Breach Page #10

Synopsis: In February, 2001, Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, is arrested for spying. Jump back two months: Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Hanssen and to write down everything Hanssen does. O'Neill's told it's an investigation of Hanssen's sexual habits. Within weeks, the crusty Hanssen, a devout Catholic, has warmed to O'Neill, who grows to respect Hanssen. O'Neill's wife resents Hanssen's intrusiveness; the personal and professional stakes get higher. How they catch Hanssen and why he spies become the film's story. Can O'Neill help catch red-handed "the worst spy in history" and hold onto his personal life between marriage and fatherhood for assistance?
Original Story by: Pamela Dionne
Director(s): Billy Ray
Production: Universal Studios
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
74
Rotten Tomatoes:
84%
PG-13
Year:
2007
110 min
$32,958,840
Website
481 Views


Okay.

I'll call Dean.

Ten minutes,

as promised.

Caught me coming

right out of the Metro.

Why didn't you drive?

Juliana needed the car.

I felt like walking,

anyway.

Why? Something

on your mind?

Not especially.

Now, get in.

I want some company.

Sure.

You been drinking, sir?

Can I trust you?

Of course.

Don't you know that?

I don't know

what I know anymore.

(NEAR YOU PLAYING ON STEREO)

(EXHALES)

Is this the music

of your childhood

or something?

That's the music of

my father's childhood.

What's in Rock Creek?

I like the park

at night.

(TURNS OFF STEREO)

I have to be sure

that I can trust you.

Why don't we go

back to the office?

You can polygraph me.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

You heard

of Aldrich Ames?

Of course.

Worst spy

in U.S. History.

(PUNCTUATING) Sold

$2.5 million worth of

information to the Soviets,

and passed every polygraph

the Agency gave him.

But he never would have

gotten past me.

I can read anyone.

(PAGER BEEPING)

I'm getting really

tired of that pager.

What are we doing?

I told you,

the FBI's a gun culture.

You can't advance there

unless you can shoot.

Boss?

They test you

at 25 yards,

(GUN FIRES)

What are you doing?

You want to be an agent

or don't you?

Prone. Left hand,

right hand. Five yards

with gun in holster.

You get 3 seconds

to fire 5 shots.

What are you doing?

Who was calling you

in the car?

What?

I need to know

if I can trust you.

Put the gun down, Boss.

Who was calling?

Put the f***ing gun down!

I need to know

if I can trust you.

(GUN CLICKS)

Can I trust you?

Jesus!

God's sakes,

what is wrong with you?

Look around you,

boss.

It's just us out here.

Nobody's tailing you,

there isn't any GPS

on your car,

and I'm not a foreign agent

trying to work you.

You don't matter

that much.

The page was from Juliana,

obviously. My wife.

She's trying to reach me

because I told her

I'd be home by now,

and because we're

in another fight,

caused by you,

as usual.

Thanks for dropping by

unannounced and lecturing her

about Opus Dei.

That was real helpful.

Oh, and thanks for staring

at her in church

like she was from Mars.

That also worked out great.

Let me guess.

You were testing her, too.

You know,

she asked me this morning

why you're like this.

Why you grind

everybody so hard.

I had all these

answers ready.

"He's misunderstood.

"He's trying to fix the Bureau

and no one will listen.

"He was born

in the wrong century.

His father was a jerk."

I got a whole list.

But you know

something, sir?

At the end of the day,

it's all crap.

You are who you are.

The why doesn't mean

a thing, does it?

(SNAPPING)

Does it?

I:

matter

plenty.

(DOOR BANGING)

You know, Lisa,

you tried to make it worse.

No, you weren't!

You did!

When you're like,

"Nah".

Oh my god,

Lisa!

You know what?

I'm not fighting with you.

You tell me for us or not.

Yes, you were.

Whenever you had it.

Hello, Eric.

Eric (on phone):
Hi, Vanna.

You enjoyed the Catholic life?

No, Eric.

I had the job and others.

Of course, Vanna.

I'll be back soon.

Okay, bye.

VANNA:
O Prince of the heavenly hosts,

by the power of God,

thrust into hell Satan,

and all the evil spirits,

who prowl about the world

seeking the ruin of souls.

Amen.

(WHISPERING SOFTLY)

Vanna?

What's up?

A bible book

with large words of

God and Goddess.

We see, Bonnie?

I thought my life can

be fooled.

Won't get fooled again,

Vanna.

I just disagree,

Greg.

Vanna, come here.

All of you.

ALL:

What is it, Juliana?

Vivian felt even more well.

That's quite a dozen.

Someone's a thing.

This is the last drop.

Sure it was for him, yes.

You know, Bonnie?

It was just a dream.

Nothing matters, Vanna.

What the hell happened?

I know what you're saying,

Greg.

Holy moly.

That's great.

We know, Bonnie.

I studied how to breathe.

My torture is different.

Like Mary, Joseph, and Jesus.

I bought all, Vanna.

You did, Bonnie?

Yes.

Ok.

A note from Eric.

A gift for my getaway.

"Dear Eric,

Thanks for being the love

of my life.

We trust the miserables

for what you observed.

"I'm thankful for my years

spent with this family.

For everything we shared,

every chance we had to grow.

"I'll take the best of them

with me and lead by their example

wherever I go.

A friend told me to

be honest with you.

So, here it goes.

This isn't what I want,

but I'll take the high road.

Maybe it's because I look at

everything as a lesson.

"Because I told so many lies

for the reason.

Or because I don't want

to walk around angry.

Or maybe it's because

I finally understand.

I promise i wanna come together.

For what i've done.

"Suddenly I see

is when I felt a faceless winged man.

A fear of phobia can be nothing.

"One inspiration is all it takes.

It's a birthday presence to

feel the moment like a ghost whisperer.

I'm the one who give me the reason.

"I'm sober with my thoughts

between karma and effect.

There are things we don't want to

happen but have to accept.

Things we don't want to

know but have to learn.

"My life came by with the

Catholic religion and my job.

And people we can't live

without but have to let go.

"Love, Vanna.

Bonnie, look.

The letter has inspired.

Come here, all of us.

Why don't you sit in the couch

and talk, Vanna?

Okay, Bonnie.

You didn't have devices

when you're young?

No, Vanna.

I didn't have many

cellphones or telephones

or laptops or tablets

or any of that

when i was young.

All would be

a lot of better for it.

But yes.

And then you got outside

to chill and with your friends

when you're also young?

We played outside all the time.

All the same time yet.

Always outside.

It was admitted that

i was just sitting outside

hot or cold every year and

soaking up the sun.

And not doing everything

to make it worse

but sitting in the chair

with Vivian and soaking

up enjoying a warm weather and...

Or at the lake and,

the park,

or you know,

swimming...

It was non-technology

that it was all i can say

nobody does any of it

or anyone else.

Is that what i mean?

When it comes to summer,

we had done things.

When i was 14,

i know i tried to

climb on haystacks.

But it was...

too sesame.

You probably could

did that.

But i know you could

do that.

I didn't wanna let you

go out with Vivian, Lisa,

Greg, and...

the other girl alone because

i wasn't here.

And then getting lost

or something.

But, come soak up

so we can do more.

We just disagree,

Bonnie.

I know.

Give me a hug, Vanna.

(Whispering) Okay, Bonnie.

I love you so much.

You too, Vanna.

Won't you say you love me too?

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Adam Mazer

Adam Mazer is an American screenwriter. He is the writer of HBO Film’s biopic, You Don't Know Jack, about the life of assisted-suicide advocate, Jack Kevorkian.Mazer was the co-writer of the 2007 Universal Pictures feature film, Breach, starring Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe and Laura Linney. Directed by Billy Ray, Breach is based on the true story of the FBI’s most notorious spy, Robert Hanssen. Adam and his former partner, Bill Rotko, optioned the rights of the young FBI aide who worked side-by-side with Robert Hanssen and played a vital role in his arrest. The movie was released in February, 2007. He’s recently finished the screenplay, The Sentry Keep; based on the true story of a 1982 New York City armored car company heist, that at the time, was the largest cash heist in U.S. history. Dito Montiel (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, Fighting) is attached to direct. The movie is being produced by David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman of Mandeville Films. He’s also currently working on a one-hour TV pilot, Contingency, with the television production company, Reveille (The Office, Ugly Betty). Contingency is set in the early 1980s and explores the wild early days of a Personal Injury law firm. Additionally, he wrote the one-hour TV pilot, Ghosts, for the CW Network. The drama deals with the personal and professional lives of young undercover FBI Agents who work in an elite unit called the “Special Surveillances Group”. Prior, Adam sold the family comedy, Big Baby, (co-written with Gregg Lichtenstein) to Warner Brothers with Neal Moritz and Richard Suckle producing, and Raja Gosnell attached to direct. Adam was a founding partner of Point Blank Entertainment where he was an Associate Producer on the outrageous ensemble comedy, Super Troopers. The film was sold at the Sundance Film Festival and released in 2002 by Fox Searchlight. Adam’s other efforts include his screenplay, The Amateur which was set up with the Kennedy-Marshall Company. Based on true events, The Amateur tells the story of 19-year-old golfer Francis Ouimet’s remarkable underdog victory at the 1913 U.S. Open. He also wrote the police corruption drama, Officer Down, the comic book fantasy adventure, The Last Ride of Waterloo Clyde, and Shelter From the Storm – an adaptation of Stephen Miller’s southern mystery novel, A Woman in the Yard. Upon graduating from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in 1989, Adam moved to Los Angeles and partnered with Bill Rotko (A&E’s recent The Beast) until 2005. They sold their first screenplay, Freeze – a harrowing Antarctic action-adventure – to Columbia Pictures and Mandalay Pictures. more…

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