Witness Protection Page #2

Synopsis: In Boston, when the mobster Bobby "Bats" Batton is attacked by a killer at home and escapes, he finds that he has fallen in disgrace with his boss since someone has falsely betrayed him telling that he has embezzled money from his funds. Without any alternative, Bobby seeks out FBI chief Sharp to get protection to his family and him. Bobby accepts to snitch his boss; in return, his wife Cindy Batton, his teenage son Sean Batton, his little daughter Suzie Batton and him will receive new identities and be relocated to Seattle. Along the next days, they move to a safe house to be trained in their new lives by Agent Steven Beck that shows that they are completely broken and without professional qualification. Meanwhile the family lives the drama to adapt to their new lives. Will they succeed?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Richard Pearce
Production: HBO Video
  Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
60%
R
Year:
1999
105 min
242 Views


You came to us, remember?

Now you sh*t or you get off the pot

or, so help me, I will cuff you face down

on this f***ing floor right now!

Bobby,

listen.

We just want to get the guy

that's trying to kill you.

That's all we're doing.

Now come on.

( SIGHS )

Bobby:
I was there when Theo Cruise

told Jimmy Sticks to...

Sharp:
Louder.

To cut Fred OMalley's throat,

but not enough to kill him.

Then Theo put a handgun into OMalley's mouth

and fired three times.

Theo then told Jimmy to hang Frank Gwynne

by the neck from a beam,

but again, not enough to kill him.

Um...

Then Theo personally beat Frank...

beat him with a tire iron

until he died.

How long did he beat him?

Two hours.

That's just a couple of regular businessmen

like anybody else, huh?

All right.

Sign this contract

saying that you'll repeat that statement in court

and we'll move you into a safe house

and from there into the Witness Protection Program.

Is there a choice of...?

do I take my family or...?

You know what, Bobby?

I don't care if you bring your wife, your girlfriend

or a sheep named Virginia.

( DISTANT DOGS BARKING )

( POLICE RADIO CHATTER )

Why couldn't Debbie come and say goodbye?

Sweetheart, we told you before, she's not family.

Honey, the federal marshal said stay away from the windows.

God forbid he should be shot and this nightmare would be over.

Please, he's my husband.

We're a family.

And who are we?

What are we?

I can never see my daughter again or my grandchildren

for the rest of my life because of that bastard?

Shh, please, please, please.

Come on, we said we weren't gonna do this.

Let's be nice just one last time.

Grandpa.

They won't let us take anything with our names on it.

I'll keep them for you.

Thanks.

I won this one for debate.

This one was excellence in journalism.

At least let Sean stay with us.

He's almost grown.

Both children should live with us and have a normal life.

They're here.

( DOORBELL BUZZES )

Folks, you have one bag too many.

- They said seven.

- A suit carrier counts as a bag.

And the puppy will have to stay.

But daddy, it's my puppy, right?

Yeah, yeah.

It's okay, honey.

I'd like to ask you one final time

to surrender any weapons you may have in your possession.

( CRYING )

Oh my god.

Frank, did you see that?

- It's okay.

- In front of the children.

He's like a killer.

But daddy, you said we could keep the puppy.

You said.

You said.

- Oh.

- God damn it. See?

Now there's seven bags.

Now there's seven bags.

Cindy, how could you live with this?

You son of a b*tch!

- Mom, no. Mom, stop.

- Come on, get it all out.

- You throw away your family.

- Get it all out! Get it all out!

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Robert Sabbag

Robert Sabbag is an American author and journalist. His books include Snowblind: A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade, and the memoir Down Around Midnight, about a fatal plane crash he survived in 1979. more…

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