Breach Page #5

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
459 Views


of strippers, too.

Has been for years.

But his grandchildren

do love him.

That part I can't argue.

There's no such thing as

the "Information Assurance

Division," is there?

No.

We created that

to lure him back

from State.

9930 was built

for him, too

Video, audio

Bafflers in the vents

Heat sensors Motion sensors

Probably enough

microwaves in that office

to cook a chicken.

I'm sorry we had

to mislead you

But this is the worst

breach in the history

of U.S. Intelligence.

Unusual steps

were required.

The good news is,

you got your wish.

You're in the middle

of the biggest case

we've ever run.

Come with me.

There are some people

I want you to meet.

He badged out at 5:12,

stopped at his dry cleaners,

drove by dead drop Ellis,

then went home.

How does that compare

with the previous Thursday?

WOMAN:
Has the Agency

been briefed on this?

If it deals with Russian

sources, then the Agency

has to be briefed on it.

MAN:
Does Hanssen have

any leave time coming?

How many people

are working on this?

Got 50 on the

bigot list so far.

Is the Director involved?

Director's running the case.

He sees your pages every day.

No.

Yes.

Keep them coming,

by the way.

Our audio's missing about 90%

of what Hanssen says in there.

He mumbles.

He does a lot of things,

this guy.

Why don't we just

arrest him?

Can't do that.

He knows the names

and locations of every source

we've ever turned.

If we can't get him to talk,

their lives are all at risk.

Eric O'Neill,

Dean Plesac.

Assistant Special Agent

in charge.

Sir.

Director wants him

caught in the act

of making a drop.

That would give you

the death penalty.

Don't you think

he's earned it?

See you, Dean.

Thanks for coming in, Rich.

Like I said, kid,

take nothing personally.

Kate.

It's been 3 months, Jule.

He never returned to my calls.

I leave some messages for Bonnie,

and then she won't call me back.

Do you have gone into a fight with Eric after he's going home from work?

No.

Maybe you're recently going on

to town for emergency into

a country or something.

We have nothing to do with him.

You right, Juliana, okay?

I didn't that it and

i can't call him back.

What do you mean,

Vanna, you did it?

You did it that it?

No!

You can't call him

back for one!

Listen, I can't call her back

at once!

Jule, I don't wanna talk to you anymore, okay?

I've just told you to be mad!

I cannot call her back!

Bonnie, have you seen Eric?

I think he's at work!

Oh. Thanks for questioning, Bonnie.

You're welcome, Juliana!

He's got an appointment

at the DIA tomorrow

at 2:
00, right?

Yeah.

You're driving him?

Yeah.

Good.

We need him out of the office

for at least three hours.

That's when we'll be

sweeping his car.

Okay.

How long will it take you

to download the data card

off his Palm Pilot?

Twenty, 30 minutes,

depending on the level

of encryption.

But you can't.

He never lets it

out of his sight.

Assuming we can separate him

from it, 20 to 30 minutes.

Okay.

What's this?

You want to be

read in, right?

Wait.

What if he's smarter

than I am?

I've never misread anybody

this badly before.

Except maybe you.

A couple of years ago,

the Bureau put together

a task force.

Lots of assets

had been disappearing.

Sources like Motorin,

Martynov. Dozens of them,

vanishing.

So this task force was

formed to find the mole

who was giving them up.

Our best analysts poring

over data for years

looking for the guy,

and they could never

quite find him.

Guess who we put in charge

of the task force?

He was smarter

than all of us.

Actually,

I can live with that part.

It's the idea

that my entire career

has been a waste of time,

that's the part I hate.

Everything I've done

since I got to this office,

everything we've

all been paid to do,

he was undoing it.

We all could have just

stayed home.

(DOOR CLOSING)

HANSSEN:
Dear friends,

thank you for the $50,000

As far as the funds

are concerned,

I have little need

or utility for more than

$100,000 at any one time

My security concerns

may seem excessive

I believe experience has

shown them to be necessary

I am much safer

if you know little about me

Neither of us are children

about these things

I was unable to locate

the package based on your

description last night

Please recognize that

I am in a business suit

and cannot slog around

in inch-deep mud

Your service has recently

suffered some setbacks

I warn you that

Mr Boris Yuzhin,

Mr Sergei Motorin

and Mr Valery Martynov

have all been recruited

by our special services

The US can be errantly

likened to a powerfully built,

but retarded child,

potentially dangerous,

but young, immature

and easily manipulated

I found the site empty

Empty sites bother me

I like to know

before I commit myself,

as I'm sure you do also

One might propose that

I am either insanely brave,

or quite insane

I'd answer neither

I'd say insanely loyal

Take your pick,

there's insanity

in all the answers

Eventually, I would

appreciate an escape plan

Nothing lasts forever

Sincerely, Ramon

Hi.

Hi.

You're back.

Boss. When did you

get here?

BONNIE:
Very disappointed

in you, young man.

Leaving your bride all alone

without telling her

where you'd be.

Not good, Eric.

Where were you?

My mother fell.

I had to go see her.

Oh.

Did she break anything?

No. Just

bumped her head.

That's awful.

Yeah.

Write down their address

for me, would you?

I'd like to send

some flowers.

That's very kind

of you, boss.

We couldn't reach you

on your pager.

On your hip 24l7,

right?

Yeah, I know.

The battery died.

Sorry, honey.

I should have called.

It's okay.

Juliana was just telling us

what it was like to grow up

in the Communist Bloc.

Oh, yeah?

It piques my curiosity,

as you can imagine.

Hope it hasn't felt

like an interrogation,

Juliana.

(DISHES CLATTERING)

BONNIE:
Here we are.

Bonnie, you really

didn't have to go

to all this trouble.

It's just leftovers.

I guess I just couldn't

stand the thought

of you two ordering

from that Peking Wall

place again.

Even Chinese people

can't eat Chinese

every night, Eric.

Besides, how is this

tiny thing going to give you

a house full of babies,

if you don't put some

protein in her diet?

Would you like

to say grace, Eric?

Sweetheart?

I'm sorry, Jule.

I didn't invite them,

obviously.

But they thought

it would be okay, Eric.

You have to have boundaries,

even with a boss.

And what was that

bullshit about your mom

bumping her head?

It's complicated.

"Complicated,"

as in I wouldn't understand,

or as in you can't tell me?

I'm tired.

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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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