Wag the Dog
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:48:02
Can we stop this?
:48:04
Stop the choir.
:48:07
lt has been quite a week,
Richard.

:48:09
l can't remember
when any president...

:48:11
was hit with the flu, a war...
:48:13
and accused of sexual
misconduct by a teenage girl...

:48:16
all in the same
seven-day period.

:48:17
This, of course, only days
before he runs for reelection.

:48:21
We've just received information
from sources at the ClA...

:48:23
that confirms the cessation
of hostilities...

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The ClA.
:48:31
l thought they let us out
too easily.

:48:33
The war's over.
:48:35
lt's over.
l saw it on television.

:48:37
l have to sell my house.
:48:38
The war is not over.
:48:41
l saw it on TV.
:48:43
That's what you hired me for.
:48:46
The war isn't over
until l say it's over.

:48:48
This is my picture.
This is not the ClA's picture.

:48:51
You think
you're in a tight spot now?

:48:54
Try making The Four Horsemen
of the Apocalypse.

:48:56
Three of the horsemen died.
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Hear what he's saying?
Three of the horsemen died...

:49:01
two weeks before the end
of principal photography.

:49:04
This is nothing.
:49:06
This is just Act One,
"The War."

:49:09
We really do need an Act Two,
so we work.

:49:13
Act Two.
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You know what it's like?
:49:16
The Japanese. ln the caves.
:49:17
-Go on.
-Okinawa.

:49:20
They didn't believe
the war was over.

:49:22
We have a guy
who doesn't believe--

:49:24
We have an American serviceman.
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A brave American serviceman
is left behind.

:49:29
A hero.
:49:31
l can't believe it.
What was l thinking?

:49:33
We had a war.
We forgot the hero.

:49:35
You can't have a war
and not have a hero.

:49:38
lt's like we sent
a Christmas card...

:49:39
and left out the--
What do you call it?

:49:41
-Fruitcake.
-There you go.

:49:42
Let's work.
:49:44
We got a guy
who's left behind, so--

:49:46
This is terrific.
This is lucky this happened.

:49:49
He was left behind,
just discarded...

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like an old shoe.
:49:54
That's good.
:49:56
What's good? What did l say?
:49:57
-Shoe.
-Old shoe?

:49:59
lt's just instinct.

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