2012 (I) (2009)
Danny Glover: President Thomas Wilson
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Quotes
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Adrian Helmsley : [standing in the Oval Office] I was wrong.
President Thomas Wilson : Do you know how many times I've heard those words in this office? Zero.
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President Thomas Wilson : [seconds before the White House is destroyed] I'm coming home, Dorothy.
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President Thomas Wilson : [Addressing the nation] My fellow Americans. This will be the last time I address you. As you know, catastrophe has struck our nation... has struck the world. I wish I could tell you we can prevent the coming destruction. We cannot. Today, none of us are strangers. Today, we are one family, stepping into the darkness together. We are a nation of many religion, but I believe these words reflect the spirit of all our faiths. The Lord is my shepherd...
[cuts off]
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President Thomas Wilson : Did you ever meet my wife, Dorothy?
Adrian Helmsley : No, sir. I didn't have that honor.
President Thomas Wilson : She was in and out of it towards the end. The night before she passed on, she took my hand and she told me: "I think you should have a lottery. Everyone should have a chance to go." Maybe that's what we should have done. I'll be the last president of the United States of America. Do you know how that feels, son?
Adrian Helmsley : No one could have saved the country, sir. And I think... I think people have a right to know.
President Thomas Wilson : Don't worry. I'll take care of that.
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Laura Wilson : [On phone] Dad, where are you?
President Thomas Wilson : You wouldn't have gotten on that plane if I told you.
Laura Wilson : Daddy, what's happening? I thought you were coming on the plane.
President Thomas Wilson : Do you know what strength it gives me to know that my daughter is going to survive?
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President Thomas Wilson : Six months ago, I was made aware of a situation so devastating that, at first, I refused to believe it. However, through the concerted efforts of our brightest scientist, we have confirmed its validity. The world, as we know it, will soon come to an end.
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Sally - President's Secretary : Sorry, sir. She insisted.
[leaves afterward]
Laura Wilson : The Director of Louvre has just been killed. It's all over the news.
[puts down newspaper and turns TV in room on with the news confirming what she had just explained]
President Thomas Wilson : [after the TV is back off] Adrian, I don't think you met my daughter, have you?
Adrian Helmsley : No, sir.
Laura Wilson : We just talked. He said the organization I work for is a sham. How can he say something like that?
Carl Anheuser : [to Adrian] Come.
[Carl and Adrian leave the room]
President Thomas Wilson : [after the door shuts after Adrian and leave] Did I ever tell you that you are just like your mother when you get upset?
Laura Wilson : Daddy, a man was just killed.
President Thomas Wilson : Please, sit down. Only twelve people know what I am about to tell you.
Laura Wilson : Daddy, what's going on?
President Thomas Wilson : An international endeavour is under way, and 46 nations are currently invested in this thing.
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[from trailer]
President Thomas Wilson : Today we are one family.