North By Northwest

apos;s been looking forward to, and is confused and angry that the mystery men won't believe that he isn't Kaplan
             "Townsend" reads a list of hotels and cities where "Kaplan" has been recently in an effort to get "Kaplan" to stop pretending that he isn't George Kaplan
             Thornhill refuses to cooperate with "Townsend"
             Leonard offers him a drink, and encourages him to take it, or they will have to force the bourbon on him
             Thornhill makes a dash for the door, but is shoved back down into the couch
             Leonard pours him a tall glass of liquor and forces him to drink it
             Function/Theme: Shows the "bad guys" as unwilling to compromise/When you know you're right, YOU'RE RIGHT
             Explanation: Thornhill has been mistaken for someone else and tried to explain the situation, but cannot get through to his kidnappers. He tries to stay calm, but is eventually forced to drink large amounts of liquor to get him extremely drunk
             Townsend is put into the drivers seat drunk, singing about bourbon
             A man sits in the passenger seat and starts the car, directing it towards a cliff, assuming that "Kaplan" is too drunk to set the vehicle right and will die as a result of "drunk driving"
             Thornhill pushes the man out of the car and takes the wheel
             The car starts to go over the edge, but Thornhill rights it and begins to drive speedily away from the man trying to kill him
             His drunk condition has left Thornhill's reflexes a little slow, and he almost causes a crash, but swerves at the last minute
             Thornhill speeds by a police officer sitting by the side of the road, who then jumps in to his cruiser and starts to pursue the suspected drunk driver
             Thornhill appears to hear something, but doesn't associate it with a police siren, and continues to speed away
             A bike goes by, and Thornhill stops the car just in time to spare the cyclist from and acci...

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