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:02:02
How many innocent victims would it take
for the city. . .

:02:06
. . .to reverse its policy
on hostages?

:02:09
And this is 1966. There's no CNN.
There's no CNBC. There's no Internet.

:02:16
Fast-forward to today.
Present time, same situation.

:02:20
How quickly would the media
make a frenzy? In hours.

:02:24
It would be the biggest story from
Boston to Budapest.

:02:29
Ten hostages die.
:02:31
Twenty, thirty.
:02:33
Relentless. Bam, bim.
One after another.

:02:37
All on hi-def, computer-enhanced.
You can almost taste the brain matter.

:02:44
All for what? A bus, a plane?
:02:47
A couple million dollars
that's federally insured?

:02:55
I don't think so, but. . .
:02:57
. . .just a thought.
:03:00
I mean, it's not. . .
:03:03
. . .within the realm of
conventional cinema, but. . .

:03:09
. . .what if?
:03:13
- There's a problem with that movie.
- Really?

:03:17
- It wouldn't work.
- How come?

:03:21
- Audiences love happy endings.
- Pacino escapes with the money.

:03:26
Boyfriend gets a sex change.
Live happily ever after.

:03:30
- No?
- No.

:03:34
Homophobia.
:03:35
Bad guy can't win.
It's a morality tale.

:03:38
One way or the other,
he's gotta go down.

:03:44
Well, life is stranger
than fiction sometimes.

:03:55
You know, guys, I gotta go.
:03:59
Gotta jet.

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