiate for
it, sacrifice for it,

but we will not
surrender for it.

Now or ever.

[crowd cheering]

[tense music playing]

[hopeful music playing]

James Baker whips our butt
in '76 working for Ford,

- now he's Chief of Staff.
- Well, that's why he's Chief of Staff.

Ed, someone who agrees
with you 80% of the time

is an 80% friend,
not a 20% enemy.

Excuse me.

- Mr. Speaker.
- Mr. President.

Congratulations.
Welcome to the Bigs.

Now you enjoy tonight because
tomorrow, we go to work.

Well, I've been
well-briefed on you, Tip.

I've been told I better get
a pretty good head start.

- Ah, that's very Irish of you.
- Yes.

You plan on going ten rounds every
day, that's how we do things here.

All right. Just remember,
every day has a 6:00 p.m.

What do you mean by that, sir?

Well, after 6:00, we're
not political enemies.

We're just two
Irishmen having a beer.

Deal.

[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen,
the First Lady and President

of the United States of America.

[crowd cheering, applauding]

- Would you do me the honor?
- Of course.

♪ My eyes adored you ♪

♪ Though I never
laid a hand on you ♪

♪ My eyes adored you ♪

♪ Like a million
miles away from me,

♪ You couldn't see
how I adored you... ♪

Everyone's here for you,

excited for a new tomorrow.

Oh. They're just watching me dance
with the prettiest girl in the room.

Huh.

You know, I've thought
about this moment a lot.

And after '76...

Well, I just didn't
think it would happen.

I knew.

I always knew.

♪ 'Til we grew into
the me and you ♪

♪ Who went our separate ways ♪

- ♪ My eyes adored you ♪
- [crowd exclaims, cheers]

♪ Though I never
laid a hand on you ♪

♪ My eyes adored you... ♪

Ladies and gentlemen, The
President of the United States.

[Reagan] Thank you, thank you.

Everybody, just be seated.

Good morning,
everyone, good morning.

Now the father can't find
his little optimistic son

so he calls out to him and the little
boy pops out of that huge pile of manure,

says, "Yes, Dad?"

The father says, "What
are you doing in there?"

And the little boy says,
"Well, with all this manure,

I know there's gotta be a
pony in there somewhere."

[laughter]

Anyway, that was my
father's favorite joke.

And, ladies and gentlemen,
we have a pony ourselves,

and it's the American people,

and we're gonna do everything
for them that we can.

We just have to dig 'em out. Mm.

He wasn't President
for one half-hour

before Iran released
the American hostages

they had been holding
for a year and a half.

It was morning in America,

as his supporters would say.

But in just a few days,

that morning nearly disappears
as quickly as it had come.

You and your forbears
built our nation,

now help us rebuild it.

Thank you very much.

- [applause]
- [camera shutter clicking]

No, I like it brighter.
Oh, and the yellow,

- you know, Ronnie loves...
- There's been a shooting at the hotel.

- What?
- It's all right, ma'am.

Your husband wasn't hit.

Get me there.

Ma'am, I can't do that.

Get me there now or I'm walking.

[tense music sting]

[indistinct,
overlapping chatter]

A little hard to breath.

[muffled, indistinct chatter]

- Right here under his arm.
- [Reagan grunts]

[siren whoops]

You told me he wasn't hit.

- No, he was.
- Where was he hit?

I don't know. They're
looking for the bullet.

- What?
- And Jim Brady was shot in the head.

Miss Reagan, I'm sorry, no
one's permitted back there.

- You don't wanna see him...
- He has to know I'm here.

- Yeah, okay.
- Yes. Excuse me. Excuse me!

We've given him another 300 cc.

He's lost a third of
his blood already.

Okay. Get him prepped.

Where... where's Nancy?

- [gasps] Ronnie?
- Oh, hey, honey.

- I forgot to duck.
- Oh, honey...

Try not to talk.

- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
- You're gonna be okay.

- You're gonna be okay.
- I'm fine.

[nurse] Mrs. Reagan.

[tense music playing]

[machine beeping]

[surgeon] Good
evening, Mr. President.

- Please tell me you're Republicans.
- [laughter]

Today, Mr. President,

- we're all Republicans.
- [laughter]

[car horns honking]

Come here... Nancy...

[machine beeping]

[labored] Hi, Nancy Pants.

Mmm.

I brought you jelly beans.

I knew you'd want
them when you woke up.

I had to believe
you were waking up.

I don't do so good without you.

[sniffles, sobs]

I should have been there.

I always walk on your left side.

No, no.

No.

But then it would have been you.

[birds chirping]

[machine beeping]

Boy, you'll do anything
to get that damn tax cut.

I left specific orders. No
democrats within 100 yards.

You'll have to grin and bear it.

- How you doing, pal?
- Well,

- I don't recommend getting shot.
- No.

[sighs] You know, Tip,
I think there is...

I think there is a
reason for all this.

There's a big job left
to be done, and...

whatever time I have left, it...

belongs to Him.

Ah. [inhales]

"Yea, though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death,

I shall fear no evil,

- for thou art with me."
- "...with me."

"Surely goodness and
mercy will follow me all

the days of my life.

And I will dwell in
the house of the Lord

forever."

[both chuckle]

You know, you may have been an actor
if it wasn't for that mug of yours.

[laughs] Well, there were
too many leading men.

[Viktor] It should have
killed him and it almost did.

Most people don't know
how close it came.

Did we do it?

No, we didn't do it,

which isn't to say that some
version of a similar plan

didn't exist in a
drawer somewhere,

as it certainly
does to this day.

[upbeat music plays]

- [Mike] You're who?
- I'm Dana.

- I start work today.
- [laughs]

It's... Yeah, right.

Is this Nofziger's
idea of a joke?

I suggest you leave before
the Secret Service get here.

The Secret Service let me in.

I mean, you're
Mike Deaver, right?

A speech writer?
For the President...

- [door closes]
- of the United States?

- I think that there's been...
- Dana, you're finally here.

Just flew in, sir. I don't
even have a place to stay yet.

Did not spend the night on
the lawn, Mr. President.

- So you know this gentleman?
- Yes.

We go way back.

Soviet grain report.

Nice nap. I'll trade ya.

Well, Dana, I want you
to hurry up and settle in

'cause we have a
lot of work to do.

[door opens]

[door closes]

We wear suits here.

Right on, Mike. Yeah.

Would you maybe have an extra
I could borrow before payday?

Wh...

Let me know.

[door closes]

[Stockman] First quarter
numbers are below expectations.

Unemployment hasn't budged.

I think we should reexamine

some of the revenue
enhancers on the table, sir.

Revenue enhancers?

Re... Is that what
you're calling

tax increases these
days in Washington?

- [laughter]
- I told the American people

that I would lower taxes.

So if that's what
you really think,

then what the hell are you
doing in my administration?

Mr. President, we simply
have to balance this budget.

You know, I've learned a
thing or two about economics.

I majored in Economics
at Eureka College.

Now, it wasn't your
Ivy League college,

but there I learned
about Ibn Khaldun,

he was a ruler in Egypt.

And he had a philosophy
that really hit home

when I was in the 94%
tax bracket in Hollywood.

And that is when taxes are
low, people have more money.

And when people have more
money, they buy more things.

Now, these things have to
be made by other people

who have to hire more
people to help them do that.

And as for taxes,

well, the good Lord
only asks for 10%,

why should Uncle
Sam ask for more?

- [laughter]
- Mr. President,

the Air Traffic Controllers
are threatening a strike.

- Well, can they do that?
- No, sir.

- Legally?
- Essential public service,

they have all signed
a no-strike contract.

A contract is a contract.

That's the way I learned it.

They forfeited their jobs.

[Viktor] If he was willing to
risk chaos in his own country,

we could only imagine
what he might do to us.

- [shutter clicking fast]
- [clacks]

The Soviets are conducting full
exercises right out in the open.

German border is quiet but
it looks like they're moving

some brand new SS-20s by rail.

That's confirmed. They're
20 miles east of Berlin.

Each rail car contains a ballistic
missile with a nuclear warhead.

John, how many nuclear
missiles do they have?

Thirty-five thousand.

- Officially.
- And us?

Twenty-five and change, sir.

So roughly 60,000
nuclear warheads

pointed at each other, each
one can take out a city.

That's about the size
of it, Mr. President.

So while we have been,

over the past ten years,
reducing our military,

they've been building
up their arsenal

and thumbing their noses at us,

violating every treaty
that we have with them.

More than possible, sir, that's
exactly what's happening.

And what have we done about it
except take a picture of it?

Well, after you fire off
the first thousand or so,

there's no one around
to keep score, is there?

It's insane.

One little mistake,
somebody has too much vodka,

none of this matters.

[tense music playing]

- [clacks]
- [crowd cheering]

[reporter] Thousands were
gathered in St. Peter's Square

at the Vatican today, cheering
the arrival of the Pope.

But soon, gunshots turn the
celebration into horror,

as the Pope collapsed
into the arms of his aids.

He's in surgery.
The official story

is that he was grazed
but it's worse than that.

- They gave him his last rites.
- [newspaper thuds]

What do we know?

[Casey] John Paul is from
Poland under Soviet control.

Polish people want
self-rule and democracy.

Solidarity movement is
taking over the nation.

The Pope is with them,

basically giving Moscow the
middle finger because he can.

Visit to the homeland is
basically the second coming.

The writing's on the wall, this comes
from Moscow via Bulgaria, Mr. President.

This is KGB all the way.

Well, that doesn't
make sense, Bill.

They're either gonna
create a martyr

or they're gonna unleash
the Catholic Church

against themselves.

They're scared.

[Viktor] The Pope lived.

And now, The
Crusader and the Pope

shared a bond of having
survived an assassin's bullet.

And his new ally just happened
to have a billion followers.

[crowd cheering]

[Viktor] Get out of Poland.

Get out of Afghanistan.

Throw away ten years of treaties

and eliminate all
nuclear missiles.

As they say in America,
Brezhnev's mind was blown.

He scribbles

a personal note to
me on yellow paper?

The President of
the United States?

Now we know who shot him.

His own State Department.

[grunts softly] Eh?

[Viktor] No, thank you.

- [chuckles]
- [alcohol pours]

[Viktor] And now, enter
his new Secretary of State,

- George Shultz, the Tiger Man.
- [Andrei] The who?

He had a tattoo of
a tiger on his ass.

How do we know that?

KGB. Here.

[Reagan] We'll just get this
little ceremony over with.

This is what I used to quit
smoking back in the '60s.

[chuckling]

Oh, I knew it.

- I knew it.
- [Shultz] What?

Well, you can tell a lot
about a man's character

by if he chooses just one color

or if he grabs a handful.

[Shultz] I see.

And, uh, what does this
say about my character?

It says that you're focused,

you're determined,

and that you're not
easily distracted.

You're gonna do great here.

Okay, then. [laughs]

[Reagan] America has
hired us to do two things.

Let them be prosperous again,

and keep them safe.

Peace through strength.

May I speak freely?

I expect it.

Clarity is power.

Now, I believe you are
clear in these objectives.

Now, the rest of the
world needs to be.

As long as those objectives
are your objectives.

They are, Mr. Clark.
Which isn't to say

that I won't push
back or voice opinions

if I see conflict
in those objectives.

That's exactly why I chose you.

Peace through
strength is, it's...

It's just a-a bit opaque.

I-I need you to articulate
a message about the Soviets

that I can take to the world.

Well, that's simple.

We win.

They lose.

And you can quote me.

[laughter]

Well, that's a clear message.

[chuckles]

[hopeful music playing]

- Hey, Dutch, where you going?
- Come on, Dutch!

[laughter]

- Scaredy-cat!
- Four eyes!

[Nelle] That's the boy
that's been threatening you?

- [Dutch] Every day.
- [bully] Get over here!

- Mama's boy.
- He'll be there tomorrow too.

That's what bullies do
until you stand up to them.

It's time for you to
settle this, Dutch.

Go on.

[bully taunting]

Come on, Mama's boy.

- [bully taunting]
- [sidekicks laughing]

- Get him.
- [punch lands]

- [taunting]
- [punches landing]

- [grunting]
- [punches landing]

[police siren wailing]

[sighs]

[pen scratching]

It's a little soft.

We'll get it there, sir.

- Dana? A word.
- [door opens]

- [pen holder clinks]
- [door closes]

Well, I see you still have
one foot in California.

I am about to start the
biggest war of this century.

Maybe of all time.

And I'm not gonna
fire a single shot.

I'm gonna fight it with words.

And they have to count
every single one of them.

So say what you mean,

mean what you say.

I need the guy who
camped out in my yard.

You understand?

- [hopeful music playing]
- [birds chirping]

[audience applauds]

[Reagan] And let us pray

for the salvation
of those who live

in that totalitarian darkness.

Let us pray that
they will discover

the joy of knowing God

and let us be aware that
while their unelected leaders

preach the supremacy
of the State,

declare its omnipotence
over individual man

and predict its
eventual domination

of all the peoples of the Earth,

they are the focus of
evil in the modern world.

It was C.S. Lewis,

who in his magnificent
Screwtape Letters wrote,

"The greatest evil is not done

in those sordid dens of crime
that Dickens loved to paint

nor is it done in the concentration
camps and labor camps.

In them, we see
its final result.

But it is conceived and ordered

in clear, carpeted, warmed,
and well-lighted offices

by quiet men with white
collars and cut fingernails

who do not need to
raise their voices,

but speak in soothing tones
of brotherhood and peace."

Beware the temptation to
ignore the facts of history,

and the aggressive
impulses of an evil empire.

[crowd cheers, applauds]

Yes!

I think the President's words
were a little irresponsible.

Last thing we need to do
is heat this Cold War up.

- [scoffs] - While the President
clearly thought tonight...

What is wrong with these people?

I mean, whose side
are they on, anyway?

Oh, honey, you can't pay
any attention to that.

But I have to. Most of the country
is paying attention to them.

Well, if you think that got their
undies in a wad, you just wait.

We have prevented nuclear war
for more than three decades.

Recently, however, it has become
clear we cannot rely solely

on offensive retaliation
to maintain peace.

I call upon the
scientific community,

those who gave us
nuclear weapons

to turn their great talents now to
the cause of mankind and world peace.

To build this defensive
"missile shield,"

rendering these weapons
impotent and obsolete.

If we take these measures...

[Viktor] He got the idea from
a movie he starred in, in 1940.

And with his economy booming,
he now had the money to spend.

But it didn't exist.

Small detail.

- Small detail?
- Let's just say

he was characteristically
optimistic.

So he was lying.

Here. Eat something.

Viktor Petrovich,
it didn't exist.

It was science fiction.

But the missiles, missiles did!

Doesn't matter.

The Crusader was
making his move.

And we knew it.

And then something happened.

Like what?

[engines whirring]

[FA speaking Korean]

[whooshing]

[pilot] Korean Airlines,
you are in Soviet airspace.

Move out now.

[call button chimes]

[chattering in Korean]

[tense music playing]

[pilot] Command,
there is no response.

Appears to be commercial flight.

- [comm officer] Shoot it down.
- [pilot] Are you sure?

I see flashing indicators.

- [comm officer] Shoot it down.
- [pilot] Copy that.

[distant screaming]

A civilian airliner?

[Anatoly] CIA spy plane.

They were warned repeatedly.

It was a commercial flight!

Two hundred and
sixty-nine people

are dead, Anatoly,

including one of
our congressman!

- [man] George...
- You crossed a line.

[reporter 1] Tensions between the Cold
War adversaries continue to escalate.

[reporter 2] President Reagan
called it an act of barbarism.

[reporter 3] NATO forces
remain on alert across Europe.

[reporter 4] Many are
concerned at home and abroad

that these actions bring the
United States and the Soviet Union

a step closer to a
direct military conflict.

[Viktor] And three weeks later,

our radar systems
detected the unthinkable.

[clanks]

[Viktor] Triggering a
terrifying response of action.

- This is not a drill.
- Do we have confirmation on this?

Soviets are heating
up six sites.

That's 18 million
American lives.

They think we're launching, sir.

Prepare for DEFCON 1.

I need confirmation.

Mr. President, if this is real, we
won't have time for confirmation.

We need a decision.

[computer beeping]

[beeping]

[tense music playing]

[phone rings]

They're aborting, sir.
They're standing down.

- [sighs of relief]
- Okay, sir. I'll let them know.

- [sigh]
- We're that close.

Looks like a flock of geese
triggered a positive radar hit.

- Ah, Jesus.
- Ah.

I can't believe it.

[Viktor] The Cold War
was in full swing.

The Crusader knew he had
to keep the pressure on us,

but making sure there
were no more mistakes.

But before he could resume
his crusade against us,

he would have to
face his voters.

And let's just say, not everyone
thought he was the right choice.

[geese quacking]

["Land of Confusion"
by Genesis playing]

Ah. Goody two-shoes.

[protesters chanting]

[protesters chanting]

[videogame sound effects]

[protesters chanting]

[videogame sound effects]

[gurgling]

["Land of Confusion"
continues playing]

Mr. Mondale's poll numbers
have been steadily rising.

Concerns have been raised as
the President has stumbled,

appearing tired in
the last debate.

President Reagan
could very well end up

a one-term president.

So how do you adjust
for inflation, uh,

between the six and twelve
percent projections?

Well, you know,

that with the adding
of four million...

- [staff coughing]
- [paper rustling]

Three million new jobs

and the rate of
unemployment being...

[sighs deeply]

Okay.

Stop. Stop.

I need a break.

- [switches thudding]
- [electricity buzzing]

[indistinct whispering]

- [exhales] - Mr. President,
we really feel that...

w-we just need to do
this all over again.

No. I've had enough, Ed.

Say, M-Mr. President, I forgot,
what's your favorite movie?

The Sound of Music.

What do you say,
you and Mrs. Reagan

get together and
watch it tonight?

Relax, calm your mind.

You'll be back in
the saddle tomorrow.

And we'll be ready to go.

- That's a great idea.
- [Reagan] Well...

when God closes a door, He
opens a window, doesn't He?

[chuckling]

Gentlemen,

instead of cramming his
head with useless numbers,

why don't you let
Ronnie be Ronnie?

Okay?

[sighs]

Uh, anybody else have...

Aha. Martha?

[Martha] Yes, Father.

You tell me.

Friedrich told you, Father.

We were berry picking.

[von Trapp] I forgot!
You were berry picking.

- [kids] Yes!
- We love berry picking.

- [von Trapp] All afternoon?
- Mm-hmm!

- [Martha] We picked thousands.
- Thousands?

They were all over the place.

[von Trapp] What
kind of berries?

- [Maria] Blueberries, sir.
- Blueberries!

- Yes!
- Yes! Blue!

[von Trapp] It's, uh, too
early for blueberries.

[Maria] They were strawberries.

[host] Mr. Trewhitt, your
question to President Reagan.

Mr. President, I wanna raise an issue
that I think has been lurking out there

for two or three weeks,
and cast it specifically

in national security terms.

You already are the oldest
President in history

and some of your staff
say that you were tired

after your most recent
encounter with Mr. Mondale.

I recall yet that President
Kennedy had to go for days on end

with very little sleep during
the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Is there any doubt in your mind
that you would be able to function

in such circumstances?

Not at all, Mr. Trewhitt.

And I want you to
know that, also,

I will not make age an
issue in this campaign.

I will not for
political purposes,

exploit my opponent's
youth and inexperience.

[audience laughing, applauding]

[Viktor] And with that
one thrust of wit...

he turned the tide.

[upbeat music playing]

[crowd cheering]

[chanting] USA, USA, USA, USA!

[indistinct chatter]

- He'll be there.
- You wanted to see me, sir?

No, we'll figure it out.

- Yeah. Yeah, John.
- [sighs]

Uh, there's a rumor around here
that you're a... a horse guy.

Yup, I rode for Boston PD.

I've been riding my
whole life, really. Why?

We've been having some issues
at the Western White House

- out in California.
- What kind of issues?

Nobody can ride.

Yeah, Rawhide isn't gonna say
anything but it's pretty embarrassing

when one of ours has to walk
his horse when he wants to run.

You mean gallop.

Yeah. Whatever.

But, uh, do you wanna head up
that detail when we travel?

So I'd be riding horses with
the... with the President?

Giddyap.

- Okay.
- All right.

- [coughing] - [Viktor]
Unlike other presidents,

The Crusader was in no
rush to meet with us.

- This created a problem.
- [coughing]

[funeral march playing]

Here's the latest.

[grunts, groans]

[funeral march playing]

This here,

this is only...

[coughing]

[funeral march playing]

How can I talk to them
if they keep dying on me?

We are starving for energy, Ron,
and we've got to get it somewhere

and we can't afford
what we've been paying.

But buying it from
the Soviet Union?

You know that that money is going
directly into a missile pointed at you.

Mr. President,

give me an alternative.

The Saudis have agreed to
increase oil production,

as long as we buy it from
them, not the Russians.

And if we can get our
friends to go along with us.

And you can sell this
at home? To your Texans?

It will drop oil to under
ten dollars a barrel.

Oh, I'll take a political
hit for it, that's for sure.

And Texans love to make
money, yes, they do.

We all do.

But they love their
freedom even more.

First, the Evil
Empire and now this.

You're certainly not
looking to make friends.

No, I'm not.

But perhaps you should.

I met their new man, Gorbachev.

He is a very different
kind of Russian.

And I told him you were a
very, very different kind

of an American.

- Pushing up the draft. All right.
- Ah!

- Ow! Oh, oh.
- Hey, hey. Quiet. Shh!

Good evening. President
Reagan is in Geneva tonight

ready for the Gorbachev summit.

[tense music playing]

The baron is honored to
have you stay at his home

- for this occasion.
- Thank you.

Please let him know how
much we appreciate it.

Uh... [chuckles] The goldfish.

It seems that the baron's
son is very attached to it.

It needs to be fed
twice every day.

Well, I will, uh,
do it personally.

[Nancy chuckles]

There are a few things I
can do myself, you know?

- [aide] They've arrived.
- Oh.

Oh, then... Yes.

Here we go.

Oh, no. Coat off.

It's below freezing out there.

The whole world is watching
this meeting, George.

He needs to look his best, and
that overcoat is not working.

Well, you guys are
in charge of policy,

but even the leader of
the free world has a boss,

- and she's in charge of presentation.
- [chuckles]

[Viktor] And before
the summit had begun,

we found ourselves
already at a disadvantage,

as the President looked better
than the General Secretary.

[indistinct chatter]

[speaking Russian]

- Let me state at the outset.
- [continues in Russian]

You should have no illusions

that you can bankrupt us.

[Viktor] The Crusader
took it all in stride...

- We can match you on land...
- hearing it for what it was.

- [speaking Russian] -
[interpreter] and air and space.

[speaking Russian]

[Viktor] Mandatory
messaging from the Party.

[clears throat]

As I see it,

we don't mistrust each
other because we're armed.

- [translating in Russian]
- We're armed

because we mistrust each other.

But I think that we both agree
on the most important thing.

A nuclear war can never be won

and must never be fought.

- [translating in Russian]
- [soft music playing]

He's definitely ambiguous.

It's perfectly clear, there's
nothing ambiguous about it.

You come out ahead
as you usually do.

Violation after violation
of SALT I and II.

Violation? This is nothing more
than you militarizing space.

[indistinct,
overlapping chatter]

["This Is How The
World Ends" playing]

[Viktor] I saw a gentle smile
that never left his face.

He was disarming, but
still he was the zealot

that called us an Evil Empire.

And we could not
let our guard down.

You know, I used to
do a little acting

a couple hundred years
ago back in Hollywood.

Let me show you how we used
to handle this sort of thing.

Take two.

Hello, Mikhail. My name's Ron.

How would you like to
go for a little walk?

[indistinct chatter]

[Gorbachev] What they say
about you, Mr. President,

"He picks your pocket and
makes you feel good about it."

Well, I've had much worse said
about me before, way worse.

As have I. Hazard of our job.

I want to let you know

that we seek the
same thing, Mikhail.

Do we, Ron?

We are not here
because we need to be.

We desire peace, just as you do.

But your proposal
is not so simple.

Oh, actually, it is very simple.

It's just not easy.

But I believe that you
and I, we can do it.

In fact, we must.

The world demands it.

And after all, isn't
that who we work for?

The people and the man upstairs.

Ah. The man upstairs.

My grandmother was
a Christian woman,

go to church every day.

And after, would say,

"Mikhail, I went
to church today.

I prayed for the atheist.

I prayed for you."

Well, I think that your
grandmother and my mother

could have been
very good friends.

[Russian official] So
you're the Tiger Man.

Excuse me? Tiger Man?

I like American
baseball, very much.

Oh, yeah? Who's
your favorite team?

New York Yankees. And you?

Uh, St. Louis Cardinals.

Game 7, World Series.

Very sorry, but what series?

Oh, next time you're in the States,
I'll make sure you get to a game.

No, no, no, no. Let them talk.

You go in there, you're fired.

Tiger Man.

My proposal...

is this.

That you and I,

by the time that I leave office,

can reduce our missile
counts by half.

Hmm.

I'm not a patient man either.

I do not intend to leave office

before they are gone,

completely.

[hopeful music playing]

[Reagan] Oh, no.

Honey, look what I've done.

Oh, dear.

Maybe we can find another one.

Uh, Mr. President, we-we go
live in five-five minutes.

Oh, I-I think we should
find another one.

Oh, no!

Every kid knows his goldfish.

I'm gonna write him a note.

W-we need to go now.

I mean, the entire
world is waiting.

The world can wait.

I'm going to write him a note.

- [grunts, mouths] Nancy...
- That's my Ronnie.

- We have to wait.
- [Viktor] Nothing was really agreed to yet

beyond agreeing to meet again.

But the Soviet Union and USA
were talking to one another

instead of at one another.

- [indistinct]
- [camera shutter clicking]

[hopeful music playing]

[Viktor] Reagan's allies
against us included the Pope,

Thatcher, the Iron Lady,

and leaders of West Germany
and Japan, Cole and Nakasone.

We stand firmly behind you.

When you speak with
Secretary Gorbachev,

you are speaking for
us in free world.

[Reagan] Well, we understand

that you are surrounded
by communists,

and we appreciate
you standing with us.

[Nakasone] Be careful. Remember,

communists have no problem with
lying to achieve their goals.

They are testing you to
see if you will stand firm.

Don't worry. I dealt with
these guys back in Hollywood.

I even have the scars
on my back to prove it.

And I promise you,

we're not going to lose.

[reporter] In other news, President
Reagan has landed in Reykjavík, Iceland

to continue discussions with Soviet
Premier Gorbachev over nuclear disarmament.

Fifty percent across
the board reduction.

All weapons groups,
tactical, INF, ICBM.

In exchange, suspension of your
Strategic Defense Initiative.

"Star Wars," some refer to it.

Counter proposal.

We share all SDI technology,

we develop it together,

we'll even pay for it.

And we eliminate all
ballistic missiles

in ten years. Together.

You refuse to share
oil-drilling technology

and you offer this?

SDI is a completely
defensive system.

This is the line,
Mr. President.

If you walk away,

you will have missed the
chance of going down in history

as the president who paved the
way for nuclear disarmament.

How will you explain this
to your "free people?"

Mr. President,

I'm offering you the biggest
win of your presidency.

Just drop SDI.

[tense music playing]

[exhales deeply]

Nyet.

[thuds]

Let's go, George.

You would lose the whole
deal over this one thing?

This is a fair offer.

As was mine.

I don't know what more
I could have done.

[exhales]

You could have said yes.

[Viktor] After he walked away
from the negotiating table,

we were in a very dark place.

We knew it was over,

unless something
extraordinary happened.

We've intercepted two more
shipments of Soviet RPGs and AK-47s

coming out of Cuba,
headed for Nicaragua.

The freedom fighters are
holed up in the mountains.

It's David and Goliath, but
they're making a go of it.

Well, I like these guys.

They remind me of Washington
and the Continental Army.

What do they need?

What do they always need?

Band-Aids, guns, and money.

Well, give them what they want.

Mr. President, we won't have the
Congress with us on this one.

[exhales deeply]

[judge] And nothing but
the truth, so help you God?

- I do.
- Please be seated.

[Viktor] The American
Congress had said no

to giving money to his
friends in Nicaragua.

And The Crusader had
hostages in the Middle East

and needed to free them.

But it was American policy never
to negotiate with terrorists.

But somewhere, a
plan was hatched.

Reagan's Iran-Contra
situation comes down to this.

What did the president know,
and when did he know it?

And if you, people of the
press, want any more answers,

you ask President Reagan.

[Viktor] Five decades of
his struggle against us

and it came down to whether he
could survive a domestic scandal.

In spite of the wildly
speculative and false reports,

we do not negotiate
with terrorists

and we did not trade arms

- for hostages.
- [reporters indistinct]

[reporter] These accusations are
potentially impeachable offenses.

And if true, some observers
believe his presidency

could be hanging in the balance.

For W News 4 at the White
House, I'm Carl Long.

[tense music playing]

Ronnie, you have
to do something.

Have you seen this?

[Reagan] Yes, I've seen it.

[Nancy] Are you listening
to these people?

They want nothing more
than to see you burn.

You know, they may smile and call you
"Mr. President," but they hate you.

They hate what you say, what
you believe in, who you are.

Honey, I just can't accept that.

No, no, you never could.

You're the optimist. You're the one
who wants to see the good in people.

But it's my job to see
through them and protect you.

Well, that's why we're
such a good team.

[mutters]

Honey, you know Washington.
You know the way it works.

- It's politics, that's all.
- Ronnie, they're talking impeachment!

- No impeachment.
- Yes, they wanna destroy you!

They're putting you on trial,
removing you from office!

This isn't about
politics anymore.

This is about you.

Everything is at stake.
One more headline,

one more star witness, one more
arrest, and they will do it.

I have cooperated with them.

I appointed a
special prosecutor.

I've turned over
every document I have.

What would you have me do?

I want you to fight

or this is all over!

[sighs]

[grunts]

[horse whinnying in distance]

You could always hire someone.

Ha!

Why, you looking
for work? [grunts]

I got a job for you

back in Washington.

You're the president. You could
always order me back there.

Are they gonna impeach me, Bill?

Well, it's moving in
that direction, sir.

Mr. President,
you're my friend.

I can only speak
to you straight.

Some laws got broken, for sure,

whether you broke them
or somebody else did.

So now you're clamming
up and lawyering up.

It's the wrong move.

It confuses everybody, even
the ones that love you.

People are thinking
that maybe you're...

I'm losing it? Yeah.

I've heard it.

What do you think
I should do, Judge?

What you do best.

Tell 'em the truth.

[horse whinnying]

[Reagan] A few months ago,
I told the American people

that I did not trade
arms for hostages.

My heart and my best intentions
still tell me that's true

but the facts and the
evidence tell me it is not.

Now, what should happen when
you make a mistake is this.

You take your knocks, you
put things in perspective,

you pull your energies together,

you make changes,
and you go forward.

[Viktor] Americans.

You do them wrong,
you'll pay for it.

But look them in the eye,
admit you made a mistake,

they forgive you every time.

[grunts, exhales]

[Andrei] He was president.

He had to know.

[chuckles] He was
still the lifeguard.

He was going to get
his people home.

[soft music playing]

I'm not pleased with you, Ron. Let's
just get that said right up front.

Well, I can't imagine how
I've upset you, Margaret.

Are we gonna go
over Grenada again?

Well, you're certainly
not walking away

from what happened
at Reykjavík...

- No.
- Looks like you're picking a fight.

No, but I'm not afraid of one.

Perhaps that is why
Mitterrand calls you

a "dangerous cowboy."

Well,

at least I have Margaret
Thatcher on my side.

- He wants to say it.
- He does, but we'll never get it past Shultz.

I mean, it's the one thing they
don't want him talking about.

My family in Germany
is talking about it.

Everybody is talking about
it. He needs to talk about it.

He's going to Camp David,
then he's back here for a day,

then he's going to Europe. We have
one shot to have him say this.

It's now or never.

[breathes deeply]

[whirring]

Hey, give me this! I-I'll
take that. Thank you.

Mr. President,
some light reading.

- Shh!
- [Nancy chuckles]

[Nancy] Good afternoon.

Hello, fellas, good day to fly.

No barrel rolls though.

[hopeful music playing]

Well, I think that's a First
Lady question, actually.

Why would you do
this to Gorbachev?

You know how long it's
taken us to get to this.

They're at the table.
They're ready to make a deal

and you wanna embarrass him?

Gorbachev's the first friend
we've had over there in 70 years!

- [door closes]
- [sighs] You can't say this.

I'm-I'm begging you
to listen to me.

You know, I stood by you with
SDI when it was ridiculed.

I supported you
with the Contras.

I even walked out of
Reykjavík with egg on my face.

But this goes too far.

This is worse than Evil Empire.

You're gonna blow up Geneva, you
blow up eight years of diplomacy.

We'll be right back where
we started from, or worse!

"Clarity is power."

You know, a very great
man once said that to me.

What are we here for, George...

but to win?

[soft music playing]

[Reagan] Behind
me stands a wall.

Part of a vast
system of barriers

that divide the entire
continent of Europe.

A gash of barbed wire, concrete,

dogs, and guard towers,

imposing the will of
a totalitarian state.

As long as this gate is closed

and this scar is
permitted to stand,

there is a question of
freedom for all mankind.

[cheering, applauding]

[Reagan] The totalitarian
world produces backwardness

because it does such
violence to the spirit.

Thwarting the human impulse to
create, to enjoy, even to worship.

Here in Berlin, like
the city itself,

symbols of love,
symbols of worship

cannot be suppressed.

[whooping, cheering]

There is one sign that
the Soviets can make,

that would unmistakably
and dramatically advance

the cause of freedom and peace.

General Secretary Gorbachev,

if you seek peace,

if you seek
liberalization and change,

come here to this gate.

[crowd cheering]

Mr. Gorbachev,

open this gate.

Is he gonna say it?

Mr. Gorbachev,

tear down this wall.

[cheering, applauding]

Whoo!

[yells] Whoo!

[laughs]

[whooping, yelling]

Well done, cowboy.

[cheering]

[hopeful music playing]

[Viktor] In the chess
game of the Cold War,

it was checkmate.

["Sweet Child O' Mine" playing]

[reporter 1] The
unimaginable is happening

right now in Berlin.

[reporter 2] Shocking
developments overnight

as East Germany
announced its citizens

can travel freely
to West Germany.

[reporter 3] What no
one thought could happen

is happening right now.

[crowd cheering]

[reporter] Within hours, the
city erupted in celebration

as East and West Germans
took hammers to the wall

that had separated
them for 30 years.

[crowd cheering]

[Viktor] Two years,
after the wall fell,

the Soviet Union was no more.

I knew he was the one.

He was the one who
would bring us down.

Not with missiles or
guns or even politics.

Something much greater.

[soft music playing]

[horse whinnying]

[Viktor] People will not
give their lives for power,

or a State, or even ideology.

People give their
lives for one another,

for the freedom to live those
lives as they choose and for God.

We took that away.

The Crusader...

gave it back to them.

And that is the answer
to your question.

[exhales deeply]

Thank you, Viktor Petrovich.

[Viktor] Take it.

Thank you.

Good night.

What's going on
there, Mr. President?

This means something to me.

[Nancy] I know what
you're saying, John,

but I'm not gonna do it.

Ma'am, I need you to tell
him we can't do this anymore.

I can't. I can't. I can't do it.

He got lost yesterday.

I couldn't find him
for half an hour.

Horses know when a rider doesn't
know what he's doing, okay? He's...

He's gonna get thrown again.

I can't tell him that
he can't ride anymore.

He loves it too much.

Please.

Okay.

He loves you more, ma'am.

[door opens, closes]

Mr. President?

What is it, John?

You know, uh...

I don't think we're having as
much fun riding as we used to.

Oh, the agent on, uh... [sniffs]

- On Mrs. Reagan, she is...
- What do you want, John?

Mr. President, I don't...

I don't think we
should ride anymore.

Oh.

[sighs deeply]

[pats saddle]

One more ride.

Yes, sir, Mr. President.

Mm.

["Take Me Home,
Country Roads" playing]

[Reagan] My fellow Americans.

I have recently been told that I
am one of the millions of Americans

who will be afflicted
with Alzheimer's disease.

At the moment, I feel just fine.

I intend to live the remainder
of the years God gives me

doing the things I
have always done.

Unfortunately, as Alzheimer's
disease progresses,

the family often
bears a heavy burden.

I only wish there was some
way I could spare Nancy

from this painful experience.

I will continue to
share life's journey

with my beloved
Nancy and my family.

I plan to enjoy
the great outdoors

and stay in touch with my
friends and supporters.

When the time comes,

I am confident that
with your help,

she will face it with
faith and courage.

In closing, let me thank
you, the American people,

for giving me the great honor

of allowing me to serve
as your president.

When the Lord calls me
home, whenever that may be,

I will leave with the greatest
love for this country of ours

and eternal optimism
for its future.

I now begin the journey that will
lead me into the sunset of my life.

I know that for America,

there will always be a
bright new dawn ahead.

Thank you, my friends.

May God always bless you.

Sincerely,

Ronald Reagan.

[drums beating]

["Amazing Grace"
playing on bagpipe]

["Don't Fence Me In"
by Bob Dylan playing]

[song fades]

["Walls Will Fall" performed
by BJ Thomas playing]

[little boy reading the letter]

[song ends]