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Schwarzneggar THE RUNNING MAN(1987) - food riots, no dissent...the Obama presidency?
horror lair dot com ^ | 11-17-08

Posted on 11/17/2008 5:10:15 PM PST by doug from upland

THE RUNNING MAN (1987)

Last edited 5 May 1998

The Running Man - TITLES

Based on the novel "The Running Man" by Richard Bachman (Stephen King pen name)

Screenplay by Steven E. deDouza

Directed by Paul Michael Glaser

INTRODUCTION

By 2017 the world economy has collapsed. Food, natural resources and oil are in short supply. A police state, divided into paramilitary zones, rules with an iron hand. Television is controlled by the state and a sadistic game show called "The Running Man" has become the most popular program in history. All art, music and communications are censored. No dissent is tolerated and yet a small resistance movement has managed to survive underground. When high-tech gladiators are not enough to suppress the people's yearning for freedom......more direct methods become necessary.

HELICOPTER OVER CITY AT NIGHT

Over Military-Radio: Yankee-nine-niner. What are your co-ordinates?

Ben: Zero-two-zero, flight level one-five. We're above release point echo-bravo-one.

Over Military-Radio: Move in and check it out.

Ben: Roger. Moving in. Food riot in progress. Approximately fifteen-hundred civilians. No weapons evident.

Over Military-Radio: Proceed with plan alpha. Eliminate anything moving.

Ben: I said the crowd is unarmed! There are lots of women and children down there! All they want is food for-gods-sake!

Over Military-Radio: As you were Richards. Proceed with plan alpha. All rioters must be eliminated.

Ben: The hell with you I will not fire on helpless people! Abort mission. We return back to base.

Over Military-Radio: Lieutenant Saunders do you copy?

Saunders: Affirmative

Over Military-Radio: Take Command. Detain Richards and proceed as ordered

MILITARY PERSONAL IN HELICOPTER ATTACK BEN

Military Passengers: What the f*ck are you doing!?! Get him! God damn it! We're losing it, tipping over!

Saunders: I got it! I got control! They said detain him, don't drop him.

Military Passenger: Richards, your going to fry for this.

Another Military Passenger: And I'll see you in hell.

BEN KNOCKED OUT BY BUTT OF GUN


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: obama
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1 posted on 11/17/2008 5:10:15 PM PST by doug from upland
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To: doug from upland

Yes, I spelled Arnold’s name wrong. I don’t care.


2 posted on 11/17/2008 5:10:58 PM PST by doug from upland (8 million views of .HILLARY! UNCENSORED - put some ice on it, witch)
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I'm not into politics. I'm into survival. - Ben Richards
3 posted on 11/17/2008 5:12:48 PM PST by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: doug from upland

My fave Ah-nuld movie. It even has two future governors acting in it (Ah-nuld and Jesse Ventura)!


4 posted on 11/17/2008 5:14:16 PM PST by GodBlessRonaldReagan (Wakka-ding-hoy - battle cry of the Plexus Rangers!)
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To: randomhero97

For many years, this was my favorite movie. It was eclipsed by THE PATRIOT and then by NATIONAL TREASURE.


5 posted on 11/17/2008 5:14:38 PM PST by doug from upland (8 million views of .HILLARY! UNCENSORED - put some ice on it, witch)
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To: GodBlessRonaldReagan

Great trivia. Has any other movie ever had two future governors?

In 196, at UCSB, the campus was in turmoil because Gov. Reagan was cutting benefits. A few doors away from my room in San Miguel Hall, a guy screamed, “The governor’s been shot!” We all went running down to his room. What did we see? An old Western, and Reagan’s character had been shot.


6 posted on 11/17/2008 5:17:33 PM PST by doug from upland (8 million views of .HILLARY! UNCENSORED - put some ice on it, witch)
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To: GodBlessRonaldReagan

Trivia question for you. What other movie featured both future governors?


7 posted on 11/17/2008 5:17:38 PM PST by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: randomhero97

There are many, many great quotes from that film.

“That’s all right; keep it.”

“I had the shirt for it but you f’d it up.”


8 posted on 11/17/2008 5:19:11 PM PST by doug from upland (8 million views of .HILLARY! UNCENSORED - put some ice on it, witch)
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To: randomhero97
Trivia question for you. What other movie featured both future governors?

That would be Predator (1987)

9 posted on 11/17/2008 5:22:17 PM PST by Gone_Postal (We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat)
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To: randomhero97

Predator!


10 posted on 11/17/2008 5:23:35 PM PST by El Sordo
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To: doug from upland

“I get airsick, carsick, seasick. I’ll throw up all over you.”

“Go ahead, it won’t kill this shirt.”


11 posted on 11/17/2008 5:24:48 PM PST by El Sordo
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To: doug from upland

Seriously...

Barring truly extreme reductions in fuel availability, food riots are highly improbable.

Calories are cheap and readily available by any historical standard. It would take the decimation of our infrastructure to bring about this kind of situation.


12 posted on 11/17/2008 5:28:13 PM PST by El Sordo
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To: El Sordo
"What's the matter, steroids make you deaf?"
"I'll be back! Only in the re-runs."
"1. Why aren't you laughing now, bitch? 2. Because there's nothing funny about a dickless moron with a battery up his ass."
13 posted on 11/17/2008 5:32:05 PM PST by Gone_Postal (We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat)
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To: Gone_Postal; El Sordo
Excellent. Predator has the most epic movie quote:

Get to the chopper!
14 posted on 11/17/2008 5:36:21 PM PST by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: El Sordo

I think that was, “It won’t show in this shirt.”


15 posted on 11/17/2008 5:41:46 PM PST by doug from upland (8 million views of .HILLARY! UNCENSORED - put some ice on it, witch)
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To: doug from upland
“The Running Man” is one of the reasons I don't like to
watch videos on the web.
Edited or faked videos will become too hard to detect.

Photo shops will get much better also.

16 posted on 11/17/2008 5:42:20 PM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Obama, Change America will die for.)
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To: randomhero97

Preditor


17 posted on 11/17/2008 5:59:47 PM PST by 1ofmanyfree ((No jobs, licenses,mortgages,bank accounts or amnesty for any illegal alien criminals ! ))
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To: 1ofmanyfree

My typo/ meant Predator. Great movie for a B sci-fi.


18 posted on 11/17/2008 6:04:52 PM PST by 1ofmanyfree ((No jobs, licenses,mortgages,bank accounts or amnesty for any illegal alien criminals ! ))
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To: doug from upland

Haha. I just watched this movie recently. A classic by Stephen King (aka Richard Bachmann).

Richard Dawson was brilliant in this movie.


19 posted on 11/17/2008 6:08:09 PM PST by St. Louis Conservative
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To: randomhero97

Predator.


20 posted on 11/17/2008 6:09:25 PM PST by St. Louis Conservative
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