1 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:53,920 This is the Earth at a time when the dinosaurs roamed... 2 00:00:54,039 --> 00:00:56,479 a lush and fertile planet. 3 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:09,359 A piece of rock just six miles wide changed all that. 4 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,879 lt hit with the force of 10, 000 nuclear weapons. 5 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:28,079 A trillion tons of dirt and rock hurtled into the atmosphere... 6 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:30,959 creating a suffocating blanket of dust... 7 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,400 the sun was powerless to penetrate... 8 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:35,760 for a thousand years. 9 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:45,519 lt happened before. 10 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:48,560 lt will happen again. 11 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:53,200 lt's just a question of when. 12 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,599 Engineering director- Engineering- 13 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,759 - Say again, Rudy. - Houston, affirmative. 14 00:02:16,599 --> 00:02:17,719 l'm gonna try again. 15 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:21,360 This time why don't we put in a hold at nine. Cancel the pending resume. 16 00:02:21,439 --> 00:02:24,000 Almost got it. 17 00:02:25,719 --> 00:02:29,400 - Dennis, l'm almost there. - Houston, Pete's looking real strong. 18 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,800 Okay, Pete. We got that coupling on the board here now. 19 00:02:32,879 --> 00:02:36,000 We'll give you the go-ahead from down here when it's in alignment. 20 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,759 Sounds good. Give me ten seconds. 21 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:42,759 His heart rate's racing. 22 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:44,800 - Hey, Pete. lt's Truman. - Hey. 23 00:02:44,879 --> 00:02:46,879 - How you doing up there, Hoss? - Pretty good. 24 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,439 Now, listen, Pete. We got an eye on your meds here. 25 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:52,280 l'll give you a buffalo nickel if you'll calm down just a little bit. 26 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,080 - Can you do that for me? - Whatever you say. 27 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:58,599 Okay, uh, now we got plenty of time, buddy, so don't you worry. 28 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:04,800 - Atlantis- - Okay. Looking good here. 29 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:06,800 - He's got it. - He'll be all right. - Go ahead, Atlantis. 30 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,680 Roger that, Houston. Suggest we start reeling Pete in. 31 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,080 - The system's down. - No. 32 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:24,080 - What the hell is that? - My Lord. 33 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:32,759 We're down. 34 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:35,639 Houston! 35 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:40,400 - We've lost all contact. - What happened? 36 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:45,000 Stewart, play that tape back! 37 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,520 Houston! 38 00:03:53,439 --> 00:03:55,120 Multiple bogeys! Multiple bogeys! 39 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:59,039 Sector five, niner. l have three. Now five. Unidentified tracts. 40 00:03:59,159 --> 00:04:01,960 - My screen's full. - Multiple tracts headed towards the Atlantic seaboard. 41 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:05,240 This could be a surprise missile attack. 42 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,319 Mr President, the shuttle Atlantis just exploded in space. 43 00:04:12,439 --> 00:04:14,240 Okay, l want three groups! 44 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:16,560 One: internal malfunction. 45 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:19,120 Get the log tape. Start working back. Maybe it's a glitch. 46 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:24,399 Two: l want NORAD Space Command and the 50th Tactical comparing all the space junk you track in every orbit. 47 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,560 l want you to check, recheck and then do it all over again. 48 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:29,519 Number three: wild cards, anything and everything. 49 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:31,600 All right? Now, big Ross, l want you to get on the telephone. 50 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,279 - Wake up 11, 000 people. - Right. - Walt, get 'em going. 51 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:36,240 - Let's go! - Karl! 52 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:39,360 Karl! Karl! 53 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:46,399 Karl! Your Stouffer's pot pie's been on the table almost ten hours. 54 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:48,879 - l want a divorce. - Dottie, l'm on to something big here. 55 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,079 l-l don't know what this is, but it looks like something's burning up there. 56 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:56,000 Go get my phone book, will you? Get my phone book. Get those names of those guys from NASA. 57 00:04:56,160 --> 00:05:00,680 Excuse me! Am l wearing a sign that says, "Karl's slave"? 58 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:05,279 Go get my goddam phone book! Get the book! 59 00:05:05,399 --> 00:05:07,120 Get the book! Get the book! 60 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:15,240 Space Command is reporting negative. That is zero global launches. 61 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,480 - lt might just be pieces of the shuttle breaking up as it comes in. - Yeah, it might be Santa Claus. 62 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,720 Until we get definitive, reliable alternative confirmation, General... 63 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:23,759 we go to defcon three. 64 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,360 l'm getting ready for the big time 65 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:36,800 Someday you're gonna say l'm big time too 66 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:38,319 Hey, little man! Little Richard! 67 00:05:38,399 --> 00:05:42,720 Me and you, man! We going to the top, baby! Big time! 68 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:45,279 Yo, man, l ain't gonna be ridin' this bike the rest of my life! 69 00:05:45,399 --> 00:05:49,120 You know what l'm sayin'? l'm gettin' a motorcycle, baby. We gonna travel in style. 70 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:54,399 l'm getting ready for the big time 71 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:56,879 Someday you're gonna say l'm big time 72 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,680 Watch where you're goin'. l bet you, none of y'all stop for brothers. 73 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,879 Slow down, Little Richard. You've been ridin' all morning, man. You gotta take a dump? 74 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:11,120 - We interrupt our regularly scheduled programme to bring you this special report. - Hey, man, what happened? 75 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:16,399 The shuttle Atlantis exploded in space at 3:47 a. m. , Eastern Standard Time. 76 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,120 This morning NASA officials are denying- 77 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:21,360 Hey! Hey, get! Get! 78 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:27,079 - That's my Godzilla. Come on, now. - Yo, fool! 79 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:31,079 -Don't be kickin' Little Richard. What the hell your problem? -Now that dog's eating my Godzilla, man. 80 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:33,800 - And what's a little runt like you gonna do about it? - Get him, Richard. Sic him. 81 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:38,319 lf l wasn't a Christian, l'd be throwin' your fat, pineapple-eatin' ass through the window. 82 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:53,120 - Why we not going, huh? - Well, y-y-you know why? 'Cause this is New York City. 83 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:56,480 Anything could have happened. Look at that. Uh, let's see. lt could have been a terrorist bomb. 84 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:59,879 lt could have been a dead body somebody shot, stabbed. And it's Friday. Payday too. 85 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,199 - Somebody probably jumped, didn't get their pay cheque. Yes. - l want to go shopping. 86 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:08,240 Me too, but we ain't goin' nowhere 'cause this is a traffic jam. 87 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:10,600 - Little Richard. - Hurry! Right over there! - Go! 88 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:12,720 Yo, Little Richard! 89 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,639 Hang on, Little Richard! l'm comin'! 90 00:07:16,279 --> 00:07:18,920 Don't you worry about it. l'm gonna get you outta there! 91 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:22,480 You okay, buddy? Don't worry about it. Hang in there. 92 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:24,879 Somebody dial 911! 93 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:26,879 My screen's full! They're all over the place! 94 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,319 Bogeys are breachin' the atmosphere from Finland down the North American seaboard. 95 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:42,360 Whoa! 96 00:07:45,399 --> 00:07:47,160 Look at that! 97 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,160 Oh, we at war! 98 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,480 Saddam Hussein is bombin' us! 99 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:26,519 Come on! Let's go! Let's go! 100 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:36,639 Get out of here! 101 00:08:36,759 --> 00:08:38,799 Oh, my God! 102 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:53,519 Let's stay focused. We need to map the trajectory now. 103 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:55,200 - That could take a week. - Just find it, okay? 104 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,679 - l want to know if the worst is over or if it's on its way. - We've got General Kimsey on the line. 105 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:03,240 We've got hits from Finland to South Carolina. We know they're not missiles. Now what the hell is it? 106 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:06,600 lt's a meteor shower. That's what took out the shuttle. 107 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:09,279 - He's waiting for you. - What's the death toll? 108 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:11,759 l've got the President on Air Force One demanding answers. 109 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:14,159 ls it over? 110 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,679 General, we've got 11, 000 people at NASA trying to figure that out right now. When we know, you'll know. 111 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:27,519 Okay, Karl, listen. l want you to take your time. Yes, sir. You are definitely the first. 112 00:09:27,639 --> 00:09:32,519 Okay, first coordinate. One-two-three-nine. 1239, right? 113 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,559 - FBl locked his location. - Saw an explosion in space. 114 00:09:36,639 --> 00:09:39,159 - Okay. - The last one- 115 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:43,120 - Now, listen, Karl, this is top secret. - Sir, l'm retired Navy. l know all about classified. 116 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,559 But one more thing. The person that finds her gets to name her, right? 117 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:50,720 - Yes, that's right. That's right. - l want to name her Dottie, after my wife. 118 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:55,799 - She's a vicious, life-suckin' bitch from which there's no escape. - That's- That's sweet, Karl. 119 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:59,039 S. D. l. , this is Flight Director. l want to get that Hubble movin', and l want it now. 120 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:01,840 Roger that. We're movin' the Hubble! 121 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:13,320 - lt's enormous. - This is the anomaly at 1643. 122 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:18,639 Here is the anomaly at 1658. 123 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:22,080 And here is the anomaly at 1700. 124 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:24,559 Enough with this "anomaly" horseshit! 125 00:10:24,639 --> 00:10:27,919 - What is this thing? - lt's an asteroid, sir. 126 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,759 How big are we talking? 127 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:32,720 Sir, our best estimate is 97. 6 billion- 128 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:35,519 - lt's the size of Texas, Mr President. - Y-Y-Yes, sir. 129 00:10:35,639 --> 00:10:37,840 Dan, we didn't see this thing coming? 130 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,159 Well, our object collision budget's a million dollars. 131 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,320 That allows us to track about three percent of the sky. 132 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:45,600 - And begging your pardon, sir, but it's a big-ass sky. - And the ones this morning? 133 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:48,080 Uh, those are nothing. Uh, they're the size of basketballs... 134 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:50,000 and, uh, Volkswagens, things like that. 135 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:52,720 ls this going to hit us? 136 00:10:52,759 --> 00:10:56,440 - We're efforting that as we speak, sir. - What kind of damage are we- 137 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:58,240 Damage? 138 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:00,320 Total, sir. 139 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:02,879 lt's what we call a global killer. 140 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,960 The end of mankind. 141 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:06,960 Doesn't matter where it hits. 142 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:09,279 Nothing would survive, not even bacteria. 143 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:13,279 My God. What do we do? 144 00:11:21,879 --> 00:11:24,799 We have 18 days before it hits Earth. 145 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,679 - Have mercy. - Rise and shine! 146 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:42,639 Stop the drilling! Stop the drilling! Stop the drilling! 147 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:45,200 - Fore! - Stop the drilling! 148 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:47,120 Stop the drilling! Stop the drilling! 149 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,000 - Hey! - Hey, that was close! 150 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:58,000 l gave you 50, 000 a year in donations! What do you think they're so mad about, Chick? 151 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:00,879 Well, l think they feel that drilling for oil is an evil thing. 152 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,759 Do you know how much diesel that clunker boat pumps out in an hour? 153 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:06,120 You know, l just found out something interesting. 154 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:10,240 - Number two chewed 180 feet last night. - Who do we have to thank for this? 155 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:13,039 Well, l'll give you two guesses, but you're only gonna need one. 156 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:15,200 Goddam it, A. J.! 157 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,240 A. J.! 158 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:22,559 A. J.! A. J. , you in here? 159 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:25,039 Oh, that's just perfect. ln bed. Get up! 160 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:29,039 - Uh, hey, you wanted to see me? - Yeah, l was lookin' for ya. 161 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:30,919 You're pissed. Okay, l can see that. 162 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:35,559 No. You know what, A. J.? l'm not pissed. You've seen me pissed. This is way, way beyond pissed, though. 163 00:12:35,639 --> 00:12:39,159 - You know l shut down number two last night, right? - Yeah, man, l had a hunch on that. 164 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:42,879 Dude, let me tell you somethin'. Someday, many years from now, when you're all growed up... 165 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:47,200 and you got your own oil company and �8 million of your own money on the contract... 166 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,759 you can do whatever comes into that little A. J. -idiotin' mind of yours you want... 167 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:54,279 but as long as it says "Harry Stamper Oil" on the rig you will not disobey my rules. 168 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:56,320 - You got that? - Yeah, l do got it. 169 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:59,559 - Right now, l need to hear five words from you. - Uh- 170 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:02,639 - l'll never do that again. - Never do that again. 171 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:05,039 l'm a fool. That was idiotic. l-l mean, that was stupid. 172 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,120 l'm an idiot. l know what name's on the sign. l'm not- l can't- 173 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:09,679 - What's going on here? - What's going on? Well, l-l mean, l- 174 00:13:09,759 --> 00:13:13,519 - l screwed up. l'm a little edgy. - How long you worked for me? - Five wonderful years. 175 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:16,519 ln five years, you have never apologized to me this quickly. 176 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:20,000 - Something's going on here. l'm gonna find out what it is. - No, no, no. Well- 177 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:24,559 l-l'm turning over a new leaf. l'm trying to learn from the man. What would Harry do? 178 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:31,879 l'm at a loss for words. 179 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,559 - Okay, l can explain this. - You can explain that? 180 00:13:35,639 --> 00:13:39,480 - l can. - l would really like an explanation. You just stay right here. 181 00:13:44,759 --> 00:13:48,320 - Grace? - Hi, Harry. 182 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:51,039 l have asked you repeatedly to call me Dad. 183 00:13:51,879 --> 00:13:54,639 - Sorry, Harry. - Get up and get your clothes on. 184 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,720 You just stay right there. l'll be right back. 185 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:11,919 Here's what we're gonna do. l want every strategy we've got on near-Earth object collision, okay? 186 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:16,600 Any ideas, any programs, anything you sketched on a pizza box or a cocktail napkin. 187 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:20,759 For 30 years, they questioned the need for NASA. Today we're gonna give them the answer. 188 00:14:23,759 --> 00:14:26,200 You know about this, Rockhound? You knew. 189 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:28,240 No, l-l had no idea. 190 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:32,240 Where's Harry? 191 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:34,960 Harry! All right! Whoa, whoa, whoa! l understand, okay? 192 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,480 You're mad. Who-Who wouldn't be mad? 193 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,120 - But he's gonna shoot you. - Nah. No, he's not. Oh, shit. 194 00:14:43,639 --> 00:14:46,440 - Harry! - What's wrong with you? 195 00:14:46,519 --> 00:14:48,559 Make your peace with God, A. J. 196 00:14:48,639 --> 00:14:52,399 - This guy's got a gun, man! He's shooting at me! - Harry, this is not funny! 197 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:56,639 - Harry, listen to me! We can talk this over! - So is this a, uh, serious thing? 198 00:14:56,759 --> 00:14:58,960 - Yeah, pretty serious. - Bear, man! - What's up? 199 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:01,639 He's shooting at me. Uh, you see Harry comin', crack him with that wrench! 200 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:04,799 You told A. J. 's dad just before he died that you would take care of the boy. 201 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:06,879 Now, l'm not sure that shootin' him is takin' care of him. 202 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:10,039 - Why don't you put the gun down, boss? - You don't want none of this, Bear. Get out of my way. 203 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,080 Just trying to give my man a head start, that's all. 204 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:16,240 Not to mention the fact that l don't think you wanna kill the best man on your crew before we strike oil. 205 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:20,240 Ah, Chick, l ain't gonna kill him. Just gonna take a foot off. A man can work with one foot. 206 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:23,200 You remember old Frank Marx who worked with one hand all them years? 207 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:27,159 - Yeah, but he wasn't very good. - Harry, put the gun down! You're acting insane! 208 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:29,559 Now honey, go get some clothes on and get out of the way. 209 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:33,559 - You can't control my life. - Fine. Clothes. Now! 210 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:36,879 All right, stop, all right? lt was funny for a minute, it's not funny any more. 211 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,759 - Harry, this is illegal, man. - l'm temporarily insane, Rock. lt's all right. 212 00:15:48,519 --> 00:15:50,240 - Do l look like l'm crazy to you? - Well- 213 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:52,399 Harry, hey, just cool down. 214 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:55,440 - What are you- Okay, stop. - All right. All right, Harry. 215 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:57,679 All right. Now, listen, man to man. 216 00:15:57,759 --> 00:16:00,480 l'm serious. l love her. 217 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:02,360 Way wrong answer. 218 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,759 - Whoa, whoa, Harry. lt's gettin' real. - Harry! Come on, Harry! 219 00:16:07,879 --> 00:16:10,480 - Stop him! - You shot him! 220 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:12,240 Bullet never got close. Just a ricochet. 221 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:14,720 You know, it's all funny till somebody gets shot in the leg. 222 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:18,399 Hey, pucker up! We got clients incoming! 223 00:16:19,879 --> 00:16:22,799 Uh, b-back in, uh, 1974... 224 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:26,240 w-we first got the-the idea, the possibility that a, that a meteor or an asteroid- 225 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:30,000 l need somebody who's had a little less caffeine this morning. Doc, translate. 226 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:33,679 Our first feasibility plan was to use a spread-focus laser generator... 227 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:35,639 to heat the object to the point of fracture. 228 00:16:35,759 --> 00:16:37,919 That's like shooting a B. B. gun at a freight train, Doc. 229 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:39,840 Uh, some of us have got this idea. 230 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,320 We want to land a craft, deploy solar sails. 231 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:46,240 You'll have a great big canopy. Solar winds will be caught... 232 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:49,559 by these mylar sails. 233 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:51,600 - Okay. - Come on, guys. 234 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:55,279 We gotta come up with something realistic here. We got 18 days. 235 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:58,879 That's 431 hours, 15 minutes and 18 seconds. 236 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,519 Time's a luxury we don't have. What? 237 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:07,799 Listen, Harry. A. J. is my choice- my choice and not yours. 238 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:11,599 He's the only one in your age bracket, Grace. lt's not a choice, it's a lack of options. 239 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:16,400 l don't know what in the world makes you think that you have the right to tell me what to do any more, Harry. 240 00:17:16,519 --> 00:17:18,640 l suppose being your father doesn't count, huh? 241 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:20,640 - Not really. - Since when? 242 00:17:20,759 --> 00:17:23,720 Since l reached the age of 10 and became older than you, Harry. 243 00:17:23,799 --> 00:17:25,519 Since Mom split. Why don't you take your pick? 244 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:31,200 Look, l understand that you are handicapped by a natural immaturity and l forgive you. 245 00:17:31,319 --> 00:17:33,920 l may be an immature father, okay? But l'm still your employer. 246 00:17:34,039 --> 00:17:37,079 And as your boss l want you on that crew boat tonight and back in the office by Monday. 247 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:40,160 - You got that? - Okay. l quit. 248 00:17:40,279 --> 00:17:44,279 Grace, you can't quit now. l need you to keep on workin'. 249 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:51,160 - Hi, Harry! - What are you smilin' about? 250 00:17:52,559 --> 00:17:56,119 l've been seein' A. J. for more than five months, Harry. 251 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:00,519 You little hypocrite. l ever held you back once from doin' anything? 252 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:03,359 What about having a life, Harry? The first time l got my period... 253 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:05,599 Rockhound had to take me into Taipei for Tampax... 254 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:07,799 and then he had to show me how to use 'em, Harry. 255 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:13,880 l ju- No, l-l told her how to use it. l didn't show her, Harry. 256 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,640 l was playing with titanium depth gauges when l should've been playing with dolls. 257 00:18:18,759 --> 00:18:22,720 l mean, l learned about the birds and the bees from Freddie Noonan's tattoos. 258 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:25,519 Look, l was raised on roughnecks by you... 259 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:28,079 and now you get all shocked and shaken when l fall in love with one. 260 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:31,519 - So who is the hypocrite here, Harry, huh? Who? - Look at those nice pipes up there. 261 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:35,599 - Listen to me, Grace. l want you- - No, you listen to me, Harry. l grew up. 262 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:38,319 With the proximity of the asteroid... 263 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,000 and no prep time, none of our primary plans can work. 264 00:18:41,079 --> 00:18:45,240 Why don't we just send up 150 nuclear warheads and blast that rock apart? 265 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,640 - Terrible idea. - Was l talkin' to you? 266 00:18:48,759 --> 00:18:53,640 This is Dr Ronald Quincy from research, pretty much the smartest man on the planet. You might want to listen to him. 267 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:58,359 General, if you consider your target- her composition, her dimensions... 268 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:01,519 her sheer velocity, you could fire every nuke you've got at her... 269 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:04,640 and she'll just smile at you and keep on coming. 270 00:19:04,759 --> 00:19:06,960 You should know that the president's scientific advisors... 271 00:19:07,079 --> 00:19:11,480 are suggesting that a nuclear blast could change this asteroid's trajectory. 272 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:15,119 l know the president's chief scientific advisor. We were at M. l. T. together. 273 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:18,160 And in a situation like this, you- you really don't want... 274 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:22,359 to take the advice of a man who got a C-minus in astrophysics. 275 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:27,319 The president's advisors are, um, wrong. l'm right. 276 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:29,440 Hitting the rock from the outside won't do the job. 277 00:19:29,559 --> 00:19:32,839 lmagine a firecracker in the palm of your hand. 278 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:36,599 You set it off. What happens? Burn your hand, right? 279 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:40,200 You close your fist around the same firecracker and set it off- 280 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:44,720 Your wife's gonna be opening your ketchup bottles the rest of your life. 281 00:19:44,759 --> 00:19:46,799 Are you suggesting we blow this thing up from the inside? 282 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:49,599 - That's exactly what l'm saying. - How? 283 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:53,359 We drill. We bring in the world's best deep-core driller. 284 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:55,839 Harry, get up here! We're takin' a hit! 285 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:57,880 - Get A. J. up here! Whoa! - Come on! 286 00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:02,000 Send another pipe on down! Right now! Full pipe! 287 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:07,200 - lt's a gas pocket. - l told you. Am l lucky or am l just a genius? 288 00:20:07,319 --> 00:20:10,200 l shut it down for a reason, you jackass! The relief valve's fried open. 289 00:20:13,079 --> 00:20:17,240 Shut off the number two valve! Grace, get the clients outta here now! 290 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:25,839 Chick, get 'em outta here! Get 'em off the rig now! 291 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:34,240 Get the hell down! This thing is gonna blow! 292 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,440 Get out! Chick, get out now! 293 00:20:44,559 --> 00:20:47,759 Get down! 294 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,799 Three dozen research calls and every time the same man is recommended. 295 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:53,039 He's worked on every terrain this planet can offer. 296 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:55,200 Whenever they said it couldn't be drilled, this guy drilled it. 297 00:20:55,319 --> 00:20:58,880 - Everybody all right? - We struck oil, baby! 298 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,319 Somebody could've got killed out here today. You want that on your conscience? 299 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:06,759 High thumb. You are man, Harry. 300 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:09,440 Thumbs high. 301 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,000 You're fired. 302 00:21:18,319 --> 00:21:20,640 Who's Harry Stamper? 303 00:21:20,759 --> 00:21:23,240 Yeah, l'm Harry Stamper. What's all this about? 304 00:21:23,319 --> 00:21:26,839 Mr Stamper, l'm General Montgomery, commander of the Pacific air forces. 305 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,079 l've been sent here by the secretary of defence... 306 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:32,440 on direct orders from the president of the United States. 307 00:21:32,559 --> 00:21:34,799 lt's a matter of urgent national security. 308 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,279 l need you to get on that chopper right now, no questions asked. 309 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,480 - Crazy Willie put you up to this? - Afraid l don't know Crazy Willie. 310 00:21:41,559 --> 00:21:44,559 Sir, l'm dead serious about this. 311 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:47,599 - Harry. - What? 312 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:49,880 Man, l swear to God, she never told me her age. 313 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,720 lt's all right. Relax. lt's about me. 314 00:21:53,759 --> 00:21:55,839 Oh. Forget it. 315 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,240 All right, General. l'll go with ya. 316 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,440 On one condition- we have to take my daughter along. 317 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,400 - What did l do? - Whoa, whoa, whoa. Where you guys takin' her? Wait a minute. 318 00:22:10,519 --> 00:22:12,880 - Sir, stay right here. - Well- 319 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,319 Chick! Get him paid, get him off the rig! 320 00:22:25,319 --> 00:22:28,279 - Mr Stamper? - Yeah, l'm Harry Stamper. 321 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:32,079 How ya doin'? Miss Stamper. l'm Dan Truman, executive director here. 322 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:34,640 - Now listen, on behalf of all of us, l'd really like to apologize- - Apologize. 323 00:22:34,759 --> 00:22:36,920 l don't know if we can take any more apologies, Mr Truman. 324 00:22:37,039 --> 00:22:39,839 We've been apologized to for the last 18 and a half hours. 325 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,160 So if you don't mind, how 'bout if we just get on with it... 326 00:22:42,279 --> 00:22:44,880 and you tell us why we're here at the NASA space centre? 327 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:49,440 - We should probably talk alone. - Mr Truman, l don't keep any secrets from my daughter, Grace. 328 00:22:49,559 --> 00:22:52,000 So whether you tell her now or l tell her later she's gonna find out... 329 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:54,359 one way or the other, so why don't we just get on with it? 330 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:58,599 So when the rogue comet hit the asteroid belt, it sent shrapnel right for us. 331 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,240 For the next 15 days the Earth's in a shooting gallery. 332 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:05,240 Even if the asteroid itself hits the water, it's still hitting land. 333 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:09,880 lt'll flash-boil millions of gallons of sea water and slam into the ocean bedrock. 334 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:13,519 Now, if it's a Pacific Ocean impact- which we think it will be- 335 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:17,880 it'll create a tidal wave three miles high, travel at 1, 000 miles an hour... 336 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,279 covering California and washing up in Denver. 337 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:24,640 Japan's gone. Australia's wiped out. 338 00:23:24,759 --> 00:23:27,559 Half the world's population'll be incinerated by the heat blast... 339 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:30,480 and the rest'll freeze to death from nuclear winter. 340 00:23:30,559 --> 00:23:32,400 That's unbelievable. 341 00:23:33,759 --> 00:23:36,319 Well, actually, this is as real as it gets. 342 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,480 Well, it's coming, right now- 343 00:23:41,559 --> 00:23:44,519 right for us- at 22, 000 miles an hour. 344 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,359 Not a soul on Earth can hide from it. 345 00:24:02,519 --> 00:24:04,559 l take it you're not alerting everyone like this. 346 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:07,640 Nobody knows. That's the way it stays. 347 00:24:07,759 --> 00:24:10,279 For the next ten days, there are only nine telescopes in the world... 348 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,880 that can spot the asteroid, and we control eight of 'em. 349 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,839 The president's classified this information top secret. 350 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,599 lf news like this got out, there'd be an overnight breakdown... 351 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:23,559 of basic social services worldwide- rioting, mass religious hysteria. 352 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,240 Total chaos. You can imagine. 353 00:24:26,319 --> 00:24:29,279 Basically the worst parts of the Bible. 354 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:35,000 Six billion people on the planet- 355 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,079 why'd you guys call me? 356 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:40,440 - We need you to prep the team we're sending up. - Up? 357 00:24:40,559 --> 00:24:43,920 We'll send 'em to the asteroid, they'll land, they'll drill a hole, they'll drop some nukes... 358 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,799 take off and detonate if we can fix this equipment problem. 359 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:51,440 Now, the, uh, drilling unit's a prototype we've been building for the Mars project. 360 00:24:51,519 --> 00:24:54,960 You, uh- you might recognize the rig. 361 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,599 Yeah, well, l guess l should recognize it. lt's my design. 362 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:04,480 What'd you do? Steal a key to the patent office? 363 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:07,400 - Yeah, basically. - Let me get this straight. 364 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:11,599 l got pulled off an oil rig, flown halfway around the world because you stole my drill design... 365 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:15,160 couldn't read the plans right and did a piss-poor job of putting it together, is that it? 366 00:25:15,279 --> 00:25:18,000 - Well, technically, patents don't apply to outer space. - Just shut up, Quincy. 367 00:25:18,079 --> 00:25:21,359 lt's not going to Mars any more. lt's going to try to save this planet. 368 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,440 And we need to know what's wrong with it pretty quick. 369 00:25:23,519 --> 00:25:25,440 You said we did a bad job of putting it together? 370 00:25:25,559 --> 00:25:28,799 No, l said you did a piss-poor job of putting it together. 371 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:30,960 First of all, you got the flow system all reversed. 372 00:25:31,039 --> 00:25:35,240 Let me guess: you've been tearin' up rotors and you can't figure out why. 373 00:25:35,319 --> 00:25:39,119 - Yeah, that's right, actually. - Well, that's because your cams are all wrong, Mr Wizard. 374 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:42,960 - Who's been operating this thing? - Right there. 375 00:25:43,039 --> 00:25:46,079 W-We've actually- we've had them training for eight months solid now. 376 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:48,880 - Eight whole months? - Well, pretty much, yeah. 377 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,279 - Well, gee whiz. - Well, this is the team that has to do the job up there. 378 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:54,319 We need you to train 'em down here. 379 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,400 Well, Mr Stamper, what do you think? 380 00:25:56,519 --> 00:25:59,119 You know, drilling's a science. lt's an art. 381 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,359 l'm a third-generation driller, doin' it all my life... 382 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:03,920 and l still haven't got it all figured out. 383 00:26:04,039 --> 00:26:07,319 l assume you sent for me because somebody told you l was the best. 384 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:09,880 Well, l'm only the best because l work with the best. 385 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,519 You don't trust the men you're working with, you're as good as dead. 386 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:15,680 Now, you want to send these boys into space, fine. 387 00:26:15,799 --> 00:26:17,759 l'm sure they'll make good astronauts. 388 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,359 But they don't know jack about drillin'. 389 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:23,000 - What's your contingency plan? - Contingency plan? 390 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:25,759 Your backup plan. You gotta have some kind of backup plan, right? 391 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:28,759 - No, we don't have a backup plan. This is it. - And this is the best that you could- 392 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:32,359 that the-the government, the U. S. government can come up with? 393 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:35,599 l mean, y-you're NASA, for cryin' out loud. You put a man on the moon. 394 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,839 You're geniuses! Y-You're the guys that think this shit up. 395 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,279 l'm sure you got a team of men sittin' around somewhere right now... 396 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:43,640 just thinkin' shit up and somebody backin' them up. 397 00:26:43,759 --> 00:26:46,359 You tellin' me you don't have a backup plan, that these eight Boy Scouts right here... 398 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:49,240 that is the world's hope, that's what you're tellin' me? 399 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:52,400 - Yeah. - Oh, Jesus. Damn it. 400 00:26:53,559 --> 00:26:56,880 We're a little short on time here. Will you help us? 401 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:03,960 - All they gotta do is drill? - That's it. 402 00:27:04,079 --> 00:27:06,480 No spacewalkin', no crazy astronaut stuff? 403 00:27:06,559 --> 00:27:09,240 Just drill. 404 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:11,720 How many men were you plannin' on takin' up there? 405 00:27:11,799 --> 00:27:13,720 We're sendin' up two shuttles, two teams. 406 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:15,960 lf l do this, l'm gonna wanna take my own men. 407 00:27:16,079 --> 00:27:18,079 You got it. 408 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,039 So you're saying you'll help us? 409 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:22,920 Yes, sir. 410 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,039 Thanks. 411 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,599 l just don't trust anybody else to do it, that's all. 412 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,440 No, Mrs Curlene, it's Harry Stamper. 413 00:27:39,519 --> 00:27:43,160 lf you see Bear, you tell him Harry's lookin' for him. 414 00:27:43,279 --> 00:27:46,720 Those guys get off this rig, they scatter. J. Otis Curlene Bear- 415 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:50,640 probably the only black man on a big hog in Kadoka, South Dakota. 416 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:53,119 Come and get Papa Bear! 417 00:27:55,319 --> 00:27:58,240 - Uh, Max. - You got a weight limit on the shuttle? 418 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,319 - Max. - Hey, Mama. 419 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:06,640 - Oh, that's so sweet, Maxie. - Hey, did ya get me one of them yellow jelly bear claws l like? 420 00:28:06,759 --> 00:28:08,759 Maxie, are you in trouble with the law again? 421 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:10,559 - No, Mama. - Maxie. 422 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:12,480 l swear, Mama, l'm- 423 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:16,880 - You know l want Rockhound. - We call him Hound because... 424 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,279 well, um, he's horny. 425 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:24,480 Well, you might want to start with every bar in New Orleans. 426 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,400 That is a big, shiny mount, isn't it? 427 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:29,680 - How long you been married? - For two weeks. 428 00:28:29,759 --> 00:28:32,000 - See this diamond? - Yeah? 429 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:34,799 - lt's not a diamond. Would you like another drink? - Yeah. 430 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:37,400 - Sir, FBl. - She's so cute. 431 00:28:37,519 --> 00:28:39,559 - No, thanks. - We have a national security matter. 432 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:41,519 - Good for you. - Let's go. 433 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:44,759 - Now. - How old are you? 434 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:48,119 Oscar Choice- spacey but absolutely brilliant geologist. 435 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,799 He owns a horse ranch outside of El Paso. 436 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,119 What the- 437 00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:02,079 Mr Chick Chapel, at the craps table, Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada. 438 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,880 Yes! About time. 439 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,279 Charles Chapel, game's over. 440 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,759 Who's gonna run the other rig? 441 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:14,839 How 'bout Benny? He's good. 442 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,759 The only one knows how to run it as well as l do is A. J. 443 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:20,160 l thought you said you couldn't trust him. 444 00:29:20,279 --> 00:29:22,680 l thought you said l could. 445 00:29:23,759 --> 00:29:26,359 Yep, you are on your way, A. J. 446 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,880 Well, you know, bein' in business for yourself has its advantages- 447 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,960 make my own hours, nobody shoots me in the leg. 448 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,519 You don't got a gun on ya now, do ya? Oh, good. 449 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:42,039 'Cause l kinda wanted to get back to this whole thing about you askin' me for help. 450 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:46,960 Does that mean that there's actually a job that Mr All-Go-No-Quit-Big-Nuts... 451 00:29:47,079 --> 00:29:50,119 Harry Stamper can't handle by himself... 452 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:52,640 and needs my expert advice? 453 00:29:52,759 --> 00:29:55,319 - Somethin' like that, yeah. - Well, no, no, no. 454 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:57,880 l mean, is it-it something like that, or is it that? 455 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:01,680 You know, you and me got a real problem. 456 00:30:01,799 --> 00:30:04,720 You know, Harry, there are only, uh... 457 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,759 five words l wanna hear from you right now. 458 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:12,079 And those words are: "You know, A. J. , l really look up to you. 459 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,640 "You've been a hero of mine for a long time, and... 460 00:30:14,759 --> 00:30:18,000 l'm very impressed with your work; l'm emotionally closed off. " 461 00:30:18,079 --> 00:30:20,079 That's like- that's like 11 words or somethin'. 462 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:25,000 You know what? How about just, "A. J. , l'm sorry, and- and l love ya. " 463 00:30:25,079 --> 00:30:27,440 You know, A. J. , there's not a job on the planet... 464 00:30:27,519 --> 00:30:29,559 that l want you to work with me on. 465 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:33,440 l mean that. 466 00:30:34,759 --> 00:30:38,640 So what are you doin' here? Harry, what's the job? 467 00:30:41,079 --> 00:30:43,039 - Big Daddy! - What's up, baby? 468 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,119 Yeah, big Bear. What's up? What's up? 469 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:51,039 What's up, Harry? Did NASA find oil on Uranus, man? 470 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:02,160 None of you have to go. We can all just sit here on Earth... 471 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:06,880 wait for this big rock to crash into it, kill everything and everybody we know. 472 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:12,599 The United States government just asked us to save the world. 473 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:16,400 - Anybody wanna say no? - Twenty years- 474 00:31:16,519 --> 00:31:20,559 haven't turned ya down once, not about to start now. 475 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:24,920 - l'm there. - Guess l can't let you go up there alone. 476 00:31:25,039 --> 00:31:26,720 l'm with you. 477 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,519 l mean, this is- this is historic. 478 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:32,720 Guys, this is like deep blue hero stuff. 479 00:31:32,799 --> 00:31:37,039 - Of course l'm in. - While l don't share his enthusiasm... 480 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:41,119 you know me- beam me up, Scotty. 481 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:43,920 - You all right, Max? - l-l don't- l-l don't- 482 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:48,599 Whatever you think. 483 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:52,079 - What about you? - l'm in. 484 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,000 All right, then. 485 00:31:55,519 --> 00:31:57,799 We go. 486 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:01,079 l don't mean to be the materialistic weasel of this group, but... 487 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:03,319 you think we'll get hazard pay out of this? 488 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:05,839 lf you're trying to make me feel better about this scenario, give it up. 489 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:09,720 To tell you the truth, l'm kind of encouraged. This guy Chick here was an Air Force commando for six years. 490 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:13,240 We got robbery, assault, arrest, resisting arrest. 491 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,519 We got a collection agent for the mob. Two of these guys have done serious time. 492 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:18,799 -Look, they're the best at what they do. -So am l. 493 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:20,720 And l'm not so optimistic. 494 00:32:20,799 --> 00:32:23,759 We spend �250 billion a year on defence. 495 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:26,319 And here we are. The fate of the planet is in the hands... 496 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:28,920 of a bunch of retards l wouldn't trust with a potato gun. 497 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:36,279 - So what's the verdict? - They'll do it. 498 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:39,920 - They've made a few requests though. - Such as? 499 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:43,440 Just a few things here, uh- 500 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:49,799 Nothing really big, just- Well, as an example- 501 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:55,279 Uh, Oscar here's got some outstanding parking tickets. Wants 'em wiped off his record. 502 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:58,799 - Fifty-six tickets in seven states. - l'll tell him, Oscar. l got it. 503 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,720 - Okay. - Uh, Noonan's got two women friends... 504 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:04,799 that he'd like to see made American citizens, no questions asked. 505 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:09,200 Max would like you to bring back eight track tapes. 506 00:33:09,319 --> 00:33:13,119 Not sure if that's gonna work, but let's see what else. 507 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:18,119 Chick wants a full week's Emperor's Package at Caesar's Palace, um- 508 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:21,839 Hey, you guys wouldn't be able to tell us who actually killed Kennedy, would ya? 509 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:29,039 Uh, Bear would like to stay at the... 510 00:33:30,279 --> 00:33:32,279 White Horse, the- 511 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:34,799 White House. White House. 512 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:39,759 White House. Yeah, he'd like to stay in the Lincoln Bedroom of the White House for the summer. 513 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:43,119 - Stuff like that. - Sure, l think we can, uh... 514 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:46,640 take care of some of that. 515 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:48,559 Harry! 516 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:53,039 Yeah, one more thing. Um- 517 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,279 None of them wanna pay taxes again. 518 00:33:58,039 --> 00:34:00,680 Ever. 519 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,559 Who's that for? Mr Ed? 520 00:34:08,679 --> 00:34:12,320 You stick that in me, l'm gonna stab you in the heart with it. You ever see Pulp Fiction? 521 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:17,039 Oh, say can you see 522 00:34:19,119 --> 00:34:21,679 We're losin' him, we're losin' him. Clear! Kaboom! 523 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:24,599 - Freddie, you all right? - Does this look okay to you? 524 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:28,719 - Does this look okay? - lt's not all bad. lt's kinda tingly. 525 00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:31,159 Mr Chapel, you're next! 526 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:34,039 Oh, gee, lady, l just came here to drill. 527 00:34:34,159 --> 00:34:35,960 Oh, so did l. 528 00:34:39,199 --> 00:34:41,199 Your triglycerides are way high... 529 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:43,920 and your bad cholesterol is shockingly bad. 530 00:34:44,039 --> 00:34:47,039 - Tell ya to lay off those pork rinds, Pooh Bear. - Yeah, pork rind this. 531 00:34:47,159 --> 00:34:50,400 Pork rinds this! Yeah! 532 00:34:50,519 --> 00:34:52,320 Take it off, baby! 533 00:34:54,639 --> 00:34:57,239 Well, at least they're in good spirits. 534 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:03,920 Piece of cake. Look, you wanna compare brain pans? 535 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,679 l won the Westinghouse Prize when l was 12. Big deal. 536 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:10,599 Published at 19. So what? l got a double doctorate from M. l. T. at 22. 537 00:35:10,679 --> 00:35:13,920 Chemistry and geology. l taught at Princeton for 2 1/2 years. 538 00:35:14,039 --> 00:35:18,079 You know, l think this might be the most uncomfortable room l've ever been in in my life. 539 00:35:18,199 --> 00:35:21,079 Why do l do this? Because the money's good, the scenery changes... 540 00:35:21,199 --> 00:35:23,480 and they let me use explosives, okay? 541 00:35:23,599 --> 00:35:26,199 Okay, you wanna be all psychological with me, that's fine. 542 00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:28,360 l'll tell you one thing that really drives me nuts... 543 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:32,199 is people who think that Jethro Tull is just a person in the band. 544 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:34,119 Who is Jethro Tull? 545 00:35:34,199 --> 00:35:38,280 My favourite dish is haggis- heart, lungs, liver. 546 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:43,000 You shove that all in a sheep's stomach, then you boil it. That'll put some hair on your ass. 547 00:35:43,119 --> 00:35:46,360 l am not crazy. l'm just a little emotional right now, okay? 548 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,039 You all throwin' all this stuff at me, man. Look- get- l mean- 549 00:35:49,159 --> 00:35:51,519 After this is over, could l, like, get a hug from you or somethin'? 550 00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:55,760 Okay, Cyclops lady's startin' to bug me. 551 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:58,679 - Can you handle it? - l mean, l can handle what l'm, you know, l'm gonna do. 552 00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:00,599 l can handle that, but l don't know if l can handle this room. 553 00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:02,519 Woman with large breasts. 554 00:36:05,199 --> 00:36:08,000 - Woman with medium breasts. - Here's Harry givin' me a hard time. 555 00:36:08,119 --> 00:36:10,440 And, uh, this is Harry tellin' me it's not good enough. 556 00:36:10,519 --> 00:36:13,920 And, uh, this is Harry tellin' me l can't marry his daughter. Thanks a lot. l appreciate it. 557 00:36:14,039 --> 00:36:16,719 Just let it out. 558 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:20,199 l suffered a major head injury when l was in high school. 559 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:22,480 This one looks like you... with breasts. 560 00:36:22,559 --> 00:36:24,599 Yeah, l can handle it. Yeah, l can handle it. 561 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:29,960 A home run! The Cubs win the World Series! 562 00:36:31,639 --> 00:36:34,800 Fail. Fail. Depressively fail. 563 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:37,840 One toxicology analysis revealed ketamine. 564 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:41,679 - That is a very powerful sedative. - Sedatives are used all the time, Doctor. 565 00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:43,679 Well, this one's used on horses. 566 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:47,119 Some of these guys are pretty big. 567 00:36:47,199 --> 00:36:49,519 lt would normally take 18 months to psychologically prepare... 568 00:36:49,599 --> 00:36:52,000 prescreen viable subjects for space travel. 569 00:36:52,119 --> 00:36:57,159 - We have seen evidence of a wide variety of territorial aggression. - Can they physically survive the trip? 570 00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:02,079 - That's all l need to know here, okay? - Personally, l don't know how they survived the tests. 571 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:08,800 Talk about the wrong stuff. 572 00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:14,880 Good morning. l'm Colonel Willie Sharp. 573 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,599 ln addition to flying one of the X-71 teams to that rock... 574 00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:21,679 my job is to train you how to deal with the mental and physical rigors of working in space... 575 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:25,199 so you don't freak out on the asteroid. 576 00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:28,599 United States astronauts train for years. 577 00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:30,519 You have 12 days. 578 00:37:30,639 --> 00:37:32,880 Do we have any intelligent questions before we get started? 579 00:37:34,559 --> 00:37:38,639 - What's an X-71? - You're the first civilians to ever see her. 580 00:37:40,079 --> 00:37:42,000 We call 'em the X-71s. 581 00:37:42,119 --> 00:37:44,559 lt's a top secret joint venture with the Air Force. 582 00:37:44,639 --> 00:37:47,519 She and her sister ship at Vandenberg are leaving tomorrow for launch prep in Florida... 583 00:37:47,639 --> 00:37:49,159 but l thought you oughta take a look. 584 00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:52,199 The two shuttles going up are the Freedom and the lndependence. 585 00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:55,519 Her titanium alloy impenetrable skin covers the toughest, meanest... 586 00:37:55,639 --> 00:37:58,519 most sophisticated space vehicle man has ever made. 587 00:37:58,639 --> 00:38:00,960 Okay, Air Force Colonel Davis, NASA pilot Tucker... 588 00:38:01,079 --> 00:38:02,880 will command the shuttle lndependence. 589 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:06,480 Air Force Colonel Sharp, NASA pilot Watts, shuttle Freedom. 590 00:38:06,559 --> 00:38:10,679 Munitions specialist Gruber and Halsey will supervise the nuclear ordnance. 591 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:13,920 Anyway, uh, l just thought, uh- 592 00:38:14,039 --> 00:38:16,079 thought you guys should meet. 593 00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:22,360 Gentlemen, welcome to our weightless environmental training facility. 594 00:38:29,519 --> 00:38:32,280 So we're going swimming on this asteroid? ls that what this is for? 595 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:36,159 Here at downtown NASA, we call this the "Monster Armadillo. " 596 00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:40,480 Gonna be retrofitted with your drilling arm. She'll turn 800 turbo horses in near zero gravity. 597 00:38:40,599 --> 00:38:44,400 Mind if we take a look at her now? All these rubber hoses gotta go, Max. Count 'em up. 598 00:38:44,519 --> 00:38:47,440 Make sure it's short-throw shiftin'. 599 00:38:47,519 --> 00:38:50,960 Quincy! Somebody tell me what this is. 600 00:38:51,079 --> 00:38:54,960 Plastic ice cream scoop? What'd that cost? About �400? 601 00:38:55,039 --> 00:38:59,760 This is about the sorriest group of people l've seen in all my entire military career. 602 00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:02,719 Your space flight's gonna be a brutal assault on your senses. 603 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:06,960 l'm here to give you a taste of that. NASA's got some of the finest pilots in the world. 604 00:39:07,039 --> 00:39:10,000 They're gonna be suckin' your eyes into the back of your heads. 605 00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:13,840 Go easy on me, okay? lt's my first time. 606 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:16,719 l just wanna seriously say l have a small fear of flying. 607 00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:20,639 l'm gonna twist ya. 608 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,159 - And l'm gonna flip ya. - What's the matter with you? 609 00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:29,840 Frap your body till your bones hurt. 610 00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:32,800 When you squeal, l'm just gonna go faster and harder. 611 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:36,400 No, take me down! 612 00:39:37,519 --> 00:39:40,079 - How's the rest of the crew? - Well, uh- 613 00:39:40,159 --> 00:39:42,639 Sorry about the rib chunks all over your dashboard. 614 00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:47,159 Don't forget: We gotta X-ray all these- 615 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:50,440 - lf you had to say, who would you say? - l don't know, Oscar. Who do you think you are? 616 00:39:50,519 --> 00:39:53,840 - Han Solo. - No. lf anybody's anybody, l'm Han. 617 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:55,760 And you're- you're Chewbacca. 618 00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:58,559 Chewie? Have you even seen Star Wars? 619 00:39:58,679 --> 00:40:01,039 All right, men, let's go. Step it up. 620 00:40:05,599 --> 00:40:09,639 Neil Armstrong, 1969, bouncing on the moon. 621 00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:12,760 He's bouncing because there's less gravity up there than on Earth. 622 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:16,360 This will be similar to the asteroid, so watch it. 623 00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:18,880 Something gets launched off that asteroid with enough force... 624 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,239 it's gonna keep on going right into outer space. 625 00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:24,880 What is the deal? ls it just me, or is Watts really hot? 626 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:26,800 Yeah. 627 00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:30,559 So we have these new generation suits with directional accelerant thrusters. 628 00:40:30,679 --> 00:40:32,480 - You won't bounce like Neil Armstrong. - Yeah, think so? 629 00:40:32,599 --> 00:40:34,159 - Bear! - Yes? 630 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:37,199 - Do we have a problem? - No. 631 00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:41,119 'Cause l'm trying to describe to you how these D. A. T.s keep your ass on the ground... 632 00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:43,360 so that if l were to kick you in the balls... 633 00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:46,079 and you don't know how to work them, what happens to you? 634 00:40:46,199 --> 00:40:48,599 - l float away. - Yeah. 635 00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:51,440 And, uh, when do we start training for that? 636 00:40:51,559 --> 00:40:53,840 Gentlemen, l'll give you 30 seconds to put your helmets on... 637 00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:56,119 then the oxygen will be sucked out of this vacuum... 638 00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:58,480 and you will know what it's like to be in space. 639 00:40:58,559 --> 00:41:00,119 Go! 640 00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:03,440 Depressed in 30 seconds. 641 00:41:03,559 --> 00:41:05,519 Main valves have been activated. 642 00:41:05,599 --> 00:41:08,800 Vacuum P. S. l. s are open. 643 00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:25,239 Okay, gentlemen, so here's the flight plan. 644 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:27,960 Now, let's keep the laughter to a minimum. l know this is not to scale. 645 00:41:28,079 --> 00:41:32,960 Both shuttles will take off Tuesday at 6:30 p. m. 646 00:41:33,079 --> 00:41:34,880 Now, 67 minutes later... 647 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:39,159 you're gonna dock with the Russian space station to meet cosmonaut Andropov... 648 00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:42,159 who will refuel the shuttles with liquid O2. 649 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:44,719 That's your fuel. Then you'll release... 650 00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:47,480 and take a 60-hour trip toward the moon. 651 00:41:47,599 --> 00:41:51,239 Now, we only have one shot of landing on this rock... 652 00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:54,960 and that's precisely when the asteroid passes by the moon. 653 00:41:55,079 --> 00:41:57,840 You'll then use lunar gravity and burn your thrusters... 654 00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:01,199 slingshotting you around the moon... 655 00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:03,599 coming up behind the asteroid. 656 00:42:03,679 --> 00:42:06,800 - You'll be upward of 11 Gs. - Yeah, l remember this one. 657 00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:10,159 lt's where the, uh, the coyote sat his ass down in a slingshot... 658 00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:12,079 then he strapped himself to an Acme rocket. 659 00:42:12,159 --> 00:42:14,960 - ls-ls that what we're doin' here? - Rockhound. 660 00:42:15,079 --> 00:42:17,840 - No, no, really, because it didn't work out too well for the coyote, Harry. - Hey, Rock. 661 00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:22,159 - Remember that one? - Well, actually, we have a lot better rockets than the coyote. 662 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:27,920 Now, when you've finished your Road Runner thrust move... 663 00:42:28,039 --> 00:42:31,679 you'll be moving at 22, 500 miles per hour. 664 00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:34,400 Coming around behind the asteroid, where we're hoping... 665 00:42:34,519 --> 00:42:36,760 that the tail debris'll be cleared by the moon's gravity. 666 00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:38,960 And you'll land right here. That's it. 667 00:42:39,079 --> 00:42:43,199 We got separate landing sites for each team. Softest parts of the rock as we can figure. 668 00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:46,920 At NASA, we don't take chances. We double up on everything. 669 00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:49,559 First team that hits 800 feet wins. 670 00:42:49,679 --> 00:42:53,519 Now this rock is big, it's dense, it's got some gravity. You can walk around. 671 00:42:53,599 --> 00:42:56,000 But use your thrusters so you can work easier. 672 00:42:56,119 --> 00:43:00,079 Okay, Mr Truman, let's say that we actually do land on this. 673 00:43:00,159 --> 00:43:02,159 What's it gonna be like up there? 674 00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:05,360 Two hundred degrees in the sunlight. Minus 200 in the shade. 675 00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:10,079 Canyons of razor-sharp rock. Unpredictable gravitational conditions. 676 00:43:10,199 --> 00:43:13,239 Unexpected eruptions. Things like that. 677 00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:16,480 Okay, so the scariest environment imaginable. Thanks. 678 00:43:16,599 --> 00:43:18,480 That's all you gotta say: scariest environment imaginable. 679 00:43:18,559 --> 00:43:22,000 Okay, so you drill, you drop the nuke, and you leave. 680 00:43:22,079 --> 00:43:26,679 Now, here's the key: You're gonna remote detonate the bomb... 681 00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:30,960 before the asteroid passes this plane- Zero Barrier. 682 00:43:31,079 --> 00:43:34,679 You do that, and the remaining pieces of rock... 683 00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:37,880 should be deflected enough to pass right by us. 684 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:40,400 Now, if the bomb explodes after Zero Barrier- 685 00:43:44,119 --> 00:43:45,159 game's over. 686 00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:47,559 Paul, this is Houston. Fire your rockets. 687 00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:52,079 - Okay, your rockets are maximum. Beautiful boost. - Oscar! 688 00:43:52,159 --> 00:43:54,360 Hey, Harry. Hey, how's it goin'? 689 00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:57,119 - Have you seen Grace? -Yeah, she's over in the hangar with A. J. 690 00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:00,239 Harry, wait a second. Did you say Grace? Okay, l thought you said Bear. 691 00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:38,239 Will you marry me? 692 00:44:51,639 --> 00:44:53,440 Grace is old enough to vote, Harry. 693 00:44:53,559 --> 00:44:56,400 She's old enough to have a drink or get married if she wants, get a divorce. 694 00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:59,480 Let me tell you something, fellas. When l get back, when we get this job done... 695 00:44:59,599 --> 00:45:01,400 l will deal with this in my own way. 696 00:45:01,519 --> 00:45:03,559 Come on, Harry. lt's not like l'm rootin' for A. J. here. 697 00:45:03,639 --> 00:45:05,840 - l'm just sayin', Grace is not a little girl any more. - Hey, Rock, you know, wait a minute. 698 00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:09,320 Let me get a pencil and a piece of paper. l wanna jot down all your pearls of wisdom here. 699 00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:12,719 Get serious, Harry. Come on. While we're off trottin' the globe, hunting mud... 700 00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:15,440 Gracie grew up to become a full-blown hottie, you know? 701 00:45:15,519 --> 00:45:17,920 - Harry, she is fully hot. She is- - She's a babe. 702 00:45:18,039 --> 00:45:21,480 Max, Max, okay. You're talkin' about my little girl, all right? 703 00:45:21,559 --> 00:45:23,760 l think l know who and what she is, okay? 704 00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:27,559 Okay, but Harry, all we're sayin' is, we're talkin' about a kid who's comin' into her own right now. 705 00:45:27,639 --> 00:45:32,119 And she's gettin' curious about her body and she's exploring her sexuality. And you know what? 706 00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:34,320 - Oscar. - That's a natural thing. 707 00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:37,840 You are about five minutes older than Grace is. Why should l listen to you? 708 00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:41,840 And l know what it feels like to have your hormones pullin' you in just, you know, a thousand different directions. 709 00:45:41,960 --> 00:45:45,400 - You don't know which end is up. - Yo, Harry, no disrespect, man, but we all helped to raise her. 710 00:45:45,519 --> 00:45:49,679 - So, in part, we all feel like a bunch of daddies here. - That's true. 711 00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:54,480 l'll be damned if l worked all these years so my little girl can marry a roughneck. 712 00:45:56,559 --> 00:45:58,960 She's better than that. 713 00:45:59,079 --> 00:46:01,280 Better than all of us. 714 00:46:08,519 --> 00:46:12,239 Harry, just sit back, relax. l'm gonna put on a little free Armadillo driving clinic for ya. 715 00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:14,400 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hey! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! 716 00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:26,119 Two shuttle teams. A. J. 'll be running the drill team with Oscar, Bear and Noonan on the lndependence. 717 00:46:26,199 --> 00:46:29,360 l'll run the drill team on Freedom with Chick, Rockhound and Max. 718 00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:32,000 Once we land, we'll have eight hours to get the job done. 719 00:46:32,119 --> 00:46:36,000 ln order to split this rock on the fault line, we're gonna have to drill to 800 feet. 720 00:46:36,119 --> 00:46:40,280 Let's get our game faces on. Now it's time for underwater simulation. 721 00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:44,440 Come on, lndependence. Keep it up. Let's go. We're the younger team here. 722 00:46:44,559 --> 00:46:47,599 We're the varsity team. Take it to 11, 000. 723 00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:50,480 Okay, gentlemen, we're gonna trick 'em up. My computer will simulate a gas pocket... 724 00:46:50,599 --> 00:46:54,800 at 625 feet and then hard iron ferrite at 635. 725 00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:58,519 l'm gonna draw up some more O2 in. We're takin' her up. 726 00:46:58,639 --> 00:47:01,199 - l'm givin' it more torque right now. - All right, lookin' good, Bear. 727 00:47:01,320 --> 00:47:03,760 Clamp it down. Watch your time, lndependence team. 728 00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:05,840 Thanks, Harry. Would you mind lettin' me run my own team? 729 00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:07,960 You're gonna blow the tranny, A. J. Slow it down, baby. 730 00:47:08,079 --> 00:47:10,400 Take it easy, Bear. Just relax. She can handle it. 731 00:47:10,519 --> 00:47:15,480 A. J. , you're at 600 feet. Your pipe is long. Let's back the R. P. M. s down to 8, 000. 732 00:47:15,599 --> 00:47:18,320 - We don't have time for 8, 000! - A. J. , take it back down. 733 00:47:18,480 --> 00:47:20,599 You're gonna snap the pipe. l don't wanna blow this transmission. 734 00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:22,719 - Damn it, 11, 000. - Slow it down, A. J. 735 00:47:22,880 --> 00:47:25,840 Bear, come on. Get on our team for a little bit. 736 00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:29,360 - Whoa, space cowboy. - Harry, are you listenin' to this? - Yeah, l'm listenin', Bear. 737 00:47:29,480 --> 00:47:31,519 Harry? You don't work for Harry any more, okay? 738 00:47:31,639 --> 00:47:34,320 Out there you gotta listen to me. When we're on that rock, you gotta do what l say. 739 00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:37,360 Now send more to the turbine. l'm throttling up to 11, 000. 740 00:47:37,480 --> 00:47:39,920 A. J. , back it off. You're gonna blow the transmission. 741 00:47:40,039 --> 00:47:42,800 Hey, Harry, would you let me run my team, please? 742 00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:45,280 -R. P. M. s are at red line. -Bear, goddam it, l know what l'm doing. 743 00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:47,880 Come on. She can handle this. She'll be fine. Trust me. 744 00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:51,000 - A. J. , back the R- - Transmission overload. - Number one transmission is down. 745 00:47:51,119 --> 00:47:54,880 Oh, son of a- The computer's wrong, and you know that. 746 00:47:55,000 --> 00:47:58,159 - We did the right thing. - We're gonna restart the simulation. 747 00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:01,119 lf you wanna replace a member of the crew, now is the time. 748 00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:04,239 l'll take care of this. Get him out of the tank, Chick. 749 00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:10,679 - You wanna go home? ls that it? You wanna be fired? - No, l don't. 750 00:48:10,840 --> 00:48:12,880 - My crew was doing the right thing. - Your crew? 751 00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:15,599 - Yeah. - Your crew just blew the transmission, A. J.! 752 00:48:15,679 --> 00:48:19,679 Listen, that NASA computer is just playin' it safe. The machine you built, the rig, could do it. 753 00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:21,840 Shut up. Just shut up! Shut your mouth! 754 00:48:21,960 --> 00:48:25,760 Those men in that room have zero tolerance for showin' off, hot doggin'... 755 00:48:25,920 --> 00:48:29,679 goin' by your gut instinct or you tryin' to be a hero, you got that? 756 00:48:29,840 --> 00:48:32,000 - Say the words, A. J.! - l got it! 757 00:48:32,119 --> 00:48:34,960 - l want my men to have tomorrow night off. - What do you mean "off"? 758 00:48:35,039 --> 00:48:38,719 l mean, off. Out of here. For at least ten hours. Then we'll go to Kennedy. 759 00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:43,039 Well, there's no possible way we can do that, Harry. There's a potentially huge security risk. What if they talk? 760 00:48:43,159 --> 00:48:46,079 - What if they get hurt? - What if they're too burned out to do the right thing? 761 00:48:46,199 --> 00:48:48,559 What if they get up there, and they forget what they're fighting for? 762 00:48:48,639 --> 00:48:51,119 You see what's goin' on up there. These boys are ready to snap. 763 00:48:51,199 --> 00:48:53,320 They didn't ask to be here. They got pulled off the street. 764 00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:55,880 For all we know, tomorrow night could be the last night they ever see Earth. 765 00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:58,079 l don't think it's too much to ask to let 'em spend it with their families. 766 00:48:58,199 --> 00:49:00,559 - Well, listen, there's no possible way we can do that. - You got family, Colonel? 767 00:49:00,679 --> 00:49:05,320 - Two girls. - Wouldn't you like to spend tomorrow night with your little girls? 768 00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:07,920 l'm not askin' ya. l'm tellin' ya. 769 00:49:08,039 --> 00:49:10,320 Make this happen. 770 00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:21,679 This is a pretty big loan. Why don't you count the cash? 771 00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:23,599 Nah, this looks like 100 grand to me. 772 00:49:23,679 --> 00:49:27,119 l'm givin' you this at 60 percent. l hope you know what you're doin'... 773 00:49:27,280 --> 00:49:29,360 because l'll bust your head with a sledgehammer. 774 00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:31,960 - You'll get your money back. - You don't look too healthy. 775 00:49:32,079 --> 00:49:34,440 You're not gonna die on me, are ya? 776 00:49:34,519 --> 00:49:38,480 Let's just say, no more than you are. Thanks, Vic. 777 00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:48,599 Don't wanna close my eyes 778 00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:51,239 l don't wanna fall asleep 779 00:49:51,360 --> 00:49:53,280 'Cause l'd miss you, baby 780 00:49:53,440 --> 00:49:57,199 - And l don't wanna miss a thing - You know what l was thinkin'? - What? 781 00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:02,679 l-l really don't think that the animal cracker qualifies as a cracker. 782 00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:05,400 - Why? - Well, 'cause it's sweet, which to me suggests cookie. 783 00:50:05,519 --> 00:50:09,519 And, you know, putting cheese on something is sort of the defining characteristic... 784 00:50:09,599 --> 00:50:11,840 of what makes a cracker a cracker. 785 00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:13,760 l don't know why l thought of that. l just- 786 00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:16,320 Baby, you have such sweet pillow talk. 787 00:50:16,480 --> 00:50:20,599 l got a little animal cracker, Discovery Channel thing happenin' right here. 788 00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:24,400 Watch the gazelle as he grazes through the open plains. 789 00:50:26,199 --> 00:50:29,920 Now look as the cheetah approaches. 790 00:50:30,039 --> 00:50:32,639 Watch as he stalks his prey. 791 00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:35,400 Now, the gazelle's a little spooked... 792 00:50:35,480 --> 00:50:40,000 and he could head north to the ample sustenance... 793 00:50:40,119 --> 00:50:42,800 provided by the mountainous peaks above. 794 00:50:45,599 --> 00:50:47,440 He could go south. 795 00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:52,719 The gazelle now faces man's most perilous question: 796 00:50:53,920 --> 00:50:56,920 north, or... 797 00:50:57,039 --> 00:50:59,119 south? 798 00:50:59,199 --> 00:51:03,280 Way down under. 799 00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:07,679 Tune in next week. 800 00:51:09,360 --> 00:51:12,039 Baby... 801 00:51:12,119 --> 00:51:14,320 do you think it's possible that anyone else in the world... 802 00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:19,119 is doing this very same thing at this very same moment? 803 00:51:19,199 --> 00:51:21,360 l hope so. 804 00:51:21,480 --> 00:51:24,079 Otherwise, what the hell are we tryin' to save? 805 00:51:29,639 --> 00:51:32,880 Don't wanna close my eyes 806 00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:37,360 l don't wanna fall asleep 'cause l'd miss you, baby 807 00:51:37,480 --> 00:51:40,960 And l don't wanna miss a thing 808 00:51:45,320 --> 00:51:47,519 Hey. 809 00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:53,719 - What are you doing here? - l was just passin' by on the, uh- 810 00:51:53,880 --> 00:51:55,800 l came- 811 00:51:59,920 --> 00:52:03,840 - Who's he? - That man's a salesman. 812 00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:06,000 Would you go inside? 813 00:52:09,599 --> 00:52:11,920 Thank you. 814 00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:15,599 He got big. 815 00:52:17,800 --> 00:52:20,719 You can't come around like this. 816 00:52:20,880 --> 00:52:24,239 The court says you can't. lt confuses him. 817 00:52:24,360 --> 00:52:27,000 No, l know. l just- 818 00:52:27,119 --> 00:52:31,280 l wanted to say that l'm sorry... 819 00:52:31,440 --> 00:52:35,119 about everything, and... 820 00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:37,400 l got somethin' comin' up. 821 00:52:37,519 --> 00:52:41,840 lt's something kinda big. You just might be proud of me. 822 00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:44,920 Would you do somethin' for me? Would you just give him this? 823 00:52:45,039 --> 00:52:48,880 You don't have to- You don't have to tell him who it's from. Just- 824 00:52:56,599 --> 00:52:58,960 Everybody talkin' about what it is, what it ain't 825 00:52:59,039 --> 00:53:01,039 Kiss on the devil and you piss off a saint 826 00:53:01,159 --> 00:53:03,760 But it can't be love if you don't have to crawl 827 00:53:03,840 --> 00:53:06,800 You say you don't need nothin' but you got to have it all 828 00:53:06,960 --> 00:53:10,320 - Come back here! - Hey, Noonan, you need ten grand? 829 00:53:10,440 --> 00:53:12,599 - Yeah. - We gotta put these girls through college. 830 00:53:12,760 --> 00:53:16,480 - l love this astronaut stuff. - All right! - Good work if you can get it. 831 00:53:16,599 --> 00:53:19,039 Yeah, l'm just in town doin' a little astronaut training. 832 00:53:19,159 --> 00:53:21,679 Ooh! Astronauta. 833 00:53:21,840 --> 00:53:24,079 Ah, si. l'm a mission specialist. 834 00:53:24,199 --> 00:53:27,480 - Yes, and what's that mean? - l don't know. 835 00:53:29,880 --> 00:53:33,280 Hey! Who the hell do you think you guys are? 836 00:53:33,440 --> 00:53:37,719 - You're hoggin' all the action. - Hey, pinhead. Why don't you go find your own party? 837 00:53:37,880 --> 00:53:41,079 - Why don't you spread the wealth, pal? - Here. Why don't you go buy yourself a neck? 838 00:53:41,199 --> 00:53:43,800 Hey, Mr Clean! 839 00:53:46,320 --> 00:53:48,440 - Man! Call NASA! - Get over there. 840 00:53:48,519 --> 00:53:50,280 - They'll confirm it! We're astronauts! - Yeah, yeah. 841 00:53:50,400 --> 00:53:52,599 - Yeah, we're astronauts. - Yeah, we're all astronauts. 842 00:53:52,760 --> 00:53:55,119 You are so messing with national security right now, man. 843 00:53:55,199 --> 00:53:56,880 - Turn around. - You are fired tomorrow morning. 844 00:53:57,000 --> 00:53:59,639 l'm telling ya. l'll get the ClA and the FBl. 845 00:53:59,760 --> 00:54:03,599 - You'll be working security at Toys 'R' Us. Oh, oh, baby. No, no. No, no! - Bye-bye, little astronaut. 846 00:54:03,679 --> 00:54:05,159 - Oh, it's time to go now. - Oh, don't leave, baby. No, no. 847 00:54:05,320 --> 00:54:07,440 - You see, l'm goin' into space, and l'm not comin' back. - No, no, no. 848 00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:15,480 -lt's coming in at 30, 000 miles an hour! -Give me a projected impact. 849 00:54:15,559 --> 00:54:17,559 - East Asia, 11 minutes. - We're gonna have to warn- 850 00:54:17,639 --> 00:54:20,119 Warn who? The entire South Pacific? 851 00:55:11,519 --> 00:55:13,920 So the whole world knows. 852 00:55:15,519 --> 00:55:18,679 Tell me you've never let anybody down before. 853 00:55:18,800 --> 00:55:21,800 l never quit yet. How's that? 854 00:55:21,960 --> 00:55:24,840 l guess that'll have to do. 855 00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:27,239 You know somethin'? 856 00:55:27,400 --> 00:55:29,679 l still remember the first, middle and last name... 857 00:55:29,800 --> 00:55:33,239 of every guy that qualified for the astronaut programme the first year l was here. 858 00:55:33,360 --> 00:55:37,239 Thanks. l went into the engineering programme. 859 00:55:37,360 --> 00:55:41,000 Kinda had to. But, boy, l wanted to go up there. 860 00:55:41,119 --> 00:55:44,400 l wanted to be one of those guys with a mission patch on my arm. 861 00:55:46,320 --> 00:55:48,400 l tell you, l'd be on that shuttle with you, Harry, if l could. 862 00:55:52,800 --> 00:55:55,280 You don't want to be up in that shuttle any more than l do. 863 00:55:57,880 --> 00:55:59,559 Well, good luck in Florida tomorrow. 864 00:55:59,679 --> 00:56:03,559 The death of 50, 000 people in Shanghai yesterday has rattled the na- 865 00:56:03,639 --> 00:56:06,679 A French satellite has tracked an object in space- 866 00:56:06,800 --> 00:56:09,280 Sources are estimating that the tidal wave was five- 867 00:56:09,440 --> 00:56:11,199 This is CNN, live in Florida. 868 00:56:11,360 --> 00:56:14,519 We have just learned that NASA is on a full-scale military alert. 869 00:56:14,639 --> 00:56:17,079 They're calling this a global killer. 870 00:56:17,159 --> 00:56:19,320 The government has been very tight-lipped throughout this- 871 00:56:19,480 --> 00:56:21,360 The Pentagon is getting involved at this point with some kind... 872 00:56:21,480 --> 00:56:24,760 of a project involving NASA and perhaps a shuttle mission- 873 00:56:24,880 --> 00:56:27,159 Senior Pentagon officials refused comment... 874 00:56:27,320 --> 00:56:31,480 adding fuel to the speculation that there could be a very serious problem. 875 00:56:31,599 --> 00:56:35,280 We have a special team of astronauts that arrived in Florida this evening. 876 00:56:35,400 --> 00:56:37,239 NASA's in emergency launch preparation... 877 00:56:37,400 --> 00:56:40,559 in cooperation with Russian, Japanese and French space agencies... 878 00:56:40,639 --> 00:56:43,440 on the most massive joint space venture in history. 879 00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:54,360 Gracie? 880 00:57:02,280 --> 00:57:04,079 Got your note. 881 00:57:05,000 --> 00:57:08,079 - What are you doing out here, honey? - Um, just thinkin'. 882 00:57:09,320 --> 00:57:12,079 - Yeah. - l, um, want to apologize to you for- 883 00:57:12,159 --> 00:57:15,199 Oh, no, Grace. Stop. You don't have to apologize at all. l- 884 00:57:15,360 --> 00:57:16,559 l sh- 885 00:57:18,559 --> 00:57:22,239 l shouldn't have dragged you around on all those oil rigs. l just- 886 00:57:23,519 --> 00:57:25,880 l don't think that l did the right thing with you. 887 00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:27,159 - You're wrong. - You see- 888 00:57:27,280 --> 00:57:29,320 l love my life. 889 00:57:29,480 --> 00:57:31,519 l love everything about my life... 890 00:57:31,639 --> 00:57:34,400 and l don't blame you for my mother leaving. 891 00:57:36,639 --> 00:57:38,239 She left us both. 892 00:57:39,639 --> 00:57:41,920 And-And l love you. 893 00:57:42,039 --> 00:57:45,239 And don't talk like you're not comin' back. 894 00:57:46,119 --> 00:57:48,079 Promise me that you'll come back. 895 00:57:49,559 --> 00:57:52,280 - Okay. - Say, "l promise. " 896 00:57:53,920 --> 00:57:55,480 l promise, Grace. 897 00:57:59,480 --> 00:58:01,920 lt's gonna be all right, Grace. 898 00:58:05,920 --> 00:58:10,719 lf it's not too much trouble, can you please bring my fianc� home with you? 899 00:58:10,880 --> 00:58:12,480 Oh, Jesus. 900 00:58:22,440 --> 00:58:23,840 The president will be addressing the nation... 901 00:58:24,000 --> 00:58:25,880 and all of you personally within the hour. 902 00:58:52,880 --> 00:58:55,119 Astronauts. 903 00:59:01,000 --> 00:59:04,159 l'll see you in a couple days, honey. 904 00:59:08,880 --> 00:59:12,440 All my bags are packed 905 00:59:12,519 --> 00:59:15,320 l'm ready to go 906 00:59:15,440 --> 00:59:19,639 l'm standing here outside your door 907 00:59:19,760 --> 00:59:22,519 l hate to wake you up 908 00:59:22,599 --> 00:59:24,960 To say goodbye 909 00:59:25,079 --> 00:59:29,239 So kiss me and smile for me 910 00:59:29,360 --> 00:59:32,159 Let me know you'll wait for me 911 00:59:32,320 --> 00:59:36,840 Hold me like you'll never let me go 912 00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:40,000 'Cause l'm leavin' 913 00:59:40,119 --> 00:59:42,440 On a jet plane 914 00:59:42,559 --> 00:59:44,719 Don't know when l'll be back again 915 00:59:44,840 --> 00:59:49,159 Leavin' on a jet plane 916 00:59:49,320 --> 00:59:52,519 l don't know when l'll be back again 917 00:59:52,639 --> 00:59:56,039 - Leavin' on a jet plane - Leavin' on a jet plane 918 00:59:56,159 --> 00:59:59,400 l don't know when l'll be back again 919 00:59:59,519 --> 01:00:04,440 - Leavin' on a jet plane - So, Truman, this is who you found to save the planet. 920 01:00:04,519 --> 01:00:06,719 - Don't know when l'll be back again - Frost, you good to go? 921 01:00:06,880 --> 01:00:09,719 -Mm-hmm. One-One sec. -Leavin' on a jet plane -That boy don't take anything seriously. 922 01:00:09,840 --> 01:00:13,320 - Yeah. Reminds me of a guy l used to know. - Don't know when l'll be back again 923 01:00:13,480 --> 01:00:16,880 Leavin' on a jet plane 924 01:00:17,000 --> 01:00:19,599 - l don't know when l'll be back again - l'm marrying you. 925 01:00:19,679 --> 01:00:23,719 - Bet your ass you are. - Leavin' on a jet plane 926 01:00:23,880 --> 01:00:26,440 l don't know when l'll be back again 927 01:00:41,519 --> 01:00:43,800 l address you tonight... 928 01:00:43,960 --> 01:00:46,840 not as the president of the United States... 929 01:00:48,400 --> 01:00:50,840 not as the leader of a country... 930 01:00:50,960 --> 01:00:54,360 but as a citizen of humanity. 931 01:00:56,119 --> 01:00:59,639 We are faced with the very gravest of challenges. 932 01:01:00,840 --> 01:01:05,480 The Bible calls this day Armageddon, the end of all things. 933 01:01:06,679 --> 01:01:10,880 And yet, for the first time... 934 01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:15,480 in the history of the planet, a species has the technology... 935 01:01:15,599 --> 01:01:18,920 to prevent its own extinction. 936 01:01:19,039 --> 01:01:22,840 All of you praying with us need to know... 937 01:01:23,000 --> 01:01:27,000 that everything that can be done to prevent this disaster... 938 01:01:27,079 --> 01:01:29,519 is being called into service. 939 01:01:31,880 --> 01:01:35,320 The human thirst for excellence... 940 01:01:36,320 --> 01:01:38,760 and knowledge... 941 01:01:38,920 --> 01:01:42,960 every step up the ladder of science... 942 01:01:43,039 --> 01:01:46,960 every adventurous reach into space... 943 01:01:47,039 --> 01:01:50,960 all of our combined modern technologies and imaginations... 944 01:01:51,039 --> 01:01:54,800 even the wars that we've fought, have provided us the tools... 945 01:01:54,920 --> 01:01:57,199 to wage this terrible battle. 946 01:01:58,519 --> 01:02:00,880 Through all the chaos that is our history... 947 01:02:01,000 --> 01:02:03,840 through all of the wrongs and the discord... 948 01:02:04,000 --> 01:02:05,719 through all of the pain and suffering... 949 01:02:05,880 --> 01:02:10,360 through all of our times there is one thing... 950 01:02:10,480 --> 01:02:13,039 - that has nourished our souls... - Mom, that salesman's on TV. 951 01:02:13,119 --> 01:02:15,719 and elevated our species above its origins... 952 01:02:15,880 --> 01:02:18,000 and that is our courage. 953 01:02:18,079 --> 01:02:21,199 The dreams of an entire planet are focused tonight... 954 01:02:21,320 --> 01:02:24,679 on those 14 brave souls... 955 01:02:24,840 --> 01:02:26,880 travelling into the heavens. 956 01:02:27,000 --> 01:02:30,239 That man's not a salesman. That's your daddy. 957 01:02:30,400 --> 01:02:34,679 And may we all, citizens the world over, see these events through. 958 01:02:35,840 --> 01:02:39,280 Godspeed and good luck to you. 959 01:02:46,280 --> 01:02:48,960 Freedom crew. lndependence crew. 960 01:02:53,559 --> 01:02:56,800 - How you feelin'? - Uh, good, you know. 961 01:02:56,960 --> 01:03:00,920 l mean, considering l've never been this scared in my entire life. l- You know- 962 01:03:01,000 --> 01:03:04,639 Listen, once you get up there, you're gonna be on your own. 963 01:03:04,800 --> 01:03:06,599 lf anything should happen, l just wanted- 964 01:03:06,760 --> 01:03:10,079 l know, Harry. l'll, uh, try not to disappoint you. 965 01:03:13,960 --> 01:03:16,400 Take care of yourself, kid. 966 01:03:20,679 --> 01:03:23,000 Freedom's on the bridge. 967 01:03:23,079 --> 01:03:27,679 Attention in the firing room. The oxidizer loading is complete. 968 01:03:27,840 --> 01:03:31,039 - lndependence on the bridge. - Attention all personnel. 969 01:03:31,159 --> 01:03:33,960 We are T minus two hours to the programme goal. 970 01:03:42,559 --> 01:03:44,480 - Hey, Harry. - Yeah, Rock? 971 01:03:44,599 --> 01:03:47,719 You know, we're sittin' on four million pounds of fuel, one nuclear weapon... 972 01:03:47,880 --> 01:03:50,679 and a thing that has 270, 000 moving parts... 973 01:03:50,840 --> 01:03:52,920 built by the lowest bidder. 974 01:03:53,039 --> 01:03:57,159 - Makes you feel good, doesn't it? - Yeah. 975 01:03:59,119 --> 01:04:01,599 - How ya doin', Oscar? - Great. 976 01:04:01,760 --> 01:04:03,920 - Yeah? - l got that excited, scared feelin'- 977 01:04:11,039 --> 01:04:16,519 But that's what makes it so intense, is it's so confused. l can't really figure it out. 978 01:04:16,639 --> 01:04:18,920 Will you make mine really tight, 'cause l don't want to fall out. 979 01:04:19,039 --> 01:04:22,239 - Yes, sir. - l mean, almost to the point of cutting off circulation. 980 01:04:22,400 --> 01:04:25,719 - Ow. - lt must be a comfort to know... 981 01:04:25,880 --> 01:04:29,280 that if the space programme goes under you can always get a job at Helga's House of Pain, huh? 982 01:04:29,440 --> 01:04:32,599 - All right. Flight directors on with the go/no-go for launch. - Retro. 983 01:04:32,760 --> 01:04:34,519 - Go flight. - Booster. - Go flight. 984 01:04:34,639 --> 01:04:36,800 - Ecos. - Go flight. - Trajectory. - Go flight. 985 01:04:36,960 --> 01:04:39,440 - FlDO. - Go flight. - EVA. - Go flight. 986 01:04:39,519 --> 01:04:42,920 - CAPCOM Freedom. - Go flight. - CAPCOM lndependence. - Go flight. 987 01:04:43,000 --> 01:04:46,280 All right, ladies and gentlemen, it's pucker time. 988 01:04:46,440 --> 01:04:50,360 lndependence and Freedom, this is Kennedy firing room. We're T minus one minute. 989 01:04:50,480 --> 01:04:54,119 All crew members, close and lock your visors. 990 01:04:54,280 --> 01:04:57,679 lndependence, this is launch control. Be advised, we're in a smooth count. 991 01:04:57,800 --> 01:05:00,679 T minus 31. You're go for auto-sequence start. 992 01:05:00,840 --> 01:05:03,639 B. L. T. s, perform your A. D. U. pre-start. 993 01:05:03,800 --> 01:05:08,440 Okay, gentlemen, you're our warriors up there. God be with you. 994 01:05:08,559 --> 01:05:12,960 - You're already heroes. Just sit back and enjoy the ride. - F. T. D. , we're clear to launch. 995 01:05:13,079 --> 01:05:15,360 We're T minus 20 seconds. 996 01:05:17,599 --> 01:05:21,599 Ten, nine, eight, seven... 997 01:05:22,920 --> 01:05:25,559 four, three, two, one. 998 01:05:25,639 --> 01:05:27,880 We have main engine start. 999 01:05:29,880 --> 01:05:33,559 - We have booster ignition. - We're going. 1000 01:05:33,679 --> 01:05:35,840 And liftoff. 1001 01:05:43,960 --> 01:05:47,119 Freedom, this is flight deck. 1002 01:05:47,199 --> 01:05:49,000 Roger, Freedom. You're looking good. 1003 01:06:01,480 --> 01:06:06,159 - We have go for lndependence. - Three, two, one. 1004 01:06:06,280 --> 01:06:10,360 -lndependence, we have booster ignition. -We have liftoff. 1005 01:06:10,480 --> 01:06:12,800 We are cooking, Houston. 1006 01:06:33,480 --> 01:06:35,800 Houston, the tower is clear. They're all yours. 1007 01:06:39,360 --> 01:06:42,199 - Heads up, everybody. They're ours now. - All engines are go. 1008 01:06:42,360 --> 01:06:45,400 Keep a sharp eye out on both of 'em. 1009 01:06:51,039 --> 01:06:53,400 Start roll manoeuvre. 1010 01:07:03,039 --> 01:07:06,199 - Two good roll programs. - One down. - lndependence, we have a max cue. 1011 01:07:06,320 --> 01:07:08,119 Roger, Control. We are a max cue. 1012 01:07:10,159 --> 01:07:12,440 S. R. B. sep- 1013 01:07:16,480 --> 01:07:19,639 - We are single-engine, press, demi-go. - Copy, press, demi-go. 1014 01:07:19,760 --> 01:07:21,800 Houston, this is a kick-ass ride! 1015 01:07:27,960 --> 01:07:31,320 Freedom, this is Houston. Main engine cut out on schedule. Out. 1016 01:07:40,159 --> 01:07:42,280 Freedom, stats are good. 1017 01:07:46,559 --> 01:07:49,559 - lndependence, telemetry is up and running- - Oh, my God! 1018 01:07:49,639 --> 01:07:53,159 This is space! 'Course, we're just in the beginning part of space. 1019 01:07:53,320 --> 01:07:55,639 We-We haven't even gotten to outer space yet. 1020 01:07:55,760 --> 01:07:58,920 Roger, Houston. We have a visual on the Russian space station. lnitiating retro burn. 1021 01:08:01,480 --> 01:08:04,920 Gentlemen, remember the Russian space station has been up there for 11 years. 1022 01:08:05,039 --> 01:08:07,000 Most of us don't have cars that old. 1023 01:08:07,079 --> 01:08:11,079 Now, the cosmonaut on board has been on that tin can for 18 months, alone. 1024 01:08:13,960 --> 01:08:16,239 So don't be surprised if he's a little off. 1025 01:08:16,319 --> 01:08:20,720 - lndependence, we're gonna put you- - All right, crew. Let's exit these flight suits. 1026 01:08:22,159 --> 01:08:26,600 Hello. This is Russian space station. Can you hear me? 1027 01:08:28,000 --> 01:08:29,880 We copy, Russian space station. This is Houston. 1028 01:08:30,000 --> 01:08:33,319 l'm ready to fire my thrusters any time. 1029 01:08:33,439 --> 01:08:36,720 - Stand by. - Okay. l'm not going anywhere. 1030 01:08:36,840 --> 01:08:39,840 We have a go. lnitiate gravitational spin. 1031 01:08:50,760 --> 01:08:53,399 Okay, Houston. 1032 01:08:53,560 --> 01:08:57,720 l can feel l'm having gravity. 1033 01:08:57,880 --> 01:09:00,600 All right, gentlemen. We're gonna dock in a minute. 1034 01:09:00,720 --> 01:09:04,800 Now, the Russian space station has fired her rockets to simulate gravity and let us work faster. 1035 01:09:04,960 --> 01:09:07,000 But it's gonna make you queasy, so prepare yourself. 1036 01:09:07,079 --> 01:09:11,319 Well, it's about time. l haven't thrown up in about an hour. 1037 01:09:14,600 --> 01:09:17,439 lnitiating first phase of docking procedure. 1038 01:09:17,600 --> 01:09:20,479 - Switching to manual. - Manual override. 1039 01:09:25,960 --> 01:09:30,319 One foot per second. Let's take this slow and do it right, folks. Twenty feet. 1040 01:09:33,560 --> 01:09:37,359 Ten feet. Looking good on radar. 1041 01:09:37,439 --> 01:09:39,760 Five feet. 1042 01:09:42,760 --> 01:09:46,199 Locks are engaged. Fuel teams, let's go. 1043 01:09:47,359 --> 01:09:50,520 Freedom, telemetry is looking good. 1044 01:09:50,640 --> 01:09:54,840 - We have soft dock. - Fuel teams, prepare to unload. 1045 01:09:58,960 --> 01:10:02,119 All right, gentlemen, watch your heads. Let's go, lndependence. 1046 01:10:05,640 --> 01:10:07,319 Colonel. 1047 01:10:16,840 --> 01:10:20,119 Where is he? Anybody home? 1048 01:10:20,199 --> 01:10:22,800 Welcome, everybody! 1049 01:10:24,520 --> 01:10:28,439 l am not gas station. This is sophisticated laboratory. 1050 01:10:28,600 --> 01:10:32,279 l'm in charge. So do not be touching anything. 1051 01:10:32,399 --> 01:10:34,680 l need one- l need you. 1052 01:10:34,800 --> 01:10:37,600 - Go with him. - l need you. Hurry up. Hurry up. Come on. Come on. 1053 01:10:37,760 --> 01:10:42,159 lt's very important you watch the fuel gauge, okay? Put on cold suit. 1054 01:10:42,239 --> 01:10:45,239 - Countdown clock will hold at- - Copy that, Houston. Prepping for fuel transfer. 1055 01:10:45,319 --> 01:10:47,960 Countdown clock will hold at T minus 20 minutes and- 1056 01:10:48,039 --> 01:10:51,760 - Fuel pod is down there. - lt's down here, huh? Great. 1057 01:10:53,960 --> 01:10:56,720 Let's go. Move it on. Here we go. We go. We go. 1058 01:10:56,840 --> 01:10:59,359 Bring it down. Bring it down. 1059 01:11:02,159 --> 01:11:04,880 Okay, let's connect these fuel lines. 1060 01:11:06,399 --> 01:11:09,560 Freedom on the left, lndependence on the right. 1061 01:11:09,720 --> 01:11:12,119 All right. We're goin' left here. 1062 01:11:13,439 --> 01:11:17,720 To the right is fuel gauge. You watch the fuel gauge. 150, okay. 1063 01:11:17,840 --> 01:11:22,960 160, okay. 200, bad disaster for space station. 1064 01:11:23,039 --> 01:11:28,079 So if you watch 200, you can call for Lev, on, and you see here number one, on. 1065 01:11:28,159 --> 01:11:30,800 You ask for Lev. And you pull this down, all the way down. 1066 01:11:30,920 --> 01:11:35,640 - What's Lev? - l am Lev Andropov, colonel of Russian space agency. 1067 01:11:35,760 --> 01:11:39,279 ln Russia l'm a very big man. 1068 01:11:39,359 --> 01:11:42,000 - We're ready to transfer. - l'm coming. No problem. 1069 01:11:45,000 --> 01:11:46,920 You. You. You there! 1070 01:11:48,279 --> 01:11:50,720 - Hard locked. - Ready for transfusion! 1071 01:11:58,960 --> 01:12:00,920 Fuel is pumping. 1072 01:12:04,439 --> 01:12:08,560 Hey, Lev, the, uh, the-the pressure's climbing. ls there a problem here? 1073 01:12:08,680 --> 01:12:10,800 Houston, we're on fuel transference. 1074 01:12:10,920 --> 01:12:14,960 Don't touch my uncle. You know? He's a genius of my family. 1075 01:12:15,880 --> 01:12:19,720 Lev! Can anybody hear me? Guys? Hello, guys. 1076 01:12:19,880 --> 01:12:22,319 He used to work for a big bomb factory. 1077 01:12:22,399 --> 01:12:26,279 He used to make the tip of the bomb, the thing that finds, uh... 1078 01:12:26,399 --> 01:12:28,880 New York or Washington, you know? 1079 01:12:29,000 --> 01:12:32,279 - Ooh. - Check your hoses. We got some thermal variation. 1080 01:12:32,399 --> 01:12:35,760 Stamper, let's look at the couplings back on the shuttle. 1081 01:12:37,239 --> 01:12:40,039 Okay. Shut down. Uh- 1082 01:12:46,680 --> 01:12:49,560 - Guys! - Hold on a second. - What's that noise? 1083 01:12:51,640 --> 01:12:54,359 Oh, no! God! 1084 01:12:56,840 --> 01:13:00,439 - What is it? - Leak! Leak! Leak! 1085 01:13:02,359 --> 01:13:06,319 Get your men back to the shuttle! Go! 1086 01:13:06,399 --> 01:13:09,520 Go on! Hurry up! Get out of there! 1087 01:13:09,640 --> 01:13:11,640 Now there's really sparks! 1088 01:13:11,760 --> 01:13:15,600 - Pull lever! - This is the lever! 1089 01:13:15,720 --> 01:13:19,319 - Colonel, we must get him out of there! - A. J. , come on out! 1090 01:13:22,720 --> 01:13:25,039 Hurry! Hurry! 1091 01:13:27,000 --> 01:13:29,239 Emergency! Break away! 1092 01:13:29,359 --> 01:13:32,119 We got a fire in the fuel pod! 1093 01:13:34,560 --> 01:13:38,359 - Come on! - Come on! Get in here! A. J. 's stuck in the fuel pod! 1094 01:13:40,399 --> 01:13:43,960 - We're losing it! - Come on out of there! 1095 01:13:53,319 --> 01:13:57,159 Control, this is lndependence. l am seeing vibration- 1096 01:13:58,640 --> 01:14:01,439 - Malloy, talk to me! - Not good. We got sparks and fire in the fuel pod. 1097 01:14:01,600 --> 01:14:05,399 - lndependence, blow those locks and get outta there now! - Dump the hoses now! We're going! 1098 01:14:05,560 --> 01:14:09,399 - What happened? Let me shut off the O2 feed! - Harry, it's burnin' up! 1099 01:14:09,520 --> 01:14:13,760 Damn! Max, Rock, get in here! Get down there and crack these pipes over here! 1100 01:14:13,920 --> 01:14:17,720 - Harry, no! lt's burnin' up! - We're goin' back for the other team! 1101 01:14:17,840 --> 01:14:21,119 Switch on the personnel locators. 1102 01:14:21,239 --> 01:14:23,119 Trackin' A. J. He's climbin'. 1103 01:14:23,199 --> 01:14:25,479 - No! - Go! Go! 1104 01:14:25,640 --> 01:14:29,880 lt's too late! Get back to the shuttle! This thing's gonna blow! 1105 01:14:30,000 --> 01:14:31,560 No! 1106 01:14:31,720 --> 01:14:36,760 Colonel, we gotta move now! Come on! You're gonna die! 1107 01:14:36,920 --> 01:14:39,479 - Wait a minute! Wait a minute! We got a man in there! - Open that door and we'll all die! 1108 01:14:39,640 --> 01:14:42,199 - Fuel leak! - Get out of there! 1109 01:14:44,000 --> 01:14:46,479 Evac now! Let's go! Let's go! 1110 01:14:48,439 --> 01:14:51,960 Come on back! No, wait! The door is broken! 1111 01:14:53,319 --> 01:14:56,159 - No! - They got the fire sealed in the fuel pod. 1112 01:14:56,279 --> 01:14:58,279 - They locked it down. - Tracking 'em back to the shuttle. 1113 01:14:58,399 --> 01:15:01,439 They've still got two men trapped in there! 1114 01:15:01,600 --> 01:15:05,800 Keep running! The shuttle's another 75 feet! Where's the rest of the team? 1115 01:15:05,960 --> 01:15:09,119 - Let's get out of here! The pod- - Wait, wait, wait! Where's A. J.? - A. J. 's gone! 1116 01:15:09,239 --> 01:15:14,199 - We're not leavin' without A. J.! - He's gone! lt's too late! 1117 01:15:14,279 --> 01:15:16,760 Come on! This way is our only chance! 1118 01:15:16,880 --> 01:15:19,199 So it's minus 100! 1119 01:15:19,319 --> 01:15:22,359 Very cold. Hold breath, or lung freezes! 1120 01:15:27,760 --> 01:15:31,560 Get back to the shuttle! And lock that door! 1121 01:15:31,720 --> 01:15:35,600 - Come on! - Hurry, A. J.! - Leave him alone! Leave him alone! 1122 01:15:35,720 --> 01:15:38,560 - l tried! l tried. But A. J. - - lt's on fire! lt's on fire, Harry! 1123 01:15:38,720 --> 01:15:41,119 - lt's them or all of us! - lt's on fire! 1124 01:15:41,239 --> 01:15:43,760 - Full thrust. - We're gonna get hit. 1125 01:15:59,199 --> 01:16:03,520 Lev! Lev, the door's gonna blow! 1126 01:16:03,680 --> 01:16:05,560 No! 1127 01:16:08,720 --> 01:16:12,199 We're going! lt's gonna blow! 1128 01:16:12,319 --> 01:16:15,960 - A. J. 's still in there! - Blow the locks. No, the bolts! 1129 01:16:16,079 --> 01:16:20,239 - We've gotta blow- - l think we're almost there! 1130 01:16:21,399 --> 01:16:24,079 Flight, lndependence does not have A. J. They're gonna close the door without him. 1131 01:16:24,159 --> 01:16:27,239 - Tracking. They're 75 feet from the shuttle. - Just tell them to air lock the door and go! 1132 01:16:27,359 --> 01:16:29,720 - Dog the hatch now! - Close it! 1133 01:16:35,000 --> 01:16:36,920 Ho- 1134 01:16:37,000 --> 01:16:41,479 Whoa, whoa, whoa! Colonel! That thing's comin' right for us! We got to move! 1135 01:16:45,199 --> 01:16:48,199 Hurry up! There's the shuttle door! 1136 01:16:49,279 --> 01:16:52,640 Fire's coming at us! Close the door now! 1137 01:16:56,720 --> 01:16:58,840 Go! Go! Go! 1138 01:17:05,760 --> 01:17:09,960 Freedom, the lndependence crew is on board and accounted for. 1139 01:17:14,760 --> 01:17:19,479 -Pretty intense, huh? -That's why l told you, "Touch nothing. " 1140 01:17:19,640 --> 01:17:21,439 But you're bunch of cowboys. 1141 01:17:25,680 --> 01:17:28,079 So while the consciousness of the planet is unified... 1142 01:17:28,159 --> 01:17:31,920 focused on the NASA mission taking place right now in the vast ocean of space... 1143 01:17:32,000 --> 01:17:34,600 we're now in the final hours of the mission... 1144 01:17:34,760 --> 01:17:37,840 as the Freedom and lndependence prepare to slingshot around the moon. 1145 01:17:46,079 --> 01:17:51,439 Morning, guys. lt's time to suit up, l guess. Uh, we got a big day. 1146 01:17:51,560 --> 01:17:55,159 - Eighteen seconds to radio interrupt. - Booster sequence confirmed. 1147 01:17:55,239 --> 01:17:58,199 This is Houston. Roger that, Freedom. We copy. 1148 01:17:58,279 --> 01:18:02,640 - Shuttles are ready for the burn around the moon. - Radio contact terminated. We're out. 1149 01:18:04,000 --> 01:18:07,199 Nine and a half Gs for 11 minutes. l'd start praying about right now. 1150 01:18:13,119 --> 01:18:17,159 So this is the part where we're supposed to just hold on real tight and, uh, hope we don't die.