talking about
I speak the language, too
What?
Margaret, would you mind
helping me with something?
What do you need, honey?
That tone of voice, specifically
What tone of voice?
What the hell is he talking about?
I told you, sir
I'm sorry, you're outta here
Ready Room
Skipper. What are you doing?
Looking out the door
I'll get him for you
At what?
Cuba
Skipper!
Telephone
Commander Ecker
Commander Ecker
This is the White House Operator
Please hold
Shit
Honey, you don't know what shit is
Commander
my name's Ken O'Donnell
Special Assistant to the President
Yes, sir
The Presiden'ts instructed me
to pass along an order to you
You are not to get shot down
We'll do our best, sir
I don't think
you understand me, Commander
You are not to get shot down
under any circumstances
Whatever happens up there
you were not shot at
Mechanical failures are fine
crashing into mountains, fine
You are not to be shot at, fired at
or launched upon
Excuse me, sir
What the hell is going on here?
Commander, if you are fired upon
the President will be forced to
attack the sites that fired upon you
He doesn't want to have to do that
It's very important that he doesn't
or things could go
very badly out of control
What about my men?
If we don't have anybody to protect us
I'm gonna be writing
letters home for parents
If the President
protects you, Commander
he may have to do it with the Bomb
I've known the man for fifteen years
The problem is
he will protect you
So I'm asking you
don't make him protect you
Don't get shot at
Okay, Mr. O'Donnell
We'll do what we can
I know you will
Good luck
Hey, Joey
See you, Joey
Thanks, Joey
There you go, Jeremy
Hey, Bruce
Skipper?
Never mind. Just do what I do
Hand signs only
You are clear
Ready to go, sir
Good luck, Skipper
Shit!
Did you see it?
Man! You were lucky, Skipper!
Danm sparrows
Musta been migrating
Sparrows?
Probably hit a couple hundred of them
How many did you hit, Bruce?
Sparrows?
A few, I guess
These 20 millimeter
or 40 millimeter sparrows, sir?
Those are bird strikes
Sparrows, to be precise
That's the way it is, guys
Get that film packed up!
Commander Ecker
Hello?
Sir
Commander
Mr. O'Donnell, I've been ordered
to deliver the film
to the Pentagon personally
What's going on here?
The Chiefs must wanna talk to you
They're gonna want to know
if you were fired on
Were you?
You could say that, sir
Commander, listen to me
I know this must fly in the face
of everything you've come to serve
but I'm asking you to look
through this to the other side
Commander William B. Ecker
reporting as ordered
Commander
Sir
Put your gear down over here
Would you like
a glass of water or anything?
No, thank you, sir
Sir
Ecker
Have a seat
Commander
I assume you know why you're here
Son
I wanna know just one thing
Did those bastards shoot so much
as a BB gun at you?
It was a cakewalk, sir
Mr. President
The OAS meeting starts
in less than an hour
Good. I think we need this one. Dean
We can't expect miracles
The quarantine is legal
if we get a mandate
Otherwise it's an act of war
in the eyes of the world
So you gotta get me the vote
And make it unanimous
Mr. President
the Organization of American States
hasn't had a unanimous vote since...
Unanimous, Dean
In accordance
with this afternoon's vote
at the Organization of American States
the quarantine
will hereby be effective
as of ten o'clock tomorrow morning
At eight a. m. this morning
the United States
detonated a hydrogen bomb above
Johnston Island in the South Pacific
The blast was quickly condemned
by the Soviet Union
who called upon all nations
to denounce the United States
for bringing the world
to the brink of destruction
Who the hell authorized the test?
What is this gonna say
to the Russians?
They look warlike?
Jesus Christ
we're lighting off nuclear weapons
like it's our own
private Fourth of July
You know what?