Wrong Is Right Page #6

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


AWAD:
I have tried to live

by the teachings

of the Prophet.

AWAD:
I have tried to live

I heard voices, angry voices.

AWAD:
I have tried to live

"Let fire rain from the sky.

AWAD:
I have tried to live

"Let blood run

in the streets.

AWAD:
I have tried to live

Death to the enemy."

AWAD:
I have tried to live

The voices made me unclean.

AWAD:
I have tried to live

My own blood,

shed by my own hand.

AWAD:
I have tried to live

Only that

can make me clean again.

AWAD:
I have tried to live

No, not suicide!

AWAD:
I have tried to live

Not him,

not this saint.

AWAD:
I have tried to live

Murder.

AWAD:
I have tried to live

I say it to you,

your television, the world.

AWAD:
I have tried to live

Murder! The CIA did it.

AWAD:
I have tried to live

Ah, blame the CIA.

AWAD:
I have tried to live

Same old story.

AWAD:
I have tried to live

Old, but true.

AWAD:
I have tried to live

How was it done?

AWAD:
I have tried to live

How could they

get to him?

AWAD:
I have tried to live

I don't know.

AWAD:
I have tried to live

Thank you.

AWAD:
I have tried to live

Not suicide,

murder!

AWAD:
I have tried to live

The suitcases.

Not here.

The suitcases.

Where are they?

The suitcases.

Safe.

The suitcases.

You said tonight.

The suitcases.

You promised.

The suitcases.

King Awad promised me

a million dollars.

The suitcases.

Dead man's promise.

The suitcases.

Well...

The suitcases.

Wait.

The suitcases.

No cash,

no business.

The suitcases.

You'll get your money.

The suitcases.

That's when you'll get

the merchandise.

The suitcases.

[]

The suitcases.

Get off!

HALE:
By morning,

a spontaneous

mass demonstration

HALE:
By morning,

was staged,

HALE:
By morning,

vilifying America

and President Lockwood.

HALE:
By morning,

Rafeeq's

Revolutionary Council...

HALE:
By morning,

Sir?

HALE:
By morning,

will control this country

by nightfall.

HALE:
By morning,

We lucked out.

HALE:
By morning,

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

HALE:
By morning,

Videotape, how

much time is left?

HALE:
By morning,

Riot footage, 11 seconds left.

HALE:
By morning,

And the live switch

to the airport remote

HALE:
By morning,

in three...two...one...

switch.

HALE:
By morning,

We're on it.

HALE:
By morning,

HALE:

So ended an explosive 30 hours

HALE:
By morning,

that began

with the violent death

HALE:
By morning,

of Sally Blake.

HALE:
By morning,

She was going home now.

HALE:
By morning,

She wasn't the only one.

HALE:
By morning,

American newspapers

were ordered to leave.

HALE:
By morning,

Television

was invited to stay.

HALE:
By morning,

We left in support

of our fellow reporters.

HALE:
By morning,

Was today's outrage

riot or revolution?

HALE:
By morning,

Was it political

or religious?

HALE:
By morning,

Was King Awad's death

a suicide

HALE:
By morning,

or assassination?

HALE:
By morning,

You all right?

Yes, fine.

You all right?

Are you accusing anyone

of his murder?

You all right?

I never said

it was murder.

You all right?

Certainly not.

You all right?

Do you question

suicide?

You all right?

Yes.

You all right?

No comment.

You all right?

Are you accusing anyone

of his murder?

You all right?

What are you

trying to prove?

You all right?

Everybody else

says suicide.

You all right?

I just can't accept it.

You all right?

Well, that

makes it murder.

You all right?

That makes it even better.

You all right?

Only if you're right.

You all right?

If you're wrong,

that could be slander,

You all right?

it could be libel,

You all right?

even worse, a drop

in the Nielsen ratings.

You all right?

Goodbye, number one.

Goodbye, period.

You all right?

All fixed.

You all right?

Pat, do me a favor,

please.

You all right?

Drop the crusade.

You all right?

Go away. Go fishing,

go hunting. Make love.

You all right?

Do anything, but

drop the lost causes, huh?

You all right?

I hate fishing.

Love love.

You all right?

Welcome back, honey.

You all right?

Hi.

You all right?

Expensive?

You all right?

She works for us.

You all right?

She's a sort

of reporter.

You all right?

What could be news

in a call house?

You all right?

Loose women loosen

men's tongues.

You all right?

WHISPERING:

Who's behind it?

Who tipped you?

WHISPERING:

Who's behind it?

A John.

Private eye, ex-FBI.

WHISPERING:

Who's behind it?

Make us a drink.

WHISPERING:

Who's behind it?

Get me the phone company.

I'll take it here.

Big guy.

Phone company emblem

on his back.

Big guy.

Not sent by you?

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

Not sent by you?

Are you sure?

[RING]

Are you sure?

Don't answer it!

Are you sure?

Hello?

Are you sure?

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

three to four seconds

after the phone was answered.

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

We were lucky.

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

It seems to be open season

on reporters.

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

Why was Sally Blake killed?

What secret did she know?

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

Was her information connected

with the suicide of King Awad?

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

As a direct descendant

of Mohammed,

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

by killing himself,

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

he'd be killing

the son of the Prophet.

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

Suicide? Hardly.

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

Murder?

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

We asked U.S. Intelligence.

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

Unavailable.

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

Army, Navy,

and Air Force Intelligence--

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

unavailable.

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

Our spy factories,

all unavailable.

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

President Lockwood was busy

with domestic matters--

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

unavailable.

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

Hacker,

Chief of White House Staff,

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

was deeply involved

in affairs of state.

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

Unavailable.

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

Madam Vice President

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

was dealing

with national issues.

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

Unavailable.

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

The Reverend Billy Bob Harper

was available.

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

God moves in

mysterious ways.

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

Scotland Yard's expert

on voiceprints.

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

Our tests prove

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

that the voice

on the tape

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

is King Awad's.

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

Egyptian authority on languages.

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

King Awad spoke

his dying words.

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

No question.

The FBI says

it was rigged to explode

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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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