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Synopsis: CIA operative Nathan Muir (Redford) is on the brink of retirement when he finds out that his protege Tom Bishop (Pitt) has been arrested in China for espionage. No stranger to the machinations of the CIA's top echelon, Muir hones all his skills and irreverent manner in order to find a way to free Bishop. As he embarks on his mission to free Bishop, Muir recalls how he recruited and trained the young rookie, at that time a sergeant in Vietnam, their turbulent times together as operatives and the woman who threatened their friendship.
Director(s): Tony Scott
Production: Universal Pictures
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
63
Rotten Tomatoes:
66%
R
Year:
2001
126 min
$62,326,785
Website
2,841 Views


based on relevant personal

histories and op records.

This has to be handled

with kid gloves.

How long does the president

have to claim him?

- Twenty-four hours.

- Starting when?

As of now, Nathan.

Bishop has been classified

as a common criminal,

and will be executed

at 8:
00 A.M. tomorrow

morning, our time.

What about the press?

Why not leak it and throw

the spotlight on China,

and buy us some time?

We need the press on this

like we need a third teat.

- You using the other two?

- [ Troy Chuckling ]

We don't want outside influences

to... Iimit our options.

What was Bishop

doing in China?

He was with an operation

for Harry Duncan.

Was?

Yes.

Until he took matters

into his own hands.

Well, where are they

holding him?

- Oh, I'm sorry, Nathan.

- It would be nice to know

what gaps are filled.

I've only got ten fingers

here, you know?

[ Inhales Deeply ]

I guess, kind of

tough timing, hmm?

A week before

the president's road trip.

You guys afraid there's gonna

be a congressional hearing?

That's why we're transcribing

and videotaping. Right?

Are you gonna

want me to testify?

- No.

- No?

Absolutely not.

- You met Bishop in Vietnam, right?

- Yeah.

[ Sighs ]

Spring of'75.

Hue had just fallen. Danang

would go in a couple of days.

And I had flown in country

to get an ARVN sniper...

who'd been with us

throughout the Phoenixprogram.

He was a heavy hitter

named Binh.

dd [ Rockk ]

d Spent the last year

Rockky Mountain way d

d It's time to open fire d

d And we don 't need

the ladies d

d Cryin ' 'cause the story's sad d

[ I nd isti nct ]

- I got some bad news

foryou, sir:
he's dead.

- Dead?

J ust before dawn.

Caught a mortar round

with his teeth.

Got anybody else?

There's a staff sergeant

came my way a while back,

but he's nowhere near

Binh's 40 confirmed.

How many has he got?

Three kills.

Christ, and that's

the best you got?

He's a fine shot, sir.

Where is he?

Right over there.

Where, in the backk?

Yeah.

There is another guy,

at least two days away.

- Confirm that for me?

- Yes, sir.

Why is he over there?

They live separate...

from the other men,

cook their own food-- gook food.

Smells awful, sir.

Not to the enemy.

Send him in.

Yes, sir.

[ Men Chattering,

Shouting ]

- Yes, sir?

- Bishop?

That's correct, sir.

- [ Clears Throat ]

Where are you from?

- Hemet, California, sir.

Here.

Have a seat.

I take it you didn't get

to be a marksman putting food

on your mama's table.

No, sir, we have

a Safeway back home.

Where'd you learn

to shoot?

Boy Scouts, sir.

[ Laughs ]

Are you kiddin' me?

No, sir.

When did you get

pulled in?

I volunteered, sir.

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Michael Frost Beckner

Michael Frost Beckner (born September 3, 1963) is an American screenwriter and producer of film and television, best known for writing the 1993 action thriller Sniper, starring Tom Berenger and Billy Zane. more…

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