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(film projector rolling)

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(speaking Vietnamese)

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(Captain breathing heavily)

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(door opens, closes)

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Captain:
"Comrade Commandant,

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"I pick it up in America,

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but with my heart
still in my homeland."

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("Hello L.A.,
Bye-Bye Birmingham" by John
Randolph Marr playing in car)

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-(song fades out)
-(aircraft passing)

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(indistinct shouting)

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(explosions)

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(yelling)

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(warfare)

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(song continues)

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♪ Hello L.A.,
bye, bye Birmingham ♪

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(explosions)

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(panting)

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(indistinct shouting)

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♪♪

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(explosions)

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(tense music playing)

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(indistinct shouting)

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♪♪

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(gunfire)

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(music fades out)

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(birds chirping)

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(crying)

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(lights switch off)

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(alarm beeping)

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(bay door closing)

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(song continues)

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♪ Hello L.A.,
bye, bye Birmingham ♪

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-♪ Hello! ♪
-singers: ♪ L.A. ♪

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-John: ♪ Bye, bye Birmingham ♪
-singers: ♪ Hello L.A. ♪

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- ♪ Bye, bye Birmingham ♪
- ♪ Hello L.A. ♪

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(music stops)

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-(child laughing)
-(bell ringing)

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("Hangin' On"
by The Cantrells
playing in store)

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Do you have
any rice starch?

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Nope.
We got cornstarch.

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'Cause this is
America, not Japan.

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(customer chuckles)

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Can of cola,
88 cents...

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Captain:
And so it was that Man,
with his rice starch,

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and I, with my cornstarch,

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each of us wrote
a coded letter

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using a product
appropriate to our locale.

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...and a kiiddy plane.
That's 10.62.

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Captain:
I would send the letter
to my contact in Paris,

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my so-called
"Parisian Aunt,"

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and that contact would
relay it on to Man in Hanoi.

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It comforted me to imagine
Man reading my letters

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in his efficient new office.

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(office phone rings)

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("Má*Aá*Sá*H" playing on TV)

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"Ma chère tante,
Texas is scorchingly dry,

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"which helps to evaporate
any doubt I might have had

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"about leaving my home.

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-"Tragically"...
-Captain/Man:
..."in our escape,

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Bon lost his family."

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Man: "The rockets
from the savage commies

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"spared neither
woman nor child.

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They were both
buried in Guam."

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Captain:
To form my coded message,

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I'd scan that repulsive
book by Richard Hedd

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to find the right words.

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Once the word was found,
I'd make note of the page.

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Then, like coordinates,

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I'd count the line
and the word.

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(tense music playing)

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(quietly)
Forty-two.

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Six, six.

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♪♪

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The coded numbers
would reveal themselves

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with a brush
of iodine solution.

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With three sets
of numbers for each word,

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the sentences
had to be concise.

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Even Hemingway would've
had to restrain himself.

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(quietly counting to himself)

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♪♪

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reporter (on TV):
In international news,

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it has been two months now
since the fall of Saigon.

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(beds vibrating loudly)

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Captain:
Surrendering myself
to the merciless prodding

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of the magic fingers
and the nightly news,

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I couldn't help thinking
about the General

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and that awful incident.

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Wait, I'm sorry.
I forgot.

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(rewinding)

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reporter (on TV):
Saigon, April the 30th,
eight o'clock.

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Captain:
I need to go back
to Fort Chaffee

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and tell you about
the refugee camp in Arkansas,

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where we first set foot
on the U.S. mainland.

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reporter:
The first North Vietnamese
troops entered the city,

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packed into trucks that flew
the red and blue flag

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of the Communist Provisional
Revolutionary Government.

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General,
perhaps the dress uniform
is not such a good idea.

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General:
My people have been
through a terrible ordeal.

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Seeing their
beloved General in
full dress-uniform

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will make them feel
fortified and reassured.

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Ah!

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-(thundering)
-Any word from Claude yet?

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Uh, uh, my apologies,

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but he did mention
he'd get your family

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settled in L.A.
as soon as possible,

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or the settlement agency
does have spots in Dallas.

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General:
No, I'm takin' my people
to sunny Los Angeles.

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00:09:01,333 --> 00:09:03,335
(indistinct chatter)

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Look, there!
Let me take care
of that vermin!

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(groans)

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(indistinct chatter)

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(light jazz music playing)

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(fly buzzing)

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♪♪

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General:
And you? Claude is also
sponsoring you, right?

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Captain:
I'm not a priority,
but in the meantime,

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I've reached out
to an old mentor of mine
in Los Angeles.

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Don't worry,
I'll catch up with you
out there before long.

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You certainly will,
but if by any chance
your mentor fails you,

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reach out
to me at once.

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(speaking Vietnamese)

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-General: Ah!
-(commotion)

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(yelling)

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(tense jazz music playing)

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(wind blowing)

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General:
Cap, my cap!

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(mob shouting)

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General: Get in!
Get the fuck in there!

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Why on Earth are
those women blaming me?

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00:11:05,374 --> 00:11:07,584
-(flies buzzing)
-Captain: Maybe they
received some misinformation.

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00:11:07,667 --> 00:11:10,087
What kind of
misinformation?

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About, about you
and the organization.

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How we lost
through corruption
and incompetence.

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00:11:16,385 --> 00:11:18,845
How the enemy's revenge
was fueled by cruelty
and torture.

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00:11:18,929 --> 00:11:22,682
Who?
Who is spreading
these lies?

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00:11:22,766 --> 00:11:25,602
You know how it is.
Malcontents.

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The-The people
for whom nothing's
ever good enough.

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Someone who knows me
very well is out to get me.

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(sighs) General,
these women are
just angry...

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00:11:37,572 --> 00:11:39,574
(Captain gagging)

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00:11:39,950 --> 00:11:42,452
-because of the maggots.
-Then why attack me?

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00:11:42,536 --> 00:11:44,413
Are you suggesting
I am a maggot?

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00:11:44,496 --> 00:11:48,333
-(Captain groans)
-Then why else would
my people turn on me?

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Unless someone
has infiltrated
our ranks.

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A saboteur,
a sympathizer, a spy!

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-A spy?
-A germ that stowed away
on our plane!

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00:12:02,806 --> 00:12:05,976
But it was you
who selected
the passengers,

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and so you who is
gonna recheck that list

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and report back to me
with everything you find.

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A full security check.
Leave no stone unturned.

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(mob shouting)

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00:12:18,530 --> 00:12:21,283
Captain:
When the General's
paranoia is sparked,

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the only way to keep safe

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is to keep out
of striking distance.

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Fortunately, it wasn't long
before an answer came

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from that professor of mine
from my college days

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agreeing to sponsor
me and Bon.

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Perfect, I thought.

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I'll go ahead
and prepare a path

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and the General's paranoia
will naturally dissipate.

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Anyway, that's what
I believed, at the time.

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(train horn blowing)

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(indistinct chatter)

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(Lana grunts)

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00:13:04,034 --> 00:13:05,744
I don't know
what to say, sir.

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00:13:05,827 --> 00:13:07,954
To get out before you,
it's really, uh--

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Scouts are
always needed.

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00:13:13,043 --> 00:13:15,670
(Bon snoring lightly)

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(distant chanting)

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00:13:26,723 --> 00:13:28,558
(birds chirping)

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Ah, what a blessing.

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00:13:30,769 --> 00:13:33,605
Thank you for defying
time and nature.

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How can it be, despite
the depredations of war,

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that you're still
the winsome lad
I remember?

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So, presently,

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I will introduce you
to my secretary,

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who will also
be your boss.

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Let's see how
Ms. Mori responds
to my daily greeting.

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00:13:55,919 --> 00:13:59,714
Oh, konichiwa,
Ms. Sofia Mori-san.
Ikaga desu ka?

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-(softly) Watch, watch.
-Sofia Mori: This is America.

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00:14:02,050 --> 00:14:04,010
If you don't wanna
speak English,

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go back to your
own country.

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00:14:05,762 --> 00:14:10,016
But it's a privilege
to have been born
a Japanese, Ms. Mori.

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00:14:10,100 --> 00:14:13,103
Please do learn a word
of your lovely language,
for me.

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00:14:13,186 --> 00:14:15,772
-Sofia: Mm.
-Dou itashimashite.

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00:14:15,855 --> 00:14:17,148
-(office phone ringing)
-By the way, this is--

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Oriental Studies Department,
Chairman's office.

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00:14:21,278 --> 00:14:24,489
I think he's busy right now.
Can I take a message?

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00:14:30,370 --> 00:14:33,415
-Captain: Wow. (chuckles)
-Not bad, huh?

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00:14:33,498 --> 00:14:36,668
Quite the transformation
from a decade ago.

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00:14:36,751 --> 00:14:39,588
Do you remember
this bottle?

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00:14:39,671 --> 00:14:40,880
You gave it to me
as a thank you

193
00:14:40,964 --> 00:14:43,466
when you returned
home from Vietnam.

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00:14:43,550 --> 00:14:45,385
After my mother died.

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00:14:47,887 --> 00:14:50,515
Feel grateful to you
for the ticket, by the way.

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00:14:52,017 --> 00:14:55,061
My pleasure.

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00:14:55,145 --> 00:14:59,566
Funny thing is,
you have arrived just
in the nick of time.

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00:15:01,860 --> 00:15:04,821
Our foes are scheming
to phase us out

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00:15:04,904 --> 00:15:07,907
and fold the department
into Asian-American studies,

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00:15:07,991 --> 00:15:09,701
God help us.

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00:15:09,784 --> 00:15:13,413
They say, they say
we're colonizers
and imperialists.

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00:15:13,496 --> 00:15:16,750
I mean, they object
to the very word
"Oriental"

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00:15:16,833 --> 00:15:20,128
which is derived
from the Latin
"for the rising sun."

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00:15:20,211 --> 00:15:21,421
Right?
So, pray tell me,

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00:15:21,504 --> 00:15:23,131
what is objectionable
about the sunrise?

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00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:26,843
-I mean, you're Oriental.
-Well, half.

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00:15:26,926 --> 00:15:28,303
Well,
exactly my point.

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00:15:28,386 --> 00:15:32,807
The perfect symbiosis
of Oriental and Occidental.

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00:15:33,683 --> 00:15:36,895
I'm not sure I see
myself that way.
(chuckles)

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00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:40,023
I have an idea.

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00:15:40,106 --> 00:15:41,566
And this will
be good for you,

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00:15:41,650 --> 00:15:44,778
-dare I say, therapeutic.
-Therapeutic?

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00:15:44,861 --> 00:15:48,323
So, (clears throat)
on the left side,

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00:15:48,406 --> 00:15:52,118
I want you
to make a list of all
your Oriental qualities.

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00:15:52,202 --> 00:15:54,162
And then
with the right side,
make a list that

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contradicts
those qualities.

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00:15:55,789 --> 00:15:57,582
Right? So, all your
Occidental ones.

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00:15:57,665 --> 00:16:00,794
Well, one can see
the Oriental side
of you in your...

219
00:16:00,877 --> 00:16:03,046
your snug
little nose,

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00:16:03,129 --> 00:16:05,548
and yet the Occidental
side peeks through in those

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00:16:05,632 --> 00:16:07,801
lucid gray-green eyes.

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00:16:09,135 --> 00:16:12,138
Half-breeds
are the future,
my dear boy.

223
00:16:13,973 --> 00:16:15,767
Oh, listen, I'm having
a little gathering
tomorrow night,

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00:16:15,850 --> 00:16:18,395
little soiree
courting potential donors
to our program.

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00:16:18,478 --> 00:16:19,771
I want you to come.

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00:16:20,355 --> 00:16:23,358
-(Captain chuckles)
-Let's see.

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00:16:24,025 --> 00:16:27,320
Oh. A few
gently worn garments
for your perusal.

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00:16:27,404 --> 00:16:29,406
Take them if you like.

229
00:16:30,365 --> 00:16:33,993
Sorry, I don't mean to be
practically streaking.

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00:16:40,875 --> 00:16:43,878
Here's another
little bag. And my--

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00:16:44,879 --> 00:16:47,173
And by the way,
here's my tailor's
address.

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00:16:47,257 --> 00:16:50,427
If there's any alterations,
he's right there, sweet sir.

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00:16:50,510 --> 00:16:54,139
Um, I didn't
think you'd read
this sorta book.

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00:16:54,222 --> 00:16:55,432
What sorta book?

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00:16:56,391 --> 00:16:57,726
Racist rubbish.

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00:17:00,603 --> 00:17:02,772
-(laughs)
-(knocking on door)

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00:17:02,856 --> 00:17:04,357
A reporter
is here...

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00:17:04,441 --> 00:17:06,358
-Professor Hammer: A reporter?
-...for an interview.

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00:17:06,443 --> 00:17:07,444
I have
an interview?

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00:17:10,696 --> 00:17:15,242
Did you feel the support
and solidarity of American
student activists?

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00:17:15,326 --> 00:17:17,328
(Sofia typing)

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00:17:18,288 --> 00:17:21,290
(chuckles)
Not so much.

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00:17:22,166 --> 00:17:23,877
student reporter:
We were all marching.
Ya know, we,

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00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:25,462
we were on your side.

245
00:17:25,545 --> 00:17:28,381
Really?
And which side
was that?

246
00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:32,343
Uh... the side of
the Vietnamese people.

247
00:17:32,719 --> 00:17:34,929
Oh. Which people?

248
00:17:35,013 --> 00:17:37,348
The people in the North
or the people in the South?

249
00:17:37,432 --> 00:17:40,685
Well,
all of them,
I guess.

250
00:17:40,769 --> 00:17:43,062
Guess we all look
the same after all,
right?

251
00:17:43,146 --> 00:17:47,609
I mean...
I could be Viet Cong
for all ya know.

252
00:17:48,067 --> 00:17:51,279
Undercover.
How would you know?

253
00:17:52,405 --> 00:17:55,408
(tense music playing)

254
00:17:57,911 --> 00:18:02,707
(laughs)
I'm not, of course.
I love America.

255
00:18:02,791 --> 00:18:04,292
(chuckles)

256
00:18:08,087 --> 00:18:09,422
So, did you
kill anyone?

257
00:18:10,632 --> 00:18:14,886
("I've Got a Happy Heart"
by Susan Raye playing)

258
00:18:14,969 --> 00:18:17,555
♪ Just take a look
around you ♪

259
00:18:17,639 --> 00:18:20,975
♪ And you won't
feel quite so sad ♪

260
00:18:21,059 --> 00:18:25,146
♪ I've got a happy heart,
I feel like I could... ♪

261
00:18:25,230 --> 00:18:27,190
Captain:
With my own hands?

262
00:18:27,273 --> 00:18:30,944
♪ I think if someone shot me
that I wouldn't... ♪

263
00:18:31,194 --> 00:18:34,531
No. No, I never
killed anyone.
(chuckles)

264
00:18:37,617 --> 00:18:40,620
student reporter:
You were here before
as an exchange student.

265
00:18:41,371 --> 00:18:44,374
How does it feel
to come back after
10 years?

266
00:18:45,667 --> 00:18:48,044
Captain:
I'm in exile from my home.

267
00:18:48,127 --> 00:18:50,964
I feel like I've exchanged
hope for despair.

268
00:18:54,300 --> 00:18:57,303
-(Sofia typing)
-student reporter: Smile.

269
00:18:59,514 --> 00:19:03,560
Excuse me, ma'am.
C-Could you clear frame,
just for a second?

270
00:19:03,643 --> 00:19:05,979
Change your frame, honey.

271
00:19:07,564 --> 00:19:09,148
Captain:
"Ma chère tante,

272
00:19:09,232 --> 00:19:11,651
"I have finally made
it to Los Angeles,

273
00:19:11,734 --> 00:19:14,195
"where I now reside
in a quaint pied-à-terre

274
00:19:14,279 --> 00:19:15,905
"in the heart of the city.

275
00:19:15,989 --> 00:19:20,076
"Not convenient to anything
in particular, but neat.

276
00:19:20,159 --> 00:19:22,954
"I am still doing my best
to take care of Bon,

277
00:19:23,037 --> 00:19:25,248
"but it's not easy.

278
00:19:25,331 --> 00:19:27,208
"He barely speaks.

279
00:19:27,292 --> 00:19:29,794
"I hesitate to use such
language when writing to you,

280
00:19:29,878 --> 00:19:32,213
"but the motherfucker
won't even clean himself.

281
00:19:32,297 --> 00:19:35,925
I'm talking filth
layered on filth
to the point where--"

282
00:20:20,762 --> 00:20:24,349
("Slop" by Charles Mingus
playing at event)

283
00:20:24,432 --> 00:20:26,434
(guests chattering)

284
00:20:38,488 --> 00:20:40,490
♪♪

285
00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:53,753
Are those chopsticks
in your hair?

286
00:20:53,836 --> 00:20:56,839
-Fuck off. Deviled egg?
-(Captain chuckles)

287
00:20:57,382 --> 00:21:00,593
("I've Got a Happy Heart" plays)

288
00:21:03,721 --> 00:21:05,890
("Slop" resumes playing)

289
00:21:05,974 --> 00:21:08,935
Well, Professor Hammer's
parties always start off
with these.

290
00:21:09,018 --> 00:21:11,646
He likes to compare
himself to an egg.

291
00:21:12,146 --> 00:21:14,190
What,
white on the outside,
yellow on the inside?

292
00:21:14,273 --> 00:21:17,485
-(Captain chuckles)
-"O Captain! My Captain!"

293
00:21:17,568 --> 00:21:20,071
You made it!
Fabulous!
You look spiffy.

294
00:21:20,321 --> 00:21:23,783
Everyone, this is
the young protégé
I was telling you about.

295
00:21:23,866 --> 00:21:26,369
His mother was Vietnamese;
his father was French.

296
00:21:26,911 --> 00:21:30,248
Lovely combination,
as you can see,
but complicated.

297
00:21:30,748 --> 00:21:32,375
Isn't that right,
dear boy?

298
00:21:33,167 --> 00:21:35,044
If only
you knew.

299
00:21:35,128 --> 00:21:38,006
Well, I gave
our young Captain
an assignment

300
00:21:38,089 --> 00:21:40,383
to list his Occidental
and Oriental traits,

301
00:21:40,466 --> 00:21:43,136
right,
to see if he might
begin to untangle

302
00:21:43,219 --> 00:21:45,680
the complex knot
of contradictions

303
00:21:45,763 --> 00:21:47,390
at the core
of his psyche.

304
00:21:47,473 --> 00:21:50,101
Why don't you share
your discovery with us?

305
00:21:51,352 --> 00:21:53,730
Jeff,
can we stop
the music?

306
00:21:53,813 --> 00:21:56,607
-We, we-- Yeah, we--
-(music stops)

307
00:21:56,691 --> 00:21:59,694
-(silence)
-(birds chirping)

308
00:22:01,237 --> 00:22:03,072
(Captain clears throat)

309
00:22:04,365 --> 00:22:05,992
Contradiction.

310
00:22:07,869 --> 00:22:13,041
The crux of the issue
has always been about
the contradiction.

311
00:22:13,124 --> 00:22:16,502
The, uh, Occidental side
of me sees contradiction

312
00:22:16,586 --> 00:22:19,589
as something to overcome,

313
00:22:19,672 --> 00:22:24,302
but the Oriental side
as something to endure.

314
00:22:24,385 --> 00:22:26,679
(guests murmur)

315
00:22:26,763 --> 00:22:29,098
Hence,
the Oriental side of me

316
00:22:29,182 --> 00:22:31,142
is never afraid
to accept contradiction

317
00:22:31,225 --> 00:22:35,229
when faced by an unexpected
turn of events and say...

318
00:22:36,022 --> 00:22:37,356
"I expected this."

319
00:22:38,900 --> 00:22:41,402
But the Occidental side says,
"What? Why did this happen?"

320
00:22:41,486 --> 00:22:43,321
and immediately
begins to analyze.

321
00:22:43,404 --> 00:22:45,698
(quiet laughter)

322
00:22:45,782 --> 00:22:47,617
The Oriental me...

323
00:22:48,493 --> 00:22:50,453
feels...

324
00:22:50,536 --> 00:22:53,623
-comfortable in a crowd...
-(murmurs)

325
00:22:53,706 --> 00:22:57,335
but the Occidental me
is always ready
to take the stage.

326
00:22:58,044 --> 00:23:00,088
I think in two
frames of mind:

327
00:23:00,171 --> 00:23:02,799
"Either/or"
to the Occidental me

328
00:23:02,882 --> 00:23:05,968
and "both/and"
to the Oriental me.

329
00:23:06,052 --> 00:23:10,306
So, accordingly,
half of me values
independence

330
00:23:10,598 --> 00:23:15,186
-while the other half
appreciates interdependence.
-(murmurs)

331
00:23:15,269 --> 00:23:18,856
-Also, the Oriental side of--
-Alright, I-I think we all
get the picture.

332
00:23:18,940 --> 00:23:21,859
-That was great. Yeah, uh...
-(Captain clears throat)

333
00:23:21,943 --> 00:23:26,572
Isn't he,
isn't he great?
Uh, Ms. Mori?

334
00:23:26,656 --> 00:23:29,242
I'm sorry,
I'm so distracted
with your kimono.

335
00:23:29,325 --> 00:23:31,035
Do you mind?
Come here. I'm sorry.

336
00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:33,329
-It'll just take a sec.
-(guests murmuring)

337
00:23:33,412 --> 00:23:35,331
See,
the traditional Japanese,

338
00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:37,583
the nape
of the neck,
unaji,

339
00:23:37,667 --> 00:23:40,128
is one of the most erotic
parts of the human body.

340
00:23:40,211 --> 00:23:41,879
Oh, and they
loved exposing

341
00:23:41,963 --> 00:23:44,132
their erotic parts
to complete strangers.

342
00:23:44,215 --> 00:23:46,217
-(quiet laughter)
-No, I-I'm just saying,
you really should learn

343
00:23:46,300 --> 00:23:47,760
-more about your
heritage, that's all.
-Professor,

344
00:23:47,844 --> 00:23:49,762
I am from Gardena.

345
00:23:49,846 --> 00:23:51,848
No one asked JFK
if he spoke Gaelic

346
00:23:51,931 --> 00:23:54,308
and ate potatoes
every night.

347
00:23:54,392 --> 00:23:55,810
(laughter)

348
00:23:55,893 --> 00:23:57,854
(guests chattering)

349
00:23:57,937 --> 00:24:02,483
("At Midnight" by Paul Lenart
& Billy Novick playing at event)

350
00:24:02,567 --> 00:24:05,194
(ambient nature sounds)

351
00:24:10,158 --> 00:24:13,786
Captain:
He still acts like
a feudal lord. (chuckles)

352
00:24:14,412 --> 00:24:17,623
I mean,
this is the '70s!

353
00:24:18,708 --> 00:24:21,169
Was my unaji
disappointing?

354
00:24:21,252 --> 00:24:24,463
Were you not peeping
at it rather eagerly?

355
00:24:26,507 --> 00:24:28,801
I couldn't stand up
to him back there.

356
00:24:28,885 --> 00:24:31,429
-I'm sorry.
-That's okay.

357
00:24:31,512 --> 00:24:35,183
You play your part
without a flaw.

358
00:24:36,017 --> 00:24:38,394
I mean your
Fresh Off the Boat role.

359
00:24:38,477 --> 00:24:40,479
♪♪

360
00:24:42,273 --> 00:24:44,317
You know you're
very blunt?

361
00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,403
It's not very
"Oriental" of you.

362
00:24:48,237 --> 00:24:50,239
I'm an American.

363
00:24:51,032 --> 00:24:52,742
I see you.

364
00:24:52,825 --> 00:24:55,703
I see how
you act around
our dear Professor,

365
00:24:55,786 --> 00:24:59,790
always smiling like
the Good Asian Student
you used to be.

366
00:25:00,625 --> 00:25:02,210
I recognize the suit.

367
00:25:02,293 --> 00:25:04,295
♪♪

368
00:25:05,630 --> 00:25:08,925
You wound me, Ms. Mori.
But I can take it.

369
00:25:09,008 --> 00:25:11,469
When faced by
an unexpected
turn of events,

370
00:25:11,552 --> 00:25:12,845
I say,

371
00:25:12,929 --> 00:25:16,933
"Huh...
I expected this."

372
00:25:20,770 --> 00:25:23,522
What are you concealing?

373
00:25:27,276 --> 00:25:28,277
Oh.

374
00:25:29,487 --> 00:25:30,696
Are you hungry?

375
00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:33,616
(clears throat)
No, thanks.

376
00:25:33,699 --> 00:25:35,117
Sofia:
Come on, try it.

377
00:25:35,201 --> 00:25:38,996
Uh, not a fan
of cephalopods.

378
00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,749
-"Cephalopods"?!
-(Captain chuckles)

379
00:25:41,832 --> 00:25:43,960
What is it
with you?

380
00:25:44,043 --> 00:25:47,213
You don't like eggs,
you don't eat squid.

381
00:25:47,296 --> 00:25:48,464
speaker:
Tén ten.

382
00:25:48,547 --> 00:25:49,632
Didn't you get the memo?

383
00:25:49,715 --> 00:25:51,801
We Asians are supposed
to eat everything.

384
00:25:51,884 --> 00:25:53,886
(chuckles)
Oh, my.

385
00:25:55,888 --> 00:25:59,267
(speaking Vietnamese)

386
00:26:04,689 --> 00:26:06,691
♪♪

387
00:26:08,109 --> 00:26:10,069
I know I'm gonna regret
telling you this story.

388
00:26:10,152 --> 00:26:13,990
Oh, embrace
your Occidental side:

389
00:26:14,073 --> 00:26:17,618
Confessing secrets
is the most exciting
thing in the world.

390
00:26:18,411 --> 00:26:20,037
(chuckles)

391
00:26:21,664 --> 00:26:25,710
So, my mother was making
squid as a special treat.

392
00:26:25,793 --> 00:26:27,920
It wasn't until she
had cleaned the innards,

393
00:26:28,004 --> 00:26:31,048
that she realized
we were out of fish sauce.

394
00:26:31,132 --> 00:26:32,842
So off she went to the market

395
00:26:32,925 --> 00:26:36,887
and I was left,
negligently, all alone,

396
00:26:36,971 --> 00:26:40,558
just me...
and the squid.

397
00:26:40,641 --> 00:26:42,685
Sofia:
You-You don't say?

398
00:26:42,768 --> 00:26:44,812
Oh, shit.
Is that even possible?

399
00:26:44,895 --> 00:26:47,857
(mischievous music playing)

400
00:26:47,940 --> 00:26:51,152
(Young Captain panting, moaning)

401
00:26:52,069 --> 00:26:54,071
♪♪

402
00:26:57,742 --> 00:26:59,702
Captain: I marked
my violated partner

403
00:26:59,785 --> 00:27:03,414
to keep myself from mistakenly
eating it when cooked.

404
00:27:03,497 --> 00:27:07,418
But even a 14-year-old boy
should've had the foresight
to realize

405
00:27:07,501 --> 00:27:10,254
that if I didn't eat it,
someone else would.

406
00:27:23,142 --> 00:27:24,310
(gags)

407
00:27:24,393 --> 00:27:26,395
("At Midnight" continues)

408
00:27:28,898 --> 00:27:31,734
-I'm sure some people
would find the story--
-Disgusting.

409
00:27:32,109 --> 00:27:33,694
You know what's
disgusting?

410
00:27:33,778 --> 00:27:36,030
Is the massacre
of three million
people.

411
00:27:36,113 --> 00:27:38,574
Torture is disgusting.
But masturbation?

412
00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:41,786
Sure, I fucked a squid
and I enjoyed it.

413
00:27:41,869 --> 00:27:43,037
I'm not ashamed.

414
00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:45,247
I believe the world
would be a better place

415
00:27:45,331 --> 00:27:47,375
if we blushed
at the word "murder"

416
00:27:47,458 --> 00:27:50,461
as much as we
did at the word
"masturbation."

417
00:27:51,295 --> 00:27:53,297
♪♪

418
00:27:56,175 --> 00:27:59,011
I want you to be
completely honest
with me.

419
00:28:02,098 --> 00:28:04,392
Since then,
how many squid
have you screwed?

420
00:28:04,475 --> 00:28:06,227
(groans)

421
00:28:06,977 --> 00:28:11,565
(gasps) Squid fucker!
Oh, he's a squid fucker.

422
00:28:11,649 --> 00:28:14,443
You kinky little bastard.
(laughs)

423
00:28:14,527 --> 00:28:17,279
♪ No, I don't wanna love you ♪

424
00:28:17,363 --> 00:28:19,657
("Anti Love Song"
by Betty Davis playing)

425
00:28:19,740 --> 00:28:23,619
-(moaning)
-♪ 'Cause I know how you are ♪

426
00:28:25,413 --> 00:28:27,790
-(heavy breathing)
-(moaning)

427
00:28:30,334 --> 00:28:33,629
♪ That's why
I haven't called you ♪

428
00:28:34,588 --> 00:28:38,300
(speaking Vietnamese)

429
00:28:54,859 --> 00:28:56,068
(moaning)

430
00:28:59,447 --> 00:29:01,073
♪♪

431
00:29:01,157 --> 00:29:02,950
(heavy breathing)

432
00:29:08,205 --> 00:29:11,167
-(grunting)
-(song concludes)

433
00:29:11,250 --> 00:29:13,252
(birds chirping)

434
00:29:16,297 --> 00:29:18,924
(ambient street noise)

435
00:29:19,550 --> 00:29:20,968
(sighs)

436
00:29:22,303 --> 00:29:24,305
(vehicle approaching)

437
00:29:33,397 --> 00:29:34,607
Lana!

438
00:29:45,367 --> 00:29:48,329
Captain:
General, welcome
to your new home.

439
00:29:48,412 --> 00:29:51,040
(General snoring lightly)

440
00:29:52,374 --> 00:29:53,584
General?

441
00:29:57,129 --> 00:29:58,547
(Madame sighs)

442
00:30:00,549 --> 00:30:03,677
(light jazz music playing)

443
00:30:03,761 --> 00:30:05,763
(birds chirping)

444
00:30:17,483 --> 00:30:18,901
(speaking Vietnamese)

445
00:30:46,762 --> 00:30:48,430
(Crapulent Major sniffing)

446
00:31:25,092 --> 00:31:27,094
(vehicle honks)

447
00:31:28,053 --> 00:31:29,680
General:
Hey!

448
00:31:52,953 --> 00:31:55,956
-Done yet?
-Captain: Done what?

449
00:31:56,290 --> 00:31:59,209
What we talked
about at the camp.
Goddamnit!

450
00:32:06,717 --> 00:32:09,553
I mean
(quietly) the spy.

451
00:32:10,012 --> 00:32:11,347
Oh.
(chuckles)

452
00:32:11,972 --> 00:32:13,390
Uh...

453
00:32:15,267 --> 00:32:19,271
I've been
thinkin' about it,
General, and, uh...

454
00:32:19,355 --> 00:32:21,774
maybe there is
no spy after all.

455
00:32:23,442 --> 00:32:27,029
What are you talking about?
Of course, there is. Huh?

456
00:32:30,908 --> 00:32:32,910
But how can
you be sure?

457
00:32:34,828 --> 00:32:38,540
Is there anybody back home
who could, mm, confirm this?

458
00:32:38,624 --> 00:32:41,543
(light, tense music playing)

459
00:32:48,509 --> 00:32:51,220
I was walking
on the sidewalk

460
00:32:51,303 --> 00:32:53,514
and you know what
fell in front of me?

461
00:32:54,348 --> 00:32:57,142
One of those
toilet tank covers,

462
00:32:57,226 --> 00:33:03,440
a white ceramic thing,
a fucking heavy thing.

463
00:33:03,524 --> 00:33:07,361
And that thing
fell all the way
from the fifth floor.

464
00:33:08,153 --> 00:33:09,780
Don't you get it?

465
00:33:11,365 --> 00:33:13,992
An assassination attempt.

466
00:33:18,539 --> 00:33:19,957
I'll look into it.

467
00:33:21,542 --> 00:33:24,378
Don't just
"look into it."

468
00:33:25,212 --> 00:33:27,172
Hunt the traitor down,

469
00:33:27,256 --> 00:33:29,883
deactivate
the rebel activity.

470
00:33:34,179 --> 00:33:35,764
♪♪

471
00:33:35,848 --> 00:33:42,479
Neutralize the threat.
Do I make myself clear?

472
00:33:43,147 --> 00:33:44,523
Yes, sir.

473
00:33:44,606 --> 00:33:46,608
♪♪

474
00:33:46,692 --> 00:33:50,070
(quietly) But I'm sure
I can handle it.

475
00:33:50,154 --> 00:33:52,156
-Sofia: What?
-Huh?

476
00:33:53,323 --> 00:33:56,285
You've been
kinda distracted
these last few weeks.

477
00:33:56,368 --> 00:33:59,747
("Capricho Árabe"
by Francisco Tárrega
playing quietly in room)

478
00:33:59,830 --> 00:34:02,249
(baby crying in the distance)

479
00:34:03,667 --> 00:34:06,879
-(both chuckle)
-You're cool.

480
00:34:07,713 --> 00:34:11,132
-You're the coolest woman
in the whole world.
-I know.

481
00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:16,096
-I have a confession.
-Oh, I like confessions.

482
00:34:16,179 --> 00:34:18,806
You know, you're
a very good listener.

483
00:34:19,683 --> 00:34:22,268
The slight wrinkling
of the eyes when you smile.

484
00:34:22,351 --> 00:34:25,022
Oh, the encouraging nod.

485
00:34:25,105 --> 00:34:26,607
You let people
go on thinking

486
00:34:26,690 --> 00:34:29,067
you're perfectly
in agreement
with everything,

487
00:34:29,150 --> 00:34:31,570
all without saying
a word yourself.

488
00:34:31,987 --> 00:34:33,572
(Captain chuckles)

489
00:34:33,655 --> 00:34:36,366
-What's your mother like?
-Hm? My mother?

490
00:34:36,449 --> 00:34:37,451
Hm.

491
00:34:38,494 --> 00:34:40,120
My mother's gone.

492
00:34:40,954 --> 00:34:42,164
Sorry.

493
00:34:42,498 --> 00:34:45,501
She was from
a small village
in the North,

494
00:34:45,583 --> 00:34:47,418
couldn't go
to school.

495
00:34:47,503 --> 00:34:50,130
A very devout
Catholic.

496
00:34:50,672 --> 00:34:53,007
She could
work miracles
in the kitchen.

497
00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:54,051
(chuckles)

498
00:34:55,219 --> 00:34:56,594
-Especially with a squid.
-With a squid?

499
00:34:56,678 --> 00:34:58,305
(both laughing)

500
00:34:59,723 --> 00:35:01,934
A good teacher
to her son.

501
00:35:03,185 --> 00:35:07,189
-Doesn't sound like we have
a fucking thing in common.
-(Captain chuckles)

502
00:35:07,564 --> 00:35:10,984
And yet they say,
for a man to be
attracted to a woman,

503
00:35:11,068 --> 00:35:14,905
she must share at least
one big thing in common
with his mom.

504
00:35:15,447 --> 00:35:18,867
-Maybe that's not true.
-Hm, maybe it is.

505
00:35:19,493 --> 00:35:23,497
Trinh,
a girl I dated
back in Saigon...

506
00:35:23,580 --> 00:35:26,917
she would pronounce
her vowels just like
my mother.

507
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:28,752
And Nicole...

508
00:35:28,836 --> 00:35:31,839
my girlfriend
when I studied
in the States,

509
00:35:31,922 --> 00:35:36,927
she, uh, she had
these long fingers
just like my mom.

510
00:35:38,220 --> 00:35:41,223
And you,
you and my mother...

511
00:35:45,102 --> 00:35:47,187
you share this...

512
00:35:47,271 --> 00:35:49,565
surreptitious sense
of optimism,

513
00:35:49,648 --> 00:35:52,651
which is foolish
and yet lavish.

514
00:35:56,405 --> 00:35:58,866
-Ms. Mori... I think--
-Sofia.

515
00:35:58,949 --> 00:36:01,326
We've been fucking
for a while now.

516
00:36:04,079 --> 00:36:05,497
Sofia...

517
00:36:06,915 --> 00:36:09,126
I think I'm falling
in love with you.

518
00:36:09,585 --> 00:36:13,589
You sneak.
You stole my confession.

519
00:36:15,465 --> 00:36:17,926
Listen,
if we get involved--

520
00:36:18,010 --> 00:36:21,555
-Aren't we already involved?
-Emotionally involved...

521
00:36:21,638 --> 00:36:24,182
you and I are fucking.

522
00:36:24,266 --> 00:36:25,434
I'm 46 years old.

523
00:36:25,517 --> 00:36:27,728
I've done things
my way my whole life.

524
00:36:27,811 --> 00:36:30,022
I am not about
to change now.

525
00:36:30,397 --> 00:36:32,399
Fall in love
at your peril

526
00:36:32,482 --> 00:36:36,486
'cause the only
kind of love I believe in
is free love.

527
00:36:36,570 --> 00:36:39,573
In other words,
this love...

528
00:36:40,616 --> 00:36:42,242
is free.

529
00:36:44,661 --> 00:36:46,038
(Captain chuckles)

530
00:36:46,121 --> 00:36:47,956
(keys jingling)

531
00:36:48,957 --> 00:36:50,959
Oh, hello there.

532
00:36:52,169 --> 00:36:55,130
Uh, this is Bon.

533
00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:56,590
Oh, blood brother.

534
00:36:56,673 --> 00:36:59,885
-(ambient street noise)
-(outside chatter)

535
00:37:01,595 --> 00:37:05,223
-(tense music playing)
-(Captain sighs)

536
00:37:30,415 --> 00:37:33,877
Oh, uh, so apparently,
our General

537
00:37:33,961 --> 00:37:36,421
is opening
a liquor store. (chuckles)

538
00:37:37,422 --> 00:37:39,049
♪♪

539
00:37:39,132 --> 00:37:41,134
(siren wailing)

540
00:37:50,268 --> 00:37:52,270
♪♪

541
00:37:57,985 --> 00:38:03,031
"Focus. Don't ever
underestimate the General.

542
00:38:03,115 --> 00:38:06,076
"Remember how he swallowed
his contempt for your mixed race

543
00:38:06,159 --> 00:38:08,328
"when he knew he could use you?

544
00:38:08,412 --> 00:38:11,039
"He'll do whatever it
takes to get his way.

545
00:38:11,123 --> 00:38:14,626
"You wrote him off,
big mistake.

546
00:38:14,710 --> 00:38:18,630
"We're tracking communications
with his contacts.

547
00:38:18,714 --> 00:38:22,092
Be careful, my friend."

548
00:38:22,175 --> 00:38:25,762
Who could know me so well?

549
00:38:25,846 --> 00:38:28,849
You've never
executed someone
in the street...

550
00:38:29,975 --> 00:38:33,937
-have you?
-No, I'm not saying
I've done such a thing,

551
00:38:34,021 --> 00:38:37,649
but the nature
of what we were doing
back in Saigon--

552
00:38:38,817 --> 00:38:40,861
How could you
be so slow?

553
00:38:40,944 --> 00:38:43,947
Uh, it...
it's written
in English.

554
00:38:44,031 --> 00:38:45,991
It could just be
some racist asshole.

555
00:38:46,074 --> 00:38:48,827
No, someone continues

556
00:38:48,910 --> 00:38:52,914
to deliberately undermine me
at every turn.

557
00:38:54,499 --> 00:38:55,959
It could just
be the Armenian

558
00:38:56,043 --> 00:38:58,045
from the liquor store
at the corner.

559
00:38:58,336 --> 00:39:03,925
Oh, you're saying
the Armenian liquor
store owner in L.A.

560
00:39:04,009 --> 00:39:06,219
conspired
against me

561
00:39:06,303 --> 00:39:09,181
and had the women
at the camp in Arkansas

562
00:39:09,264 --> 00:39:11,099
throw a slipper at me?

563
00:39:11,433 --> 00:39:15,604
-Uh--
-Today is your one chance
to reestablish my leadership

564
00:39:15,687 --> 00:39:18,106
as my Chief
of Communications.

565
00:39:19,066 --> 00:39:20,067
I'm sorry?

566
00:39:23,070 --> 00:39:25,280
I just
appointed you.

567
00:39:30,243 --> 00:39:33,455
(light jazz music playing)

568
00:39:39,169 --> 00:39:40,796
Get the gun!

569
00:39:48,303 --> 00:39:50,305
♪♪

570
00:39:52,599 --> 00:39:55,602
-(door bell rings)
-(indistinct chatter)

571
00:40:08,115 --> 00:40:10,367
(camera clicking)

572
00:40:10,450 --> 00:40:11,451
Hey.

573
00:40:15,956 --> 00:40:17,916
(camera clicks)

574
00:40:17,999 --> 00:40:20,001
♪♪

575
00:40:27,884 --> 00:40:29,886
(door bell rings)

576
00:40:32,139 --> 00:40:34,141
(camera clicks)

577
00:40:53,702 --> 00:40:58,248
("Hai Cánh Phuong Buon" by
Truong Hai playing in store)

578
00:40:58,331 --> 00:41:00,333
(indistinct chatter)

579
00:41:07,299 --> 00:41:08,884
Crapulent Major:
Smile!

580
00:41:21,188 --> 00:41:23,148
♪♪

581
00:41:28,445 --> 00:41:30,030
(camera clicks)

582
00:41:38,038 --> 00:41:41,082
journalist:
There's no such thing
as a second homeland.

583
00:41:41,166 --> 00:41:44,586
A homeland is a homeland
because there's only one
of them.

584
00:41:45,712 --> 00:41:49,883
My, my,
it's Tran Thuyet Son.

585
00:41:49,966 --> 00:41:52,761
-(Captain chuckles)
-Wow. It's been a while since
someone's said my name

586
00:41:52,844 --> 00:41:55,472
with such
a perfect accent.

587
00:41:55,555 --> 00:41:56,806
But I go by Sonny now.

588
00:41:56,890 --> 00:42:00,101
Oh!
Like, Sonny Bono?

589
00:42:01,186 --> 00:42:03,146
(both chuckling)

590
00:42:03,230 --> 00:42:04,648
Last time I saw you
was when?

591
00:42:04,731 --> 00:42:07,734
That seminar
for the Vietnamese
student council?

592
00:42:08,235 --> 00:42:10,612
-Where we had
a difference of opinion--
-Where we had an argument

593
00:42:10,695 --> 00:42:11,947
about the
Ho Chi Minh quote,

594
00:42:12,030 --> 00:42:13,198
"Nothing is
more precious

595
00:42:13,281 --> 00:42:14,658
than independence
and freedom,"

596
00:42:14,741 --> 00:42:17,327
and its application
vis-à-vis our nation.

597
00:42:17,410 --> 00:42:19,204
You know, I remember you
getting all worked up

598
00:42:19,287 --> 00:42:22,457
and screaming,
"Nothing! Nothing!"
and tossing your textbook.

599
00:42:22,540 --> 00:42:23,875
(fake laugh)

600
00:42:24,251 --> 00:42:25,460
You broke the spine.

601
00:42:26,127 --> 00:42:27,504
(both chuckle)

602
00:42:27,587 --> 00:42:29,214
You know what?
Back then,

603
00:42:29,297 --> 00:42:32,133
I thought of you
as a CIA scholarship
student.

604
00:42:36,263 --> 00:42:39,266
(chuckles)
Very funny.

605
00:42:39,849 --> 00:42:41,434
So, what brings
you here?

606
00:42:41,518 --> 00:42:44,729
Skipping the monsoon season
to enjoy some California sun?

607
00:42:45,522 --> 00:42:50,527
Yeah... I admit.
My side lost. Happy now?

608
00:42:50,944 --> 00:42:52,529
Well, I might not
be exactly happy,

609
00:42:52,612 --> 00:42:53,947
but I think
they'll have a shot

610
00:42:54,030 --> 00:42:55,073
at independence
and freedom

611
00:42:55,156 --> 00:42:56,866
now that America's
finally pulled out.

612
00:42:56,950 --> 00:43:00,078
Well, then, how about
you go back to rebuild
the country with them?

613
00:43:00,161 --> 00:43:03,164
(laughs) That's right.
You're an American now.

614
00:43:03,248 --> 00:43:04,958
No offense.

615
00:43:05,041 --> 00:43:08,003
I believe I have every
right to have opinions
about my homeland.

616
00:43:08,086 --> 00:43:09,546
I'm as Vietnamese
as you are.

617
00:43:09,629 --> 00:43:12,465
-Oh, what, because
you kept your surname?
-Arguably...

618
00:43:12,966 --> 00:43:14,968
I'm more
Vietnamese
than you.

619
00:43:15,593 --> 00:43:18,972
You know,
biologically...
No offense.

620
00:43:19,055 --> 00:43:22,892
-("Hon Trách" by Tuan Hai
playing in store)
-(Captain clears throat)

621
00:43:22,976 --> 00:43:25,603
So, what brings
you here?

622
00:43:25,687 --> 00:43:27,522
Human-interest story.

623
00:43:30,233 --> 00:43:32,277
No story's too small.

624
00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:34,529
By the way, uh, the name.

625
00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:39,200
I get his patriotism,
but in America,

626
00:43:39,284 --> 00:43:41,494
"yellow" means
nothing good,
like urine.

627
00:43:41,578 --> 00:43:45,248
For an Asian shopkeeper,
he's, uh, kind of shooting
himself in the foot.

628
00:43:45,749 --> 00:43:47,375
Just don't bring that up
with the General.

629
00:43:49,127 --> 00:43:51,296
Well, I should
get some quotes.

630
00:43:51,379 --> 00:43:53,381
♪♪

631
00:43:57,510 --> 00:43:59,471
There's more where
this came from.

632
00:43:59,554 --> 00:44:01,556
(indistinct chatter)

633
00:44:07,270 --> 00:44:09,230
(music stops)

634
00:44:09,314 --> 00:44:12,108
(crowd murmuring)

635
00:44:14,819 --> 00:44:17,655
(speaking Vietnamese÷}

636
00:45:01,908 --> 00:45:03,535
(laughter)

637
00:45:13,837 --> 00:45:15,839
-Hm?
-(applause)

638
00:45:19,801 --> 00:45:21,636
(door bell rings)

639
00:45:22,595 --> 00:45:24,431
Mm-hmm.

640
00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:32,522
(laughter)

641
00:46:27,702 --> 00:46:31,122
-(tense music playing)
-(chanting)

642
00:46:42,175 --> 00:46:44,177
(music fades out)

643
00:46:45,178 --> 00:46:47,180
(quiet chatter)

644
00:47:25,718 --> 00:47:27,095
(Captain sighs)

645
00:47:27,178 --> 00:47:29,597
(distant siren wailing)

646
00:47:31,099 --> 00:47:32,809
(sighs)

647
00:47:32,892 --> 00:47:34,894
(door opens)

648
00:47:47,532 --> 00:47:49,534
(both chuckle)

649
00:47:51,536 --> 00:47:55,707
-Well, here we are now, huh?
-(Captain chuckles)

650
00:47:55,790 --> 00:47:58,668
No, I-I, uh,
watched the news
of the last helicopter

651
00:47:58,751 --> 00:48:00,920
taking off from
the U.S. compound
over and over...

652
00:48:01,004 --> 00:48:03,047
-Yeah.
-...hoping to catch
a glimpse of you.

653
00:48:03,131 --> 00:48:05,174
Well,
I'm sorry I didn't
reach out to you.

654
00:48:05,258 --> 00:48:07,135
It's just, you know,
the, the evacuation

655
00:48:07,218 --> 00:48:08,970
left me
considerably
fucked.

656
00:48:09,053 --> 00:48:11,306
I couldn't bring Y Vi.

657
00:48:11,389 --> 00:48:12,432
Oh.

658
00:48:12,515 --> 00:48:13,766
Dammit,
her house was empty.

659
00:48:13,850 --> 00:48:14,976
I whizzed around
the district

660
00:48:15,059 --> 00:48:16,060
on the General's Harley.

661
00:48:16,144 --> 00:48:17,770
I was lookin' for her,
every street,

662
00:48:17,854 --> 00:48:21,858
every nook, cranny,
alley, uh... no avail.

663
00:48:22,734 --> 00:48:24,819
Last chopper was
about to depart...

664
00:48:26,654 --> 00:48:29,949
(emotional)
I haven't cried over
a girl in 30 years.

665
00:48:30,033 --> 00:48:32,035
But, goddamn Y Vi.

666
00:48:38,458 --> 00:48:40,668
-Sorry to hear that.
-(Claude sighs)

667
00:48:42,462 --> 00:48:45,173
So... it's been
quite the shitshow

668
00:48:45,256 --> 00:48:46,924
with, you know,
your colleagues

669
00:48:47,008 --> 00:48:49,010
flingin' dirt
at each other.

670
00:48:51,804 --> 00:48:54,766
Only the spy
says there's
no spy.

671
00:48:54,849 --> 00:48:57,518
(curious, tense music playing)

672
00:48:59,729 --> 00:49:02,148
Look at this gift
Claude gave me.

673
00:49:02,857 --> 00:49:04,859
.44 Auto Mag.

674
00:49:06,402 --> 00:49:07,820
(General exhales)

675
00:49:08,571 --> 00:49:10,948
Claude:
Anybody object to
a little celebratory pop?

676
00:49:11,032 --> 00:49:13,201
-Looks like you
could use it.
-Mm.

677
00:49:13,284 --> 00:49:15,286
(Claude pouring drink)

678
00:49:18,915 --> 00:49:20,917
♪♪

679
00:49:24,128 --> 00:49:25,963
It's Major Oanh.

680
00:49:27,006 --> 00:49:28,007
Oanh?

681
00:49:29,509 --> 00:49:30,843
A spy?

682
00:49:32,178 --> 00:49:34,639
Which one
of the two Oanhs?
The "chopstick"?

683
00:49:34,722 --> 00:49:36,182
The "dumpling."

684
00:49:36,891 --> 00:49:38,351
The fat Oanh?

685
00:49:38,434 --> 00:49:39,560
Yes.

686
00:49:40,853 --> 00:49:41,979
General:
And where would
you get this idea?

687
00:49:47,068 --> 00:49:50,488
Well, you see, uh,
he's involved in some
kind of business.

688
00:49:51,572 --> 00:49:52,990
What kinda
business?

689
00:49:55,118 --> 00:49:59,122
Uh, I think it has somethin'
to do with, with candy.

690
00:50:00,289 --> 00:50:01,124
Candy?

691
00:50:06,087 --> 00:50:08,881
Captain:
This means he's got
contacts back in Saigon.

692
00:50:08,965 --> 00:50:11,300
He confessed that
he used his background
from the Secret Police

693
00:50:11,384 --> 00:50:13,094
in order to obtain them.

694
00:50:13,177 --> 00:50:16,597
Fat Oanh, receiving
innocuous candies.

695
00:50:16,681 --> 00:50:19,100
Which no one
would ever suspect.

696
00:50:19,183 --> 00:50:22,145
Claude:
Uh, his father's people
come from China.

697
00:50:22,228 --> 00:50:26,232
General:
Which everybody knows you can't
trust that particular breed.

698
00:50:45,334 --> 00:50:47,003
(crunching)

699
00:50:49,005 --> 00:50:50,631
Doesn't taste
like a message.

700
00:50:51,340 --> 00:50:54,010
But again,
he's too fat
to be a spy.

701
00:50:54,093 --> 00:50:55,428
Mm. Maybe, maybe.

702
00:50:56,971 --> 00:50:59,932
And there are
plus sides to a spy who
looks disarming, so...

703
00:51:00,892 --> 00:51:03,811
Hard to say.
I guess we could
check with Saigon.

704
00:51:03,895 --> 00:51:04,896
Oop.

705
00:51:06,022 --> 00:51:07,982
(Claude clears throat)

706
00:51:08,065 --> 00:51:10,067
♪♪

707
00:51:15,281 --> 00:51:17,492
Believe it or not,
your name came up once.

708
00:51:19,327 --> 00:51:20,745
Really?

709
00:51:21,245 --> 00:51:24,832
-(laughter)
-That-That's funny, right?

710
00:51:24,916 --> 00:51:28,211
(chuckling)
It's very funny.

711
00:51:28,294 --> 00:51:29,921
General:
Hm.

712
00:51:31,380 --> 00:51:33,382
(Claude whistling)

713
00:51:36,093 --> 00:51:39,555
So, uh, by the way,
how's Professor Hammer
treatin' you? Well?

714
00:51:39,639 --> 00:51:41,390
-Uh, sure.
-Great.

715
00:51:41,474 --> 00:51:43,643
-Can I ask
you something?
-Sure.

716
00:51:43,726 --> 00:51:44,936
Why didn't you get
the General's family

717
00:51:45,019 --> 00:51:46,771
out of the refugee
camp sooner?

718
00:51:46,854 --> 00:51:48,147
-(Claude sighs)
-He was waiting
by the phone.

719
00:51:48,231 --> 00:51:50,858
Yeah, I know.
I don't know.

720
00:51:51,442 --> 00:51:54,070
Wanted him to be
grateful to America.

721
00:51:58,324 --> 00:52:01,953
Sometimes, it's good
to remind people
how much they owe you.

722
00:52:02,578 --> 00:52:04,956
-(engine starts)
-Night, kid.

723
00:52:05,039 --> 00:52:07,041
(tires screech)

724
00:52:14,590 --> 00:52:17,593
(kissing, moaning)

725
00:52:34,443 --> 00:52:36,445
(office phone ringing)

726
00:52:37,738 --> 00:52:39,907
-Captain: Don't worry about it.
-Sofia: Wait, wait, wait, wait.

727
00:52:39,991 --> 00:52:42,785
-Captain: Just ignore it.
It'll be fine.
-Sofia: No-- (laughs)

728
00:52:42,869 --> 00:52:45,830
I'm still on duty.
Stop!

729
00:52:45,913 --> 00:52:46,789
Jeez.

730
00:52:49,542 --> 00:52:51,961
Oriental Studies Department,
Chairman's office.

731
00:52:53,212 --> 00:52:54,630
Yes, right.

732
00:52:56,173 --> 00:52:57,592
Yes.
One second.

733
00:52:58,134 --> 00:53:00,094
He says he's
your boss?

734
00:53:00,177 --> 00:53:02,847
-What?
-Thought I was.

735
00:53:03,180 --> 00:53:04,181
(Captain chuckles)

736
00:53:06,976 --> 00:53:08,686
Hello?

737
00:53:08,769 --> 00:53:11,856
General (over phone):
Remember our Chinese
friend, huh?

738
00:53:11,939 --> 00:53:13,733
The one
with the sweet tooth?

739
00:53:13,816 --> 00:53:16,360
Well, I did
a little probing,

740
00:53:16,444 --> 00:53:19,196
and it seems his relatives
back home are safe

741
00:53:19,280 --> 00:53:22,825
and doing rather well!

742
00:53:22,909 --> 00:53:26,871
Meanwhile,
all of our relatives
have been imprisoned

743
00:53:26,954 --> 00:53:29,874
in the so-called
"re-education" camps!

744
00:53:29,957 --> 00:53:32,168
We are starving and dying!

745
00:53:32,627 --> 00:53:34,253
-Do your job!
-(hangs up)

746
00:53:35,004 --> 00:53:38,007
(mysterious jazz music playing)

747
00:53:55,399 --> 00:53:57,735
♪♪

748
00:54:04,408 --> 00:54:06,410
(music fades out)

749
00:54:17,463 --> 00:54:20,007
(distant siren wailing)

750
00:55:18,691 --> 00:55:21,736
(solemn music playing)

751
00:55:22,111 --> 00:55:23,946
(hammering)

752
00:55:34,081 --> 00:55:36,167
♪♪

753
00:55:36,250 --> 00:55:38,085
(crying)

754
00:55:49,013 --> 00:55:50,931
♪♪

755
00:56:01,317 --> 00:56:02,610
(music fades out)

756
00:56:17,333 --> 00:56:20,544
("Do I Move You?"
by Nina Simone playing)

757
00:56:26,967 --> 00:56:30,179
-(siren wailing)
-♪ Do I groove you ♪

758
00:56:38,854 --> 00:56:41,065
♪ Do I soothe you? ♪

759
00:56:41,524 --> 00:56:43,526
♪ Tell the truth now ♪

760
00:56:45,820 --> 00:56:48,864
♪ Do I move you? ♪

761
00:56:48,948 --> 00:56:51,408
♪ Are you loose now? ♪

762
00:56:51,492 --> 00:56:57,123
♪ The answer better
be yes, yes ♪

763
00:57:01,502 --> 00:57:04,130
♪ That pleases me ♪

764
00:57:04,880 --> 00:57:06,882
♪♪

765
00:57:11,470 --> 00:57:13,472
♪ Are you ready ♪

766
00:57:15,266 --> 00:57:17,268
♪ For this action? ♪

767
00:57:20,437 --> 00:57:22,648
♪ Does it give you ♪

768
00:57:23,941 --> 00:57:26,569
♪ Satisfaction? ♪

769
00:57:30,906 --> 00:57:35,911
♪ Are you hip
to what I'm sayin'? ♪

770
00:57:37,580 --> 00:57:40,958
♪ If you are ♪

771
00:57:41,041 --> 00:57:44,170
♪ Then let's start swayin' ♪

772
00:57:44,253 --> 00:57:49,550
♪ The answer better
be yes, yes ♪

773
00:57:49,633 --> 00:57:53,929
♪ Great God almighty ♪

774
00:57:54,013 --> 00:57:59,977
♪ That pleases me ♪

775
00:58:00,060 --> 00:58:01,228
♪ Oh! ♪

776
00:58:01,312 --> 00:58:03,314
(song concludes)

777
00:58:07,359 --> 00:58:10,362
(jazz music playing)

778
00:58:50,986 --> 00:58:52,988
♪♪

779
00:59:42,538 --> 00:59:44,540
(music fades out)