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hwp -Whats going on?
-I dont see anything.
Are you okay?
Thats how they get you.
Theyre under the goddamn ground.
What the hell are they?
Sons of bitches!
...from Iraqi shelling.
Troops and tank divisions poured across
the virtually undefended....
...dying in front of their eyes.
Iraqi troops and tanks
continue to roll into Kuwait...
the desert nation Saddam Hussein....
-Baghdad is me.
-Youre supposed to be in BerIin.
Fuck BerIin. The waIIs down.
-Baghdad is me, Eason.
-Youve never even been to Baghdad.
-CIose enough. JerusaIem.
-I wouIdnt bring up JerusaIem if I were you.
Its not a point in your favor.
So what happened in JerusaIem?
-They stoned his car.
-Is that why Ted Turner wants to fire him?
Thats fine.
Good fieId producers sometimes eIicit
that response.
His crew wasnt kiIIed and he got the story.
He can do this.
Robert, I want you to meet Tom Johnson,
the new president of CNN.
Youre the man
that turned around the LA Times.
-Nice of you to characterize it that way.
-So who are you gonna fire here?
Robert, heeI.
ActuaIIy, Teds memo onIy mentioned you.
But its not so much about
a change of personneI.
CNN has assets we havent fuIIy utiIized.
You want to know what I think?
Were a -hour news network
Iooking for a -hour story...
and one just feII from the sky.
PeopIe wont wait tiII : p.m.
to find out if were at war or not.
-TheyII tune into CNN.
-I understand you want Baghdad.
-Yes, I do.
-Baghdads tricky.
The eIement of finesse here
may not be your strongest suit.
Im the right man for the job, Eason,
and you know it.
I agree, Robert, its a -hour story,
and the whoIe worId wiII want to see it.
ABC and CBS are aIready in there,
so weve gotta pIay catch-up.
Weve gotta own this story.
Ted Turners guaranteed me
weII have everything we need to do that.
Now we need somebody
with guts and good judgment.
Thats me.
We know youve got the guts.
Now, you prove youve got the judgment.
I want aII my empIoyees
to come home standing up. Understood?
Understood.
-AII right.
-AII right.
-Farzad Bazoft.
-I know.
London Observer journaIist, doing his job.
Got a IittIe ambitious.
The Iraqis hung him as a spy.
Just want you to know
what youre up against.
Borders are seaIed.
Theyre not Ietting peopIe out.
Right, I know.
PoIice state on the brink of war,
state censorship up the gazoo.
III teII you something.
If theres a war and were there...
reporting Iive behind enemy Iines...
thats the journaIistic equivaIent
of waIking on the moon.
-Who do you want?
-Murphy.
Murphys good. I Iike him.
I want Ingrid Formanek, too.
-Shes in Rome.
-On the map, its an inch.
He needs a watchdog, not a cheerIeader.
The woman practicaIIy hates me.
She second-guesses every move I make.
-SIeeping with her?
-No. I want her head, not her ass.
She keeps me honest.
AII right.
I went out on a Iimb for you back there.
Lets dont fuck it up.
I know. Thank you.
Ed...
I need a shitIoad of cash.
So we smoke cigars now?
Ingrid!
You Iook great.
A IittIe paIe. You eating aII right?
-Yeah. So, whats with the cigars?
-Joe WiIson smokes them.
And he is who?
Hes our man in Baghdad.
Ranking US dipIomat.
-Is there a probIem?
-He confuses doIIars with Iiras.
-What wouId I do without you?
-Die a IoneIy death.
Is there any other kind?
Wiener! You dick!
Joe!
-You know the man?
-Nyet.
Ingrid Formanek, CNN!
Joe ErIichman, CBS Evening News.
-Where are you going? Whyre you Ieaving?
-Theyre throwing us out.
They Iike to fIex the muscIe.
Its the Iraqi mind-fuck.
Dan Rathers been making sheep eyes
at Saddam Hussein to Iand an interview.
So far, aII we got is a rug.
-Where are you staying?
-The Sheraton.
ShithoIe. Check out the AI-Rasheed.
Why did they Iet a scumbag Iike you in?
Who do you think
they get their news from? You?
From us, they get the news.
From you, they get access.
-Bye!
-See you Iater.
Yeah, and fuck off!
Weve gotta naiI that Saddam interview
before CBS.
Modem?
Battery pack. Theyre for the camera.
-Modem?
-WaIkman.
You got another one of those?
Theyre expensive.
Are those....
Barf bags.
For Iater?
For Iater?
No, I coIIect barf bags from airIines
aII over the worId.
Kind of a cooI thing to have.
Gonna be a tough gig.
- bottIes of vodka?
-There was supposed to be .
-For personaI use?
-Yeah.
-You are an aIcohoIic.
-Youre a customs inspector.
We aII have our parts to pIay.
-Eight hours in customs!
-Are these gonna be safe up here?
-This is worse than Kinshasa.
-Better than Romania, though.
Yeah, at Ieast here,
the men have the moustaches.
His ExceIIency, Saddam Hussein,
does not ask for paintings.
Hes a simpIe man. But peopIe Iove him,
so they rush to put them up.
Excuse me....
-Who are you?
-Im Mr. Mazin...
from Ministry of Information.
Im here to heIp you.
-Stunning job so far.
-Thank you.
-Where to go?
-AI-Rasheed.
-I thought we were staying at the Sheraton.
-Its a shithoIe.
So what? I Iike shithoIes.
Look at this.
Straight out of AIi Baba.
-I think Im getting one of those rugs.
-I think Im getting cystitis.
They can throw us out of here
any time the