Wrong Is Right Page #4

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


Nobody gets in here

without--

Oh, this is Reverend

Billy Bob Harper.

Mrs. Ford,

Oh, this is Reverend

Billy Bob Harper.

will you please

put your hand on that light?

Oh, this is Reverend

Billy Bob Harper.

Thank you, ma'am.

Just a lot of white tape.

Thank you, ma'am.

Mrs. Ford, I believe

you've met everybody.

Thank you, ma'am.

Not me,

not eyeball to eyeball.

Thank you, ma'am.

Meet the Vice President

of the United States.

Thank you, ma'am.

Ma'am.

General Wombat

Ma'am.

heads our task force

fighting terrorism.

Ma'am.

Eyeball to eyeball, I'm sure.

Ma'am.

Mr. President--

Ma'am.

Shoot, Jack,

and aim at Mallory.

Ma'am.

The Eye of Gaza.

Ma'am.

You've heard of it?

Ma'am.

Terrorists.

Ma'am.

The deadliest.

Ma'am.

[SATELLITE FEED BEEPING]

Spy satellite.

One of ours.

Can read a license plate

from outer space.

Spy satellite.

One of ours.

Can tap a telephone

conversation

Spy satellite.

One of ours.

in Russia,

Spy satellite.

One of ours.

China,

anywhere on Earth.

Spy satellite.

One of ours.

Picture's coming in now.

Spy satellite.

One of ours.

Enemy training camp,

North Africa.

Spy satellite.

One of ours.

[SHOUTING IN ARABIC]

He's dead.

[EXPLOSIONS]

He's dead.

This man's dead.

He's dead.

Hit the dirt!

Hit the dirt!

Hit the dirt!

Hit the dirt!

Hit the dirt!

Mr. Hale, hit the dirt!

Hit the dirt!

Hit the dirt!

Thank you.

[WHISTLE BLOWING]

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

His soldiers are fanatics.

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

Ready, willing to die

for their cause,

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

even commit suicide

on command.

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

Especially

on television.

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

Last month, two airliners

exploded over Israel.

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

There were no ransom demands,

no hostages.

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

Acts of pure vengeance.

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

So how did these bombs

get smuggled aboard?

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

Plastique.

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

Implanted by surgeons

into the flesh

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

of Rafeeq's agents.

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

Police shot this killer.

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

The doctors

found the explosives.

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

Well, what's this

got to do with--

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

This report, sir. Confirmed.

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

In...seven hours from now,

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

Rafeeq will receive

two atom bombs,

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

and he will use them tomorrow.

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

Bull.

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

Where would those crackpots

get two atom bombs, eh?

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

They're not something

you buy at a drugstore,

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

like golf balls, you know?

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

Jack,

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

could your information be...

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

well, not wrong, of course,

but...

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

just a little mistaken?

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

No, sir.

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

That report

was taped

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

on a piece of crystal

the size of a dime

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

hidden in a pair of eyeglasses,

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

recorded by our agent

in Hagreb today

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

as she was...

as she was killed by a bomb.

The man at the top,

his name is Rafeeq.

Sally Blake...

Was a spy?

No question. Everybody's a spy.

Was a spy?

Maybe even you.

Was a spy?

Then why trust me?

Was a spy?

Television.

Was a spy?

You reach millions.

Was a spy?

[CHUCKLING]

Was a spy?

You are offended?

Was a spy?

Because you use me?

We use each other.

Was a spy?

I like frankness.

Was a spy?

You met secretly twice

with King Awad. True?

Was a spy?

You find this strange?

Was a spy?

No,

a contradiction.

Was a spy?

We plan to purify Islam.

Was a spy?

Surely not together?

Why not?

Surely not together?

King Awad uses the word of God,

and you, sir, use--

Surely not together?

Yes?

Surely not together?

Terrorism.

To you, what is..."terrorism?"

Terrorism.

Innocent victims,

Terrorism.

political

murders.

Terrorism.

Like the Belgians used

in the Congo.

Terrorism.

Like the French in Algeria.

Terrorism.

The Japanese

in Manchuria.

Terrorism.

Like the British

against the Americans.

Terrorism.

Like the Irish

against the British.

Terrorism.

Like Mussolini against Ethiopia.

Terrorism.

Like Hitler used

against the Jews.

Terrorism.

Like the Jews

used against us.

Terrorism.

Like the Americans used a bomb

in Hiroshima.

Terrorism.

You mean terrorism like that?

Terrorism.

Two atom bombs.

Each strapped in a suitcase.

Two atom bombs.

Each an easily made,

functional bomb,

Two atom bombs.

and each is a 10-kiloton weapon.

Two atom bombs.

With a destructive force,

Mr. President,

Two atom bombs.

greater than

the Hiroshima bomb.

Two atom bombs.

Primary targets,

Tel Aviv...

and Jerusalem.

Primary targets,

Do the Israelis know?

Primary targets,

Doubtful,

because if they did--

Primary targets,

Atomic war.

Primary targets,

Mr. President,

just press the button

Primary targets,

on that little

black box.

Primary targets,

Nothing personal.

Primary targets,

And in 30 minutes,

whammo.

Primary targets,

No more Commies,

no more Arabs,

Primary targets,

no more oil crisis.

Primary targets,

No more anything.

Primary targets,

Get King Awad.

Primary targets,

He'll crack down on

that raving lunatic.

Primary targets,

What are you doing?

Primary targets,

He bought the bombs.

Primary targets,

He who?

Not King Awad?

Primary targets,

Yes, sir.

Primary targets,

And he's

giving them to--

Primary targets,

Yes, ma'am.

Primary targets,

Why?

Primary targets,

Voices in the desert

told him to.

Primary targets,

Crackers.

Primary targets,

Predetermined.

Unless I stop it,

the rocket destroys the plane.

Predetermined.

If I touch this, no explosion.

If I don't...

If I touch this, no explosion.

Death to the enemy!

Death!

Tomorrow, the Jews!

Death to the enemy!

Death!

And the day after that--

Death to the enemy!

Death!

New York?

Death to the enemy!

Death!

If we support

Israel.

Death to the enemy!

Death!

With the election,

we have to.

Death to the enemy!

Death!

They'd actually

bomb New York?

Death to the enemy!

Death!

Love to.

Death to the enemy!

Death!

But that's

an act of war!

Death to the enemy!

Death!

Mr. President,

push the button.

Death to the enemy!

Death!

Yeah. Okay.

Death to the enemy!

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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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