The Assassination of Richard Nixon

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0:00:16 > 0:00:20This film contains some strong language.

0:01:26 > 0:01:28MAN'S VOICE: Just tell them that.

0:01:30 > 0:01:32Tell them my reasons.

0:01:34 > 0:01:35Tell them why.

0:01:37 > 0:01:39End of tape four.

0:01:39 > 0:01:42February 22nd, 1974.

0:01:47 > 0:01:49TAPE SPOOL RATTLES

0:02:45 > 0:02:46Testing. Testing.

0:02:46 > 0:02:49Testing. One, two, three.

0:02:52 > 0:02:56Mr Maestro, Leonard Bernstein, take number one.

0:02:59 > 0:03:01MUSIC PLAYS

0:03:01 > 0:03:04Mr Bernstein.

0:03:04 > 0:03:07I have the utmost respect for you.

0:03:07 > 0:03:11Your music is both pure

0:03:11 > 0:03:14and honest.

0:03:14 > 0:03:17And that is why I have chosen you

0:03:17 > 0:03:22to present the truth about me to the world.

0:03:24 > 0:03:27My name is Sam Bicke.

0:03:27 > 0:03:31And I consider myself a grain of sand.

0:03:32 > 0:03:35On this beach called America,

0:03:35 > 0:03:40there are 211 million grains of sand,

0:03:40 > 0:03:44three billion on the beach we call Earth.

0:03:44 > 0:03:47If I am lucky,

0:03:47 > 0:03:49if I am lucky,

0:03:49 > 0:03:53the action that I am about to take

0:03:53 > 0:03:55will show the powerful...

0:03:57 > 0:03:58..that even...

0:04:00 > 0:04:02..the least

0:04:02 > 0:04:04grain of sand

0:04:04 > 0:04:06has in him...

0:04:09 > 0:04:11..the power to destroy them.

0:04:22 > 0:04:24These come in brown?

0:04:24 > 0:04:26We do, we have that in a brown...

0:04:26 > 0:04:29in a brown. And there's a harvest gold. And an avocado.

0:04:29 > 0:04:32Give me three of the brown and an avocado.

0:04:35 > 0:04:38Er...are you interested in that chair?

0:04:38 > 0:04:43This is, um, this is a Naugahyde, very good for avoiding stains.

0:04:43 > 0:04:45I look like that big a slob?

0:04:45 > 0:04:51- No!- I mean, can't sit on this plastic stuff. I get sweaty and stick to it.

0:04:51 > 0:04:54This doesn't come in leather, huh?

0:04:54 > 0:04:56Er, not this chair...

0:04:56 > 0:04:58- Jack Jones.- Bill Wilson.

0:04:58 > 0:05:02Bill, what our new associate's trying to explain, I think,

0:05:02 > 0:05:06is that this IS leather with a Naugahyde coating.

0:05:06 > 0:05:08- Coating?- Exactly.

0:05:08 > 0:05:10The comfort of leather.

0:05:10 > 0:05:13Just a little easier to clean.

0:05:13 > 0:05:15No extra cost.

0:05:15 > 0:05:17- How does it feel?- It IS comfy.

0:05:17 > 0:05:21- You know what you look like sitting in that chair?- What?

0:05:21 > 0:05:23You look like the boss.

0:05:23 > 0:05:26- Are you the boss? - I got my own place.

0:05:26 > 0:05:29Hah! What did I tell you? Did you write the gentleman up, Sam?

0:05:29 > 0:05:31No, he didn't, er...

0:05:31 > 0:05:33Write the gentleman up.

0:05:35 > 0:05:40My card. Now, can we deliver this for you Monday, or is Tuesday better?

0:05:40 > 0:05:42Well, Tuesday's probably better...

0:05:43 > 0:05:49Mr Bernstein, sir, there are times that I have felt alone on this planet.

0:05:49 > 0:05:52And that's how they want us, isn't it?

0:05:52 > 0:05:54Alone. Divided.

0:05:54 > 0:05:56Weak.

0:05:56 > 0:05:58- To our new closer.- Hear, hear.

0:06:00 > 0:06:03HE SNIFFS

0:06:03 > 0:06:06- Do you smell something?- I- do.

0:06:06 > 0:06:08I smell success.

0:06:08 > 0:06:10Ha-ha, and you've got the odour.

0:06:10 > 0:06:12All right, Sam!

0:06:12 > 0:06:14Why do I say that to you, Sam?

0:06:16 > 0:06:19- Well, I certainly am trying, I really... - It's got nothing to do with trying.

0:06:19 > 0:06:21It's believing.

0:06:21 > 0:06:23When you believe in what you're selling,

0:06:23 > 0:06:25you succeed.

0:06:25 > 0:06:29Because then you're not selling. You see what I'm saying?

0:06:29 > 0:06:32You're talking from somewhere here.

0:06:32 > 0:06:36You've got to believe. It's a gift. I've got it.

0:06:36 > 0:06:38Marty's got it. You may have it.

0:06:38 > 0:06:41I can believe in anything.

0:06:41 > 0:06:44- Isn't that right, Marty?- It's true.

0:06:44 > 0:06:48You want to know who the greatest salesman in the world is? That man, right there. Right there.

0:06:50 > 0:06:57He sold the whole country, 200 million people, on himself, twice.

0:06:57 > 0:07:01- And what was Nixon's sales pitch in '68?- Well, in '68, it was, um...

0:07:01 > 0:07:04He said he would end the war.

0:07:04 > 0:07:08He would get us out of Vietnam. And what did he do?

0:07:09 > 0:07:15He sent another 100,000 troops in, and then he bombed the living shit out of them. That's what he did.

0:07:15 > 0:07:18Now, what did Nixon run on last year?

0:07:20 > 0:07:23Ending the war in Vietnam.

0:07:23 > 0:07:26And he won. By a landslide.

0:07:26 > 0:07:28That is a salesman.

0:07:28 > 0:07:31He made a promise. He didn't deliver.

0:07:31 > 0:07:37And then he sold us on the exact same promise, all over again.

0:07:37 > 0:07:40That's believing in yourself.

0:07:48 > 0:07:49These are for you.

0:07:49 > 0:07:52Read them.

0:07:52 > 0:07:54These, you listen to.

0:07:54 > 0:07:58While you're driving. While you're shaving.

0:07:58 > 0:08:01While you're taking a shit in the morning.

0:08:01 > 0:08:02You gotta believe, Sam.

0:08:02 > 0:08:05This book right here will teach you to believe in yourself.

0:08:05 > 0:08:07This book right here...

0:08:07 > 0:08:09will really teach you techniques.

0:08:09 > 0:08:11These will make you a salesman.

0:08:13 > 0:08:15I guarantee it.

0:08:15 > 0:08:19- RECORDED VOICE: - The salesman who believes is the salesman who receives.

0:08:19 > 0:08:23Remember, power is a state of mind.

0:08:23 > 0:08:26You have as much as you think you have.

0:08:26 > 0:08:29If you don't think you have any, you don't.

0:08:29 > 0:08:32Talk about yourself as you see yourself.

0:08:32 > 0:08:36And some day that will be yourself.

0:08:36 > 0:08:39The salesman must see himself as a winner.

0:08:39 > 0:08:44The salesman who believes is the salesman who receives.

0:08:47 > 0:08:50- For crying out loud.- Hi, Mel.

0:08:50 > 0:08:53- Did you see your brother?- No.

0:08:53 > 0:08:56He just walked out, just now!

0:08:56 > 0:08:59Ach... So, how's it going? What're you up to?

0:08:59 > 0:09:02Well, I...

0:09:02 > 0:09:05I really just came by to give this.

0:09:05 > 0:09:07This is what I owe him.

0:09:07 > 0:09:12And if you could just get that to him for me, I'd appreciate it.

0:09:12 > 0:09:16Come on, Sam. Julius felt bad how things turned out.

0:09:16 > 0:09:18Why don't you stick around till he gets back?

0:09:18 > 0:09:21- Um, he didn't go home?- No. He just ran out to the bank.

0:09:21 > 0:09:22He'll be right back. Sit down.

0:09:26 > 0:09:28I really... I got to go, Mel.

0:09:28 > 0:09:32- Sit down.- I can't sit down, Mel, but it's very good to see you.

0:09:33 > 0:09:35Well, don't be a stranger.

0:09:45 > 0:09:46HE TAPS AT THE WINDOW

0:09:51 > 0:09:52MAN CHUCKLES

0:09:53 > 0:09:55Look at you, man.

0:09:55 > 0:09:59- Look at that.- "Sam Bicke, Salesman." Damn.

0:09:59 > 0:10:02You can keep that. They made a thousand of them.

0:10:02 > 0:10:06- A thousand?- One thousand. - Man, they got big plans for you.

0:10:06 > 0:10:08You look good, Sam.

0:10:08 > 0:10:11I feel good.

0:10:11 > 0:10:15- I believe.- Amen, brother. You've got to believe.

0:10:15 > 0:10:18Sam Bicke, salesman!

0:10:18 > 0:10:21I was just thinking that I would go see Marie.

0:10:21 > 0:10:27That I would surprise her because I have a little something extra for her this month.

0:10:28 > 0:10:30All right, then.

0:10:32 > 0:10:34You don't think it's a good idea.

0:10:34 > 0:10:37You've got to know what's right, Sam.

0:10:37 > 0:10:40Nobody thinks that Sam Bicke is going to make it.

0:10:40 > 0:10:42Hey, I didn't say that.

0:10:45 > 0:10:46You just wait and see.

0:10:49 > 0:10:52MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO

0:10:59 > 0:11:01Hi, there.

0:11:01 > 0:11:04- How are my princesses?- Hi!

0:11:06 > 0:11:07I got an A in Social Studies.

0:11:07 > 0:11:09You did?

0:11:09 > 0:11:11- That's great.- Go wash up, you two.

0:11:13 > 0:11:15- Hi.- Hey.

0:11:21 > 0:11:24- Looks good.- You can keep that.

0:11:24 > 0:11:26They made a thousand of them.

0:11:26 > 0:11:29- Thanks.- It's good to see you.

0:11:29 > 0:11:33- You know you're supposed to call first.- I know. I...

0:11:38 > 0:11:39What's this?

0:11:39 > 0:11:41I'm on a roll.

0:11:41 > 0:11:44Oh wow. That's great.

0:11:44 > 0:11:46- Maybe I can get the roof fixed. - Yeah.

0:11:46 > 0:11:49It's done. Paid for.

0:11:49 > 0:11:51- Do it.- Job's working out, huh?

0:11:51 > 0:11:52Yeah.

0:11:52 > 0:11:53Marie...

0:11:55 > 0:11:58..I really think that this is gonna change things for us.

0:11:58 > 0:12:02Sam, job sounds good.

0:12:02 > 0:12:04Look, I've got dinner on the stove.

0:12:06 > 0:12:07Thanks.

0:12:10 > 0:12:11Marie.

0:12:11 > 0:12:15I just...I just wanted to have a little talk.

0:12:17 > 0:12:20- Mommy, Julie's standing on the chair.- Julie, come on, down.

0:12:20 > 0:12:22I gotta get inside.

0:12:22 > 0:12:23I'm sorry. Just...

0:12:23 > 0:12:26call first. All right?

0:12:26 > 0:12:27Yeah. When?

0:12:27 > 0:12:31I don't know. Try...Sunday.

0:12:31 > 0:12:33- After ten, though, all right?- OK.

0:12:33 > 0:12:37I'll call you Sunday after ten.

0:12:43 > 0:12:44You look good.

0:12:45 > 0:12:47Back to work.

0:12:51 > 0:12:53- Mommy!- Julie, come on.

0:12:53 > 0:12:55Ellen, go get your brother, please.

0:12:55 > 0:12:58You look nice, Marie.

0:13:05 > 0:13:06Hey, Tuffer.

0:13:08 > 0:13:09Hey, boy.

0:13:13 > 0:13:15Do you miss Daddy? Mm?

0:13:28 > 0:13:33- TV:- 1971. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange...

0:13:33 > 0:13:36'What happened, Mr Bernstein,

0:13:36 > 0:13:40'to the land of plenty...

0:13:40 > 0:13:42'when there's plenty for the few,

0:13:42 > 0:13:44'and nothing for the plenty?

0:13:44 > 0:13:46'Is that the American dream?'

0:13:46 > 0:13:49Now remember, the customer's weapon is money.

0:13:49 > 0:13:51That's what he'll want to talk about.

0:13:51 > 0:13:55Your weapon is quality. That's what you'll insist on talking about.

0:13:55 > 0:13:57Don't get caught in the price game.

0:13:57 > 0:14:02When he asks how much it is, you tell him how great it is.

0:14:03 > 0:14:04How much?

0:14:06 > 0:14:09This is a very high quality desk.

0:14:09 > 0:14:13This one is 38 inches...

0:14:13 > 0:14:14How much is it?

0:14:15 > 0:14:18This, um, 529.

0:14:18 > 0:14:21I-I really believe in this desk. I want to show you something.

0:14:21 > 0:14:25- This is...- It's all right. I know pretty much what to look for...

0:14:25 > 0:14:29in a desk. Well, Sam. It's Sam, right?

0:14:29 > 0:14:34I'm gonna be buying a lot of stuff and I'm just wondering, what's your best price?

0:14:34 > 0:14:36HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

0:14:39 > 0:14:41- I'll see what I can do for you. - All right.- OK.

0:14:41 > 0:14:44All right... Give it your best shot.

0:14:44 > 0:14:46I'll do that.

0:14:50 > 0:14:52Okey-dokey.

0:14:53 > 0:14:59Um, what I can do is I can give you 10% off that desk, which is 476.

0:14:59 > 0:15:02Jesus, Sam, that's your best price?

0:15:02 > 0:15:03It's our selection of the month.

0:15:03 > 0:15:05Excuse me.

0:15:05 > 0:15:08Can I see you in my office for a minute please, Sam?

0:15:08 > 0:15:10Yes, I'll be right...

0:15:11 > 0:15:13I'll be right with you.

0:15:20 > 0:15:21What are you doing?

0:15:21 > 0:15:23Are you out of your fucking mind?

0:15:23 > 0:15:28- Offering 10%? Are you trying to give the stuff away?- You said...

0:15:28 > 0:15:29It's already been marked down.

0:15:31 > 0:15:36For Christ's sake, that is less than we paid for the damn thing.

0:15:36 > 0:15:40- You know, I think there's been a misunderstanding.- I'm not interested in what you think.

0:15:40 > 0:15:43I'm interested in what you're gonna do about it.

0:15:44 > 0:15:48- Um, I-I guess I could tell him... - You can't tell him shit.

0:15:48 > 0:15:50You've made the offer.

0:15:50 > 0:15:53That's it.

0:15:53 > 0:15:54Go out and hope he doesn't take it.

0:15:57 > 0:15:59All right, Mr Jones.

0:15:59 > 0:16:03Sir, can I show you some of our other...

0:16:03 > 0:16:05There's some very nice... Oh.

0:16:05 > 0:16:09All right, then. Yep. Yep.

0:16:20 > 0:16:24You looked like you were gonna shit your pants!

0:16:24 > 0:16:28- You're on the board.- You looked like you were gonna crap your pants!

0:16:28 > 0:16:30- You see him write that cheque? - He did it to me, we do it to you.

0:16:30 > 0:16:3250-50 all right with you?

0:16:32 > 0:16:34- Sure.- Good job, Sam.

0:16:34 > 0:16:40Hey, don't tell me you knew what was going on? Bullshit! Bullshit! Hey!

0:16:40 > 0:16:43TOOL CRASHES DOWN It's not lying. It's business.

0:16:43 > 0:16:47But it's not right. I should have said something on the spot.

0:16:47 > 0:16:50No, you shouldn't have.

0:16:50 > 0:16:54What are you saying? That I should swallow something like that?

0:16:54 > 0:16:57It makes me sad that you would accept something, of all people.

0:16:57 > 0:17:00Sam, I'm just saying it's not that big a deal.

0:17:00 > 0:17:02It is a big deal.

0:17:02 > 0:17:07Bonny, if we're going to be partners, we have to get this kind of thing straight.

0:17:07 > 0:17:09Sam, I get it. OK?

0:17:09 > 0:17:11I've been there.

0:17:11 > 0:17:13But this guy's your boss.

0:17:13 > 0:17:17If he wants to be an asshole, that's something you just might have to let him do.

0:17:17 > 0:17:20- But Bonny...- There's no "but", Sam. - What about my rights?

0:17:20 > 0:17:23You've got a right to be mad, sure.

0:17:23 > 0:17:28- Exactly. That's what I'm saying, partner. That's all I'm saying... - Sam, Sam, it's a job.

0:17:28 > 0:17:32See, this is what I mean. A man doesn't give up his rights at a job.

0:17:32 > 0:17:35A man doesn't give up his rights anywhere.

0:17:35 > 0:17:38- You of all people should know that. - What should I know?

0:17:38 > 0:17:42Cos I'm black, I should mouth off to my boss?

0:17:42 > 0:17:44All this rights shit.

0:17:44 > 0:17:46Rights this, rights that.

0:17:46 > 0:17:48Rights, my ass. It's a job.

0:17:48 > 0:17:52You got a right to pay your bills, pay for your kids.

0:17:52 > 0:17:54I'm just saying, you know,

0:17:54 > 0:17:57you can't keep quitting jobs.

0:17:57 > 0:17:59We all gotta work somehow.

0:18:02 > 0:18:06Come on, bud. You're a salesman, right?

0:18:06 > 0:18:08Just do it good like you do.

0:18:17 > 0:18:19'Explain this to me, Mr Bernstein.

0:18:23 > 0:18:28'All I want is a little piece of the American Dream.

0:18:28 > 0:18:30'Like my father and his father.

0:18:33 > 0:18:35'Is that too much to expect?'

0:18:41 > 0:18:45PHONE RINGS OUT

0:18:51 > 0:18:55Hey, Tuffer. Hey, boy.

0:18:55 > 0:19:00You miss me, don't you? Of course you miss me.

0:19:02 > 0:19:05'This is a good country, Maestro.

0:19:05 > 0:19:07'Filled with good people.

0:19:07 > 0:19:10'But what good is good

0:19:10 > 0:19:12'in times like these?'

0:20:28 > 0:20:30- I've been trying to call. - Double Scotch, Scotch and soda, double bourbon.

0:20:30 > 0:20:34- It's not a good time, Sam.- Oh, no. I know. I just came to say hi.

0:20:34 > 0:20:38- You want to see a menu?- Yes, please. - Here you go.- Thank you. - I'll be right back.

0:20:39 > 0:20:41..Great changes, at the same time.

0:20:41 > 0:20:45One change is defence spending is on the way down now.

0:20:45 > 0:20:49- For the first time in years, the Federal government is spending more. - That's too much salt.

0:20:51 > 0:20:53I know. Sorry.

0:20:55 > 0:20:56How is it?

0:20:58 > 0:21:00It is good.

0:21:00 > 0:21:03Remember Sam Junior used to call these "mashapotos"?

0:21:03 > 0:21:05- Remember?- That's right.

0:21:05 > 0:21:08Is everything OK at work?

0:21:08 > 0:21:10Top of the charts.

0:21:10 > 0:21:13Top of the sales board.

0:21:13 > 0:21:15I'm doing very well.

0:21:15 > 0:21:17That's great.

0:21:17 > 0:21:19Maybe I'll be driving a Cadillac soon.

0:21:21 > 0:21:23Mm-hm...

0:21:23 > 0:21:25He was a friend of yours?

0:21:25 > 0:21:27Who?

0:21:27 > 0:21:30With the Cadillac. I drove by last night...

0:21:30 > 0:21:33- Jesus, are you spying on me?- No.

0:21:33 > 0:21:36What you doing lurking around the house for?

0:21:37 > 0:21:40- Huh?- I wasn't lurking, Marie. I just...

0:21:42 > 0:21:45You told me to call. I called and nobody answered, so...

0:21:45 > 0:21:49I said, try me, OK? You know what?

0:21:49 > 0:21:51I don't want to talk about this.

0:21:54 > 0:21:55I respect that.

0:21:58 > 0:22:02I just want you to know I'm not seeing anyone.

0:22:02 > 0:22:04OK, that's your business.

0:22:04 > 0:22:09It's important to me that you know that.

0:22:09 > 0:22:10OK, fine.

0:22:10 > 0:22:12Now I know.

0:22:12 > 0:22:14Table four wants their cheque.

0:22:15 > 0:22:17I'm sorry.

0:22:17 > 0:22:19OK? I'm sorry, I didn't mean...

0:22:20 > 0:22:22You know, I just...

0:22:24 > 0:22:28Can I... Can I call you later?

0:22:28 > 0:22:32Look, if I get off at a decent hour, I'll call you...

0:22:32 > 0:22:33- All right?- All right.

0:22:36 > 0:22:41'Mr Bernstein, sir, there are people who sit and wait their lives away

0:22:41 > 0:22:45'on the promise of a dream that will not come.

0:22:45 > 0:22:46'They are the sheep.'

0:22:46 > 0:22:51We have a great deal to be thankful for as Americans tonight.

0:22:52 > 0:22:57You've chosen El Dorado, with front-wheel drive. It's our most...

0:22:57 > 0:23:03'But there are also many, many more like us, Maestro...

0:23:03 > 0:23:05'who will not be pushed around.

0:23:05 > 0:23:09The time has come when the masses have been pushed to the wall.

0:23:09 > 0:23:12When they cannot any longer address their grievances

0:23:12 > 0:23:14through legal, political machinery.

0:23:14 > 0:23:17We're not the decision-makers, the masses are.

0:23:17 > 0:23:22If they think it's time to overthrow the system, there's nothing you or the President or anyone else can do.

0:23:42 > 0:23:44Hi. I'm Sam Bicke.

0:23:44 > 0:23:47- Harold.- How are you?

0:23:47 > 0:23:49Yeah. Are you with the police?

0:23:49 > 0:23:51No, I'm not police. I'm Sam Bicke.

0:23:51 > 0:23:53Yeah, I got that.

0:23:53 > 0:23:55What can I do for you, Sam?

0:23:55 > 0:24:01Well, as a matter of fact, um, I've seen you on television.

0:24:01 > 0:24:04I mean, the Panthers on television,

0:24:04 > 0:24:07and I am in complete agreement with your stand.

0:24:07 > 0:24:12- Except that I'm white. - We've all got to be born something.

0:24:12 > 0:24:16Yes, well, do you know what that means?

0:24:17 > 0:24:23It means you're not getting to your whole audience.

0:24:23 > 0:24:26I mean, I'm white,

0:24:26 > 0:24:27but I'm in the same boat.

0:24:27 > 0:24:31- You own the boat. - No, I don't own the boat.

0:24:31 > 0:24:34I'm not the man in the Cadillac.

0:24:34 > 0:24:37That's not me. Um...

0:24:39 > 0:24:41May I?

0:24:46 > 0:24:48Harold...

0:24:48 > 0:24:53- Yes.- Well, Harold, I feel like I can talk to you. I sort of knew it would be like that.

0:24:54 > 0:24:57I know what it's like

0:24:57 > 0:25:02to not be respected, be lied to and be treated like a great big nothing,

0:25:02 > 0:25:04and I want to do something.

0:25:04 > 0:25:06You want to do something?

0:25:06 > 0:25:09Like the Black Panthers, I want to do something.

0:25:09 > 0:25:13The system is, um, not right.

0:25:14 > 0:25:19I have to...I have to go, but I want to throw an idea at you.

0:25:24 > 0:25:27Zebras.

0:25:27 > 0:25:29Zebras?

0:25:29 > 0:25:36- Zebras.- Mm...- See, they're black and they're white.- Mm-hm...

0:25:36 > 0:25:44The Black Panthers become the Zebras, and membership will double.

0:25:46 > 0:25:48I don't want you to answer me right now.

0:25:48 > 0:25:51Just think about it.

0:25:56 > 0:25:58This is 107.

0:25:58 > 0:26:03I just...I wanted to feel like I was starting to do something.

0:26:06 > 0:26:08It's a great place to start, Sam.

0:26:08 > 0:26:10- Right on!- It's a great start.

0:26:12 > 0:26:14Take a look.

0:26:14 > 0:26:16You see what I see?

0:26:16 > 0:26:18What's that?

0:26:23 > 0:26:25You're familiar with Carnegie, right?

0:26:27 > 0:26:28I gave it to you.

0:26:30 > 0:26:33Dale Carnegie. How To Win Friends And Influence People.

0:26:33 > 0:26:36Oh, yes. I know the book.

0:26:36 > 0:26:38No, you don't.

0:26:39 > 0:26:41You've seen the book.

0:26:41 > 0:26:44Maybe browsed through it, but you don't know the book.

0:26:44 > 0:26:45If you knew the book,

0:26:45 > 0:26:51you'd know what I mean when I say, "Always give a dog a good name."

0:26:53 > 0:26:54Always give a dog a name.

0:26:54 > 0:26:59A good name. Damn it. You've really got to listen better.

0:26:59 > 0:27:00You're right. I'm sorry.

0:27:00 > 0:27:04It's a Carnegie technique for dealing with people.

0:27:04 > 0:27:08When somebody's performance isn't good, you don't criticise them.

0:27:08 > 0:27:10You don't say, "Your work's shit."

0:27:10 > 0:27:16Instead you say, "Your work used to be great, now it's not so great."

0:27:16 > 0:27:17And then...

0:27:17 > 0:27:20you ask them a question like,

0:27:20 > 0:27:22"Everything OK at home?"

0:27:24 > 0:27:26Are you asking me?

0:27:26 > 0:27:29I'm teaching you. You just learned a management technique.

0:27:32 > 0:27:34You don't mind me teaching you, do you?

0:27:34 > 0:27:36- No, sir.- Good.

0:27:36 > 0:27:38Just one more little thing.

0:27:38 > 0:27:42But, Marie, he wants me to cut it.

0:27:42 > 0:27:46It's a job, Sam. Shave it off. You'll forget you ever had a moustache.

0:27:46 > 0:27:48I won't forget. I'll never forget.

0:27:48 > 0:27:51Marie, don't you remember?

0:27:51 > 0:27:54- Remember what? - Daddy, do you like my picture?

0:27:54 > 0:27:57Yes, honey, it's very nice.

0:27:57 > 0:27:59- Helen...- I grew it for you.

0:27:59 > 0:28:01Oh, Sam, please.

0:28:01 > 0:28:03Mom!

0:28:03 > 0:28:08You've got to see these people, they just lie to make money.

0:28:08 > 0:28:11And then, I'm the sleazy one of these so-called businessmen.

0:28:11 > 0:28:14- God damn it.- I mean, they...

0:28:14 > 0:28:17they don't, they don't have any right

0:28:17 > 0:28:22to say half of the things that they say to us.

0:28:22 > 0:28:24I mean, look at the way they make you dress.

0:28:28 > 0:28:31I dress like this so I can support my family.

0:28:53 > 0:28:58Marie... Can't you see...

0:28:59 > 0:29:01..what they're doing to us?

0:29:03 > 0:29:06You're going to lose this job, aren't you?

0:29:07 > 0:29:10What?

0:29:10 > 0:29:11Marie, I'm not going to lose my job.

0:29:11 > 0:29:14Just tell me now, because I can do it on my own.

0:29:21 > 0:29:24I'm doing...I'm doing great.

0:29:24 > 0:29:26I'm doing great!

0:29:27 > 0:29:30I'm so tired of this.

0:29:40 > 0:29:43I don't want you stopping by like this any more.

0:29:51 > 0:29:53I really mean it.

0:30:04 > 0:30:11I think it looks good, and it makes me look a little older and trustworthy.

0:30:11 > 0:30:13You would trust me.

0:30:13 > 0:30:15That's not really the point, though,

0:30:15 > 0:30:18- is what I'm saying...- I'm surprised you would say that, Bonny.

0:30:18 > 0:30:23I really am, because I would think that you would have more feeling.

0:30:23 > 0:30:26Joey, let's get some of these dishes cleared and get you to bed.

0:30:26 > 0:30:28No, no, no. You sit.

0:30:30 > 0:30:32Joey.

0:30:33 > 0:30:36Yes, ma'am.

0:30:36 > 0:30:37That's a good kid.

0:30:37 > 0:30:39That's a real good kid.

0:30:39 > 0:30:42- Yeah, his mother taught him well. - I bet she did. I bet she did.

0:30:42 > 0:30:46No offence, but I wouldn't be surprised if his father had something to do with that.

0:30:46 > 0:30:50He probably got something from me.

0:30:50 > 0:30:55What do you think, Joey? If your father went away, would that make you sad?

0:30:56 > 0:30:58He's not gonna go away.

0:30:58 > 0:31:01Of course he's not. If he did?

0:31:01 > 0:31:04If your mommy wanted him to go.

0:31:06 > 0:31:10- She wouldn't say that.- You know, sweetheart, why don't you just leave those there,

0:31:10 > 0:31:12it's past your bedtime. Give your father a kiss.

0:31:13 > 0:31:16- Good night, Daddy.- Good night, baby.

0:31:16 > 0:31:18Things will work out, Sam.

0:31:18 > 0:31:20You'll see.

0:31:20 > 0:31:22- Good night, Mommy.- Good night, baby.

0:31:22 > 0:31:25Say good night to your Uncle Sam.

0:31:25 > 0:31:27Good night, Uncle Sam.

0:31:31 > 0:31:33Good night, son.

0:31:36 > 0:31:38Good night, son.

0:32:13 > 0:32:16I know it was important to you, Sam.

0:32:16 > 0:32:19I want to thank you for the sacrifice.

0:32:19 > 0:32:22I think it was a good decision.

0:32:22 > 0:32:24Now you can smile.

0:32:24 > 0:32:28You look like a family man instead of some schmuck with a pussy on his face.

0:32:29 > 0:32:31- Marty?- Yes.

0:32:31 > 0:32:38Get up to the spic's place and get me an egg salad, and whatever else you want.

0:32:38 > 0:32:43'Is independence too much to ask, Mr Bernstein?

0:32:43 > 0:32:46'I mean, you're your own boss, right?

0:32:46 > 0:32:52'You don't have any idea what it's like to work for somebody else, like some kind of a slave.

0:32:52 > 0:32:59'But I'm telling you, slavery never really ended in this country.

0:32:59 > 0:33:04'They just gave it another name - employee.'

0:33:04 > 0:33:07- TAPE:- Remember, power is a state of mind.

0:33:07 > 0:33:10You have as much as you think you have.

0:33:10 > 0:33:13If you don't think you have any, you don't.

0:33:13 > 0:33:20Talk about yourself as you see yourself, and someday that will be yourself.

0:33:20 > 0:33:23The salesman must see himself as a winner.

0:33:23 > 0:33:25- OK.- Say it along with me.- Sure.

0:33:27 > 0:33:32I'm not sure I understand this business about the school bus.

0:33:32 > 0:33:36That's just it. The bus is the business.

0:33:36 > 0:33:38It's a movable store.

0:33:38 > 0:33:41A movable tyre store?

0:33:41 > 0:33:48Exactly. Exactly. You see, we take out all of the seats, just gut the whole bus,

0:33:48 > 0:33:51and put the tyres, fill it up with the tyres.

0:33:51 > 0:33:54Then you bring the tyres to the customer, at his convenience.

0:33:54 > 0:33:56You're a delivery service?

0:33:56 > 0:34:01Well, that's just the beginning of it, because I would bring the tyre, change the tyre,

0:34:01 > 0:34:04I'll put the tyre on your car while you're mowing the lawn.

0:34:04 > 0:34:07Or anything else that that you want to do.

0:34:07 > 0:34:10And we'd paint the bus a bright red because that would give the company

0:34:10 > 0:34:15its own individual identity and make it memorable. A sort of trademark.

0:34:15 > 0:34:17And you have the bus already?

0:34:17 > 0:34:22My friend, my partner, Bonny, has the bus and he has the tools, and I bring the management experience.

0:34:22 > 0:34:24And that you have as well?

0:34:24 > 0:34:26That I do, sir. Yes, I do.

0:34:26 > 0:34:31All right, it says here you're currently employed as an office furniture salesman?

0:34:31 > 0:34:35Mm-hm, that's correct, but I'm ready to move on.

0:34:35 > 0:34:40And prior to office sales, you were a tyre salesman with your father?

0:34:40 > 0:34:45- Julius Bicke, that was, that's my, that is my brother.- Brother.

0:34:45 > 0:34:48OK, and why did you leave his employment?

0:34:48 > 0:34:54Well, he, um, he expected me to lie.

0:34:54 > 0:34:58I don't believe that someone should have to lie to make a living.

0:35:00 > 0:35:05- All right.- Over and over he would tell me that, um,

0:35:05 > 0:35:0815% is rock bottom.

0:35:08 > 0:35:11Sell below that, we lose money. That's a lie.

0:35:11 > 0:35:15In the retail tyre business, the mark-up is always at least 30%.

0:35:15 > 0:35:19So, 30 is rock bottom.

0:35:19 > 0:35:22What one should tell the customer...

0:35:22 > 0:35:24Let me show you.

0:35:25 > 0:35:28Well, good morning, Mr Ford.

0:35:28 > 0:35:29I think I understand, Mr Bicke.

0:35:29 > 0:35:32Let-Let me just show you.

0:35:32 > 0:35:34Good morning. Sam Bicke.

0:35:34 > 0:35:36You're here to buy tyres?

0:35:36 > 0:35:38Um, yes.

0:35:38 > 0:35:42Well, let's get down to brass tacks. This is the deal.

0:35:42 > 0:35:45The mark-up on all of my tyres is 30%.

0:35:45 > 0:35:48I will show you the company invoice to prove that to you.

0:35:48 > 0:35:52I'll do that for you, Mr Ford. I'll make you my best offer.

0:35:52 > 0:35:54I'll split the difference with you.

0:35:54 > 0:36:00I'll take half the mark-up as my profit and you'll take half the mark-up as your savings.

0:36:00 > 0:36:02Even Steven. Fair deal.

0:36:04 > 0:36:05What do you think?

0:36:07 > 0:36:12- What do- I- think? Or...- Yes. No, I'm back to normal now.- Oh...

0:36:12 > 0:36:15- It's 15%.- Exactly.

0:36:15 > 0:36:18But it's the same thing, what your brother offered.

0:36:18 > 0:36:23No, no. No, no, no, no, no. My brother, my brother will go to 15%,

0:36:23 > 0:36:27but he wants you to hold at list. 5% if you have to,

0:36:27 > 0:36:3010% if you're gonna lose the customer out the door,

0:36:30 > 0:36:35but the salesman who offers 15%, he's a failure.

0:36:35 > 0:36:38He's a man who doesn't know how to hold his ground.

0:36:38 > 0:36:41And who do you think,

0:36:41 > 0:36:45at the end of the month, gets the promotion, gets the bonus?

0:36:45 > 0:36:48The one with the biggest profit margin?

0:36:48 > 0:36:49The biggest liar.

0:36:51 > 0:36:58I'm sorry. I just want you to know that I would run an honest business.

0:36:58 > 0:37:02That I would not ask my salesmen to lie or make them feel

0:37:02 > 0:37:07like a failure or some kind of a piece of garbage.

0:37:09 > 0:37:13Well, that's, um... I admire that.

0:37:14 > 0:37:16Your idea?

0:37:16 > 0:37:18Yes, sir.

0:37:18 > 0:37:19Well, that's it.

0:37:19 > 0:37:22That's it?

0:37:22 > 0:37:27Mr Ford, I want to thank you, sir, because this loan isn't just for me.

0:37:27 > 0:37:31I think it can change the way we think about American business.

0:37:31 > 0:37:35Mr Bicke, I'm, I'm very sorry, I'm really very sorry.

0:37:35 > 0:37:36That's it for now.

0:37:36 > 0:37:41I have to send your application on to Washington, and they will review it.

0:37:41 > 0:37:43It's a whole process.

0:37:46 > 0:37:50Oh... Well, of course. Of course!

0:37:50 > 0:37:56Mr Ford at the SBA. Bonny, I gotta tell you, he was very impressed.

0:37:56 > 0:37:58Did you tell him the bus don't run?

0:37:59 > 0:38:03- I didn't.- Sam, Sam! Did you tell him your partner was black?

0:38:03 > 0:38:08- I did, yes. I checked the "Negro" box.- That was stupid, Sam.

0:38:08 > 0:38:11No, Bonny.

0:38:11 > 0:38:14The government is looking for black businessmen.

0:38:14 > 0:38:17BONNY LAUGHS I've been here 16 years, and they haven't found me yet.

0:38:21 > 0:38:24Ellen, sit next to Julie. Sam.

0:38:24 > 0:38:27Come on, son. Ellen, can you just sit.

0:38:27 > 0:38:28That's great, Julie.

0:38:33 > 0:38:35OK, Ellen, sit next to your sister.

0:38:35 > 0:38:37Come on, Sam Junior.

0:38:39 > 0:38:44Ellen... Ellen, honey, sit next to Julie.

0:38:44 > 0:38:48- Come on, you guys. Dinner's ready. - Daddy's taking a picture.

0:38:50 > 0:38:53That's all right, honey, I got it.

0:38:53 > 0:38:56- See you next Sunday, Sam. - Yeah, I'll see you next Sunday.

0:39:01 > 0:39:03Tuffer!

0:39:03 > 0:39:04No, Tuffer, Tuffer...

0:39:04 > 0:39:06Tuffer...

0:39:08 > 0:39:10MUSIC ON TV

0:39:32 > 0:39:37No, 125 is your total. I let the tax slide.

0:39:37 > 0:39:38Thank you.

0:39:39 > 0:39:41You remind me of my ex-wife.

0:39:41 > 0:39:47She has got the dimples also, when she smiles. They're nice.

0:39:48 > 0:39:52Mm... Compliments and a good deal. I should shop here more often.

0:39:52 > 0:39:55You should, miss, or is it missus?

0:39:55 > 0:39:57Miss.

0:39:59 > 0:40:01Is this the current phone?

0:40:01 > 0:40:03Yes.

0:40:03 > 0:40:06Would you like me...would you like me to deliver it?

0:40:06 > 0:40:09No. That's all right. I'll have someone from the office stop by.

0:40:09 > 0:40:11It wouldn't be a problem.

0:40:11 > 0:40:13I'll be just fine.

0:40:14 > 0:40:17You already are.

0:40:17 > 0:40:20I don't want you to deliver it. I'll have it picked up.

0:40:20 > 0:40:23No, I didn't mean that I, personally...

0:40:23 > 0:40:27- We have people... I don't, I don't deliver.- Thank you.

0:40:36 > 0:40:40I think there's been a misunderstanding.

0:40:40 > 0:40:43I love my wife... I love her very much.

0:40:43 > 0:40:46We are all married men. Family men.

0:40:46 > 0:40:49Yeah. Yeah...

0:40:49 > 0:40:56Because...what's odd about your aborted flirtation with that woman today,

0:40:56 > 0:41:01according to Marty's recollection, correct me if I'm wrong, is that

0:41:01 > 0:41:07you referred to her dimples as being like those of your EX-wife's.

0:41:10 > 0:41:12I don't think I did that.

0:41:12 > 0:41:15- He sure did.- I think there's been a misunderstanding.

0:41:15 > 0:41:16As I told you

0:41:16 > 0:41:21when I took you on, I only hire married men.

0:41:21 > 0:41:24A single salesman is distracted.

0:41:24 > 0:41:30A divorced salesman fails at selling, the same as marriage.

0:41:30 > 0:41:33It's all right for a guy to, um,

0:41:33 > 0:41:38lie to some broad about not being married when he is.

0:41:38 > 0:41:40That's fine. That's to be expected.

0:41:42 > 0:41:45But you wouldn't expect that guy to lie to his boss, would you?

0:41:48 > 0:41:50I guess I...

0:41:53 > 0:41:56I guess I did try to pick up on that woman. I just...

0:41:56 > 0:42:02I didn't want you to think that I was being dishonest to my wife.

0:42:03 > 0:42:05You did try to pick her up then?

0:42:07 > 0:42:11- Yes.- My son was correct in his estimation of your character?

0:42:11 > 0:42:15Yes. Yes, yes. Yes.

0:42:15 > 0:42:21And if I were to ask you and your wife to join me and Marty and our wives

0:42:21 > 0:42:26for dinner in, say, a week or two, that would be OK with you?

0:42:30 > 0:42:33Yes, I think that, um...

0:42:37 > 0:42:38..she'd like that very much.

0:42:40 > 0:42:45'When I was little I was taught not to be rude, Mr Bernstein, but...

0:42:45 > 0:42:48'what am I supposed to do about the people who won't respect me?'

0:42:48 > 0:42:51What I wanted to do is just check on the status of my application.

0:42:51 > 0:42:56Sorry, Mr Bicke. Mr Ford should have told you, but processing takes eight to ten weeks.

0:42:56 > 0:42:58No, he did not tell me that.

0:43:00 > 0:43:03Perhaps you could check back, say, 1st September.

0:43:05 > 0:43:09- September?- Yes.- Um...

0:43:13 > 0:43:16I do understand your position.

0:43:16 > 0:43:18I'm sure that you...

0:43:18 > 0:43:21I'm sure that you deal with a lot of incompetence.

0:43:21 > 0:43:25But I am a businessman,

0:43:25 > 0:43:27and a businessman can't wait.

0:43:27 > 0:43:30If you gonna have a future, you gotta make it.

0:43:30 > 0:43:33So I would really appreciate it if I could see Mr Ford.

0:43:33 > 0:43:37- What was your first name?- Samuel J.

0:43:37 > 0:43:39I will talk to Mr Ford,

0:43:39 > 0:43:44and if he has time for a meeting, we'll call you next week.

0:43:44 > 0:43:50- Since I'm here, maybe I could just see him.- If he has time,

0:43:50 > 0:43:53we'll call you next week. Deal?

0:43:57 > 0:43:59Deal.

0:44:11 > 0:44:15Least you could do is discourage him.

0:44:15 > 0:44:18Double bourbon, vodka martini up.

0:44:18 > 0:44:20It would help if you wore your wedding ring.

0:44:20 > 0:44:22For God's sake, Sam, aren't we done yet?

0:44:22 > 0:44:25Would you consider going to the dinner?

0:44:25 > 0:44:28- You could drive your own car.- No! I'm not gonna put on some charade.

0:44:28 > 0:44:33If you're their top salesman, what do they care if you're married, divorced or queer?

0:44:45 > 0:44:48Sir, you should be ashamed of yourself. That woman is my wife.

0:44:48 > 0:44:51- They make her wear that. They MAKE her!- For God's sake, Sam.

0:44:51 > 0:44:53What?!

0:45:03 > 0:45:05Really, it's all right.

0:45:05 > 0:45:09- I'll just wait here. I'm fine here. - Mr Bicke, please...

0:45:09 > 0:45:13He'll understand. He'll be leaving at some point and he'll be going to his car.

0:45:13 > 0:45:17He'll leave at some point and I'll just walk him down...

0:45:17 > 0:45:19- Mr Bicke.- Mr Ford.

0:45:19 > 0:45:21Mr Ford.

0:45:21 > 0:45:23It's good to see you, sir.

0:45:23 > 0:45:25Look, why don't we step outside and get a cup of coffee?

0:45:25 > 0:45:27- How's that?- Coffee.

0:45:27 > 0:45:29In the cafeteria.

0:45:29 > 0:45:32Actually, there's a machine in the lobby.

0:45:32 > 0:45:34The lobby's fine. That's fine.

0:45:35 > 0:45:37Have a seat.

0:45:42 > 0:45:45Now, how exactly can I help you, Mr Bicke?

0:45:45 > 0:45:50Yes, well, sir... Funnily enough, my situation is that I-I-I really...

0:45:50 > 0:45:56It's very urgent that I get this thing rolling, if you know what I mean.

0:45:56 > 0:45:57No, I don't.

0:45:57 > 0:46:00The bus thing. The tyre thing.

0:46:00 > 0:46:03Yes, I remember your application and I sent it along.

0:46:03 > 0:46:05There's nothing more I can do.

0:46:05 > 0:46:07You can't tell me anything else?

0:46:07 > 0:46:09No, I can't.

0:46:09 > 0:46:13I told you in our meeting, and I believe you were told again,

0:46:13 > 0:46:16the process will take eight to ten weeks.

0:46:16 > 0:46:18You'll be notified by mail.

0:46:18 > 0:46:21You can't... expedite that in some..?

0:46:21 > 0:46:25It will take eight to ten weeks, and you'll be notified by mail.

0:46:26 > 0:46:28Now, I have to get back.

0:46:32 > 0:46:37- You know, is there some way that this could be speeded up?- No.

0:46:37 > 0:46:39No, there isn't.

0:46:39 > 0:46:43And if you come back again, I will have to add that to your file.

0:46:43 > 0:46:46Impatience is not a virtue, Mr Bicke.

0:46:46 > 0:46:47Yeah.

0:46:47 > 0:46:50OK. Good luck.

0:46:57 > 0:46:58In the mail, then?

0:47:01 > 0:47:02Yes.

0:47:08 > 0:47:13'A nation, like a person, has to have a certain inner drive in order to succeed.

0:47:13 > 0:47:17'In economic affairs, that inner drive is called a competitive spirit.

0:47:17 > 0:47:22'Whether this nation stays number one in the world's economy...

0:47:25 > 0:47:27'..whether we, as a people...'

0:47:31 > 0:47:33'Over 40 rounds from the hotel's rooftop.

0:47:33 > 0:47:39'The sniper, former Navy seaman Mark Jimmy Essex, had testified in his court martial...'

0:47:43 > 0:47:46'For his part, Allende vowed he would not give in.

0:47:46 > 0:47:49'He would not, he said, "Betray the working classes." '

0:47:49 > 0:47:51Who are these men?

0:47:51 > 0:47:56Who are these men, maestro, who keep us waiting at their feet?

0:47:56 > 0:48:00The meek shall not inherit the Earth.

0:48:00 > 0:48:07The Earth belongs to the bullies who do not care how they get to the top...as long as they arrive.

0:48:14 > 0:48:19I am an honest man, and if that is to be my undoing, then so be it.

0:48:19 > 0:48:21But I will not go quietly.

0:48:37 > 0:48:40You've just got to have a little more patience, that's all.

0:48:40 > 0:48:43It's all about money.

0:48:45 > 0:48:46It's all about money.

0:48:46 > 0:48:49It ain't ALL about money.

0:48:49 > 0:48:51TYRES SCREECH

0:48:52 > 0:48:53Fuck!

0:48:53 > 0:48:54Now what?

0:48:57 > 0:49:00- You got a problem? - Yeah, I got a problem.

0:49:00 > 0:49:03- I paid you to fix the leak. - You've still got one?

0:49:03 > 0:49:07I've got half a fucking dozen of 'em. What kind of rip-off joint you running here, anyhow?

0:49:08 > 0:49:13- You sound like you're having a bad day.- Yeah, I'm having a bad day with this fucking car.

0:49:18 > 0:49:20Look at this shit. Look at this hose.

0:49:20 > 0:49:23When you change water hoses, you drive 'em round a couple of days

0:49:23 > 0:49:26- and then come back. - You should've told me that then!

0:49:29 > 0:49:32Look at this hose. It's leaking over here, too.

0:49:45 > 0:49:47- You have a nice day now.- Yeah(!)

0:49:52 > 0:49:53Sam!

0:49:53 > 0:49:55Man...

0:49:58 > 0:50:01What is the matter with you? This thing is loaded!

0:50:01 > 0:50:04Nobody should talk to another person like that.

0:50:04 > 0:50:09- So you swing this fucking thing around?! Are you out of your mind? - He didn't respect you.- So what?

0:50:09 > 0:50:13- You think I'm losing sleep over that bullshit?- But how can you take that racist crap?- Whoa!

0:50:13 > 0:50:17Just because I didn't cuss his ass out doesn't mean I took shit off of him!

0:50:17 > 0:50:20All I took off of him was the money that he owed me.

0:50:20 > 0:50:25I sure as shit ain't some kind of Uncle Tom, if that's what you're trying to say.

0:50:25 > 0:50:26Are we clear on that?

0:50:26 > 0:50:28Yes, we're clear.

0:50:28 > 0:50:31Jesus Christ!

0:50:34 > 0:50:38I didn't mean that you were a Tom.

0:50:38 > 0:50:39I didn't mean that.

0:50:45 > 0:50:47I'm so sorry, Bonny.

0:50:50 > 0:50:52I'm sorry.

0:50:52 > 0:50:54Are we still friends?

0:50:55 > 0:50:57Yeah, we're friends.

0:50:58 > 0:51:00I'm sorry.

0:51:02 > 0:51:06'Last night, near the site of that massacre, some 200 Indians took control

0:51:06 > 0:51:09'of two buildings on the Pine Ridge Sioux reservation.

0:51:09 > 0:51:15'The Indians attacked at midnight, fully aware of the cliche that Indians don't fight at night.

0:51:15 > 0:51:20'We have bet our lives that we can make change for the American Indian,

0:51:20 > 0:51:21'whether we live or die.

0:51:21 > 0:51:26'And I'm prepared to die. I would rather die than submit to slavery.'

0:51:56 > 0:51:58HE EXHALES

0:52:08 > 0:52:10PHONE RINGS

0:52:18 > 0:52:21MUSIC PLAYS

0:52:21 > 0:52:26'..Internal Security Division of the Justice Department of the FBI...'

0:52:26 > 0:52:28MUSIC PLAYS

0:52:32 > 0:52:34And I apologise, Ma.

0:52:34 > 0:52:40Well that's right, she's your daughter, but she's my wife and you have to tell me where Marie is, Ma.

0:52:42 > 0:52:45OK, Mrs Andersen, where is Marie?

0:52:47 > 0:52:50Well, then, I'll just have to keep calling.

0:52:50 > 0:52:51I'll have to keep calling.

0:52:57 > 0:53:009-0-8-2. Thank you.

0:53:27 > 0:53:28Marie Bicke, please.

0:53:30 > 0:53:33Yes, I know exactly what time it is.

0:53:33 > 0:53:37It's 3.27 in the morning, and I demand to speak to my wife.

0:53:39 > 0:53:44Yes, that's right, this is Sam, Sam Bicke. And who is this?

0:53:44 > 0:53:46Who is this, sir? Who is this, sir?

0:53:52 > 0:53:53Marie?

0:53:54 > 0:53:55Wait. Wait.

0:53:56 > 0:53:59No, you hold on, Marie.

0:53:59 > 0:54:04I got a divorce decree today, and we're supposed to be separated.

0:54:04 > 0:54:07We're supposed to be working on this!

0:54:08 > 0:54:10It's only been one year.

0:54:10 > 0:54:14It has certainly not been two years!

0:54:14 > 0:54:16No, it has not been almost two!

0:54:18 > 0:54:20I... I have a life.

0:54:20 > 0:54:22Why would you say that?

0:54:22 > 0:54:24Why would you say THAT, Marie?

0:54:24 > 0:54:27When you're... Marie?

0:54:27 > 0:54:30God damn it! God damn it!

0:54:46 > 0:54:48ENGAGED TONE

0:54:52 > 0:54:54HE SOBS

0:55:19 > 0:55:22BUZZER

0:55:24 > 0:55:29'I could stand before this audience and make all kinds of excuses...'

0:55:29 > 0:55:33I appreciate all the time you've taken.

0:55:33 > 0:55:37Yeah, well, I have spent a lot of time, but it's OK because I know you're gonna be happy.

0:55:37 > 0:55:39I need to measure the space.

0:55:39 > 0:55:44So we can deliver it this afternoon, or is Saturday better?

0:55:44 > 0:55:47As I said before, I have to still measure the space.

0:55:47 > 0:55:50I'll have the boys come over. They can measure the space.

0:55:50 > 0:55:52You're not gonna let me down, are you, Stan?

0:55:52 > 0:55:57This doesn't have to be done today because we'll be here in the morning.

0:55:59 > 0:56:01I just wanna be sure.

0:56:01 > 0:56:04SOUND LEVELS INCREASE

0:56:06 > 0:56:08Turn that down.

0:56:08 > 0:56:10TELEVISIONS BLARE

0:56:14 > 0:56:16God damn it!

0:56:21 > 0:56:25Bicke... What did you just do?

0:56:25 > 0:56:28You out of your fucking mind?!

0:56:28 > 0:56:33Actually, I have some bad news, because I'm not going to...

0:56:33 > 0:56:34This is my last day.

0:56:34 > 0:56:36What?

0:56:36 > 0:56:40Actually, I'm not going to be able to finish today

0:56:40 > 0:56:44because I have a very important letter that's coming.

0:56:44 > 0:56:49I'm starting my own business, and I have an enormous amount of plans that I have to make.

0:56:49 > 0:56:53- Have your desk cleared in ten minutes.- All right.

0:56:53 > 0:56:57'Cos people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook.

0:56:57 > 0:57:01'Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got.

0:57:01 > 0:57:04'I sold all my stocks for 200,000.

0:57:04 > 0:57:07'I sold my apartment in New York...'

0:57:07 > 0:57:09It's about money, Dick.

0:57:09 > 0:57:11It's about money, Dick!

0:57:11 > 0:57:15It's about money! It's about money, Dick!

0:57:15 > 0:57:17It's about money, Dick!

0:57:17 > 0:57:19MONEY!

0:57:19 > 0:57:20Bicke!

0:57:27 > 0:57:31'And the pieces of testimony you gave us last week...

0:57:31 > 0:57:34'was that you had dispersed some 69,000

0:57:34 > 0:57:39'in what you might call a sabotage programme,

0:57:39 > 0:57:43'and that you also perjured yourself at the trial.

0:57:43 > 0:57:49'Would you explain to the committee how you dispersed of 69,000?

0:57:49 > 0:57:52'I don't think that was gone into in much detail...'

0:57:52 > 0:57:56Roger Zeffler, please. Sam Bicke, Bicke Tyres.

0:57:56 > 0:58:01'Speaking to Haldeman and Ehrlichman, I said, "The boil had to be pricked." '

0:58:01 > 0:58:02No...

0:58:02 > 0:58:04' "You have to prick the boil and take the heat." '

0:58:04 > 0:58:06You're the prick.

0:58:06 > 0:58:08YOU'RE the prick.

0:58:08 > 0:58:11Hello, Roger.

0:58:11 > 0:58:14No, I wasn't saying that to... This is Sam Bicke.

0:58:14 > 0:58:16Yes, that's right, Julius's brother.

0:58:16 > 0:58:19As a matter of fact, I'm back with Julius now.

0:58:19 > 0:58:22I'm handling shipping and receiving for him.

0:58:22 > 0:58:26I have a purchase order that we sent in a couple of days ago.

0:58:26 > 0:58:28It's number 37-65.

0:58:29 > 0:58:34Well, it is a lot of tyres. As a matter of fact, we're opening an outlet in the Hill district.

0:58:34 > 0:58:37Well, black people have to have tyres, too, Roger.

0:58:37 > 0:58:39HE LAUGHS

0:58:42 > 0:58:47Yes, that's the correct address. If you could just drop-ship those, that would be fine.

0:58:47 > 0:58:49Monday's fine.

0:58:57 > 0:59:01- 'The operation was the burglary of the Watergate.- That's correct, sir.

0:59:01 > 0:59:04'Mr Magruder, just one very brief question.

0:59:04 > 0:59:07'Did John Dean prepare you for your grand jury?'

0:59:11 > 0:59:17'..By making their lives better at home, for themselves and their children, deserves...'

0:59:18 > 0:59:20'That key is in your hands.

0:59:20 > 0:59:22'Every action I have taken tonight

0:59:22 > 0:59:26'is designed to help us snap out of this self-doubt,

0:59:26 > 0:59:29'this self-disparagement that saps our energy.'

0:59:31 > 0:59:37'She declared it was all part of the national plan to bring an end to the Black Panther party.'

1:00:23 > 1:00:25Darn it.

1:00:27 > 1:00:29Ohh...

1:00:29 > 1:00:31Darn it.

1:00:38 > 1:00:42'I want the American people, I want you,

1:00:42 > 1:00:45'to know beyond the shadow of a doubt

1:00:45 > 1:00:48'that during my term as president,

1:00:48 > 1:00:53'justice will be pursued fairly, fully...'

1:00:53 > 1:00:55Please let them know, maestro...

1:00:55 > 1:00:59- HE CLICKS SWITCH - ..let them know I was nervous...

1:01:01 > 1:01:06..that, unlike the powerful, I was not so arrogant...

1:01:06 > 1:01:11as to be sure that my actions were righteous.

1:01:11 > 1:01:15Certainty is the disease of kings, Maestro.

1:01:15 > 1:01:19And Sam Bicke was many things...

1:01:19 > 1:01:21but not a king.

1:01:21 > 1:01:24He just wanted to make a change.

1:01:24 > 1:01:27To stop the lies.

1:01:27 > 1:01:28And he aimed high.

1:01:52 > 1:01:53Hello, Samuel.

1:01:55 > 1:01:59The landlord was kind enough to allow me in.

1:01:59 > 1:02:01He stopped by. I see you received his note.

1:02:04 > 1:02:05Julius.

1:02:05 > 1:02:08We have some things to discuss, don't you think?

1:02:08 > 1:02:10To discuss?

1:02:13 > 1:02:17- Good seeing you, of course. - Cut the crap. Sit down.

1:02:28 > 1:02:31You're a very strange man, Samuel.

1:02:33 > 1:02:35I've always known this.

1:02:36 > 1:02:38I've always tried to help.

1:02:40 > 1:02:43So why would you steal from me, your brother?

1:02:47 > 1:02:49- I didn't... I didn't steal... - You did.

1:02:49 > 1:02:53I had to bail your friend Bonny out of jail this evening.

1:02:55 > 1:02:58- Bonny?- For receiving stolen goods.

1:02:58 > 1:03:00My goods.

1:03:00 > 1:03:06Did you think Roger Zeffler wouldn't become suspicious of your friend?

1:03:06 > 1:03:12That somehow this delivery was kosher? That 550 tyres belonged to that address?

1:03:16 > 1:03:18Roger Zeffler is a racist.

1:03:18 > 1:03:21Perhaps that's so. Shame on Roger Zeffler.

1:03:21 > 1:03:24But you, you're are a crook.

1:03:24 > 1:03:26So, you tell me, Sam.

1:03:26 > 1:03:28Which shame is greater?

1:03:28 > 1:03:32- I am not...- Look at me. Look at me.

1:03:34 > 1:03:36This is your brother.

1:03:36 > 1:03:39Your brother.

1:03:39 > 1:03:42Do I deserve this now, for you to lie to me?

1:03:45 > 1:03:48- Julius, please.- No, no, no.

1:03:48 > 1:03:50No "please, Julius". No, no. No!

1:03:52 > 1:03:55I have been to the police,

1:03:55 > 1:03:58begging forgiveness for a mistake that was not a mistake.

1:03:58 > 1:04:00Because I took responsibility, Samuel,

1:04:00 > 1:04:04responsibility, so that no-one would go to jail.

1:04:04 > 1:04:10So that this man, Bonny, your friend, would not go to jail.

1:04:10 > 1:04:12And my family caused this.

1:04:13 > 1:04:17So you must tell me, Sam, please,

1:04:17 > 1:04:20which is the greater shame?

1:04:21 > 1:04:23Which?

1:04:37 > 1:04:39I'm sorry, Julius.

1:04:42 > 1:04:44What is your name?

1:04:46 > 1:04:47Hmm?

1:04:49 > 1:04:50I...

1:04:50 > 1:04:53I had... I had...an idea.

1:04:56 > 1:04:58For a tyre business.

1:04:58 > 1:04:59Like you.

1:05:01 > 1:05:04- And I just... - HE SIGHS

1:05:04 > 1:05:08I wanted to get a head start until my loan came in,

1:05:08 > 1:05:10and my loan was denied,

1:05:10 > 1:05:13because they're racists.

1:05:13 > 1:05:14Nixon.

1:05:14 > 1:05:16All of them!

1:05:18 > 1:05:19Like Zeffler.

1:05:21 > 1:05:26I didn't get the money because my partner is black.

1:05:29 > 1:05:31I was gonna pay you back.

1:05:31 > 1:05:34I'm just trying to keep my family together.

1:05:34 > 1:05:37And the little guy can't do it any more.

1:05:37 > 1:05:39He just can't do it any more.

1:05:39 > 1:05:42Because there's a cancer in the system.

1:05:42 > 1:05:47The whole system has a cancer, and I'm being punished because I resist.

1:05:47 > 1:05:51But somebody has to resist, just somebody has to resist.

1:05:56 > 1:05:58You're my brother. You're my brother.

1:06:03 > 1:06:05As of this moment, Samuel...

1:06:07 > 1:06:10..I wash my hands of you.

1:06:10 > 1:06:12No more. That's it. Nothing.

1:06:12 > 1:06:15And if you steal from me again, brother or no brother,

1:06:15 > 1:06:18I will send you to jail.

1:06:19 > 1:06:21HE WHIMPERS

1:06:24 > 1:06:26DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES

1:06:31 > 1:06:34CAR DRIVES OFF

1:06:42 > 1:06:46KETTLE WHISTLES

1:07:01 > 1:07:05'You can pick the only luxury convertible made in America.

1:07:05 > 1:07:08'But no matter which of nine Cadillac models you are to select,

1:07:08 > 1:07:12'they're all part of the Cadillac tradition.

1:07:12 > 1:07:14'Tonight, February 17th. Good evening.

1:07:14 > 1:07:19'Secret Service officials are still puzzling over the landing of an Army helicopter today

1:07:19 > 1:07:21'on the south lawn of the White House.

1:07:21 > 1:07:24'It all started shortly after midnight last night

1:07:24 > 1:07:30'when Army Private First Class, Robert Preston stole an unarmed helicopter from Fort Mead, Maryland.

1:07:30 > 1:07:34'The joy-riding pilot was identified as 20-year-old PFC Robert Preston,

1:07:34 > 1:07:39'a helicopter mechanic, who was reportedly unhappy over flunking out of flight school.

1:07:39 > 1:07:42'He was charged with unlawful entry into the White House grounds.

1:07:42 > 1:07:47'I sincerely believe that if his attitude was to crash into the White House,

1:07:47 > 1:07:49'he could have accomplished it without any problem.

1:07:49 > 1:07:54- 'Do you think his attitude was to crash into the White House? - I do. I really do.'

1:07:54 > 1:07:56It wasn't like a light bulb, really.

1:07:56 > 1:07:59It was more like an old candle, you know,

1:07:59 > 1:08:02just a plain, simple idea.

1:08:02 > 1:08:06But in that moment I knew, Mr Bernstein...

1:08:06 > 1:08:12I knew the die was cast.

1:08:14 > 1:08:21Mr Bernstein, oh, I have the utmost respect for you.

1:08:21 > 1:08:25Your music is both pure and honest.

1:08:26 > 1:08:29And that is why I have chosen you

1:08:29 > 1:08:34to present the truth about me to the world.

1:08:34 > 1:08:37120, 40, 60, 80, 200.

1:08:37 > 1:08:42One, two, three, four, and 33 cents. There you are, Mr Bicke. All cashed out.

1:08:43 > 1:08:45(I'm sorry.)

1:08:49 > 1:08:53It's a shame innocent lives are going to have to be lost, Maestro.

1:08:53 > 1:09:00And I will do my best to prevent as many deaths as I possibly can.

1:09:00 > 1:09:02But that won't be easy.

1:09:04 > 1:09:08If history teaches us anything,

1:09:08 > 1:09:13it's that you have got to get the seat of government.

1:09:14 > 1:09:18The whole goddamned chair, you just kick it out.

1:09:18 > 1:09:22Let the system dangle, you know, till it doesn't breathe.

1:09:25 > 1:09:31If you destroy the seat of government, THEN you've made a change. A real change.

1:09:32 > 1:09:35And I am going to do it.

1:09:59 > 1:10:01Beep, beep, beep!

1:10:01 > 1:10:03No, this is...

1:10:03 > 1:10:04I'm sure it's just...

1:10:04 > 1:10:07I have an injury.

1:10:07 > 1:10:09Huh? Oh!

1:10:09 > 1:10:12It's OK. Thank you.

1:10:13 > 1:10:16And, um, then I come down.

1:10:25 > 1:10:28Good morning, gentlemen. My name is Sam Bicke.

1:10:28 > 1:10:32If you do what I say, no-one will be hurt.

1:10:32 > 1:10:37I want you to fly this plane... and I want you to fly it low.

1:10:39 > 1:10:42I want you to fly it very low.

1:10:54 > 1:10:56I have to take control here.

1:11:17 > 1:11:19DOGS BARK

1:11:30 > 1:11:33It's a shame there aren't more people like Bonny.

1:11:34 > 1:11:36What a beautiful man.

1:11:37 > 1:11:42I hope that he will forgive me for stealing his gun.

1:12:10 > 1:12:13They let you in looking like that?

1:12:13 > 1:12:17I wanted to talk to you.

1:12:17 > 1:12:19I'm sorry things didn't work out.

1:12:19 > 1:12:21No hard feelings.

1:12:21 > 1:12:25Um...I wanted to thank you for teaching me...

1:12:27 > 1:12:30..that to be...a salesman

1:12:30 > 1:12:34you don't have to be a good man.

1:12:36 > 1:12:38You got a fever, Bicke?

1:12:40 > 1:12:41You're sweating like a pig.

1:12:41 > 1:12:44Wipe your forehead, for Christ's sake.

1:12:44 > 1:12:46I'm trying to eat a meal.

1:13:06 > 1:13:08You all right, son?

1:13:08 > 1:13:10RAUCOUS LAUGHTER

1:13:38 > 1:13:40DOG BARKS

1:13:46 > 1:13:48BARKING CONTINUES

1:14:33 > 1:14:35TINKLING TUNE

1:14:48 > 1:14:50HE INHALES DEEPLY

1:15:13 > 1:15:17You love me. Don't you, boy?

1:15:19 > 1:15:21I would never leave you.

1:15:25 > 1:15:27Come on.

1:15:53 > 1:15:55AIRCRAFT ENGINES WHIRR

1:16:46 > 1:16:49INDISTINCT TANNOY ANNOUNCEMENTS

1:17:24 > 1:17:27Sir! Sir? Excuse me.

1:17:27 > 1:17:29You left your case.

1:17:34 > 1:17:38MUSIC: Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5

1:20:09 > 1:20:13- TANNOY:- TWA skycap with wheelchair, please come to TWA ticket counter.

1:20:13 > 1:20:17TWA skycap with wheelchair, please come to TWA ticket counter.

1:20:35 > 1:20:40Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to begin boarding Flight 543 with service to Atlanta.

1:20:40 > 1:20:43In accordance with our security measures,

1:20:43 > 1:20:48we do ask that you begin to form a line in front of the metal detector.

1:20:48 > 1:20:52Please have your tickets and any carry-on baggage with you at this time.

1:20:52 > 1:20:57This is the general boarding call for Flight 543 to Atlanta.

1:21:14 > 1:21:16BEEPING

1:21:51 > 1:21:54TEARS TAPE ON LEG

1:21:56 > 1:21:58GUNSHOT, SCREAMING

1:22:07 > 1:22:11Nobody move. Nobody move! I'll kill you. I'll kill you!

1:22:11 > 1:22:14I've got a bomb, I'll kill you.

1:22:14 > 1:22:18You, come here. Come here, come here. Close that door. Close it.

1:22:20 > 1:22:23- Sir, please just calm down.- What?!

1:22:23 > 1:22:27Calm down. We're gonna to be able to take care of anything you need.

1:22:28 > 1:22:30No! No!

1:22:42 > 1:22:44Write down that my name is Sam Bicke.

1:22:44 > 1:22:50If you...if you don't move, then no-one will get hurt.

1:22:50 > 1:22:54If you don't move, then no-one will get hurt.

1:22:54 > 1:22:56You understand? OK.

1:22:56 > 1:22:59I want you to fly this plane. I want you to fly it low.

1:22:59 > 1:23:01I want you to fly it very low.

1:23:01 > 1:23:03I hear you, Sam.

1:23:03 > 1:23:07So, here's what I need to do. I just need to call the tower. OK?

1:23:07 > 1:23:11I'm gonna call the tower. I'm gonna reach over here and get my headset.

1:23:11 > 1:23:14I'll put it on and then call the tower...

1:23:14 > 1:23:16SPEECH FADES INTO DISTANCE

1:23:16 > 1:23:18INAUDIBLE

1:23:53 > 1:23:55SHE SCREAMS

1:23:55 > 1:23:59You have to help him to fly the plane.

1:23:59 > 1:24:03OK? She's gonna help you fly the plane.

1:24:03 > 1:24:05You have to move him.

1:24:05 > 1:24:09Sam, I can fly the plane myself. Just let her go.

1:24:13 > 1:24:15GUNSHOT, SCREAMING

1:24:21 > 1:24:22Please let me go.

1:24:22 > 1:24:24Please.

1:24:25 > 1:24:29Please... Let me go. I don't want to die.

1:24:30 > 1:24:32'Look at me, maestro.

1:24:32 > 1:24:35'Am I smiling?

1:24:37 > 1:24:40GUNSHOTS/SCREAMING

1:24:43 > 1:24:45WOMAN SOBBING

1:24:50 > 1:24:52'Tell them why I did this, maestro.

1:24:52 > 1:24:55'History needs to be clear on this.

1:24:55 > 1:25:00'They can rebuild the White House, but they will never forget me.

1:25:00 > 1:25:03'Not ever.

1:25:08 > 1:25:12'I was here, I was here, maestro. I did this.

1:25:12 > 1:25:17'And a man is only remembered for his work.

1:25:19 > 1:25:20'Just tell them that.'

1:25:28 > 1:25:34'The first hijack attempt in the United States in more than a year was made today in Baltimore. It failed.

1:25:34 > 1:25:38'There had not been another hijacking attempt in this country until today.

1:25:38 > 1:25:42'It happened at the same airport, but with far worse consequences.

1:25:42 > 1:25:46'44-year-old Samuel Bicke walked to the departure gate

1:25:46 > 1:25:50'carrying an attache case which contained gasoline and a detonator.

1:25:50 > 1:25:54'He was running and acting like he was crazy, out of his mind.

1:25:54 > 1:25:59'Bicke ran through the enclosed boarding bridge yelling for passengers to get out of his way.

1:25:59 > 1:26:04'A policeman ran after him, but Bicke was inside and had forced the stewardesses to close the door.

1:26:04 > 1:26:07'The policeman fired and killed the would-be hijacker.

1:26:07 > 1:26:12'His motive may never be known, but authorities say that there's no question that the would-be hijacker

1:26:12 > 1:26:16'intended to destroy himself and everyone else aboard Delta Flight 543.

1:26:16 > 1:26:22'Neil Strauser, CBS News, at the Baltimore Washington International Airport.'

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