123    INT. COMMUNICATIONS CENTER – PENTAGON                                              123

 

Seagram is on the phone.  Silverstein and Sandecker are with him.

 

SEAGRAM

That’s the new position.  We’ve

triple-checked it.  Dr. Silverstein’s

sure he’s got it right now.  If you

proceed to that point . .

 

PITT (V.O.)

(filter)

We are there, dang it!  That’s

what I’m trying to tell you . . .

 

124    INT. COMMUNICATIONS CENTER – MODOC                                                    124

 

Pitt is on the phone.  In b.g., we SEE a grid with a record of their explorations to date.  Burke and Giordino

are there too.

 

PITT

We’re dead-center on that position

and we’ve been here for six days. 

There’s nothing down there but

rocks and a million blind fish.

 

124A INT. COMMUNICATIONS CENTER – PENTAGON                                           124A

 

Seagram hands the phone to Sandecker.

 

SEAGRAM

He wants to talk to you.

 

SANDECKER

(into the phone)

Dirk, I’m just as frustrated as

you are.  We’re going full-steam

on this thing but we just haven’t

come up with the answer yet.

 

124B INT. COMMUNICATIONS CENTER – MODOC                                                 124B

 

PITT

(into the phone)

You’ve got to shake those guys up,

Jim.  Get them to re-work the

data.  Re-think the whole darn

problem.  We’ve been out here

for more than three weeks and

we’re not making a dime.  I’ve got

a crew of men working their butts off

and it’s all for nothing unless we

can get some help from you people in

Washington.

 

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