Phantom (I) (2013)
Ed Harris: Demi
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Quotes
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Demi : You know what they call an old boat captain without a boat? "Just another drunk."
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Demi : Bruni's trying to start the only kind of nuclear war we can win. One we're not in.
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Demi : There are only two reason why a boat would go rogue. One is to defect, and the other is to start a war. And I don't think we're defecting!
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Demi : Rum's a sailor's drink. Vodka, a politician's.
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[first lines]
Demi : My crew has just returned from 76 days at sea. The Americans are massing naval assets in the Pacific. There must be a dozen boats better rested.
Markov : Squadron Command is insisting on the most experienced captain and crew available.
Demi : I'm being retired, remember? You should know that. Your signature is all over the transfer. Even if I wasn't, my boat will be in dry dock for months.
Markov : You won't be sailing your boat. You'll be sailing the B-67.
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Demi : The Americans value individual life above everything else. They wouldn't tolerate the loss of even one single city.
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Demi : The Americans *do* have an incentive for peace.
Bruni : What would that be?
Demi : Empathy. Humanity.
Bruni : You'd wager the survival of our country on that?
Demi : And what if you're wrong? What if their intentions are completely defensive?
Bruni : Well, what if you're wrong and they're not?
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Bruni : Your father was Nikolai Zubov. Commanded the 1st Submarine Brigade of the Baltic Fleet.
Demi : That's right. Make your heading 1-7-5.
Bavenod : 1-7-5, aye, sir.
Bruni : This man's father wrote the book on submarine warfare.
Pavlov : The legacy of the captain's family is very well known throughout the Navy.
Bruni : Awarded a "Hero of the Soviet Union" for sinking the Kriegsmarine ship Goya during the war. Do I have that right?
Alex : Gentlemen, we're in the middle of operations.
Demi : He was decorated, yeah.
Bruni : Sent 6,000 miserable Wehrmacht and Nazi sympathizers to the bottom of Gdansk Bay. If the acorn doesn't fall too far from the tree, our captain should be able to dodge a Yank sub or two.
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Alex : Our replacements have no personal records. Name, ranks; that's it. Except for Bavenod, the navigator. He was on the K-27 when she had the reactor coolant leak.
Demi : Yeah, I know the K-27.
Alex : Did you know that he's listed among the dead?
Demi : More precision from Squadron Command. I've heard they'll shoot people just to keep their paperwork straight.
Alex : Sailors are superstitious. It's easy to spook a boat.
Demi : Well, Bavenod better not tell anyone he's dead, then.
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Demi : You'd better take a look at this.
Alex : [taking an envelope and removing the contents] Listen up. We're to return to sea.
Yanis : What?
Alex : Take the ladies.
Tyrtov : [the women with them are ushered away] Take-take-take them. We're supposed to have three months back, not-not-not three weeks.
Sasha : Captain, I'm getting married to Nadya.
Demi : Say your goodbyes quickly and without explanation. You have until 1400 hours.
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Sonar Operator : Conn, surface contact, 11,000 meters, bearing 1-9-5.
Demi : Very well. Classification?
Sonar Operator : Big and slow. Probably a merchant.
Demi : Five degree left rudder.
Alex : [relaying the order] Five degree left rudder.
Bruni : Stop the drill, Captain.
Demi : Why?
Pavlov : 'Cause our orders require us to take tactical advantage of the testing opportunities for the classified onboard equipment.
Bruni : Captain, I need you to put us under that ship.
Alex : We have men below.
Bruni : Then you should get them out.
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Garin : Only personnel with a security clearance are permitted in this room.
Demi : By whose authority?
Bruni : When you open your orders, you'll understand.
Demi : A lot of noise topside. Is your equipment secure?
Bruni : Yes, it's secure.
Demi : Sound is the enemy on a submarine, Mr. Bruni. The Americans have superior sonar. They don't need any more help from us.
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Demi : The irony is a bit excessive, don't you think?
Markov : Under the circumstances, we were unable to get all of your crew back from holiday. Naturally, they'll be replaced. The 67 is being decommissioned. Considering your history, Command wanted to honor you with her last patrol.
Demi : Honor me?
Markov : The Navy's an unforgiving place. We're both proof of that.
Demi : What'll happen to her after? Will they cut her up in Polyarny or just let her bleed rust in Murmansk?
Markov : She'll be stripped of her sensitive equipment, refitted for her new life... in the Chinese navy.
Demi : I'd rather see her on the bottom than sold to our enemies.
Markov : A nuclear navy has to be subsidized, Demi. What better way to profit than by arming Peking with our museum pieces?
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Pavlov : These are technicians from the Special Projects Institute. They'll be joining us on this cruise.
Alex : They're testing some kind of prototype equipment.
Demi : Have you ever been to sea before?
Bruni : Oh, we've spent some time on ships, yes.
Alex : Skimmer's a vacation, Mr...?
Bruni : Bruni.
Alex : Mr. Bruni. This ship barely accommodates the 86 men required to sail her.
Bruni : We'll try to stay out of your way, then.
Alex : Yeah, good luck with that.
Demi : Mr. Pavlov will show you to your berths. Stow your gear. We'll sail with the tide.
Bruni : Captain. It's good to see you again.
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Demi : Sonar, one active ping for ranging, on my mark.
Sonar Operator : Standing by, captain. One ping for range.
Bruni : With sound being the enemy, won't that alert the Americans to our position?
Demi : Americans already know our position. I'd just like to avoid running into 'em.
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Pavlov : Noisemakers blind the Americans, but they blind us, too.
Alex : Captain, entering the thermocline.
Pavlov : The temperature inversion reflects American sonar, so they won't be able to hear us.
Garin : Won't they follow us?
Demi : They'll pick a bearing and make a guess. Their chances are 1 in 360.
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Demi : Once we're deep, we're gonna drill. Because I don't want to find out we have a boat full of nuggets in the middle of an emergency.
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Demi : What's on your mind?
Alex : I think our technicians are OSNAZ commandos.
Demi : Yeah, it looks that way.
Alex : OSNAZ are KGB radicals. True believers and trained assassins, among other things.
Demi : Which is why I don't want any of our crew getting between them and whatever the hell it is they're doing.
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Alex : [watching the Phantom being installed] What do you think that is?
Demi : That, Mr. First Officer, is the shortest distance between here and your own command. You haven't gone unnoticed by Fleet, Alex. You're gonna get an atom smasher. Markov told me himself. So we'd do well not to screw this up.
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Priest : I remember you standing here when you made your vows.
Demi : Seems a long time ago.
Priest : You wonder why he's silent and you have so many questions.
Demi : It was always pretty much a one-way conversation. Thank you, Father, for getting up so early.
Priest : It's as much about what he hears as what he says. Would you like to make a confession?
Demi : Confession for what?
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Alex : [reading their orders to the crew] From Squadron Commander Vladimir Markov: "To the crew of B-67: proceed south to patrol box Lima-Foxtrot and monitor American naval activities. When conditions permit, commence systems testing of classified equipment for operational readiness, maintaining alert status. Returning to Rybachi on or about June 6th." This is the executive officer.
Demi : Greg, you may post the orders in the enlisted men's mess.
Pavlov : Aye, sir.
Alex : [as Pavlov leaves] What conditions?
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Demi : Navigator, plot us a course for blue water. We're going deep.
Bavenod : Aye, sir.
Demi : Who the hell are you?
Bavenod : Bavenod, sir.
Demi : Where'd Command scrape you up from?
Bavenod : I came off a November.
Demi : Really?
Alex : You traded a nuke for a smoker?
Bavenod : I heard the best crews in the Navy sail diesels. I wanted the chance at one before they're all gone.
Alex : [sarcastically to Demi] You see? Dreams do come true.
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Demi : Panamanian flag. Tanker.
Bruni : Good. She can't shoot at us, then.
Demi : No, but she can report our position.
Bruni : Put us beneath her keel. You can do that.
Alex : The noise from her screws will blind us, Captain.
Demi : [picking up the radio] Engineer, time on the batteries?
[getting a response of 30-35 minutes]
Demi : All full ahead. Make your depth 30 meters. Put us in her wake.
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Pavlov : How is it, after all this time, you and I end up on a boat older than most of the men sailing her?
Demi : Well, this boat is reprisal for the benefit of Squadron Commander Markov's amusement.
Pavlov : Reprisal for what?
Demi : The "what" is well understood by the Admiral and myself.
Pavlov : What was her name?
Demi : Sophi. I married her.
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Pavlov : That was superb sailing. But I'm not sure Alex would have made the same call.
Demi : Well, some younger officers... aren't comfortable working near the margins.
Pavlov : He needs to be more careful around the OSNAZ. They have connections that can just as easily land him in the gulag as on his own submarine.
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Bruni : Put us under that ship.
Alex : Sir... we don't know who that is.
Demi : Mr. Bavenod, plot an intercept for that ship. Put the moon on our stern.
Bavenod : Aye, Captain.
Alex : Sir...
Demi : Level the boat. Make our depth ten meters.
Alex : [relaying the order] Level the boat, depth ten meters.
Demi : We'll take a look before we get any closer.
[to Bruni]
Demi : If that's all right with you.
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Pavlov : You didn't like Bruni's orders, either. That confuses me.
Demi : Following orders confuses you?
Pavlov : You not questioning them confuses me.
Demi : Well, like you say, one must take care around OSNAZ.
Pavlov : Instinct worth sharing with your executive officer.
Demi : Which I'm sure you'll do at the first opportunity.
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Sonar Operator : [as the Phantom is engaged] What the hell are we doing?
[an alarm sounds]
Sonar Operator : Son of a... conn, sonar. American is turning to intercept.
Demi : Battle stations.
Alex : Battle stations. Aye. Rig for battle stations. This is not a drill.
Demi : Rear torpedo, stand by on tubes five and six. Sonar, conn. What's that ship doing?
Sonar Operator : She's falling in behind us, sir.
Demi : Has she opened her doors?
Sonar Operator : Not yet, sir.
Demi : You ever start a war, Mr. Bruni? Because if she even blinks, I'm gonna put a fish into her. Any ROE I need to know about before I sink this son of a bitch?
Bruni : That's "rules of engagement."
Pavlov : I know what an ROE is. Any hostile action may be with force at your discretion.
Demi : Well, at least we agree it's hostile.
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Demi : I'm sure Squadron Command will be pleased that the device is operational.
Bruni : Of course.
Demi : As protocol dictates, we'll send word to Fleet as soon as we reach our reporting point.
Bruni : Protocol is the political officer's purview, would you agree, Mr. Pavlov?
Pavlov : I agree that Fleet would be pleased.
Demi : Mr. Pavlov is one of the most diplomatic political officers in the Navy.
Bruni : A contradiction in terms.
Demi : That's what I keep trying to tell him.
Pavlov : I assure you that my intentions are purely that of the State and the Party.
Bruni : [quasi-sarcastic] Well, thank goodness.
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Pavlov : I suppose you think it's sporting to embarrass me in front of the KGB.
Demi : It wasn't personal, Greg.
Pavlov : Why did you feel the need to say so?
Demi : You give me a direct answer, and I won't have to guess at what you mean.
Pavlov : What was the question?
Demi : If you agree we should report to Fleet.
Pavlov : What are you worried about? This is an historic moment.
Demi : Well, nonetheless, as officers of a ship that could trigger the end of the world, I think we should consider all scenarios.
Pavlov : What scenarios?
Alex : If the Americans can't track us with all their money and technology... then our boats can't track us, either. It means it wouldn't be hard to alter the purpose of this ship.
Pavlov : So you're saying they're some rogue Spetsnaz force?
Demi : I'm saying a message from Fleet would answer a lot of questions.
Pavlov : Well, as political officer on this boat and as your friend, it's my duty to tell you that if you even imply treasonous intent of elite KGB officers without proper evidence or cause, you will be put up for charges of misconduct of the Code of Military Justice.
Demi : Sometimes a man has to pick a side, Greg.
Pavlov : Well, then you should pick wisely. Because if you're wrong... this will haunt you and your families... for the rest of your lives. And it won't matter who your father is.
Alex : [Pavlov leaves] Well, that was uncalled for.
Demi : It's not his fault. He was trained to fear everything.
Dr. Semak : Yeah, still, I think we should take him at his word.
Demi : How so?
Dr. Semak : OSNAZ don't work for the military or the central government. Their orders come from the most zealous elements of the KGB. They can destroy you, Demi. They can destroy all of us.
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Demi : Radio, conn. Prepare to send microburst transmission.
Bruni : Our orders are to proceed to our patrol box.
Demi : Well, as soon as we make our position report and confirm our orders, we'll do that.
Garin : Sending a transmission will alert the Americans of our position.
Alex : 50 meters.
Demi : Continue. You can turn your gadget on and we can run away again. We seem to be pretty good at that.
Bruni : The Phantom device can't mask a radio broadcast. Our mission objectives would be compromised.
Demi : What are our mission objectives?
Pavlov : To remain undetected, of course.
Alex : We have countermeasures, procedures to ensure our stealth. 30 meters, Captain.
Demi : Continue.
Bruni : This is an unacceptable risk.
Demi : Protocol dictates encrypted progress transmissions are sent to Fleet Command at predetermined waypoints.
[Pavlov begins to argue]
Demi : Are you saying something to me?
Pavlov : You have authority to make status reports at your discretion.
Demi : In a time of war, yes, I do. You know something I don't?
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Bruni : Stop the ascent.
Demi : Continue.
Pavlov : Stop the ascent, Captain!
Demi : Mr. Pavlov, if you contradict me again, I'll have you chained to the forward head.
Alex : Ten meters.
Demi : Stand by for microburst transmission.
Bruni : I can't allow you to do that.
Demi : Officer of the deck, escort Mr. Bruni to his cabin and lock him to his bunk.
Garin : [cocking a pistol] Somebody dive the boat or I'll shoot the captain.
Alex : Dive the boat. Bow planes 20 degrees down.
Pavlov : Gentlemen, I'm sure if we let the captain think...
Demi : I don't have anything to think over.
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Bruni : Dmitri Zubov is an epileptic who uses drugs and drink to medicate his neurological malady. The result of a brain injury he sustained when he collided with Vladimir Markov's boat... killing how many sailors?
Garin : 36 injured. Six lost souls. All on this very ship.
Bruni : You also boast one of the lowest scores to ever come out of the Officers Training School. Well, you don't deny it, anyway. The real mystery is how you were never run out of the Navy altogether.
Alex : And I'm sure you're going to tell us why.
Bruni : Pedigree, influence, and advanced skills in bribing duty officers, ship surgeons, and political officers.
Demi : That's a lie.
Bruni : So much shame, you tried to take your own life, but even at this you failed. But I'm sure you knew all that.
Alex : No, actually I didn't.
Bruni : Those of you who wish to remain in the service of your country may stand your posts. Those who do not may join your captain in a court martial. What about you, Mr. First Officer? Your loyalty in exchange for a hero's welcome home and your first command?
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Demi : "To defeat an adversary... you must always drive the fight, be willing to do that which is never expected."
Dr. Semak : We've all read his book.
Demi : My father had ambitions for me. So did the Party. I was in a hunter-killer exercise with Markov. Command was sizing us up for bigger things, and I had so much to prove. I knew Markov would never expect me to fight in the blind, so I pulled into his wake. But I never expected him to reverse his engines, either. During the collision, I smashed my head into the gyro. When I came around, there was a fire in the forward torpedo. The men fighting it wouldn't... they wouldn't come out. They refused. So I was, um... I was forced to seal them inside. Eventually, they just let the tubes open and let the sea rush in. Better to drown than burn, I guess.
[starting to weep]
Demi : That should've been the end of our careers, but, uh... Command would not allow my father to be shamed by me. We never faced the families, we never faced ourselves. We were just quietly passed over, exiled out here so we wouldn't embarrass anybody. Command would never put something as important as the Phantom in the hands of someone like me.
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Yanis : So, we have a saltwater-activated battery. Now, this here will broadcast our location. This will tell them that we've been overtaken.
Dr. Semak : Demi, if the Americans think we're rogue, they're gonna try and sink us. And if we are rogue, our fleet'll do it for them.
Demi : That should tell us everything we need to know.
Dr. Semak : But why would Bruni do this? If we launch a nuclear missile, the Americans are gonna have to respond.
Demi : It's a false flag. He'll cloak us as one of the subs we already sold to Peking. Americans'll think it was the Chinese who fired on them.
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Bruni : What was that noise?
Demi : I don't know... Captain. What'd you run us into?
Bruni : You're in no position to understand the events unfolding around you.
Demi : I understand you've seized this vessel without authority.
Sonar Operator : [calling on the radio] You'd better get up here. We have a contact bearing down on us at almost 40 knots.
Bruni : American?
Sonar Operator : No. It's one of ours.
Demi : Well, if I were you, skipper, I'd sound battle stations.
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Sonar Operator : Conn, sonar. Two fish in the water, 1,000 meters.
Demi : [Bruni cocks a pistol] You can shoot me and I'll see you in hell... in about 90 seconds.
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Demi : [submerging to crush depth] Sonar, conn. Where's the November?
Sonar Operator : She's right on top of us, sir.
Bruni : Now what?
Demi : We wait.
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Demi : We need to disable the warhead.
Alex : They can't launch without the codes.
Demi : They have the codes. I'm sure of it.
Alex : We can navigate the ship through the bilges.
Demi : Is Tyrtov with you?
Alex : He's right here.
Demi : He knows that warhead better than anybody. Can you rig a transmitter?
Yanis : Aye, captain.
Demi : Quietly. Listen, if we can rearrange the firing triggers, we should be able to create a single-point detonation. It'll still launch, but it won't start a nuclear explosion. Maybe.
Alex : Well, I can't argue with "maybe".
Tyrtov : It's possible.
Alex : This ship's full of OSNAZ. We need to get to the weapons lock-up. It'd be best to take back the boat than to test a theory.
Demi : Can you get below decks?
Sasha : We can do that.
Demi : Yeah, roger that. Get back to me.
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Sonar Operator : The November's slowing. It's the K-123.
Demi : [to Bruni] Oh, that's Constantine Gubin's boat. You should be flattered. He's the most decorated hunter-killer in the fleet.
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Sonar Operator : Conn, sonar. November's 2,000 meters and closing.
Garin : The November's lining up to take a shot.
Demi : Appears our government doesn't approve your plan.
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Demi : You ever been in America?
Bruni : No. Have you?
Demi : Yeah, my wife was a dancer. I was allowed to accompany her to New York City in an arts exchange.
Sonar Operator : The November's opening her outer doors.
Demi : Unless you know some naval combat tactics, Mr. Bruni, this situation is gonna get ugly.
Bruni : All right, Captain. You have the ship.
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Demi : [being pursued by another sub] Sound battle stations. Aft torpedoes, prepare countermeasures. Load tube seven with a decoy. This is the captain. Sonar, one active ping for range, on my mark.
Sonar Operator : Aye, Captain.
Garin : What are you doing?
Demi : Letting them know they're in for a fight.
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Demi : Maybe now would be a good time for you to tell me just what the hell it is we're doing, Mr. Bruni.
Bruni : Have you heard of an American program called Dark Star?
[Demi shakes his head]
Bruni : It's a fully synchronized system of endoatmospheric antiballistic missiles guided by a highly accurate radar.
Sonar Operator : Torpedo, 700 meters.
Demi : Copy that.
Bruni : If the Americans launch a first strike, all our land-based missiles would be taken out even before they can be fueled.
Demi : That's why we have submarines and bombers.
Bruni : That's why they developed Dark Star. It's a radar array that guides and detonates atomic missiles in the ionosphere.
Pavlov : An electromagnetic pulse weapon.
Bruni : Yes. It'll take down everything our surviving submarines and aircraft can get up. They've tested it and it's fully operational. Not a single American city would be hit.
Pavlov : If there's no consequences for attacking us, what's their incentive for peace?
Bruni : There is none.
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Demi : Do you have any authority for doing this? Secretariat, the Central Committee, anyone?
Bruni : Politicians have no stomach for anything but self-preservation.
[indicating Pavlov cowering on the ground]
Bruni : This man proves that.
Demi : What's our target package?
Bruni : We will create the conditions necessary for our leaders to seize absolute...
Demi : What's the target?
Bruni : The Pacific Fleet at Midway. Once the Phantom is engaged, and the Americans are fooled into believing that the Chinese launched a nuclear strike against them, they will have no choice but to retaliate. We will step aside as our enemies destroy each other. We will emerge on the right side of history.
Demi : [spotting Alex and Bavenod] You give me no recourse.
Bruni : Recourse for what?
Demi : To take back my ship.
Alex : [coming in] Drop your weapons.
Bruni : Mr. Bavenod.
[Bavenod turns his gun on Alex]
Bruni : [taking Alex's rifle] Contingencies, Captain. You didn't think I was gonna leave you alone to plot our defeat, did you?
Garin : [seeing a panel light clicking] They're trying to get to the missile.
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Bruni : Fuel the missile. Enter the firing coordinates.
Garin : Loading into firing computer.
Demi : You'll be starting the apocalypse.
Bruni : Not me. You, Demi. You'll be remembered as the man who turned our enemies to dust. Years from now, children will be taught your name in school, and you'll be honored as the hero you've always longed to be but never were.
Garin : [the sub surfaces] Missile fueling complete, sir.
Bruni : Activate the warhead.
Garin : [flipping switches] Warhead activation complete. Loading into firing computer.
Bruni : Begin firing sequence. Enter launch code 4-7-7-5-3-6.
Garin : [an alarm beeps] Shit! The launch code's been compromised.
Bruni : [glancing at Demi, then turning to leave] Bring him! All of 'em!
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Bruni : Open the safe!
Demi : What good is that gonna do?
Bruni : There's an encrypted watermark on the ship's orders with an alternate launch code. Do not test me!
Pavlov : Demi... don't open it.
[Bruni shoots him]
Dr. Semak : No!
Pavlov : [weakly, as he's lowered to the ground] Sometimes you gotta pick a side.
Dr. Semak : [Bruni grabs him] For God's sake, Demi, do not open that...
[Bruni shoots him, too]
Demi : No!
Bruni : I have a bullet for every man on this ship, Captain, including you. Now open the god damn safe.
Demi : You son of a bitch!
Sonar Operator : [calling on the radio] Contact, bearing 0-6-0, 1,500 meters. It's the November, sir.
Bruni : That's why you left them alive.
Demi : Contingencies.
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Bruni : We're on the bottom.
Demi : Yes.
Bruni : We haven't been crushed.
Demi : You sound disappointed.
Bruni : [wry chuckle] Surprised.
Demi : We're sitting on the French Frigate Shoals; a flooded mountain range. So close to the surface, we could almost swim.
Bruni : Hmm. You don't remember me, do you?
Demi : Why would I?
Bruni : I was your boatswain's mate on this very boat. You ordered me to seal the hatch on the lives of all the men in the forward battery. Afterward, I didn't have your choices, Demi... didn't have your father.
Demi : So, this is what? A vendetta?
Bruni : It wasn't personal. You were a target of opportunity.
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Alex : Salt water's in the battery deck.
Demi : Get into the egress suit.
Alex : If I'm going to die, I'm going to do it here, with my crew, with you.
Demi : Listen to me. Gubin's up there somewhere. You're the only chance we have for... a rescue. Or to explain that this was the work of madmen. Not our country. Not these men.
Alex : If the Americans find me?
Demi : Tell 'em everything.
Alex : And if the missile detonated?
Demi : Then it'll be a beautiful sunrise.
