The Noah's Ark Principle
1984 · 100 MIN · IMDB 4.9 · 1,147 VOTES · DIR. Roland Emmerich
Overview
The year is 1997, and World Peace seems to have come, with most classic weapons of mass destruction having been abandoned. However, orbiting the Earth there is the European/American space station FLORIDA ARKLAB, capable of controlling the weather at any location on the planet underneath. A civil project by nature, it might be abused as an offensive weapon, since it could deliver devastation to any potential adversary simply by creating natural disasters such as storms and floods. No wonder the space station soon becomes the central point in rising political tensions between East and West, next stop World War 3 (as indicated by the tagline "The end of our future has already begun"). We follow the main protagonist Billy Hayes, an astronaut aboard the station, as he wades through a plot of secrecy and sabotage trying to tell friend from foe in the process.
Dialogue Timeline — 776 lines
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00:03:53 Wait a second, please.
00:07:49 What do you mean?
00:11:54 ...four, three, two, one - go!
00:15:03 To this day I don't know what possessed me to do this.
00:18:27 I don't know what Billy told you, but nothing has been decided yet.
00:20:48 - You really don't know? - No, I really don't.
00:23:23 The secrecy of the past days must have had a reason.
00:26:31 Damned shit!
00:29:17 Initial radiation over. All automatic controls non-operational.
00:31:22 Admit it, Felix.
00:34:12 They must have had a reason to risk this intense radiation.
00:36:49 I fell asleep quickly, because I was in a bad mood.
00:41:52 It will be clearly visible. The black stain on the right side of the picture.
00:47:12 - Max? - This is Felix, can you hear me?
00:50:08 Retract the radiators!
00:53:11 Let's hear it.
00:56:25 Synchronization started.
01:01:17 - Quite a mess you have here. - Don't say!
01:03:57 ...ruin their image by informing the public?
01:06:30 Vandenberg, cut off the connection to the European headquarters!
01:08:54 Can't do.
01:12:46 We've got everything under control. Everything's according to plan.
01:17:40 You didn't, but I always knew.
01:27:53 Whatever they intend to do next, I couldn't tell you.