Madness is Better than Defeat

In 1938, two rival expeditions set off for a lost Mayan temple in the jungles of Honduras, one intending to shoot a screwball comedy on location there, the other intending to disassemble it and ship it back to New York. A seemingly endless stalemate ensues, until a rogue CIA agent embarks on a mission to exploit the temple as a geopolitical pawn. Dazzling!