Shooting Fish Page #3

Synopsis: Dylan and Jez are con artists, Dylan is a charming American who's run from some characters in the states and Jez is an English techno nerd. During one of their scams selling a voice recognition computer they hire Georgie as a secretary for the job. The romantic triangle between Dylan, Jez and Georgie appears, but she is also not a secretary, but a student, and her marriage with rich Roger is upcoming.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Director(s): Stefan Schwartz
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  3 wins.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
47
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
PG
Year:
1997
103 min
122 Views


Where is your team?

It's probably much easier if you

just talk to me, isn't it?

Yes, of course it is.

Do you want to come in

and have a seat?

All the money's

going to the poor people.

Scout's honor.

It's all right. Get up.

Mrs. Ross,

do you know why you're here?

You're here to see technology

at its most advanced.

You're here to buy--

Mr. Wolford, cut the hard sell.

If the machine works,

I'll buy it.

I'll buy your company.

Absolutely, Mrs. Ross.

Do you want to stand and come

to this side of the table?

Where's your handle?

Here's my handle,

and here's my spout.

Spout.

Thank you, Ross.

Incredible.

What's the platform?

The, uh--the platform...

Our--our engineer is

due back from the factory...

just about now, actually,

so I'm gonna have you ask him.

If I could just see it.

This is Verbitec--otherwise

known as Mr. Pinkworth.

He's a little strange.

Mr. Pinkworth, Mrs. Ross

wanted to see the platform.

I've got to make a few calls.

Why don't you two talk?

So?

What's the platform,

Mr. Pinkworth?

What's the platform,

Mr. Pinkworth?

Unix.

Actually,

it's a beta version of Unix NT.

Advanced OS.

Can it make format view files?

Uh... yes. Yes, it can.

Mm-hmm.

Format View file--

Uh, what is this?

How do you spend the money?

Key, setup format view file.

DYLAN, AS COMPUTER:

I'd love to. Hold, please.

Oh, Jez.

Don't freeze up on me, Jez.

What do you spend it on?

Fast cars? Women?

- Do not--

- Sun beds?

Recognize format view file.

Searching data banks

for possible match.

Georgie, please,

you have to help me.

I am alphabetically illiterate.

I don't even know

why I'm looking at this.

- What do you spend it on?

- Orphans.

- Orphans?

- An orphans housing project.

You know, those poor people

without families?

Come on. Give it to me.

DYLAN, AS COMPUTER:

Closest match--view format file.

Match correct?

Amazing.

Can I have a look inside?

I'd be really interested

in the circuit layout.

Jez, bullshit her.

- What?

- What?

Bullshit her. You told me

the thing would work in theory.

It does work in theory.

What do you mean "in theory"?

In theory, it's always worked.

In theory, it's always worked.

But now it's here in practice.

But now it's here in practice.

Working.

Working.

Draw her a diagram.

Draw--

Let me just draw you a diagram.

There's a series of

Nan gates controlled by pin six.

It would be much easier

if I could just see it.

Dylan,

are you feeling all right?

I'm--I'm cool.

Jez has the problem

with pressure, not me.

I'm going to open it myself.

Oh, God!

Here.

Breathe into this steadily.

I've really got to go.

Please don't go. Please--

Please don't go.

Anyone own a red Audi?

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Stefan Schwartz

Stefan Schwartz (born 1 May 1963) is an English and Canadian film and television director, writer and actor, most known for the feature film Shooting Fish and his work on the BBC's Spooks and Luther, AMC's The Walking Dead and Showtime's Dexter. more…

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