Jonathan Demme and the Making of 'The Manchurian Candidate' Page #10

Arthur! Arthur!

- We did it. Wow.

- Yeah!

All right! Yes!

- Yes.

- Hi.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you.

CROWD [CHANTING]:

Arthur! Arthur! Arthur! Arthur!

Let's have a good show, people.

Let's have a really good show, okay?

CROWD [CHANTING]:

Arthur! Arthur! Arthur! Arthur!

Cue screens.

Very good.

[CROWD CHEERING]

Stand by with the first music cue.

Now, music.

[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING]

Okay.

Damn it.

Shaw missed his first position.

[FIREWORKS EXPLODING]

[FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE'S

"BETTER THINGS" PLAYING]

[SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]

AOP! AOP!

Up there!

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[PANTING]

ROSIE:

Ben!

Ben!

ROSIE:

All right. Bye.

[BEEPING]

TV NEWSCASTER:
The FBI

has just released security footage

of the assassin of Raymond

and Eleanor Prentiss Shaw

entering the hotel two hours

before the fatal shooting.

Authorities have identified

the gunman as Klaus Bachmann.

Bachmann was believed to have been

killed in a car bomb explosion

in Chechnya four years ago.

He was employed there as a

covert operation specialist

by Global Endeavors,

a U.K. Subsidiary of the equity fund

giant Manchurian Global.

A second former Manchurian Global

civilian contractor

was taken into custody

by federal agents

at Chicago's O'Hare Airport

early this morning.

Laurence Tokar made news

during the Gulf War

for his presence on Raymond Shaw's

famed Lost Patrol.

Tokar was missing in action after

the ambush that resulted in Shaw

being awarded the

Congressional Medal of Honor.

Authorities are exploring additional

connections between the two men.

Still reeling from the recent tragic loss

of Senator Thomas Jordan,

Congress has already announced

a far-reaching investigation

into Jordan's death,

in an effort to learn if it is in any way

related to the Shaw assassinations.

In a supercharged encounter

moments ago, president-elect Arthur...

[MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY

ON RADIO]

MARCO:

I remember running.

I had to...

...get out...

...to where the sky was. And had to...

...get to the water.

Escape. Regroup.

Come back, get my men.

I thought that if I could just

get to the water...

...everything would be okay.

If I could just get to the water.

[SEAGULLS CAWING]

NOYLE:
Now, when you're rescued

and returned with your patrol

to command headquarters,

what will be among the first

of your duties that you'll undertake?

MARCO:
I'll recommend Sergeant

Shaw for the Medal of Honor, sir.

He saved our lives.

He terminated the enemy.

Led us across the desert to safety.

NOYLE:

Excellent. And there were casualties?

MARCO:

There's always casualties in war, sir.

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