Crimson Tide (1995)

Lillo Brancato: Russell Vossler

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• Hunter : [asking about the radio repair]  How long's it gonna take?

  Vossler : I don't know, sir.

  Hunter : You know what's going on here?

  Vossler : Yes sir.

  Hunter : No I don't think you do. Let me explain it to you. If we launch, and we're wrong, what's left of Russia is gonna launch at us. There will be a nuclear holocaust beyond imagination, now it's all about knowing, Mr...

  [Hunter looks at Vossler's name patch] 

  Hunter : Vossler. We have to know whether our order to launch has been recalled or not. The only way we're gonna know, is if you fix that radio, you understand?

  Vossler : [looks down] 

  Hunter : You ever watch Star Trek?

  Vossler : St- yeah, Star...

  Hunter : Star Trek! The USS Enterprise? All right, now you remember when the Klingons were gonna blow up the Enterprise and Captain Kirk calls down to Scotty he says "Scotty, I gotta have more power-"

  Vossler : He needs more, more warp speed, yeah.

  Hunter : Warp speed, exactly. Now I'm Captain Kirk, you're Scotty, I need more power. I'm telling you if you do not get this radio up, a billion people are gonna die; now it's all up to you, I know it's a shitty deal but you got it, can you handle it?

  Vossler : [silent] 

  Hunter : Scotty?

  Vossler : Aye, Captain.

• Hunter : [over the intercom]  Radio, X-O. Mr. Zimmer, get those communication systems back online now.

  Zimmer : [over the intercom]  We're working on it sir.

  [to himself] 

  Zimmer : Aye, aye, Captain.

  Vossler : Are we ready?

  Zimmer : Yeah, we're ready. Go.

  [sparks fly when Vossler touches the circuit board with his soldering iron] 

  Vossler : Oh fuck.

  Zimmer : The system crashed, the radio buoy got severed, what the fuck does he want us to do?

  Vossler : Shit electrons?

  Zimmer : Hey, we need this radio repaired. Not smart-ass remarks.