The Good Shepherd Page #8

Synopsis: Laconic and self-contained, Edward Wilson heads CIA covert operations during the Bay of Pigs. The agency suspects that Castro was tipped, so Wilson looks for the leak. As he investigates, he recalls, in a series of flashbacks, his father's death, student days at Yale (poetry; Skull and Bones), recruitment into the fledgling OSS, truncated affairs, a shotgun marriage, cutting his teeth on spy craft in London, distance from his son, the emergence of the Cold War, and relationships with agency, British, and Soviet counterparts. We watch his idealism give way to something else: disclosing the nature of that something else is at the heart of the film's narration as he closes in on the leak.
Director(s): Robert De Niro
Production: Universal Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
53%
R
Year:
2006
167 min
$59,839,040
Website
3,320 Views


the truth serum at once.

I've nothing to hide.

I am who I say I am.

I know.

We sent those who are leaving us

to go into the World, with the knowledge

wherever they go

whatever they do

They will never be alone.

They will always be one of us.

And we sing

Bonesmen, all here.

All here.

singing

I didn't know you smoked.

There are a few things

you don't know about me.

I've spoken to a recruiter here.

I would like, very much, to join CIA.

There a lot of things you can do, Edward.

I'd like you to think about this carefully.

I have thought about it very carefully.

It's what I want to do

I want to join the agency.

I want to make you proud of me.

I am proud of you.

Well I've made up my mind father.

You can stop him.

He doesn't understand what he's getting into

you can stop him.

I can't tell him what to do.

Yes you can.

No.

Yes you can because

he is doing it for you.

Because he wants you to be proud of him

and he wants to feel closer to you.

You can have them rejected him.

Absolutely not. I won't do that to him.

Of course you won't.

You won't do anything for anyone but yourself.

That is unfair.

Unfair.

That is unfair.

You abandon people when

they need you the most.

I don't abandon people.

You abandon people.

I do not abandon people.

It's true.

I've stood by you.

Stood by me?

For 22 to years I've stood by you.

You don't what it is to stand by somebody.

I've stood by you and I've stood by him.

You ignored him.

I've done everything to

be a good father to him.

You have done no such thing.

I married you because of him.

I know you don't love me.

But you love him.

And no matter what

you should stand by him

and you should protect him.

I dont need you to tell me

I have to protect my son.

Promise me that you will protect him.

I'll protect him.

Today, in Havana, Fidel Castro expelled

high profile crime figures from Cuba.

He's taking control of their hotels and casinos.

Popular vacation destinations

for many Americans.

Castro has nationalized over a billion dollars

from US businesses in the past six months.

And there is not telling what the communist dictator

I want to see a man about a hat.

He had 3 casinos down there

until Castro sent them home.

These people know how to be discreet.

With the right encouragement, he could help.

And he's very patriotic.

Jimmy.

Mr. Carlson.

Tina. The kids.

Alright. Come on kids.

Sit down.

Some water, some coffee, whatever?

Is there someplace else we could go.

All right daddy. We're going down to

the beach. We'll be back in a while.

Make sure they don't go into the

water unless somebody is watching them.

No, I'm going to let them down.

Make sure they put their shoes

on. They'll burn their feet.

Yea. We're getting their shoes.

All right come on. Lets go.

So, what do you want

to talk to me about?

The government is about to deport

you, for certain activities.

I've been in this country

since I'm two months old.

Whats that make me. Italian?

I'm American.

And they are trying to send me back?

They can have the deportation order reviewed.

Have you classified as highly sensitive

for national security.

I can take the government off

your back it you can help us.

You are the guys that scare me.

You're the people that make big wars.

No. We make sure the wars

are small ones, Mr. Palmi.

Let me ask you something.

We Italians, we got our

families and we got the church.

The Irish, they have the homeland.

The Jews, their tradition.

Even the n*ggers. They've got their music.

What about you people, Mr. Carlson?

What do you have?

The United States of America.

The rest of you are just visiting.

The president wants the noise

level on the operation turned down.

How many men are involved?

Fifteen hundred.

Tell them we are going instead to Bahia de Cochinos.

Noise level will be way down.

See you inside.

Could you hear what

we were talking about?

No. I didn't hear anything.

If something was heard.

It has to stay in this room.

Oh, I know that, father.

All right.

Bonesmen.

All here.

Agency first.

God second.

Thank you Lord.

For bringing us here safely here

to be with our brothers

and loved ones again.

Our prayers are with our brothers

whom God has seen fit to take

into his gentle arms this year.

The honorable Senator

John Russell Senior.

Mr. Stephen Lummis Evans.

Would you like to dance Clover?

I haven't been Clover for a long time.

I'm going to Phoenix

to live with my mother.

Based on the ringing of the church bells

we're going to assume the recording was made

at the same time the photograph was taken.

We've check the schedules for

flights leaving major airports

at or around 10 o'clock at

night for a two week period.

There were flights leaving nine cities.

Six were places that would also

potentially have a fan made in Belgium.

Five of those places were also either

tropical or in their summer seasons.

Three of those were places

where French is spoken.

We think the tape was made in either

Dakar, Abidjan or Congo Leo.

It is all gone.

Hello mother.

Let me show you.

As you see, no cameras,

no tape recorders.

There is nothing else to know.

Can I play something for you?

Everything is a secret.

?????

What was such a big secret

that his own son couldn't know?

He was standing outside talking.

I heard something I wasn't supposed to,

and he knew I'd listened his conversation.

I heard him say something in Spanish.

Bahia de Cochinos.

Bahia de Cochinos.

I'm afraid of him.

Your are safe here with me.

People who really love each

other don't have secrets.

I have something for you.

I love you so much.

I love you so much.

She's been an active asset

of ours for some time.

Until now.

She loves your son.

Sometimes even

spies fall in love.

We can protect him.

Make him safe.

Nobody would know. Not even him.

All it would require is for you

to help us.

When your help is needed.

I thought you would like to see this.

She is a very pretty girl.

It is easy to see why he fell for her.

I know it is an extremely

difficult situation for you.

But I am afraid I'm going to need your answer very soon.

You must decide

what is of more importance to you

your country or

or your son.

She is not who you think she is.

She's not a friendly, Edward.

I don't believe you.

Why should I believe you?

You told me yourself not to trust anybody.

You're the master of creating the truth.

I love her.

I've asked her to marry me.

I will not let you

take that away from me.

I can't protect you anymore.

I can't keep you safe.

Safe?

Safe?

I never felt safe.

I was always frighten.

I always lived in fear that something

awful was going to happen to you.

Or if not, to mother or to me.

I was always afraid because

everything was a secret.

Edward.

Hello, may I come in.

Yes, of course.

Is everything all right?

I was on my way home from work

and I had this overwhelming desire

to hear you play the violin.

Play the violin?

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Eric Roth

Eric Roth (born March 22, 1945) is an American screenwriter. He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Forrest Gump (1994). He also co-wrote the screenplays for several Oscar-nominated films: The Insider (1999), Munich (2005), and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). more…

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