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This is nothing. ...piece of cake. Y'know, producing is being a Samurai Warrior. They pay you, day in, day out, for Years, so that, ONE DAY, when <u>called</u> upon, you can respond, your training At Its Peak, and save the day.
BREAN, SHAKING HIS HEAD. IN THE B.G., MOSS, DRINKING. THE TV COMES TO LIFE.
ON BREAN AND MOSS, WHO WALK SCHUMANN ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. IN THE B.G. WE SEE AMES TALKING TO THE DRIVER OF THE HARVESTER, WHO IS A SMALL, HISPANIC MAN.
..."down safely," crew perished in the Crash....
ON MOSS, AS HE WALKS THE GROGGY SCHUMANN TOWARD THE GAS STATION.
...how ya feeling, boy?
ON THE GAS STATION OWNER, WHO HAS RETREATED TO HIS COUNTER AND PRODUCES A SHOTGUN, AND STARTS TO LOAD IT.
Shoe, boy...? You know, you were telling me you wanted Beans? Remember, you were concerned about the Beans...?
The threat of Nuc1ear Terrorism has been quelled. We are in <u>contaot</u> with the Albanian Premier, who assures me, and this government <u>credits</u> his assurances, that his country does not wish us ill, and <u>has</u> not. That the threat which we perceived was not of his wish, or of his making.
CAIN, MOUTHING ALONG, WITH THE SPEECH, SHE LOOKS DOWN, AND WE SEE WRITTEN, ON HER COPY. of his making
AS WE LOOK UP, WE SEE THE PRESIDENT BITING HIS LIP, AND CONTINUING WITH THE SPEECH.
From whence did it come? Our information states it came from a small group of armed, dissidents. Of Armed and Violent Dissidents...
ON CAIN, AS SHE LOOKS AROUND.
But that group has been, in the main, subdued. Now: How did we come by this information? And. Who subdued that group?
CAIN LOOKS DOWN AT HER SCRIPT. SHRUGS, AND LOOKS UP.
ON THE PRESSCORP, THE REPORTERS, LISTENING WIDEMOUTHED, TO THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH.
It falls to me to <u>reveal</u> to you a <u>secret</u>. To reveal the existence of a secret group of warriors. Men, yes, and <u>women</u>, trained and pledged their <u>strength</u>, their <u>skills</u>, and, if called upon, their <u>lives</u>, in the service of their fellow Americans. A group so secret, its very existence has been known to just a few, and known not by a Name, but by a Designation Number, ThreeOhThree...
...member of the group, was left behind what were, then, Enemy Lines.
ON LIZ, AS SHE WALKS THROUGH THE H.Q., ON A BOARD WE SEE "DAYS TILL ELECTION 6" AND % IN FAVOR 82%. A HUGE TV SHOWS THE PRESIDENT.
And I can only say, to those family members, <u>of</u> group 303, which members are, I know, as I speak, gathering to comfort you, the parents of the missing man, I can only say,
THE PRESIDENT, HOLDING THE PHOTOGRAPH
Dashes and Dots. And those dots spell out a message in the Morse Code. And that message is, "Courage, Mom..." And he got the message through. "Courage. Mom..." Well, to the Family of William A. Schumann, to the Men and Women of Unit 303, to my fellow citizens <u>I</u> say "courage." I have informed the Albanian government, and I inform <u>you</u>, that we will not rest until the safe return of Sergeant Schwn&nn. I'm told his unit mates gave him the nickname, "Old Shoe." Ladies and Gentleman, we will not <u>treat</u> him like an Old Shoe, we...
YOUNG PERSON'S APARTMENT, NIGHT.
...we will <u>not</u> be swayed, will, will not be <u>swayed</u> from <u>Every</u> effort to find <u>our</u> Old Shoe, our...
THE PLANE, IN A VIOLENT RAINSTORM, BUCKING WILDLY. AMES, ON HIS KNEES, GATHERING UP THE PILLS, REPLACES THEM IN THE VIAL, SHAKES OUT TWO, AND GIVES THEM TO SCHUMANN. WHO TAKES THEM. MOSS THEN STRAPS HIMSELF BACK IN AND BREAN CONTINUES TALKING ON THE TELEPHONE.
You gonna git me back tomorrow? Cause they havin <u>beans</u> tomorrow...
"...where's my pill..."
THE GROUP WATCHING TELEVISION.
ON SCHUMANN, WHO HAS CONE TO THE BACK OF THE COUNTER, AND IS EMPTYING THE CANNISTERS.
Where's my pill...?
...where is my pill?
ON THE MEN, IN THE ROOM, ARGUING ABOUT THE ILLEGAL ALIEN, SCHUMANN IN THE B.G.
WHERE'S MY FUCKING <u>PIIIILLLLLLL</u>...?
Oh, MiGod.
Guess who <u>I</u> am.
I'd like to mention a few <u>names</u>, who...
I know who you are, Mr. Ames.
I was acting as a Private Citizen. Nothing that I've done should be construed as reflecting on the orders or intentions of anyone with whom you may have reason to believe I am connected with. Or in whose <u>employ</u>...
Quite touching.
And I take this <u>opportunity</u> to suggest that, equally, I admit to <u>nothing</u>, and that I would like my lawyer present.
Guess what? We show, and N.S.A. confirms, there <u>are</u> no nuclear devices on the Canadian border. There are no nuclear devices in Albania. Z'at put us in something of a pickle? Albania <u>has</u> no nuclear capacity. Our spy satellites show "no secret terrorist camps" in The Albanian Hinterland. The F.B.I. and the Border Patrol, And the R.C.M.P. report no repeat no untoward activity along our picturesque Canadian Border. The Albanian Government is screaming its innocence, the world is listening. There is no War.
As are we all, and I'd like to take this opportunity to suggest that the Security of the country would be ill served by any, any...any...
Any untoward "revelation" regarding, uh...
And I think that the Security of the Country would be bestserved by its citizens obeying its laws. Gemme a Federal Judge, gemme searchwarrants, all premises controlled by our friends, and benchwarrants for the two of...
Who we got here...?
John Levy, Staff, and Amy Cain, Press Off....
Alright. Look here, any of you kids hear in this room: what you hear here, what you say here, what you <u>do</u> here, f'it got out, you leaked it. Tell'em what they need to know.
When it broke, he said one word: get me Ronnie Brean.
Well. Alright. What is it? What's, he, uh...? He had an Illegal Immigrant, was his Gardener, some years back...? What's the thing? You people get ahead, you sure get nervous.
Three minutes. It couldn't have been over three minutes, the Secret Service...
Okay. And she's alleging...?
We are virtually certain it isn't...
Who's got the story?
Don't you want to know if it's true?
What difference does it make if it's true? It's a <u>story</u>, and, it <u>breaks</u> they're gonna have to <u>run</u> with it How long've we got til it breaks?
Front page. Washington Post. Tomorrow.
Well, yeah. Now. That's not good. <u>Okay</u>: <u>Okay</u>. We'll set up the War Room <u>Here</u>...
When do we bring'em back?
You gotta give me a day. I need a day. He's sick, get it out <u>now</u>. Get him on the phone'n tell him how sick he is. We got to get it out before the story breaks, so we aren't quote, responding to it. Issue is as a bulletin. He's got some rare strain of...
It won't hold.
All I need is the one day.
It won't even hold the one day, Ronnie
Yes It will... Now: why is the President in China?
We're going to have to explain away the...
They caught him in the closet with a Girlscout. Side effects of a pill ain't gone trump that. You have to keep'em guessing for Two weeks. You don't have to Cure Cancer, Pal, you just have to give them something more interesting than...
Car and a driver, Mr. Brean, the Westgate, Now, please...
Okay, look, who's takin' the press conference today?
What crisis?
I'm working on it. Same time, you call Billy Scott at Joint Chiefs, and pour him onna plane <u>right now</u> to Seattle, y'got that...? All flustered and worried. To talk to the <u>Boeing</u> people.
<u>Do</u> it...
And you?
It won't hold.
One day, Two days? <u>Course</u> it's gonna hhhh....
It won't hold, Ronnie, it won't prove out.
We don't need it to prove out. We need it to <u>distract</u> them for two weeks til the election.
What would do that...?
What in the <u>world</u> would do that?
I'm working on it.
Gimme twenty thousand dollars.
I'll be back within the hour. Now,
It's going to be fine. It's going to be ... you remember in 88, when...
What is it?
It's the roughcut, the other side's new commercial.
Twenty thousand dollars.
Yeah, I'm gonna have to go to L.A.
Gemme a plane. Business Aviation, National, one hour. Fly to Chicago. O'hare, LAX 6 A.M.
I'll see you at National.
Tell, tell, tell me again.
....we landing?
Tell me again.
Lookit, don't worry about it. It's not a New Concept. Wake me when we touch down, will...
We can't <u>afford</u> a war.
We aren't going to have a war. We're going to have the "appearance" of a war.
I'm not sure we can afford to have the "appearance" of a war.
What's it gonna cost?
But, but, but, "they" would find out.
Who would find out?
...the...
The American "people"?
Yes

This is nothing. ...piece of cake. Y'know, producing is being a Samurai Warrior. They pay you, day in, day out, for Years, so that, ONE DAY, when called upon, you can respond, your training At Its Peak, and save the day.

BREAN, SHAKING HIS HEAD. IN THE B.G., MOSS, DRINKING. THE TV COMES TO LIFE.

ON BREAN AND MOSS, WHO WALK SCHUMANN ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. IN THE B.G. WE SEE AMES TALKING TO THE DRIVER OF THE HARVESTER, WHO IS A SMALL, HISPANIC MAN.

..."down safely," crew perished in the Crash....

ON MOSS, AS HE WALKS THE GROGGY SCHUMANN TOWARD THE GAS STATION.

...how ya feeling, boy?

ON THE GAS STATION OWNER, WHO HAS RETREATED TO HIS COUNTER AND PRODUCES A SHOTGUN, AND STARTS TO LOAD IT.

Shoe, boy...? You know, you were telling me you wanted Beans? Remember, you were concerned about the Beans...?

The threat of Nuc1ear Terrorism has been quelled. We are in contaot with the Albanian Premier, who assures me, and this government credits his assurances, that his country does not wish us ill, and has not. That the threat which we perceived was not of his wish, or of his making.

CAIN, MOUTHING ALONG, WITH THE SPEECH, SHE LOOKS DOWN, AND WE SEE WRITTEN, ON HER COPY. of his making

AS WE LOOK UP, WE SEE THE PRESIDENT BITING HIS LIP, AND CONTINUING WITH THE SPEECH.

From whence did it come? Our information states it came from a small group of armed, dissidents. Of Armed and Violent Dissidents...

ON CAIN, AS SHE LOOKS AROUND.

But that group has been, in the main, subdued. Now: How did we come by this information? And. Who subdued that group?

CAIN LOOKS DOWN AT HER SCRIPT. SHRUGS, AND LOOKS UP.

ON THE PRESSCORP, THE REPORTERS, LISTENING WIDEMOUTHED, TO THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH.

It falls to me to reveal to you a secret. To reveal the existence of a secret group of warriors. Men, yes, and women, trained and pledged their strength, their skills, and, if called upon, their lives, in the service of their fellow Americans. A group so secret, its very existence has been known to just a few, and known not by a Name, but by a Designation Number, ThreeOhThree...

...member of the group, was left behind what were, then, Enemy Lines.

ON LIZ, AS SHE WALKS THROUGH THE H.Q., ON A BOARD WE SEE "DAYS TILL ELECTION 6" AND % IN FAVOR 82%. A HUGE TV SHOWS THE PRESIDENT.

And I can only say, to those family members, of group 303, which members are, I know, as I speak, gathering to comfort you, the parents of the missing man, I can only say,

THE PRESIDENT, HOLDING THE PHOTOGRAPH

Dashes and Dots. And those dots spell out a message in the Morse Code. And that message is, "Courage, Mom..." And he got the message through. "Courage. Mom..." Well, to the Family of William A. Schumann, to the Men and Women of Unit 303, to my fellow citizens I say "courage." I have informed the Albanian government, and I inform you, that we will not rest until the safe return of Sergeant Schwn&nn. I'm told his unit mates gave him the nickname, "Old Shoe." Ladies and Gentleman, we will not treat him like an Old Shoe, we...

YOUNG PERSON'S APARTMENT, NIGHT.

...we will not be swayed, will, will not be swayed from Every effort to find our Old Shoe, our...

THE PLANE, IN A VIOLENT RAINSTORM, BUCKING WILDLY. AMES, ON HIS KNEES, GATHERING UP THE PILLS, REPLACES THEM IN THE VIAL, SHAKES OUT TWO, AND GIVES THEM TO SCHUMANN. WHO TAKES THEM. MOSS THEN STRAPS HIMSELF BACK IN AND BREAN CONTINUES TALKING ON THE TELEPHONE.

You gonna git me back tomorrow? Cause they havin beans tomorrow...

"...where's my pill..."

THE GROUP WATCHING TELEVISION.

ON SCHUMANN, WHO HAS CONE TO THE BACK OF THE COUNTER, AND IS EMPTYING THE CANNISTERS.

Where's my pill...?

...where is my pill?

ON THE MEN, IN THE ROOM, ARGUING ABOUT THE ILLEGAL ALIEN, SCHUMANN IN THE B.G.

WHERE'S MY FUCKING PIIIILLLLLLL...?

Oh, MiGod.

Guess who I am.

I'd like to mention a few names, who...

I know who you are, Mr. Ames.

I was acting as a Private Citizen. Nothing that I've done should be construed as reflecting on the orders or intentions of anyone with whom you may have reason to believe I am connected with. Or in whose employ...

Quite touching.

And I take this opportunity to suggest that, equally, I admit to nothing, and that I would like my lawyer present.

Guess what? We show, and N.S.A. confirms, there are no nuclear devices on the Canadian border. There are no nuclear devices in Albania. Z'at put us in something of a pickle? Albania has no nuclear capacity. Our spy satellites show "no secret terrorist camps" in The Albanian Hinterland. The F.B.I. and the Border Patrol, And the R.C.M.P. report no repeat no untoward activity along our picturesque Canadian Border. The Albanian Government is screaming its innocence, the world is listening. There is no War.

As are we all, and I'd like to take this opportunity to suggest that the Security of the country would be ill served by any, any...any...

Any untoward "revelation" regarding, uh...

And I think that the Security of the Country would be bestserved by its citizens obeying its laws. Gemme a Federal Judge, gemme searchwarrants, all premises controlled by our friends, and benchwarrants for the two of...

Who we got here...?

John Levy, Staff, and Amy Cain, Press Off....

Alright. Look here, any of you kids hear in this room: what you hear here, what you say here, what you do here, f'it got out, you leaked it. Tell'em what they need to know.

When it broke, he said one word: get me Ronnie Brean.

Well. Alright. What is it? What's, he, uh...? He had an Illegal Immigrant, was his Gardener, some years back...? What's the thing? You people get ahead, you sure get nervous.

Three minutes. It couldn't have been over three minutes, the Secret Service...

Okay. And she's alleging...?

We are virtually certain it isn't...

Who's got the story?

Don't you want to know if it's true?

What difference does it make if it's true? It's a story, and, it breaks they're gonna have to run with it How long've we got til it breaks?

Front page. Washington Post. Tomorrow.

Well, yeah. Now. That's not good. Okay: Okay. We'll set up the War Room Here...

When do we bring'em back?

You gotta give me a day. I need a day. He's sick, get it out now. Get him on the phone'n tell him how sick he is. We got to get it out before the story breaks, so we aren't quote, responding to it. Issue is as a bulletin. He's got some rare strain of...

It won't hold.

All I need is the one day.

It won't even hold the one day, Ronnie

Yes It will... Now: why is the President in China?

We're going to have to explain away the...

They caught him in the closet with a Girlscout. Side effects of a pill ain't gone trump that. You have to keep'em guessing for Two weeks. You don't have to Cure Cancer, Pal, you just have to give them something more interesting than...

Car and a driver, Mr. Brean, the Westgate, Now, please...

Okay, look, who's takin' the press conference today?

What crisis?

I'm working on it. Same time, you call Billy Scott at Joint Chiefs, and pour him onna plane right now to Seattle, y'got that...? All flustered and worried. To talk to the Boeing people.

Do it...

And you?

It won't hold.

One day, Two days? Course it's gonna hhhh....

It won't hold, Ronnie, it won't prove out.

We don't need it to prove out. We need it to distract them for two weeks til the election.

What would do that...?

What in the world would do that?

I'm working on it.

Gimme twenty thousand dollars.

I'll be back within the hour. Now,

It's going to be fine. It's going to be ... you remember in 88, when...

What is it?

It's the roughcut, the other side's new commercial.

Twenty thousand dollars.

Yeah, I'm gonna have to go to L.A.

Gemme a plane. Business Aviation, National, one hour. Fly to Chicago. O'hare, LAX 6 A.M.

I'll see you at National.

Tell, tell, tell me again.

....we landing?

Tell me again.

Lookit, don't worry about it. It's not a New Concept. Wake me when we touch down, will...

We can't afford a war.

We aren't going to have a war. We're going to have the "appearance" of a war.

I'm not sure we can afford to have the "appearance" of a war.

What's it gonna cost?

But, but, but, "they" would find out.

Who would find out?

...the...

The American "people"?

Yes