Spinning Boris Page #3

Synopsis: Early in 1996, three Republican campaign operatives take a job in secret assisting Boris Yeltsin's reelection. Once in Moscow, they find he's polling at 6 percent with the election a few months away. While Dick Dresner wants to go home, George Gorton and Joe Shumate vote to stay. First, they must get someone's attention; they succeed finally with Yeltsin's daughter. Then it's polling, focus groups, messages and spin. Even as Yeltsin's numbers go up, the trio are unsure who hired them and whether Yeltsin's allies have a different plan in mind than election victory. When the going gets toughest, it's Gorton who puts a spin on our stake: democracy and capitalism must win.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Roger Spottiswoode
Production: Showtime Networks Inc.
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.7
R
Year:
2003
112 min
94 Views


- Nice to...

You look a little cold there.

Welcome, welcome.

Good to see you.

Mr. Braynin, are we or are we not

working for Boris Yeltsin?

Yes, of course we are.

But please...

no names.

Felix, you travel with a lot

of security, yeah?

Just part of doing business

in Russia, my friend.

The homicide rate here...

is twice as high

as in America.

And murders there

are mostly related...

to drugs or gangs.

Here, most of the victims

are businessmen and politicians.

You can take any empty box.

Yeah, any empty space is fine.

Please, do take off your clothes.

What for?

- For banya, of course.

- Who the hell's Banya?

So sorry. This is banya.

Bathhouse.

You want us to take a bath

with you?

Don't worry.

It's a Russian tradition.

Your host insists.

Yeah, but I thought

you were our host.

Me? Oh, no.

I just work for him.

Really? Can I ask you a little

question, Felix, about this bath?

Is it necessary?

We don't want to offend

our host or anything.

- And offended he will be.

- Really?

It's just that we do so much better

in meetings when we're clothed.

- Yeah.

- Correct.

Gentlemen...

you'll be just fine.

George Gorton, Dick Dresner,

Joe Shumate...

meet Andrei Lugov.

They are very nice, yes?

The girls.

They are friends of mine.

You can have them for the night...

or they can live with you.

I'll pay for either.

Thank you, thank you.

That's a very kind offer.

Unfortunately, I'm married,

practically a newlywed.

So, bad timing.

Yeah well, me too.

I'm married...

and my wife is very familiar

with sharp objects.

It's pity, pity!

But, George, you are

a free man.

Yeah, but I make a point

never to pay for it...

even with somebody else's money.

It's a matter of principle.

Principle?

Interesting!

Interesting that you have them.

Goodbye.

Gentlemen, you like

fish eggs?

There was a time when I sold

eggs on the street.

Chicken eggs.

And now...

I own one of the largest

businesses in Russia.

Thank God for democracy.

And for Yeltsin.

Without him I would have nothing.

Sometimes not even the eggs.

The president is behind

in the polls.

Yes, we're aware of that,

Mr. Lugov and we're ready...

to rise the challenge.

We have a system. It's called...

You don't understand.

Yeltsin is the only candidate...

who represents true democracy.

And our democracy is young

and fragile, like a baby.

It's a pant load of sh*t.

The country is in chaos,

you know?

It's suffering starvation, crime,

organized, not so much.

Look at me.

I have 200 bodyguards...

and do you think I can sleep

at night? Do you?

No. No, I can't.

I'm worrying about the future...

because imagine if

the communists win...

Then we're all screwed, and the

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