The Truth About Charlie Page #5

Synopsis: A young woman in Paris is about to divorce her husband when she discovers... he's dead; and all their money is gone. She meets a mysterious man, who tells her that the money was really his, and he wants it back, seemingly convinced that she's hiding the cash. Meanwhile, more people end up dead...
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Director(s): Jonathan Demme
Production: Universal Pictures
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.8
Metacritic:
55
Rotten Tomatoes:
34%
PG-13
Year:
2002
104 min
$5,293,525
Website
120 Views


I don't know! | Alex!

Get you hands off of me.! | Alex.!

Stamps! | Where is it? | What are you doing?

Where's Charlie's bag? | Where is it? | What?

Where's what? | The envelope!

The stamps!

Hello?

Watch out!

Chtelet.

Hello? Monsieur?

Where is everybody?

Monsieur?

Hello?

Oh, no.

It's not here. | Is it?

- You killed him! | - Of course I didn't.

- You're a murderer! | - Reggie!

Reggie.! | Reggie, don't be ridiculous.!

Reggie.!

Reggie!

- Reggie!

Reggie, wait.!

Reggie!

Reggie! Wait!

- Mr. Bartholomew! | - It's okay, Mrs. Lambert. | You're safe now.

- Are you armed, Mr. Bartholomew? | Thank God. | - At all times, Mrs. Lambert.

Well, this is convenient. | This is him.!

Joshua Peters, | Alexander Dyle... | whoever he is.

You have the assets, | Mrs. Lambert? | Wait a minute.!

The assets? Reggie! | Is this who you've been...

- No. Yes! | - So. My long-lost and | nonexistent kid brother Alex.

A.K.A. Mr. Bartholomew.

Nice to meet you.

No!

I've never seen | a ghost before.

- Pleasure's all mine. | - What's going on here?

Reggie, my name | is Lewis Bartholomew.

- Really? | - I'm a special investigator for | the Unites States Office...

of Defense Cooperation.

- Really? | - Your secret partner here | is the real Dyle.

Carson Dyle.

Mrs. Lambert,

I am Carson Dyle.

Obviously I didn't die in Yugoslavia. | Came mighty close, though.

When I asked you | about Dyle, you...

- You were describing yourself. | - That's correct, Mrs. Lambert.

I was shot up pretty bad.

Totally incapacitated.

Check on Dyle!

Unlike the others, | Charlie knew I was still alive.

He's dead!

- Chief! | - Chief!

But he told them | I was dead.

Dyle is dead!

Took the money and ran.

My God. | A farmer | and his family found me.

He was a Muslim. | His wife Christian.

They hid me, | got me to a hospital...

where a great little lady doc | put me back together.

And you've been tracking | Charlie Lake ever since.

I located him in Paris.

- Reinvented as | "Charles Lambert." | - He got wind of you?

I always told myself | I'd give Charlie | the benefit of the doubt.

I wouldn't kill him | if he gave back the money.

So long as he didn't lie.

And you did kill him?

He did lie.

Charles never told | the truth about anything.

None of you do.

Mr. Dyle. I'm really moved | that you want the O.D.C. | To get their money back.

I always complete | my assignments.

However, we still don't have | the missing funds.

And you've got blood | all over your hands.

Is it your intention | to arrest me?

- Look.

One of eight known | remaining,

inverted U.S. | "Teddy Nickels"... | X.F. grade, 1928.

The legendary | Algerian Oran 60,

original slash mark | intact, 1952.

And the true masterpiece, | the mahogany Urate Lornis,

Madagascar 1906.

The most valuable | postage stamp on | the face of the earth.

There you are, Investigator. | My work is done.

Just hand that over now, Reggie. | It's U.S. Government property.

- Reggie!

Re...

- I don't believe you just did that.

I do.

Whoa! | Carson Dyle?

Police.!

Restez calme.

- Personne ne bouge.! | - Dessalines, doucement.

You look like hell, | II-Sang Lee.

Here for you, Chief.

Carson.

Mr. Dyle.

Question. | Okay?

You didn't happen to bump | into Zadapec on the 11:20 | to London yesterday, did you?

Check on Dyle.!

Dyle is dead.!

- Chief!

- That is correct. | - I see.

Were you outside the Tango Palace | when Lola bought it?

- Chief! | - No!

- That was most unfortunate.

You've lost a lot. | None of it's coming back.

What's your point, Bartholomew? | You still have | your honor, Carson.

I've got a suggestion.

Tony?

Eric?

Put 'em down.

Chief.

See you in court, | Commandant.

It will be my pleasure.

You're under arrest | for the murder | of Charles Lambert.

On y va.

Sh*t!

Morning, Ernie.

Good morning, | Mr. Bartholomew. | Bonjour.

Bonjour, | Mr. Bartholomew.

Here are your messages. | Your mom called.

Hey, is that for me?

Is everything okay, | Mister "B"?

Miss Hoskins? | Yes, sir?

Some tea, please?

Coming right up, sir. | Thank you.

Hey, boss. | How are you, Chief?

Good job, guys.

Ah, non, non, monsieur...

I'm sorry, Mr. Bartholomew. | She's okay.

Come in. Please.

Well, well, well.

"Bartholomew."

You can call me Lewis.

This is for you, Lewis.

My late husband's minor fortune.

- Mm-hmm. | - What? But before? The fire?

Laser copies, courtesy | of Commandant Dominique.

Thank you, Reggie.

I'm not a thief. | I know.

So long, Lewis.

Quitter.

You give up | awful easy, don't you?

Not really. | Please.

Don't go. I hated deceiving you. | I'm so sorry.

Please.

All that time, | you should have trusted me!

Revealing my true identity | was never an option, Reggie.

But I never tried | to hide my feelings for you.

Oh! Lewis, what | are you really like?

There's only one way to find out.

Why should I? | Because I love you.

What?

I love you, Reggie. | And...

You've got to be kidding!

No. Never.

Oh, you're luckier | than you realize, Lewis.

Why? | 'Cause I was about to walk | out of your life for good.

And the crazy thing is... | Yes?

I would have regretted | that for...

several weeks, probably.

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Jonathan Demme

Robert Jonathan Demme ( DEM-ee; February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He rose to prominence in the 1980s with his comedy films Melvin and Howard (1980), Swing Shift (1984), Something Wild (1986), and Married to the Mob (1988), as well as the critically acclaimed concert film Stop Making Sense (1984), in collaboration with the band Talking Heads. He is best known for directing The Silence of the Lambs (1991), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director. He later directed Philadelphia (1993) and Rachel Getting Married (2008). more…

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