The Day After (1983 TV Movie)
Alston Ahern: Cynthia
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Quotes
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[intercontinental ballistic missiles are being fired]
Cynthia : What's going on?
Joe Huxley : Those are Minuteman missiles!
Cynthia : Like a test, sort of... like a warning?
Joe Huxley : [shakes his head, staring at the missiles in awe and disbelief] They're on their way to Russia. They take about 30 minutes to reach their target.
Aldo : So do theirs, right?
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Newscaster : The looming question is... how far will Warsaw pact forces go? Will the Russians advance straight for the Rhine and defy NATO's declared policy of defense by all means including the use of tactical nuclear weapons? The Defence Department today reported that...
Cynthia : Fantasyland.
Aldo : You think they're making this up? You think this is "War of the Worlds" or something?
Cynthia : Look, did we help the Czechs, the Hungarians, the Afghans *or* the Poles? Well we're *not* gonna nuke the Russians to save the *Germans*! I mean if you were talking oil in Saudi Arabia, then I'd be real worried.