Flight of the Phoenix Page #5

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Yeah. Why don't you just offer him

your watch while you at it, a**hole?

- He's a human being, man!

- We should have just let them go their own way.

They probably wouldn't

even have seen us.

Don't be stupid. They would have

killed us all if they had a chance.

- You don't know that.

- I know they ain't hesitate when they killed Rodney!

What are you people thinkin', man?

- He can't stay around here.

- Oh, yeah? Well, where are we gonna take him?

Pick his ass up and drag him

back where you found him at.

Sh*t!

Well, that settles that.

What the hell is the matter with you?

Oh, shut up.

He would have survived only a couple

of days drinking all of our water.

I did us a favor.

You murdered him, a**hole!

No, no, no, no, no, no.

The great Captain Towns murdered him.

In his infinite wisdom...

he let you go over there,

and I told you not to!

And now we're one man short.

That's 12 man-hours

lost every day we work.

Last night alone cost

us 84 man-hours...

because none of you worked at all!

You made the wrong decision!

You could have killed us all again!

You knew we were overweight! I told you

that then, and you just didn't listen!

I had to take on another

passenger! You! Remember?

If it weren't for your colossal

arrogance and stupidity...

we wouldn't be here at all!

Get up!

Someone's gonna have to go talk to him.

Give him the

hopes-and-dreams speech.

Worked on me.

All right.

I'll go with you.

Man, I'm tired of this guy.

Yeah.

But we need him.

Elliott?

Come on, Elliott. You're the only

one who can get us out of here.

To tell you the truth,

I'm no longer interested.

We've wasted too much time already.

If I had the strength of 10 men...

I would have had that

thing built by now.

But all I have is you...

and your unreliable people.

We're ready to be reliable now.

Oh.

You're ready to be reliable now?

Mm-hmm.

Say "please. "

You're kidding.

Say "please. "

Please.

What?

Please.

Say it again. Louder.

Please.

Jeremy?

Please.

"Please" what?

Please, can we finish the plane, sir?

Please?

Ian.

Please, let's finish it.

That's nice.

Mr. Towns.

Who's the boss of everyone?

You are, Elliott.

You're the boss of everybody.

Now, can we please...

finish the airplane?

Please?

Careful.

Did you clean the sand out of the

engine and do your preflight, Mr. Towns?

- Three times.

- Well, do it again.

What the hell are they waitin' for?

They're waiting for us to

be too weak to fight back.

It's ready.

Know what this looks like?

Like a plane.

With wings and everything.

Think it'll fly?

I'll sh*t myself if it does.

Oh, it'll fly.

It better.

How you doing?

I'm thirsty, hungry and tired.

And I gotta get that

thing up in the air.

But otherwise, I'm

having a hell of a time.

How about you?

I'm laughing.

All I have to do is sit back,

relax and enjoy the flight.

You'll get us out of

here. I know you will.

Um, Frank, I wanted

to ask you something.

What did Alex say to

you just before he died?

"Don't crash. "

Take something only to cover

yourselves up with. Nothing more.

Hey, where's the chart? I

want to tape it to the floor.

It's in my bag right there.

I need you to check these

cables one more time.

This the outfit you work for?

This catalog.

Yeah.

These are models.

Wh

- Where's the big stuff?

Uh, well...

there's the, uh...

Stealth Magnum.

I designed that one a few years ago.

The biggest we make...

would have to be the Albatross.

Horrible name.

It's a six-foot wingspan parasol model.

But it's not my design because it's a

glider, and I only work on power models.

But you design the big

stuff too. Right, Elliott?

Planes that carry people.

Planes like the Phoenix. Right?

No, no.

Sizemore and Pratt only

build model airplanes.

But... that's who you design for.

I'm their chief designer, yes.

You build toy planes, man?

No, I most certainly do

not design toy planes.

A toy plane is one of those balsa wood

creations that run on a rubber band.

- Those are not toys.

- These are toys.

Those are not toys.

They're not full-sized

aircraft either, Elliott.

You see this sh*t? He's

a goddamn toy maker!

I think, Mr. Towns, you should

appreciate two very important things.

First of all, precisely similar

principles of aerodynamics...

apply to both scale

and full-sized aircraft.

- What is he saying?

- We should have waited, man. We'd still have water left.

Air foil surfaces,

the whole pattern of heavier-than-air

construction are all precisely similar.

We're gonna die out here.

The second thing you should realize is

that a model plane has to fly itself.

There is no pilot.

The design must be even more efficient

than that of a full-sized aircraft.

Well, I'm looking through

your catalog here...

and I don't see anything about a

flying sled with people on the wings!

They're toy airplanes!

What kind of crap is that?

My plane will fly.

You knew all along that you

was buildin' a toy airplane!

/an, what are you doing?

We'd have had two more

weeks if it weren't for you.

They could have found us.

The plane will fly!

We should have listened

to Towns in the beginning.

Sit tight, save water,

and they'll find us.

- What are you doing?

- But no.

- You had to build your plane.

- And you're not even one of us.

- Ian! Put that gun down!

- Nobody's shooting anybody!

We're not going out like that!

- My plane will fly!

- Give me the gun!

No, no, I was just saying, I'm

a very important person to them.

- Ian!

- They're looking for me. All they needed was more time.

We just needed more time!

- We need time!

Give me the gun! Give me that gun!

- Come on.

Everyone, look! Look!

Holy sh*t.

I told you.

I told you.

We have to get inside!

Inside! Get inside!

All the weight's on the Phoenix!

I can't believe it.

We build a plane...

we can't even fly it out of here.

All that sand...

it's probably not even gonna start.

It'll start.

Listen.

We built this plane.

With our own hands we built it.

We can sure as hell dig it out.

Did you hear what I said?

We built it.

We're not garbage.

We're people...

with families...

and lives to live.

All of us.

I don't wanna die like this.

Come on.

Let's get the hell out of here.

Let's go home.

Come on!

Come on! Get up!

Come on. Come on!

All right, that's far enough.

It's kinda beautiful, isn't it?

Don't tell us you wanna stick around.

Not with you, I don't.

Whatever happens now...

we did something pretty amazing here.

Yes, we did, didn't we?

Good luck.

Uh...

Captain Towns...

we only have, uh...

five chances at this, so, uh...

good luck.

Okay.

Hey, Frank...

I want you to borrow this.

It's always been good luck for me.

Who needs luck?

Clear.

Come on, baby. Come on.

Come on!

Come on.

- Come on.

- Come on.

- Turn over.

Please!

Come on!

Sh*t.

I'm gonna fire the next

cartridge with the ignition off...

to clear the cylinders.

But, Captain Towns,

there are only two left!

I know.

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