Independence Day Page #11

might be possible.

Oh, please!

ALBERT:
We don't have the

manpower or the resources...

to launch that kind

of a campaign!

Not to mention that this

whole cockamamie plan

is dependent on a machine that no one

in this world is qualified to operate.

I wouldn't say

that, sir.

STEVE:
I've seen these

things in action.

And I'm well aware of their

maneuvering capabilities.

With your permission, general,

I'd like the opportunity to try.

ALBERT:
That thing

is a wreck!

It crash-landed

back in the '50s!

We don't even know if

it's capable of flying!

Jim...

remove the clamps.

(DOOR OPENING GENTLY)

Any questions?

Let's do it.

All right, you heard the president, let's

get this thing preped and ready to fly!

Good luck, pilot.

Thank you, Mr. President.

A virus!

Your idea.

That's right.

Do you really think you

can fly that thing?

Do you really think you can do

all that bullshit you just said?

(DAVID SIGHS)

Hoo!

ALBERT:
I understand you are upset

over the death of your wife.

But that's no excuse for

making another fatal mistake.

No! The only mistake

I ever made

was to appoint a sniveling little weasel

like you as Secretary of Defense.

I don't think you understand!

However!

That is one mistake I am thankful to

say that I don't have to live with.

Mr. President, please!

Mr. Nimziki...

You're fired.

Let's organize every plane we can find and

get us some goddamn pilots to fly them.

Yes, sir.

He can't do that.

Well, he just...

did.

MAN:
Command has attempted to compile

a list of casualties and losses,

but information is

sketchy at best.

Well, we know we've lost the

Belgian contingent in the Sina.

There's a strong possibility ther may be more

reinforcements hiding in the Golan Straits.

What the hell's

he saying?

It seems they're getting a signal.

Old Morse code.

It's from the

Americans!

They want to organize

a counter offensive!

It's about bloody time!

What do they

plan to do?

(THUNDER CRASHING)

(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

(SPEAKING CHINIESE)

We have confirmed reports

of combat-ready divisions

in Europe, the Middle

East, and Asia.

That's impressive.

Considering it's all

being done with...

Morse code.

The armed forces here?

We have sufficient aircraft

for the battleplan, but...

But what?

Pilots are

coming up short.

Well, then, find them.

WOMAN:
(ON TV) Ham radio operators

from New York to Japan

trade rumors of military

forces in hiding

unwilling to reveal themselves

for fear of annihilation.

MITCHELL:
What we're planning at this time

is to launch a counter offensive.

However, with our

depleted manpower,

we're asking that anyone with any

flight experience come forward.

Military training is preferable, but anyone

who can fly a plane would be useful.

I can fly.

I'm a pilot.

MITCHELL:
All right, guys, listen up!

All right, pay

close attention.

These F-18s are very different

than the jets you piloted before.

It's kind of strong. You have

to forgive the expression,

but you're about to get a crash

course in modern avionics.

Keep it coming. Keep it, keep it.

Okay, you got it!

All right, listen up.

Before we can begin, we're

gonna have to get a little

background information on

your flight experience.

Let's start with you.

Who, me?

Well, I'm Russell Casse, sir.

And, after 'Nam, I

got into crop-dusting.

And...

been doing that

ever since.

RUSSELL:
On a

personal note, sir...

I'd just like to add that...

ever since I was kidnapped

by aliens 10 years ago,

I have been dying

for some payback.

And I just want you

to know that...

I won't let you down.

GREY:
You have one tactical

nuclear missile...

we're loading into this launcher we're

installing under the right wing.

This is the

firing mechanism.

GREY:
It'll be attached to the

ship's main console.

STEVE:
Just like the Amraam

launch pad on a Stealth.

Except the nuke will not

detonate at impact.

You'll have 30 seconds to get

your asses out of there.

GREY:
Good luck, gentlemen.

30 seconds.

Tell me, tell me.

Well, it's the strongest radio

transmitter we could get.

It'll tell us when you've

uploaded the virus.

CONNIE:
30 seconds.

Don't you think that's cutting

it a little too close?

Oh! We're gonna be well on our way back

home before we shoot that thing off.

Why you? David!

CONNIE:
I don't...

I don't understand,

why you can't show someone

else how to plant the virus.

Someone who is trained.

No.

No, something

may go wrong.

I may have to think

quickly, adjust the signal.

Who knows? Hey.

You know how like I'm always

trying to save the planet?

Here's my chance.

Now he gets ambitious.

DYLAN:
It's too tight.

JASMINE:
Well, I had to borrow it. Let me see.

Okay. All right, I guess

that's good enough.

So. How do I look?

Oh, thank you. You're

a lot of help.

JASMINE:
You're late!

Well, you know me.

I know. You like to

make a big entrance.

Listen.

Before we do this, I just

wanna say I'm sorry.

Sorry for what, babe?

I should have done

this a long time ago.

Do you have the ring?

Yes, sir.

STEVE:
Here, make

yourself useful.

Ow!

Witnesses?

STEVE:
Uh...

JASMINE:
Um...

CONNIE:
We got hung up.

PREACHER:
Well, let's get

this show on the road.

Dearly beloved,

we're gathered here

in the sight of God,

and in the presence

of these witnesses,

to join this man,

and this woman in

holy matrimony.

Any person who can show good cause

why these two should not wed,

please speak now or

forever hold your peace.

Steve, will you take this

woman to be your wedded wife

to live together with her in

the holy state of matrimony?

Will you love

her, comfort her,

honor and keep her in

sickness and in health

and forsaking

all others,

keep yourself only for her as

long as you both shall live?

I will.

Good morning.

TOM:
They're a little young.

GREY:
That they are.

They look a

little nervous.

MITCHELL:
I need all flight crews to report

to their designated areas immediately.

Major, can I borrow that?

MITCHELL:
Sir.

Good morning.

(BEEPS)

Good morning.

TOM:
In less than an hour...

aircraft from here will join

others from around the world.

And you will be launching the largest

aerial battle in the history of mankind.

Mankind, that...

word should have new meaning

for all of us today.

We can't be consumed by our

petty differences any more.

We will be united in

our common interest.

Perhaps it's fate that

today is the 4th of July.

And you will once again be

fighting for our freedom.

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