There's a sinister plot to kidnap the President....

I say you chaps!
If this is a US production, surely the villain must be English (preferably played by Alan Rickman :cool: ).

Is there a blond girl being repeatedly kidnapped and chased by various mountain wildlife involved?

While, in the dark shadows nearby, lurks …

Incidentally, aren’t all plots to kidnap the president essentially sinister? What would an innocuous plan to kidnap the president look like?

Surprise birthday party?

It’s the President’s birthday. . . but he’s in for a bigger surprise than just a party!

Would Alan Rickman be better as a corrupt, power-hungry Army general, or a corrupt, power-hungry CIA director?

The President’s Plane is Missing by Robert J. Serling (Rod’s brother).

I’m wondering how many Secret Service alarms you activated with the title of this thread? :smiley:

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cue Solsbury Hill music

Well, actually…

That was about Air Force One crashing in a remote area and the subsequent inability to locate to Prez’s body and confirm his death. Beyond a malicious weatherfront, there’s no “villian” per se.

You may be thinking of The Kidnappping of the President by Charles Templeton.

snerk

Aha!
Do you remember Peter Sellers in ‘Dr. Strangelove’? :cool:

Clearly Alan Rickman should play:

  • the President
  • the corrupt Army general
  • the power-hungry CIA director
  • the chief kidnapper
  • the hero

This is becoming a real blockbuster!

… and when he learns to believe in himself, anything is possible!

…including becoming a Pirate! Or a Ninja! Or a Pirate-Ninja Plumber!

How about a power-hungry power plant manager?

Or a powerful, plant-hungry environmental extremist!

…from the future!

I would really like to know how the mountain wildlife are going to kidnap the blond girl.

On second thought, I’d rather not know.

Co-starring Morgan Freeman as the Secretary of State.

OK, Alan Rickman plays everybody except for the Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis and Samuel Jackson parts.

Yes! She’s a 20-something genius scientist director of a major federally-funded research project, and has a lot of disdain for the main hero’s machiavellian rebel posturing.

Why, she’s so smart - she wear glasses!

Of course, once the plot gets going, she becomes little more than a shrieking helpless perpetual hostage, and stops wearing the glasses.

She will of course be played by a supermodel actress who has trouble pronouncing hard words like “machiavellian” and “posturing” and “scientist.”