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- For Helsinki, I need someone with diplomatic skills.'' Gus calls into question the entire leadership of the CIA and decides to smash the office window before walking with a cheeky smile to the enraptured office workers.
This scene is BRILLIANT!* One of our favourite argument scenes in any movie ever.
Charlie Wilson's War (2007) SYNOPSIS: Based on the outrageous true story, Charlie Wilson's War stars Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman in the film Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times calls "wickedly funny."
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the tap on the typewriter after he asked that lady how he did is such a wonderful little touch. I dont know why I love it so much
It's a perfect little I love you too 😉
just like in the park when he tears off the sugar packet with his teeth and puts the empty in his suit pocket. great actors make great choices.
It was a subtle way of Gust saying, "You're welcome." 👍
The line that got me was "...people who know how."
He was dignifying her in her typewriter
If you read the source material, the scene is even better. Gus Stavros was a high-ranking CIA officer who wasn't an Ivy League blueblood. He supported the secretarial staff and used them as a network of informants within the CIA (and they loved him for it). So he could both get away for insulting a superior (since it was expected of him) and he would care what the secretaries thought of him insulting the snobs.
Gust. Great performance
Phillips' incredible performance aside, if it's faithful to source material then it's clear Gus was a class A narcissist; nobody questioned his loyalty or even brought it up, the manager clearly said he was off the desk because he was a brut, lacking the soft touch needed for that job. And Gus spying on him and using this info to deflect from the core point is another narcissistic trait.
Great performance, but also a great exercise in spotting dark personalities.
His loyalty was questioned, implicitly, with the “You can hardly blame the director for questioning the loyalty to America of people who are just barely Americans in the first place”
Gust was a 1st generation American. He survived Turner’s 1979 Halloween Massacre purge, but clearly took issue with it
Great scene & superb acting. Hoffman was one of the greats.
I was just thinking the same thing. It's really a loss for cinema that he died of a heroin overdose. The guys was a veritable fountain of talent and apart from his family who no doubt feel his loss more keenly than anyone else American cinema and audiences have been deprived of one of the great actors of our time.
He’s leagues above Dicaprio in every sense
Picked such good roles too
Losing Hoffman was a tragedy. Fantastic actor and one of my favorite scenes.
For 24 years people have been trying to kill me. People who know how. Awesome line
I will NEVER grow tired of this scene.
Probably Philip Seymour Hoffman's best role ever. He stole every scene he appeared in. The character, the body language, everything was spot on. Brilliant actor.
This was the 2nd funniest scene in the entire movie! The 1st was:
"I apologize. As a former Navy officer I should've known better."
"As a former Navy officer I would've been surprised if you had."
This whole movie was solid gold!
Gotta disagree - the funniest scene was "I wasn't listening at the door, don't be ridiculous. I bugged the scotch bottle."
"What?!" *camera pans to the scotch bottle*
“There’s a microphone on the scotch, a receiver in my ear, get past it.” 😆
"Why do elected officials say one thing and then do the opposite?"
"Well, tradition, mostly."
"Thats a little paranoid."
"Well you're no Thomas Jefferson. Let's call it even..."
The secretary at the end gets me every time. Great comedic touch to a tense scene.
A top 10 scene of the past 20 years, for me. Just a masterclass here. "...and I'm never, ever sick at sea" has always gotten the biggest laugh from me. The reference, the delivery, the timing. I ripped this and put it on my iPod.
Sorkin loves his Gilbert and Sullivan.
RIP, Philip Seymour Hoffman.
What a powerhouse.
Hoffman gave us so much. What an incredible body of work he left. He was unbelievably prolific and consistently brilliant.
Wouldn't we all want to break our bosses window, twice! and still hold our job.
He knew the details of his bosses affair. Probably had recordings.
The secret to grabbing your bosses by the balls is keeping all their secrets, professional and personal, and let them know that you know
Without actually telling which secret you know about
"MY LOYALTY...?" Cravely insulted Gusts's accomplishments, his work ethic, and his nationality. Yeah. I would've smashed his window again too. And a few other things.
Well if you had details of your boss's affair with someone else's fiancé you would probably have pretty good job security too.
Love the "How was I?" at the end...
”For twenty four years people have tried to kill me, people who know how “.😂
I thought this was one of the best movies in 2007.. It was told well and it was based on a true story!! Always a worth the time to watch this movie again! 😃
He steals just about every scene.
he steals nothing. he walks straight up to it, looks it straight in the eyes, and the scenes gave him... whatever he wanted. he was truly gifted and was beloved by the people
I got hooked on PSH after his raging Matress Man ("are you threatening me???") scene in Punch Drunk Love, this scene has the same energy
I'd like to take a moment to review the several ways in which PSH is a genius in this scene as well.
Whenever I see Phillip Seymour Hoffman kill a scene (like he does here) I start getting emotional. Man died way too young
I'm sure that much of the dialogue was invented but Sorkin gives you the characters in such a ridiculously believable way.
We miss you Phillip Seymour Hoffman 😢
This is a short movie all in itself. Maybe one of Sorkin’s best.
Hank Pym said never to trust a Stark....
I FUCKING MISS PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN
I miss him so much
PSH is a f***ing legend.
I need to watch this movie again.
Thus was such a good movie, rip PSH.
Reminds me of what Sorkin did with the begining scene of the Social Network: bring up some point, gloss over it in the flow of the dialogue, then come back to it as thoughts converge. Gust talks about the agents turner fired, reviews the several ways Cravely is a douchebag, then comes back to the loyalty of the agents (and himself, also a first gen. American) as he smashes the window
He was an amazing actor.
In a league of his own. Such talent.
I know this film, and scene are from George Crile’s book. I so wish Hollywood could have made a screenplay for PSH to replay this brilliant, patriotic,American, Gust Karvatokas. RIP
Gus is a fucking beast
Puncy school boy lmao
Posted in Greece...
Spent the last three years learning “finish”...
I’m never ever sick at sea...
and you know I know. LOL
Hmmm... can’t speak the same language as the people that they are spying on...
The irony and sarcasm is beautiful. LOL
SIGH...
Hoffman, great job in this scene.
Writer Sorkins wit was just brilliant in this script.
Omg it’s Howard stark.
Its Roger sterling actually
"Also, water goes over a dam and under a bridge. You Ponzi schoolboy."
This is hysterical....
Talking to a CIA BOSS LIKE THIS
i wish i could tell PSH how good he was
love, Love, LOVE this scene…one of the all time greats👍🏼
A fantastic movie
Can be diplomatic when necessary
Office politics at its best
Man, so this is why Roger the way he is.
This guy was awesome. Hoffman was a gift. Where were his real friends in the the time of need?
One of the greatest actors of all time and you don't think he might have been great at keeping a secret from people in his life?
Actually they knew he was using again and were trying desperately to get him help. But he kept telling them “I’m not ready” in regards to getting help.
just gold
I’m never ever sick at sea! What?
Because where he would have been stationed would have required him to be on listening boats. Can't do your job and run an operation if you're puking up your guts...
Helsinki is a port city.
It's a reference to the light opera HMS Pinafore, by Gilbert and Sullivan.
Not that complicated buddy
@@rederic2004 Points to you, budd! Nice catch!
I miss Hoffman a lot ❤
I really enjoyed this movie. I have watched it countless times. 😵💫😵💫😵💫
Hoffman was a great actor!
For Gus it is normal to interfere in the government of other countries. The audience doesn't question this.
Its ok when America does it. Only when Russia does it to America, that is when its wrong. Got it.
'cos this is the norm for USA... 😂
Watch the end of the movie
Loses the gig as the Helsinki Chief, takes up a pivotal role in getting the Soviets out of Afghanistan and leading the Soviet Union to collapse shortly after.
Nice.
An actual Zen master "We'll See" turn of events.
@@joestallings So very true! It would've been interesting to see what would have happened if the U.S.S.R. never collapsed and we were still in a cold war. Would we have ever been involved with wars in the Middle East? Would 9/11 have happened? Or would we have all died in a nuclear holocaust? Who knows! But it sure would've been interesting to have seen!
And the real point of the movie is that by doing so and not helping rebuild Afghanistan after we used them to fight a proxy war it made a lot of people in Afghanistan very mad at the USA.
I know for a fact that bosses need to be told what to do....
And Im never sick at sea....😀
I know it’s too late, but I could’ve watched a movie about these characters alone.
What a shame he decided to leave us to face the world alone.
How many people would love to have that moment with their boss? ❤😂
Such a great scene.
Epic
You Can’t Do That You Might Go To Irvine Police Office.
Every man in the world wishes they could educate their boss like this. And every man also knows this is pure fiction. Irl he'd never work again..
he gave teh job to Don Draper
In fairness, he is coarse
"How was it?"
1:20
RIP PSH
How was I hahaha
Excuse me!
anyone know the name of the actress who played the typist?
I wish PSH was still alive.
Classic Sorkin
Or course that must be tha joke.
wHAT MOVIE?
I watched this movie for Hoffman only.
we lost an icon
This might be PSH's best work, IMHO. An otherwise mediocre, but watchable, movie. No interest in watching the movie a second time, but I can't watch PSH scenes replayed enough
suomi prkl
lulz
Always loved this scene but hated the "sick and sea" line. Feels like a direct lift from the powerful god complex scene in Malice. Takes a little away from PSH's brilliant acting here.
no fucking idea who this guy is
Which guy ...?
The one with the glasses and mustache was played by Phillip Seymour Hoffman ...
... a brilliant character actor, who, sadly, let the daemons of his addictions get the better of him ...
The only small part of a role that I could stand to watch Philip S Hoffman portray... The most mediocre of actors.
As propaganda as this movie was. And it was propaganda via hollywood. The history is not accurate.
It was extremely funny.
in what ways?
@@zakatalmosen5984
It is on historical record that, after the formation of the CIA from the OSS during WWII, its most biggest, and expensive operation, was in funding the Mujahideen to kick the Soviets out of Afghanistan ...
... in exchange, the Mujahideen requested funding to rebuild schools, hospitals, and all the infrastructure that the Soviets had destroyed ...
... but Congress, whom I believed was in Republican control during the Presidencies of Reagan, and H. W. Bush - I was only 16 -18 at the time, so I can't remember - blocked that spending, even though it was far less than expended in providing especially single use, surface to air, Stinger missile launchers ... one single shot only.
As Gust tried to warn Charlie Wilson, using the fable of the Buddhist Monk, and the Young Boy, seeming insignificant events turn out to have not so insignificant outcomes ...
The failure of America to follow through with help rebuilding Afghanistan, is, according to many experts (cf. Frank Gardner) the flash point that caused the eventual rise of the Taliban, and a son of a relatively unknown, rich, Saudi Arabian family, the bin Ladens ...
As for the material left behind ... allegedly, it would've cost more to bring it all back, than to write the lot off, like a tax loss ....
As for what will happen next in Afghanistan ... "We'll shall see ..." ...
Overacting
You would be overacting if you were passed over for significant promotion, after spending years in clandestine operations, and knowing there were legitimate people out to kill you, that's how good you were, just because a manager with an extensive, and expensive, private education, almost half your age, was made your boss ...
... then denied said promised promotion ...
Denial of promises made seems to be the running theme of the actual events that took place, between a US politician and a spy, both with the same names: the entire premise of the film is based on the US backing of the Mujahideen in kicking the Soviets out Afghanistan ...
... but failed to follow through with the much smaller expensive of helping rebuild what the Soviets destroyed ... which eventually would give rise to the Taliban ...
... as for Afghanistan, now ...? "We'll shall see ..." ...
smoking in a government building, ah the good ole days