The Missing Person Page #2

Synopsis: Private detective John Rosow is hired to tail a man on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Rosow gradually uncovers the man's identity as a missing person; one of the thousands presumed dead after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Persuaded by a large reward, Rosow is charged with bringing the missing person back to his wife in New York City.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Noah Buschel
Production: Strand Releasing
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
61%
NOT RATED
Year:
2009
95 min
Website
550 Views


get you into.

Trouble's my middle name.

Room 101. Right next door.

Thanks a lot. I mean really.

It's an ugly thing.

Hey, I'm gonna' need a rental

car. Can you arrange that?

Done.

The merciless pressure of warfare has

developed highly specialized types of planes.

The dropping of grenades and

hand bombs

led to a new and terrible

instrument of war: the bomber.

Javier, do you mind if I play

some music?

Do you like jazz?

I love jazz.

When I traveled, on business,

every city I'd go to had a jazz

club, and I'd stay up all night.

I couldn't go when I was home, because my

wife was only interested in classical music.

Ah, just listen to him play.

Bud Powell.

He loves Stravinsky.

Who doesn't?

You know Stravinsky?

Yeah, I do now. But you're still

strangers.

Strangers? No. Chambers.

Special Agent Anne Chambers.

This is my partner. Special Agent

Tom R. Craig. We've been watching you.

You have a sad disposition,

Mr. Rosow.

Sit still and let them examine

you. That's what I always say.

That's a really funny motto for a guy

who's always running from everything.

You know, you're gonna' need

some sunglasses out here.

We have a couple of extras from our

7-11 excursion. Would you like a pair?

You're not trying to bug me, are

you?

No. We just got carried away at

7-11.

It's the Slurpees, right?

No, for you, it's the beer!

Be nice.

Here.

Yeah, I got them for two

dollars. They shine in the dark.

Oh, brilliant! Sunglasses that

shine in the dark!

Two dollars though! It's a hard

deal to pass up.

Well gee, I get paid a thousand dollars

a day to tail this guy. How about you?

You know, some of us in here, Rosow,

aren't really doing it for the money.

So, are you really a private

detective?

That's what they tell me.

We were just talking about that.

We didn't know they still had

those private detectives.

Well, you know what? If I call 911 and tell

them I got a couple of peeping toms in my alley

we could make a really big

scene, scare someone away.

You know, the thing is, you really just don't

know what you're dealing with yet, is all.

My partner is right.

You better stay sober for this

one.

Well, I'll drink to that.

When you two vamoose.

Good evening.

Hi, how are you?

Pretty good. I hear they got

phones that take pictures.

Oh yeah, we've got plenty of

those.

Oh yeah?

You saw the special that we're

having, right?

No, I didn't.

Okay, we got plenty.

You sell balloons?

We've got balloons. We've got a

special every day especially for you.

All right, let's get some phones

out for you.

Do you have anything in mind

specifically?

Yeah, a phone that takes

pictures.

Okay. Now, I'd be cheating you if I didn't

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Noah Buschel

Noah Buschel (born 1978) is an American film director and screenwriter. more…

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