All language subtitles for The.Park.is.Mine.1985

Unit 7.3-6, unit 7-3-6.

Assistance requested,
veterans hospital

Possible attempted suicide.

Patient on roof of cancer wing.

I.D... Johnson, Michael.

Male, Caucasian.

Age 36.

Officers at site
request backup units

Please respond. Over

This is unit 7-3-6.

we are on our way.

And veteran, Michael Johnson,

has been threatening to
jump for over an hour

Press. Thank you.

Excuse me. Damn, the network
news is here first.

Stay there!

Why don't you hear me?

I'm so damn tired.

What the hell is wrong with you? Can't
you people leave anything alone?

I'm just doin' my job, officer.

Yeah? Well do it somewhere else.
You've done enough here.

We don't know what
it is that drives a man

to take his own life.

We only know that each of us
deals with his private demons

as best he can.

We all hope that Mike
has found the peace

and solace that he sought.

God knows he looked
for it long enough.

Let us pray.

Yea, though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil,
for thou art with me.

Thy rod and thy staff...
they comfort me.

Hey, Mr. Garnett.

Got a letter for you.

Guess you're surprised as
hell to hear from me, eh, Mitch

I'm dead.

Yeah. If I didn't
screw it up again

Don't feel bad about it, man.

I... was just trying
to make a statement

It's not what I had
originally planned

but...

well, my time was runnin' out.

Look, Mitch, it'll make
it easier to understand

what I have to say if you
go to my special place

Use the key at this address.

I had this plan to
make people listen

Holy... Shit.

Mitch, I'm writin' you, my man, 'cause
you're the only one I could trust

Hell, I always said you was
as crazy as me, anyway

Before Veterans' day, I was
gonna take over Central Park

It can be done.

I worked it out.

It's all on the map.

I found a section of an
abandoned sewer system

It's my supply dump.

It's where I planned
to operate from

Everything you'll need is here.

There's a list detailing
my entire plan

in a brown gunnysack
behind the AK-47s

If you wanna study it.

Most of the explosives
are already laid

Over the entire park.

It was like a big game...

to see if I could do it
without gettin' caught

Took me most of a year,
sneakin' in night

to lay the stuff

Got mugged twice.

Can you believe it?

Muggin' a vet.

No respeck, man.

None.

I stashed shit everywhere.

Careful. The clips with the
red tape are live ammunition

Clips with the yellow
tape are blanks

Most of the other
stuffs non-lethal

big bang, lots of smoke...

you know the kind of thing.

I didn't wanna kill no one.
Just

Get their attention.

Just for once.

Got real tough the
last few weeks

That cancer really knocks
the shit out of you, man

Maybe it was the chemo.

I keep thinking the cure
is worse than the disease

Anyway...

I know I'd never be able
to go through with it

Just too weak.

Hey, you!

What are you doin' in there?

Nothin'.

Just lookin' around.

Come here.

You wouldn't be takin'
junk in there, would ya?

No! Told ya, I wasn't
doing nothin'.

What'd you put in your
back pocket, then?

Nothin'.

Map.

This map.

I love New York.

I want you out of the park.

What are you hasslin' me for? I
told you I didn't do nothin'.

God damn it, don't treat me like
I'm some kind of fucking junkie.

I'm a vet. I want you
out of the park now.

So get goin'.

Yes, sir.

It's up to you, Mitch.

All the stuff's laid.

Just needs to be
wired up, is all

Set the timers...

Do what you want with it.

It would be a real hell of a
thing, though, wouldn't it

Attention would be paid.

You're a good friend, my man...

The best.

I just couldn't hack it anymore.

Later.

What do you want? I told you
I didn't want to see you.

How do I not come by to see my own
wife and kid? Cut the bullshit, Mitch.

You know it always irritated me
when you talked dirty like that?

I wanna talk to my son.
He's sleepin'.

How come every god damn time I come
by here, you tell me he's sleeping?!

Because every god damn time
you come by here, it's late.

Bullshit!

You're two months behind.

I sent you what I could.

I've only had a job
for two weeks.

I have not received
any money from you

for over two months.

I sent you the money...

Yesterday.

Oh yeah. Like the check's
in the mail, right?

Look, I-i-i don't wanna keep
going over this with you

no more.

All I am askin' now

is now that you
got a steady job,

you just send some money to
help support me and your son.

I told you I sent you the money.

A-and you're gonna
keep sending it?

E-every week?

Right, Mitch?

Send you what I can.

Y-you do still have that job?

It was a bullshit job.
I hated those people.

The boss kept calling me
"the Okie from Muskogee."

Oh, Mitch, when are
you gonna grow up?

This... this just keeps
goin' on and on.

Yeah.

Yeah.

But if you'd have had a little
bit more respect for me,

things could've been different.

Now I'm gettin' sick and tired

of hearing what a loser I am...

Especially from you!

Well then why in god's name don't
you just do something about it?

Hey!

What are you doin' in here?

We were just goin' through
to the West Side.

There are thugs, and muggers, and
creeps in this park at night!

You don't bring a lady
in this park at night!

Where you from?

Duluth.

Come here, Duluth.

Let go.

Got change for a dollar?

I gotta use the telephone.

Uh...

I-I got about 80 cents.

72nd street.

City hall, officer Balkan.

I want you to listen hard.

I have a message
for New York City:

As of right now,
Central Park is mine.

Who is this?

You better listen to me.

I have set a series
of explosions

around the 86th
street station house.

The first three will
blow up the yard

at 10 P.M.

After that, you will have
ten minutes to evacuate,

or else I'm gonna blow
up the station house.

I don't want anybody
to get hurt.

It is very important.

And nobody will get hurt

if we do everything my way.

I'll have more to
say to you later.

Wait a minute. Don't...

# I'm gonna let it shine

# let it shine, whoa, shine

# let it shine

god, it is so boring. It is
so quiet out here tonight.

Oh, that's for sure. Nobody's
been killed for at least an hour.

Check out the frequency
for the precinct...

Oh, all right, all right. What is he doing?
He's stopping!

Male dispatcher: E.M.S. 1-2-1, please
respond to the 2-2 station house

we have a standby
with the bomb squad

Do you know your location, k?

That's affirmed, k.

Dispatcher: Your time out is 21-55.
Your I.D. Number

9-2-7 dash 6-4-2.

Operator 2-4-2.

Did you hear that? Yeah!

How could that be? The
dispatch has a bomb squad

responding to the
precinct station itself.

Let's check it out.

Well, Mike old
buddy, this is it.

I hope you knew what
you were doing.

If it doesn't work, well hell,
it just wasn't meant to be.

And I'll just walk the
hell right out of here.

If it blows...

It blows.

It looks pretty quiet to me.

Yeah. Probably some nutcase.
Oh, yeah.

Oh, Jesus Christ! What
the hell was that?!

I don't know. Get the
hell out of here, man.

Oh, my god! Someone's
bombing the precinct house

those prisoners out of there!

Move, move, move!

Come on, you guys! No stalling!
No stalling!

Check that building!

Get everybody out of there!

Check the cells, Johnson!

All right!

All right. Looks like we're
the first ones here.

Come on! Come on!

What's the matter with you? Don't
you see we're standing there?

Get this cab... there's an
emergency in the park, man!

You got five seconds to back this cab
up... five seconds! Five seconds...

We're gonna slide right in.

Four seconds!

All right, let's go! There's
an emergency in the park!

God! Look at those...

yeah, well...

Hey, what are
you doing over there?!

Come on! Get out of here!
Come on! Hold on!

Get the hell out of here!
Let's go!

Go on! Get out of here!

Jesus! This is great!

Get down!

This is too good.

Look at him. He's...

I'm okay.

Cease fire!

Cease fire!

Hold your fire! Stop shooting!

Cease fire!

Get out of there!

Let's go! Move out! Vacate it!

Get out of here! Come on!
Move it!

City hall, officer Balkan.

Are you the one I talked
to about the park?

Yes, sir. You certainly did.

Did I get your attention?

You certainly did. You got
everyone's attention.

Now you listen carefully. I know all
of these telephone calls are taped.

Here's what I want:

I want everybody to stay
out of Central Park

72 hours. That's all I'm asking.

I have set explosive
booby-traps all over the par

and I personally am everywhere.

So let's not have any
stupid mistakes, okay?

I'll, uh, pass it on, sir.

You do that.

People'll be hearing from me soon.
It's all gonna make sense.

Commissioner Keller.

Frank.

You know Curran, here, borough
commander, Manhattan north.

Frank Eubanks.

And you've met Juliano of the 22nd.
Chief.

Tough night.

This is an emergency.

Please stay indoors. Stay off
the street around the park

Stay away from windows
facing the park

For more information, tune to local
radio and television station

Mr. Dix, are there
terrorists in Central Park?

Mr. Dix, can I
ask you some questions, please?

Hostages? Ransom note?

What are the mayor's plans?

Is he planning on cutting
his tour of China short?

No, no, there's
no need for that.

Look... the mayor has
an excellent staff.

This department has contingency
plans for terrorist-type attacks.

Mr. Dix, what are those
contingency plans?

I'm sorry. I can't answer
any more questions.

Mr. Dix, is Central Park officially closed?
Yes, that's right.

Do you have any statement to make
about the public safety, Mr. Dix?

No. None at all. None at all.

Frank, you'll deploy your
men at your own discretion.

Come on in, David.

You all know the deputy mayor.

Christ, I hate the press.

All right, commissioner,
what do we got?

We have to assume several
perpetrators are involved.

Now, an emergency call-up
went out an hour ago,

so additional officers will
be coming on traffic duty.

We'll have to keep the four
surrounding streets closed.

The governor offered the guard.

Bad idea. Overreaction.

Agreed. Now, since we
don't have a demand

or hostages, our
hands aren't tied.

So Eubanks and his boys
will carry the ball.

Well, I'll have to
consult on that.

There's no time for consulting.

He's right, David.

We got caught with
our pants down,

and my ass gets
cold in the breeze.

What's the status
at the station?

Station house is evacuated,

as is the fire alarm
headquarters on 79th.

9-1-1 and New York tel
have been notified.

Whoever did this
picked a good night.

Low traffic, drive's
closed for cyclists,

no plays. Nothin'.

Permission to enter
the park, sir.

Go ahead.

All right, we're gonna send our men
south from the 85th transverse...

Using three teams
of five men each.

Now that's where most
of the action is...

here to Central Park south.

Now if we come up empty,

we're gonna have to go north

past the reservoir
to 110th street.

Are you with me?

We're gonna use a simple
grid-search pattern.

Boxing in and out of the drives.

Squad one will head west.
That's yours.

I'll take the second squad...

On either side of
the great lawn.

Squad three will head east.

Now any of you have
any questions?

No, sir.

Leader, this is one.

We're proceeding as planned.

Where's the light?

Squad one, we're coming
toward the Delcorte theater.

Roger, chief.

Nothing, sir.

Sure is spooky out there.

Fix that flak jacket.

Squad three, what's
your position, k?

We're approaching the museum.
And no sign of anyone yet.

Okay, we're coming down...

Into the road around the
fire alarm building.

Where is Daniels and Hardy?

Damn it! I didn't even see you!

Camouflaged for night
fightin', sir.

That's very funny.

From now on, you and
Hardy take the point.

Get going.

Yes, sir.

Let's go.

We may get lucky on
this one, Richie.

No one else is covering
Central Park west.

Well, I don't know. We
might miss everything.

Trust me on this one, darlin'.

My instincts are incredible.
All right.

5th Avenue is where it's happening.
All right, let's go.

I'm gonna turn around.

Oh... Shit.

Sergeant Santini!

What's the matter
with you Goldman?

We're tryin' to maintain.

Shit.

Are you sure?

Truck checked it out, chief.

Goes all the way up
to the street wall.

All right. Head east,
uh, into the ramble.

We'll link up there and try
to find some way around it.

One.

You heard? What the
hell's going on?

Command, this is leader.

We got a situation here.

Hey, you guys! Come
and help me here!

Get me out of here!
My ankle's busted!

Come on!

Leader, this is one. what
the hell was that? I don't know

Look, abandon your position.

Go underneath my squad to
the west edge of the lake.

Not possible, sir we're
blocked by the wire

Well just take the truck
and fucking go over it!

Leader, this is Santini. Someone
just blew our truck to shit.

All right, forget it and work your
way up east through the ramble.

And hurry up, for Christ's sake! We're
moving out to help squad three.

You'll have to meet us there.

Roger, chief.

Where the hell are
Hardy and Daniels?

Aw, shit. They'll have to find
us on their own. Let's go.

Please don't kill me!
Please don't kill me!

Please don't kill me!

Please don't kill me.

Christ! It hurts!

Hang on. We're close.

Smythe, take the point!

Smythe: God! Get me out!

Get me out! Get me out of this!

Chief! Squad one, reporting.

Come on.

All right, Santini...

Command, this is leader!

Command, this is leader!

Get all our police cars
down to the east side!

Jesus Christ! What's
happening out here?

Hold you fire!

Hold you're fire! You're
gonna kill each other!

You're gonna kill each other!
Hold your fire!

Eubanks, command k.

Chief, what's your location?
Do you require assistance

Negative. Do not send
any more men here.

We will connect with squad three
and then assess our options.

Roger Out.

God, look at these guys.

They are really fucked up.

All right. Come on. Stretcher!

Get a close-up on
that, all right? All right.

I got him, I got him I got him.

Look at this guy with the blood.

Great. Why don't you get back?

Go. Get the gun in here.
All right.

Hardy to leader.

Key leader, do you copy?

Shit!

Nothin' happenin', Holmes.
They all dead!

We gotta get to the street.

I ain't movin'.

Fuck that.

We can't stay here
till they find us.

I'm tellin' ya, they're
just waitin' for us

to jump ourselves, then they're
gonna pick our asses off!

Come on, man! 72nd street is
just through those trees.

Bullshit, man.

I used to sell reefer there, man!
I know!

The grenade launcher's
live, boys.

Now backtrack to 72nd street,

and head out to 5th Avenue

right now.

What went on in there? Is there a
regiment in there or something?

Can we talk to somebody...

Got him? Yeah.

Okay. Okay.

Relax.

Relax. This ain't no big thing.

No big thing at all.

You've only, uh,

taken over Central fucking Park!

You hear that, Rachel?!

I finally did something!

Took over the fuckin' park.

It's light out.

The park is still
closed, right, Frank?

Where's the commissioner?

He and Curran went
to the hospital.

We have some injuries...

Broken ankle,

shock, lacerations.

These men are not gonna be easy.
You think it could be one guy?

You don't believe that, do you?
I believe it.

If there's one god damn man,

you know something I don't.

Shane and Oswald.

The commissioner feels that since no violence
has happened outside of the perimeter,

we can go ahead and
open up the streets.

Otherwise, we're gonna have
traffic backed up to Queens.

So get movin'.

Okay, you guys, let's
move those barricades out of here!

Open the streets! Got
orders to move those barricades!

City desk, New York Times.
May I help you?

Yes.

I am the individual who
controls the park.

In exactly 20 minutes, I am
going to make a statement.

The news persons, scanners,

will be able to pick it up as long as
they're within a mile of the park.

I am using an F.M. Transceiver,
and they should tune

to 1-5-1 megahertz.

I want my statements
broadcast on all commercial

and public radio stations.

You got that?

Twenty minutes.

You call the commissioner.
I'll try and raise Dix.

Please stand by.

we are going to rebroadcast a
message from the terrorist

who have taken over the park.

I don't wanna hurt anyone.

That's the first thing.

I could have...

But I didn't.

Even though there have been
several attempts on my life

It's one guy. One guy!

My name is not important.

I'm just a guy.

Nobody pays much attention
to guys like me.

I don't mean just
'cause I'm a vet

I mean because my whole life

has been directed

by other people.

I guess I let 'em.

There's a lot of people
like me in this city

Who don't feel any control

over their lives.

A few weeks ago, I got fed up.

I couldn't hold a job.

I couldn't put certain
things behind me.

My wife and I split up,

and my little boy...

Whatever

And then... A friend of
mine killed himself.

He was a vet,

a good American,
all those things

And when he wasn't
useful anymore

It was like he didn't exist.

It was like he was
made out of glass,

and they just looked right through
him, and that boy disappeared.

Let's hook into Manhattan
north's computers

and start running this down.

I am staying in this park
until 9:00 Wednesday night.

That is Veterans' day.

All I want is for all of you

to think about what is
going on in your lives,

and in this city...

About how you are treated,

and how you treat other people.

I came here to say

that one ordinary man
can have some power.

Right now, I matter.

Right now, I make a difference.

And I will not...

Disappear

God damn it, that's not
the way you do things.

Guy's a stoned wacko.

No, he's not. He's...

Not by a long shot.

Gonna have to work a hell
of a lot harder now.

Public opinion is beginning
to swing heavily to this guy.

"Mr. Everyman."

The whole schmear.

I just release a statement

reiterating our belief
that he's just a spokesman

for a terrorist group.

We're expecting demands
at any moment.

Certain people are going to
be watching very carefully

how we handle this.

Very carefully.

There he is.
Come on, let's go.

Mike, get it right on his face.

Mr. Dix. Mr. Dix,

do you think the man is
alone in the park? No.

Can you, uh, tell us what
your next step is gonna be?

Are you gonna call the national guard?
I can assure you...

That rumor is
completely erroneous.

However, we are certain

that a band of well-coordinated,

well-trained guerillas
is responsible,

possibly with outside help.

Can you elaborate on the
outside help, Mr. Dix?

That's all right.

The action's concentrated
mostly in here.

Right...
Sir, it's him!

This is deputy mayor Dix.
Go ahead.

I didn't ask for you.
I called the mayor.

He's out of the country.

All calls from you

will be routed to me directly.

Are you in charge?

Yes. You could say that.

All right. I just wanna make
sure we understand each other.

If we do everything my way,

nobody will get hurt.

Do you understand?

I understand.

I know things can get
pretty dinky down sometimes.

Yeah, I was in 'Nam.

A month in the bush.
I requested it.

I was a public information
officer, M.A.C.V.

Look, I'm the only one around here who
has any idea where you're coming from.

I mean that S.W.A.T. Team cowboy
would like to blow your shit away.

Why? I'm not hurtin'
anybody in here.

What's your name?

Fuck you.

Okay. Fuck me.

You have any problem, you
call me on that phone.

I'm the only one you
need to deal with.

I'm gonna talk to the
commissioner, see what he says.

If I have anything
positive for you,

I'll call you at this booth, okay?
Right.

And since I'm an idiot,
I'm gonna go for that.

Here's what you do, big boy:

You wanna talk to me,

you use the emergency line.

Every telephone booth
in this park will ring.

I believe in safety first.

Whatever you say.

I just wanna say my
peace and move on.

I don't want any more
trouble than I already got.

I want two sharpshooters covering
every booth in the park from now on.

Around the clock.

Sir, it's for you.
Wait a minute.

Yes?

We got an I.D. On
the guy in the park, David

Weaver, w-why do you
want to do this?

Why not?

Well, what would Jerome say?

What? Over already?

One night does not a
boyfriend make, Richie.

Yeah, but I thought
you liked this one.

I like corned beef on rye,
too, but not as a steady diet.

Why are we even
talking about this?

A diversion to keep you
from going into the park.

Come on, Richie. Picture it.

Central Park at dawn,
vacant for the second day.

Deserted.

No dogs. No joggers.

No voices. Nothing.

Quiet. Empty.

Chilly.

What about the guy
that's in there?

He's loony toons.

No one said you have to come in.

No shit.

You'll just have
to help me get in.

How's it look?

I must be as crazy as you.

Look, I'm gonna need your
help to get over this wall.

As soon as it's light... You get
the shots, and you get out, right?

Right. Later.

Look... Not a word about
this to anyone, okay?

Must be crazy.

Promise. You're crazy!

Promise.

Okay, I promise.

Thanks, Richie.

Don't move!

What are you doin' in here?
Um...

I'm a photographer... T.V.

I came in here to get
some footage, you know...

footage?! Yeah,
footage in the park.

You know what I mean?
You're a reporter.

No, no, really.

See, this is my... shut up.

I-I... shut up and let me
think, for Christ's sake.

You know, you gotta be
crazy comin' in here.

Don't you know I got
this whole park mined?

You could've been killed! What if I'd
jumped out of one of these trees

and cut your throat?

You really screwed things up. I
hope you can appreciate that.

Um... I'm s...

who knows you're in here besides me?
Nobody... well...

uh, my partner. But he won't...

he won't say anything.
Ha! No. Hmm. No.

Hell no. Of course not.
Get movin'.

What are you gonna do to me?

If anything happens to you in
here, they're gonna blame me.

You get walking down this hill
and keep your mouth shut.

No... no, you see, because
I wouldn't... shut up!

I... I wouldn't say anything...

Move! Move, move, move, move.

Move, move, move.

Um, I...

um, where are you taking me?

Um... Look...

move.

In there.

Look...

Ow!

Look...

Look... take off your clothes.

Pardon me?

Get naked!

Please don't do this.

Look...

You do what...

You have to do...
to do, but, um...

Please don't hurt me.

Lady, I've got other things
on my mind right now.

I'd have a little bit of trouble
relaxing, you know what I mean?

Here.

Put these on.

You'll make a lot
less of a target...

In case I have to move you.

Now I don't want you wandering
around here while I'm gone.

I've got explosive booby-traps
set all over Central Park.

Make one wrong
move, you're dead.

You understand that?

I won't go anywhere.

All right.

What?

Mitch, what are you
doin' in there?

Rachel?

How'd you get this number? I
don't want you callin' me here.

What difference does that make?
Are you crazy?

I didn't want anybody
to know it was me.

Aw, well, so you... so you
shouldn't go broadcasting it

all over the radio and T.V.!

You saw me on television?

No, I heard you on television.

On the news.

Mitch, the police are here.

Have you any idea how
embarrassing all this is?

Why do you keep on doing
these things to me?

You! It's always you, isn't it?

All you ever think
about, Rachel, is you.

That is not true,
and you know it!

How's Ben?

He's okay.

He's... he's at my mother's.

He's too young to
understand all this.

Mitch, give yourself up.

Why?

Because you're gonna get killed.

You know...

Maybe that'd be the best
thing for everybody.

Uh, good-bye, Rachel. I don't
want you calling me here no more.

Mitch!

M-Mitch...

I really do love you, you know?

I do.

Good-bye.

He hung up on me.

Let 'em have some of this.

We'll see,

fly boys.

Shit.

What the fuck is wrong with you?!
What are you tryin' to do?

Look, it was done
behind my back.

No authorization.

Sometimes the chain of command gets
screwed up. You can understand that.

I could've blown that god damn
helicopter out of the sky!

Next time I will!

Jesus Christ!

I give you my word. It
won't happen again.

Look...

I'm on my way to a meeting right
now with the commissioner.

I'm gonna do
everything in my power

to make sure you get
the time you need.

We don't want anybody
killed, either.

You better get your act
together, big boy.

God damn it, Dix! I want to
know about these decisions,

especially when my own
men are involved.

Frank.

I mean, you wouldn't be
knocking on their wives' doors.

Frank, the commissioner
okayed it.

If you got a problem, you talk to him.
To hell with the commissioner!

Things just bounce right
off of you, don't they?

There are considerations
here I don't think you see.

Like your god damn
political career.

You have your job. I have mine.

Seems you're having
trouble with yours!

I don't believe it. I
don't fucking believe it.

The man tells me one thing,

then he turns around and
he tries to kill me!

Tries to fuckin' kill me!

What'd I do to him? Have
I hurt anybody here? No.

Have I asked for money?

Or my own country?

Or a plane to Argentina?

Do I want to be the emperor of Wyoming?
Hell, no.

All I want to do is remind people they
don't have to take shit their whole lives.

I guess that makes me
some kind of god damn

dangerous person, or some...

I didn't say you could do that.

Look...

People should know about this...
about what they're doing to you.

Right?

You got somethin' to say.

That's what you're
here for, isn't it?

That's why you're in this park.

Wanna tell people something? You
want the world to know about this?

Let me get it on tape.

And I'll make sure it's seen.

It'll get national coverage.

All right. Here's the deal:

I let you come with me, you
take your own chances.

I am not responsible.

Is that on tape? Yeah.

Is it rolling?

The whole time.

Fine.

City desk, New York Times.
May I help you?

I am calling from
inside Central Park.

I will be talking
again in 15 minutes.

Same frequency.

What are you doing?

Come here.

I'm gonna read some clippings
I've been collecting.

They're little short stories that were
buried in the back pages of the newspapers.

Things people did to each other.

None of these people were rich.

None of these people were famous, and
none of them were on television

They just lived their lives until
something terrible happened to them

And then nobody helped.

January 14.

Gary black, 78,

an invalid, was found
frozen to death

in his apartment this morning.

Medical authorities estimate

he had been dead a
week when found

Gary black's heat got turned off 'cause
he couldn't afford to pay the bill.

February 9. John Flynn,

decorated Vietnam veteran,

drove his car through
a deserted building

in the south Bronx last night,

killing himself instantly.

Friends said Flynn had been
seeking help to stop the, quote,

"horrible pictures in
his head." Unquote.

But they didn't think
it was that serious.

Um...

March 9.

Manhattan. Toby Lester,

age six,

has been locked in the family
basement for the last three yea

chained to a steel cot
and fed from a dog dish

The down syndrome child

was, in his father's words,

"an embarrassment."

Neighbors interviewed said they
occasionally heard screaming...

But they didn't think it
was any of their business.

May 23.

Brooklyn, New York.

Eat that.

What's your name?

I'm really not too hungry.

Weaver. What's yours?

What's your first name, Weaver?

Valery, but nobody
calls me that.

Shit. This is my last cigarette.

You know...

The, uh...

Cops say that...

Only a terrorist could be
doing what you're doing.

You know I'd like haul my
ass right over that wall?

Why don't you?

Too late.

They know who I am.

And I would like to
strongly reaffirm

that we are dealing, almost certainly,
with a group of trained terrorists.

Now there is a danger...

there is a danger in
lending this situation

a carnival air.

These people have wantonly
endangered lives,

destroyed public property,

and flagrantly broken the law.

What are you doing about it?
Yes?

Commissioner, any break on
the identity of this man?

That's "men," not "man."

We are presently utilizing
all means to identify

the perpetrators. Yes, sir?

If this is a group
and not a single man,

why haven't they made demands?

That is something that I...

w-we have received

what could be interpreted
as a demand or threat.

What threat?!

I'm sorry... I'm sorry.

I can't be more specific at
this time for security reasons.

Is money involved?

Any hostages?

We will have more for you as
conditions permit. Thank you.

What conditions?
Thank you all for coming.

Dix! What hell is
wrong with you?

You cannot fabricate
that kind of thing.

I just felt we needed something
to bring the people back our way.

And he did say the next time
he would shoot to kill.

Mister...

You have got a lot to learn.

No more surprises.
You understand that?

This whole thing is twisted enough
without you helping it along.

Come on! Come on!

Who's gonna root
for the underdog?

I got the cops, 8-to-3 odds.

8-to-3 he doesn't make it 72 hours.
Come on...

we're out here in the streets
of Manhattan on this,

the second full day
of what has, uh,

come to be known as the
"Siege of Central Park."

Speculation continues,
fueled by a statement

made by deputy mayor David Dix

concerning just who
is in Central Park.

What do the citizens
of New York believe?

Sir?

Uh... Elton Costanza, right?

I'm from Queens. And, uh...

Hey, I'm all for the guy.

I see. And you believe
he's a, uh...

Single person, then, huh?

Oh, most definitely!

Yeah, absolutely.

See, what this guy's
doin', you see...

he's sorta speakin' out
for all of us, right?

Right? Yeah!

Only in America, right?

Yo. Thank you very much, Elton.

Uh, ma'am?

Uh... Oh... Uh...

I believe what he's
doing is wrong.

I don't care how honorable
his intentions,

he's terrorizing
this whole area,

and I, for one, don't expect the
authorities to let him have his way.

Let him have his way.

He... what is he doing
is against the law,

and he should not be encouraged.

Thank you. Thank you
very much, ma'am.

We have another, uh,
person right here.

Uh, miss... miss, thank
you very much.

My name is Lorna Sheen.
Ms. Sheen.

And I can't tell you
how it warms my heart

to see a man with some
gumption for a change.

I'm so sick of those moon-eyed,

pencil-necked wimps

runnin' around on the T.V.,

doin' talk shows and everything.

I just can't stand it. Thank
you very much, miss...

and what's more, I
wish those cops

would leave the poor boy alone.

We don't care if they took
over the park for a few days.

Why should they?

We pay for them, don't we?

Thank you very much, Ms. Sheen.

Thank you very much. Uh, thank...

t-shirts, any size,

just $6.

Uh... Now back to,
uh, the studio.

That's better.

Okay, good.

Go ahead.

Well...

One day, I'm in the jungle watching
all my buddies get blown away.

The next day I'm driving in to the
7-11 to buy myself a Slurpee.

Just like that.

It's hard to readjust.

My friend Mike used to say,

"nothin's relevant anymore."

I mean, back over
here, it's all about,

"I hope the bills get paid. I hope
my old lady ain't mad at me."

Shit like that.

It's not even real.

But this is real.

Oh, yeah.

This is real.

Um...

You were in the Marines?

No.

U.S. Army.

What'd you do in the Army?

Sneak in to places, and blow
shit up, and kill people.

You know...

People heard what you
said on the radio.

They... they know why you're here.

I don't.

Dr. Mueller.

Uh, perhaps, commissioner,
I should go last, yeah?

Fine. General Bryant.

In light of recent
incidents, gentlemen,

perhaps you'll reconsider
the governor's offer.

Technology, gentlemen.
Technology.

There's a variety of infrared
seismic intruder devices

that can detect movement.

The a.M.P.P.S. Ground radar

can indicate a target to
an accuracy of 25 yards.

We have all kinds of infrared
people-sniffers at our command.

The department has
all that equipment.

With all due respect, general,

that kind of technical operation

takes time, and they're impractical
on this type of terrain.

We'd have to reroute subways, clear the
streets for a half-mile in either direction.

We can't take that kind of time.

Point is well taken,
commissioner.

But I have an alternative.

Tiger sweep.

Tiger sweep?

Units of the 42nd
rainbow division

surround the parks.

Teams of mine-detection personnel
precede the column at various points.

Now as the ring tightens in

and contact is made,

the enemy either surrenders
or is eliminated.

It's a one-way operation.

What about wire and booby-traps?
Won't that slow you down?

Suppose he gets down into the sewer
system and behind your column, general.

You could be chasing
him for weeks.

Not a thrilling prospect.

The guard will supply
air surveillance.

Tanks, sir? Remember
Detroit in '67?

Right. Along the transverse
roads and routes.

If it gets really hairy, we can
go in there with the M-2s,

or the 57-millimeter recoils.

Think about it. Good,
good, good, good.

What's the kill radius? How
much is this gonna cost?

"Tiger sweep." Hell,
it'll cost $10 million.

The mayor won't stand for it.

It'll be humiliating if we have
to bring in the national guard

to take out one man. Bryant:
You've already been humiliated.

May I, commissioner?

Central Park's 900 acres
of heavily wooded,

essentially flat terrain.

It's cut into six roughly
rectangular sections

by transverse roads, Yeah?

We must reduce the area the
guerrilla can occupy for cover

in order to...

Force him to reveal
his position.

The timetable I would describe
would be repeated in each section.

A C-123 provider

drops fast-acting defoliants

on heavily wooded areas only.

Defoliant? You can't
burn away half the park.

We can rebuild it.
Safer, better.

I like it. Solid.

It happens to be insane.

He's already been
in there 48 hours.

I say, uh, we give him the rest.

Absolutely not!

No man is gonna hold this
city up to ridicule!

No man!

We will remove him
before the deadline.

What's wrong?

Are you cold?

Frank, this isn't a game.

There aren't any rules.
No code of the west.

Look... it's done.

Just accept it.

Yeah?

How are you doing?

Is this the guy I
talked to before?

This is the deputy mayor, yes.

So you're calling me now?

What do you want, big boy?

I want you to surrender
your weapons

and come out of there.

We can talk...

Address some of the issues that
seem to bother you so much.

We already had
this conversation.

I'm comin' out of here when
I want to, how I want to.

Look, we have the entire
park perimeter surrounded.

How do you expect to walk away?

I did it before, didn't I?

What're you callin' me for, anyway?
What is this shit?

They're trying to kill us.

Yeah. They're gonna have to
do a lot better than that.

Move off down the hill.

Move.

What do you mean,
"neither of them"?

You mean there's another
person in there?!

All right.

Snipers spotted another
person in there with him.

Are they positive? Yeah!

All right, let's keep that
information to ourselves.

Could be a hostage,

but he hasn't tried to use him.

Or his partner.

Either way, we gotta go ahead.

Time's running out.

They're doing it again.
I do not believe it.

They think I'm stupid.

They think I'm really stupid!

Do you know who it is?

No idea, but he's persistent.

Whoever's calling hasn't hung up yet.
Nobody's answering.

When the guy in the park answers,
put a tracer on the call.

Maybe they saw me.

I'm gonna talk to them.

I gotta answer it.

Hello?

Who is this?

Who's this?

Is this the park?

Yes.

It's your wife.

Oh, fuck!

God damn it, I told you
not to call me here!

Who was that who
answered the phone?

That was a woman. No shit!

Well what's a woman doin'
in there with you?

She's not a woman!
She's a news person.

She's videotaping
everything, is all.

I'm scared.

I'm so scared.

W-what did you do it for?

It's my fault.

Is it my fault?

It is, isn't it?

It's nobody's fault.

What are we gonna do?

Baby...

I got this insurance policy.

It ain't much, but it'll
get you started again...

That's it. I want all lines to
the park cut off right now.

Those bastards!

They're playing
another trick on us.

It ain't gonna be funny.

Let's go.

When I first started this thing,
I wanted people to hear me.

Really hear a person for
once in their lives.

You know what I mean?
I hear you.

Believe me, but there are a lot of people
out there who aren't gonna like the way

you're attracting attention.

No. They're gonna
hear a lot more.

This park is mine.

I'm not leavin' it
until I decide.

Here's a little money from
home, you lyin' motherfuckers!

The lone fuckin' ranger.

I am sure you're listening
to me out there.

I am sure you know they
are trying to kill me.

And what the hey, I
should've expected that.

You won't be hearing
from me again.

I have said everything
I came to say,

but I am not leaving
until it's time.

I am not leaving
until Veteran's day.

If anybody tries to come into
this park while I am here...

if anybody tries to harm me
while I am in this park,

they will wish they
had never been born.

All right,

we finally got an I.D. On
the woman in the park.

What woman?

Some kind of T.V. Journalist.

Her partner came in a while ago.

Said she hopped the
wall last night.

Apparently she should've
been out by now.

We will assume that
she's a hostage.

We're keeping her
partner away from the press

for a while... Lessen
complications.

Frank, I want you to
take a look at this.

That's Oscar Verdanken.

He's a Dutch national.

He's fought in Vietnam,

Angola, Afghanistan,
the Middle East.

He's known worldwide.

Something of an idol to the
soldier of fortune set.

The other man is Tran Chan Dinh.

He hooked up with
Verdanken in Vietnam.

He's a master of
guerrilla warfare.

They come highly recommended.

Commissioner, what you're
tellin' me is that these...

w-we have two hired killers,

one of them a fuckin' Vietcong,
to go in and get this man?!

I mean, is that what I'm hearing?!
Frank, you're out of line.

I mean, what about the woman?
What about the concern for her?!

They will be instructed to take
every precaution. Now that's it!

That's it.

We're certainly not going to participate
in the murder of a hostage,

if that's what she is.

A trained two-man force
has a much greater chance

of getting her out.

This is wrong!

I mean, what are you
gonna say to the press?

I'll tidy it up.

You'll "tidy it up"?!

That's my job.

We want 'em in the
park before dawn.

This has got to be it, Frank.

If we don't get him out with them, the
press is gonna hang us out to dry.

Commissioner, I gotta
tell you, this stinks.

Look, no one's makin' you go in.

Well somebody's gotta go in there,
and it's not for their protection.

No matter what you
might've been told...

This operation has
only one purpose:

Search and destroy.

Understand?

This insignificant little asshole
has had his way too long.

Hey, wait a minute!

Bastards!

Hey.

Jesus Harold Christ.

I could've killed you.
You know that?

What the hell you doin' out here, anyway?
I woke up and I d... i...

I didn't know where you were.

We gotta go back inside.

Hold it. Freeze!

Do not move.

Jesus.

Don't move.

Step back.

My God, they laid this wire.

Somebody's in here tryin' to
sabotage my program, Valery.

Holy shit, that mine is real.

Real?

Yeah.

Claymore.

What's a claymore?

It's a anti-personnel
device, Valery.

This little baby right here...

Will blow you up.

Kill you deader than hell.

What are you doing?

There are individuals out there,
Valery, who are trying to kill us,

and they are all
totally fucking crazy.

And you? What are you?

I never tried to hurt anybody.

You put a gun in
an old man's face

and you tell him you're
gonna blow his head off,

and he dies of a heart attack
'cause he's so fucking scared.

And you're not responsible
because the gun isn't loaded?!

I'm getting you out of
here at first light.

Oh, give me a break. We're
both dead, and you know it.

Look...

I realize I am a total fuck-up.

But I will get you
out of this park.

The park is mine!
The park is mine!

What is it?

Nothing.

Move! Move!

Hold it! Stay there.

Stay here. Watch me.

When I point to you,

throw this wine bottle there.

Oh, God.

Shit.

Those sick bastards.

Those demented sons of bitches.

Look what they're doin'.

They're sending a
Vietcong in here.

This is the middle of
Central fucking Park.

They are sending in a
Vietcong to kill me!

Shit!

We're going back. I gotta
have some more hardware here.

God damn.

Shit.

Holy shit.

Okay, I'm gonna get you as
close to that wall as I can.

After that, you're on your own.
Okay.

You make sure people
see that tape.

Yep.

Think it'll make prime time?

That's a cinch. What about you?

You can forget me.

Run!

Run!

When this thing explodes, you run
like hell for the east side.

Go!

My leg!

You idiotic motherfuckers

have shot an innocent
photojournalist here!

A female!

What the hell are you doing!?
Are you crazy?

There's a man dead back here!

Look!

The girl still has a chance.

I'm gonna put some trust in you.

I'm coming out!

Look, this...

This war is over.

Look...

The man's dead.

The girl still has a chance.

No!

I'm putting my gun down.

Now all I wanna do is...

I wanna go over there...

And I wanna pick up the girl.

I just wanna leave the park.

Now that's...

That's all I want.

Okay, I'm gonna pick her up now.

Then I'm gonna leave the park.

Okay...

I'm going out now.

No tricks.

We're leaving.

The park's yours.

There's somebody comin'!

It's the captain!

Hey, it's the captain!
Bring the gurney.

What happened?

What happened?!

There are two dead
men back there.

He asked for 9:00.

We'll wait.

Now just a minute!

We'll wait, man! We'll wait!

Captain, somebody's coming!

Hold your fire.

He's comin' out.

Hey...

If it isn't the Lone Ranger.

I'm sorry you got hurt, Valery.

Thank you.

You did it, you know?

Okay, let's go.

Do you think you made a point?