Wrong Is Right Page #14

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


this damn thing?

rigged so nothing

can stop them.

How do you open

this damn thing?

If he does not

send a signal--

How do you open

this damn thing?

boom.

How do you open

this damn thing?

Jack? Is that possible?

How do you open

this damn thing?

That's the way I'd do it.

That rat...

That's the way I'd do it.

just ensured

his own life.

That's the way I'd do it.

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

That's the way I'd do it.

FBI, sir.

That's the way I'd do it.

You--

I don't care

what it takes.

You--

You have got

less than seven hours

You--

to find those bombs.

You--

About two million people

live in New York.

You--

Another million

come in every work day.

You--

Just give me

the bottom line.

You--

Using everything

from buses to subways,

You--

ships and planes...

You--

about two million

can be evacuated.

You--

How fast can

we be on the air?

You--

Minutes, but--

You--

Well, if we can save

two million people--

You--

Yes, sir, if...

You--

if we can squeeze

an extra 40,000 vehicles

You--

into the New York traffic,

You--

another 300,000 extra persons

into the airports.

You--

It's page 18 of that report.

You--

If you don't take

the cats, dogs,

You--

the old, the blind,

You--

if you abandon

all the hospitals,

You--

and the people that are in them

don't panic,

You--

and if the police don't panic,

You--

then maybe you might save

two million people.

You--

In how long?

You--

Four days.

You--

Four days?

You--

Now, I want some answers,

and I want them now!

You--

To begin with, didn't anybody

check this report?

You--

Eight years ago, sir.

You--

Worthless then.

You--

Well, why wasn't something

done about it?

You--

Maybe there is no defense

against nuclear attack.

You--

I still say

he's bluffing!

You--

What if he's not?

You--

All right. All right.

You--

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

You--

Say it happens.

You--

What's the worst?

You--

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

You--

Mr. President, recent

nuclear tests prove--

That is

classified information.

Mr. President, recent

nuclear tests prove--

No, sir.

Mr. President, recent

nuclear tests prove--

The bomb's gone public.

Mr. President, recent

nuclear tests prove--

Newspapers, magazines,

Mr. President, recent

nuclear tests prove--

even college kids

have built them.

Mr. President, recent

nuclear tests prove--

Come on, I want

Mr. President, recent

nuclear tests prove--

numbers,

facts, figures!

Mr. President, recent

nuclear tests prove--

The first shock, blast,

and thermal dose

will kill at least

two million people.

The first shock, blast,

and thermal dose

All this glass

will become bullets.

The first shock, blast,

and thermal dose

Billions of them.

The first shock, blast,

and thermal dose

They'll slash everything

for miles.

The first shock, blast,

and thermal dose

There'll be fires,

tens of thousands.

The first shock, blast,

and thermal dose

Winds--

winds double the force,

The first shock, blast,

and thermal dose

the destructive force

of hurricanes.

The first shock, blast,

and thermal dose

All the water, all the food,

poisoned.

The first shock, blast,

and thermal dose

And within 10 days,

all the rest

of the people dead.

And within 10 days,

Radiation.

And within 10 days,

Even the ones

in the shelters.

And within 10 days,

Mr. President,

And within 10 days,

if these bombs

are allowed to go off...

And within 10 days,

Notify Rafeeq.

Well, time to go.

Notify Rafeeq.

One of us

has got to try sanity.

Notify Rafeeq.

Don't do it,

Mr. President.

Notify Rafeeq.

You'll hate it.

Notify Rafeeq.

Mr. President, you can't resign.

Me or millions?

There's not much choice.

Mr. President, you can't resign.

Mr. President,

if you resign,

Mr. President, you can't resign.

a woman, a black woman,

Mr. President, you can't resign.

will be

in the White House,

Mr. President, you can't resign.

and she won't

be serving dinner.

Mr. President, you can't resign.

Congratulations,

Madam President.

Mr. President, you can't resign.

If I'm not shot

before I'm sworn in.

Mr. President, you can't resign.

That's a well-hung flagpole.

Thank God!

That's a well-hung flagpole.

Call the FBI.

That's a well-hung flagpole.

[]

[CLICKING]

I'll disarm

the other bomb.

Just in the nick of time.

I'll disarm

the other bomb.

Yep.

I'll disarm

the other bomb.

Convenient.

I'll disarm

the other bomb.

Oh, I'd say lucky.

I'll disarm

the other bomb.

I thought for a while

I'll disarm

the other bomb.

the CIA had arranged

the suitcases...

I'll disarm

the other bomb.

like King Awad's

suicide.

I'll disarm

the other bomb.

Mr. Hale, we only try

to do what's right.

I'll disarm

the other bomb.

Even when it's wrong?

I'll disarm

the other bomb.

If it's good

for America,

I'll disarm

the other bomb.

it can't be wrong.

I'll disarm

the other bomb.

Right?

I'll disarm

the other bomb.

What's next?

I'll disarm

the other bomb.

War.

I'll disarm

the other bomb.

These atom bombs on our land

constitute an act of war...

undeclared war, unprovoked war,

These atom bombs on our land

constitute an act of war...

started by

the bloodiest terrorist

These atom bombs on our land

constitute an act of war...

of modern history--

These atom bombs on our land

constitute an act of war...

by Rafeeq, the Hun of Hagreb.

These atom bombs on our land

constitute an act of war...

What war? What bombs?

These atom bombs on our land

constitute an act of war...

What the hell? Is he crazy?

These atom bombs on our land

constitute an act of war...

Frank, boy.

You did it.

You finally did it.

Frank, boy.

We're not gonna

take it anymore.

Frank, boy.

You hit them.

Frank, boy.

You bet!

Frank, boy.

Hit them with

everything you got.

Frank, boy.

Hey, but

for God's sake,

Frank, boy.

don't hit

those oil wells!

Frank, boy.

What we got here

is a war.

Now, you're here for one reason.

What we got here

is a war.

No matter what happens,

What we got here

is a war.

nothing happens

What we got here

is a war.

until it happens

on television.

What we got here

is a war.

Right, but before

What we got here

is a war.

you take

the oil wells,

What we got here

is a war.

remember,

we're taking

What we got here

is a war.

a three-minute

commercial break!

What we got here

is a war.

Right.

What we got here

is a war.

Now, let's kick ass!

What we got here

is a war.

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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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