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
465 Views


Vanna, do you wanna

hold my grandbaby?

Of course, Bonnie.

Oh.

(GASPING)

Hello, sweet little guy.

(BABY SMILING)

Look at it, Vanna.

He's perfect.

I agree with Eric.

Addie, would you like

to hold Bonnie's baby grandson?

ADDIE:

Yes.

GREG:

You see that, Lisa?

He's sweet and normal.

LISA:

Then i'll be smiling.

Right, Bob?

I agree with my children.

Hey, Juliana.

JULIANA:

Hey, Eric and Vanna.

I'm so glad of you.

Vanna and Juliana and I

came together in a long time.

VANNA:

Do you wanna a photo?

(ADDIE NODDING)

(BABY COOING)

Smile for the camera.

You did such a good job,

Vanna.

The photos are in the photo album.

Thanks, Eric.

(SCOFFING)

I love you so much.

Love you too, Vanna.

What's the trouble?

I want to see

what you got on this guy.

Come again?

His Internet postings,

the e-mails.

Your case.

Why?

Because I don't think

you have one.

I can read you in.

I'm authorized to do that.

But it would only put you

at greater risk.

Of what?

What the hell

is all this?

The guy doesn't drink,

doesn't tell dirty jokes.

Goes to church every day,

his wife loves him,

so do his grandkids.

And why the hell

would you hand

a new division

to a guy who's retiring

in two months,

especially if he's

under investigation?

You through?

You know, I think

this whole thing

is cooked.

I think he keeps

shooting his mouth off

about the Bureau

and nobody knows

what to do with him,

so we tag him as

a deviant and run him

out of the building.

It's bullshit.

The whole thing,

it's Kenneth Starr

all over again,

except I'm running around

looking for the blue dress.

You've come to

admire him, I see.

Yes.

Respect him?

Yes.

Well, that was

inevitable.

For our purposes,

it was sort of necessary.

But he's a traitor, Eric.

He started spying

for the Russians,

we think, in 1985.

He's given them

military secrets,

intelligence secrets.

He gave them our

Continuity of Government

Program,

which told them

where the President

would be taken

during a nuclear

or terrorist attack.

And the Vice President.

And the Congress.

And the Cabinet.

The damage he's done

to the U.S. Government

is in the billions.

But that's just

the money part.

He's also

given up lives.

BURROUGHS:

Sources we were working

In one of his drops,

he identified Valery Martynov

and Sergei Motorin,

two KGB agents we'd turned

They were flown back

to Moscow and executed

We don't have a handle yet

on how many of our assets

he's compromised.

Maybe 50, maybe more.

HANSSEN ON TAPE:

I shouldn't tease you

That just gets me

into trouble

(MAN SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

BURROUGHS:

Our file on him came

from two Russian defectors

The Bureau paid

$7 million for it

Of course,

everything in the file

is inadmissible

We make our own case

independently, or he walks

Oh, not that it matters,

but the sexual stuff

is also true.

Irrelevant, but true.

The stories on the Internet,

they're about his wife.

Using her real name

Sweet little anecdotes about

how much she loves rough sex,

that sort of thing

He's a big fan

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.

BONNIE:
We're glad

that the dinner is all set.

It's alright, Vanna.

I just rather do anything.

GREG:
Than what, Vanna?

Vivian's head has relieved.

I cannot attend the prom

with Eric or having a trip

to Florida with my friends

or go to parties or visit

the beach?

JULIANA:
Certainly knows.

I can't do anyone like you,

Juliana.

We can't fool anyone

after I fooled someone.

Excuse me, Vanna?

You never had done

everyone and you know it!

ROBERT:
Stop yelling!

You know, Juliana,

you're fooling with anger

that I can't turn my lesson.

JULIANA:
I spoiled sh*t.

GREG:
You know better.

Shut up!

Everyone, be quiet.

When Hanssens get the table,

she shares the table.

Go ahead.

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

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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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