Norman Page #4

Synopsis: Norman Oppenheimer is the President of New York based Oppenheimer Strategies. His word-of-mouth business is consulting work largely in American-Israeli business and politics, that focus due to being Jewish. Most of that work is as a fixer: doing work that others don't want to do and with which they don't want to be officially associated. In reality, Norman is a shyster, and not a very good one at that. His office is comprised of his cell phone and whatever is stuffed in his satchel which is usually slung over his shoulder as he wanders the streets. What he promises is making connections, setting up a meeting between his guy and the other guy. Generally, "his guy" is non-existent, he dropping names of people he usually doesn't know to make connections. A usual tactic he uses is to say that his deceased wife was personally connected to so-and-so, such as being a babysitter, those stories always untrue. All he needs is for one of the people that he approaches to believe a story to build t
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Joseph Cedar
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
75
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
R
Year:
2016
118 min
$3,814,868
Website
228 Views


Yeah. Sure. Sure, why not.

- Good.

- I'm staying at the Warwick.

You can leave a message for me there

with the details.

Okay. Will do.

- Thank you. Thank you, Norman...

- Oppenheimer.

- Oppenheimer.

- Norman Oppenheimer. Yeah.

Here. Take this.

It has my private number in back.

No matter what,

whenever you are in Israel,

Norman Oppenheimer,

if you ever need anything, feel free to call.

(LAUGHS)

This is me.

Micha Eshel. E-S-H-E-L.

Just tell him he is the guy that is in charge

of regulating the energy industry.

Can you do that for me?

Oh, my name?

My... My name is Norman Oppenheimer.

Yeah. No, Mr. Eshel is

a very, very close friend of mine.

Well, just get back to me, okay?

Could you do that?

Thank you. Thank you.

NORMAN:
I got a meeting!

What? With Jo Wilf?

No, no, no. Better. Better. With Arthur Taub.

Yeah, him and my Israeli guy.

At Taub's house, tonight.

How did you manage that?

I told you. I'm a good swimmer.

(LINE RINGING)

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

(LINE CONTINUES RINGING)

Yeah, hey.

Could you connect me

to Mr. Eshel's room, please?

Well, could I leave a message?

Norman Oppenheimer.

(SPEAKING IN HEBREW)

Did he say what he does?

He's a businessman...

some kind of investment fund.

I'm not sure exactly. A warm Jew...

DUBY:
Micha...

You can't walk in there

with someone you just met.

What do you know about him?

These things are important.

You want to meet Arthur Taub?

Let me set up a proper meeting.

Are you sure? It seems harmless.

DUBY:
I'm sure. One hundred percent sure.

I hear Taub is like a nuclear submarine.

We don't even know

what this event is all about...

I don't want you walking into

an uncomfortable situation.

Go see a movie. Go have good meal.

I'll book a table...

ESHEL:
No, no, it's okay...

Any press about my trip so far?

No, nothing special.

It's better this way.

All right, I'll get something to eat.

Don't worry about me.

OK, but put it on your hotel bill...

the gas company is paying for it.

And do me a favor...

stay away from the Normans, please...

Sure.

Okay, okay...

(EXHALES SHARPLY)

(LINE RINGING)

(DOORBELL RINGS)

(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

- (INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

- Wonderful.

(LAUGHING)

Hey. Ronnie, great to see you.

Thanks for coming, I appreciate it.

Thank you.

(SCOFFS)

(LINE RINGING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

Excuse me.

Mr. Taub would like to speak with you.

Would you mind joining me?

You can wait for him in here.

All right. Thank you.

(SNIFFS)

ARTHUR:
Mr. Oppenheimer?

Oh.

Norman. Norman.

We met, actually, at the Stern auction.

- My wife is very friendly with Lili.

- Mmm.

Oh, by the way, I can't thank you enough

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Joseph Cedar

Yossef (Joseph) Cedar (Hebrew: יוסף סידר; born August 31, 1968) is an Israeli film director and screenwriter. He has won a Silver Bear and an Ophir Award for Best Director, and an Ophir Award for writing a Best Screenplay. He also won the best screenplay award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival for his film Footnote (2011). more…

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