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           EXT. SOUTH LAWN - DAY

 

            Kenny, Bobby and the President make their way across the

            lawn, out of earshot of the building.

 

                                BOBBY

                      What happened to speak when spoken to?

 

                                KENNY

                      Give it a rest.  You were thinking the

                      same thing, just didn't have the guts1 to

                      take the heat.

 

            Bobby likes getting under Kenny's skin.  Bobby aims a punch

            at his head which Kenny knocks away.  The President changes

            gear, serious.

 

                                THE PRESIDENT

                      We can horsetrade with Khruschev on

                      ships.  But it doesn't get us any closer

                      to removing those missiles.

 

                                KENNY

                      Have to hope it's a signal that he'll

                      back down on the real issue too.

 

                                BOBBY

                      We're going to have to stop a ship

                      eventually, show the quarantine's got

                      teeth, or we'll prove McCone right.

 

                                THE PRESIDENT

                      McNamara's on his way back here now.  We

                      need to pick the right ship.  No subs.

                      No armed boarding parties either.  We

                      need a little more time to figure this

                      one out.

 

                                KENNY

                      Then let's move the quarantine line.

 

            It's a simple suggestion.  The President considers him a

            beat, and then McNamara emerges from the White House, heads

            for them.  The three friends assume their more reserved,

            political faces as he comes up.

 

                                MCNAMARA

                      Mr. President.  Bobby.  Kenny.  The

                      Essex battle group has the Gagarin,

                      Kimovsk and the sub escort under their

                      thumb.  We've got a few hours now before

                      we need to worry about any more

                      flashpoints on the line.

                          (beat)

                      We could use a few more hours.  I think

                      we should consider moving the quarantine

                      line back to 500 miles.

 

            Bobby and the President look at Kenny like he's some kind of

            Svengali.  Kenny just stands there, poker3 faced.

 

            INT. WEST WING - DAY

 

            Kenny and McNamara enter the White House from the South Lawn.

            They stride down the hall, side by side.

 

                                KENNY

                      Moving the line.  Stroke of genius.

 

                                MCNAMARA

                          (snappish)

                      Of course it is.  But the President

                      needs to realize we're going to have to

                      stop a ship eventually.

 

            They turn a corner, silence for a beat.

 

                                KENNY

                      The Chiefs are looking for a provocation4

                      out there.  The President's going to

                      come under enormous pressure.  You have

                      to keep 'em on a short leash5, Bob.

 

            McNamara spares Kenny a short, nasty look.

 

                                MCNAMARA

                      You must think I'm blind and stupid.

                      I've already gotten the birds and bees

                      from Bobby.  The President doesn't have

                      to double-barrel me.

 

                                KENNY

                      Listen to me, goddamn it.  We're talking

                      about a possible nuclear war.  You

                      dropped the ball on Bay of Pigs --

 

                                MCNAMARA

                      -- you sonofabitch, goddamn it, I didn't

                      drop --

 

                                KENNY

                      You were in the room.  It was your

                      purview6.  It was your job to make sure

                      Bissel wasn't fucking us over and you

                      didn't do it.  You've got the most

                      important job in the world right now.

                      You're the smartest guy the President

                      has.

                          (beat)

                      Besides me.

 

            That gets an amused snort from McNamara, breaking the

            tension.

 

                                MCNAMARA

                      Anybody ever tell you you're an

                      egomaniac and a prick7, O'Donnell?

 

            Kenny stares him in the eye, serious, hushed.  A friend.

 

                                KENNY

                      You need to be the best you've ever

                      been.

 

            McNamara enters the elevator.  He turns, stands there facing

            Kenny for a dramatic beat.  Then the doors close.

 

            INT. KENNY'S OFFICE - DAY

 

            WALTER CRONKITE, on the B&W T.V. screen, sits in front of a

            map showing Cuba and the blockade line.

 

                                WALTER CRONKITE (V.O.)

                      -- well, it appears the world has just

                      received a reprieve8.  Defense9 Secretary

                      Robert McNamara has announced that the

                      quarantine zone has been moved from 800

                      to 500 miles.

 

            PULL BACK, REVEALING:

 

            Kenny watching the T.V., is yelling at the phone.

 

                                KENNY

                      Find out how close our exercises are

                      coming to their cruise missiles.  I'm

                      calling you back in five, and you will

                      have an answer for me or I will come

                      down there and beat the shit out of you.

                          (beat)

                      Then you can press charges, and I'll get

                      a Presidential pardon.

 

            He hangs up, hears SHOUTING from the Oval Office.  He goes to

            the door, enters --

 

            INT. OVAL OFFICE - CONTINUOUS

 

            -- and sees the President leaning over his desk, jabbing his

            finger at General Taylor.

 

                                THE PRESIDENT

                      -- how the goddamn hell did this happen?

                      I'm going to have Power's head on a

                      platter next to LeMay's!

                          (noticing Kenny)

                      Hey, Kenny, did you hear me give the

                      order to go to DEFCON 2?  I remember

                      giving the order to go to DEFCON 3, but

                      I must be suffering from amnesia10 because

                      I've just been informed our nuclear

                      forces are DEFCON 2!

 

            Kenny realizes he's not joking as he spots Bobby sitting on

            the couch behind Taylor, pale as a ghost.  Taylor, embattled,

            wants to die, but stands there like a man.

 

                                                           SMASH CUT TO:

 

            INT. MISSILE SILO - DAY

 

            CLOSE ON

 

            The nose cone2 of a TITAN MISSILE, its 20 megaton nuclear

            warhead wrapped in the steel re-entry shell.  Cold, silent,

            fearsome.

 

                                GENERAL TAYLOR (V.O.)

                      Mr. President, the orders were limited

                      to our strategic forces in the

                      continental11 U.S.

 

            INT. OVAL OFFICE - CONTINUOUS

 

            Taylor continues on.

 

                                GENERAL TAYLOR

                      Technically12, General LeMay is correct

                      that SAC has the statutory authority --

 

            The President punches his desk.

 

                                THE PRESIDENT

                      -- I have the authority.  I am the

                      commander-in-chief of the United States,

                      and I say when we go to war!

 

                                GENERAL TAYLOR

                      We are not at war, sir, not until we're

                      at DEFCON 1.

 

                                THE PRESIDENT

                      General, the Joint13 Chiefs have just

                      signalled our intent to escalate14 to the

                      Soviets15.  You have signalled an

                      escalation16 which I had no wish to

                      signal, and which I did not approve. 

 

            But Taylor knows this very well.  And the way he's suffering,

            it's clear he's taking the heat for his underlings.  From

            over on the couch Bobby chimes in:

 

                                BOBBY

                      LeMay... he's history.

 

            The President glances at Kenny who stands there, speechless.

 

                                THE PRESIDENT

                      Get out of here, Max.

 

            The General leaves.  Kenny closes the door, wanders deeper

            into the office.  He looks from the President to Bobby.

            There's a long, long beat of shocked silence.

 

                                KENNY

                      Jesus...

 

                                BOBBY

                      Rescind17 the order.  Can all the Chiefs.

                      Put Nitze, Gilpatric and the

                      Undersecretaries in charge.

 

                                KENNY

                      We can't do that, Bobby.

 

                                THE PRESIDENT

                      He's right, we can't rescind DEFCON 2.

                      The Soviets will think we've gotten

                      sweet on them.

 

                                KENNY

                      And we can't purge18 the Chiefs.  Our

                      invasion talk will look like a bluff19.

                      Or even that there's been an attempted

                      coup20.

 

            Bobby is disgusted, but knows they're right.

 

                                BOBBY

                      McNamara won't be able to handle them.

                      It's too much for one man...

                          (knowing look to Kenny)

                      ...with all due respect to our heroic

                      fifth column.

 

            The President collapses21 in his rocking chair.  Kenny leans

            over the back of the sofa next to Bobby.

 

                                KENNY

                      We've got Khruschev's attention with the

                      blockade.  If we want a political

                      solution.  I think it's time to turn up

                      the diplomatic heat.  Cause if we let

                      this go on too long, we're going to find

                      ourselves in a war.

 

            Bobby looks at the President, meaningful.  The President

            turns to Kenny.

 

                                THE PRESIDENT

                      I've been considering a variation on one

                      of Stevenson's ideas.  We're going to

                      send up a trial balloon through Lippman.

                      The Jupiter missiles.



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1 guts Yraziv     
v.狼吞虎咽,贪婪地吃,飞碟游戏(比赛双方每组5人,相距15码,互相掷接飞碟);毁坏(建筑物等)的内部( gut的第三人称单数 );取出…的内脏n.勇气( gut的名词复数 );内脏;消化道的下段;肠
参考例句:
  • I'll only cook fish if the guts have been removed. 鱼若已收拾干净,我只需烧一下即可。
  • Barbara hasn't got the guts to leave her mother. 巴巴拉没有勇气离开她妈妈。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 cone lYJyi     
n.圆锥体,圆锥形东西,球果
参考例句:
  • Saw-dust piled up in a great cone.锯屑堆积如山。
  • The police have sectioned off part of the road with traffic cone.警察用锥形路标把部分路面分隔开来。
3 poker ilozCG     
n.扑克;vt.烙制
参考例句:
  • He was cleared out in the poker game.他打扑克牌,把钱都输光了。
  • I'm old enough to play poker and do something with it.我打扑克是老手了,可以玩些花样。
4 provocation QB9yV     
n.激怒,刺激,挑拨,挑衅的事物,激怒的原因
参考例句:
  • He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation.他是火爆性子,一点就着。
  • They did not react to this provocation.他们对这一挑衅未作反应。
5 leash M9rz1     
n.牵狗的皮带,束缚;v.用皮带系住
参考例句:
  • I reached for the leash,but the dog got in between.我伸手去拿系狗绳,但被狗挡住了路。
  • The dog strains at the leash,eager to be off.狗拼命地扯拉皮带,想挣脱开去。
6 purview HC7yr     
n.范围;眼界
参考例句:
  • These are questions that lie outside the purview of our inquiry.这些都不是属于我们调查范围的问题。
  • That,however,was beyond the purview of the court;it was a diplomatic matter.但是,那已不在法庭权限之内;那是个外交问题。
7 prick QQyxb     
v.刺伤,刺痛,刺孔;n.刺伤,刺痛
参考例句:
  • He felt a sharp prick when he stepped on an upturned nail.当他踩在一个尖朝上的钉子上时,他感到剧烈的疼痛。
  • He burst the balloon with a prick of the pin.他用针一戳,气球就爆了。
8 reprieve kBtzb     
n.暂缓执行(死刑);v.缓期执行;给…带来缓解
参考例句:
  • He was saved from the gallows by a lastminute reprieve.最后一刻的缓刑令把他从绞架上解救了下来。
  • The railway line, due for closure, has been granted a six-month reprieve.本应停运的铁路线获准多运行6 个月。
9 defense AxbxB     
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
参考例句:
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
10 amnesia lwLzy     
n.健忘症,健忘
参考例句:
  • People suffering from amnesia don't forget their general knowledge of objects.患健忘症的人不会忘记关于物体的一些基本知识。
  • Chinese medicine experts developed a way to treat amnesia using marine materials.中国医学专家研制出用海洋物质治疗遗忘症的方法。
11 continental Zazyk     
adj.大陆的,大陆性的,欧洲大陆的
参考例句:
  • A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
  • The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。
12 technically wqYwV     
adv.专门地,技术上地
参考例句:
  • Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说,这是最先进的设备。
  • The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说,西红柿是一种水果,尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。
13 joint m3lx4     
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
参考例句:
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
14 escalate biszi     
v.(使)逐步增长(或发展),(使)逐步升级
参考例句:
  • It would tempt Israel's neighbors to escalate their demands.它将诱使以色列的邻国不断把他们的要求升级。
  • Defeat could cause one side or other to escalate the conflict.失败可能会导致其中一方将冲突升级。
15 soviets 95fd70e5832647dcf39beb061b21c75e     
苏维埃(Soviet的复数形式)
参考例句:
  • A public challenge could provoke the Soviets to dig in. 公开挑战会促使苏联人一意孤行。
  • The Soviets proposed the withdrawal of American ballistic-missile submarines from forward bases. 苏联人建议把美国的弹道导弹潜艇从前沿基地撤走。
16 escalation doZxW     
n.扩大,增加
参考例句:
  • The threat of nuclear escalation remains. 核升级的威胁仍旧存在。 来自辞典例句
  • Escalation is thus an aspect of deterrence and of crisis management. 因此逐步升级是威慑和危机处理的一个方面。 来自辞典例句
17 rescind SCzyX     
v.废除,取消
参考例句:
  • They accepted his advice and rescinded the original plan.他们听从了他的劝告,撤销了原计划。
  • Trade Union leaders have demanded the government rescind the price rise.工会领导已经要求政府阻止价格上涨。
18 purge QS1xf     
n.整肃,清除,泻药,净化;vt.净化,清除,摆脱;vi.清除,通便,腹泻,变得清洁
参考例句:
  • The new president carried out a purge of disloyal army officers.新总统对不忠诚的军官进行了清洗。
  • The mayoral candidate has promised to purge the police department.市长候选人答应清洗警察部门。
19 bluff ftZzB     
v.虚张声势,用假象骗人;n.虚张声势,欺骗
参考例句:
  • His threats are merely bluff.他的威胁仅仅是虚张声势。
  • John is a deep card.No one can bluff him easily.约翰是个机灵鬼。谁也不容易欺骗他。
20 coup co5z4     
n.政变;突然而成功的行动
参考例句:
  • The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
  • That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。
21 collapses 9efa410d233b4045491e3d6f683e12ed     
折叠( collapse的第三人称单数 ); 倒塌; 崩溃; (尤指工作劳累后)坐下
参考例句:
  • This bridge table collapses. 这张桥牌桌子能折叠。
  • Once Russia collapses, the last chance to stop Hitler will be gone. 一旦俄国垮台,抑止希特勒的最后机会就没有了。
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