:55:00
Excuse me.
:55:04
- Where are you guys going?
- We're going up to the 14th floor.
:55:08
- Do you have an appointment?
- We're going to see Roger Smith.
:55:11
No, you're not. You're not getting
on one of those elevators.
:55:14
- Why's that?
- You're not going without an appointment.
:55:17
Can we go up
and try making an appointment?
:55:20
Why?
:55:21
I need Tony or Denise.
:55:24
- The reason to talk to Roger Smith?
- Michael Moore.
:55:28
No, what's your reason
for seeing Roger Smith?
:55:30
- Excuse me. I need to see you.
- We're making a film...
:55:40
I quickly sized up the situation:
:55:42
Three guards in the booth,
plus the one with the corsage...
:55:45
a dozen security cameras...
:55:47
and four new cars with inflated
sticker prices parked in the lobby.
:55:51
If I made a run for it to Roger's office,
what's the worst that could happen?
:55:55
Before I could fully explore
the consequences of such an action...
:55:58
my escorts to the 14th floor finally arrived.
:56:02
Mr. Smith is not in at the present time.
:56:05
We'd be happy to take your request under
advisement, as with all appointments.
:56:09
I've been told that before. I've called,
written, and I've been here before.
:56:13
- Have you written?
- Yes, I've written.
:56:15
- To whom?
- To Roger Smith...
:56:18
General Motors building,
Grand Avenue, Detroit, Michigan.
:56:22
John, how about we have a letter
sent to your office?
:56:24
Why don't you send a letter to us...
:56:27
and we will be happy to,
as I say, take it under advisement...
:56:29
just as we do all requests
to see the chairman.
:56:32
It's just that I've been waiting for a year
to get this.
:56:36
It's been under advisement for a long time.
:56:38
What I'd like to do
is just go up to the 14th floor...
:56:41
and set up an appointment
with his secretary.
:56:43
That would be impossible.
:56:46
Obviously, I was getting
the big blowoff once again.
:56:50
Meanwhile, things weren't getting better
back in Flint.
:56:53
More jobs had been eliminated.
:56:55
The city had become
the unemployment capital of the country.
:56:58
The visits from the stars
and the creation of new jobs...