Guarding Tess
- PG-13
- Year:
- 1994
- 96 min
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Breakfast.
I'm going.
I thought I'd say goodbye.
Gentlemen, again, all the best.
Take good care.
Good luck and goodbye.
It's been fun.
Here you go, sir.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
"GUARDING TESS'"
I'm here to see
the director of the Secret Service.
Okay. Thanks.
Is there anyplace
where I could put my bags?
Over there.
- Thank you.
- Okay.
Congratulations, Doug. You've done
a terrific job on a tough detail.
Well, thank you, sir.
It wasn't that tough, actually.
Summersville, Ohio, is not exactly
the center of the universe...
of course. But it's
Guarding Mrs. Carlisle gave me time to
pick up many hours towards my Master's.
- Oh, great.
- Of course, now I am hoping...
for a little more active assignment,
maybe back in the White House...
or a criminal assignment
out of New York or L.A.
Sure.
Let's sit over here.
Yes. Sir.
Joan?
- Yes?
- Coffee.
- Certainly. It'll be just a moment.
- Thanks.
How is she?
What's she like?
Well, there's the public person who's,
you know, adored.
Then there's the private person
who can, at times...
be difficult to deal with if you
don't know how to handle the situation.
- And you did.
- Well, I guess, as well as anybody.
I don't envy my replacement,
I'll tell you that.
I was in her husband's White House,
and I saw her in better times.
She has her good days
and her bad days now.
she's several different personalities
in one, like many people.
Well, one of her personalities
called the White House last night...
and ask ed the president to arrange
that you stay with her for another tour.
The president?
I can't go back there.
I can't do three more years there.
I can't do three more minutes there.
It's... It... l...
I mean, it's...
the worst assignment there is
in the service.
Well then, we've got a problem
because the president...
is asking you to return to Mrs. Carlisle
What if I say no?
I'll call him and tell him,
uh, you said no.
Take a moment to think it over.
I'II check on the coffee.
In New Jersey, ice kept three dolphins
trapped in an inland waterway...
In New Jersey, ice kept three dolphins
trapped in an inland waterway...
Wednesday, frustrating rescuers'
efforts to free the animals...
Where's the Columbus paper?
Who's got it?
Just checking my horoscope.
Frederick, I told you 1,000 times, she
can tell if we've read it before her.
Sorry.
- Morning, Doug.
- Morning.
- What are you doing here?
- Long story.
- Everything okay in Washington, Doug?
- Yeah.
Just back to pick up
your accoutrement?
Speak English.
Back to pick up your sh*t?
No smoking, Earl.
Why not?
It's a rule.
- I am shock ed to see you back here.
- Are ya?
Ja. I thought you'd be guarding
Jackie O. By now...
standing outside the Russian Tea Room
for hour after hour in the snow...
with her inside, having little cakes and
chatting to her fashionable friends.
Here, Frederick.
- I'II do it this morning, Fred.
- Thank you.
Good morning.
Breakfast!
Come in.
Douglas, darling.
Yes, ma'am?
You seem to have dropped
some of my things on the floor.
Would you kindly
pick them up for me?
Yes, ma'am.
That's a good boy.
Do I still have any influence in that
evil town, or have they forgotten me?
Ma'am, with all due respect,
why me?
Why, because I like you, Douglas.
And my feelings are a bit hurt...
that anyone would be that anxious
to get away from me.
Well, I certainly don't mean
to hurt your feelings, Mrs. Carlisle...
but my assignment her e is finished,
and I'd like to get back to Washington.
Washington is a dead-end town,
career-wise...
unless you're there purely to make
money, which I'm sure you wouldn't be.
I'd like to go back.
- Well, I'm sorry, but I need you her e.
- Mrs. Carlisle?
Yes?
I'd just like you to know
that I came back of my own free will.
As an S.A. I. C... I could have refused
this assignment. But I didn't.
S.A. I.C.? What is that?
Ma'am, you know what that is.
No, I really don't.
You do.
Don't tell me what I do and don't know.
That is not your place.
What is a "said"?
S.A. I.C. Stands for
"special agent in charge."
Oh, I see. A special agent, are we?
And in charge, no less.
My, my, my.
a secret agent who's also in charge.
And why is he in charge?
Well. Because he's
so doggone special.
And you did not come back
of your own free will.
If you had a free will,
you'd be miles from here.
I have some very exciting
news for you.
I have an inoperable
brain tumor.
I have bought you and your men
We are going to the opera in Columbus.
Which of those do you think is true?
When?
I would like to drive to Columbus
a week from Friday.
Yes, ma'am. May I say,
it is good to see you getting out again?
- Is it?
- Yes, ma'am.
Thank you, Douglas.
That's very patronizing of you.
I suppose you couldn't
care less about opera.
- No, ma'am, I couldn't.
- Of course not.
You're a typical,
r ed-blooded American male.
You'd probably rather watch the reruns
of "Mr. Ed" on television, wouldn't you?
Tell me.
If you had to choose
between opera and "Mr. Ed"...
I'd choose "Mr. Ed"
in a second.
Always so honest.
I try.
Good for you, Agent Dougie.
Now put my rosebud on the tray
and get out.
As you can see,
I'm extremely busy.
Yes, ma'am.
I expect him any minute.
I'll tell him as soon as he comes in.
All right.
Goodbye.
- She wants to see you.
- Oh, come on. I was just up there!
She called the president to demand I
pull another tour. How about that sh*t?
- Why?
- Oh, you don't think that's the reason?
- I don't know. Who knows with her?
- She didn't say she likes me, did she?
- It has nothing to do with like.
She doesn't want a new guy
comin' in here, shakin' things up...
tryin ' to get things running right.
She's got me broken in.
She'll never let me go.
- Doug, come here. Check this out.
- Helen Grace. Helen?
Yes, Peter. In the city of Agua Dulce,
automatic weapon fire broke out...
shortly after 2:
30 local time.The president was taken from the scene.
Secret Service plainclothesmen...
You see those Special Tactics guys?
They're everywhere.
The crowd had only seconds ago applauded
the American leader repeatedly.
- The men with the guns and rifles.
- Yes, Mrs. Carlisle?
- Are they U.S. Secret Service agents?
- Doug, she says it's urgent.
Tell her I'II be there
in 15 minutes.
He says he'll be there in 15 minutes.
Mrs. Carlisle?
Go up.
What does she want? Chocolate?
Some kind of goddamn fruit drink?
Do we look like a bunch of waiters?
We wanna be down there!
...some sort of charity work.
I have no idea...
...some sort of charity work.
I have no idea...
I got it!
- I'm coming!
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