In the Line of Fire (6/8) Movie CLIP - Blocking the Bullet (1993) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Frank (Clint Eastwood) takes a bullet for the President and foils Leary's (John Malkovich) assassination attempt.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
Clint Eastwood delivers one of his finest performances, as a secret service agent haunted by his past in Wolfgang Petersen's taut thriller In the Line of Fire. Eastwood plays Frank Horrigan, a secret service agent who keeps thinking back to November 22, 1963, when, as an agent hand-picked by President Kennedy, he became one of the few agents to have lost a president to an assassin. Decades later, psychotic Mitch Leary (John Malkovich) is stalking another president (Jim Curley) running for re-election. He has spent long hours studying the psyche of Frank Horrigan, and he taunts Horrigan (feeling that there is a bond between them), telling him of his plans to kill the president. After his conversation with Leary, Horrigan makes sure he is assigned to presidential protection duty. Horrigan has no intention of failing his president this time around, and he is more than willing to take a bullet. But everything goes Leary's way -- he is smart and cagey and the president's aides refuse to alter the itinerary. As the election draws closer, Horrigan's chances to catch Leary look to be less and less a possibility, and he begins to doubt his own abilities -- both now and in the past, when Kennedy was murdered.

CREDITS:
TM & © Sony (1993)
Cast: Gary Cole, Clint Eastwood, Joshua Malina, John Malkovich, Fred Dalton Thompson, Gregory Alan Williams, Rene Russo
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Producers: Jeff Apple, Gail Katz, Wolfgang Petersen, Robert J. Rosenthal, David Valdes
Screenwriter: Jeff Maguire

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[brianekay]

It’s so painful that John Malkovich didn’t win an Oscar for this film. I mean he was so terrifying, so believable it’s just unfair. The fact that he has not won an Oscar at all is outrageous. He is one of the best actors.

[bryanalexander]

I do like that they depicted the "jerk agents" as professional enough to do their jobs without ignoring a possible threat because they didn't like Eastwood's character.

[lexmax]

I expect no less from the secret service.

[christopherdean]

I remember watching this at the cinema and I genuinely wasn't sure whether he was going to shoot the President or not. Absolute cinematic masterpiece, kudos to all concerned.

[incredibleadventures]

Not only is Frank's action heroic but the build up throughout the story to this characters final redemption make it one of my favorite scenes in the movies.

[FomorViceroy]

First time I saw this I was on the edge of my seat. This has been one of my favorite films for years. It's masterfully done.

[frbritton]

The legendary Il Maestro Ennio Morricone's score makes this scene even more iconic :-) 

[anom]

This movie should be used to teach filmmakers how to build tension

[cosmokramer]

One of the finest movies and soundtracks ever made. And one of the finest scenes ever filmed...

[bbenjoe]

Music by Ennio Morricone. Isn't he a true genius?

[alfredvalrie]

1:45 love that low register tuba at the mental connection, rip Maestro Morricone

[alcd]

Outstanding scene: builds the suspense up to a thrilling - and downright terrifying - end.

[bjwdrums]

Malkovich’s best role and one of Eastwood’s 5 best movies IMO.

[paleo]

The way the film uses tension to build to the shot is incredible

[marcosc]

Clint Eastwood and John Malkovitch nailed their scenes but Maestro Ennio Morricone just nailed it with that piece of music

[futureright]

I got thrilled when Clint Eastwood threw his body to the line of fire. Eastwood Forever.

[thurstontynkkynen]

I just finished watching this movie for the first time and I absolutely loved it

[boymata]

A classic film and eastwood almost realistically portrayed a secret service agent. Excellent action from the start until the end.

[gabrielmargolies]

One of the best things here is that he had a bulletproof vest, so the film avoided the temptation of having a cheesy and boring death scene here and instead made it more realistic.

[GizmoBeach]

The most exciting part was immediately afterwards: the Secret Service hustling the POTUS out of the building so fast his shoes barely scraped the ground.