УЧЕБНОЕ ПОСОБИЕ ДЛЯ САМОСТОЯТЕЛЬНОЙ РАБОТЫДЛЯ СТУДЕНТОВ 3 КУРСА МЭОПО ФИЛЬМУ “THE FIRM”, 1993г.

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The Firm

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The Firm, 1993

Plot : A young attorney, Mitch McDeere, is newly employed by a seductive Memphis law firm that seems to have many secrets. When he discovers they are representing organized crime, and what price has been paid by others who have discovered this, he risks his life to escape.

Directed by : Sydney Pollack

Produced by : John Davis, Sydney Pollack, Scott Rudin

Written by : Novel: John GrishamScreenplay: David Rabe, Robert Towne, David Rayfie

Cast : Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise) – protagonist; recent Harvard Law graduate Abigail "Abby" McDeere (Jeanne Tripplehorn) – Mitch's wife Avery Tolar (Gene Hackman) – Mitch's mentor at the firm Lamar Quin (Terry Kinney) – Mitch's friend who works at the firm Oliver Lambert (Hal Holbrook) – senior partner at the firm Tammy Hemphill (Holly Hunter) – Eddie's secretaryRay McDeere (David Strathairn) – Mitch's brotherBill Devasher (Wilford Brimley) – head of security at the firm Barry Abanks (Sullivan Walker) – owner of scuba diving businessEddie Lomax (Gary Busey) – private investigator, friend of Ray McDeere Agent Wayne Terrance (Ed Harris) – the agent in charge of the investigation into the firm F. Denton Voyles (Steven Hill) – Director of the FBI The Nordic Man (Tobin Bell) – William Devasher's cold-blooded henchman Sonny Capps (Jerry Weintraub) – big firm customer from Grand Cayman Girl on beach (Karina Lombard) – woman who seduced Mitch on the beach in Grand Cayman Tommie Morolto (Paul Sorvino) – Mob leader of the firm from Chicago Joey Morolto (Joe Viterelli) – Mob leader of the firm from Chicago

Music by : Dave Grusin

Distributed by: Paramount Pictures

Release Date : June 30, 1993

Budget : $42,000,000 US (est.)

Episode 1 (00.00.00-00.24.40)

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1. Before You Watch

1.1 Read Part 1 (Chapters 1-5) of the book.1.2 In pairs or as a group discuss what episodes from Part 1 of the book you expect to

be featured in the film and why.1.3 Match the following words and expressions from the film with their equivalent

meaning. Check your answers with the keys.

1. intrusive a) not to be able to speak in a relaxed way because you are nervous or embarrassed

2. to graduate with honors b) not to approve of smth.3. to come up with smth. c) a level of university degree that is higher

than an ordinary degree4. to frown on smth./doing smth. d) to start dealing with a problem, situation, or

a job in a particular way5. to be overwhelmed with smth. e) to do smth. or to allow smb. to do smth. that

is not allowed, especially to make things easier on one occasion

6. to go about smth. f) to experience a very strong emotion, so strong that you cannot think or behave normally

7. to be tongue-tied g) becoming involved in smth. in a way that is not welcome

8. to bend rules/the law h) to think of smth. such as an idea or a plan

2. While You Watch

2.1 Watch Episode 1. As you watch, fill in the gaps in the following quotes from the film with the words and expressions from the above Table. Check your answers with the keys.

a) “I can get __________________ in many situations, sir, but it’s usually with my wife.”

b) “Mitch, I hope you don’t think us __________________, but stability in the family has a special importance for us.”

c) “I should make certain that we obtain your services”“How did you _________________ making certain?”

d) “Meanwhile he’s going to try not to be embarrassed while I remind you that he _________________ from Harvard _________________.”

e) “The firm _________________ drinking during working hours.”f) “Look at the deal and see if you can _________________ anything.”g) “Do you think I’m talking about breaking the law?”

“No, I just want to figure out how far you want it _________________.”h) “Did you know them well, the men who died?”

“Yes.”“You must _________________ with grief.”

2.2 While watching, try to identify who said each of the above phrases and in what situation. What happens in the scene? Where is it set? What happened just before it? What happens just after? How does it fit into the movie as a whole?

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2.3 Comment on the economic meaning of the following quotes.

a) Mr. McKnight: “… I should make certain that we obtain your services before a bidding situation developed.”

b) Mitch (about Avery Tolar): ”My field is to establish limited partnerships through offshore corporations, mainly in the Cayman Islands.” (for “limited partnership” and “Cayman Islands” see Commentary to Part 1 of the Student’s File)

c) Mitch: “So, do we risk an IRS audit?” (for “IRS” see Commentary to Part 1 of the Student’s File)

d) Mitch: “He didn’t know much English, even less about withholding tax.”

2.4 Based on the content of Episode 1 logically complete the following sentences. Compare your answers with those of your fellow students.

a) Mitch confessed to the partners that he was usually tongue-tied when ____ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

b) At the interview the partners discouraged Mitch from opening the envelope as__________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

c) According to Mr. Lambert, the difference between Bendini, Lambert and Lock and other law firms was as follows___________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

d) Abby found the firm weird because _______________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

e) Avery wanted Mitch to make sure their blue-chip client, Sonny Capps, was happy as ___________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

f) As Mitch put it himself, his career choice was predetermined by the fact that_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. After You Watch

3.1. Discuss the following questions with other students.

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a) The interview. How different is it from the one described in the book (consider the setting, the participants, the questions raised, Mitch’s behavior, etc.)? Does the Mitch in the film make an impression of “a seasoned veteran in search of employment”? At the very beginning of the interview Mitch says, “Well, I don’t really know what to say.” Does it seem an appropriate opening phrase for an interviewee to say? How does it characterize Mitch? Mitch and his interviewers act out a trial scene in a court. Who initiated it and why? How did Mitch succeed in convincing the partners that he was worth their offer? Dwell on why Mitch chose to tell the partners that he had no brothers or sisters.

b) After the barbeque Mitch is on cloud nine while Abby is feeling apprehensive. What did she put her bad vibes down to? Is it true to say that it was Abby who knew better what Mitch’s calling was and that he was sure to succeed even if he didn’t jump at this offer though it was second to none?

c) Mitch and Avery are talking shop. Why is it clear that the Mitch in the film is no idealist, fully aware of the intricacies of his trade unlike the Mitch in the book? Avery’s definition of billing. Sum up Mitch’s way into law and that of his mentor. What factors, in your opinion, should be taken into consideration when making a career choice?

d) Describe the Bendini building (its exterior and interior) as shown in the movie or, alternatively, compare Mitch and Abby’s Boston apartment with their new Memphis house using the Topical Vocabulary of Part 1 of the Student’s File.

4. Commentary

a) (to do) externship=a job that a university student does in order to gain experience in a particular area of work. Externships are usually not paid and last only a short time.

b) placement office=a department at a university which assists students in looking for a job

c) “Objection: ambiguous and vague.”=” Протестую! (=реплика прокурора или адвоката, протест против постановки вопроса и т.п.) Двусмысленно и неопределенно.”

d) “Sustained.”= “Принято!”(=ответ судьи на протест адвоката или прокурора)

e) affirmative action=the practice or principle, when choosing people for a job or an education course, of favoring people who are often treated unfairly especially because of their sex or race=positive discrimination=позитивная деятельность/дискриминация=политика/принцип равных возможностей

f) stilts=ходули; AmE=длинные ногиg) stately=formal; ceremonious=величественный, важный, степенныйh) square (inf.)=old-fashionedi) tad (inf.)=a little bitj) bar exam=see Commentary to Part 1 of the Student’s Filek) a caddy/to caddie (for)=a person who carries golf clubs for smb. else who

is playing

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l) quarter horse (in the US)=a strong horse breed to run short races, usually races of a quarter of a mile=лошадь для бега на короткие дистанции=лошадь ранчо

m) Memphis, Tennessee/the Peabody=see Commentary to Part 1 of the Student’s File

n) The BBQ scene is set on the Peabody Hotel roof. Memphis is known for its special barbeque recipes.

o) The street Abby, Mitch, Lamar and Kay are walking along is Beale Street. Beale Street is a street in Downtown Memphis which is lined with blues clubs and restaurants and houses festivals and outdoor concerts. It used to be a center of the Black community, where a young B. B. King used to play his guitar. He occasionally appears there at the club bearing his name, which he partially owns.

5. Keys

5.1 Exercise 1.3

1-g; 2-c; 3-h; 4-b; 5-f; 6-d; 7-a; 8-e

5.2 Exercise 2.1

a) tongue-tied; b) intrusive; c) go about; d) is graduating with honors; e) frowns on; f) come up with; g) bent; h) be overwhelmed with

Episode 2 (00.24.40-00.52.51)

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1. Before You Watch

1.1 Read Part 2 (Chapters 6-10) and Part 3 (Chapters 11-15) of the book.1.2 In pairs or as a group discuss what episodes from Part 2 and Part 3 of the book

you expect to be featured in the film and why.1.3 Match the following words and expressions with their equivalent meaning. Check

your answers with the keys.

1. to get carried away a) to eat smth. using your teeth and jaws in a noisy way

2. squat b) smb. who talk too much about themselves or the things they achieved

3. (to be) edgy c) used about smb. who is short and rather fat4. to watch out d) to tell smb. in authority about smb. who

committed a crime or did smth. dangerous5. to report smb./smth. e) to fight or compete against smb.6. (to be) accident-prone f) to be in a bad mood because you are worried

or nervous7. a blowhard (AmE; inf.) g) to be more likely to have accidents than

others8. to munch on smth. h) to become so excited or involved in smth.

that you lose control of your feelings and behavior

9. to take on smb. i) smth. that has been left out of a law or legal document that people can use to avoid obeying it

10. a loophole (to close a loophole) j) used to tell smb. to be careful

2. While You Watch

2.1 Watch Episode 2. As you watch, fill in the gaps in the following quotes from the film with the words and expressions from the above Table. Check your answers with the keys.

a) “We are flying to the Caymans tomorrow _________________ Sonny Capps personally.”

b) “Sonny, let’s not _________________.”c) “… next year they _________________, change regs (=regulations).”d) “One was, I don’t know, _________________, heavy.”e) “Anything _________________?”

“Yeah. There’s some stuff next to the fridge.”f) “Listen, Capps is a tough guy, but he’s also a _________________.”g) “You should ice it, you should also _________________ the guy.”h) “If those guys were feds, you better _________________.”i) “The lawyers at your firm sure seem _________________.”j) “When I spotted your car in the car port it made him _______________.”

2.2 While watching, try to identify who said each of the above phrases and in what situation. What happens in the scene? Where is it set? What happened just before it? What happens just after? How does it fit into the movie as a whole?

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2.3 Comment on the economic meaning of the following quotes.

a) Avery: “Just redraft this section on repatriation of offshore funds.”

b) Avery: “This new plan is very aggressive. It defers all your tax liability for years.”

c) Mitch: “… your stock would be the face amount of your installment. The stock will have no value, but it’s offset against income. You defer your tax in full though you have a bankable LC. … It’s still the best interest-free loan you’ll ever get.”

d) Avery: “The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is … .”

2.4 Based on the content of Episode 2 logically complete the following sentences. Compare your answers with those of your fellow students.

a) Should Mitch have failed the bar exam_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

b) The firm “looked like a health hazard” as______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

c) Mitch was burning himself out so that_____________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

d) Avery was anxious to meet with Sonny Capps face-to-face as___________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

e) Sonny eventually “grabbed the proposal” because_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

f) Ray didn’t hold grudges although_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

g) But for Ray_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. After You Watch

3.1. Discuss the following questions with other students.

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a) In the book Mitch smelt the rat and started his investigation of the firm’s activities. What induced his investigation in the film?

b) Mitch is having a talk with Abby. What did Abby imply by saying that “this is not about being rich and poor, but about a mother in a trailer park and a brother you pretend you don’t have.”? Do you agree with Mitch that money may seem “a bothersome fly you just wave away”, only if one is rich? Do you think that husband and wife should have the same social background to be happy?

c) Mitch and Avery meet with Sonny Capps in the Caymans. Outline the subject and the outcome of the meeting. What role, do you think, was assigned to Mitch before the talks? Was it appropriate for Mitch, a rookie, to cut in between Avery, a full-blown lawyer, and Sonny, the firm’s blue-chip client? Mitch as a negotiator. Why did he prove more persuasive than Avery? Was the strong language appropriate?

d) Avery is enlightening Mitch on the essence of the legal profession by giving him a multiple-choice test. Which of the answer would you choose?

e) How can you account for Mitch’s spontaneous decision to visit his lost brother in prison? As Abby put it, Mitch pretended he had no brother. Can it be qualified as a betrayal? Can you spot any signs of remorse in Mitch? Did Ray hold grudges?

f) Mitch at Lomax’s office. Why was Eddie so keen on helping Mitch though he realized that it was very dangerous?

g) Abby said in passing that it was Avery who had given her a lift home. Why did she want Mitch to know about it? What was Mitch’s reaction like? Is the Mitch who returned home from the Caymans the Mitch he used to be? What, in your opinion, might have caused changes in him?

4. Commentary

a) to be punchy (here)=to be too tired to take in what other people are sayingb) attorney=see Commentary to Part 1 of the Student’s Filec) to split a charter=to share the cost of renting a boatd) (to be) a dead giveaway=smth. that shows the truth about smb. or smth.e) Gentlemen’s Quaterly (GQ)=a monthly men’s magazine focusing on

fashion, style and culture for men, through articles on food, movies, fitness, sex, music, travel, sports and technology, and books

f) joint (here)=a prisong) parole (to come up for parole)=permission for smb. to leave prison on the

condition that they promise to behave well=досрочное освобождениеh) statutory rape=see Commentary to Part 3 of the Student’s File

5. Keys

5.1 Exercise 1.3

1-h; 2-c; 3-f; 4-j; 5-d; 6-g; 7-b; 8-a; 9-e; 10-i

5.2 Exercise 2.1

a) to take on; b) get carried away; c) are going to close this loophole; d)squat; e) to munch on; f) blowhard; g) report; h) watch out; i) accident-prone; j) edgy

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Episode 3 (00.52.51-01.20.31)

1. Before You Watch

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1.1 Read Part 4 (Chapters 16-20) of the book.1.2 In pairs or as a group discuss what episodes from Part 4 of the book you expect to

be featured in the film and why.1.3 Match the following words and expressions with their equivalent meaning. Check

your answers with the keys.

1. legitimate a) having very high moral principals2. to testify b) to understand the facts of a situation and be

able to tell them correctly3. to sue c) to make a formal statement of what is true,

especially in a court of law4. to harass d) to charge smb. with a crime; to come to look

for smth. illegal5. to bust smth./smb. e) to make a legal claim against smb., usually

for money, because they harmed you 6. an indictment f) smth. that cannot be attacked, changed or

destroyed7. (to be) high-minded g) acceptable or allowed by law8. to get smth. straight h) to make smb.’s life unpleasant by saying

offensive things or threatening them9. to coerce i) to receive praise for what smb. has done10. inviolate j) an argument or disagreement, especially

with smb. in an official position11. to take credit k) to force smb. to do smth. that they do not

want to do by threatening them12. a debriefing/to debrief l) an official written statement charging smb.

with a criminal offence13. a run-in m) when smb. is asked questions about an

experience they have just had, in order to gather information

2. While You Watch

2.1 Watch Episode 3. As you watch, fill in the gaps in the following quotes from the film with the words and expressions from the above Table. Check your answers with the keys.

a) “I think it’s a carefully balanced proposal. I think it’s _________________, but I think it’s and fair-minded.”

b) “They set up _________________ businesses with dirty money.”c) “Why don’t you get _________________ and _________________it all

up?”“We have to have smb. on the inside.”

d) “Let me _________________. I steal the files from the firm, turn them over to the FBI, _________________ against my colleagues, send them to jail and get disbarred.”

e) “They didn’t try _________________ you?”“Did they offer you money?”

f) “Now we ought to build a case and _________________ them.”“This is pure _________________.”

g) “Write down every little thought. I’ll be happy _________________.”

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h) “Mr. Lambert and Mr. Lock told me about your little _________________ with the FBI.”

i) “So, Mitch, this is a _________________.”j) “I’ll maintain the confidence and preserve _________________ the

secrets of my client.”

2.2 While watching, try to identify who said each of the above phrases and in what situation. What happens in the scene? Where is it set? What happened just before it? What happens just after? How does it fit into the movie as a whole?

2.3 Comment on the economic meaning of the following quotes.

a) Mr. Voyles: “They set up legitimate businesses with dirty money from drugs, prostitution … all cash moved offshore.”

b) Mr. Voyles: “We need to see copies of contracts, clients’ bank records and articles of incorporation.”

2.4 Based on the content of Episode 3 logically complete the following sentences. Compare your answers with those of your fellow students.

a) The FBI could not break the firm without an insider that is why _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

b) According to Tarrance, the Mafia will get to Mitch as soon as__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

c) Mitch realized that if he divulged the information about the firm activities_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

d) Mitch explained to Abby that on condition he cooperated with the FBI______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________

e) In DeVasher’s opinion, the FBI could use the fact that ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________to coerce Mitch.

3. After You Watch

3.1. Discuss the following questions with other students.

a) Mitch is talking to Mr. Voyles. What does he want Mitch to do? Comment on Mitch’s words: “I don’t want much of a life, but it has to be mine.” What counterargument did Mr. Voyles come up with? What argument, verbalized by Tarrance, became the decisive one for Mitch?

b) In the book Mitch reports his contacts with the FBI to the partners being guided by his idea of loyalty to the firm. What is he driven by in the film?

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What were the relations between the firm and the IRS like as interpreted by the partners? Do the partners sound convincing?

c) What seems the most horrible of all to Abby after she learns the truth about the firm? What reasons does Mitch give for cooperating with the FBI?

d) Tammy as Mitch’s accomplice. What made her get involved in Mitch’s scheme?

e) DeVasher and his pictures. Are the methods used by the firm security in persuading Mitch to co-operate any different from those used by the FBI?

f) Why do you think the scene of Mitch’s swearing his professional oath is featured in the film? What made Mitch confess to Abby about his one- night stand with the girl in the Caymans? Do you expect Abby to forget and forgive?

4. Commentary

a) to be/get disbarred=to make a lawyer leave the legal profession b) Redbook=an American women’s magazine primarily targeted towards

married women. The magazine features stories about women dealing with modern hardships, aspiring for intellectual growth, and encouraging other women to work together for humanitarian causes. The magazine profiles successful women to provide inspirational testimonies and advice on life.

c) Sharper Image=an American brand that specialized in high-end electronics and gifts. The company was in business from 1977 until its closing in 2008. It sold merchandise through dozens of retail stores throughout the United States, a monthly catalog and its website.

5. Keys

5.1 Exercise 1.3

1-g; 2-c; 3-e; 4-h; 5-d; 6-l; 7-a; 8-b; 9-k; 10-f; 11-i; 12-m; 13-j

5.2 Exercise 2.1

a) high-minded; b) legitimate; c) an indictment, bust; d) get it straight; e) to coerce; f) sue, harassment; g) to take credit; h) run-in; i) debriefing;

j) inviolate

Episode 4 (01.20.31-01.56.19)

1. Before You Watch

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1.1 Read Part 5 (Chapters 21-25) and Part 6 (Chapters 26-30) of the book.1.2 In pairs or as a group discuss what episodes from Part 5 and Part 6 of the book

you expect to be featured in the film and why.1.3 Match the following words and expressions with their equivalent meaning. Check

your answers with the keys.

1. felony a) skill and speed in doing smth. with hands2. to do time b) to control smb.3. to give a notice c) to spend a period time in prison4. dexterity d) a serious crime such as a murder5. to go nuts (inf.) e) to prevent smth. from happening, especially

smth. bad6. to misread smb. f) to ignore; to put smth. out of one’s head7. to give smth. another thought g) to make a wrong judgment about a person

or a situation8. to keep smb. on a tight leash h) to become insane9. to head smth. off i) to resign

2. While You Watch

2.1 Watch Episode 4. As you watch, fill in the gaps in the following quotes from the film with the words and expressions from the above Table. Check your answers with the keys.

a) “He tells us about a Ray McDeere _________________ for manslaughter.”“Are we _________________him?”

b) “I still think we ought _________________.”c) “You know, this over billing has got so common, nobody

_________________.”d) “It was a brawl in the bar. If he hadn’t boxed, it would have been self-

defense.”“It’s still _________________.”

e) “I _________________ at the school.”f) “All the wives _________________ the first year.”g) “I’m just trying _________________ a legal action against us.”h) “It requires _________________.”

2.2 While watching, try to identify who said each of the above phrases and in what situation. What happens in the scene? Where is it set? What happened just before it? What happens just after? How does it fit into the movie as a whole?

2.3 Comment on the economic meaning of the following quotes.

a) Mr. Mulholland: “You know, this over billing has got so common. It’s kind of like tipping.”

2.4 Based on the content of Episode 4 logically complete the following sentences. Compare your answers with those of your fellow students.

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a) The partners would not have found out about Ray doing his time had it not been for__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

b) Meeting with his client, Mr. Mulholland, was critical for Mitch as__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________as a result Tarrance had nothing to do but accept Mitch’s terms.

с) Due to Elvis’ help_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

d) Abby phoned Tammy to let her know that Avery was not going scuba-diving so that_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

e) Abby’s explanation that she came to the Caymans because Avery had invited her looked fishy to him because_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. After You Watch

3.1. Discuss the following questions with other students.

a) Why, while being questioned about Mitch by the partners, Avery was acting as his advocate?

b) Why did Tammy rent an office in the Cotton Exchange building?c) Outline Mitch’s meeting with Mr. Mulholland. What was the billing

procedure like? What is a time-sheet? Mitch returns to the office to check his time-sheet against the bill. What does he discover? What does the total of 28.0 stand for?

d) Where is Mitch’s meeting with Tarrance set? How has Mitch’s plan gained momentum? What terms does Mitch put forward? Why is he in the position to dictate the rules of the game to Tarrance? What qualities, in your opinion, should one posses to cut a deal? What outraged Tarrance?

e) Why did the fact that Abby was leaving Mitch, although for a while, made the partners nervous?

f) Prove that Eddie Lomax was right when he told Mitch that the FBI didn’t care about him and would let him down after he handed the firm over to the FBI.

g) Mitch’s plan. Sum it up. Why is it a legal one? How was he going to prove massive over billing practiced by the firm? Mitch’s coordinating role in the operation.

h) Mitch’s accomplices: Elvis (Tammy’s ex), Tammy and Abanks. What part in Mitch’s plan was assigned to each of them? In the book Abby

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meets with Tarrance on Mitch’s behalf and travels to the Caymans to help Tammy to copy secret files with Mitch being aware of it. How does it differ from the film? How does Abby use Avery’s interest in her? Why did Avery choose not to give Abby away to the partners and let her go? Avery: a victim or a criminal?

4. Commentary

a) manslaughter=the act of killing smb.b) federal offence=нарушение федерального закона

Mr. Mulholland refers to each instance of over billing as federal offence as the excessive bills went via US Postal Service (=mail fraud).

c) to be a panda=to be loved by everybodyd) snitch (inf.)=smb. who is not liked because they tell people in authority

when other people do things that are wrong or against the rules=доносчик, стукач

e) brawl=a noisy quarrel or fight among a group of people, especially in a public place=потасовка, стычка

f) penal=relating to legal punishment of criminals, especially in prisonsg) subpoena=повестка о явке в судh) a three-ring circus=a) a circus that has three areas in which people and

animals perform at the same time; b) (AmE; inf.)=a place or situation that is confusing because there is too much activity

i) parentheses (plural)/paranthesis (singular)=круглые скобки

5. Keys

5.1 Exercise 1.3

1-d; 2-c; 3-i; 4-a; 5-h; 6-g; 7-f; 8-b; 9-e;

5.2 Exercises 2.1

a) doing time, misreading; b) to keep him on a tight leash; c) gives it another thought; d) felony; e) have given a notice; f) go nuts; g) to head off; h) dexterity

Episode 5 (01.56.19-02.28.00)

1. Before You Watch

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1.1 Read Part 7 (Chapters 31-35) and Part 8 (Chapters 36-41) of the book.1.2 In pairs or as a group discuss what episodes from Part 7 and Part 8 of the book

you expect to be featured in the film and why.1.3 Match the following words and expressions with their equivalent meaning. Check

your answers with the keys.

1. to zip through a) to allow smb. or help smb. to get out of a difficult situation

2. itinerary b) to tell everyone smth. that was a secret3. decent с) a plan or list of places you will visit on your

journey4. to waive (the rights) d) following moral principals that are accepted

in society5. to let smb. off the hook e) to go or do smth. very quickly6. to be bound by smth. f) to state officially that a right, rule etc. can be

ignored7. (a) hotshot (lawyer) g) smb. who is very successful and confident8. to twist smth. h) to change the true or intended meaning of a

statement, especially in order to get some advantage for yourself

9. to go public with smth. i) to be forced to do what law or agreement says you must do

2. While You Watch

2.1 Watch Episode 5. As you watch, fill in the gaps in the following quotes from the film with the words and expressions from the above Table. Check your answers with the keys.

a) “The Moroltos are coming today from Chicago. I’ve got their _________________ right in front of me.”

b) “I just saw Mitch in the Mud Island Museum. He _________________ like a tourist.”

c) “It doesn’t in any way _________________ your rights to complete confidentiality in any other area of the attorney/client relationship.”

d) “Whatever I know, wherever I go I _________________ the attorney/client privilege.”

e) “You _________________ the Moroltos _________________.”f) “You can _________________ it the way you want. You made a deal to

save your ass. You’ve got our money … and you are still a _________________ lawyer.”

g) “It’s you on the dog track. I couldn’t _________________ it.” h) “Avery was _________________ and corrupt and ruined and so

unhappy.”

2.2 While watching, try to identify who said each of the above phrases and in what situation. What happens in the scene? Where is it set? What happened just before it? What happens just after? How does it fit into the movie as a whole?

2.3 Comment on the economic meaning of the following quotes.

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a) Mitch: “I cannot use your invoices without your written authorization.”b) Tarrance: “They padded files.”c) Mitch: “Without the firm the only way the Moroltos can launder money is

in the washing machine.”

2.4 Based on the content of Episode 5 logically complete the following sentences. Compare your answers with those of your fellow students.

a) Had it not been for_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________the partners would have never discovered Mitch’s location.

b) Mitch compared himself with a ship that would not reach any port as_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

c) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________that is why Tarrance called Mitch naïve.

d) Although Mitch provided Tarrance with enough documentation to indict all the partners for over billing the clients__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

e) Mitch did not let Abby in on all the details of his plan because__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. After You Watch

3.1. Discuss the following questions with other students.

a) Why did Mitch get on Avery’s computer? How did Mitch learn that the firm knew?

b) Mitch is on the run. Why did Mitch choose to get lost rather than come under Tarrance’s protection?

c) Meeting with the Moroltos. Who were they? Why did Mitch copy the secret files if he was not going to hand them over to the FBI? What was left behind the lines? (Comment on Mitch’s metaphor: “I’m exactly like a ship carrying a cargo that will not reach any port. As long as I am alive that ship will always be at sea.”) Are such methods of negotiating within the law? Why did the Moroltos agree to authorize Mitch to release their bills to the government? Mitch (to the Moroltos about the basic principal of his professional ethics): “Whether I like it or not, I can’t talk to the government about you, even if I’ m no longer your lawyer. That would be breaking my word, my oath.” How would you define the basics of professional ethics in business?

d) Mitch’s final talk with Tarrance. Did Mitch keep his promise to assist the FBI in breaking the firm? Why, according to Mitch, to bust the Mob the

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FBI had to bust its lawyers? What charges could the FBI bring against the firm with the information supplied by Mitch? What is racketeering? Why did Tarrance feel deceived? Who was $750,000 for? Mitch: “I won my life back.” What did he imply? How was what Abby and Mitch had gone through going to influence their relationship? What does the future hold for the McDeeres judging by their final dialogue? Prove that Mitch is a lawyer with a capital “L”.

4. Commentary

a) protective custody=защитa, охранаb) to withhold evidence=отказываться давать показанияc) APB (AmE; police)=All Points Bulletin=information about a wanted

criminal that is distributed by the police=сигнал всем постам=ориентировка

d) Mud Island=is not actually an island, but a small peninsular surrounded by the Mississippi River to the west and the Wolf River Harbor to the east. In 1960 the Wolf River was diverted so that it went north of Mud Island, and Mud Island was opened to the public in 1982. It houses a museum, restaurants and an amphitheater. It is accessible by monorail (Mud Island Monorail), by foot (via a bridge located on top of the Monorail), by ferry or automobile. The scene of the chase is set in Mud Island.

e) concourse=зал, вестибюль в аэропортуf) Mickey Finn=сильное снотворное, добавленное в напитокg) Joliet=(colloquial for Joliet Correction Center)=was a men’s prison in

Joliet, Illinois from 1852 to 2002.h) beaut (Am; inf.)=used to say that smth. is very good, attractive or

impressivei) Yasser Arafat (1929-)=a Palestinian politician and leader of the Palestine

Liberation Organization since 1969. He was elected President of Palestine in 1996.

j) to turn smth. over to smb.=to hand smth. over to smb.k) attorney/client privilege=адвокатская тайна=право адвоката не

разглашать информацию, полученную от клиентаl) mail fraud=мошенничество с использованием почты

5. Keys

5.3 Exercise 1.3

1-e; 2-c; 3-d; 4-f; 5-a; 6-i; 7-g; 8-h; 9-b

5.4 Exercises 2.1

a) itinerary; b) was zipping through; c) waive; d) am bound by; e) let off the hook; f) twist, hotshot; g) have gone public with; h) decent

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