Wrong Is Right Page #13

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


Fan-bloody-tastic!

He has a call--

overseas, Hagreb.

Fan-bloody-tastic!

Not now.

Fan-bloody-tastic!

They said personal,

urgent, and now.

Fan-bloody-tastic!

Is it a wrap?

Fan-bloody-tastic!

Yeah.

Fan-bloody-tastic!

Maybe for

the whole damn world.

Fan-bloody-tastic!

Hmm?

Fan-bloody-tastic!

Mr. Hale?

New York, urgent.

Fan-bloody-tastic!

He's coming on.

They want this on tape.

Fan-bloody-tastic!

Go ahead.

Fan-bloody-tastic!

Rafeeq Abdallah

here.

Fan-bloody-tastic!

Is this an answer to--

Fan-bloody-tastic!

Listen carefully.

Do not interrupt.

Fan-bloody-tastic!

Do not question.

Fan-bloody-tastic!

Do not

betray this trust.

Fan-bloody-tastic!

Call the president.

Of the network?

Call the president.

Of the United States.

Call the president.

RAFEEQ:

I do not trust Lockwood.

Call the president.

Through you, Mr. Hale,

Call the president.

the American people

will know the truth.

Call the president.

Make no appeal.

I will answer no calls.

Call the president.

Get me the FBI.

Call the president.

I have three conditions.

Call the president.

Fail to meet all conditions,

catastrophe.

Call the president.

One-- Lockwood will appear

at the United Nations.

Call the president.

He will resign as president.

Call the president.

Two-- The international

court of justice

Call the president.

will try Lockwood

Call the president.

for the murder

of Ibn Awad.

Call the president.

Three-- the trial

must be shown on television.

Call the president.

If Lockwood has not resigned

by 10:
00 tomorrow morning,

Call the president.

two atom bombs

Call the president.

will destroy the city

and people of New York.

Call the president.

Repeat. If Lockwood

has not resigned.

Call the president.

Finish Lockwood

or commit humanicide.

News flash.

Finish Lockwood

or commit humanicide.

You want to interrupt

the commercial?

Finish Lockwood

or commit humanicide.

Hell, no!

Finish Lockwood

or commit humanicide.

Harv?

Finish Lockwood

or commit humanicide.

No news flash.

Finish Lockwood

or commit humanicide.

Hold it, Pat. Hey.

You can't

use the story.

Hold it, Pat. Hey.

Hey!

Hold it, Pat. Hey.

Ed?

Hold it, Pat. Hey.

Yes, sir?

Hold it, Pat. Hey.

Did you tape

Rafeeq's call?

Hold it, Pat. Hey.

Yes, sir.

Hold it, Pat. Hey.

Give it

to the FBI.

Hold it, Pat. Hey.

Harvey, sit down.

You expect me

to kill this story?

Harvey, sit down.

For now.

Harvey, sit down.

It could mean

an Emmy Award!

Harvey, sit down.

Ratings! Numbers!

Harvey, sit down.

You can't use the story.

Harvey, sit down.

The people have a right to know.

Harvey, sit down.

You put that story on TV,

Harvey, sit down.

you'll have

eight million people

Harvey, sit down.

running crazy.

Harvey, sit down.

You'll kill more people

than the atom bombs.

Harvey, sit down.

Harv, boy.

Harvey, sit down.

Mr. President.

Harvey, sit down.

Now, we can't

go looking

Harvey, sit down.

for a gas leak

with a lighted match,

Harvey, sit down.

can we?

Harvey, sit down.

No, sir.

Harvey, sit down.

Proud to have you

aboard.

Harvey, sit down.

If Lockwood has not resigned

by 10:
00 tomorrow morning,

Harvey, sit down.

two atom bombs

Harvey, sit down.

will destroy the city

and people of New York.

Harvey, sit down.

Mr. President,

Harvey, sit down.

the voice on that tape

could have been anybody.

Harvey, sit down.

Students, Cubans, Ricans, Afros.

Harvey, sit down.

Sir,

Harvey, sit down.

the FBI voiceprint

proves that was Rafeeq.

Harvey, sit down.

Fake!

I can smell it.

Harvey, sit down.

There are no atom bombs.

There never was!

Harvey, sit down.

General Wombat.

We know who built those bombs.

Harvey, sit down.

We know who tried to buy them.

We know Rafeeq has them.

Harvey, sit down.

But is he crazy enough

to use them?

Harvey, sit down.

HUBBARD:
Rafeeq Abdallah,

personality profile,

Harvey, sit down.

medical, physical,

psychological,

Harvey, sit down.

from age 4 up to tonight.

Harvey, sit down.

Severe case

of psychopathia martialis.

Harvey, sit down.

Age 11, shell shock,

refugee camp.

Harvey, sit down.

Now, a paranoid megalomaniac,

highly dangerous, suicidal,

Harvey, sit down.

chronic

masturbator--

Harvey, sit down.

Mr. Hubbard?

Harvey, sit down.

Sir?

Harvey, sit down.

Will he blow up New York?

Harvey, sit down.

According to this report,

yes, sir.

Harvey, sit down.

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

Harvey, sit down.

15-minute break.

Harvey, sit down.

Mr. President,

it's Mallory.

Harvey, sit down.

He's heard a rumor

about the bomb.

Harvey, sit down.

Well, don't say yes

and don't say no.

Harvey, sit down.

Don't say maybe.

Harvey, sit down.

Say you'll call back,

but don't.

Harvey, sit down.

That's how

you stay president.

Harvey, sit down.

Now, look.

Harvey, sit down.

some of us have got

family in New York,

Harvey, sit down.

and in America,

family comes first...

Harvey, sit down.

but not before God

and country,

Harvey, sit down.

so stay off the phone,

and don't start a panic.

Harvey, sit down.

Shouldn't you tell the

governor of New York?

He's supporting

Mallory.

Shouldn't you tell the

governor of New York?

FBI, Operation Scramble,

New York area.

Shouldn't you tell the

governor of New York?

Don't ask why. No.

Shouldn't you tell the

governor of New York?

And tell nobody else,

but nobody.

Shouldn't you tell the

governor of New York?

Call my sister in New York.

Tell her to--

Shouldn't you tell the

governor of New York?

Get out of town.

No!

Shouldn't you tell the

governor of New York?

Don't tell your mother!

Shouldn't you tell the

governor of New York?

Mr. President,

Shouldn't you tell the

governor of New York?

Mrs. Ford on three.

Shouldn't you tell the

governor of New York?

Yes?

Who's got the evacuation plan?

Yes?

Tell-- Well, where is he?

Yes?

Then break into his office

and get it.

Yes?

New York airport's

suddenly doing big business.

Yes?

Secretary of State.

Now where is he?

Secretary of State.

China.

Secretary of State.

Hang up.

Secretary of State.

Well, any answers?

Secretary of State.

We've got

to do something.

Terrific.

I say attack.

Terrific.

We can wipe them off the map

in five hours.

Terrific.

General...

Terrific.

Pour me a shot of that stuff.

Give me that thing.

Pour me a shot of that stuff.

Yes, sir.

Pour me a shot of that stuff.

We can settle this mess

in 25 minutes.

Pour me a shot of that stuff.

That's the ticket,

Chief.

Pour me a shot of that stuff.

Pulverize them.

Pour me a shot of that stuff.

How do you open

this damn thing?

Who's got

the combination?

How do you open

this damn thing?

You, sir.

How do you open

this damn thing?

Oh.

How do you open

this damn thing?

That won't stop him.

How do you open

this damn thing?

It will

if he's dead.

How do you open

this damn thing?

Even if

you kill Rafeeq,

How do you open

this damn thing?

his bombs

could be preset,

How do you open

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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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