MovieReal: The Aviator Page #10

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All I'm thinking about are the interests,

the needs of the American passenger.

That's just beautiful. What is that?

What is that? Is that a?

Is that a yak?

- Some kind of a yak?

- No, that's a Ilama.

My wife picked that up

when we were in Peru.

Son of a gun.

A real Ilama.

- From Peru?

- Yeah. From a year ago, I think it was...

- Yeah, it was about a year ago.

- Lunch is served, senator.

Good. Okay.

Come on, let's go have some lunch.

Now, did you...?

Did you actually get to see any Ilamas?

No, no. My wife just liked the painting.

It's an interesting animal.

I'll have to read up on those.

How do you spell that?

Like? Like Fernando Lamas?

No, no. It's...

It's the animal, it's got two L's.

Here, come on, have a seat.

It's brook trout. Hope you like fish.

I love it. Thanks.

I know you're not a drinking man,

so I hope... Hope water's okay.

Thanks.

All right, let's get down to business.

Let's talk turkey.

My investigators...

My investigators

have turned up a lot of dirt.

It could be really embarrassing

if this stuff got out.

I'd like to save you

from that embarrassment.

That's very kind of you, Owen.

My committee has the power

to hold public hearings.

I'd like to spare you that.

Would you, now?

Look...

Do you wanna go down in history

as a war profiteer, Howard?

Is that what you want?

What do you want, Owen?

You agree to support my C.A.B. Bill,

and I won't hold public hearings.

- I can't do that.

- Why not?

I can't do that, Owen.

The C.A.B. Would kill TWA.

Sell TWA to Pan Am.

You'll get a good price.

You'll get a fair price.

And then...? Then you won't go public?

Right. That's right. The investigation's

closed. Nobody knows a thing.

That's... It's better for everybody.

You know, Owen,

I'm still wondering one thing.

- What's that?

- The picture of the Ilama you got last year?

- Yeah.

- Where'd you sail from?

We didn't sail. We flew.

- You flew?

- Yeah.

Are you sure you want to do this, Owen?

You want to go to war with me?

It isn't me, Howard.

It's the United States government.

We just beat Germany and Japan.

Who the hell are you?

You... You tell Juan Trippe

something for me, all right?

Tell him thanks for the flowers.

And he can kiss both sides of my ass.

Well, we have a long list of particulars.

Chief among them is that he defrauded

the American government...

...of $56 million while at war,

when we could least afford it.

While brave men were dying

on the beaches of Normandy...

...Mr. Hughes was picking the pocket

of the American taxpayer.

I sleep...

...in this room...

...in the dark.

I'll have him dragged here to Washington

if I have to.

I wanna see the whites of his lies.

I have a place.

- I can sleep.

- He has a lot of questions to answer.

- I have a chair.

- Particularly about that monstrous...

...boondoggle of his,

that model airplane he's building...

...that flying lumberyard,

that spruce goose.

No, he'll... We'll get him here.

That's just beautiful.

Oh, yeah. I like the desert.

It's hot there in the desert,

but it's clean.

It's clean.

I need to sleep.

I should drink something first.

I should drink something first.

Wait a minute.

What if that milk is sour?

That milk is bad.

I shouldn't pick up

the bottle of milk with my right hand.

And I shouldn't take the top off

with my left hand...

...put it in my pocket.

My left pocket.

Howard, it's Kate.

I need... I need to talk to you.

Can you hear me?

I'm coming in.

Howard, unlock this door immediately.

I can't, sweetie.

You mean you won't.

Howard, please let me see you.

- I haven't shaved.

- Well, neither have I.

Come on.

You...

You let me in.

I can hear you, Katie.

I could always hear you.

Even in the cockpit, with the engines on.

That's because I'm so goddamn loud.

Howard, I...

I came to thank you.

I found out what you did

for Spence and me.

Buying those awful pictures.

You love him.

He's everything I have.

Howard?

I'm glad for you, Kate.

Go away now. Would you do that?

- Howard, please.

- Go away.

Just for now. I'll see you soon.

- We'll go flying together.

- Yes.

Yes, please. You take me flying again.

Howard, I can take the wheel.

Howard?

Howard, are you...? Are you there?

Howard?

Howard, are you there?

Come on, Howard.

Howard, are you there?

Come in with the milk.

Come in with the milk.

Come in with the milk.

He is to open the bag

with his right hand...

...and hold the bag out to me

at a 45-degree angle...

...so I may reach into the bag without...

Without touching the paper.

Repeated from the beginning.

Repeated from the beginning.

Repeated from the beginning.

If there is any variation

of these instructions...

... even to the smallest degree...

... the entire process must be repeated...

- ... from the beginning.

- Come in with the milk.

- Repeated from the beginning.

- Come in with the milk.

- Come in with the milk.

- Repeated...

... from the beginning.

Repeated from the beginning.

Come in with the milk.

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Howard?

Hello?

Who is it?

Howard, it's Juan.

Juan.

Juan, right. Yeah.

We had an appointment, right? Yeah.

I remember that. Look...

...I got a hell of a cold in here.

A hell of a cold.

So take a seat out there,

because I don't wanna get you sick.

I'd never forgive myself if I got you sick.

I don't wanna get you sick. I don't wanna...

Thank you.

Okay, Howard, I'm sitting.

I've brought along our accountings.

Now...

...Pan Am is trading

at 13 and five-eighths.

TWA at four and a quarter.

- Now, if you take...

- Come on.

Come on, come on, come on.

We both know I'm not gonna sell TWA.

Besides, you couldn't afford her.

Our domestic routes alone

are worth more than twice Pan Am.

Well, considering our stock is trading

at three times yours...

...I find that a dubious claim, Howard.

What l...

What I mean is,

you have no domestic routes. All right?

I mean, you get TWA,

you span the globe.

I'm not gonna sell,

and you know I'm not gonna sell.

Here's the point.

Owen Brewster works for you.

Howard, I didn't elect Senator Brewster.

We can thank the voters of Maine for that.

Now, if I appear at his hearings, Juan,

it could get nasty.

Real nasty for all of us.

Well, I think,

considerably more so for you.

While the good people of America

were losing sons at Anzio...

...you produced a dirty movie

and built airplanes that don't fly.

Well, that's just not fair, is it?

I mean, the XF-11 flew quite well

for an hour and 45 minutes.

I wish you were up there with me, Juan.

It was exhilarating.

Be that as it may, you still have

to answer for the Spruce Goose.

It's called The Hercules!

And it will fly, goddamn it!

I hope so. The American people deserve

something for their $ 13 million.

I won't sell TWA!

I won't!

I know that, Howard.

I know that.

But I'm going to get it anyway.

You will default on your loan from

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