The Spanish Prisoner Page #2

Synopsis: Joe Ross is a rising star. He's designed a process that will make his company millions. He wants a bonus for this work, but fears his boss will stiff him. He meets a wealthy stranger, Jimmy Dell, and they strike up an off-kilter friendship. When the boss seems to set Ross up to get nothing, he seeks Dell's help. Then he learns Dell is not what he seems, so he contacts an FBI agent through his tightly-wound assistant, Susan Ricci. The FBI asks him to help entrap Dell. He accepts, a sting is arranged, but suddenly it's he who's been conned out of the process and framed for murder. Bewildered and desperate, he enlists Susan's aid to prove his innocence.
Director(s): David Mamet
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
PG
Year:
1997
110 min
1,806 Views


- Youll have to show me how.

- My pleasure.

Good evening, ladies.

Hello, girls,

Evidently intended

for our betters.

I'm gonna go off

and get into trouble,

How good of you to come out

and join us.

Here we go.

you interested in tennis?

Never had too much time for it,

That's the whole problem

with the whole thing, isn't it?

A man said, It's all right when your

hobbies get in the way of your work

but when they start to get

in the way of each other--''

My little sister plays tennis.

Alternate on the Olympic team.

Well, sorry,

What I want to say is,

thank you.

I was wrong today,

I was wrong to offer you money,

It was gauche...

and it was--

and I appreciate your gesture.

I'm in your debt, Thank you.

Glad to help,

Lovely, romantic spot,

My name is Julian Dell, by the way.

Everybody calls me Jimmy,

- Joseph Ross,

- That was a nice gesture on your part.

- I appreciate it.

- Where's the young lady?

- The young lady on the beach,

- Helicopter.

Back to Bermuda,

you wanna get a drink?

Sure,

Who is she, the young lady

on the beach?

Well, she's a princess,

You might say the title means nothing,

The country hardly exists anymore.

But perhaps it means something.

And the princess, she's what?

She's--

Well, she's married, and she's

married to a friend of mine,

- So I saw you with the camera,

- Oh, yes.

What happened to the princess?

She was, of course, never here,

- We whisked her back to her husband.

- I understand,

- Good morning.

- Morning.

George Lang, Jimmy Dell,

- The fellow with the airplane.

- That's right,

- Pleasure. Nice plane,

- Beats walkin',

A fellow said, ''We must never

forget that we are human.

And as humans, we must dream.,,

and when we dream,

we dream of money.''

Well,

Money, Impresses everyone.

What did it ever do for one?

Useful if you want

to buy things,

I got this.

- My sister,

- She young and pretty?

I think she'd qualify

as young and pretty,

Im gonna take a walk,

you wanna take a walk?

Bedtime for me,

Perhaps we'll meet

back in New York,

I hope so.

- Got a card?

- Sure,

Lovely gesture of yours,

giving me that camera,

Copies of the bills

to the main office.,,

and all incidental and personal

items as we spoke of.

I know they're high on you. They even

told me to pick up your local calls.

- I didn't call on anybody.

- Well, you missed your chance.

Should have gone hog wild on the

company and stolen a bathrobe,

- Can I talk to you for a second?

- For the purposes of billing...

if you could render our account

into American dollars,...

and we would, of course,

pay the exchange rate today,

The group has expressed an anxiety about

the possibility of insider trading.

- I'm not about to indulge--

- Just mentioned it as a matter of--

- I understand.

- you understand what?

I understand that everyone is anxious,

Would you excuse me for a minute?

Okay, let me just take you

through these charges,

- This is your room charge,

- Thank you.

- Right.

- Thank you. It's been our pleasure,

This is radioed telephone calls

to the mainland,

And these were all

room and beverage.

And this is for

the steno translator,

- Is that right?

- This is for the international calls,

The international code.

Good, thank you.

We had the line open to

Switzerland every night.

That's fine,

Good morning.

How's the world traveler today?

Don't talk to me.

Feeling poorly?

I put a thief in my mouth

to steal my brains,

How was your evening?

Actually, I had

a rather interesting one,

Whoa, whoa.

What might this be?

Rich Aunt die?

Part of my adventure took place

in the casino. Here's your half,

- My half?

- We swore to share and share alike.

- I don't need this.

- A deal's a deal,

- Give it to charity.

- Wait a second.

Ill get that.

Thank you,

you are a real gentleman.

Oh, excuse me,

I'm sorry--

Im so glad I caught you,

you're going back to New York,

- Might I ask you a service?

- Certainly,

Could you drop off

a package for me?

Could you drop this off

for my sister?

- Mrs. DeSilva at the Wiltshire?

- Sure,

- You don't mind?

- Glad to do it,

Im going to be in New York

Friday. Are you free?

- I--

- Well have dinner. Are you free?

- Of course.

- Ill call you,

- I look forward to it.

- Friday,

you may proceed to your gate.

Thank you,

May I help you, sir?

Is this the line to New York?

- Is there anything else, sir?

- yeah.

- Anymore room in first class?

- Ill check,

- This is so generous of you,

- My pleasure.

- It's an extraordinary gesture,

- It's all right.

- Remarkable,

- Baby boomer, somebody said...

''Nobody going on a business trip

would have been missed...

if he didn't arrive.''

This way, please.

- I'm sorry, miss.

- Camera.

Put it on the belt, please.

Next, step through.

See you on the plane.

- This film, is it gonna be--

- It won't hurt your film,

Just come through.

- Excuse me.

- This is so nice of you, really,

They told me I even get

to keep my return ticket,

Use it any time,

Not that I plan

to be back here, but--

- May I see your ticket?

- I know you wouldn't think it

but this gentleman arranged for

me to sit here with quality,

Shows to go you,

you never know who anybody is.

Never know who anybody is.

That girl, said she was with the FBI,

- Guess what she does.

- What does she do?

She is with the FBI.

- Funny old world,

- Funny old word?

- Dog my cats.

- Dog my cats, indeed,

you never know who anybody is.

With the exception of me.

I am what I look like. Why is that?

- I think you look just fine,

- Anybody could be anybody,

Mysterious, or--

Take that guy

who got off the seaplane.

- What about him?

- Who was he?

I don't know,

A fellow who got off a plane,

Just my point.

We think he's a fellow

who got off a plane,

Can't go around mistrusting everybody.

you mistrust everybody?

- No, just strangers,

- Aha,

- We saw him get off the plane,

- We did not,

We saw him in a boat which came

from the direction of the plane,

- I saw him get off the plane,

- Maybe that's what you think you saw.

I took a picture of you

and he's in the background.

I believe youll see--

I can't say that I'm sure--

but I think you'll see his boat just

came from the direction of the plane.

We have no idea who anyone is.

We will be arriving

in New York shortly,

you are required to fill out

a passport form.

I think Im getting the flu.

I'm taking in some Cuban cigars.

you? Did you?

Where'd you hide 'em?

Like they say at the airport,

''Did anyone give you a package?

- Did you leave your--''

- What do you mean?

Mules. People get people to bring in

dope for them, or guns or something,

Somebody gives you a package

to take back and you trust them.

Who in this world

is what they seem?

Excuse me, sir,

We will be landing momentarily,

you must return to your seat!

One moment,

- Where are we?

- How do you feel?

My imagination, or was that new

secretary with us up in first class?

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David Mamet

David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director. As a playwright, Mamet has won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow. more…

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