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Synopsis: Someone does a nasty hatchet job on a San Fransisco big noise and the Assistant D.A. takes charge of the investigation. Through a web of blackmail and prostitution involving the Governor, an old lover of the lawman emerges as a prime suspect and he has to deal with his personal feelings as well as the case.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): William Friedkin
Production: Paramount
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
14%
R
Year:
1995
95 min
353 Views


son of a b*tch.

Who knows about them?

The investigating officers.

My people.

And you, of course.

And me.

If you drag me into this, David,

if my name even shows up

on the periphery of this,

you better get the f***

out of California

because you'll have as much

future as Jerry Brown.

Who's Jerry Brown?

Wouldn't it be an awfuI shame

if one little p*ssy

and a thimblefuI of sperm

were to affect the future

of this state?

Was Medford blackmailing you?

I don't get blackmailed,

Mr. Corelli.

I do the f***ing.

I never get f***ed.

I have my answer, then.

Thank you for your help.

Any time.

I enjoy dispensing advice

to those who care to listen.

Uh, the...

You have other copies,

I presume?

That's correct.

Then I'll just hold on to these.

Fine. Good to see you again.

Dr. Gavin

is a psychologist

who specialises

in the causes and treatment

of violence in the workplace.

Her work's been published in the

NationaI Review of Psychiatry

and in her two best-selling

works of non-fiction.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Dr. Katrina Gavin.

Good afternoon.

Today I'll examine situations

common to your company

and others

in the changing workplace.

It's important to distinguish

between someone having a bad day

that ends in a tantrum

and someone whose failure

to resist aggressive impulses

results in serious

destructive acts.

These people are in many ways

no different from you and me,

but they can no longer

controI their urges.

They disassociate themselves

from their actions,

often experiencing

an hystericaI blindness.

They're blind to the darkness

within themselves.

You have reached

the law offices

of Gavin, Terry, and Klorinda.

Office hours are 9am to 6pm.

After the beep,

please leave a message.

Hey, it's me.

I thought maybe you were

working late, but I guess not.

I'm so tired of these things,

honey.

I feel like I'm disassociating

myself from my own actions.

Maybe I'm reaching

hystericaI blindness.

Hey, be carefuI. I might give in

to an uncontrollable urge.

Anyway...

I miss you.

How does that

make you feel?

Be nice.

You don't give a sh*t

about anyone, do you?

That's none of your business.

Governor Edwards called me.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

Are you out of

your f***ing mind?

The next time you go there,

check with me first.

OK.

I want you off this case.

Cliff, I am onto something here.

I need a little more time.

I want you off the case.

You take me off this,

and I will go public.

I don't think the governor

would appreciate that.

Why don't you work it out

and try it yourself?

Maybe I will.

You haven't tried a case

in 10 years, Cliff.

Will there be anything else?

Here's the governor's

lady friend.

She's 17 here.

Had to get

into juvenile files for this.

Patrice Jacinto, 21.

Works for a beauty parlour

in Chinatown.

One arrest for solicitation

when she was a juvenile.

- You talk to her yet?

- No, not yet.

Her bank account shows

two $10,000 deposits

in the last six months.

Medford's had this place

a couple of years.

His investment company

leases it.

- Hi, John.

- Vasko.

I bet you can't wait

to see the bedroom.

- Corelli.

- Morning.

Deep-seated massage oiI.

And over here we have

a harmony pillow.

"This pillow allows

deeper penetration

"by positioning both partners

most advantageously.

"It raises the female hips,

facilitating male entry.

"You can inflate the pillow

"to varying degrees

of hardness or softness

"while enjoying the thrill

of floating action. "

Here in the nightstand,

we got about

three grams of coke...

Some poppers, some assorted

children's vitamins...

My best guess is ecstasy.

This is the room the governor

was photographed in.

Maybe it's his bridaI suite.

You look in here?

Yeah. It's been photographed.

Cristalle, Beluga,

Wolfgang Puck...

- It's a f***-house.

- Not just a f***-house.

He's got a nice

little camera over here...

and there's another one

up here...

low-light, high-density.

Neighbour saw

a lot of women come here.

Did you check out these jammin'

jellies and cliterrifics?

I was thinking about you.

Honey, I'd rip off

some of those butt plugs.

They're designed for

the perfect a**hole.

Inspector Vasko.

Take a look at this.

You think the lab can do

anything with that?

- They can try recycling it.

- Great.

What about this neighbour?

Name's Guy Henderson. Claims

he never saw Medford here,

but saw women at the house.

Can he identify anybody?

I think he saw more

than he says.

His bedroom faces the house

and he's got a scope.

I didn't spy on them

or anything.

I'm sure you didn't,

Mr. Henderson.

A lot of women came up.

Men, too.

How many different women

you see over there?

I don't know.

Five or six, maybe.

Did you ever see any

of these women over there?

Yeah. Yeah, I, uh...

I think I saw her.

Patrice Jacinto.

She's been working in this

beauty parlour for six months.

Fifteen jobs in two years.

Waitress, actress...

You wonder how she put so much

dough in her account.

Ms. Jacinto?

Yes?

Could we talk to you?

Yeah. Just a second.

Ah, sh*t!

Patrice!

Watch it!

Watch out!

Patrice! Stop!

Patrice! God damn it!

God damn it, hold still!

God damn it!

Here. Here.

Shut up, sweetheart.

You're going downtown.

- F***!

- Come on, damn it!

My name is David Corelli.

I'm the assistant DA

in charge of homicide here.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Something to drink or smoke?

No. They said I couldn't

smoke in here.

They were wrong.

Let me tell you how this works.

I know, damn it!

I'm f***ing calling my lawyer!

I can't believe

you did this sh*t!

Look at this!

Look at my face!

Sit down, Patrice.

Now, sit down.

You're right. Call your attorney

and say I have a witness

who'll identify you visiting

Kyle Medford's Pacifica house.

Sound familiar? I have pictures

of you f***ing the governor

and those pictures will ruin

the governor's career.

And you know what's going to

happen then, Patrice?

Your attorney will tell you

to go f*** yourself and hang up.

The pay phone is

right out there in the hall.

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

I met Kyle at a party

and he knew I was broke,

so he offered me 500 a pop.

I mean, I f*** guys for less.

I'd go to the Pacifica house,

a guy would come

and we'd spend the night.

They wouldn't know me.

I didn't know them.

A couple of creeps

didn't even want me.

They wanted this other girl

they'd f***ed before.

They called her Jade.

One of those guys

was the governor.

Jade must have rocked his world,

because he wanted me to

bend over and turn around,

but I don't take it that way.

He told me that Jade

took it any way.

She couldn't get enough.

She loved it.

I saw her once

leaving Kyle's house.

She had long, beautifuI hair

and great legs.

I think it was her.

I never met her.

I'd like to, though.

I'm into women, mostly.

Uhh!

Somebody sawed

through your brake line.

There was no fluid

in your wheeI cylinders.

His blood count's low.

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József A. "Joe" Eszterhas (; Hungarian: [ˈjoːʒɛf ˈɛstɛrhaːʃ]; born November 23, 1944) is a Hungarian-American writer. He wrote the screenplays for the films Flashdance, Jagged Edge, Basic Instinct and Showgirls. He has also written several books, including an autobiography entitled Hollywood Animal, American Rhapsody and Crossbearer: A Memoir of Faith. more…

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