:16:00
"V" for victory.
:16:02
5 Marines raising the flag,
Mount Surabachi.
:16:06
You remember the picture
in 50 years, but forget the war.
:16:08
The Gulf War, smart bomb
falling down a chimney.
:16:11
2,500 missions a day, 100 days.
:16:13
One video of one bomb.
:16:16
The American people
bought that war.
:16:17
War is show business.
That's why we're here.
:16:20
What do you do
for the president?
:16:24
Why Albania?
:16:26
Why not?
:16:27
They gotta know at some point.
:16:29
Who?
:16:34
The public.
:16:35
They gotta know?
:16:37
Get with it.
Who killed Kennedy?
:16:39
l read the first draft
of the Warren Report.
:16:41
Says he was killed
by a drunk driver.
:16:43
The Gulf War.
What do you see day after day?
:16:45
The one smart bomb
falling down a chimney.
:16:47
The truth?
:16:49
l was in the building
when we shot that shot.
:16:51
We shot it in a studio
in Falls Church, Virginia.
:16:53
1/10 scale model of a building.
:16:54
ls that true?
:16:56
How do we know?
You take my point?
:16:58
All right.
:16:59
You want me to do what?
:17:02
To produce.
:17:03
You want me to produce your war?
:17:06
Not a war.
lt's a pageant.
:17:08
We need a theme,
a song, some visuals.
:17:10
lt's a pageant.
:17:12
lt's like the Oscars.
That's why we came to you.
:17:14
l never won an Oscar.
:17:16
That's a shame,
but you produced the Oscars.
:17:18
lndeed, l did.
:17:20
You're a writer,
that's your script.
:17:22
You're a director,
but if you're the producer...
:17:24
nobody knows what you do.
:17:27
The producer,
all he's got is the credit.
:17:29
You see?
And some plaques on the wall.
:17:31
They don't know what we do.
Don't get me started.
:17:35
lf you never won an Oscar...
:17:37
how would you like
an ambassadorship?
:17:39
An ambassadorship?
That's my payoff?
:17:42
Tell me what you want.
:17:43
l'd just do it
for a story to tell.
:17:46
You couldn't tell anybody.
:17:48
l'm just kidding.
:17:50
-You couldn't tell anybody.
-Just a figure of speech.
:17:53
lt's a pageant.
:17:55
That's what it is.
:17:56
The country's at war.
:17:58
lt's Miss America.
You're Bert Parks.
:17:59
-Why Albania?
-Because.