Wag the Dog Page #4

LEVY:

How much...?

AMES GESTURES HIM TO BE QUIET.

BREAN:

And, to hold it together, I need two days. There is no

B-2 Bomber:
here's what you do ahout that: whoever is

leaking stuff to that geek at the Post, lets it slip,

"Geez, I hope this doesn't screw up the B-2 Program..."

"What B-2 Program, and why should it screw it up?" "If

the president moves to deploy the B-2 before it is

fully tested." "Deploy the B-2, Why?" "In the

Crisis."

AMES:

What crisis?

BREAN:

I'm working on it. Same time, you call Billy Scott at

Joint Chiefs, and pour him onna plane right now to

Seattle, y'got that...? All flustered and worried. To

talk to the Boeing people.

AMES:

(TO LEVY)

Do it...

LEVY MOVES TO A TELEPHONE.

BREAN:

(TO CAIN)

And you?

CAIN:

But there isn't a B-2 bomber.

BREAN:

Where'd you go to school, Kid. Wellesly?

CAIN:

Dartmouth

BREAN:

Then show a little spunk. There Is no B-2 Bomber,

General Scott, the best of your knowledge, is not in

Seattle to talk with Boeing...

AMES:

It won't hold.

BREAN:

One day, Two days? Course it's gonna hhhh....

CAMERA TAKES THEM DOWN THE HALL, WHERE WE SEE THE CLEANING PEOPLE, WITH FLOOR

POLISHERS, LOOKING UP AT THE PICTURE OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE GIRLSCOUTS, AND

SNICKERING.

ANGLE:

ON BREAN AND AMES LOOKING ON.

THE CLEANING PEOPLE NOTICE THEY ARE BEING WATCHED AND DISPERSE.

AMES:

It won't hold, Ronnie, it won't prove out.

BREAN:

We don't need it to prove out. We need it to distract

them for two weeks til the election.

AMES:

What would do that...?

HOLD, ON BREAN THINKING.

AMES:

(CONT.)

What in the world would do that?

BREAN:

I'm working on it.

HE TURNS AROUND AND STARES AT THE WALL.

BREAN WALKS TO THE COUNTER WHERE THE COFFEE AND ROLLS ARE STEAMING. ON THE

WALL ARE HUNG TWO WIPE-OFF SLATES. ONE READS "DAYS TO ELECTION 12," THE OTHER

READS "% IN FAVOR 63" BREAN PICKS UP A ROLL, DOWNS A COFFEE, AND STARTS OUT OF

THE DOOR.

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