Duplicity

Synopsis: Ray works for MI6, Claire for the CIA. She burns him in Dubai. Jump ahead five years: he sees her in Grand Central and confronts her. Both now work in industrial security for corporate giants whose CEOs hate each other. Flashbacks fill us in: is it coincidence that he sees her in Grand Central? In about a week, one of the firms is going to announce a revolutionary product. Under the guise of helping that corporation's rival, can Ray and Claire work their own theft and find an independent buyer? To work together, using the corporate rivalry to their advantage, they would have to trust one another - difficult, if not impossible. Or, is one playing the other?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Director(s): Tony Gilroy
Production: Universal Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
PG-13
Year:
2009
125 min
$40,559,930
819 Views


(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

So how long

were you gonna keep me waiting?

Excuse me?

- I'm dying over there;

- Where?

There, by the Ben Franklin

potato salad pavilion;

I'm sorry;

Are we supposed to know each other?

Definitely; I mean, we're supposed to;

We don't, but we should;

- Ray; Ray Koval;

- (CLEARS THROAT) Theresa Corrado;

- Nice to meet you;

- Okay;

- Happy Independence Day;

- And to you;

Look, I'm sorry; I don't know if it's the knee

or something, but I'm a little confused;

I thought we were checking each other out;

No; Sorry; Maybe you're drunk;

No, no, no;

If I was drunk, I'd be coming on to you;

That's a relief;

If I was drunk,

I'd be saying how amazing you look

and how crazy it is

that you're standing here on your own;

Wow; Are you always like this?

No; I sometimes sound like this,

but this is definitely different;

- What's so different?

- I don't know;

I guess that's what I came over to find out;

RAY O VER PHONE; You're kidding, right?

DALE; I'm dead serious;

RAY; Behind me?

DALE; He made the turn with us on 6th;

RAY; Hey, if this is some kind of game

you guys play to keep things exciting,

I gotta tell you, it's a little sad;

DALE; (CHUCKLES) This is no game, Ray;

This is real;

Like I told you, man,

this is old-school espionage;

Moscow rules; Street spies;

RAY; How far behind me?

DALE; He's about three meters back;

He must have picked us up downtown;

RAY; And you know this guy?

DALE; I've seen him around;

He's definitely Burkett & Randle;

I keep telling you, man; These people

take soap and shaving cream very seriously;

So I guess that means we're going to plan B;

DALE; Let's do it;

- What's he wearing?

- Navy turtleneck, gray jacket;

(HORNS HONKING)

That was sweet, man;

It's all good; It's all good;

There's no way this guy is working solo,

so if we want to bust you out,

we're gonna have to make a little noise

up here at the corner;

(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

DALE; You wanna box him out of here

or leapfrog? What do you wanna do?

RAY:
I still think you're messing with me;

Call it, Ray; Box or leapfrog?

Or maybe you just want to find out

if I'm worth the money;

- DALE; Come on, man;

- Leapfrog;

(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

(WOMAN GROANS)

Jesus!

Watch where you go; It's New York, okay?

Let me help;

Open the eyes!

- Hey, you there?

- DALE; What are you doing?

Problem;

- DALE; I thought you were in position;

- I am; I was;

DALE; We're two minutes away;

- We're blown;

- What are you talking about?

Reschedule the meet;

No; No can do;

We're blown; Just walk away;

Listen to me; I know what it's like;

New guy on the team, big game,

you wanna make a good impression;

Hello? Ray?

Remember me?

- Sure; Of course; We; ; ;

- Long time, huh?

- Yes!

- Gotcha;

- I'm sorry, I just; ; ;

- Just what?

I'm drawing a blank;

- Nice try;

- Excuse me?

A little professional courtesy

would make this a lot less awkward;

- How do I know you?

- How do you know me?

(LAUGHING) Wow! That's tough;

That's a strong play;

Believe me, I've spent a lot of time thinking

what this would be like,

where we'd be, what I'd say, what you'd say;

- But I never thought that you'd; ; ;

- I'm terribly sorry;

You really want to go this way?

You clearly have me confused

with someone else;

I don't know;

I mean, I'm not great on names;

I should be; I try;

Faces, I'm definitely better;

Faces, I'm like a B, B minus;

Where I'm good, where I really excel,

people I've slept with;

That's been a traditional area of strength

for me;

Look, seriously,

I don't know who you think I am, but; ; ;

You charm me, you seduce me,

you screw me,

then you drug me

and ransack my hotel room;

And how sick is this? You know, the last

thing I remember before I passed out

was how much I liked you;

All right; You don't look crazy,

which is the only reason

why I'm not screaming

- for a security guard right now, but; ; ;

- I can't believe you're going this way;

(LAUGHS) Wait; Is this a joke?

Is that what it is?

Do you have any idea how far my ass

was hanging out because of you?

Did I win something?

I woke up the next morning,

I went back to the consul;

I practically crawled over glass

to get a copy of the guest list;

I spent the next 24 hours trying to figure out

if you were working for Mossad,

the Syrians or the Russians;

- And which was it?

- Still working for the CIA?

Okay, I think we're done now;

American Consulate, Dubai,

you and me, Fourth of July, 2003;

Find someone else to bother;

- Red, white and blue margaritas;

- Stay away from me;

I had a knee brace, you had toe rings;

First toe ring I ever saw, by the way;

You follow me, I'll scream;

I took vacation time to find you! Five years;

And every time I walked into an evaluation; ; ;

- I'm warning you for the last time;

- ; ; ;I was waiting for them

to throw your picture on the screen and say,

"So, Ray, anything you care to tell us

about Dubai?"

- You are harassing me!

- So who the hell are you?

Oh, no; You?

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

- You're the drop;

- You're my contact?

CLAIRE:
You're acting like

I owe you an apology;

Knock yourself out;

You were an assignment; You're a big boy;

You knew what you were doing;

I can see it's really been eating at you;

An Ml6 case officer takes a strange girl

from an embassy party

back to his hotel room

where he has an unsecured briefcase

- full of Egyptian Air Defense codes;

- Did they tell you to sleep with me?

I needed the codes; I thought the less time

I spent with you, the better;

- Oh, Jesus;

- How did you get on this project?

- And you're the mole;

- And who the hell hired you anyway?

- I can't believe it;

- How did you get this job?

I got news for you, okay? The day I left Ml6,

I had 15 major companies

begging for my services;

Well, I guess you picked wrong;

But you must be used to that;

- You know, I've got a meeting in 12 minutes;

- Where's the drop? Hand it over;

- Forget it; I'm not working with you;

- Excuse me?

You think I'm gonna let you

be my contact officer?

- This is way over your head;

- Over my head?

Lady, I worked Yemen, Athens and Cairo;

I've been promoted and decorated

every place I served;

Tell Duke to send someone else;

Listen; I'm sure you know your way

around a shoe store,

but I did 12 years in the field;

And how long have you been working

for Equikrom?

- Long enough;

- How long?

Three weeks;

Three whole weeks? Like every day?

Well, I've spent the last 14 months

undercover inside Burkett% Randle;

I'm an Assistant Director

of Counterintelligence; I am all the way in;

So let's get this straight;

I'm the asset here; You're a delivery boy;

And the only thing I'm gonna give you

is a message;

Tell Duke I don't ever wanna see you again;

I run field agents for a living;

There's only two ways to do it;

Either you bring them flowers

or you hang them by their heels

out of the window;

Now, maybe you're so used to having

your legs in the air you don't realize it,

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Tony Gilroy

Anthony Joseph "Tony" Gilroy is an American screenwriter and filmmaker. He wrote the screenplays for the Bourne series starring Matt Damon, among other successful films, and directed the fourth film of the franchise. more…

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