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(film projector clicking)

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-(footsteps approach)
-(window opens)

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(man speaking Vietnamese)

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(speaking Vietnamese)

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Captain:
Start again.

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(sighs)

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I am a spy, a sleeper,
a spook, a man of two faces.

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I was cursed to see
every issue from both sides.

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I was a communist agent
implanted in the South.

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-(ambient street noise)
-Winter, 1975.

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Claude asked me to meet him
in front of the cinema.

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He was a fan
of Charles Bronson.

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-(rewinding)
-Yes, that's right.

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I know that last time,
I'd said the movie
was "Emmanuelle,"

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but she was leaving.

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The movie was
definitely "Death Wish."

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(street chatter)

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(light, tense music playing)

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speaker: Hey, you know
what that is?

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-Jesus. (chuckles)
-What?

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Man, you stand out
like a sore thumb
in this town.

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-Ahh.
-But still, you manage
to surprise me every time.

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Yeah, training.
Training, my friend.
You'll get there.

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You know, by the time
I'm through with you,

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you'll be able
to blend in with

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the Harvard rowing crew.
(laughs)

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-Do I know
what what is?
-What?

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No, no, no,
a death wish.

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A death wish.
Does that mean
anything to you?

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(nearby chatter)

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Captain: But something
was clearly off.

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(rewinding)

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A death wish.
Does that mean
anything to you?

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My wishes are
all for life...

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-despite everything.
-Aww. Well, keep your chin up.

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Chin up. This war's not
over yet. Come on.

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I saw it stateside.
Crude to say the least.

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But a primer
for existentialist
philosophy, you know?

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Plus a score
by Herbie Hancock.

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I mean, that is
just fantastic.

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You don't hear
that every day.

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(officer speaking Vietnamese)

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Claude:
I-I think you'll be
cozy right about there.

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This is my general
preferred seating area.

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Optimal sound,
picture large enough

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to fill your
field of vision.

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I thought she was
under my charge.

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Where's my translator?

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(person clears throat)

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He's saying,
"Where did you
get the list?"

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I think you'll
appreciate this.

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Not at first,
you won't.

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You'll lock all this up
in a little box,

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but in the future,
when you look
in that box again,

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and you will,
it'll remind you

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that your
contribution to this war

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has been
substantial.

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So, keep your eyes
glued to the action.

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Be proud
of yourself.

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At least half
as proud as I am
of you.

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Well, half proud
is about my maximum.

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Half. Exactly.

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I am half and half.

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Biracial, bilingual,

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a synthesis
of incompatibilities.

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Claude, from the CIA,

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was the key figure
who taught me
the ways of America.

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He offered me education
and the latest pop culture.

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Like all his countrymen,

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he thought he could
buy my loyalty.

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The key figure who
taught me the ways

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of the South Vietnamese
was about to enter.

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The General was in charge
of the Secret Police.

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His name sparked fear
in the hearts of the North

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and in much of the South too.

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(officer speaking Vietnamese)

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(General speaking Vietnamese)

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Mm, I didn't expect
you to be here.
You never come.

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I thought it'd be
good training for your

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ambitious aide-de-camp.

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It wasn't
my idea.

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She was under my charge,
and I obviously had to--

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You obviously
did very well
in capturing her.

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But you're too soft
on the follow-through

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with someone
as pigheaded
as she.

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Dumpling's
an old hand.

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Let him show
you the ropes.
(sniffs)

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(laughter)

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-(projector rolling)
-(tense music playing)

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♪♪

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I read your notes.
Excellent quotations.

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How do you know
the Communist stuff
so well?

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Well, I study, sir.

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General:
One thing you can say
about the commies,

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they're not hesitant
to use forceful rhetoric.

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It's very seductive.

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Like that quote
from Trotsky:

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"What is to be done?"
"What is to be done?"

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Uh-uh. Pretty sure
that's Lenin.

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Well, to be accurate,
it's Chernyshevsky.

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Lenin was just
quoting him.

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Ahh. Aha!

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(crapulent major laughs)

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General:
Did you have any plans
for after this?

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Can you pick up
my dry cleaning?

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I need a pressed shirt
for a dinner.

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♪♪

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(chuckles)

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Captain:
She looked at me
with a particular hatred,

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and she had every reason to.

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(rewinding)

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("Low Rider" by War playing)

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(ambient street noise)

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(office chatter)

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♪ All my friends
know the low rider ♪

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♪ The low rider
is a little higher ♪

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Uhh...

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♪♪

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♪ Low rider drives
a little slower ♪

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("Low Rider" plays in car)

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(ambient street noise)

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(bicycle bell rings)

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♪♪

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♪♪

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-(sings along)
-♪ Low rider knows
every street, yeah ♪

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-(music stops)
-(muffled chatter)

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(baby crying)

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-(people struggling)
-(items breaking)

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(struggling)

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(struggling)

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-(bites)
-(winces)

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(breathy laughs)

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(helicopter passing)

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(gasps)

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Captain:
I wasn't impressed by
the originality of her insult.

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People have been spitting
on me and calling me bastard

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since I was a kid.

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Although, sometimes,
for variety,

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they call me bastard
before they spit.

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(tense, jazz music playing)

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(captive grunts)

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(panting)

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♪♪

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(music fades out)

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(captive whimpering)

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Claude: You look queasy.
Am I making you uncomfortable?

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No.

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(spits)

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Come on, man.
This is your
fuckin' assignment.

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See it through.

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You afraid to get
your beak wet?

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Show me.
Show me, precious.

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Get your nose in that shit

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and nuzzle.

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This is damp, man.
It's damp, it's moist.

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This is counterintelligence.
It gets wet down here.

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You should
want this.

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You should wanna
taste the interrogation.

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-(defecating)
-(crying)

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Mm-mm-mm...
Here it comes.

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Can smell it.

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(defecating)

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(tense music playing)

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Yoo-hoo.
There she is.

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A little
chocolate-covered
treat.

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Captain:
So what did I do
when those dogs

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pawed at her shit?

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What could I do?

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Tried to remember
the last time I still
felt beauty and hope.

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(rewinding)

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Because what is it that
makes this struggle worthy

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of enduring such sacrifice?

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That's right.
I'm talking about hope.

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The hope I feel when
I'm with my family.

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Not just my birth family,
but my brothers.

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My blood brothers.
Bon and Man.

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(babbles)

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Ahh!

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Hey.

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(yelps)

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Captain:
Our friend Bon's father had
been killed by the Viet Cong,

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so we knew we could never
win him to the people's cause.

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Man and I had to hide
our true identities.

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(chuckling)

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(tense music playing)

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"Except for you,"

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he said.

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(music fades out)

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(office chatter)

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-(typing)
-(phone ringing)

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(secretary gasps)

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General:
How am I supposed to sound
"encouraging" in my speech

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considering
the imminent collapse

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of the entire
Northern front?

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General, the American
Congressional delegation

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isn't expecting
military updates.

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They know
the situation
all too well.

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00:16:07,926 --> 00:16:11,304
There is
irony in who is
to inspire whom.

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Well, what they
wanna hear, sir,

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is that we still
share a purpose:

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the Mission Civilization,
a faith in the good fight,

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the American way,
et cetera.

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00:16:23,733 --> 00:16:27,404
A sophomore debate team
for a Fort Leavenworth
alum like yourself.

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00:16:27,487 --> 00:16:30,699
That is true,
and my English is more
and more impeccable

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since I hired you.

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00:16:32,117 --> 00:16:35,495
-Is that not correct?
-Impeccable. Tough word.

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00:16:38,123 --> 00:16:39,874
General:
Let us show it off.

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Write up some notes
for the speech.

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00:16:42,377 --> 00:16:44,212
Understood, sir.
I will argue

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vociferously against
the American withdrawal.

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America is not
going anywhere.

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Secretary Kissinger
confirmed that.

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00:16:50,635 --> 00:16:51,928
He's a man
of his word,

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00:16:52,011 --> 00:16:54,681
and a laureate
of the Nobel Prize.

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00:17:00,687 --> 00:17:03,690
(anxious music playing)

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00:17:07,694 --> 00:17:10,113
And give me plenty
of quotations in the speech.

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-Both sides.
-Both sides?

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00:17:13,450 --> 00:17:16,286
You mean
the Americans and ours?

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00:17:16,368 --> 00:17:20,832
No.
I mean the commies
and our morals.

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00:17:20,915 --> 00:17:22,125
Oh, shoot.
Uh, I'm sorry.

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00:17:22,208 --> 00:17:24,419
Uh, when you mentioned,
uh, commies' morality,

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00:17:24,502 --> 00:17:27,297
you reminded me
of something.
One second.

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00:17:27,380 --> 00:17:30,467
Hurry up.
I'm starving!

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00:17:31,926 --> 00:17:32,886
(sighs)

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♪♪

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♪♪

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00:17:58,453 --> 00:18:00,455
(office chatter)

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00:18:09,881 --> 00:18:12,008
(music fades out)

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00:18:12,091 --> 00:18:15,345
This is it.

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"Asian Communism
and the Oriental Mode
of Destruction"?

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00:18:19,265 --> 00:18:22,185
-Richard Hedd?
-It's a gift from Claude.

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He says it's all
the rage at Langley
and the Pentagon.

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If we pull a couple
of choice quotes

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and you casually
tear them apart,

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everybody will be
impressed by your
intellect, sir.

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00:18:29,943 --> 00:18:31,861
Who else but you
would have such
authority to speak

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on the Oriental mode
of destruction?

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I'll make some
crib notes.

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I lived at
the General's house

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like a manservant,

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00:18:49,963 --> 00:18:51,631
which was humiliating.

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00:18:53,633 --> 00:18:55,552
But fortunately,
the old French colonial
mansion was so massive,

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I still had enough privacy
to do my real work.

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00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:04,227
(tense, mischievous
music playing)

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00:19:19,951 --> 00:19:22,161
♪♪

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♪♪

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00:19:34,215 --> 00:19:36,926
(ambient street noise)

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00:19:46,102 --> 00:19:49,314
-(office chatter)
-(phone ringing)

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00:19:51,024 --> 00:19:52,775
(door opens)

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00:19:59,699 --> 00:20:01,534
Uhh...

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00:20:23,932 --> 00:20:25,433
(curious music playing)

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00:20:25,516 --> 00:20:27,936
Must be a very serious
gardening problem

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00:20:28,019 --> 00:20:30,271
for you to call me
at my office.

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00:20:37,236 --> 00:20:38,404
Man (over phone):
When?

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00:20:39,155 --> 00:20:41,407
♪♪

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00:20:44,994 --> 00:20:46,245
(hangs up)

257
00:20:46,329 --> 00:20:49,582
(tense music playing)

258
00:20:56,297 --> 00:20:58,508
(dental drill whirring)

259
00:21:00,093 --> 00:21:02,804
-(projector turns on)
-(winces)

260
00:21:17,652 --> 00:21:20,655
-(translator translating)
-(captive chuckles)

261
00:21:32,458 --> 00:21:35,336
See what I mean?
Better than the movies.

262
00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:53,521
(translator translating)

263
00:21:54,981 --> 00:21:56,524
(winces)

264
00:22:16,002 --> 00:22:17,712
(murmurs, laughter)

265
00:22:20,757 --> 00:22:21,924
(laughs)

266
00:22:47,158 --> 00:22:49,911
Claude:
Wow. Big talk.

267
00:22:49,994 --> 00:22:51,871
♪♪

268
00:22:51,954 --> 00:22:53,664
(laughter)

269
00:22:55,416 --> 00:22:56,959
(bomb whizzes)

270
00:23:00,838 --> 00:23:03,466
news anchor (on TV):
First reports claim that
six persons were killed

271
00:23:03,549 --> 00:23:05,551
and 22 wounded
in pre-dawn attacks

272
00:23:05,635 --> 00:23:07,512
in Central Saigon
this morning.

273
00:23:07,595 --> 00:23:10,139
(news report continues)

274
00:23:25,780 --> 00:23:27,865
news anchor:
The American Embassy
is asking citizens

275
00:23:27,949 --> 00:23:30,076
to remain calm...

276
00:23:30,159 --> 00:23:31,661
(doorbell rings)

277
00:23:39,293 --> 00:23:41,504
Claude: Ha! Hey!
How's it hangin', Hein?

278
00:23:44,257 --> 00:23:45,424
Claude!

279
00:23:45,758 --> 00:23:47,385
-Evening.
-Madame: It's been a long time.

280
00:23:47,468 --> 00:23:50,096
Sure. You know,
nothing is more enticing

281
00:23:50,179 --> 00:23:51,389
than a taste
of Madame's pho,

282
00:23:51,472 --> 00:23:53,724
but, uh,
it's madness
at the Embassy.

283
00:23:53,808 --> 00:23:55,560
And, uh, nothing
spells friendship

284
00:23:55,643 --> 00:23:56,477
like American liquor.

285
00:23:56,561 --> 00:23:58,437
-Oh.
-That's for you, pal.

286
00:24:00,481 --> 00:24:02,942
Captain: The General
likes to impress Claude
with his English skills,

287
00:24:03,025 --> 00:24:06,362
but sometimes,
he wanted me to translate.

288
00:24:06,445 --> 00:24:09,157
That's when you knew
things were serious.

289
00:24:16,789 --> 00:24:20,501
-Uh, Claude--
-I got a gift for you,
too, my friend.

290
00:24:20,585 --> 00:24:22,545
Here's the new
Isley Brothers.

291
00:24:22,628 --> 00:24:24,881
-Ah... amazing.
-Yeah, hot off the presses.

292
00:24:24,964 --> 00:24:28,217
-(chuckles)
-You know, it's gotta have
a little funk in the blood.

293
00:24:28,301 --> 00:24:31,846
Yeah, quiet as
it's kept, you know,
I'm 1/16th Negro.

294
00:24:36,392 --> 00:24:38,186
-(chuckles)
-Psst. (mouths)

295
00:24:41,063 --> 00:24:42,565
The plane!

296
00:24:43,274 --> 00:24:48,529
-Request the plane.
-Uh, we need a plane...
to America.

297
00:24:48,613 --> 00:24:51,490
So do we all.
So do we all.

298
00:24:51,866 --> 00:24:54,202
I'm afraid that
all we can offer
is a black flight,

299
00:24:54,285 --> 00:24:56,829
off the books, C-130.

300
00:25:07,173 --> 00:25:08,591
That's not enough.

301
00:25:08,674 --> 00:25:10,134
If word gets out
that you're fleeing
the country,

302
00:25:10,218 --> 00:25:12,803
you know there'll
be fuckin' riots
in the streets.

303
00:25:13,095 --> 00:25:14,680
I'm not fleeing.

304
00:25:14,764 --> 00:25:17,975
I'm retreating.
Temporarily.

305
00:25:18,059 --> 00:25:20,436
So keep this
strictly confidential.

306
00:25:20,686 --> 00:25:23,522
You must limit
your passenger list.

307
00:25:28,527 --> 00:25:31,322
(tense, suspicious
music playing)

308
00:25:31,405 --> 00:25:33,115
Captain: Uh...
(awkward chuckle)

309
00:25:46,462 --> 00:25:49,257
-What...
-Captain: Uh...

310
00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:54,178
uh, please,
do not abandon us.

311
00:25:54,262 --> 00:25:56,389
-Psst.
-Uh-- (chuckles)

312
00:25:56,472 --> 00:25:58,683
♪♪

313
00:26:01,769 --> 00:26:03,938
Don't forget to destroy
the documents.

314
00:26:04,021 --> 00:26:06,732
Contact me directly
when you're done.

315
00:26:16,909 --> 00:26:19,120
♪♪

316
00:26:20,621 --> 00:26:23,624
I'll get you two planes.
Scout's honor.

317
00:26:23,958 --> 00:26:26,085
Captain:
The General knew
as well as I did

318
00:26:26,168 --> 00:26:29,213
that there would be
no additional plane.

319
00:26:29,297 --> 00:26:30,589
Claude knew that we knew.

320
00:26:31,048 --> 00:26:33,676
And we knew that Claude knew.

321
00:26:33,759 --> 00:26:35,386
What they didn't know

322
00:26:35,469 --> 00:26:39,682
was that I had no intention
of getting on that plane.

323
00:26:39,765 --> 00:26:43,936
I'm tired. I think
I'll call it a night.

324
00:26:47,606 --> 00:26:50,735
Hey, I'm telling you.
When you check this out,
you're gonna love it.

325
00:26:50,818 --> 00:26:52,820
Uh, on-on-on
side two, right?

326
00:26:52,903 --> 00:26:55,364
The second track,
uh, they, they cover
Todd Rundgren's--

327
00:26:55,448 --> 00:26:58,326
-you know "Hello It's Me"?
-Please, just shut the fuck up.

328
00:27:00,786 --> 00:27:04,332
-Boom! (laughing) Boom!
-(Captain grunting)

329
00:27:04,415 --> 00:27:07,001
I could shoot
the life out of you,
you little prick.

330
00:27:07,084 --> 00:27:07,960
You got big...

331
00:27:15,676 --> 00:27:19,055
This is the full list.
Select the passengers.

332
00:27:19,138 --> 00:27:21,182
Captain:
I'd risked so much
to get that staff list,

333
00:27:21,265 --> 00:27:23,642
and the General himself
just handed it over

334
00:27:23,726 --> 00:27:25,644
like the morning paper.

335
00:27:26,187 --> 00:27:29,148
Only I knew that the General
was soft on the inside,

336
00:27:29,231 --> 00:27:31,776
so he left it to me
to do the hard work.

337
00:27:32,777 --> 00:27:34,904
Instead of picking
who would go,

338
00:27:34,987 --> 00:27:38,240
I began by crossing off
who we would leave behind

339
00:27:38,324 --> 00:27:40,326
to face a harsh trial.

340
00:27:41,994 --> 00:27:44,914
Was I feeling guilty? No.

341
00:27:44,997 --> 00:27:46,916
I was eager to testify
to their guilt

342
00:27:46,999 --> 00:27:48,751
at our revolutionary court.

343
00:27:48,834 --> 00:27:52,004
(tense music playing)

344
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:05,768
General.

345
00:28:06,268 --> 00:28:09,271
It tastes cheap,
but I better get
used to it.

346
00:28:09,522 --> 00:28:11,607
Our president
has resigned.

347
00:28:11,690 --> 00:28:15,694
That... coward...
that foolish--

348
00:28:16,070 --> 00:28:19,365
No, I-I can't think
of the English word.

349
00:28:20,491 --> 00:28:22,493
There are many
colorful options,

350
00:28:22,576 --> 00:28:24,412
but, uh, let's just
go with "chicken."

351
00:28:24,495 --> 00:28:26,872
-General: Ah.
-(Captain chuckles)

352
00:28:27,540 --> 00:28:29,708
(dog barking)

353
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:35,297
Half of those confidential
documents concern the U.S.

354
00:28:35,381 --> 00:28:39,260
Those Americans
started these crusades
against communism,

355
00:28:39,343 --> 00:28:40,678
but now
they're bored,

356
00:28:40,761 --> 00:28:43,889
and we've been
taken for suckers.

357
00:28:45,599 --> 00:28:47,143
(sighs)

358
00:29:00,364 --> 00:29:02,241
Final list?

359
00:29:02,950 --> 00:29:07,455
Uh, yes.
Made the selection based
on loyalty and ability.

360
00:29:24,388 --> 00:29:29,185
It was rare for the General
to show his mutilated foot...

361
00:29:29,268 --> 00:29:33,105
to expose
his vulnerabilities.

362
00:29:33,189 --> 00:29:36,192
It was an opportunity
I couldn't pass up.

363
00:29:37,109 --> 00:29:39,653
I have one
personal request.

364
00:29:39,737 --> 00:29:41,614
Could we spare
three spots

365
00:29:41,697 --> 00:29:44,909
for my friend... Bon?

366
00:29:46,368 --> 00:29:48,787
-General: Ah.
-Captain: His son is my godson.

367
00:29:50,289 --> 00:29:54,376
If all of our soldiers
were as brave as the Airborne,

368
00:29:54,460 --> 00:29:56,128
we would've
won this war.

369
00:29:56,837 --> 00:29:58,881
Thank you, sir.
(chuckles)

370
00:29:58,964 --> 00:30:01,133
We will live
to fight again.

371
00:30:01,634 --> 00:30:04,762
But for now,
we're well and truly--

372
00:30:04,845 --> 00:30:07,932
"Fucked"...
will work just fine.

373
00:30:08,015 --> 00:30:10,601
-(Captain chuckles)
-Do you know of any toast

374
00:30:10,684 --> 00:30:12,561
from your college
years in America

375
00:30:12,645 --> 00:30:16,398
for a future
that looks unclear?

376
00:30:17,900 --> 00:30:20,528
"Here's," uh,
"blood in your eye."

377
00:30:22,488 --> 00:30:24,532
I have no idea
what that means.

378
00:30:24,615 --> 00:30:26,492
(Captain chuckles)

379
00:30:26,575 --> 00:30:28,452
Here's blood in your eye.

380
00:30:30,955 --> 00:30:33,749
Captain:
Making the list
was far from simple.

381
00:30:33,832 --> 00:30:36,001
To select the most
capable officers

382
00:30:36,085 --> 00:30:39,463
and to help them escape would
be counter-revolutionary.

383
00:30:39,964 --> 00:30:41,924
But to select
the most incompetent

384
00:30:42,007 --> 00:30:44,843
would naturally raise
the General's suspicion.

385
00:30:45,344 --> 00:30:47,930
So, I selected
those incapables

386
00:30:48,013 --> 00:30:50,307
who appeared capable.

387
00:31:13,622 --> 00:31:16,000
(crapulent major crying)

388
00:31:45,279 --> 00:31:47,281
(drawer opens)

389
00:31:54,622 --> 00:31:57,583
(snarky music playing)

390
00:31:57,666 --> 00:31:59,668
(office chatter)

391
00:32:10,471 --> 00:32:12,473
(music stops)

392
00:32:18,020 --> 00:32:20,939
(ambient street noise)

393
00:32:32,242 --> 00:32:34,953
-(crowd shouting)
-(cars honking)

394
00:32:40,042 --> 00:32:44,088
(announcer speaking Vietnamese)

395
00:32:49,968 --> 00:32:52,388
(explosion booms)

396
00:32:57,017 --> 00:33:00,104
-(people chattering)
-(music playing at beer garden)

397
00:33:38,851 --> 00:33:41,061
♪♪

398
00:33:45,023 --> 00:33:46,734
(groans)

399
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:03,709
-(friends repeating motto)
-(laughter)

400
00:34:03,792 --> 00:34:05,502
(toasting)

401
00:34:06,211 --> 00:34:07,963
Captain:
In defense of this
corny moment,

402
00:34:08,045 --> 00:34:11,257
I would like to clarify that
we established this tradition

403
00:34:11,341 --> 00:34:13,469
when we were
14 years of age.

404
00:34:19,683 --> 00:34:21,393
♪♪

405
00:34:21,476 --> 00:34:23,228
(Captain groans)

406
00:34:23,312 --> 00:34:26,398
(grunting, laughing)

407
00:34:30,777 --> 00:34:33,322
(distant explosion)

408
00:34:45,583 --> 00:34:47,585
(music fades out)

409
00:34:48,670 --> 00:34:53,842
-(light guitar music
playing at beer garden)
-(nearby explosion)

410
00:34:53,926 --> 00:34:56,094
(dog barking)

411
00:34:57,971 --> 00:35:00,182
(nervous chattering)

412
00:35:02,226 --> 00:35:04,269
(singing in Vietnamese)

413
00:35:16,990 --> 00:35:19,535
(crowd singing along)

414
00:35:24,248 --> 00:35:26,291
(explosions)

415
00:35:28,752 --> 00:35:31,255
(singing, music stops)

416
00:35:40,806 --> 00:35:42,808
(indistinct chatter)

417
00:35:43,767 --> 00:35:46,478
(music, singing resumes)

418
00:36:04,746 --> 00:36:05,914
Bon:
Hey!

419
00:36:13,422 --> 00:36:15,632
(soldiers grunting)

420
00:36:23,098 --> 00:36:25,642
(music, singing resumes)

421
00:37:05,098 --> 00:37:06,642
(glass shatters)

422
00:37:27,245 --> 00:37:29,456
♪♪

423
00:37:32,542 --> 00:37:35,754
(tense music playing)

424
00:37:58,777 --> 00:38:00,779
♪♪

425
00:38:31,143 --> 00:38:33,645
♪♪

426
00:39:01,673 --> 00:39:03,675
♪♪

427
00:39:10,348 --> 00:39:11,850
(sighs)

428
00:39:15,187 --> 00:39:17,397
♪♪

429
00:39:33,872 --> 00:39:36,041
(vocalist singing)

430
00:39:54,476 --> 00:39:56,812
(soldier yells)

431
00:39:56,895 --> 00:39:58,897
(bells tolling)

432
00:40:27,217 --> 00:40:31,763
("Le coeur au bout des doigts"
by Jacqueline Taieb
playing in bedroom)

433
00:40:42,774 --> 00:40:44,442
You better listen
to your mother.

434
00:40:44,526 --> 00:40:48,238
Everyone's ready to go.
You're holding them up.

435
00:40:48,321 --> 00:40:50,115
At least turn off
that silly song.

436
00:40:51,449 --> 00:40:53,076
(turns up volume)

437
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:54,703
(scoffs)

438
00:40:55,829 --> 00:40:57,164
(sighs)

439
00:41:01,126 --> 00:41:02,836
(clicks tongue)

440
00:41:03,587 --> 00:41:07,007
-Why can't we go to Paris?
-(turns off music)

441
00:41:07,090 --> 00:41:08,633
'Cause in Paris,

442
00:41:08,717 --> 00:41:10,468
you wouldn't be able
to use all those handy

443
00:41:10,552 --> 00:41:13,763
English expressions
I taught you, hm?

444
00:41:14,181 --> 00:41:16,474
Come on.
You'll like America.

445
00:41:16,558 --> 00:41:19,477
Young people do.
I did.

446
00:41:20,812 --> 00:41:22,147
(whimpers)

447
00:41:22,564 --> 00:41:25,483
(ambient nature sounds)

448
00:41:29,154 --> 00:41:31,156
(quiet chattering)

449
00:41:33,033 --> 00:41:35,035
(person coughs)

450
00:41:47,672 --> 00:41:50,842
(patriotic music playing)

451
00:41:56,014 --> 00:41:57,766
♪♪

452
00:41:57,849 --> 00:42:00,727
(vocalists sing
in native dialect)

453
00:42:02,229 --> 00:42:03,605
(starts engine)

454
00:42:13,573 --> 00:42:15,784
♪♪

455
00:42:26,211 --> 00:42:28,213
♪♪

456
00:42:38,348 --> 00:42:40,558
♪♪

457
00:42:48,900 --> 00:42:50,902
♪♪

458
00:42:59,411 --> 00:43:01,579
(music stops)

459
00:43:03,498 --> 00:43:06,209
(ambient nature sounds)

460
00:43:10,588 --> 00:43:13,800
(tense music playing)

461
00:43:30,150 --> 00:43:32,110
(Duc crying)

462
00:43:38,074 --> 00:43:39,993
♪♪

463
00:43:50,712 --> 00:43:53,089
(convoy approaching)

464
00:44:03,224 --> 00:44:05,226
♪♪

465
00:44:21,826 --> 00:44:25,038
-(crowd yelling)
-(Duc crying)

466
00:44:28,500 --> 00:44:31,211
(soldiers, crowd yelling)

467
00:44:51,189 --> 00:44:52,941
♪♪

468
00:44:53,024 --> 00:44:56,194
-(helicopter passes)
-(sirens wailing)

469
00:44:57,695 --> 00:44:59,823
Sir, I guess this is
where we part ways.

470
00:44:59,906 --> 00:45:01,825
I trust that,
under your able
leadership,

471
00:45:01,908 --> 00:45:03,618
your group will
get away just fine.

472
00:45:03,701 --> 00:45:06,079
You're in front
of the line.

473
00:45:06,538 --> 00:45:09,249
Thank you, Claude.
And thank America.

474
00:45:10,083 --> 00:45:11,960
Yeah, I'll pass
that along.

475
00:45:12,043 --> 00:45:14,754
What about you?
Do you have
an escape plan?

476
00:45:14,838 --> 00:45:15,964
Come on,
we're CIA.

477
00:45:16,047 --> 00:45:17,715
We'll figure
somethin' out.

478
00:45:22,679 --> 00:45:23,847
Oh, boy.

479
00:45:24,180 --> 00:45:26,307
Gosh, think I'll
take ya up on that.

480
00:45:26,391 --> 00:45:29,144
Leave the keys
in the ignition
when you leave it.

481
00:45:29,227 --> 00:45:32,439
I would not want
'em to damage it
when they steal it.

482
00:45:32,522 --> 00:45:34,065
Sure thing.

483
00:45:38,695 --> 00:45:40,238
(Captain chuckles)

484
00:45:41,406 --> 00:45:43,408
General's
a good guy.

485
00:45:44,576 --> 00:45:45,827
You're right.

486
00:45:45,910 --> 00:45:47,829
Guess he forked out a lot
of his personal stash

487
00:45:47,912 --> 00:45:50,457
to bring along a lowly
subordinate like myself.

488
00:45:50,540 --> 00:45:51,958
-Yeah.
-(Captain chuckles)

489
00:45:52,041 --> 00:45:53,793
Yeah, we should've
slipped out in the night

490
00:45:53,877 --> 00:45:55,003
before we had
to run away.

491
00:45:55,086 --> 00:45:57,505
I don't like it.
Makes me blue.

492
00:45:57,589 --> 00:45:59,007
It's like that
Dion song.

493
00:45:59,090 --> 00:46:01,676
(sings)
♪ As I walk along ♪

494
00:46:01,759 --> 00:46:06,014
♪ I wonder what went
wrong with our love ♪

495
00:46:06,097 --> 00:46:09,350
both (singing):
♪ A love that was so strong ♪

496
00:46:09,434 --> 00:46:10,685
(both laughing)

497
00:46:10,768 --> 00:46:13,855
Oh, my little runaway.
I guess that's you.

498
00:46:13,938 --> 00:46:16,816
-(Claude clears throat)
-Del Shannon.

499
00:46:17,609 --> 00:46:19,819
That was Del Shannon.

500
00:46:21,779 --> 00:46:24,741
Teacher's pet.
Alright.

501
00:46:24,824 --> 00:46:28,036
-See ya stateside.
-(revs engine)

502
00:46:32,790 --> 00:46:37,754
-(Duc crying)
-soldier: The buses will come
to transport you to the plane.

503
00:46:37,837 --> 00:46:41,716
If you can't understand me,
find someone who can.

504
00:46:42,050 --> 00:46:45,678
Stop asking the U.S. Marine
Corps for food and drinks.

505
00:46:45,762 --> 00:46:48,139
This is not
a Burger King.

506
00:46:57,315 --> 00:46:59,025
(shouting)

507
00:47:11,329 --> 00:47:12,830
(chuckles)

508
00:47:13,957 --> 00:47:16,000
(flares booming)

509
00:47:44,404 --> 00:47:46,406
(indistinct chatter)

510
00:47:48,199 --> 00:47:52,245
soldier: Plane 34!
Plane 34, now loading!

511
00:47:54,872 --> 00:47:56,708
soldier:
Right on this line right there.

512
00:47:56,791 --> 00:47:58,876
Keep it movin'.

513
00:47:58,960 --> 00:48:00,878
Yup.
Right there...

514
00:48:02,672 --> 00:48:04,632
(Duc crying)

515
00:48:04,716 --> 00:48:06,634
(indistinct chatter)

516
00:48:06,718 --> 00:48:09,762
Plane 34 is reserved
for my group only!

517
00:48:09,846 --> 00:48:11,306
Who are these people?

518
00:48:11,389 --> 00:48:13,474
loadmaster:
Ain't no first class
here today, General.

519
00:48:13,558 --> 00:48:17,937
Two to a seat.
Vietnamese asses
ain't that big anyhow.

520
00:48:18,021 --> 00:48:20,398
You bastard!
Who bought you off?!

521
00:48:22,775 --> 00:48:26,154
-(nearby explosions)
-(General huffs)

522
00:48:35,913 --> 00:48:38,625
loadmaster:
Come on now. We ain't got
time for second guesses.

523
00:48:38,708 --> 00:48:42,086
Nut to butt.
Nut to butt!

524
00:48:43,087 --> 00:48:45,256
(siren wailing)

525
00:48:57,560 --> 00:48:59,562
(bus creaking)

526
00:49:08,029 --> 00:49:11,240
(suspenseful music playing)

527
00:49:12,950 --> 00:49:15,078
(explosion booms)

528
00:49:20,166 --> 00:49:23,378
-(all exclaim)
-(tires screeching)

529
00:49:26,798 --> 00:49:29,467
-(all exclaim)
-(tires screeching)

530
00:49:32,804 --> 00:49:35,014
(windows shattering)

531
00:49:39,602 --> 00:49:41,396
(gunfire)

532
00:49:41,479 --> 00:49:44,482
(tense music playing)

533
00:49:49,112 --> 00:49:51,489
(panicked chattering)

534
00:49:58,788 --> 00:50:00,998
(Duc crying)

535
00:50:03,501 --> 00:50:05,503
♪♪

536
00:50:22,812 --> 00:50:25,022
(explosions continue)

537
00:50:27,191 --> 00:50:29,402
(vehicle honking)

538
00:50:32,613 --> 00:50:34,615
(people screaming)

539
00:50:41,205 --> 00:50:44,542
-(Linh screams)
-(Duc screaming)

540
00:50:48,713 --> 00:50:50,715
♪♪

541
00:50:52,175 --> 00:50:54,385
(heavy breathing)

542
00:50:58,055 --> 00:51:00,099
(gunfire)

543
00:51:15,907 --> 00:51:17,825
♪♪

544
00:51:17,909 --> 00:51:20,286
(gunfire, explosions)

545
00:51:22,914 --> 00:51:26,793
crew chief:
Let's go, let's go!
Move it, move it, move it!

546
00:51:28,419 --> 00:51:30,755
Everybody on!
Find a seat!

547
00:51:38,054 --> 00:51:41,015
-(Duc crying)
-(all panting)

548
00:51:41,098 --> 00:51:43,267
♪♪

549
00:51:51,943 --> 00:51:53,778
(explosion booms)

550
00:51:59,992 --> 00:52:02,203
(people screaming)

551
00:52:06,624 --> 00:52:08,376
♪♪

552
00:52:08,459 --> 00:52:10,711
crew chief:
Move, move, move!

553
00:52:18,886 --> 00:52:21,472
-(yelling)
-(helicopter beeping)

554
00:52:29,772 --> 00:52:31,774
♪♪

555
00:52:36,404 --> 00:52:40,324
crew chief: Get on the plane!
Your friends are gone, man!

556
00:52:42,451 --> 00:52:44,829
(gunfire, explosions)

557
00:52:53,129 --> 00:52:56,507
(tense, somber music playing)

558
00:53:11,105 --> 00:53:13,107
♪♪

559
00:53:13,190 --> 00:53:15,276
(all yelling)

560
00:53:24,201 --> 00:53:26,120
(muffled yelling)

561
00:53:26,203 --> 00:53:28,331
(explosions)

562
00:53:33,127 --> 00:53:34,837
(silence)

563
00:53:37,506 --> 00:53:38,841
(sighs)

564
00:53:42,136 --> 00:53:45,348
(insects buzzing, chirping)

565
00:53:49,352 --> 00:53:52,730
(music playing in distance)

566
00:54:05,409 --> 00:54:10,289
-("Runaway" by
Del Shannon playing)
-(Captain humming)

567
00:54:13,626 --> 00:54:16,837
(singing along softly)
♪ I'ma walkin' in the rain ♪

568
00:54:16,921 --> 00:54:20,341
♪ Tears are fallin'
and I feel the pain ♪

569
00:54:20,424 --> 00:54:23,302
♪ Wishin' you were here by me ♪

570
00:54:23,386 --> 00:54:26,013
♪ To end this misery ♪

571
00:54:26,097 --> 00:54:27,473
Del Shannon:
♪ I wonder ♪

572
00:54:27,556 --> 00:54:31,352
♪ I wo-wo-wo wonder ♪

573
00:54:32,311 --> 00:54:36,190
♪ Why, why-why-why-why-why ♪

574
00:54:36,273 --> 00:54:37,733
♪ She ran away ♪

575
00:54:37,817 --> 00:54:43,864
♪ And I wonder
where she will stay ♪

576
00:54:43,948 --> 00:54:46,283
♪ My little runaway ♪

577
00:54:46,367 --> 00:54:50,204
♪ I run-run-run-run
runaway ♪

578
00:54:50,287 --> 00:54:52,456
♪♪

579
00:54:58,129 --> 00:55:00,047
(song fades out)

580
00:55:00,131 --> 00:55:03,342
(tense music playing)

581
00:55:34,165 --> 00:55:36,333
(music softens)

582
00:56:13,412 --> 00:56:15,623
♪♪

583
00:56:33,390 --> 00:56:35,601
(music intensifies)

584
00:57:01,335 --> 00:57:03,546
♪♪