A Beautiful Mind Page #3

They appear to be routing orders

across the border into the U.S.

Extraordinary.

Gentlemen, we need

to move on this.

Who's Big Brother?

You've done your country

a great service, son.

- Captain!

- Yes, sir.

Accompany Dr. Nash.

What are the Russians

moving, General?

Captain Rogers

will escort you...

to the unrestricted

area, Doctor.

Thank you.

Dr. Nash, follow me, please.

None of those who have

said they don't like the method...

have told us

any other method they could use

that would be effective.

And when you hear... It's Dr. Nash.

All right.

Thank you, sir.

Home run at the Pentagon?

Have they actually

taken the word "classified"

out of the dictionary?

Oh, hi.

The air conditioning

broke again.

How am I supposed to be

in here saving the world...

if I'm melting?

Our hearts go

out to you.

You know, two trips

to the Pentagon in four years.

That's two more

than we've had.

It gets better,

John.

Just got our latest

scintillating assignment.

You know, the Russians

have the H-bomb,

the Nazis are repatriating

South America,

the Chinese have

a standing army of 2.8 million,

and I am doing

stress tests on a dam.

You made the cover

of Fortune... again.

Please note the use

of the word "you," not "we."

That was supposed

to be just me.

Oh.

So not only do they rob me

of the Fields Medal,

now they put me on the cover

of Fortune magazine...

with these hacks,

these scholars of trivia.

John, exactly what's

the difference...

between genius

and most genius?

Quite a lot.

He's your son.

Anyway, you've got

I've always got 1 0 minutes.

Before your new class?

Can I not get a note

from a doctor or something?

You are a doctor, John,

and no.

Now, come on, you know the drill,

we get these beautiful facilities,

M.I. T. gets America's

great minds of today...

teaching America's

great minds of tomorrow.

Poor bastards.

Now, have a nice

day at school.

The bell's ringing.

The eager young minds

of tomorrow.

Can we leave one open,

Professor?

It's really hot, sir.

Your comfort comes second...

to my ability

to hear my own voice.

Personally,

I think this class will be

a waste... of your-

and what is

infinitely worse-

my time.

However, here we are.

So you may attend or not.

You may complete

your assignments

at your whim.

We have begun.

Miss.

Excuse me!

Excuse me!

Hey, hey!

Hi!

Um, we have

a little problem.

It's extremely hot in here

with the windows closed...

and extremely noisy

with them open.

So, I was wondering

if there was any way you could,

I don't know,

maybe work someplace else...

for about 45minutes?

- Not a problem.

- Thank you so much!

At a break!

Got it!

Let's go. Clean it up a little bit.

As you will find

in multivariable calculus,

there is often...

a number of solutions

for any given problem.

As I was saying,

this problem here...

will take some of you

many months to solve.

For others among you,

it will take you the term

of your natural lives.

Professor Nash.

William Parcher.

Big Brother...

at your service.

What can I do

for the Department of Defense?

- Are you here to give me a raise?

- Let's take a walk.

Impressive work

at the Pentagon.

Yes, it was.

Oppenheimer used to say,

"Genius sees the answer

before the question."

You knew Oppenheimer?

His project was

under my supervision.

Which project?

That project.

It's not that simple,

you know?

Well, you ended

the war.

We incinerated 1 50,000 people

in a heartbeat.

Great deeds come

at great cost, Mr. Parcher.

Well, conviction,

it turns out,

is a luxury of those

on the sidelines, Mr. Nash.

I'll try

and keep that in mind.

So, John, no family,

no close friends-

Why is that?

I like to think it's

because I'm a lone wolf.

But mainly it's because

people don't like me.

Well, there are

certain endeavors...

where your lack

of personal connection...

would be considered

an advantage.

This is a secure area.

They know me.

Have you ever

been here?

We were told during

our initial briefing...

that these warehouses

were abandoned.

That's not

precisely accurate.

By telling you

what I'm about to tell you,

I am increasing

your security clearance...

to top secret.

Disclosure of secure information

can result in imprisonment.

Get it?

What operation?

Those are a good idea.

This factory is in Berlin.

We seized it

at the end of the war.

Nazi engineers

were attempting...

to build a portable

atomic bomb.

The Soviets reached

this facility before we did,

and we lost the damn thing.

The routing orders

at the Pentagon,

they were about this,

weren't they?

The Soviets aren't

as unified as people believe.

A faction of the Red Army

calling itself Novaya Svobga,

"the New Freedom,"

has control of the bomb...

and intends to detonate it

on U.S. soil.

Their plan is to incur

maximum civilian casualties.

Man is capable of as much atrocity

as he has imagination.

New Freedom has sleeper agents

here in the U.S.

McCarthy is an idiot,

but unfortunately

that doesn't make him wrong.

New Freedom communicates

to its agents...

through codes imbedded

in newspapers and magazines,

and that's

where you come in.

You see, John,

what distinguishes you...

is that you are,

quite simply,

the best natural code-breaker

I have ever seen.

What exactly is it

that you would like me to do?

Commit this list

of periodicals to memory.

Scan each new issue,

find any hidden codes,

decipher them.

Place your chin

on the chin rest.

Stare into the light.

Pulse 88, regular.

Okay, this may be

a little uncomfortable.

That's got

a little zap to it,

doesn't it?

He just implanted

a radium diode.

Don't worry, it's safe.

The isotope decays

predictably.

As a result,

these numbers change overtime.

They're the access codes

to your drop spot.

So what am I now,

a spy?

- Come.

Boy, you must be

really important.

It's all right, Mike.

What are you

working on?

Classified.

Everyone waited half an hour.

For?

Class.

You missed class today.

Oh. I suspect that...

nobody missed me.

The problem that you left

on the board-

I solved it.

Oh, no you didn't.

You didn't even look.

I never said

that the vector fields

were rational functions.

Your solution is elegant.

Though on this

particular occasion,

ultimately incorrect.

- You're still here.

- I'm still here.

Why?

I'm wondering,

Professor Nash,

if I can ask you to dinner.

You do eat, don't you?

Oh, on occasion, yeah.

Table for one.

Prometheus alone

chained to the rock...

with the bird

circling overhead,

you know how it is.

No, I expect

that you wouldn't-

you wouldn't know, uh-

If you leave your address

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