Moving Target Page #5

Synopsis: Toby Kellogg is an aspiring musician, who's sent off to music school over the summer. Not wishing to stay away from his band and potential girlfriend, he slips away late one night, where soon after police storm his sleeping dorm in looking for him. He returns home, expecting further grief from his folks and disappointment from his kid brother David, only to find his family is nowhere to be found, in fact house is completely devoid of all it's contents...in-short abandoned. He isn't aware that his father stumbled across a mafia conspiracy and has been spirited away along with his wife and son, by witness protection program. But none of that matters know since an ace assassin has just gunned down his closest friend in mistaken identity and is now back to correct his goof.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Chris Thomson
Production: NBC
 
IMDB:
5.9
NOT RATED
Year:
1988
100 min
77 Views


No. I thought you

Were gonna check in.

Where have you been?

Where haven't i been?

Did you find out anything?

Zippety-doo-dah.

I can't talk right now.

Meet me after work

At heaven.

Seven o'clock?

Be there. Aloha.

Hi, how ya doing?

I was wondering

If you could tell me

Who's selling

That house back there.

Are you in the market

To buy some real estate?

Maybe. My friend

Used to live there.

I was just wondering

Where they moved.

Can't help you.

Couldn't you just give me

Their new address?

No.

How about a phone number?

Sorry.

Area code?

Uh-uh.

Well, you've done everything

Humanly possible. Thanks.

Hey.

( horn honks )

( honk honk )

( lively music playing )

Hi.

I thought you'd

Never get here.

Do you have

Any quarters?

Yeah.

Let's go.

Where are we going?

I got the number.

Whose number?

My parents. I stole it

From this woman

Who's selling our house.

( telephone rings )

Justice department.

What's the matter?

Boy, did i get

The wrong number.

( ring )

Justice department.

We keep doing that

And we're gonna go broke.

Damn kids.

( ring )

Hello.

Toby:
hello?

Yes? How can i help you?

Who is this?

This is fred dobbins.

who's this?

Why are you selling

My father's house?

Toby...

don't hang up!

Who is this?

toby, don't hang up.

where are you?

toby, tell me

where you are.

Toby, tell me

Where you are!

Got him.

toby!

Think you can walk

Out of here quietly?

Or would you rather end up

Like your friend up there

In mtv land?

We can do it either way.

Toby:
megan, let's go!

Come on!

Megan!

( ringing )

Dine and dash!

Little jerk's

Skippin' his check!

Get back here, buddy!

Hey, get back here!

Out of my way!

Hey, man,

Mind your own business.

This is my business!

( sirens blaring )

Man:
slow down, kid.

( sirens )

Come on!

No!

Come on!

Aah!

Hey, kid!

What are you doing?!

Megan:
aah!

Can you believe this?

What are you

Doing here?

Who are you?

I'm doing my job,

Just like you, officers.

How would you like it

If somebody ditched

A check at your restaurant?

I'll get on the radio.

Ow.

Careful.

Watch out.

You have to go

To the police.

Jeff is dead.

He would have

Killed you, too.

Do you understand that?

He was my best friend.

Why did he have

To kill him?

I don't know.

He was a brave kid.

It's not always

Gonna feel like this.

That guy is still out

There, isn't he?

Yeah.

But we'll find him.

I promise you.

Where's megan?

We took her home.

We told her

As much as we could.

And how is she?

She's upset.

She's gonna miss you.

Hi, it's fred dobbins.

I've got somebody here

Who would like

To speak to you.

Hello?

Hi, dad.

Toby:
federal witness

Protection program?

You guys really do that?

Dobbins:
yep.

Why couldn't you send us

Somewhere more happenin',

Like hana or maui?

Luck of the draw.

When does my father

Testify?

It's not for a while yet.

He's done us

A tremendous service.

Without him,

Our case goes right down

The proverbial toilet.

He's our link to how

All of it was done.

So, he's part of the mob,

Isn't he?

Your dad's only mistake

Was looking the other way.

It's understandable

In his position.

Why didn't he

Tell me anything?

He knew you guys

Were coming

To pick me up at camp.

He didn't know at the time.

He wasn't sure at that point

Whether or not

He was gonna testify,

So life had to be

Played out as usual

Until we could make

Arrangements.

Might have aroused

Suspicion otherwise.

Does it snow in boston?

Yeah, but look at it this way--

You get the celtics.

( toby chuckles )

What'd you name the dog?

Hmm?

You said everyone

Had to have new names.

What'd you

Name the dog?

I only meant the humans.

Of course, we could change it,

If you want us to.

Are you kidding?

It's one of a kind.

It's classic.

Matter of fact,

I think somebody

Took care of new tags.

Your little brother

Was ready to take on

The entire federal government.

What is this

One-of-a-kind name, anyway?

Come here.

As in "come here."

Pretty clever, huh?

Yeah, i think that is

Pretty damn clever.

What's the matter?

( chuckles )

( sniffles,

Clears throat )

P.a.:
the white zone is for

immediate loading and unloading

of passengers only.

Dobbins:

Next stop, boston, mass.

Toby:

Some parade you got here.

P.a.:
the white zone is for

immediate loading and unloading

of passengers only.

Hey, sir!

This is a no parking zone!

Okay, gang, let's go.

Toby will be here in an hour.

Are we going

To the airport?

No.

They'll let us go to

A crowded shopping center,

But they won't let us

Go to the airport.

I don't care

What they do

As long as they get our kid

Back here in one piece.

Come here,

Get in the car!

Hey, trev,

What did i tell you

About that?

That dog gets lost, no one's

Gonna know where he belongs!

Mom, do i have to go?

Sarah:
jody, honey, not today.

Just get in the car.

Where is everybody?

What do you mean?

Aren't there

Supposed to be

A bunch of

Your guys around

To protect me?

What do you want,

A parade?

The idea is not

To attract attention.

It's just you and me, kid.

Oh, i get it. No parade,

But i still get the clown.

P.a.:
will the representative

from boston tours

please meet your party

at baggage carousel 4.

You want to tell me how to

Get to dorchester heights?

( clears throat )

( coughs )

First you get on the 294 east

Till you reach dixie highway.

Then you go south.

It takes about 30 minutes,

Depending on traffic.

Once you're on dixie--

Where are you going?

It's 1540 greensboro drive.

Well, the 1500 block

Is right around here.

Okay, thanks.

( speaking french over p.a.)

P.a.:
flight 22 commuter service

between boston and nantucket

is now ready for boarding

at gate 2b.

All set?

Yeah. Can i hit

The head first?

Sure.

( coughing )

P.a.:
arriving passenger

chris mckay,

please pick up

the white courtesy telephone.

Hell of a flight, huh?

I don't know about you,

But i slept like a baby.

( whispering )

Thanks, pal.

That's him. That's him!

Mr. Dobbins. Mr. Dobb--

Aah.

He knows where they are,

Doesn't he?

Where is my family?

Where's my family?!

Man:
that guy is robbing him!

Hey, what--

Woman:
oh, no!

Man:
hey!

Man:
stop that young punk!

Stop him!

Man:
call security!

( telephone rings )

Justice.

This guy just killed dobbins

And he's gonna kill my family.

Just hold on a second,

Slow down. Give me

The information again.

who am i talking to?

toby kellogg.

Dobbins was just murdered.

This guy knows

Where my family lives

And he's gonna kill 'em.

Son, this sounds like

A police matter.

Let me connect you with

The appropriate authorities.

Dobbins was

A federal marshal.

You guys moved us here from l.a.

My dad's gonna testify.

You were supposed to be

Protecting him,

Only i don't even

Know where he lives.

What's your father's name?

Joseph kellogg.

Dorchester heights!

They're somewhere

In dorchester heights.

Don't hang up.

( snaps fingers )

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