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By Alan Silverman
Hollywood
22 April 2006
 
Secret Service agents are the heroes and the suspects in a fanciful new political thriller1 set within the agency responsible for protecting the President and other top national leaders.

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Keifer Sutherland, Michael Douglas and Eva Longoria star in The Sentinel   
  

"In 141 years there has never been a traitor2 in the Secret Service. Now, all of a sudden, there are two.  I don't buy that.  Somehow they're connected."

Michael Douglas stars as Secret Service agent Pete Garrison3, a veteran of the PPD (the presidential protection detail), the top assignment in this most-respected agency. When he becomes suspect in a plot against the president, Garrison, used to being the hunter, winds up as the quarry4 with his longtime colleague played by Kiefer Sutherland in hot pursuit:

"The fact is the evidence against him is overwhelming. So how do we find him? To begin with, know this: he is smarter and more experienced than all of you. You've never trained for this. You are chasing your worst nightmare. He knows how you think, he knows what you know, he knows how you operate and he will use that against you."

Garrison may have done some things that look suspicious, but he insists he is not guilty and that chasing him will only divert attention from the real culprit:

"I am following the evidence and it is overwhelming. Explain to me about the bank account."
 "The what?"
 "Your signature is all over the paperwork."
 "I'm being framed?"

The Sentinel was made without direct cooperation from the Secret Service because of its plot which suggests a mole5 within its ranks. However Douglas, who is also the film's producer, believes it is ultimately respectful of the service and its agents:

"This genre6 has been done, to say the least [and] it's only a question of how good the execution is," said Mr. Douglas.  "So I think this is probably the best behind-the-scenes accurate rendition of what the Secret Service does. I think all of that verisimilitude really makes a difference because everybody - all your extras, going all the way back - understands what they're supposed to be doing. Everything has an authority and definition about it."

"Are you saying there is a mole in the Secret Service?"
  "That's right."
 "What's his name?"
 "I don't know. I just know he exists."
 "How? Who is giving you the information?"
 "I want one million dollars."
 "What are you smoking? Be serious."
 "I'm dead serious."

Much of the detail comes from pages of the original novel written by former Secret Service agent Gerald Petievich; and another retired7 agent, Gerry Cavis, brought his experience as a member of the PPD to his role as technical adviser8 to the film.

"I think you're going to see a very realistic depiction9 of the culture of the service: the way they walk, the way they talk, the way they act ... what it's like to be under the pressure of protecting the president and yet the intensity10 to investigate these daily threats - thousands of them," said Mr. Cavis.  "So I think this will take you to a very clear picture and I know it's going to be a wonderful recruitment tool in terms of interest in the agency and we need that."

"Hispanic woman, four languages, computer skills, second in your class at the academy. Well, aren't you the recruiting poster. Resumes don't mean a lot to me and they mean absolutely nothing on the street."
"Any other supportive advice before we get to know each other?"

Eva Longoria plays newly-assigned agent Jill Marin, fresh from the training academy, who finds herself between her two colleagues as they try to uncover and stop the plot:

"She's very serious," said Ms. Longoria.  "She doesn't want to get anywhere with her looks and she wants to be recognized for her talent and her skills ... and she's ambitious. I really respected that.

To TV fans who know her as sultry Gabrielle Solis on the hit melodrama11 Desperate Housewives, Longoria says her character in The Sentinel is something completely different as was the experience of making the film.

"First of all, going from a set of estrogen to a set of testosterone was exciting to me, just for a change of pace; but I found it exhilarating because I don't get to do that every day," she added.  "That was the whole point of picking this movie: I wanted to do something completely opposite of Gabrielle and Desperate Housewives and I found it in Jill Marin. Actually, she's a lot closer to who I am as person. I'm a tomboy, I love shooting guns and running around. To be able to do that in a movie was just like a vacation."

Although The Sentinel is a thriller meant for entertainment, star and producer Michael Douglas says the cast and crew came away with a renewed admiration12 for the real Secret Service.

"You talk about how to get into a character, [but] there's no way you can understand how you can lay your body in front of somebody else, instinctively13, to take a bullet. It's really hard to understand that," added Mr. Douglas.

"Whatever you hear about me in the next few days, I want you to know I was framed ... We're going to get out of this."
"How?"
"I haven't figured that out yet."

The Sentinel also features Kim Basinger as the First Lady. The original novel is adapted for screen by George Nolfi and the film is directed by Clark Johnson.


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1 thriller RIhzU     
n.惊险片,恐怖片
参考例句:
  • He began by writing a thriller.That book sold a million copies.他是写惊险小说起家的。那本书卖了一百万册。
  • I always take a thriller to read on the train.我乘火车时,总带一本惊险小说看。
2 traitor GqByW     
n.叛徒,卖国贼
参考例句:
  • The traitor was finally found out and put in prison.那个卖国贼终于被人发现并被监禁了起来。
  • He was sold out by a traitor and arrested.他被叛徒出卖而被捕了。
3 garrison uhNxT     
n.卫戍部队;驻地,卫戍区;vt.派(兵)驻防
参考例句:
  • The troops came to the relief of the besieged garrison.军队来援救被围的守备军。
  • The German was moving to stiffen up the garrison in Sicily.德军正在加强西西里守军之力量。
4 quarry ASbzF     
n.采石场;v.采石;费力地找
参考例句:
  • Michelangelo obtained his marble from a quarry.米开朗基罗从采石场获得他的大理石。
  • This mountain was the site for a quarry.这座山曾经有一个采石场。
5 mole 26Nzn     
n.胎块;痣;克分子
参考例句:
  • She had a tiny mole on her cheek.她的面颊上有一颗小黑痣。
  • The young girl felt very self- conscious about the large mole on her chin.那位年轻姑娘对自己下巴上的一颗大痣感到很不自在。
6 genre ygPxi     
n.(文学、艺术等的)类型,体裁,风格
参考例句:
  • My favorite music genre is blues.我最喜欢的音乐种类是布鲁斯音乐。
  • Superficially,this Shakespeare's work seems to fit into the same genre.从表面上看, 莎士比亚的这个剧本似乎属于同一类型。
7 retired Njhzyv     
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
参考例句:
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
8 adviser HznziU     
n.劝告者,顾问
参考例句:
  • They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
  • Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
9 depiction f490e01c7396351ff1441f8162831f34     
n.描述
参考例句:
  • Double rhythms, resounding through the lyric depiction and connecting with each other, indicate the thespian place of mankind and the cognition of the writer to this thespian place. 这双重旋律互为表里,表明了人类的某种悲剧性处境以及作家对这种悲剧性处境的感受和认识。
  • A realistic depiction of scenes from everyday domestic life. 日常家居生活的写实画。
10 intensity 45Ixd     
n.强烈,剧烈;强度;烈度
参考例句:
  • I didn't realize the intensity of people's feelings on this issue.我没有意识到这一问题能引起群情激奋。
  • The strike is growing in intensity.罢工日益加剧。
11 melodrama UCaxb     
n.音乐剧;情节剧
参考例句:
  • We really don't need all this ridiculous melodrama!别跟我们来这套荒唐的情节剧表演!
  • White Haired Woman was a melodrama,but in certain spots it was deliberately funny.《白毛女》是一出悲剧性的歌剧,但也有不少插科打诨。
12 admiration afpyA     
n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕
参考例句:
  • He was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene.他对风景之美赞不绝口。
  • We have a great admiration for the gold medalists.我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。
13 instinctively 2qezD2     
adv.本能地
参考例句:
  • As he leaned towards her she instinctively recoiled. 他向她靠近,她本能地往后缩。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He knew instinctively where he would find her. 他本能地知道在哪儿能找到她。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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