The Truth About Charlie Page #6

Synopsis: A young woman in Paris is about to divorce her husband when she discovers... he's dead; and all their money is gone. She meets a mysterious man, who tells her that the money was really his, and he wants it back, seemingly convinced that she's hiding the cash. Meanwhile, more people end up dead...
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Director(s): Jonathan Demme
Production: Universal Pictures
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.8
Metacritic:
55
Rotten Tomatoes:
34%
PG-13
Year:
2002
104 min
$5,293,525
Website
114 Views


You know what, Dyle?

One more | little crazed phone call...

this time to | the Paris police department... | and they have Charlie Lake's killer.

Isn't that right?

Right?

Now don't forget that | the next time you come | waltzing in here.

Don't forget that for a minute.

All high and mighty | like you're God's gift to us.

Zad?

He's right, buddy.

No more | loose cannon stuff, okay?

We're stuck with him | for the time being,

and he is stuck with us.

Cool, Zad?

Okay, maniac?

The only way this works | is if she trusts me.

Lose that, end of story.

Hey, Zadapec.

Your phone call really | spooked her. I want you to | tell me exactly what you said.

Well, you're not gonna like it.

Mr. Bartholomew?

Are you there, | Mr. Bartholomew?

- Shh, Mrs. Lambert.

Shh, shh, shh, shh. | What's going on, | Mrs. Lambert?

Mr. Bartholomew. | Yes.

Who is Dyle? | What about Dyle?

The man in the elevator... | Zadapec... | Zadapec. Yes?

He called | Joshua Peters "Dyle." | Zadapec called Peters "Dyle"?

Tell me about him. | Dyle.

Now. | Okay. All right. | Um, okay. Uh...

Carson J. Dyle. | Major, Special Forces.

Highly decorated | in the Gulf War. | Mogadishu.

Then he drops out. | Head honchos Global Options,

the top-drawer service outfit | of the '90s, till | his untimely demise.

Demise? | Death, Mrs. Lambert.

I know what demise means, | Mr. Bartholomew.

Carson Dyle | was terminated in 1998...

by Eastern European | militia near the former | Yugoslavian border,

40 kilometers east of Sarajevo.

Now, wait. | Dyle worked with Charles? | He knew Charles?

Unfortunately for Dyle, yes.

In '98,

Dyle mounted a special ops unit | for a high-level covert | hostage extraction...

on behalf of the O.D.C.

In those days, the O.D.C. | Couldn't deal directly | with outside contractors.

That's where | your Charlie Lakes came in.

He was | an independent facilitator.

The O.D.C. would put him | on the research payroll | for a limited time.

He would book the professionals, | negotiate with the adversaries...

wrangle all the slimy details.

Your husband brokered the deal | to go in, transfer the assets | and get our man out.

Keep going. I'm with you.

The unit choppered in, | accompanied by Charlie,

transporting $6 million | in internally flawless, | Eppler-cut diamonds as ransom.

They were ambushed | shortly after landing.

Carson Dyle and most | of the Global Options team | were totally decimated.

Cut to ribbons. | Never had a chance.

Your husband and the three | from the photograph...

were the only ones | to make it out alive.

We believe those four | stashed the diamonds...

with plans to return | and claim them for themselves.

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Jonathan Demme

Robert Jonathan Demme ( DEM-ee; February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He rose to prominence in the 1980s with his comedy films Melvin and Howard (1980), Swing Shift (1984), Something Wild (1986), and Married to the Mob (1988), as well as the critically acclaimed concert film Stop Making Sense (1984), in collaboration with the band Talking Heads. He is best known for directing The Silence of the Lambs (1991), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director. He later directed Philadelphia (1993) and Rachel Getting Married (2008). more…

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