{1353}{1383} Come on! {3383}{3448} But you realize | I know nothing about politics? {3451}{3509} - You voted for him, didn't you? | - Adam Lang? Of course I did. {3511}{3590} Everyone voted for him. | He wasn't a politician, he was a craze. {3591}{3623} Well, there you go. {3625}{3734} Look, it's a new ghostwriter he needs, | not another goddamn politico. | {3743}{3811} He was paid $10 million for these memoirs, {3813}{3884} but rumor has it | the manuscript's a crock of shit. {3886}{3962} Rhinehart's lending him his house | at the ocean so they can fix it, {3966}{4029} and the pressure | must have gotten to McAra. {4037}{4095} Pathologist said his blood was, | like, three parts booze. {4096}{4146} You mean he drowned by accident? {4151}{4233} Accident, suicide, who cares? | It was the book that killed him. {4239}{4265} Well, that's encouraging. {4295}{4335} Who is this McAra? | Should I have heard of him? {4337}{4433} Yeah. He was some kind of aide to Lang | when he was Prime Minister, {4435}{4503} so don't admit that you haven't. | He was with him for years. {4575}{4617} I don't know, Rick. {4687}{4751} This is a great opportunity for you. {4755}{4802} Plus the money is good. Kids won't starve. {4803}{4849} - I don't have any kids. | - I do. {5199}{5225} Roy. {5323}{5366} Who're you expecting to bomb you, | Random House? {5367}{5401} We're publishing Lang's memoirs. {5403}{5466} That's enough to make us a target, | apparently. {5480}{5513} Thank you. {5735}{5827} - How many have you seen? | - Five. You're the last. {6010}{6039} I must be honest. {6041}{6093} I don't think you're the right man | for this assignment. {6095}{6137} Then it's a good job | it's not your decision, Roy. {6199}{6274} John Maddox, chief executive | of Rhinehart, New York. {6275}{6299} Sir. {6331}{6390} Sidney Kroll, | Mr. Lang's Washington attorney. {6392}{6416} Mr. Kroll. {6418}{6490} And Nick Ricardelli I believe you know. {6499}{6522} All right, Rick. {6618}{6695} All right, I gather from Rick | you're aware of the situation? {6730}{6763} Perhaps you can enlighten us {6765}{6840} and tell us what exactly | you're gonna bring to this project. {6843}{6872} Nothing. {6931}{6983} No, I'm not gonna pretend | to be someone I'm not. {6985}{7021} You have my CV. {7023}{7102} His last effort was | the autobiography of a magician, {7103}{7158} <i>I Came, I Sawed, I Conquered.</i> {7159}{7225} Yeah, and it went straight | to number one, so... {7227}{7278} After you turned it down, Roy. {7291}{7390} Look, I don't read political memoirs. | Who does? {7419}{7506} And I gather you've spent | $10 million on this book. {7515}{7569} How much of that are you gonna see back? {7571}{7622} Two? Three? {7623}{7678} It's bad news for your shareholders. {7679}{7751} And it's worse news | for your client, Mr. Kroll. {7753}{7866} Adam Lang, he wants a place in history, | not in the remainder tables. {7867}{7894} Oh, please! {7895}{7948} It's because I know nothing about politics {7950}{8039} that I'll ask the questions that get | right to the heart of who Adam Lang is. {8043}{8099} And that is what sells autobiographies. {8114}{8143} Heart. {8188}{8247} Wow! That's nicely done. {8248}{8311} - What utter balls. | - You think so? {8313}{8402} John, of course. | Adam Lang's a world historical figure. {8403}{8463} His autobiography is gonna be | a world-publishing event. {8464}{8530} Yeah, well, I got warehouses filled with {8531}{8595} world-publishing events | waiting to be pulped. {8633}{8659} Sid? {8678}{8771} Adam is obviously still very upset | by what happened to Mike McAra. {8773}{8878} He was irreplaceable. | Irreplaceable, and yet he has to be replaced. {8903}{9011} Adam can certainly appreciate the benefits | of trying someone different. {9013}{9090} In the end, it's about chemistry. | Do you work out, maybe? {9091}{9150} - Not really. | - That's a pity. Adam likes to work out. {9151}{9235} Actually, I know a good writer | on the <i>Guardian</i> who uses a gym. {9278}{9387} Okay, maybe we could just run over | the publishing schedule, yeah? {9389}{9423} We need to wrap this up in a month. {9425}{9455} - A month? | - Yes. {9456}{9508} - You want the book in a month? | - We already have a first draft. {9510}{9573} Yeah, well, it needs a lot of work. {9587}{9691} That's why I like your r�sum� here. | You're fast, and you deliver. {9693}{9760} You name it, he ghosts it. {9766}{9799} And you're a Brit. {9822}{9850} The ghost should be a Brit. {9852}{9903} To get the jolly old tone right, right? {9939}{10034} - Do you have any family commitments? | - No, I have no family. Why? {10036}{10078} Adam is locked into a US lecture tour, {10079}{10177} also a fundraising program | for the Adam Lang Foundation. {10179}{10229} It's a month in the States. That's okay. {10231}{10278} Couldn't I bring the manuscript back here | to work on? {10279}{10384} I'm afraid not. It's in a secure environment | in Marty Rhinehart's own house. {10391}{10442} Only a few people are allowed to handle it. {10444}{10482} Sounds more like a bomb than a book. {10530}{10632} I will need to see it myself at some point. | I am supposed to be editing it. {10634}{10716} Yeah, in theory. | Actually, we need to talk about that. {10765}{10809} - How soon can you get over there? | - As soon as you want. {10811}{10838} - He'll fly tonight. | - Rick. {10839}{10863} It's okay. {11055}{11089} Okay, you're in. {11123}{11146} Oh! {11149}{11198} - Congratulations. | - Thank you. Thanks. {11199}{11233} - Rick. | - Thank you. {11235}{11299} Actually, I have something here {11300}{11329} - you might want to look at. | - Is that... Is that... {11331}{11398} No, no, no, this isn't Adam's book. | No, it's another client of mine. {11399}{11458} Yeah, perhaps you can let me know | what you think. {11491}{11517} Sure. {11519}{11562} Okay, if you're gonna get | that evening flight, {11563}{11622} we'd better talk contracts with Rick here. {11623}{11691} Wanna show our friend to the door? | Would you? {11695}{11721} Roy? {11769}{11815} Call you in an hour, buddy. {11819}{11843} Hey! {11855}{11880} Remember... {11931}{11967} Heart. {12045}{12130} There's something not quite right | about this project. {12135}{12182} - What? Me, you mean? | - Obviously you. {12187}{12243} And McAra. Suicide? {12271}{12341} He didn't strike me as the suicidal type. {12345}{12387} Always nice to see you, Roy. {12453}{12483} Good luck. {12784}{12839} Oh, God. {13207}{13243} Thank you. {14239}{14287} - Yeah? | - <i>Congratulations!</i> {14289}{14350} - On what? | <i>- On having me as your agent.</i> {14355}{14402} Yeah, I can hardly believe my luck. {14407}{14430} <i>Are you packed?</i> {14432}{14467} I just got mugged. {14495}{14561} <i>Shit! Are you okay?</i> {14563}{14655} Yeah, all they took was the manuscript | that Sidney Kroll gave me. {14659}{14695} <i>What? Why?</i> {14703}{14745} I don't know. You tell me. {14766}{14790} <i>Are you hurt?</i> {14792}{14866} No, I'm fine. I think they must | have followed me from Rhinehart's. {14893}{14935} <i>Why would they do that?</i> {14939}{15009} Well, maybe they thought | I had Lang's book. {15013}{15067} I knew this whole thing was a bad idea. {15110}{15146} <i>You're still okay to fly tonight, right?</i> {15147}{15198} For God's sake, Rick, I'm in shock. {15199}{15255} <i>Well, here's another shock for you.</i> {15259}{15327} <i>For one month's work</i> | <i>on a manuscript that's already written,</i> {15328}{15471} <i>Rhinehart Inc. Is willing</i> | <i>to pay you $250,000, plus expenses.</i> {15503}{15543} <i>Window seat or aisle?</i> {15553}{15631} <i>...Islam has</i> | <i>issued a statement claiming responsibility.</i> {15632}{15703} <i>We hope to bring you more on that</i> | <i>later in the bulletin.</i> {15704}{15801} <i>Meanwhile, former British Prime Minister</i> | <i>Adam Lang is back in the news tonight.</i> {15803}{15871} <i>According to leaked documents,</i> | <i>Mr. Lang authorized</i> {15873}{15925} <i>the illegal use of British special forces</i> {15927}{16023} <i>to seize four suspected al-Qaeda terrorists</i> | <i>in Pakistan</i> {16025}{16115} <i>and then hand them over</i> | <i>for interrogation by the CIA.</i> {16119}{16218} <i>The men, Nasir Ashraf, Marwat Sayed,</i> | <i>Salim Khan and Faruk Ahmed,</i> {16220}{16339} <i>all British citizens, were seized in the</i> | <i>Pakistani city of Peshawar five years ago.</i> {16348}{16423} <i>All four were allegedly transferred</i> | <i>out of the country</i> {16425}{16483} <i>to a secret location and tortured.</i> {16485}{16541} <i>Mr. Ashraf is reported to have died</i> | <i>under interrogation.</i> {16569}{16617} <i>Such an operation</i> | <i>would have been illegal under...</i> {16619}{16658} - <i>Yeah?</i> | - Where are you? {16659}{16740} <i>Heathrow, like you.</i> | <i>Waiting for my flight to New York.</i> {16742}{16766} Can you see the news? {16767}{16828} <i>The Lang story? Yeah, I'm watching it now.</i> {16830}{16884} What have you gotten me into? {16886}{16993} <i>I got you into a quarter of a million bucks,</i> | <i>pal, that's what I got you into.</i> {16999}{17032} <i>They're calling my flight. I gotta go.</i> {17034}{17069} Listen, I just realized {17071}{17137} Sidney Kroll could have...
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