:04:01
anytime I've tried to keep...
:04:04
anything normal
with a person that was...
:04:08
normal,
it's just been a disaster.
:04:10
Listen, I appreciate that.
Absolutely.
:04:15
So what is that,
a film you're doing?
:04:18
Um, start in L.A. on Tuesday.
:04:22
Would you like me to
take you through your lines?
:04:25
Would you?
'Cause it's all talk, talk, talk.
:04:28
Hand it over.
:04:31
Right.
Um, basic plot?
:04:35
I'm a difficult but brilliant
junior officer...
:04:37
who in about 20 minutes is gonna
save the world from nuclear disaster.
:04:42
Mm-hmm. Okay.
Well done, you.
:04:45
"Message from Command. Would you
like them to send in the H.K.s?"
:04:47
No. Turn over four T.R.S.s
and tell them we need radar feedback...
:04:50
before the K.F.T.s return at 1900.
:04:52
Then inform the Pentagon we'll need
Black Star cover from 1000 through 1215.
:04:55
And if you say one word about how many
mistakes I made in that speech,
I'll pelt you with olives.
:04:59
- Very well, Captain.
I'll pass that on straightaway.
- Thank you.
:05:02
- How many mistakes did I make?
- Eleven.
:05:04
- Damn it. And Wainwright--
- Cartwright.
:05:08
Cartwright, Wainwright,
whatever your name is,
:05:10
I promised little Jimmy
I'd be home for his birthday,
:05:12
so could you get a message to him
that I may be late.
:05:14
Certainly.
And, uh, little Johnny?
:05:16
- My son's name is Johnny?
- Yep.
:05:19
- Then get a message to him too.
- I'll do what I can, Captain,
:05:21
but I can't promise anything.
:05:23
- And Cartwright goes.
- [ Exhales ]
:05:28
- What do you think?
- Gripping. it's not Jane Austen.
:05:32
it's not Henry James,
but it's... gripping.
:05:35
- Think I should do Henry James instead?
- You would be brilliant.
:05:39
But this writer-- writers--
they're pretty damn good too.
:05:44
You never get anyone
on Wings of the Dove saying,
:05:46
"inform the Pentagon
we need Black Star cover."
:05:49
For me the book is the poorer for it.
:05:56
I can't believe you have that picture.