going out tonight with
what may be the finest example...
Get me an update on
the army, the Pentagon.
Get this guy Schumann. Put him on hold.
Have him standing by.
People I gotta tell you, I
see a lot of glum faces now.
Please don't be disconsolate.
This is politics at its finest.
This is where the rubber meets the road.
Now I'm gonna tell that we've
got a leader going out tonight...
...to 95 million American homes.
He's gonna turn this thing around.
You think this is tough?
I was 4 months into production
on The Song of Solomon...
...found out I didn't have the rights.
Turn it up. It's our spot.
Tough? This is nothing.
Will you look at that shit?
'Cause you don't change
horses in midstream.
Don't change horses.
This speech is good.
I mean, we're kinda locked
into it, Mr. President.
For the future of our families...
The music. Where did they get that?
- Pain in the ass.
- What? What? What?
- He won't do it.
- What do you mean he won't do it?
- He won't do the speech.
- What do you mean he won't do it?
- He won't do the speech.
What do you mean? What
choice does he have?
What do you mean he won't do the
speech? He won't do our speech?
He says it's corny.
It's what? It's corny? Corny?
Of course it's corny.
We wouldn't have him say
it if it wasn't corny.
It's not a question.
This is the center
for rest of the thing.
Don't tell me it's corny.
We're locked into the speech, right?
We're locked in.
We are playing way past this.
We are past this. OK.
Corny.
This is what I need.
I want you to get me 30 secretaries
and put them in an office now.
Would you do that? You just
tell him I'm coming up.
I need to see the president
and five minutes of this time.
Speech is corny. Know
what this reminds me of?
Years ago, when I first
went out to Hollywood...
...they said to me,
"It's too theatrical."
You know I was from the theater. So, everything
was over their heads. It's too theatrical.
Not theatrical. He
thinks it's too corny.
Don't tell me the speech is corny.
Just tell him I'm comin'
up. I'm coming up.
My fellow Americans, I
thank a merciful God...
...and I am sure each
and every one of us...
...will thank that Supreme Power...
...whatever we conceive
that power to be...
...that peace is at hand.
The threat of nuclear
terrorism has been quelled.
Mr. President, I'm using a
little more projection...
...because I think this speech
needs a little bit a "umph".
Bear with me.
Thank you so much.
That was so moving.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
You konow, Connie? I felt
very much at home in there.
Simple quirk of fate.
I could have gone this way.
It's all a change in wardrobe.
So, what do you think? Was it too much?
I'll tell you, Stanley.
- You did it.
- Yeah.
You did it. You jumped in there...
...and saved the thing when
the thing needed saving.
You don't think it was too much?
Personally?
Maybe it was.
Of course the president doesn't
have to say it that way, Connie.
It's like Plato once said.
It doesn't matter how the fuck you
get there as long as you get there.
He said that?
Connie, what is it exactly
you do for the president?
My fellow Americans, I
thank a merciful God...
...and I'm sure all of us will
thank that Supreme Power...
...whatever we conceive
that power to be...
...that peace is at hand.
The threat of nuclear
terrorism has been quelled.
We are in contact with
the Albanian premier...
...who assures me and...
...this government
credits his assurances...
...that his country
does not wish us ill.
Know any Latin?
I, Claudius. That's what I know.
I need a Latin motto for the patch.
The 303 patch.
...by a designation number, 303.
A member of the group was left
behind, what were then, enemy lines.
And I can only say to those
family members of Group 303...
...whose members are,
I know as I speak...
...gathering to comfort you.
To the parents of the missing man...
...I can only say no
effort will be