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♪♪

There's rioting breaking out throughout the city.

Fires continue to burn everywhere.

Troops are shooting people.

My God, I... I don't know why.

There's a woman dying in front of me, and no one's helping her.

There are conflicting reports about who or what started the chaos.

Will someone tell me what's happening?

This is madness.

What is this world coming to?

To the people of wealth,

he provides guidance.

And soon they won't be able to make a decision

without consulting Dr. Van Order.

And Dr. Van Order's clone will turn to us.

Hi, there.

Finally.

Oh!

Don't move.

Are you all right?

My vid box... where's my vid box?

- What? - My vid box.

Hi, there.

Thank God.

So, uh, what about this Van Order guy?

John, he is the most fabulous teacher.

He understands everything about me, you know, my goals.

And he talks to you on that little TV set?

It's an interactive program,

psychologically customized for me.

See, Van Order teaches you

to take control of your life

and stop looking for other people to blame.

If you would just try Van Order, John,

maybe he could help you...

Help you sort out your life.

No, thanks. For all you know,

he could be a bunch of impulses in a memory bank somewhere.

- Okay. - Like The Wizard of Oz.

Okay, you're still defensive. That's okay.

I'm not going to let it bother me

because I'm in control of my life,

and I have Van Order to thank for that.

Meet me later...

After you finish work for dinner.

You owe me a meal.

Oh... God, Kincaid, I don't know.

Hey,

I might not be perfect...

but I am human.

7:00.

I've been observing the advertising company

Hardy Galt Industries.

You're certain of his cooperation?

Oh, yes. Hardy Galt's been a longtime disciple.

Will he question the change in your program?

No. Hardy never questions my advice.

I've made him millions.

Subliminal messages buried in advertising

can influence the population,

but we need to bury the right message.

We're concerned that Hardy Galt is too weak to carry out our plans.

We feel that he needs...

a new partner.

Have you got that remote operational yet?

Yeah, I just connected up the circuitry.

Now, I've altered the frequency of the electromagnetic field.

Hopefully, this will be able to stun that alien watching device

long enough for us to get our hands on it.

Here we go.

Okay, that's got it.

Now, for the road test.

I'm pleased to see you, Doctor.

When you have a problem, I have a problem. Speak to me, Hardy.

Well, my biggest client, Lange and McDougal,

are threatening to take their business elsewhere.

Hmm. Well, Lange and McDougal are not the problem.

They're a symptom, a key indicator

of a flaw within HGI.

A flaw?

What flaw?

Why look further than yourself, Hardy?

Your future is what you make of it.

As your company has grown, have you grown with it?

What do you mean?

If you want to expand your horizons,

and I believe HGI will expand,

you'll need someone you can trust, Hardy,

someone to share the load.

- Share? - Of course.

If don't diversify, there won't be any profits

and there won't be any HGI.

Van, I need your help.

- Have you heard? - Heard what?

You should pay more attention to the gossip around here.

The Lange and McDougal account is ready to walk.

- What? - Their CEO was in for a meeting

with Mr. Galt yesterday.

By the way, Mr. Galt wants to see you this afternoon.

How can I help you, Mindy?

I've never had to do that before, Van,

and I'm not sure it's right.

The important question is will this move be right for Hardy Galt?

Will a rise in market shares,

profits, multinational expansion be right for HGI?

Do you believe in what I'm telling you, Hardy?

Yes. Always.

What messages am I to bury in these commercials?

I'll give them to you myself.

It's your world.

You can't hurt others by loving yourself.

Simple, isn't it?

Suzanne!

It's in the same location.

It hasn't moved at all. This is good.

- I think we're ready. - I hope so.

We've been working on this for weeks.

Kincaid thinks we're crazy.

Yeah, but Kincaid doesn't believe in the scientific method.

We're going to prove him wrong.

- There. - Okay, here goes.

Got it.

First, think of what you want to achieve.

Then focus and just be yourself, Jane.

I know you. I expect great things of you.

Remember, Jane, you reap what you sow.

Think of what you want to achieve

and just be yourself, Bob.

First, think of what you want to achieve, Mindy.

I just want to keep my job.

You really want more.

You're right, I do want more.

I want to be a VP.

I know you have it in you.

Thanks, Van.

Once you control the mind, you control the world.

That, we know.

Hardy Galt will alter his commercials according to our specifications.

How does this sound? Instead of Hardy Galt Industries,

it'll be Hardy Galt Worldwide.

We'll direct the destiny of the human race.

You will take Galt's disciples

and push them beyond their natural abhorrence of human suffering

until their perception of what is right...

is flexible.

My people, my soldiers,

we've got to talk.

Deb!

You busy?

What?

Kincaid!

- Which tie? - That one.

You look terrific.

Thanks.

She must be pretty special.

- Yeah, she is. - Who is she?

- What's she like? - Mindy Cooper.

She's almost as cute as you are.

- Hmm. - Hmm.

You look great. Now go and have a good time.

I'm planning on it.

- Bye. - Bye.

♪♪

In art,

creative concept...

- Whiplash... - copy writing and photography...

We have failed our clients.

Please open your folders.

When I conceived of the new direction...

I asked myself...

"Who are my soldiers?"

Hardy Galt Industries

is not just a job.

It is a lifetime mission.

And I want commitment!

I want motivation!

It is all or nothing.

You are either on a holy crusade

with me...

or you'll be looking for somewhere else to go.

I have retained Dr. Van Order

as motivational consultant to HGI.

All of you

will take this seminar.

And the results

of your performance

will determine who is to be my partner.

It worked, Suzanne! It worked!

For a minute there, I thought we were going to lose it.

- What happened? - We caught it.

We got an alien surveillance device.

Good. Where's Kincaid?

- Toot toot. - He went out on a date.

He was real nervous.

Sounds serious, who was she?

- Mindy Cooper. - Mindy Cooper?

I thought that was over months ago.

Yeah, well, I think he's in love.

Uh, excuse me.

Oh, can I help you?

Yes, you can tell Mindy Cooper that John Kincaid is here.

Mr. Kincaid, huh?

Miss Cooper said she was sorry,

but she's been selected to attend a seminar this weekend

at the Van Order Foundation.

Right. Thanks.

I have compiled this tape

of messages and images

and implanted them into the test subjects' commercials.

They flash every 10 frames,

register on the retina,

and the information is automatically processed by the brain.

As the tapes run,

the subjects will begin to develop

reactions to the messages.

By morning, they'll accept our version of reality.

If they respond as I believe they will,

we can implant every commercial Galt makes.

♪♪

I could get real accustomed to this.

Is that a Louis Seize?

That particular chair is a genuine Louis XVI

authenticated by Sotheby's auctioneers.

Now, if you'll follow me, please,

you'll be given your uniforms for your stay.

Okay, Deb, hook up this terminal.

Yeah.

What, did somebody die?

Never mind. What are you doing?

Brought down a surveillance device,

it's right over there.

How?

We jammed it and redirected the impulses.

It came right to us.

- What's all this? - This is an image converter.

- We're going to know what it knows. - If it knows anything.

Now, this may act like one of our own satellites.

It may record messages as well as transmit them.

I'm ready.

Good.

Come on, Kincaid. Join in.

Okay, let's do it.

Try to focus it

and lay on a grid pattern.

I'm going to enhance quadrants 10 to 25.

Blocks C to F...

Magnifying.

That was Hardy Galt.

HGI...

And that video messiah, Van Order.

- You sure? - Of course, I'm sure.

My friend Mindy Cooper works for Galt.

Why would they be under alien surveillance?

I don't want to think about it,

but I was meant to have a date with Mindy.

Then she was suddenly sent to some

executive weekend to the Van Order Foundation.

Yeah, I know about those weekends,

they wind up replacing your personality.

I'm going out there.

I'm going with him.

I'm going to find out what I can about Hardy Galt.

So, will the great man himself show us a new direction?

- I think Hardy's losing it. - I'd change my tone, if I were you, Kurt.

This isn't exactly your territory.

You're awfully quite, Mindy.

Well, I just want to get started, that's all.

I hate waiting.

Welcome to the Van Order Foundation.

This weekend will be devoted to an extraordinary

motivational seminar developed for you...

The top executives of Hardy Galt Industries.

Kurt, you're skeptical.

You will have changed your thinking by Monday.

You will find this seminar more than just challenging.

Your weaknesses will be exposed

and then eradicated.

You'll discover just what you're made of.

In the entire universe, there is nothing more important

than the individual human being.

You are the foundation.

You are what counts.

Our first session begins immediately.

You will repeatedly watch and assess a particular commercial.

At the end of that time, you will submit your analyses,

confidential of course,

in an individual interview.

The exercise will run for the next 10 hours.

Good luck.

All night? That's criminal!

Stop whining, will you?

Please. Come on, guys.

We've got work to do.

I expect great things of you.

♪♪

It's your world.

Your destiny is what you make of it.

Think of what you want to achieve.

It's your world.

♪♪

You can't hurt others by loving yourself.

You have no one to blame but yourself.

There's no one to help you.

You are born alone into the world

and you live according to your own ability.

You can't hurt others by loving yourself.

Nobody but you is on your side.

Do you want to make it?

- I expect greater things of you. - I need to smoke.

Fine, you go blow.

That'll be one less problem for the rest of us.

Just let him do as he likes. Concentrate on your own objectives.

Boy, you have been indoctrinated.

It's your world.

Why'd you come?

Because I hate thought control, Kincaid. It makes me nervous.

Yeah, Mindy's really changed, Harrison.

Well, if she spends any more time with Van Order,

you're not going to be able to reach her at all...

no matter how much you dress up.

So how far do we have to go?

We won't get there till morning.

You have no one to blame but yourself.

This is your brilliant idea?

The shape of the container is wrong.

It looks like you'll have to rethink it. That's if you still have your job by morning.

You're full of it, Clark!

Why should I listen to you anyway?

- What's the matter with the Hardy Boys? - Shut up!

Why should I? I'm free to say anything I like, Clark!

Shut up or I'll shut you up.

Try it! Hey!

What do I want to achieve?

Then remember, take care of yourself first.

You can't hurt others by loving yourself.

It's your world. Your destiny is what you make it.

In the final analysis, you have no one to blame but yourself.

Take responsibility.

What's happening to us?

I'm not sure.

We're all going berserk.

I just hope the rest of the weekend isn't like this.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

We will be calling you individually

to discuss the evening's work

with Dr. Van Order.

Clark, if you'll come with me please.

God, I'm not going to survive this.

Mr. Galt, your next appointment is here.

Dr. Van Order has instructed me to deliver this tape to you, Mr. Galt.

- Yes? - There's a Miss Hope here

to see you, Mr. Galt. She says she has an appointment.

Who? Uh, please tell her to wait.

Yes, sir.

I'm sorry, you were saying.

I was saying Dr. Van Order has asked me

to remind you that these new versions

of commercials will increase sales dramatically.

Ah-ah...

He tested them himself.

I'll show you.

Sit down, please.

Dr. Van Order?

Hi there, Mindy.

We have some business to discuss,

serious business.

Yes.

You are burdened with some character flaws.

They're holding you back,

keeping you from attaining your goal.

We're going to pinpoint these problems and remove them from your personality.

Yes, that's... that's what I want.

Remember, there's no time like the present.

There is a box to the right of your chair. Please put your hand on it.

You must trust me, Mindy. Trust me.

Look at me.

Trust me. Look at me.

Look at me. Look at me.

There is no snake, Mindy.

You must learn to look beyond your initial emotional responses.

Fear has tricked you into seeing something that isn't really there.

Look again.

Go on.

There, you see?

Control the mind.

There's only that part of yourself that responds to reason,

to logic, to whatever enhances your survival,

your position.

Yes, Van.

Thank you.

There are a few ahead of you in the testing, Mindy...

Clark, Jane, Kurt.

You'll have to do better.

You'll do that for me, won't you?

Yes, Van.

Anything.

I'm counting on you to show me that you can succeed.

There's no cost too great

if it means your survival,

your success.

You won't let me down, will you?

No, Van.

I won't let you down.

- Miss Hope? - I only need

a moment of your time, Mr. Galt.

Dr. Van Order suggested I come to see you.

Well, then, do come in.

Please, have a seat.

So,

what can I do for you?

I own a medium-sized manufacturing concern.

We make silk and cotton clothing.

I've never advertised before,

and Dr. Van Order pointed out that this was a grave mistake.

He suggested that I come to see you about possibly representing us.

I see.

Will you be interested

in looking at print? Television?

A combined assault, I think, based on our market research.

I'm glad to see you came well prepared.

I'd like to know some more about HGI, Mr. Galt...

- The breadth of your client base. - Sure.

Let me show you what we do.

Mr. Galt has expressed the wish

that his new partner be in top physical

as well as mental and emotional condition.

Everybody ready?

Begin.

No guts, no glory.

There's no one else to help you.

You are born alone into the world

and you live according to your own abilities.

The choice is yours.

Want to make it? Do you?

Or will you fail?

Become one more piece of human flotsam on the sea of time?

I expect greater things of you.

You will not fail me.

You must earn your rewards.

Work harder. Convince me.

Show me how you want it.

Rise. Rise to consciousness and power.

The world is yours if you want it. It's up to you.

Nobody but you is on your side.

Take power.

Take responsibility.

Your destiny awaits you.

It's your world.

It's your world.

It's your world.

- Tough break. - Poor guy.

He never had a chance anyway.

A born loser, wasn't he?

You stop it!

All of you! You make me sick!

Kurt worked with us for seven years.

Van says only the strong survive.

I wonder who that's going to be.

♪♪

I'd like to view some other material, Mr. Galt.

One ad does not tell the story.

Well, it should.

But you're the client.

Let me show you something.

Excuse me for a minute.

I'm starving.

I wouldn't load up if I were you, Bob.

Who knows what we'll have to do next.

I can't eat.

Oh, Kurt's dead, Mindy. Just let it go.

Doesn't this seem strange to you? Nobody's come to investigate.

Van Order's handling it.

Quit trying to rattle us. Just stick to your own agenda.

- Where's Jane? - Probably looking at herself in the mirror.

Oh, Mindy, I wouldn't if I were you.

It might be a test.

I'm not you, Clark.

I think I'll have some dessert.

- How about you, Bob? - Hmm?

What... what is that?

Buried messages.

They go by so fast, you don't even know they're there.

They're designed to alter behavior and personality.

Wh... what do you mean?

From what I'm seeing, it's designed to induce violence

or at least make a person very receptive to it.

Jane!

Jane!

Yeah, that's okay, Suzanne. I got it.

Thanks.

Well, we're dealing with more than subliminal advertising here.

- I'm going to find Mindy. - Kincaid!

I've got to do this, man.

Okay.

I'll check over here.

Clark, what are you doing, man?

Just getting the best of the competition...

Just like we were taught in business school, Bobby.

Clark, we can cut some kind of a deal, can't we?

Sure, we can make a deal.

Clark, you've got to let me go, please.

Look, you can have the top spot,

and I'll be your second in command, okay?

- Okay. - I don't need you, Bob.

Oh my God.

It's you... you killed them.

You killed them all.

I had to. I'm the strongest.

It's my world. I want to succeed.

I must think of myself...

Only myself.

No one is to blame.

I take responsibility!

It's my world, Mindy.

No. No, Van's sick.

Control, reason...

It just has to be this way.

It's okay, it's me... John.

It's all right. It's okay...

It's all right! It's okay! It's all right!

It's all right. Shh.

It's over. It's over.

I need to see Van.

Look at... look at me.

I want you to make your decisions about your own life.

You understand?

Okay? Hmm?

Let's go.

Kincaid, get out!

I'm a survivor. That, too, is part of my philosophy.

My house, my game, gentlemen.

Your weapon.

Sorry, Harrison.

- Get back! - Ah, Mindy.

Another survivor... the winner,

the new partner in Hardy Galt Worldwide.

Yes, Van, the new partner...

My new world.

Remember what I told you.

Trust me.

Don't listen to him, he's trying to...

- Trust only me, Mindy. - Coop, look at me.

Think about who you are, how you feel.

Think past your emotions, past your fears.

You're not afraid of me, Coop.

Take responsibility. Think for yourself, Mindy.

Do it for me.

Yes, Van. Anything for you.

I am in control.

Good.

Take his gun.

Coop...

Your gun, John.

Very good, Mindy.

Now...

kill him.

Kill...

him?

- I'm sorry. - No, remember

how you wanted to save the world?

If you want to achieve everything,

you must eliminate what stands in the way.

I...

- want... - To be free.

That's what you always said... free.

You decide your future.

Kill him!

I love you, Coop.

First, think of what you want to achieve.

Then, take responsibility. It's your world.

Will you take the job?

John, so many people will be affected by those commercials, just like I was.

Unless there's someone there to stop them.

Oh. Do you think I can do it?

You can do anything you set your mind to.

I know 'cause it's my world.

It is now.

The watcher outside Hardy Galt's is missing. There's no trace of it.

And we've lost the clone.

We have thousands of hours of Van Order on tape.

We can create the altered commercials ourselves.

In fact, it's more convenient this way.

What about the original?

We'll maintain him

for a while.

I've been trying to reach Dr. Van Order for two days.

- Where the hell could he be? - I don't know, sir, but I'll keep trying.

And Miss Cooper has arrived.

Send her in.

How does it feel to be the new partner in Hardy Galt Worldwide?

I feel great.

You know what I've always loved about you?

Your tenacity,

your creativity.

Thank you. I want us to be the biggest and the best.

That's the spirit.

Do you mind taking a look at something?

Not at all. What is it?

It's a commercial.

I think you should see it.

It seems to promote psychopathic behavior...

Even murder.

What?

Whose is it?

It's ours.

One more thing... thank you

for the seminar.

I learned a lot.