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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
1,810 Views


what we tell you to do,

You've got to start

listening to me,

Sir, we need you

to put your camera through.

Please proceed to the international

departure area beyond security gates.

- Everything's fine.

- My teddy bear!

- It's gonna be through any second,

- Now, look!

- It's gonna be just fine,

- you got your fingerprints on the book,

you've torn it, and you've got

your fingerprints all over it!

Book, He left

his fingerprints on it.

He left his fingerprints

on the tennis book.

See, when I press the button,

the bear will come right through,

There's nothing to be afraid of,

Nothing in the world.

Here comes the bear now.

What did I tell you?

Book. Tennis book.

He left his fingerprints on it,

What happened back there?

- There's prints on it.

- What?

Dell must have left his prints

on the torn tennis book,

Well.,,

well have to get back

to New York and get it.

Well, indeed, we will.

What happened back there?

How did they get on to you back there?

The alarms at the airport.

- I don't know.

- No matter at all,

The important thing

is to get you out of here,

Where are we going?

We'll get into Boston.

Well figure it out,

I'm gonna tell you what, No matter.

We'll get to New York and get the book,

- What?

- We're gonna call up,

We'll get someone to take it

to the cops, Who can we call?

Im gonna call Klein,

Right back,

- Traveling?

- yes.

Ticket, please.

Sir, I'm afraid this boat

doesn't go that far.

What?

you got a ticket here

for Venezuela.

Why would you want to go there?

Why would you want to go there?

Because they have

no extradition treaty,

Good.

- I got Mr. Klein on the phone.

- Let's go, Come on,

- you okay?

- Im fine, You?

- yeah, you found him?

- What?

- Mr. Klein,

- yes, found him.

Good.

He left his fingerprints

on the book.

So he wasn't that smart, was he?

Say that again.

Why would someone do that?

Why would somebody

go into a life of crime?

I don't know,

I think there are people

we can't understand,

To steal what others worked for?

To kill?

We can't know, Joe,

Golly, Joe, l--

Oh.

Why?

Why? For the money.

What was the idea?

I was to be shot at the airport?

Can I ask what you plan

to do with me?

I don't know,

Something probably understanding,

though, knowing you.

I suppose you think

that makes me weak?

Im just so sorry

I can't be that generous,

And we come to the end

of a perfect day.

Clang, clang, end of the line,

- What's he been telling you?

- Sweet nothings,

- Well, shall we wrap it up?

- So, how does it end?

Well, it appears you stole,

you killed, you kidnapped her.

you did it all for the money,

and now, overcome with remorse...

you took your own life.

- What could be more appropriate?

- And if I don't cooperate?

I'm afraid you have no choice.

Why?

Because money makes the mare go,

Nobody lives forever.

The important thing is

to enjoy yourself.

Kill him.

When we have finished--

Please,

Didn't your mother

have a dog named Paddy?

- What?

- Didn't she have a dog named Paddy?

This must be a big day for you,

See if you can get him

to tell you where the process is.

We need to know

where the process is.

But you're doing fine.

Afraid we don't have

too much time.

What'd you do with the process?

That's your last request?

yes, Could you grant me that?

We took the report...

and we sold it to Switzerland,

We put it on a CD-ROM,

I get a hundred million in my

bank account as soon as you're dead,

you don't have to do this.

I enjoy doing it, actually,

But thank you for your concern,

Good-bye.

And now I suppose youll

take the process to Japan?

United States Marshal Service,

actually.

- Did you have to kill him?

- Didn't kill him.

Stun gun.

Fast-acting tranquilizer.

- Good shooting.

- Stun gun? What if you missed?

Well, then it'd be

back to the range for me.

The whole thing was set up by your boss,

Mr. Klein, to steal the process.

He used you to steal it

and to get away with the crime,

There's only two keys to the safe,

and he didn't want to take it,

Then you had to.

you've been watching

the whole time?

your tax dollars at work,

I want to see everyone

back at the office,

- Nobody looks at a Japanese tourist,

- Yo, boss,

Can you help me?

you're the Boy Scout.

Can I be your good deed

for today?

Can't you help me, Joe?

I'm afraid you're gonna have to spend

some time in your room...

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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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