Operation Avalanche Page #2

us offers...

...spread over 600 feet

to become a gigantic

pool of flames

...a fire extinguisher called

purple k, three tragic fires

aboard aircraft...

One second, Mr. webb.

We're good?

Mr. webb, tell me,

what does it mean

when people say the Russians

are ahead of us

in the space race?

Well, I think it means

that the job of

landing something on the moon

where there's no atmosphere,

and using a rocket

to slow it up,

and having the equipment

still work

is a very difficult job.

Uh, I think it means

the Russians are trying,

just like we are...

Where's this guy's office?

...but I think the real

meaning is...

Two more pieces.

- Come on, Jared.

- Got it, got it!

Okay, hold on.

I'm fine, I need light.

Ready?

Test, test, test, test...

...then you get to talk about

how to go forward. To do it.

Uh, I am not

much interested,

and I don't think it's very

realistic to talk about

technological interchange,

and this kind of thing.

You first gotta get

on the basis

where... where...

Okay, so...

His phone rings,

in his office,

and this phone rings

at the same time.

As long as we're rolling

when he picks up,

we get everything.

I found us a house.

It's beautiful, it's red,

it has a nursery

and a yard.

You'll love it.

How big is the bed?

It's a queen.

Are you

alone right now?

No, I'm at work.

What are you doing?

Do you want to know

what I'm wearing?

Julie, I can't

do this right now.

I'm at the office.

I'm sorry, maybe later.

Well, I'm wearing

a pink bra and that black

skirt you bought me.

Honey, Matt is right beside

me and I'm at work.

Can I call you tonight?

I'm taking off

the skirt now.

There's nothing

underneath.

Whoa!

What are you doing?

Nothing.

I'm trying

to have fun with you.

Wait a second,

hold on...

No!

What is it?

We're not

doing anything.

I'm doing work.

Hello?

Don't do that.

What'd you find

in that phone?

What? What?

Oh, my god.

We've been bugged.

We've been bugged, guys.

We've been bugged.

No, no, no!

Anything else,

or is that it? Owen?

That's it from this car?

Guys?

I said I was sorry!

Your hat?

- A couple more boxes here.

- These are not a big deal.

Please don't touch me.

I'll get the rest!

We both, uh, have had and

will have emergencies,

and, uh, that each flight,

uh, has some element

of extreme risk,

and some elements of...

I made this statement

on my own,

from my knowledge,

uh, longstanding

knowledge...

...setting us back

four years...

Well...

Uh...

...300 second burn

to the lunar surface...

This is nothing.

Give it a second.

250 seconds is

all we can do?

That's the maximum.

- And you know that...

- Did you talk to trw?

- Who's the other voice?

- I dunno.

...their fuels.

Grumman has f***ed us.

They built a lander

that can't land.

So, we are

going back...

With whom?

This is setting us

back four years.

Well, I agree.

This is going to

have to change.

Change?

We can't land

on the moon.

Unless by some miracle

braun finds lighter fuel,

we aren't touching down

for five years.

Okay...

We're just going to be

circling forever up there.

So what are we

telling everyone?

- Nothing.

- We don't tell anyone...

Do you understand

what this means?

NASA can't do it.

They can't land man

and come back.

Have you called brackett?

Of course not!

I needed to tell

you guys first.

We have to tell brackett.

We have to tell brackett

right away.

This is something

you report right away.

We need help.

We have to...

Relax, it's okay. Yes. Yes.

And we need...

I'll tell you what

to do, okay?

I'm gonna tell you

what to do.

Find out who that other guy on

the phone was, okay?

Because, if we found

this out in a month,

you better f***ing

believe that the mole

can do the same thing.

And now all of a sudden

the Russians know

we can't make it to the moon,

then what the f*** are

we going to do?

Okay. Okay. Okay.

You call Langley.

It's ringing.

You think I'll get to talk

to the president? No.

That's not unrealistic.

I could. He could be like,

"we need to get this right

to the president."

I'll be like, "all right.

"Give me his

home phone, sir. I'll..."

Hello?

Director brackett,

it's agent Johnson calling

from Houston.

We have big news.

What's that?

They can't make it

to the moon.

We intercepted a call

from Jim webb.

From what I understand,

they can circle the moon,

but they can't

actually land.

They... they don't

have the technology

to do it.

They're saying 1971

at the earliest.

Damn it.

Give me a minute.

Okay, who else

knows about this?

Uh, nobody, from...

From...

From what we can tell.

They're talking about it

on the phone

like it was a big secret.

Like they've never

talked about it before.

Okay, good.

Another unit is going

to take over zipper.

Get your team

out of there.

Uh... you think maybe

that's a bit, uh,

shortsighted in a way?

Seeing as we're here

undercover now?

What... why?

Don't question

my orders, kid.

I'm not... I don't mean

to question it. I...

I just... I simply think

that we're here

and I...

We have to figure out

a response to this,

somehow,

and you've got us...

We're going home.

If either of us are

talking, shoot. I don't care

how much film you burn,

it doesn't matter.

Okay? It's going to save us.

What are we

doing in here?

Sit down, just listen

to this, okay?

Well...

Hold on a sec...

Did you call brackett

last night?

Yes, all right?

What did he say?

Okay, turn this on.

What did they say?

I'm gonna tell you

what they said.

Okay, it's on.

Okay, you hear that?

Yeah.

- You recognize it?

- Yeah.

It's sputnik.

You know what?

You're ahead of me.

Okay, yeah.

It's sputnik.

How do you know

it's sputnik?

Can you... did you

sleep here last night?

That's not plugged

into anything.

It's... it's just a dial

on the other side.

It's not actually sputnik.

It's just making

you think that it is.

It's just a random beeping.

And because you think

that that's supposed

to be sputnik,

that's why you believe

it's sputnik.

This is what we are

going to do with the moon.

I called brackett,

told him that they

can't make it for '69.

He said, "okay, well,

you've got to figure out

a way to fix it."

And I said, "we can

do it on our own.

"We can make a film

that shows us going

to the moon

"without actually doing it."

We know that

they can make it up there.

We're not... we're faking

the last little piece.

The tiny...

The tiny thing

they can't do.

Land and come back.

The thing jfk said we'd do.

That's the only part.

Everything else is real,

do you understand?

Yeah, I understand

what you're saying.

And I understand

that it sounds like...

Read this,

it's from brackett.

He sent a briefing?

Yes.

If we can

pull this off,

we are going to look

like geniuses.

Four guys inside of NASA

figure out how to

make it look

like we went to the moon.

We did it.

That's crazy!

This is exactly what

we've been waiting for.

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