Holocaust 2000 Page #2

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might get him to talk.

He could be a homicidal maniac,

a paid killer,

or a religious fanatic whose motive

was to stop your project.

Would you be willing to help?

He murdered my wife.

Please.

That...

is the origin of evil.

Careful.

Fire will consume

the earth.

Hold him!

Hold him, hold him!

From your seed comes evil!

I'll call you

at departure time, Mr. Caine.

Thank you.

The plane's a few

minutes late, I'm afraid.

Good.

'Cause I'd like a few

minutes of your time.

What's this?

It's an outline of my ideas

on the project.

What do you think?

You're talking about fantastically

high temperatures.

They'll increase

with the laser points.

It could work,

but there are dangers.

Nothing we can't handle.

I'd like to have a detailed report

of this when I get back.

You'll get it.

You know, you're right--

we ought to talk more.

It's remarkable.

You have a very original mind.

- Father.

- Hmm?

The prime minister's

lost the election.

Yes, I know.

That's why I'm taking this trip.

But he approved the contract.

Now Harbin"; in.

Harbin"; not our friend.

Mr. Caine,

I shall do everything in my power

to keep this thermonuclear plant

from being built.

Mr. Prime Minister, you're taking on

a very grave responsibility.

Now this project could bring

progress and prosperity

to the whole third world,

including your own country.

I admit that's one

of the possibilities.

But the risk frightens me.

Wait a minute.

Your Excellency!

Now what risks?

You intend

to keep the heat of the sun

locked in there.

And if it escaped your control

for even one second?

In my report,

you'll find that this plant

has 10 automatic

security systems,

- each one independent--

- Ms. Golan?

A copy to Mr. Caine.

- Thank you.

- I am familiar with the plans.

And I prepared that report

for you to read.

And you consider these

scientific arguments?

Probably not,

but this project involves

millions of people

who know

nothing about science.

And they'll ask you

only one question:

can you guarantee

your plant is totally safe?

Well, that's like asking a man

you buy a house from

to guarantee that the house

will never catch fire.

We are not speaking about

a house alone, Mr. Caine,

but of the whole world.

Countries around us

have nuclear devices,

and one explosion here

could set off

a chain reaction

of nuclear explosions...

and turn this planet

into a ball of fire.

In front of each of you

is a copy of Harbin"; report.

Very interesting reading.

Study it.

He's tough--

very tough.

During the next few weeks I'm going to

have to play all the political angles

which leaves you 12 gentlemen

with the scientific,

engineering

and above all

security problems.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Maybe there's still time--

if we're lucky.

Go on.

Isn't it still salmon season

in Scotland?

What are you talking about?

Leaving the world to its fate

and go fishing.

Huh?

- Wouldn't that be great?

- Be serious, young man.

What you've got to fish up

is one of your brilliant ideas.

- And in a hurry too.

- Yeah, you're right.

The other countries are going to be

influenced by Harbin's statements.

They'll be expecting foolproof answers

from me at the Geneva conference.

Supposing you were to go

to Geneva with someone

whose reputation in the field

was incontestable?

Who?

Someone who backed

your ideas up to the hilt.

Who do you have in mind?

My old professor Meyer--

Ernst Meyer.

- Meyer the Nobel Prize winner.

- Mm-hmm.

Do you think we can get him?

Ah, Mr. Caine, at last I have the honor

of meeting you in person.

Dr. Meyer,

I'm the one that's honored.

- Hello, Father.

- Angel!

As a matter of fact,

I asked your son to come.

As an ex-student of mine,

he understands me-- I hope.

Good.

That gave you the chance

to study my report.

I do wish I could persuade you to let

him stay and take his doctorate.

He's a born scholar. We need

young men of his ability here.

Then you can understand that

we need Angel's abilities with us.

I've studied your report.

- Peters.

- Yes, sir?

Peters, you didn't turn in

your paper on Friday.

- No, sir.

- Don't be too long.

- Right, sir.

- You know, there is a real danger

- of going too fast.

- Yes, of course.

Very interesting.

Very interesting indeed.

But I would like...

What he means, Father, is that he

won't make any official announcement

until after he's had

certain of the data analyzed.

Yes, I would like the power

of the laser beam to be checked

by a computer program setup by me.

This particular use of the laser beam

is brilliant-- brilliant.

- Thank you.

- But I would like to check out

- all 10 of the security systems.

- I can help him with that, Father.

It shouldn't take too much time

with a computer.

You'll have the cooperation

of our entire organization.

- Good.

- You know, Doctor, I...

realize that you're aware

of the importance of this venture,

but to get it started

I need your blessing.

You can get that from a priest.

We'll see what we can do.

And that's Professor Meyer.

Four-seven-Freddy-orange,

Freddy-orange-one-eight,

five-six-zero-zero-Charlie--

Griffith, I'm flying out to

the construction site in a few hours.

I'll be back in a couple of days.

Now what the Prime Minister

Harbin wants to know

and what Professor Meyer

has to know

if he's going to support us in this project

all boils down to one question:

Are the 10 security systems

absolutely foolproof?

And I need the answer

for the Geneva conference.

Well, that is the question that Angel

is asking the computer now.

Just checking the first stage.

I'm confident we'll have

a zero reading here on all of them.

- Good.

- Don't worry, Mr. Caine.

We'll have the answers for you

and for the prime minister.

What?

What the hell is happening?

- What went wrong?

- I don't know.

I just fed the question in.

Two, square root of 231?

It's meaningless. It's got nothing

to do with the question.

It must mean something.

That is a name we don't

often read nowadays.

A name?

Just numbers.

May I?

I saw it this way.

- Jesus.

- Yeah.

The name of Jesus

written backwards

has always been used as

a symbol of the Antichrist.

The Antichrist.

Well, I don't know much about

these religious things, but...

- tell me more.

- Ladies and gentlemen,

we are now approaching

London airport.

Please fasten your seat belts

and extinguish all smoking materials.

Be sure your seats are

in an upright position.

Just like the name,

the fate of the Antichrist

will be identical,

but the opposite of Jesus.

Like in a mirror.

He will have 21 apostles

instead of 12.

His message too will be heard

by the multitudes

but it will lead to destruction

- rather than salvation.

- Really?

And do your prophecies

give the exact date

of this catastrophe?

Many of them announce

the birth of the Antichrist

in the second half

of this century.

Then he may be among us now.

Yes,

or he'll be born soon.

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