Page Eight

Page Eight is a 2011 British political thrilleraction drama, written and directed for the BBC by the British writer David Hare, his first film as director since the 1989 film Strapless. The cast includes Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, Michael Gambon, Tom Hughes, Ralph Fiennes, and Judy Davis. The film was followed by Turks amp Caicos 2014 and Salting the Battlefield 2014, which were broadcast on BBC Two in March 2014. The three films are collectively known as The Worricker Trilogy.

At the same time, Johnny begins spending time with his neighbour Nancy Pierpan Rachel Weisz, a Syrianborn political activist whose brother was killed by Israeli forces. Johnny shares his love of modern art and jazz with Nancy but, wondering if she aims to exploit his connections, asks friend and covert intelligence operative Rollo to investigate her. Meanwhile, Baron dies of a heart attack at his country home before he can make the report public. Beasley orders the report to be buried and tells Johnny of his plans to replace MI5 with a U.S.style Homeland Security organisation. Catchesides silence is bought by naming her Deputy Prime Minister.Johnny sells a painting from his small but valuable art collection to obtain travelling cash. He learns that an acquaintance of Nancys, seen loitering around the apartment building, is Tankards son and has been paid to monitor him. Johnny realizes that Beasley and Tankard are conspiring to run a politicised cowboy intelligence operation. Johnny gives Nancy a copy of the secret file on her brothers death but points out that he would be implicated if its existence were to be revealed by her. Johnny ends up making a deal with Tankard to keep quiet about the report. In return for Johnnys silence, Tankard agrees to kill the reorganisation of the intelligence services as well as leak the file on Nancys brothers murder to the BBC. The fallout forces Johnny to disappear for his safety. ........

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