Crack in the World (1965)
Peter Damon: John Masefield
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Quotes
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John Masefield : THE MAGMA!
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John Masefield : [on radio to missile fueling station] Eight and a half minutes, Jack.
Fueling supervisor : [wearing heavy gloves and a face shield] I KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS!
John Masefield : I thought you couldn't see with your gloves on.
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Dr. Ted Rampion : [on radio] Sorenson, can you hear me? Stephen!
John Masefield : Masefield here. Listen, Rampion...
Dr. Ted Rampion : What happened?
John Masefield : He fainted.
Dr. Ted Rampion : Listen, Masefield, do you know what he wanted to tell me?
John Masefield : Yes. The crack is moving twice as fast as before.
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Dr. Stephen Sorenson : Give me Section 31, the district below Point Albert.
John Masefield : There's been no activity in that section, none whatsoever.
Dr. Stephen Sorenson : There WILL be in about half an hour. There are TWO fissures now, or rather, two ENDS of the same crack. One of them has changed direction, and if the other one does...
John Masefield : If they're extended, where would they intersect?
Dr. Stephen Sorenson : At the bore hole, where it all started.
John Masefield : A circle cut out of the Earth's crust?
Dr. Stephen Sorenson : Yes. And it will break away, acting as a safety valve of immense proportions, twenty-thousand square miles of the Earth's surface thrown out into space.
John Masefield : And the effect on the Earth's rotation?
[Stephen shrugs]
John Masefield : Do you think the Earth can survive?
Dr. Stephen Sorenson : No one has ever observed the birth of a moon, Masefield.
