"[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]" "[SPEAKING IN ITALIAN]" "[SCREAMING]" "[GUNFIRE]" "[TIRES SQUEALING]" "[WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER PA]" "WOMAN [ON PA]:" "Flight 333 nonstop to Dallas now boarding...." "[NECCI  WOMAN SPEAKING IN ITALIAN]" "DOTTY:" "Okay, that's it." "Don't do that." "AMANDA:" "Oh, Mother." " What have you got?" " O-W-N-A-I-R." "I'm out." " What?" "DOTTY: "Ownhair."" "AMANDA:" "That's not a word." " I can use that in a sentence." ""The handsome man is not wearing a wig he is wearing his 'ownhair.'"" " Mother, that's not a word." " Yes, it is." "It's not." " Did you understand the sentence?" " That doesn't matter." " It's not a word." " That's what we need." "Someone handsome who can fix the sink, barbecue and has his own hair." " Oh, Mother." " Ha, ha." "Out of the woodwork, he will just come out of the woodwork." "Shh." "He'll be gentle and wonderful and have a good job." "AMANDA:" "Mm-hm." "Oh." " Okay." "Dotty, 206." "Good." "Amanda, 190." "[CHUCKLES]" "[CHUCKLES]" "Well, looks like the little lady didn't feel like cooking again tonight." "Here, I'll take that." "Yeah, Chinese last night, pizza tonight." "The way things are going, it'll be chicken-on-a-stick tomorrow." "Here you go." "Keep the change, yeah." " Thanks, Mr. King." "Good night." " You got it." "[CAR DOOR OPENS THEN CLOSES]" "[ENGINE STARTING]" "AMANDA:" "Sweetheart, those G's are looking good." "They're supposed to be P's." "The P's are looking great." "Could I please have some privacy?" "Don't worry, nobody wants to listen to you giggle with Linda Montez." "PHILIP:" "I got a haircut." "[DOORBELL RINGS]" "I'll get it." "Listen, uh, you just work on your P's." " Uh, don't eavesdrop on your brother." " All right." "AMANDA:" "Coming!" " Did you order the large?" " Shh." "I could have been my mother." "Hmm, you have a lot in common, but I wouldn't go that far." " I tried to call and finally gave up." " Oh." "Phillip has a new girlfriend." "He's on the phone." "I'm letting him enjoy it." "LEE:" "I see." "So, what was so important?" " Amanda, I need a favor." " Oh." " And we'll pay you." " Okay." "See, the agency oversight committee begins its annual review tomorrow." "Congressional, they approve our budget." "Important people." "Mm-hm." "Yeah." "Always going through drawers, checking expense accounts" "And you want me to try to make some sense out of yours." " Exactly." "Can you do it?" " Mm-hm." "Well, I don't know, but I can try." "Listen, uh, this pizza's gonna get cold." "I'll come first thing in the morning." "It doesn't matter, Mr. Melrose asked me to anyway." " Okay?" " Amanda, you're a godsend." "No, don't go that far." "I paid the kid a 20 for the pizza." "You gave him too much." "[DOOR OPENS]" "WELLINGTON:" "I'll give you what help I can, Alan." " Big job, even so." " Aren't you starting at the Smithsonian?" "No, I think I would like to start here, Mr. Wellington." "And believe me, preserving history is not a job it is a grand passion." "So, what's the problem?" "Well, I'm particularly concerned about any document over 200 years old." "I'm looking for a dormant fungus I found in Italy:" "Aseculum distalias." "You could have it right here in the Declaration and not even know it." "Ugh." "When it rains, it pours." "I have never seen the news this long." "Tell me about it." "Billy's got me all over the map." "Swiss bank robbery, a kidnapping in Rome...." " Mercury retrograde." " Yeah." "Mercury's where?" "Retrograde." "Difficult time, astrologically." "Affects everything..." " ...including your kidnapping in Rome." " Oh." "Interpol says Red February terrorists are involved." "Red February?" "Didn't we hear they were to have some crazy scheme to hit a monument or something?" "Oh, yes, morning news." "Page three." "Like I said, Mercury retrograde." "People get crazy." "Oh, last night I had this date with a Sagittarius." "Spare me your horoscopic love-life." "Stetson, Desmond, I need you two." "Now." "[BILLY SIGHS]" "The committee will be here by 11." "The new chairperson, Representative Faber, is out for blood and the keys to the doors of this agency." " Now, we had better be prepared." " Faber?" "Oh, no, I've heard about her." "Come on, Billy, get me out of this." "[KNOCKING ON DOOR]" " Come." " Good morning, everyone." " Morning." "Here's the assignment." " Yes, sir." "Thank you." "Uh, it's light surveillance." "Hands-off stuff." "Oh." "BILLY:" "His name is Alan Chamberlain." "He restores artwork." "Manuscripts." "He's famous." "And he's in D.C. on assignment to the National Archives." "Yes, sir." "Um...." " Why are we watching him?" "FRANCINE:" "He's a top security clearance." "We have to validate it every time he comes into the U.S." " Mm-hm." "BILLY:" "He's staying at the Sherman." "So, Stetson, would you help Amanda get started?" "Then get right back because you're on the top of Representative Faber's list." "Hmm." "Mercury is definitely in retrograde." "Uh, better wear your tennis shoes." "Chamberlain travels in a little faster circles than you're used to, heh." " Thank you so much, Francine." " Anytime." "Sir." "[SPEAKING IN ITALIAN]" "Alan." "[DIALING TELEPHONE]" "Chamberlain." "You know who this is?" "Good." "No names." "Now, listen." "We have your sister here in Washington." "I don't need to tell you, if you ever want to see her alive again you will act as though her life depended on it." "No, you may not talk her now." "We will be in the capitol rose garden at precisely 3:00 this afternoon." "You will be contacted there." "That's all." "Sophia." "Pray." "Pray." "Pray that your brother knows how to follow instructions, huh?" "LEE:" "That's Chamberlain." "AMANDA:" "Mm-hm." "LEE:" "Tail him and take photos of everyone he talks to." "AMANDA:" "Right." "Right." "LEE:" "But keep your distance." "AMANDA:" "Oh, I will." "Drop your photos off tonight." "Uh-huh." " Amanda?" " I wonder if that's his own hair." " Just don't get close enough to find out." "AMANDA:" "Oh, I won't." "Uh-huh." "Can I help you?" "I don't suppose you have a book of poetry by Emily Dickinson?" "WOMAN:" "Sorry." "CHAMBERLAIN:" "That's a pity." "There's a lovely poem that begins:" "If certain, when this life was out That yours and mine should be" "I would toss it yonder like a rind And taste eternity" "[BELL RINGS]" " I was about to leave without you." " Where?" "The airport." "We just received a report from MI6." "Red February may have slipped out of England yesterday." " Heading toward Dulles." " Dulles?" "Can we get surveillance tapes from Dulles?" "Murray's pulling them." "Uh." "Oh, no." "Not Murray." "FRANCINE:" "Yeah, Murray." "MURRAY:" "I don't know." "You're like a couple of bees buzzing around." " We got rules." "We got regulations." " Murray, if you keep talking we're all gonna need hip waders." "Listen, I could get a 10-day suspension for that." "[WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ON PA]" " You'll just have to go through channels." " Murray, this is an emergency." "Cut the" "Hmm, Murray, honey, we go back, huh?" "A long way, don't we?" "Listen, don't "Murray, honey" me." "Why don't you work with us on this?" "We don't wanna have to call Sontag." "We don't wanna go through that paperwork and come down here again." "Murray, just tell us what you want." "Anything in the whole world." "Tell Francine." "What you think a guy like me wants?" "What is this?" "[FRANCINE CHUCKLES]" "Wait a minute." "Luciano's in town." " What?" "MURRAY:" "At the Kennedy." "Doing Traviata." "Boy, would he like to see my smiling face look up at him." "From the eighth row." "Center." "Two tickets." "What do you say?" "Done." "[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]" "MAN [ON RECORDING]:" "Mr. Chamberlain." "Do not speak." "Just listen." "We may be observed." "As I told you, your sister is safe for now." "We must move quickly." "[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]" "Nod your head if you've made the necessary arrangements which I asked you to." "Do not fail us." "The telephone will ring in a moment." "Answer it and do nothing but listen." "[PHONE RINGS]" " Hello?" " Alan." "[SPEAKING IN ITALIAN]" "Help me." "[SCREAMS]" "Sophia!" "Answer me." "Are you all right?" "Sophia!" "Look out!" " Are you all right?" " Yes, fine, tha" "Yes, I just didn't even see him coming." " Fortunately, I did." " Yeah." "Thank you." "Uh, well, when one lives in Rome, one becomes accustomed to crazy drivers." "Well, I guess you can use that here too." "Uh, I see you're a tourist too." " Tourist?" " The camera." "Oh, yes." "Oh, I am." "I'm a tourist." "I'm here visiting my aunt." "And you are from Rome..." " ...uh, but you're not Italian." " I'm an American." "I, uh...." "My work takes me abroad frequently." "I'm not here very often." "Unfortunately, this trip is mostly business." "I, uh...." "I'm not gonna have much chance to relax." " Well, ha, ha." " Well, yeah." " I better go." "I have pictures to take." " Of course, I understand." " Well, ciao." " Ciao." "Yeah." "Um...." "Excuse me, miss." "I was, uh, wondering maybe we could walk for a while and talk." "If you have the time." "Well, I...." "Well, maybe we could have a cup of coffee." "Good idea." "It might help us both recover from that near miss." "One cappuccino." " Right." " Okay." "FRANCINE:" "There." "The guy in the funny robes." "That's Necci, all right." "LEE:" "Is there any I.D. on the person in the wheelchair?" "FRANCINE:" "No, but we're working on it." "Meanwhile I've initiated an inter-agency alert." " So they're here." " Mm-hm." "Planning to hit something in town." "The question is, what?" "Mr. Stetson." "Miss Desmond." "I've been looking everywhere for you." "Um, representatives Faber, Kildare, and Slauson two of our best agents, Francine Desmond, Lee Stetson." "Stetson." "Code-named Scarecrow." "Correct?" "Uh, right on the nose." "I'm flattered." "Don't be." "Your name's come to my attention so often, I doubt I'll ever forget it or some of your adventures." "Uh, yeah." "Um...." "Billy, there's been a new development in the, uh, Red February thing." " So I'll" " Put Hutchins on it." "You can show Representative Faber around." "Representative Faber doesn't wanna be shown around." "But she'd like to see some facts and figures." "Hard ones." "I'm sure Miss Desmond can handle my colleagues while I finish up with Mr. Scarecrow." "I'd be delighted to acquaint the congressmen with logistic analysis counter-revolutionary profiles, and statistical operational procedures." "Shall we, gentlemen?" "I'm having lunch brought in for you and Representative Faber." "Oh, no, Billy." "That's...." "I don't think that's really necessary." "Well, why waste time?" "We have so much ground to cover." "Let's start with your case reports, Mr. Stetson." "Beginning with your first day of employment." "Hmm." "CHAMBERLAIN:" "So I just never got married." "AMANDA:" "Hmm." "Didn't seem fair to ask a woman to share a life of living out of a suitcase." "See, the artist's life is not quite as romantic as it's cracked up to be." "I don't know." "It doesn't seem so bad." "You travel and well, you love your work." "I do." "I do love my work." "It's an uncomplicated kind of life." "At least it should be." "Um, anyway, enough about me." "I'm curious about you." " You're a tourist from...." " Evanston, Illinois." "And what do you do in Evanston, Illinois?" "I'm a dental hygienist." "It's really pretty boring stuff." "Not really." "Not at all." "Well, I know you have lots to do." "I really probably better get going." "No, no." "What I" " Actually, see, I'm not working, uh, until tomorrow." "And I was wondering, maybe we could have, uh, dinner together?" "You know, two lonely tourists...?" "Well, in Europe you like to eat late and I'm sort of an early eater myself." " Anytime you like." " Besides, my aunt has something planned for almost every night and I'm sure tonight would be no exception." "I really wouldn't wanna disappoint her." "I understand." "But if your aunt leaves you with nothing to do some evening, please call me." "I'm at the Sherman." "Promise?" "I really don't think that's gonna happen, but thank you." "You never know." " It was nice to meet you." " It was nice to meet you, Amanda." " Goodbye." " Bye." "Details, please, Mr. Stetson." "Not vague generalities." " I'm trying to remember." " I just dropped the film off." "Oh, uh, thanks, Amanda." "Any problem?" " No, everything's just fine." " Terrific." "Terrific." "We're just cross-checking my petty cash vouchers against Billy's payouts." " We're up to 1979." " Oh, would you look at that?" "Oh, uh...." "Uh, Congresswoman, I really do have to take this agent's report..." " ...so if you could spare me for a minute." " Yes." "Thank you very much." "Very kind of you." "[SIGHS]" " What is it?" " I made a mess of everything but it wasn't my fault." "I didn't see the skateboard." "If it hit me, it would've killed me." " I broke the camera, but I'll pay" " Stop!" "What are you talking about?" "Chamberlain?" "We made contact." "I'm sorry." "He asked me to take a walk, I thought I could keep it to a cup of coffee." " Does he know who you work for?" " No." "He thinks I clean teeth in Illinois." "He asked me to dinner, but I said no." " Dinner?" " I'm sorry." "Fabulous." "I thought you told me to keep my distance." "Yes, I did, but this is perfect." "We couldn't have set it up any better." "Well, I didn't really do all that much." "I mean, he did almost everything." "I just sort of tried to keep my foot out of my mouth and not make him nervous." "It's textbook." "Look, I've gotta get back to the dragon-lady." "Go to dinner with him." "Don't press him, just keep it light and let him talk." "Okay." "Is he as stuffy as he looks you know, head in the clouds, artistic type?" "Dull as a stick." "Good." "PHILIP:" "I'm thinking about getting a haircut." "Mm-hm." "Maybe a mohawk or get it all shaved off." "Ehh." "Okay." "See you." "Beats me." "Linda likes bald men." "Hmm." "Then she wants Telly Savalas, not you." "Go ahead, sit down, we're gonna eat." " Hello, everybody." " Way to go, Mom." "Sweetheart, that is beautiful." "Is that a new dress?" "Well, it's, you know...." "PHILIP:" "Who's your date, Mom?" " I don't have a date, sweetheart." " It's business." " That's business?" "[DOORBELL RINGS]" " Could you get the door?" "Thank you." "PHILIP:" "Yeah, I will." " Mother, I may be a little late tonight." " Oh, that's all right." "I'll wait up, ha, ha." "PHILIP:" "Hey, Mom, this is for you." " Oh, thank you." " Look at that." "That's very pretty, isn't it?" " Oh, my!" "Hmm." "Nice business card, dear." "[CHUCKLES]" "Penny for your thoughts?" " I'm sorry." "I'm doing it again." " No." "I guess I've been doing it all evening." "Believe me, Amanda, it's not you." "Being with you tonight makes it almost bearable." "What?" "Never mind, I'm sorry." " I shouldn't ask." "None of my business." " It's okay." "[AMANDA SIGHS]" "Let's just say that nobody's life is ever quiet as simple as it seems and right now, mine is the paradigm of that rule." "[DOOR OPENS]" "[DOOR CLOSES]" "[SIGHS]" "But, um I'm not gonna think about that until tomorrow." "Because right now, it's perfect." "Heh, it's perfect." "Tonight, I'm gonna put everything else out of my mind but you for as long as possible." "Well, that's a lovely thing to say." "It's early." "Uh, why don't we go listen to some music?" "That's not what I had in mind." " I'm sorry." "AMANDA:" "No, no, don't be." "It's a beautiful night." "Let's, um...." "Let's walk." "Okay." "Now, about the case involving a Hungarian trapeze act." "Two sisters, I believe." "Twins." "And their mother, "The Flying Fedorovas."" "Precisely." "There should be a receipt in here." "Seven hundred and twenty rubles for "female undergarments."" " Yeah." " Explain, please." "Well, you see, she had a" "Scarecrow, here are the proofs on Mrs. King's surveillance photos." "Oh, great." " Please." " Yeah." "Thanks, Tim." "Thanks a lot." "There you go." "Excuse me." "The priest is Franco Necci." "The priest is Franco Necci." "Wait a minute, Mr. Stetson." "What about the ladies' underwear?" "A good friend of mine is getting too close to some pretty scary people and she doesn't know it." "So I'll just have to take care of your underwear problem later." "[DOOR OPENS THEN CLOSES]" "Mother." " It's okay." "It's just me." "Wake up." " What time is it?" "It's time for you to go to bed." "You're gonna get a kink in your back from this couch." "[GRUNTS]" "First, I wanna hear all the highlights." "Did you have a good time?" "And don't give me that "I'm so very bored" look." " I'm not bored, Mother, I'm tired." " Good." "What does "good" mean?" ""Good," I mean, that's just good." "I mean, I'm glad for you." "You're gonna see him again?" "Gonna have breakfast with him in the morning." " Breakfast?" " Breakfast." " Oh, so soon." " Just breakfast." "Just breakfast." "Hmm." "[SIGHS]" "Good night, Mother." "Good night." "Hmm." "Good sign." "[KNOCKING ON WINDOW]" "Hello." "LEE:" "Amanda." "AMANDA:" "What?" "LEE:" "It's me." "Let me in." "[SIGHS]" "AMANDA:" "What are you doing out there?" "Come on." "LEE:" "Help me in there." "AMANDA:" "I was gonna call you first thing in the morning." "Shh." "[LEE GRUNTS]" "AMANDA:" "Are you all right?" "LEE:" "Yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine." "Sorry to barge in on you like this but it's an emergency." "No problem." "All right now, how did everything go with Chamberlain, huh?" " Well?" " It went just fine, it was textbook." "Well, he just talked about his travels and his work." "Hmm, anything unusual happen?" "No." "Nothing worth mentioning." "You can quit tailing him now." "Have anything more to do with him." "Now, wait a minute." "I'm doing a good job." "Yes, you are doing just fine." "But here, I wanna show you something." "Here." " See this guy standing in back of him?" " Uh-huh." "LEE:" "He's a terrorist by the name of Franco Necci." "Now, you factor that in, and this is a totally different situation." " But, Lee, Alan's just sitting there." " Even so, this could be a meeting." "We know that Chamberlain is in D.C to check out valuable documents." "This terrorist group, Red February, might be after one." "So we will take over from here." "[WHISPERING] That's what always happens." "I start and then you just take over." "I'm talking about terrorists here." "I can't have you take that risk." " Besides, what can you do?" " I can talk to him." " Talk." " I'm the only one who has access to him." "I'm supposed to meet him in the morning for breakfast." "There'll be a lot of people." "You could be there." "You and Francine could be there at another table." "He'd never know the difference." "Now, that's textbook." "Textbook Manual 2, chapter nine." "Yeah." "I don't know if...." "If we only had more to go on with this, I'd say absolutely not." "Lee, if we get anything more to go on I'll get right in the station wagon and drive away." "You be damn sure you see us before you walk in that place." "I will." "It's a deal?" " It's a deal." " Okay." "Well, I guess that's it, huh?" "Till, uh...." " Till breakfast." " Mm-hm." "You be careful, now." "Oh, yeah." "Be careful going down the trellis." "Oh, heh, down the trellis." " I better go." " Yeah, you better go." "Please don't get up until I turn the light off." "Tip-toe." " Are you ready?" "LEE:" "I'm ready, I'm ready." "AMANDA:" "Be careful." "LEE:" "Yeah." "AMANDA:" "Can you see?" "LEE:" "You be careful." "Promise." "AMANDA:" "I'll remember." "Look out, look out" "Oh, my gosh!" "I'm all right." "Good night." "AMANDA:" "There's gotta be a better way." "NECCI:" "I never allow anyone to disobey me twice." "Should I make an exception in your case?" " Or in your sister's case?" " No." "Don't tell me what to do." "You do what I say." "And you do it today, huh?" "I'll make sure your American does not distract you." "Amanda has nothing to do with this." "I haven't told her anything." "You told her how beautiful she was." "How much you wanted her." " Nothing else?" " Why should I?" "She's only a tourist, for God's sakes." "[SCOFFS]" "Stupid men like you are dangerous." "Tourist?" "Maybe." "Agent?" "Maybe." "I'm going to find out and if she is, I'm going to have to kill her and it will be your fault." "FRANCINE:" "Photo-Ident gave it an 85 percent probability that the person Red February brought into Dulles..." " ...is the kidnapped girl, Sophia Vessi." " Hmm." "She is Alan Chamberlain's half-sister." "Why didn't we know about her?" "They've been living apart since they were children." "We can't pick him up because they've got his sister." " Agreed?" " Agreed." " You took Mrs. King off the case?" " Yeah." "Good." "I want you and Francine to cover this Chamberlain like a circus tent." "Two teams of watchers for 24 hours." "I don't want him to pick up dandruff in D.C that we don't know about." "You got it." "That's very clever." "[CLEARS THROAT]" " How was your date last night, Mom?" " Sweetheart, it wasn't a date." "It was business." " That's not what Grandma said." " Yeah." "[PHONE RINGS]" "I'll get it." "[CLEARS THROAT]" " Hello?" " Hi." "It's me, Alan." "How are you?" "Oh, uh...." "Hello." "I was just getting ready to leave." " Could I have a little privacy, please?" " I never get any." "[AMANDA CLEARS THROAT]" "DOTTY:" "Turn around." "Darling, you can have all the privacy you wish." " How about 20 minutes, by the pool?" "CHAMBERLAIN:" "Uh, no, no, I, uh" "I'm glad I caught you." "Amanda, there's been a change of plans." "We can't see each other." " No breakfast?" "CHAMBERLAIN:" "No, I'm afraid not." "You've got to stay away from me, Amanda." "Alan, what's the matter?" "No." "I'm sorry, there's nothing to worry about." "I'm sorry." "[LINE DISCONNECTS]" "[SIGHS]" "[DIALING PHONE]" "WOMAN [OVER PHONE]:" "International Federal Films." " Lee Stetson, please." "WOMAN:" "I'm sorry, he's out of the office." "Thank you." "I've done everything I can." "Well let's hope for her sake and yours that you have succeeded." "Is it done?" "Uh, it needs more time." "It's curing." "More time?" "Look, this is my business." "If it's not perfect, they'll spot it in a minute." "I figure another hour." "I'd like some coffee." "[NECCI SPEAKING IN ITALIAN]" "We will be, uh, following your every move with the greatest interest." "[DOOR CLOSES]" "Alan, I know you said not to come but I thought maybe we could just talk." "Amanda, believe me, you should not have come here." " Amanda, we've gotta get of here." "Now!" " Aah!" "[ALL GRUNT THEN WOMAN SCREAMS]" "Somebody, call the police." " Where's your car?" "AMANDA:" "Right here." "Listen to me." "Stay as far away from me as possible." "I am poison for you." "[TIRES SQUEALING]" "Somebody, call the police." "This man is attacking me." "We know how to deal with people like you." "[CROWD SHOUTS]" " Where's Chamberlain?" " Uh, he ran across there." " What went wrong?" " I don't know." "He called this morning and said breakfast was off." "I tried to call you but you weren't there." "The terrorists have grabbed his sister." "They're holding her for ransom." "I first encountered this fungus in Florence." "Aseculum distalias." "It can lie dormant for decades and suddenly reproduce itself by seven or eight million times in the space of 24 hours, if conditions are correct, humidity, etc." "Mr. Wellington, it can totally destroy that document." "I read your article on it." "You bathe the parchment, is that right?" "Yes, it's a glycerin bath, that's right." "It's a fungicide." "Important thing is not to subject the document to oxygen shock." "After all, it has been sealed in there for 30 years." "We can void this room, correct?" "Yes, we'll flood it with helium under pressure." "We'll need to keep these FPS guards during the whole procedure." "Hmm, they will need respirators, however." "Park services." "Is tear gas gear good enough?" "I think so." "Until then, maybe they could, uh, wait outside?" "Shall I get started?" "[DOOR OPENS]" "[DOOR CLOSES]" "LEE:" "Well, what about the B team?" "[GROANS]" "Okay, okay, it happens." "You're gonna have to call Billy and tell him you lost Necci." "Hey, suffer through until we get a break, what can I say, Francine?" "Okay." "Okay, I'll get back to you later." "[SIGHS]" "All right, look we know that Chamberlain is a documents expert." "We've got a hundreds of historical documents in this town..." " ...we don't wanna lose." " Right." "You're the only one who talked to him." " Isn't there something, some thing--?" " He was troubled." "Worried about something but he said he'd deal with it." " How?" " I don't know." " Where?" " I'm sorry, I don't know." "Look, we've got, what, pens, ink a heat lamp for aging the paper, he was forging something." " Look at this." " What?" ""When in the...."" ""When in the course of human events...."" "The Declaration of Independence?" "Operator, I wanna place an emergency call to the National Archives." "[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]" "[TIRES SQUEALING]" "WELLINGTON:" "Chamberlain, seal the vessel." "The power is out." "That's no problem." "I'm finished." "Finished?" "That fast?" "Well, we were fortunate." "The fungus was right on the verge of sporation." "Had it continued, well...." "You are a godsend." "I'd hardly say that." "Well, don't be modest." "If we'd have lost that declaration think of the trauma would be to the whole country." "I can imagine." "CHAMBERLAIN:" "Sophia." "SOPHIA:" "Alan, thank God!" "CHAMBERLAIN:" "You're all right." "[TIRES SQUEALING]" "[SPEAKING IN ITALIAN]" "LEE:" "Stay in the car." "FRANCINE:" "Hold it right there." "Drop the guns." "[CROWD CHATTERING]" "LEE:" "Hold it, right there!" "Stop!" "I have your precious Declaration of Independence." "I'll rip it to shreds." "[NECCI GRUNTING]" "Hey!" "[SHOUTS]" " You all right?" " Yes." "Uh, you know how to restore these things, right?" "What would you do?" "CHAMBERLAIN:" "Destroy it." " What?" "It's just a fake." "That was quite a risk, my friend." "If Necci found out you hadn't made the switch" "Well, I really didn't have the time." "Maybe I just didn't have the heart, I don't know." "The point is, my sister and I wouldn't be alive right now if it weren't for you two." "Thank you both very much." "You're welcome." "Uh, Francine, would you, uh, ask the senorina if she wouldn't mind going with us and answering some questions?" "[SPEAKING IN ITALIAN]" " I'll be right with you." " Yeah, okay." "[SIGHS]" "Tourist?" "No." "I'm not." "I'm sorry, Alan." "I didn't mean to trick you." "I think you're very special and you made me feel very special too." "You are very special, Amanda." "I really didn't mean to trick you, you understand?" "I understand." "I understand." " Ciao, Amanda." " Goodbye, Alan." "[SIGHS]" " Thank you." " Mm-hm." " Uh-oh." " Hmm?" "Here's one case I'm glad I didn't have to explain to Congresswoman Faber:" "Alan Chamberlain." " Why?" "You said it went perfectly." " It worked out pretty well." "But the technique, pure improvisation." " Lee, you said it was a textbook case." " It was all hinged on the accident." "Now, a professional, trained agent plans every detail, every nuance." "The word "accident" does not enter into his vocabulary." "Heaven forbid one tiny little compliment should escape your lips." "I was just trying to point out, it takes technique." "Oh." "Look, for instance, uh, I'm sitting right here on this park bench." "Now, your assignment is to make a casual and natural contact establish a relationship with me then get me to ask you to the Kennedy tonight for a Verdi festival." "How am I supposed to do that?" "Look, you sit and I'll show you." "[SIGHS]" " Hey, toots." " Ugh." " How you doing?" " Oh." " Heard any good opera lately?" " No, I can't say that I have." "What do you say we hit the Kennedy for a little Verdi?" "Sorry, I'm busy." "Oh." "Gee, that's too bad, these were for tonight." "Hmm." "Are those real?" " About 8?" " Love to." "See how easy that was?" "[LAUGHS]" "[English" " US" " SDH]"