From Paris with Love (2010)

Richard Durden: Ambassador Bennington

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• [first lines] 

  James Reece : [accepts printout]  Thank you, Cindy.

  Secretary : Welcome...

  James Reece : [reading]  African Aid Summit prep meeting with the Foreign Minister tomorrow at noon, Summit Conference on Wednesday, G8 Undersecretary conference dinner on Thursday, and a reception for the Secretary of State Friday, sir.

  Ambassador Bennington : Can't you see we have more urgent matters to consider, Reece?

  [moves his queen] 

  James Reece : Of course, sir.

  [counter moves his queen] 

  James Reece : Check.

  Ambassador Bennington : Must you always be so methodical?

  James Reece : Well that's what you pay me for, sir.

  Ambassador Bennington : And you're worth every penny. But that doesn't mean I'm just going to sit here and watch you copy Fischer's ambush on Spassky back in '72.