The Parallax View Page #3

Synopsis: Joe Frady is a determined reporter who often needs to defend his work from colleagues. After the assassination of a prominent U.S. senator, Frady begins to notice that reporters present during the assassination are dying mysteriously. After getting more involved in the case, Frady begins to realize that the assassination was part of a conspiracy somehow involving the Parallax Corporation, an enigmatic training institute. He then decides to enroll for the Parallax training himself to discover the truth.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Alan J. Pakula
Production: Paramount Pictures
  2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
R
Year:
1974
102 min
405 Views


Lee...

The alcohol and barbiturates|would have killed her in bed...

...let alone at the wheel of a car.

Would you call that a possible homicide?|Face it, some people wanna die.

Excuse me.

Wait till the cars|come to a complete stop.

That's it. Hop right in there.|Separate seats.

I want you to read|what is over the cars.

- "Please keep hands and feet in cars. "|- Right.

OK, Frady, what do you know?

Will, tell me something.|You still got access to FBI files?

I'll tell you how the FBI feels about me.

Recently, they took my name|off the roster of ex-agents.

So now, not only am I not an agent,|I'm not even an ex-agent.

Is it possible to kill somebody|and make it look like a heart attack?

Sure. They got a pill for it. PEP.

- PEP?|- Pulmonary Embolism Pill.

It creates an embolism, but|the actual cause of death is biochemical.

The man ends up|looking like his heart attacked him.

- What do you know?|- I don't know.

Come on, what do you know?

What I know is I need a good alias|and a good ID.

What kind of ID?

- I've gotta be a hostile misfit.|- For that, you don't need an ID.

- Still got friends|on the El Monte force?

- Before we get to El Monte...

The minute you know what's going on,|I wanna know. Promise me.

I promise.

All right, I think I got a guy for you.

Sunshine Homes|hired me to investigate him...

when he was doing a night-watchman|job for 'em. He's a real nut.

- Richard Partun.|- Richard Partun?

Get a fake ID for him, too.

Make it look like|he's hiding something.

If they investigate the first,|they'll be less careful on the second.

You should look like a guy|who's ashamed of something.

- Let's make him a weenie wagger.|- A weenie wagger?

Anybody would be ashamed of that.|Besides, you look a bit like a flasher.

Hold on to your neighbour,|it's happy hour in Salmontail.

We're here to play a little music|and have a lot of fun.

This boy goes into a bar|down in Texas, see.

He goes up to the bartender and he says,|"Give me 12 bourbon and waters. "

The bartender goes, "That's a lot|of bourbon and waters. " He says...

No, I'll catch it.

- Think your date just come in.|- I think you're terrible.

- Hi.|- Hi.

- My name's Gale. What can I fix you?|- I...

How about a Martini?|You know what they say about Martinis?

A Martini is like a woman's breast -|one ain't enough and three is too many.

- That's an amazing joke, Gale.|- Yeah, it is. What can I get you?

- Just a glass of milk.|- You're the healthy type, huh?

How are you?

Can I buy you a drink, Miss?

For a moment,|I thought you were a man.

- But you aren't, are you?|- No, I'm a girl.

Why don't you go over there|and tell those people, real loud?

Don't touch me unless you love me.

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David Giler

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