The Last Reel

1. Confidential

The following logline has been classified "reliable" from an inside source:

Two former covert operatives are forced to recover the mysterious film that turned them into fugitives... and enemies.

Decryption (Level I):

Once the top field team planted deep in the former Soviet Union, two U.S. agents have been living off the grid for decades, on the lam after a mission gone bad...

...until the C.I.A. rounds them up to recover what they lost...

...reopening personal wounds...

...and national secrets.

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2. Secret:

Decryption (Level II):

This document was originally written to be the final movie in the Newman/Redford “trilogy”, which began with "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid" and continued with "The Sting". Many references, both overt and covert, are hidden within.

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3. Top Secret:

Decryption (Level III):

The NCS (National Clandestine Service) suspects this entire story to be a stealth metaphor for the current state of the Hollywood movie industry, code name "The Biz".

Reference: "Goddamn metaphors..."

[Note: I'm a screenwriter ("THE WONDER YEARS", "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES") and this story is presented in its original screenplay format.]