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Synopsis: The Siege is a 1998 American action thriller film directed by Edward Zwick. The film is about a fictional situation in which terrorist cells have made several attacks on New York City. The film stars Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Tony Shalhoub, and Bruce Willis as the U.S. Army Major General William Devereaux.
Genre: Action, Thriller
Production: 20th Century Fox
  2 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
53
Rotten Tomatoes:
44%
R
Year:
1998
116 min
926 Views


FRED:

Excuse me, sir. I think you should

see this. Came in on the Fax.

Only two words are written: "RELEASE HIM."

HUB:

Release him? Him who? Who are we

holding?

TINA:

Marv Albert?

SUSSMAN:

McVeigh? Sheik what's-his-name from

the Trade Center.

FRANK:

-- Omar Abdel Rahman... a**hole.

FRED:

The Hamas guy got released in April.

FRANK:

Under protest.

HUB:

(looks at the fax)

Why be coy about it?

SUSSMAN:

You think it's phony?

TINA:

(covering the phone)

Hub, somebody's flashing a government

badge over at the warehouse where

they're working on the bus. Our tech

guys want to know if we're cooperating

with any other agencies on this thing.

Off Hub's look, we:

CUT TO:

AN OLD WAREHOUSE IN BROOKLYN - DUSK

Hub and Haddad join AGENT FLOYD ROSE, a tall Black man.

AGENT ROSE:

-- She's looking for wiring signatures

on the device and asking for copies

of any latent prints we've managed

to lift.

HUB:

-- Agency?

AGENT ROSE:

Smells like it. Turns out she's also

been talking to some of the

passengers.

THEY OPEN THE DOOR

In the klieg lights -- THE BUS. Men in white coats dust every

inch and generally behave as if investigating a crashed UFO.

In their midst, a young WOMAN, midwestern pretty in a serious

suit. She looks up as Hub enters.

HUB:

Hi.

WOMAN:

Hi, there.

HUB:

Special Agent Anthony Hubbard. FBI.

WOMAN:

Oh, sh*t, I've been trying to liaise

with you all day. My name is Elise

Kraft, National Security Council.

She offers her hand. Hub doesn't take it yet.

HUB:

-- And you've been trying to "liaise"

with me all day? Did you think of

trying the phone book, Elise? We

have fourteen lines, that's not

counting the unlisted ones.

ELISE:

(still holds out hand)

Hi, I'm Elise Kraft, National Security

Council.

Finally, he takes her hand. And doesn't let go.

HUB:

And I'm Colin Powell. What exactly

do you people want with my bus.

She tries to take her hand away, but he tightens his grip.

ELISE:

We're all on the same team here,

Agent Hubbard.

HUB:

Who exactly is "we" on this particular

team, Elise?

ELISE:

It's never the question that's

indiscreet, only the answer.

He smiles. She smiles back. Convinced she's charmed him.

HUB:

Tell you what, you send me an official

inter-agency request for cooperation

on this and I'll give you copies of

everything we come up with. Otherwise,

get your ass on out of here before

you contaminate my crime scene any

more than you already have.

ELISE:

There's no reason to be nasty.

HUB:

You think this is nasty?

(smiles)

In case you haven't heard. The CIA

has no charter to operate

domestically. Which puts you in

violation of federal law.

ELISE:

Not according to the Cooperation

Agreement, Special Order 12333 -- I

suggest you reread the paragraph on

sharing information. I happen to be

well within my authority.

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Lawrence Wright

Lawrence Wright (born August 2, 1947) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, screenwriter, staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, and fellow at the Center for Law and Security at the New York University School of Law. Wright is best known as the author of the 2006 nonfiction book The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11. Wright is also known for his work with documentarian Alex Gibney who directed film versions of Wright's one man show My Trip to Al-Qaeda and his book Going Clear. more…

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