And this is 1976. There's no CNN. There's no CNBC. There's no Internet.

Fast-forward to today. Present time, same situation.

How quickly would the media make a frenzy? In hours.

It would be the biggest story from Boston to Budapest.

Ten hostages die.

Twenty, thirty.

Relentless. Bam, bim. One after another.

All on hi-def, computer-enhanced. You can almost taste the brain matter.

All for what? A bus, a plane?

A couple million dollars that's federally insured?

I don't think so, but...

...just a thought.

I mean, it's not...

...within the realm of conventional cinema, but...

...what if?

-There's a problem with that movie. -Really?

-It wouldn't work. -How come?

-Audiences love happy endings. -Pacino escapes with the money.

Boyfriend gets a sex change. Live happily ever after.

-No? -No.