Wrong Is Right Page #12

Synopsis: A satire of American news reporting, Covert Agencies, and political system. The theft of two suitcase sized nuclear weapons, and their sale to a terrorist group, leads TV Newsman Patrick Hale on an international chase to track them down, and uncover the twisting maze of apparent involvement of US Government agencies.
Director(s): Richard Brooks
Production: Sony Pictures Entertainment
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
38%
R
Year:
1982
117 min
96 Views


Remember Ibn Awad.

Remember Ibn Awad!

Blame the president!

Remember Ibn Awad!

Down with Lockwood!

Remember Ibn Awad!

Blame the president!

Death to Lockwood!

Blame the president!

[CROWD SCREAMING]

Blame the president!

Miss!

Miss, pull it over!

Pull over!

Miss!

[SCREAMING]

Miss!

At the Alamo,

it was darkness at noon.

Here again, the moment

that shocked the nation...

At the Alamo,

it was darkness at noon.

The president

had a narrow escape,

now safe.

The president

had a narrow escape,

This FBI agent...

was killed by an ice pick.

The terrorist, a young woman,

escaped.

was killed by an ice pick.

Terrorism in the streets.

Terrorism in the sky.

was killed by an ice pick.

Terrorism by kids, by gangs,

by governments.

was killed by an ice pick.

When the rats take over,

was killed by an ice pick.

call the exterminator...

and blast off.

was killed by an ice pick.

We have the men and the means

to get the job done.

was killed by an ice pick.

Turn us loose, Mr. President,

was killed by an ice pick.

and we'll blow them all

to hell and gone.

was killed by an ice pick.

This was a special report

by Patrick Hale.

You're not going

to believe this.

2,000 phone calls,

local.

You're not going

to believe this.

Coast to coast

clocked 40,000.

You're not going

to believe this.

40,000!

You're not going

to believe this.

Our biggest ratings

ever.

You're not going

to believe this.

I mean, we're the hottest

show on television.

You're not going

to believe this.

This is bigger than

the Kennedy act in Dallas.

You're not going

to believe this.

It's for God's sake bigger

than the Super Bowl,

You're not going

to believe this.

and it's going to be

bigger tomorrow.

You're not going

to believe this.

Only if the human bomb

tries it again.

You're not going

to believe this.

Well, let's pray

for a double-header.

You're not going

to believe this.

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

If there's any trouble

this time--

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

What crowd?

There are no people.

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

I'm going to be talking

to nobody.

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

With coverage

by all the networks,

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

cable, satellite television,

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

more than one billion people

will see this event by tonight.

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

Here in Times Square,

it's like New Year's Eve,

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

but these people are not waiting

to blow out the new year. No.

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

They're waiting to see somebody

blow himself to pieces.

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

They all want to see themselves

on television,

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

actors in a real-life melodrama.

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

Except, for them...

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

it isn't real.

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

It's a television

special.

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

Fun and games,

a gory spectacle--

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

the Circus Maximus.

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

But today,

there are no Arab students...

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

[HORN HONKING]

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

no violence.

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

The crowd is disappointed.

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

Back to work.

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

WOMAN:
Death to America!

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

Remember Ibn Awad!

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

Here they come.

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

Death to the enemy!

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

The carnival's

open for business.

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

Death to America!

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

Kill the Jews!

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

Kill the Arabs!

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

Get the f***ers!

They're gonna mingle

with the crowd, sir.

Justice!

Justice!

Justice!

Justice!

Justice!

Justice!

Get the prick!

Justice!

[SCREAMING]

Damn it, men!

We're on the wrong beach!

This morning,

President Lockwood appealed

for an end

to human sacrifice.

This morning,

President Lockwood appealed

Violence breeds more violence.

This morning,

President Lockwood appealed

The place for justice

is the United Nations,

This morning,

President Lockwood appealed

not the battlefield.

This morning,

President Lockwood appealed

This afternoon,

This morning,

President Lockwood appealed

we finally reached Rafeeq

by satellite.

This morning,

President Lockwood appealed

Piety

from the mouth of an assassin

This morning,

President Lockwood appealed

is blasphemy.

This morning,

President Lockwood appealed

You will have my answer

tonight.

This morning,

President Lockwood appealed

10:
00,

This morning,

President Lockwood appealed

in the city of infidels--

in Washington.

This morning,

President Lockwood appealed

Well, this is Washington,

and it's 10:
00.

This morning,

President Lockwood appealed

The White House,

government buildings,

This morning,

President Lockwood appealed

national monuments,

This morning,

President Lockwood appealed

are all under armed guard.

This morning,

President Lockwood appealed

[HELICOPTER FLIES OVERHEAD]

This morning,

President Lockwood appealed

Only police and military planes

will cross these skies tonight.

This morning,

President Lockwood appealed

Only police cars

and armored vehicles here,

and no pedestrians.

Only police cars

and armored vehicles here,

It's like wartime London...

Only police cars

and armored vehicles here,

holding its breath, waiting...

Only police cars

and armored vehicles here,

Waiting for the next bomb

to hit.

Only police cars

and armored vehicles here,

Did you hear that?

Only police cars

and armored vehicles here,

A police helicopter was stolen.

It looks like...

It's a woman.

There's three!

Three women!

They're drifting towards...

the Capitol.

[EXPLOSION]

They're drifting towards...

the Capitol.

We've just heard.

Similar demonstrations

in Chicago, Detroit...

We've just heard.

It seems to be happening

all over the country.

Not a word.

It seems to be happening

all over the country.

Hold on.

It seems to be happening

all over the country.

Hello, Mr. Secretary.

It seems to be happening

all over the country.

Who?

It seems to be happening

all over the country.

How's the weather in Moscow?

It seems to be happening

all over the country.

No comment.

It seems to be happening

all over the country.

Explosions? What explosions?

It seems to be happening

all over the country.

[GUNFIRE]

Fan-bloody-tastic!

Insane.

Fan-bloody-tastic!

Put me through to Mr. Hale.

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Charles McCarry

Charles McCarry (born 1930 in Massachusetts) is an American writer, primarily of spy fiction, and a former undercover operative for the Central Intelligence Agency who The Wall Street Journal described in 2013 as the dean of American spy writers; The New Republic magazine calls him "poet laureate of the CIA."; and Otto Penzler says he has produced some "poetic masterpieces." William Zinsser calls him a "political novelist:"Jonathan Yardley, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic for the Washington Post, calls him a "'serious' novelist" whose work may include "the best novel ever written about life in high-stakes Washington, DC." more…

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