What was it?
"For progress to occur,"
l think he said.
Two Generations to Agree, yes.
That's what he inscribed.
How'd you know that?
That's the title of the book.
That's the title?
For Progress to Occur
lt's Necessary for Two--
That's a terrible title.
You're right.
For Two Generations to Agree.
That is the title.
l never looked at the cover.
l just looked
at what he wrote to me.
When you get the time,
read the cover.
John Levy is expected to respond
to the allegations...
of sexual misconduct
by the president.
This guy is fucked.
What one has to do, Mr. Motss,
is fight a holding action.
They'll run this man
through the shredder.
lf we hold the break
in the dam till the election...
we got a chance.
You can't hold the dam.
l don't get
what you want me to do.
...advised him to stay
in China for one or two days.
During that time,
of course, we'll remain--
But he's gotta
come back sometime.
What is one or two days
gonna buy you?
Look at all those hands.
Brer Rabbit
couldn't get out of this.
Would you comment please
on the rumors...
that the president's delay...
is due to the situation
in Albania?
There is...
l'm not aware of the situation
to which you refer.
We've just learned
that the State Department...
has set up a special Albanian
task force at Ops Center.
Mr. Sklansky, l am--We have--
Mrs. Rose?
Early this morning,
General Scott flew to Seattle.
ls his trip connected
with the B-3 bomber?
To the best of my knowledge,
there is no B-3 bomber.
Mr. Levy, is the situation
in Albania related...
to the Muslim fundamentalist
anti-American uprising?
Now they get it.
There you go.
There's a little help.
...that have
fundamentalist movements...
How close are you to this?
What do you want the kid to say?
We will keep you apprised
of any new information.
At this time,
there is no information...
Have him say...
l know we're all concerned
for the president.
l'm sure that our hopes
and prayers are with him.
Could you have Levy say...
"l know we're all concerned
for the president.
"l'm sure our hopes
and prayers are with him."
l want to say l know we are all
concerned for the president...
and our hopes and prayers
are with him.
He didn't phrase it right.
He didn't sell the line.
You bought yourself one day,
maybe two.
All l need
is 11 till the election.
This isn't gonna hold
for 11 days.
-The guy fucked a Girl Scout.
-A Firefly Girl.
He fucked a Firefly Girl.
What are you gonna do
to hold that off?
l'm gonna get my veggie shake.
What do you think
would hold it off?
Nothing.
You'd have to have a war.
You're kidding.
You're not kidding.
l'm in show business.
Why come to me?
l'll tell you why.
"54, 40, or fight."
What does that mean?
-lt's a slogan.
-"Remember the Maine."
"Tippecanoe and Tyler, too."
They're war slogans.
We remember the slogans,
not the wars.
You know why?
That's show business.
That's why we're here.
Naked girl, covered in napalm.
"V" for victory.
5 Marines raising the flag,
Mount Surabachi.
You remember the picture
in 50 years, but forget the war.
The Gulf War, smart bomb
falling down a chimney.
2,500 missions a day, 100 days.
One video of one bomb.
The American people
bought that war.
War is show business.
That's why we're here.
What do you do
for the president?
Why Albania?
Why not?
They gotta know at some point.
Who?
The public.
They gotta know?
Get with it.
Who killed Kennedy?
l read the first draft
of the Warren Report.
Says he was killed
by a drunk driver.
The Gulf War.
What do you see day after day?
The one smart bomb
falling down a chimney.
The truth?
l was in the building
when we shot that shot.
We shot it in a studio
in Falls Church, Virginia.
1/10 scale model of a building.
ls that true?
How do we know?
You take my point?
All right.
You want me to do what?
To produce.
You want me to produce your war?
Not a war.
lt's a pageant.
We need a theme,