Sam Garlopis (Fortunio Bonanova), an insured truck driver from Inglewood has submitted a claim for his burned-out vehicle."That same night,Stephen and Fran met up and flew the TV station""s stolen traffic helicopter to a police station where they reported to HQ that the guard post was abandoned.After he was safely evacuated, the bomb detonated and the shockwaves of the mushroom-shaped nuclear blast destroyed much of the city, and the President""s motorcade of cars was toppled.With a production budget of $230 million, and box-office gross receipts of $262 million (domestic) and $752.You know we""re imitating the President of the United States.A lot of people aren""t gonna like it.Well-wisher: It""s all in good, clean fun.Didn""t they enjoy the try-out in Boston?George: Never could do anything wrong in Boston.Mary: The greatest man in the United States played by the greatest actor.There""s nothing wrong in that.Especially when the greatest actor is my husband.Cohan has received bundles of congratulatory Western Union telegrams - one is "from the White House" and because it "bothers" him, George asks his writer/producer Sam Harris (Richard Whorf) to read it outloud:George M.