Shadow Conspiracy

Synopsis: Bobby Bishop (Sheen) is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street. Pochenko has time to tell Bishop about some conspiracy in the White House but then immediately gets killed by an assassin. Now bad guys are after Bobby as the only man who knows about a plot. Bishop must now not only survive, but to stop the conspirators from achieving their goal. And he doesn't know whom to trust.
Genre: Action, Thriller
Director(s): George P. Cosmatos
Production: Hollywood Pictures
 
IMDB:
4.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
0%
R
Year:
1997
103 min
254 Views


(TELEPHONE RINGS)

WOMAN ON TELEPHONE:

Mr Pochenko. go ahead. please.

MAN:
Bobby. I must see you right away!

MAN 2:
Hey. Professor! What's up?

Don't tell me - your study group

of conspiracy nuts

finally figured out who killed JFK. right?

Bobby. you were never

so disrespectful

when you were my student.

I MUST see you immediately.

I'll have Janet schedule a dinner.

It'd be great to catch up with you.

This is not backburner. Bobby.

I have to see you today!

When can you meet me?

You got a problem. tell me now

and I vvill take care of it.

This is not something

I can discuss on an unsecure phone.

Alright. Professor. I'll be home by 10:00.

You come by then

and we'll talk about it. alright?

I'll be there.

I just wish we had more proof.

These names. the surveillance data

are just fragments.

You just have to convince Bishop.

If he knows where to look.

God!

I'm terrified.

Very good. Neil. Keep searching.

(PUCCINI'S 'NESSUN DORMA'

PLAYS:

(Puppies whimper)

(COMPUTER BEEPS AND RATTLES )

(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER )

MAN:
I could take off!

MAN 2:
Bobby. get off your ass!

Yeah. free shot! Here we go!

Nice shot! Watch the back door. man.

You. Bobby! It's all you!

Oh. no. no. I got it! Oh. yeah!

Let's go. let's go. let's go!

Here we go. here we go!

(MOBILE PHONE RINGS)

Time out. gentlemen.

Time out?

Bishop.

Don't tell me.

Alright. I'm on my way.

Yo. Bobby. Think your man could hook

the brothers up with some jobs?

I'll run it past him.

Soon as your contract

with the Bullets expires.

F***in' Bobby Bishop!

See you guys next Saturday.

Who'd have ever thought?

Thanks. guys!

You're welcome. Mr Bishop.

Sorry to bust up your day with this.

I finally get my jump shot back

and you call me in? What's up?

The redoubtable Bobby Bishop

not in the know?

That'll be the day.

Let me guess - you've seen

his draft of Monday's speech

and it's a little more than we expected?

"A little more" is hardly

the expression I would use.

Papers are gonna kill us.

Everybody's inside. Let's go.

(People chatter)

Hello. everyone. Mr Vice President.

Alan.

Bobby.

James.

Robert!

Morning. Robert.

Charles.

Bobby. he's been up there all day

working on that speech.

He wants change - big change.

Yes. but what he wants is radical.

Too far-reaching.

It's gonna scare the hell

out of the financial markets.

He wants to freeze all government

contracts - not only that...

Make massive Defense cuts.

MAN:
We're talking about millions

of people out of work overnight.

WOMAN:
You know What that will do

to the stock exchange.

MAN:
The man has created

an agenda for disaster.

It's far too much for the country

to handle all at once.

Not to mention a PR nightmare.

Since he won the election.

he's not listening to anybody.

It's as though

he were suddenly unaccountable.

He refuses to recognise

that change like this

has to be made step-by-step.

otherwise we'll be eaten alive

before we can get the American

public to understand and accept it.

And a draft of the speech

was leaked to the Herald'.

Who's writing the story?

Amanda Givens.

The perennial pain in the ass.

Certainly a persistent thorn in our sides.

Where is he now?

In the Office.

But he asked not to be disturbed

before dinner.

Well. I think I'd better go disturb him.

(Sighs) Bobby's the only one

who can get through to him.

Screw them.

These gutless bureaucrats.

They think this will bury the Party.

Do you agree?

Well. it is pretty risky.

A move this radical could send

the markets tumbling.

You don't know that.

Well. it could be.

But even if they drop.

It'll only be temporary.

My bet is in the long run

they'll be twice as strong.

Bobby. in my first term.

I listened to the experts.

I didn't rock the boat.

Well, I'm not gonna Wait any longer.

You don't have to convince me.

But you'll have a hell of a time

getting it through Congress.

I only have four years left.

If Congress doesn't like it.

there'll be a hell of a fight.

If I fail. I've failed trying.

Do I have to remind you

who helped draft this speech. Bobby?

I guess you're a little more daring

when you're 14 points behind

on the campaign trail

and half a bottle of Scotch

under your belt.

I just found out the story's

been leaked to the 'Herald'.

And with that much lead time.

There's a good chance

your opponents will massacre you

before you even get your ideas out.

Let me kill the story for now.

You can't sneak up on the enemy

when they know you're coming.

So how long do you Want me

to delay this speech?

Just a couple of days. sir. That's all.

Alright.

Good. I'll let them know.

Well?

He's agreed to reconsider for now.

Think you'll be able

to kill the story?

The Herald' goes to press in two hours.

The damage is done.

Well. like you said. sir.

we do have two hours.

That's not enough time.

It is for me. unless you'd rather

keep me here arguing about it.

Your boy is a confident

little prick. isn't he?

A prick? Really.

I find it so difficult

to distinguish between the...

...pricks and everyone else

around here.

Sir.

'Washington Herald'?

I have Senator Joseph Powers

calling for Amanda Givens.

MAN ON PHONE:
Uh. Miss Givens

is out on assignment.

Hold. please.

Bobby. she's out on assignment.

You Wore that tie yesterday.

That was yesterday.

Does she no longer keep

her appointments

with United States senators?

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Adi Hasak

Adi Hasak is an American screenwriter, producer, and former journalist. He is the creator of the American crime drama series, Shades of Blue, which stars Jennifer Lopez, Ray Liotta, and Drea de Matteo. The series premiered of January 7, 2016 on NBC. Hasak is a frequent collaborator with Luc Besson, and the pair have jointly written and produced two feature films, From Paris With Love, starring John Travolta, and 3 Days To Kill, starring Kevin Costner. He also co-wrote the 1997 film, The Shadow Conspiracy.He recently developed the drama series Eyewitness, which is based on the Norwegian series Øyevitne, for American television. It premiered on USA Network on October 16, 2016. more…

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