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In 1853, a small group of Americans

journeyed to Sonora, Mexico.

Their mission was to free that country
from a corrupt dictatorship.

Their leader's name was William Walker.

Walker's forces
will never slip away to the rear.

His men would rather die first.

Turn and fight!
They're only men and scared!

Be prepared to sacrifice yourself
for freedom,

for justice, for religious convictions!

Stand up and fight!

Fight, you pigheaded bastards! Fight!

Fight!

What the hell are you doing?
Get back in!

What are you — What are you doing?

Shit —

Aw, fuck.

Brigade! Atten-hut!

Men of the 1st Independence Battalion.

We came to Sonora with the boldest
hearts and the loftiest of intentions.

But I will not dissemble with you.

Reinforcements have failed to arrive.

We are without food or water.

We're trapped.

Only an act of God can save us now.

Crocker, prepare the men for departure.
We're returning home.

Yes, sir! Mr. Fry, follow me.

This is a magnificent moment for me.

It is a privilege to be at your side
at this great time.

Even if we are defeated,
it doesn't matter.

We will live on in history.

Mon frère.

Don't be so silly, man.

¡Vámonos! ¡Vámonos!

Walker led his men
to the American border.

Unjustly accused of violating
the neutrality of Mexico,

Walker was put on trial.

- Order! Order!
- Hold it down. Hold it down.

Quiet!

I demand quiet!

Does, uh —
Mr. Walker wish to make a statement

before the jury decides on a verdict?

Yes, Your Honor.

Unless a man believes that there is
something great for him to do,

he can do nothing great.

A great idea springs
up from a man's soul...

agitates his entire being...

transports him from the ignorant present
and makes him feel the future in a moment.

It is the God-given right
of the American people

to dominate the Western Hemisphere.

It is our moral duty
to protect our neighbors

from oppression and exploitation.

It is the fate of America to go ahead.

That is her manifest destiny.

Hear! Hear!

- Walker!
- Yeah!

Your Honor,

we find the defendant, William Walker...

Not guilty.

...not guilty.

Hear! Hear!

Hey, where do we go next, Colonel?

We must move southward.

Only by expanding can we hope
to avoid a civil war

and save those institutions
we hold most dear.

I assume you're including slavery.

Are you not, Mr. Squier?

I most certainly am, sir.

We must not be sentimental

if we hope to preserve
that which is most precious to us.

My sentiments entirely, Mr. Squier.

Why, thank you, Mr. Martin.
How absolutely right we both are.

Pardon me?

Miss Martin says that perhaps not all
of our institutions are worth saving.

Well, perhaps not.

However,
I'm sure the little lady will agree

that we must preserve our way of life
at any cost!

Otherwise, the barbarians
will surely stone the gates.

- And then where will we be?
- Exactly. Well said.

Pardon me? I didn't get that.

Miss Martin has a rather different view.

She positions herself
rather on the side of change

rather than cultural preservation.

Well, that is very interesting, my dear.

Ellen. Please, Ellen!

Ellen!

I'm afraid she's not herself.

The strain of my recent trial.

Plus our approaching marriage.

If you'll excuse me, gentlemen. Doctor,
will you please take care of our guests?

Yes, William.

Gentlemen!

The renowned Walker
has prepared a statement

in the form of a quote
from President Buchanan.

"Expansion is the future of our country

and only cowards fear and oppose it."

Mr. Cole, will the colonel
be returning to Mexico?

Mr. Walker has no plans for the moment,

except to pursue
his private affairs in peace.

Well —

Ellen.

Ellen, you know I despise —

I despise slavery!

Walker! Walker! Walker!

Walker! Walker! Walker!

Walker! Walker! Walker! Walker!

Walker! Walker! Walker!

Walker! Walker! Walker! Walker!

In the flurry
of excitement following his acquittal,

Walker received an invitation
from that famous captain of industry,

Cornelius Vanderbilt —

considered by some to be the richest
and most powerful man in the world.

Colonel Walker,
I'm so pleased to see you.

I can't tell you how happy
this will make the commodore.

Give him some water, would you, please?

Every day he's been asking,
"When will Colonel Walker arrive?"

- Is my horse gonna be safe with that man?
- Yes, he'll be fine.

You have been very much on his mind.

Central America, Colonel.

There's land, and all of it
there for the taking.

Think of it, sir. From ocean to ocean.

This way.

And the women, Colonel.

My God, the women.

Bare-breasted beauties
under trees laden with fruit.

Think of it. Seven to every man.

If you please.

By the way, Colonel, have you had
an opportunity to read my book

on the subject of Nicaragua?

No, I have not.

Well, then I will present you with a
signed first edition when next we meet.

It's my understanding you were educated
in Edinburgh, Scotland and Paris, France.

That is correct.

Good.
The commodore likes an educated man.

And there he is,
the most powerful man on earth.

Don't be nervous, Colonel.
Just remember three things:

Do not sit unless he invites you to,
always address him as "commodore,"

and under no circumstances
ask for any personal favors.

Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt,
may I present Colonel William Walker.

- Colonel of what?
- The American phalange in northern Mexico.

You caused quite a commotion down there.

We had a shortage of supplies,
no help from our government.

Otherwise we would have succeeded.

You fucked up, Walker. Next time
pick on a country your own size.

Are you entitled to wear that uniform?

I'm entitled to do anything I want.

Mr. Vanderbilt,
I came down here on your invitation.

I did not come here to be insulted.
If you'll excuse me.

Sit down!

Please. Colonel, please.

Sit down.

Does Nicaragua mean anything to you,
Walker?

Nothing at all.

Nicaragua's a fucked-up little country
somewhere south of here.

This worthless piece of real estate

controls the overland route
to the Pacific.

I now control
all transportation in Nicaragua.

But in order to continue to do so,
I need stability.

What's this got to do with me?

Nicaragua's a divided country, sir.

It is in the midst of a terrible
civil war. It is imperative —

What I need is for some man
to go down there and take over.

I want that country stable.

I want it done now.

They, uh — They tell me
you're a clever man, Walker.

Doctor, lawyer, surgeon.

All that Renaissance rubbish
they talk about these days.

Well? Can you handle the job?

That's not the issue.

I plan to get married.

Start a newspaper.

Then you would be wasting
one of life's golden moments, sir.

It is not every man who is offered
the chance to have a country of his own.

Walker's goals involve a higher purpose
than the vulgar pursuit of personal power.

Do you prize democracy, Walker?

Universal suffrage?

The principles of our founding fathers?

Yes.

More than my own life.

Nicaragua needs democracy, Walker.

They need a canal as well.

I'm interested in Nicaragua, Walker,
and so are you,

whether you know it now or not.

Well, I'm sorry,
but I cannot oblige you.

- Good day.
- Now, Walker.

- Please!
- I like him.

Get him a new hat.

It was the cholera.

Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee.

Ellen?

Blessed art thou amongst women, and
blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, mother of God,
pray for us sinners

now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

She's with God now, my son.

Don't talk to me about God!

What do you know about God?

Get out!

All of you, out! Get out!

Now!

How? How?

Oh, God!

I can't.

I don't — Oh, you bitch!

Walker determined not to look back...

...but to face only the future.

He accepted Vanderbilt's proposal
and set sail for Nicaragua.

Prepare to cast off!

With him were 58 men,

whom the popular press
saw fit to term "Walker's Immortals."

Walker,
I am Captain Siegfried Henningson,

late of the Corsican campaign
and the Balkan fiasco!

I am well-schooled
in military matters, sir,

having studied with Josef Penn,
Lubitsch and von Koch!

I would be honored, sir,
if you would accept my services.

I will, of course,
provide for my own needs

and will require no
financial assistance.

What is your name again, sir?

Lieutenant —
Uh, Captain Siegfried Henningson

at your command, sir!

- You are now Major Henningson.
- Sir!

Cast off then!

Never have I seen
a collection of such brave men

assembled under one banner.

God bless them all.

The American phalange landed
at Realejo, Nicaragua,

where we were met
by distinguished representatives

of the Nicaraguan Liberal Party.

- My brother, William Walker.
- How do you do, sir?

These natives were to be our guides.

- Aw, come on!
- Ow! My hair!

- Join the crowd.
- Jesus, stand up straight.

Start drumming, Mr. Turley.

♪ Oh, my darling Clementine ♪

♪ You are lost and gone forever ♪

♪ Dreadful sorry, Clementine ♪

From the day
the Americans landed at Realejo

dates a new era,

not only for Nicaragua,
but for all Central America.

♪ Oh, I went down South for to see my
Sal Singing Polly wolly doodle all day ♪

♪ Because my Sal is a spunky gal ♪

♪ Singing Polly wolly doodle all day ♪

♪ Fare thee well, fare thee well ♪

♪ Singing Polly wolly doodle all day ♪

♪ Oh, I'm goin' to Louisiana
For to see my Susyanna ♪

- ♪ Singing Polly wolly doodle all day ♪
- What are you doing?

- Move it!
- ♪ Fare thee well, fare thee well ♪

You're on my shit list, Washburn.

Get up there.

Get over here, goddamn it! ¡Vámonos!

We paused at the small,
unregenerated hamlet of Realejo

to await the arrival
of the leaders of the Liberal Party —

- Listen up here!
- Generals Muñoz and Castellón.

Proverbs, chapter 11, verse three.

"The integrity of the upright
shall guide them...

but the perverseness of transgressors...

shall destroy them."

Soldiers, we are now embarked
on a glorious destiny:

nothing short of the entire
regeneration of this republic.

Ours is a sacred trust

and any man who betrays that trust

by creating an act of transgression

against the hospitality
of the Nicaraguan people

will be judged and
dealt with accordingly.

There will be no excessive drinking,

no seducing,
and no swearing in public places.

What's that?
That mean we can swear in private?

Quiet! The colonel's talking!

Gentlemen...

we are honored guests here,

and we will act that way
according to the moral dictates of God,

science and hygiene.

- Hear. Hear.
- That is all, Captain.

Dismissed!

What's the idea?

Hey, stop! Stop, stop. Stop, stop!

Sanders, I know what you're thinking,
but believe me,

even you can do better than that!

Achilles, you just stay outta this!
The colonel says this is a democracy.

Walker realized
that he would need to keep a firm hand

on the moral conduct of the men.

Immortals!

Aim!

Fire!

Men, as of this moment...

we do hereby, under God...

become citizens of Nicaragua.

If there is any man who would say no
to this great privilege,

let him step forward.

It is our mission
to introduce into the family

of enlightened and civilized nations
a new sister.

To help us in our just cause

are two of Nicaragua's Liberal Party,

and defenders of democracy —

Generals —

Generals —

- Damn it.
- Castellón and Muñoz.

Castellón and Muñoz.

Three cheers for the generals!

Three cheers for democracy!

- Hip, hip!
- Hooray.

- Hip, hip!
- Hooray.

- Hip, hip!
- Hear! Hear!

We march for Rivas.

As God is on our side...

victory will be ours.

- Hurrah!
- Rivas!

Back!

It's a parrot, sir.

Watch your step! Look out!

Don't do that!

Aw, shit!

What the hell?

You chaps do crash about a bit.

- Lost your way, have you?
- We're marching to Rivas.

Really? What on earth for?

We're liberatin' the country
for democracy.

How very peculiar.
You must be Americans.

Not no more. We're Nicaraguans now.

- You draw that?
- Yes.

Why?

- What do you think, Captain?
- I think we oughta —

What do you think of these new guns?

I like 'em.

Six shots, and good-lookin' too.

- I wish we had 'em for that firing squad.
- We wait until nightfall.

Then we attack from the south
and from behind the church.

We will go straight in.

That's right, Colonel.
I'm with you all the way.

Jump right in, grab 'em by the throat.
Don't give 'em a chance to get set now.

Excuse me, but haven't we just been
assured by Generals Castellón and Muñoz

that we're to be met with no resistance?

Castellón is an indecisive old man.

Muñoz is a conceited troublemaker.

William, forgive me,
but these men are our allies.

At any rate, we will go in hard
with our eyes open.

First impression in a country
is very important.

Forgive me, but this is idiotic.

I prefer the last impression.

First and last are often the same.

I didn't know you were a pedant,
Henningson.

History never smiles on pedants.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

Lieutenant, may I have
a word with you, please?

I, who have studied
military strategy with Lubitsch —

Colonel, sir, could I have a word
with you one moment, uh, alone, sir?

- Certainly.
- Shut up, Henningson!

- What seems to be the problem?
- Well, there's no problem, sir.

I was just wonderin' though
perhaps maybe if, uh —

if I could be excused tomorrow
from being the drum major.

It's just that every time I've seen
pictures of battlefield scenes

and, uh, I always see the drummer boy
lying dead next to his drum,

and, uh,
if it's all the same to you, sir,

I'd like to trade my
rifle in for a drum.

I mean, I'd like to trade
my drum in for a rifle.

As long as you are under my command,
no harm will come to you.

Lieutenant.

Straighten up.

You wanted to see me, sir?

Some men abandon all reason
before going into battle.

They become so seized with fear that —

that often the battle is lost
before it's begun.

I know this will not
happen with you, Timothy.

Thank you for your confidence, sir.

Sir, uh, I feel I have to tell you —

The men are awfully confused about just
what exactly we're fightin' for here.

I mean — I mean, I know, and they know
that the liberals are our friends

and the conservatives
are our enemies, but —

Well, to tell you the truth, sir,
I can't tell 'em apart.

They all seem the same to me.

That is no concern of yours, Timothy,
nor of the men either.

All you have to remember

is that our cause is a righteous one.

I know that, sir.

I hope you do, Timothy.

I sincerely hope you do.

Get some sleep.

Yes, sir.

- Come on!
- Turley, move 'em out!

Above!

Come on!

Let's go, boys! They won't know
what to do without us!

We need to split! Let's go! Move it!

Attack!

Colonel, what are you doing?

I'm doing the only thing
I know how to do — advance!

You dumb shit!

There's no reason for you
to talk to me that way, Timothy.

I'm sorry, sir.

It's just you're gonna get yourself
and everyone else killed.

Then we'll be together again, won't we?

What the hell? Come on, go!

We must get into a house, Colonel!

- For God's sake, why?
- What?

For our own protection.

Yes. Yes.

- Good idea, Major.
- Come, please! Come!

So, Dr. Jones,
how is your day going?

Just fine, William.

We have 11 dead, several wounded.

- How 'bout yourself?
- Well, thank you.

Now that we have a plan, I feel sure
there will be a successful outcome.

Splendid, William.

- After you.
- No, no, no. I insist. After you.

- No, please.
- Well, let's go in together.

Very well.

Colonel!
There's a room back here!

- Is there a piano?
- Yes, sir.

Take care of the window!

- Get your fat ass out of here!
- But I'm hungry!

Why don't you serve him
if you admire him? Follow him!

God! I'm hungry!

- You heathen!
- ♪ Darling, I'm growing old ♪

I'll shoot your eyes out!

- Goddamn music.
- ♪ Silver threads ♪

Get him out of here!

Move it! Get him out!
Get him to a doctor!

We need somebody to dig through
the walls. It's our only way!

We don't have time.
We have to charge them bastards.

- Rout 'em out like we did before.
- Dear God!

We have repeating rifles!

- They have muskets!
- We shouldn't stand a chance!

We're soldiers!
We kill people for a living!

- Yes, sir!
- Shit!

The colonel's leavin'!

- Move out!
- Come on!

Men, we must leave immediately!

What about the wounded?

The wounded will have to
take their chances.

- Go out the back when the charge goes off!
- You are not in command here!

You're right, Colonel!
Forget about the wounded. Damn 'em!

We need another diversion. The men'll
charge through the hole after the blast.

Nay, the powder
will be enough of a diversion!

That is not my considered opinion,
Major!

You men! You, you, you, you, you!

- After the blast, charge through the hole!
- I'll go when you go!

Everyone else, out the back!
We'll meet outside the town!

Damn it! Fuck you, Colonel! Benito's
not goin' through no goddamn wall!

- Major?
- What?

No way. Oh, wait, wait, wait! Wait!

- Open the door!
- The fuse is burning!

Oh, shit!

Suffering a temporary setback

and wishing to protect his men
at all costs,

Walker decided
to make a strategic withdrawal

to the seaport of San Juan del Sur.

As always,
his men's spirits remained high.

Dr. Jones.

When you were a little boy,

did you ever have a moment when
you were sitting outside on the lawn

and you picked up a blade of grass
or a beetle

and you just looked at it?

And it was whole and perfect
and totally outside of time.

William!

Uh, Colonel, sir.

You're late, Cole!
You were supposed to come by sea.

But, Colonel, I brought new recruits.

Prussian troops from Ecuador.

Magnificent tactics.

I commend you, General.

What do you mean, "tactics"?
Who is this man?

Victoire, mon général.

I'm Bruno von Namzer. À votre service.

Je vous salue.

Now, I take it, you will invade Granada.

- You mean you don't know?
- Know what?

You have inflicted such heavy casualties
on the enemy that he has abandoned Rivas.

His troops are racked
with dysentery and cholera.

You broke their spirit, William.

You are victorious. You have won.

We won!

We have won!

We racked them with
cholera and dysentery!

Now is the hour of my destiny arrived.

- We've won!
- I cannot lose.

Determined to end the civil war

and reconcile the divided nation,

we marched upon Granada,
a bastion of conservative power.

The American phalange
entered the capital at dawn,

where we were welcomed as liberators.

Captain Hornsby?

Immortals, charge! Charge!

Watch it! Come on, Hornsby.

Here — You must —
Goddamn it! My arm!

Captain Hornsby.

- Get out of the house!
- Captain Hornsby, I must object —

Take 'em, boys!
Tag 'em and bag 'em!

Quiet, you ammo firers!

Listen up! Colonel's about to speak!

Dismount the prisoners!

Citizens of Nicaragua!

Today the city of Granada

and the entire country of Nicaragua
have been liberated.

- Hooray!
- Hooray!

It is our sacred duty to join together
and unify this great nation.

Today, however, is a day of celebration.

Tomorrow we must —

Colonel!

Fire!

Shoot the prisoners!
Kill them! Kill them!

It is not my time to die!

It is not his time to die!

The assassin's bullet
has struck correspondence

from that great Nicaraguan patriot
General Castellón!

It is he who has saved my life...

as it is I who shall save
the life of this country!

Walker! Walker! Walker!

Walker! Walker! Walker! Walker!

We want Walker! We want Walker!

We want Walker! Walker! Walker!

Colonel Walker,
we are here to thank you

from the deepest of our hearts...

...for the ending of our civil war...

...and bringing us
the precious gift of freedom.

- Hear. Hear.
- Hear. Hear.

- Hear. Hear.
- Hear. Hear.

What are we doing here?

What are your intentions

toward the office of the presidency?

Turn it down and offer it to Corral.

You'll own him,
and everyone will be happy.

Tell 'em you'll take
commander in chief of the armed forces.

I am deeply grateful
for the extraordinary privilege

of being offered such
an exalted position.

However, I must regretfully decline.

It would be more
beneficial to the country

if Walker were to protect
the democratic process

as commander in chief
of the armed forces.

- Yeah!
- The army. Now we're talkin'.

I would therefore
like to nominate as president

a great hero and patriot.

General Ponciano Corral.

Walker! Walker!

Colonel Walker!

Your country is primitive,
but it's full of possibilities

for democratic advancement.

We must first establish agrarian reforms
before we proceed

to equalize the social classes,
and above all —

We must separate church and state.
Don't you think?

Yes. We must make English
the official language

so as to end discrimination
against Americans.

We will end conscription.

Release the natives from the army so
that they may resupply the labor force.

The Amer —

The American phalange will...

be responsible for national security.

And I — I do think
we should provide for free elections

within the next s-six months.

I-If you think that's possible.

You must be patient with me, Doña Yrena.

I'm a shy man in these matters.

What are you guys doing?

Look at that!

Walker's Immortals

initiated various cultural
and civic reforms

including the construction of a theater
in the traditional European style.

I went to that shanty
you callin' a house.

I went to give the girls a bath.
There was no water.

No water on Tuesday?

There was also no toilet paper, no beer.

- This is Managua?
- No, this is Granada.

- Look at 'em floggin' those kids!
- Come on!

Walker, seeking literacy

above all other gods save hygiene,

started a newspaper, El Nicaraguense.

I know that guy.
He owes me seven bucks.

Next thing you know,
they'll be institutin' slavery.

It's the same racist, macho, sexist shit
we turned our backs on.

It doesn't have the
feel of victory in it.

It should be glorious and proud,
like the French Revolution.

Yeah, I think so too.
But that's the way it was.

- That's beside the point, Mr. Doubleday.
- Well, what do you think?

Shall I send a copy to the commodore?

Yes, absolutely, Byron.

- And ask him for more money, if you would.
- James, come on.

Come on, come on. Hey, Billy, my man!

Top gringo and
heavyweight generalissimo!

We're his brothers.

Really?
I didn't know he had any brothers.

Well, he does. Okay?

William,
we came down as soon as we heard.

Everybody's talking about you
in the States. You're famous, man!

Yes, James.
Well, that's all relative, of course.

If you'll excuse me, I have work to do.

Well, wait just a minute.

We've been on the road for months here,
comin' down here to help you out.

Yeah!

And all you can say
is you have a lot of work to do?

Yes. That's all I can say.

If you will excuse me.

Come on, come on, come on.

Maybe when you get some time, huh?

It's good to see you, James.

You too.

Ellen.

Oh, Ellie.

Oh, Ellie.

Oh, Ellie.

Willians.

One must act with severity...

or perish.

What are you — Hey!
Put that — Put that down!

What are you, some kind of hick?

And don't give me that look!

I bring you down here
to the Paris, France of Central America

and you're behaving like you're still
in some hamlet in the woods some —

There's power for you, huh?

Man doesn't even recognize
his own brother.

What about
Honduras and Costa Rica, Byron?

- Hey.
- Don't you think they need democracy too?

Try to pay attention
to the matter at hand.

- Hey! Hey, hey, hey!
- Vanderbilt's plans are with Nicaragua —

Who the hell do you think you are,
Willie?

I'm your goddamn brother!

You throw me a bone, for Christ's sake!

Don't you ever talk to me that way
in public again.

You are welcome here
only if you contribute.

I have many brothers here,
and they're all equal in my eyes —

Don't give me that bullshit!

I don't believe in equality
and neither do you!

You make me an officer
and give me some money,

or, by God, I'll stink up the place.

Yeah! Yeah!

You and James will be lieutenants.
Nothing more until you earn it.

What about the money, Willie?
Put me in charge of the treasury!

Get out of my way!

Boys, he made me a general.
You're a corporal.

Walker realized that he
could no longer trust his former allies.

In particular, he determined
to keep a sharp watch

on so-called President Corral.

I have an interesting letter here, sir.

"Lost is Nicaragua.

Lost Honduras,
Salvador and Guatemala too...

unless we all unite against the gringo."

I want you to arrest Corral.

Of course, sir.

Assure him he will receive a fair trial.

Don't worry, Colonel.
We'll take care of him.

William, want me to join 'em?

You'd better hurry, James.

Execution souvenirs! Medallions!

Corral was found guilty
of treason and sentenced to die.

The entire country
rejoiced at this news.

There was no doubt in anybody's mind
that justice had been served.

William.

Yrena, por favor.

General Walker,
Corral is like a father to his people.

Then he is a tyrannical father
who would betray his children.

He was calling on foreign troops
to start an insurrection.

Treason must be punished.
I have no choice.

Doña Yrena says that it's —
it's a terrible mistake to kill Corral.

A mistake, General.
In this case, I entirely agree with her.

Morally, as well as politically.

You will lose everything
you have gained... up to now.

She said something else.

She called me a name.
What did she call me?

She called you a dog's asshole.

You know they are right, William.

If you persist in this,
everyone will hate you.

I cannot help that.

Sometimes a leader must listen
to a higher law.

What you say may be true, but it is not,

- in the final view, important.
- Listen to reason.

I ask you never to speak
of this matter again!

- If you want my opinion —
- Enough!

General Corral shall not be
executed today at noon.

He shall be executed
this afternoon at two o'clock.

Muy bien.

Gracias.

Fire!

That son of a bitch has taken off.

Probably Costa Rica.

We need to find him
and bring him back.

A few rides after his funeral —

Do you know what it's like
out there in that damn country?

I may not,
but I know what it's like here,

and I know we're in trouble
without a president.

Gentlemen, if you want my view —

I don't, actually.
And neither does anyone else.

No need to get a wild hair
up your ass, Mr. Cole.

I was only making a suggestion.

Gentlemen, gentlemen.

Perhaps the time has
come for an election.

There has already been an election.

I won.

Gentlemen, the morning paper.

- Thank you, Mr. Rudler.
- Yes, sir.

Congratulations, Mr. President.

James.

What has this man done to my newspaper?

You're quite a hero
back in the United States, General.

Do you have any plans to go back?

Nicaragua is my country. As long as
I am needed here, I will never leave.

Your country is in a state of chaos.

Guerrilla wars are taking place.

And yet, you refuse
to engage the enemy. Why?

A protracted war against
scattered guerrilla groups

would not only be disheartening
and dissatisfying,

but it would be too exhausting
for our American troops.

Have you anything to say
to the American people?

I certainly do.

Climb on board one of
Commodore Vanderbilt's steamships

and come on down and see us.

The truth is, President Walker,
that Cornelius Vanderbilt

is taking advantage of you.

His transit company,
which guarantees overland passage

from the Atlantic to the Pacific,

is not paying you what they should.

He is, to put it bluntly,
exploiting you and the entire country.

Shame, shame.

Why are you telling me this?

Simply put, we propose
to start a new company

and make you an even better offer.

But to do this, you must
revoke Vanderbilt's license

and grant our company one instead —
on most favorable terms, of course.

You're telling me that Vanderbilt has
not been paying me what he owes me.

There's no question about that.

- That is inexcusable.
- No doubt.

But we mustn't forget that
without Cornelius Vanderbilt

we wouldn't be here today.

That's true. Whatever good fortune
we have, we owe it to him.

Not only that, but he would be
a terrible man to cross.

I hardly think, gentlemen...

that Commodore Vanderbilt...

is responsible for my great —
our great victories in the field.

May I have a word with you, please,
William? I mean, Mr. President.

Certainly, Byron. Anything
you wish to say, you may say here.

Walker does not resort
to whispers and subterfuge.

Our great victories
notwithstanding, William,

we are utterly dependent
upon Cornelius Vanderbilt.

His ships are our lifeline
to the United States.

They provide us with money,
munitions, medicine and men.

We cannot risk
incurring his displeasure.

Traitor! Traitor! Traitor!

Gentlemen...

it was granted to me
in our recent constitution

that I have the authority and the
autonomy to do whatever I want.

Don't I?

- Don't I?
- Absolutely, Mr. President. Absolutely.

- Don't I?
- Ja. Yes, sir.

Don't I?

Yes, you do.

I will not be betrayed by a man as vulgar
and insidious as Cornelius Vanderbilt.

I will, therefore, revoke his permit.

I will also commandeer his vessels.

From this day on, they will be the
property of the Republic of Nicaragua.

You cannot be serious.

Wanna bet?

Surely, President Walker,
it might be more advantageous

to be a little more diplomatic.

Not to use force, but rather diplomacy.

For you, perhaps, but not for me.

Excuse me, gentlemen. I have work to do.

Forgive me, sir,
but I must contradict you.

Your work is here! Sir! Come back here!

I've had it with you, foreign weasel!

You have the nerve to come over here
barely speaking the language.

Taking our jobs!
Poleaxing our women! Take that!

And that! And that! You bastard!

I cannot help noticing, sir,
during the time I've spent with you

that you've betrayed
every principle you've had,

all the men who supported you.

May I ask why?

No, you may not.

I will not fight in church.

I'm still not clear
on what exactly are your aims.

The ends justify the means.

- What are the ends?
- I can't remember.

You two scumbags went
behind my back and cut into my action!

Nobody does that! Do you understand?

Nobody fucks with Vanderbilt!

We are both sure, Commodore Vanderbilt,

that we can reach
some sort of accommodation.

After all, we are all civilized men.

Civilized men?

From now on,
you're gonna be shoveling shit!

And if your mouths are not too full of
it, you'll thank me for the privilege!

- Thank you. Thank you, sir.
- That's how civilized I think you are!

Thank you, sir.

Thank you, Commodore.

You've not only betrayed the commodore,

you've betrayed yourselves by putting
faith in that lunatic extremist Walker.

Now look. You've upset the commodore.

What were you thinking of?
Did you seriously imagine

this pathetic madman
was in charge down there?

- No, of course not. We didn't —
- Get out of here!

Both of you!

What should we do about Walker?

No one will remember Walker.

No one will remember men who lose.

Look at that fat cat Walker.

Struttin' about as if he was a king.

One thing he didn't ken,
it's Vanderbilt that's runnin' the show.

If he ever opposed the bloke,
we'll be up to our necks in shit.

What have I got, Doctor?

It's cholera.

- Hurrah!
- What means this shouting?

I fear the people choose
Caesar as their king.

- Hurrah!
- While men —

Ah! That's mine.

Another general shout!

I do believe that these are for
some new honors heaped on Caesar.

Why, man, he doth bestride
the narrow world like a colossus.

Hey, bring on the darky!

- Hurrah!
- Hurrah!

And we petty men
walk under his huge legs

and peep about to find ourselves —

- Where are you going?
- You bastard!

We are in crisis on all fronts.
We must have your attention.

Is there no way you couldn't have
waited till at least intermission?

- Shit!
- The men are going mad.

They're defacing the cathedral,
pillaging the precious artifacts.

The priests
must take their chances. This is war.

Mr. President,
the men are on the point of mutiny.

- No, they are not.
- Are you all right, sir?

Commodore...

Vanderbilt has diverted his steamships
to Panama, cut off our supplies!

We have no new recruits, no money,
very little ammunition.

Very little ammunition!

We have lost control of León, Masaya...

- Chinandega, Matagalpa —
- ...and every major Nicaraguan town.

Rubbish. Defeatist nonsense!

Pure unadulterated horseshit!

- Food!
- Booze!

- Money!
- Justice!

Food! Booze! Money! Justice!

Food! Booze! Money! Justice!

Food! Booze! Money! Justice!

- You!
- What?

- Are a disgrace.
- I'm a disgrace?

This whole operation
is a fucking disgrace, Your Worship!

You are stripped of your rank.

You can either stay here as a private
or you can leave.

Hey, private this, Willie!

Anderson.

- Holy shit!
- Hey, hey, hey!

- Ah, shit!
- Give me his medals!

Give me his medals! I want his medals!

Mother never liked you anyway.

Let me have men about me that are fat.

Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look.

He thinks too much.
Such men are dangerous.

Men...

I have found a solution to our problem.

Slavery.

What do you mean?

We don't need no slaves!

- We need money and weapons.
- Fuck you, Walker.

- And medicine.
- Silence!

We will introduce
slavery into Nicaragua.

The South will have no choice
but to rally to our cause.

There were rumors
that several neighboring countries

had invaded Nicaragua.

You can't do this to me.
I'm an American citizen!

Walker sent out agents
to see if this was true.

I have friends in high places!

None of the agents returned.

"The Indian of Nicaragua,

in his fidelity and docility
and in his capacity for labor,

approaches nearly the Negroes
of the United States.

In fact, the manners of the Indian
towards the ruling race

are now more submissive than those
of the American Negro to his master.

The advantage of Negro
and Indian slavery in Nicaragua

will therefore be twofold.

While it will furnish a certain labor
for the use of agriculture,

it will also tend to separate the races

and destroy the half-castes
who cause the disorder."

"The Battle of Rivas, June 29, 1855.

Not more than a dozen went out
to drive away upward a hundred.

And their charge swept
the enemy completely away.

There was no thought of rank.

But each one went
forth with his revolver,

ready to do the part
of a true man in the fray.

Never have I seen a collection of such
brave men assembled under one banner.

God bless them all."

I have studied with Josef Penn.

I have studied with
Lubitsch and von Koch!

And you have the presumption
to talk to me of military tactics.

Bruno... and the Germans —

they have a vision.

Always be a straight shooter, James.

I like the sound of that.

I must speak with you.

- I don't understand.
- There is no time.

You speak —

I have spoken to you in many ways,
but you have not heard me.

But now you must, Willians.

Everything depends on it.

Did you see this?

I beg you. Please.

If we have a lot of death,
we will have a revolution.

We must not have that
if we are to survive.

We are both aristocrats.

I am not an aristocrat.

I'm a social democrat.
What's the matter with you?

I only want what is best for the
Nicaraguan people. I'm surprised at you.

Now leave me alone.
I have important work to do.

Are you quite sure of that?

Absolutely! And shut the door
on your way out.

Okay.

Bruno! Bruno!

Mon général!

Oh, God!

Yrena, what are you doing? Bruno!

Général?

¡Pinche cabrón!

Instruct the men to burn the town.

Ja.

What are you doing? Idiot!

You are an idiot! Idiot! Idiot!

What is this?

Walker! Walker! Walker!

Walker! Walker! Walker!

Walker! Walker! Walker! Walker!

Walker! Walker! Walker!

You men, get the colonel's
brother's body outta here.

Mr. President.

- It's been a long time, Doctor.
- It doesn't seem like it.

- Mr. President.
- Yes.

Granada has been put to the torch.

- How many have we lost?
- Nearly all, sir.

We must leave immediately.

- I will speak to my men one last time.
- Immediately!

- I insist, Major.
- Sir, I — My arm!

Immortals, attention!

Unless a man believes that there is
something great for him to do,

he can do nothing great.

A great idea springs up in a man's soul.

It agitates his entire being.

Transports him from the ignorant present
and makes him feel the future in a moment.

Reduced to our present position
by the cowardice of some,

the incapacity of others
and the treachery of many,

we are yet writing a page in history

that it will be impossible
to forget or erase.

You all might think
that there will be a day

when America will leave Nicaragua alone.

But I am here to tell you, flat-out,

that that day will never happen

because it is our destiny to be here.

It is our destiny to control you people.

So no matter how much you fight,
no matter what you think...

we'll be back...

time and time again.

By the bones of our American dead
in Rivas and Granada...

I swear that we will never abandon
the cause of Nicaragua.

Let it occupy your every
waking and sleeping thought.

From the future, if not the present,

we may expect a just judgment.

♪ Onward, Christian soldiers ♪

♪ Marching as to war ♪

♪ With the cross of Jesus ♪

- What about the prisoners?
- Shoot them!

You heard the colonel.
Shoot the prisoners!

♪ Christ, the royal master ♪

♪ Leads against the foe ♪

♪ Forward into battle ♪

♪ See his bannergo ♪

♪ Onward, Christian soldiers ♪

♪ Marching as to war ♪

♪ With the cross of Jesus ♪

♪ Going on before ♪

I have been instructed
by the State Department

of the United States of America

to return all American citizens
to their homeland.

Yes! Sorry, only US citizens.

Only US citizens.

That's it. US citizens. US citizens.

Get your fucking hands off me!
Goddamn it, get 'em off!

Get your fucking hands off me!

Shoot him! Shoot him!

My arm!

Please, listen to me.

What is your nationality, sir?

I'm William Walker,
president of the Republic of Nicaragua!

I'm sorry, sir.

Move it out!

Colonel!

Let me say to those who invoke
the memory of Vietnam...

there is no thought

of sending American combat troops
to Central America.

Maneuvers designated Operation Big Pine

are being conducted less than ten miles
from Honduras's border with Nicaragua.

Nicaraguans consider the exercise
a serious act of aggression.

The United States insists
the maneuvers are purely defensive.

This maneuver is designed to help the
Hondurans to defend their own country.

And it doesn't — it doesn't envision
any involvement of US ground forces.

So far, 80, 000 US troops
have participated in the maneuvers.

Those leading the exercises
say it's all being done

for the sake of peace and self-defen —

The political side of the US presence
here was not lost on some of the troops.

It's kind of a show to, like, Nicaragua.

Yeah, I think we're sendin'
a message to them.

♪ Did you see my ♪

♪ Family ♪

♪ We had a sweet ♪

♪ Simple glory ♪

♪ We had a gallant ♪

♪ Who works for me ♪

♪ For I ♪

♪ Was once an Immortal ♪

♪ With General Walker's ♪

♪ Gringo army ♪

♪ Yeah, I ♪

♪ Was once an Immortal ♪

♪ With William Walker's ♪

♪ Gringo army ♪

♪ Must be seven years ♪

♪ That I followed him ♪

♪ All across ♪

♪ The southern sea ♪

♪ And I never ♪

♪ Thought I'd hear the hammer ♪

♪ Beating on the iron ♪

♪ Of slavery ♪

♪ For I ♪

♪ Was once an Immortal ♪

♪ With General Walker's ♪

♪ Gringo army ♪

♪ Yeah, I ♪

♪ Was once an Immortal ♪

♪ With William Walker's ♪

♪ Gringo army ♪

♪ Yeah, I hear the order ♪

♪ Go through the barricade ♪

♪ You're going hungry ♪

♪ Without any guns ♪

♪ So, señorita ♪

♪ For the last time now ♪

♪ Share some love ♪

♪ With the unknown one ♪

♪ For I ♪

♪ Was once an Immortal ♪

♪ With General Walker's ♪

♪ Gringo army ♪

♪ Yeah, I ♪

♪ Was once an Immortal ♪

♪ With William Walker's ♪

♪ Gringo army ♪

♪ Yeah, I ♪

♪ Became an Immortal ♪

♪ In William Walker's ♪

♪ Gringo army ♪