The Rendezvous (II) (2016)

Raza Jaffrey: Jake Al-Shadi

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• Jake Al-Shadi : [lost in the desert]  Come on, change of plan. We're walking.

  Rachel Rozman : Where are we headed?

  Jake Al-Shadi : I'm Bedouin. I can get us out.

  Rachel Rozman : With what, your Bedouin radar?

  Jake Al-Shadi : My birth name is Yakub Al-Shadi. My grandfather lived in a tent. It's in my blood.

  Rachel Rozman : Jake, you were raised in Ohio.

  Jake Al-Shadi : I came back in the summers.

  Rachel Rozman : For what? For Bedouin camp? You have a desk job. You weren't even able to get us out of that market today without a GPS.

  Jake Al-Shadi : I'm gonna get us out of here. I promise. We'll find some Bedouins or some camels.

• [from trailer] 

  Rachel Rozman : Do you feel like breaking the rules for once?

  Jake Al-Shadi : Try me.

• Rachel Rozman : What do you have against him, anyway?

  Jake Al-Shadi : I don't like his beard.

  Rachel Rozman : Well, he was my brother's friend, so I trust him.

  Jake Al-Shadi : You know, if it wasn't for Beltran, we wouldn't be here right now.

  Rachel Rozman : Jake, if you knew your way around Amman, we wouldn't have ended up getting in the wrong car.

  Jake Al-Shadi : Wait, I only got in that car because of you.

  Rachel Rozman : And I was trying to save our asses, which I swear is your job.

  Jake Al-Shadi : If it wasn't for me, we'd still be wandering around the desert!

  Rachel Rozman : And if wasn't for me, you'd still be tied up to a pole in the bunker!

  Jake Al-Shadi : Yeah, getting punched by some guy trying to protect you!

  Rachel Rozman : What about the car chase?

  Jake Al-Shadi : What about the car chase?

  Rachel Rozman : Fine. You know what? You don't want Beltran around, I'll go see Fawaz Azzam on my own. I don't need you.

• Jake Al-Shadi : [stranded in the desert]  I spy with my little eye something beginning with "S".

  Rachel Rozman : [unenthused]  Sand.

• Lisbeth : Jesus believed the world would come to an end in his lifetime.

  Jake Al-Shadi : I've never had the pleasure of meeting you nutjobs. Now stop the car. I work for the government.

  Lisbeth : And we work for higher power.

• Conrad Hanley : They're keeping the body for now, which gives us some leverage. You think she's one of 'em?

  Jake Al-Shadi : No. No way.

  Conrad Hanley : You can't go by looks. A lot of religious nut jobs seem perfectly normal; my first wife.

  Jake Al-Shadi : Next paycheck says she's no cult member.

  Conrad Hanley : How about her brother? Paycheck on him not being a loony?

  Jake Al-Shadi : Nope. No bets on the brother, but she doesn't know anything.

  Conrad Hanley : All right. When's her flight?

  Jake Al-Shadi : Tomorrow morning.

  Conrad Hanley : Take her to her brother's hotel. Show her his room. Maybe something will click.

• Jake Al-Shadi : Hey, look what I found. An invitation to an event last week, University of Jordan.

  Rachel Rozman : You read Arabic?

  Jake Al-Shadi : It's in English on the back.

• Rachel Rozman : I bet you there's a list for the fundraiser, and that woman's name is gonna be on it.

  Jake Al-Shadi : I'm guessing lonely nights... watching Sherlock Holmes on TV with ice cream and flannel PJs.

  Rachel Rozman : First of all, nobody wears flannel in Los Angeles. And secondly, a lot can be gleaned from watching Sherlock Holmes. Can you get us a list?

  Jake Al-Shadi : No.

  Rachel Rozman : Why not?

• Rachel Rozman : I wanna stay at David's hotel.

  Jake Al-Shadi : No.

  Rachel Rozman : Please! Please, I can feel him there, and after tomorrow he's gonna gone, and maybe you can't understand that...

  Jake Al-Shadi : No!

  [cut to the hotel lobby] 

  Jake Al-Shadi : We're not here in an official capacity.

  Hotel Clerk : I'm sorry, there are no rooms available.

  Rachel Rozman : [offering him a 20 dinar bill]  Um... we just need a place to stay. For one night.

  Hotel Clerk : Queen-size bed?

  Rachel Rozman , Jake Al-Shadi : Two rooms.

• Rachel Rozman : You sure you don't want any dessert?

  Jake Al-Shadi : No. No, no. I don't. I have a dessert rule; twice a week, that's it. Already met it.

  Rachel Rozman : It's only Tuesday.

  Jake Al-Shadi : Now I don't have to think about it for the rest of the week. Is that lame?

  Rachel Rozman : No, it's fine.

• [from trailer] 

  Jake Al-Shadi : Get the gun?

  Rachel Rozman : Jake, I don't do guns, okay?

• Rachel Rozman : They're holding his body hostage?

  Jake Al-Shadi : It's a criminal investigation. Governments get touchy when the U.S. starts meddling in their affairs of state. It's also a tactic; they're trying to put pressure on you.

  Rachel Rozman : Why? Wh... what do they think I know?

  Jake Al-Shadi : A name, a number, an address. What the carving on his arm means. They're looking for anything.

  Rachel Rozman : [considering]  He needed money.

  Jake Al-Shadi : Okay, good. That's something. Money for what?

  [seeing her reluctance to say] 

  Jake Al-Shadi : Rachel, did David say why he needed money?

  Rachel Rozman : He always needed money. He just... he wasn't very good at being a grown-up.

  Jake Al-Shadi : Well, did he say why this time?

  Rachel Rozman : He just said that things got weird, and he needed to get out of Jordan.

  Jake Al-Shadi : To where?

  Rachel Rozman : You know, if I had the answers to your questions, I wouldn't be sitting here trying to answer your questions.

• Rachel Rozman : [at her brother's hotel]  What are you doing?

  Jake Al-Shadi : Don't worry. I got this.

  [reaching the room, he kneels down to pick the lock] 

  Jake Al-Shadi : Got a few tricks up my sleeve.

  Rachel Rozman : Oh.

  [she pushes the door open] 

  Rachel Rozman : Way to go there, desk jockey.

• Jake Al-Shadi : My job is to escort you to ID your brother's body. I'm not investigating a crime.

  Rachel Rozman : No, Jake! They're not gonna release his body if we don't find out what happened to him. You heard them; people were after him.

  Jake Al-Shadi : My job is also to keep you safe. You're my responsibility.

  Rachel Rozman : My brother wasn't unhinged!

  Jake Al-Shadi : You haven't seen him for three years.

  Rachel Rozman : Okay, fine. What's next?

  Jake Al-Shadi : The airport hotel.

  Rachel Rozman : What?

  Jake Al-Shadi : Look, I'm sorry about your brother, but we're not here to play detective. You're getting on that plane tomorrow. I'm not putting you in danger.

• Jake Al-Shadi : Any luck with getting the, uh, Jordanians to release the body?

  Conrad Hanley : Jake, that's us. We asked them not to release it.

  Jake Al-Shadi : What?

  Conrad Hanley : Plan B. Mothers wants her here a few more days.

  Jake Al-Shadi : Why? I just spent the evening telling...

  Conrad Hanley : He's the only one we've been able to ID. Now he's here. Let's see who else crawls out of the woodwork.

  Jake Al-Shadi : She doesn't know where the scroll is.

  Conrad Hanley : Well, the crazies don't know that. And frankly, Jake, neither do you.

  Jake Al-Shadi : What am I supposed to say to her, huh? "Actually, Dr. Rozman, stick around. We'd like to use you as bait."

  Conrad Hanley : Well... make it a little more charming.

• Jake Al-Shadi : You trying to get me fired? First class to Dubai?

  Rachel Rozman : [choking on her drink]  How did you find me?

  Jake Al-Shadi : I work for the U.S. government, remember?

  Rachel Rozman : Yeah, the State Department, not the CIA.

  [he just looks at her] 

  Rachel Rozman : I'm not leaving this plane.

  Jake Al-Shadi : Then neither am I.

• Jake Al-Shadi : You know, your, uh, rogue operation is costing the taxpayer a lot of money.

  Rachel Rozman : You know, that might be true if it wasn't for the fact that I actually paid for my own ticket.

  Jake Al-Shadi : I didn't. So, what's the plan? Just knock on Du Plessis' door and say hi?

  Rachel Rozman : No. He's expecting me.

  Jake Al-Shadi : How'd that happen?

  Rachel Rozman : I made a phone call. Personal touch, it goes a long way.

• Ed Mothers : Good work, Jake. She might have found the mystery woman. She's been a stroke of good luck, hasn't she? She got Du Plessis' attention. Play it out with her.

  Jake Al-Shadi : Well, even if that puts her in danger?

  Ed Mothers : We're not keeping her against her will. Let's let her help us.

  Jake Al-Shadi : By taking advantage of her grief.

  Ed Mothers : Our job is to get the scroll. Keep it out of the crazies' hands.

  Jake Al-Shadi : Or else what? Armageddon?

  Ed Mothers : Do you know what's on my desk, Jake? Two suicide bombings this morning. A new ISIS kidnapping, and a bunch of religious lunatics looking for a scroll. That's a fire we can put out.

• Beltran Reyes : Rachel Rozman?

  Rachel Rozman : Yeah.

  Beltran Reyes : I'm Beltran Reyes. Your brother was my friend. I work for Du Plessis.

  Jake Al-Shadi : Jake Al-Shadi, U.S. State...

  Beltran Reyes : You shouldn't have brought her here, Agent Al-Shadi. You're putting her in danger.

  Jake Al-Shadi : Like I had a choice.

  Beltran Reyes : We need to get you two out of here right now. Come on, let's go.

• Jake Al-Shadi : What happened back there?

  Beltran Reyes : They found her, stubborn girl. She should have just left the country.

  Rachel Rozman : Why would they kill her?

  Beltran Reyes : Same reason they killed your brother. He had noble intentions; he wanted to take the scroll to a museum in the U.S. and keep it safely there. Where's your car?

  Jake Al-Shadi : We took a cab.

  Beltran Reyes : Not a good idea. Drivers talk. They'll follow you. If we're lucky, they don't know who you are yet.

  Jake Al-Shadi : Who?

  Beltran Reyes : Could be anyone. Him. Or him.

  Jake Al-Shadi : Paranoid much?

  Beltran Reyes : When your enemy is invisible, it's wise to be paranoid.

• Jake Al-Shadi : I don't get it. It should be right around here somewhere.

  Rachel Rozman : We... we've gone too far. I thought you knew where we were going.

  Jake Al-Shadi : I do!

  Rachel Rozman : We're lost?

  Jake Al-Shadi : You hear the call to prayer?

  Rachel Rozman : Yeah, it's coming from over there.

  Jake Al-Shadi : Actually, it's bouncing off that wall. It's that way.

  Rachel Rozman : What is it called again? King Abdullah Mosque? Is that with a "U" or with an "A"?

  Jake Al-Shadi : Wait a minute. Are you... are you GPS-ing this?

  Rachel Rozman : Yes.

  Jake Al-Shadi : [rolling his eyes]  This way!

• Jake Al-Shadi : Who are you?

  Lisbeth : I'm Lisbeth.

  Rachel Rozman : Hi. Where's Beltran?

  Jake Al-Shadi : Where are we going?

  Lisbeth : Somewhere safe.

  Jake Al-Shadi : Funny, I don't feel safe.

  [to Rachel] 

  Jake Al-Shadi : Do you feel safe?

  Lisbeth : Are you aware that Jesus was a Jew, Dr. Rozman?

  Jake Al-Shadi : Oh, shit. Here we go.

• Jake Al-Shadi : [after their car dies]  No gas, no signal, and half a bottle of water between us. Unless you want to drink washer fluid.

  Rachel Rozman : So what's the plan?

  Jake Al-Shadi : I guess we sit tight until the sun drops a bit. Or someone passes by. And let's hope the crazies don't find us.

  Rachel Rozman : You know, the trick to this is to conserve your energy. So we just have to keep our mouths shut.

  Jake Al-Shadi : Easier for some than others, right?

  Rachel Rozman : I'm serious. And we have to cover our mouths, too. Slows the rate of dehydration from breathing; it's a scientific fact.

• Jake Al-Shadi : Hey, did you hear the joke about the beautiful Jewish woman and the Muslim man who went out into the desert?

  Rachel Rozman : There isn't one.

  Jake Al-Shadi : Not so sure anymore.

• Rachel Rozman : Jake, if we don't make it out of here, who would identify your body?

  Jake Al-Shadi : I don't know. Some State Department bureaucrat, probably.

  Rachel Rozman : Makes you feel pretty alone, doesn't it?

  Jake Al-Shadi : We're not alone.

• Ed Mothers : She's right. God damn kitties. How's she holding up?

  Jake Al-Shadi : Oh, she's great. Why wouldn't she be? She's been lied to, interrogated, chased by lunatics. Still, at least she got a free camel ride.

• Jake Al-Shadi : There's a place near here that has the best baklava in the city.

  Rachel Rozman : Baklava? What about your dessert rule?

  Jake Al-Shadi : What dessert rule?

  Rachel Rozman : Didn't you say you only have two desserts in one week?

  Jake Al-Shadi : I didn't say that. Did I say that?

  Rachel Rozman : Yeah.

  Jake Al-Shadi : Must have been some other guy. The guy who took a bullet for you doesn't have a dessert rule.

  Rachel Rozman : Oh, okay, yes, you're very courageous.

  Jake Al-Shadi : Thanks. Just doing my job, saving the world from Armageddon.

• Rachel Rozman : If you actually think about it, you didn't actually take a bullet for me. I'm the one who threw the scroll to deflect the gun, so technically, I'm the one who saved your life.

  Jake Al-Shadi : Technically?

  Rachel Rozman : Mm-hm.

  Jake Al-Shadi : No, I threw myself in front of that bullet because you were backed up against a cliff. I was busy saving your life. I have the scars to prove it.

  Rachel Rozman : The scars? Oh, no. No, that was singular. Scar.

  Jake Al-Shadi : Well, it's a pretty big scar.

• Charles Du Plessis : Dr. Rozman, welcome. And who is your handsome companion?

  Jake Al-Shadi : Jake Al-Shadi. Uh, family friend.

  Charles Du Plessis : Come, Mr. Al-Shadi, you're with the U.S. State Department. You don't think I vet everyone that comes through that door? A man in my position has to be careful. You know what they say here? Trust in God, but tie up your camels.

• Charles Du Plessis : How much do you know about the Dead Sea Scrolls, Dr. Rozman?

  Rachel Rozman : Not much. I mean, I-I know that they were manuscripts and they were found in caves.

  Charles Du Plessis : Why did a team of religious scholars suppress them for forty-four years? On orders from the Vatican because they deny the virgin birth? But how could it be otherwise? Even the word "scroll" is misleading. Most of the Dead Sea manuscripts are badly damaged fragments. Those scraps have been pieced together creatively to translate into different meanings for different people. Togther they might shed light on the inspiration for the holy books of the world's great religions. It was your brother who encouraged me to play out a hunch that there might be more to be found. After four years of scouring caves, David found a new piece; not a fragment, mind you, a scroll, perhaps the largest ever found. Perhaps the key to the other texts, and then the prick stole it from me!

  Rachel Rozman : Mr...

  Charles Du Plessis : No, no, no, no. I didn't kill him. My passion for collecting only goes so far.

  Jake Al-Shadi : So who did?

  Charles Du Plessis : I wouldn't be wasting my time with the U.S. State Department if I knew.

• Rachel Rozman : Mr. Du Plessis, what was written on the scroll?

  Charles Du Plessis : I've never seen it. Hardly fair, is it, since I paid a fortune for its discovery.

  Jake Al-Shadi : What's it worth?

  Charles Du Plessis : An intact Dead Sea Scroll? Oh my, it's beyond price.

• Charles Du Plessis : You have heard of the Elgin Marbles, Dr. Rozman? Well, imagine the Du Plessis Scroll. Such a discovery can make a man's name last forever. It would be the centerpiece of my collection. Of my life's work. You see, my agenda is simple. I want what's mine back. Dr. Rozman, I'm afraid you have no idea how entangled you are in a very dangerous business. David and I were not the only ones scroll hunting. Word got out of our find. Several religious groups are interested in this manuscript.

  Rachel Rozman : Why?

  Charles Du Plessis : They think it's a prophecy; a road map to the end of the world. To these people, God's word and God's judgment are one and the same. There's a particular fanatical sect calling themselves the Armageddonites.

  Jake Al-Shadi : Catchy.

  Charles Du Plessis : They think the scroll will hasten their desired goal: the end of days. It's a call to arms, a trigger for World War III. Yeah, it sounds preposterous, but every day there are people all over the world killing one another for what they believe is the word of God. David was only one victim.

• Jake Al-Shadi : Next time wear a shirt.

• Lisbeth : [while shooting at Jake and Rachel during car chase through the desert]  You can't escape God's wrath!

  Jake Al-Shadi : [Yelling back while hanging out window]  I can't hear you!

  Rachel Rozman : What are you doing?

  Jake Al-Shadi : Shout louder!