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Clips from Geostorm

"(THUNDER RUMBLING)"
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"HANNAH: Everyone was warned, but no one listened."
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"A rise in temperature..."
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"Ocean patterns changed..."
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"And ice caps melted."
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"They called it extreme weather."
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"They didn't know what "extreme" was."
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"In the year of 2019..."
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"Hurricanes..."
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"Tornadoes..."
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"Floods..."
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"And droughts..."
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"Unleashed a wave of destruction upon our planet."
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"We didn 't just lose towns..."
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"Or beachfronts."
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"We lost entire cities."
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"The East River swallowed Lower Manhattan."
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"A heat wave killed two million people in Madrid..."
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"In just one day."
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"But in that moment..."
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"Facing our own extinction..."
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"It became clear that no single nation could solve this problem alone."
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"The world came together as one..."
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"And we fought back."
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"Scientists from 17 countries..."
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"Led by the U. S. and China..."
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"Worked tirelessly."
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"Not as representatives of their nations..."
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"But of humanity."
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"They found a way to neutralize the storms..."
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"With a net of thousands of satellites,"
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"each deploying countermeasures designed to impact the basic elements of weather,"
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"heat, pressure, and water."
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"AII overseen by the International Space Station."
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"They gave the satellite net a technical name..."
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"But we all came to call it Dutch Boy..."
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"After the story of the child who plugged a dam with his finger."
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"(RUMBLING)"
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"This is what saved us all."
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"And it was built by a team led by one man..."
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"My father."
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"- Thank you. - Keep the change."
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"Jake Lawson. I have a Senate--"
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"Senate hearing in room 12."
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"Yeah."
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"Lawson?"
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"- You're the Dutch Boy guy, right? - Yeah."
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"Man, I need to shake your hand."
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"Oh. Okay."
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"Tornado? Zap!"
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"Blizzard? Zap!"
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"Monsoon?"
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"- Zap? - Zap!"
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"Everybody down here owes you, Jake Lawson."
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"If you need anything, you just ask."
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"(CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING)"
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"(GAVEL BANGING)"
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"SENATOR CROSS: The Senate Committee assigned to oversee Dutch Boy"
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"will now hear from Jacob Lawson..."
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"Climate ISS Chief Operations Coordinator."
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"May the record reflect that he was nearly one hour late."
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"Yeah, sorry about that."
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"(CLEARS TH ROAT) I literally had to fly in from outer space."
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"-(PEOPLE LAUGHING) -(SIGHS)"
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"Oh, here we go."
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"Mr. Lawson, we find ourselves heading toward a crossroads."
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"As you know, as per UN Resolution 28-14,"
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"the United States will be handing over control of Dutch Boy"
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"to an International Oversight Committee in three years."
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"This in spite of the fact that we actually built the thing."
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"Excuse me, Senator. I don't wanna slow things down."
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"You said "we" built it?"
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"Yes, indeed, I did."
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"Because I know what I did. I'm the guy who Ied the team that built the station."
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"I was up there with an international crew of 600 people, not just Americans."
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"And I know all of their faces, but I don't remember yours."
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"We had a plumber up there. He looked a little like you."
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"-(PEOPLE LAUGHING) - Very clever, Mr. Lawson."
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"Dutch Boy was an international effort"
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"-and, yes, it may, one day, very well... -(CELL PHONE VIBRATES)"
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"...belong to the world."
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"But until it does, we have authority over its operation"
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"and we have authority over you!"
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"And you have been flouting that authority."
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"I have report after report here."
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"Failure to follow procedures..."
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"Numerous violations of the chain of command."
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"Then, there was the incident where you punched a federal inspector in the face."
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"Well, your federal inspector doesn't know"
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"that a capacitor holds a charge even when it's disconnected."
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"He was grabbing for the damn thing. I saved his life!"
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"You can make all the excuses you want, Mr. Lawson,"
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"but there's one thing you cannot defend."
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"And that would be the day you brought Dutch Boy online..."
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"...and operational without our consent!"
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"And what would that have taken, Senator?"
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"There were a series of storms building in SoutheastAsia and the North Atlantic"
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"that would have killed tens of thousands of people."
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"Dutch Boy was ready. We went green."
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"- It works. You're welcome. -(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)"
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"Mr. Lawson, if you continue to defy our authority..."
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"Dutch Boy will go on without you!"
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"Am I making myself clear?"
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"(MOUTHING)"
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"Yes."
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"Good. Oh, and one more thing."
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"To ensure compliance, this committee will be sending up new support staff."
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"Naturally, when they get there, you'll have to send some of your people home."
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"We'll leave those choices up to you."
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"Senator, respectfully, my crew didn't do anything wrong."
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"Excuse me, I'm not asking for your input."
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"These people left their homes and their families"
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"and risked their lives to save this planet."
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"This hearing is adjourned."
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"I'm not cutting a single one of those people loose!"
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"Excuse me?"
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"People like you need people like me. You know why?"
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"So you can take credit for everything we accomplish."
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"So you can go to your constituents and your cronies..."
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"SENATOR CROSS: This meeting is adjourned."
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