The Good Shepherd Page #9

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
3,214 Views


Edward, I am so tired.

Can't this way until tomorrow?

I'd appreciate it if you played it now.

Now.

I just wanted to hear something

from you that was true.

He was careless.

FBI. You're under arrest. Stand up.

Didn't learn how to hide in plain sight.

Where are they taking me?

I can't go home.

You know they can trust me anymore.

You know what they will do to me?

Sorry Edward.

I truly did like you.

In another world we actually

would have been quite good friends.

Hey. Are you still there mother?

Your worst fear has come true.

Alone and friendless.

Without a country of your own.

We have a whole new place to fight over.

The stars.

Your offer.

I have to decline.

You've succeeded in stopping

us from taking back Cuba.

The damage is done.

There is no need for you to hurt my son.

Lets just leave it between you and me.

Very well.

I will wait.

But there will come a time

when I will ask you with a problem

that wouldn't cost you much

but would be of some value to me.

You never know what

the future will bring.

Friends can be enemies

and enemies friends.

This girl.

Neither of us can be sure about her.

But she's about to be

a part of your family.

I believe in family.

You want her to be a

part of your family.

Don't you?

It was good to see you.

We will talk again.

My dear friend.

speaking Russian

Sorry to bother.

I want to buy a little

souvenir to my daughter.

They have no change.

speaking Russian

What does it cost?

Here. It's a gift.

Regards from the United

States government.

It's a cardinal rule to

be generous in a democracy.

Thank you.

So where is she?

We are going to meet her at the church.

I can't wait to meet her.

Yes. That's good.

Come on in.

Hello Margaret.

Well let's celebrate.

I'll get some champagne

How was the flight?

It was long.

How do you like living in Phoenix.

It's the first time I've slept in years.

Here we go.

To your happiness.

To your happiness.

Your wife.

What have you done.

Will you go inside mother?

You can go inside, mother.

Please, just go in the church.

She's pregnant.

You can't know the difference.

No.

I love you.

I love you so much.

Mr. Wilson?

Mr. Hayes.

You've been here before Mother?

No I haven't.

Who's idea was that?

It's classified.

Mr. Allen has notified

the President he'll resign.

Something about Swiss bank accounts.

Where did these come from?

They were in the car.

I thought you had them sent down, sir.

Seems the greedy bastard has

been hiding money away for years.

Whoever had the statementsm

sent it to him in a box of Swiss chocolates.

Wasn't you, was it.

The President asked me to become director

and do a complete

housecleaning at my discretion.

I need someone I can trust.

After all, we're still brothers.

This building doesn't get built without you.

Your're CIA's heart and soul.

Who knows.

You might have a secret about

me in that safe of yours.

This whole wing

will be your part of the World.

Counter intelligence.

Take a look around. I've

got an oversight meeting.

Can you imagine?

They think they can look into our closet.

As if we'll let them.

I remember a senator once asked me,

when we talk about CIA

why we never use the

work THE in front of it.

And I asked him,

do you put the work THE in front of God?

They are right what they said about me.

I was weak.

A coward.

I compromised myself

My honor, my family.

My country.

I am ashamed of myself.

To my wife.

I'm sorry I've done this to you.

To my son.

I hope you will grow to be a courageous man.

A good husband.

A good father.

I hope whatever you decide to do

you lead a good full life.

I hope whatever your dreams may be,

come true.

Your loving husband and father.

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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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