Title: Bad Company

Director: Joel Schumacher

Screenwriter: Jason Richman, Michael Browning

Subject: Gary M. Goodman, David Himmelstein

Year: 2002

Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock, Peter Stormare, Gabriel
Macht, Kerry Washington, Adoni Maropis, Garcelle Beauvais,
Matthew Marsh, Dragan Mićanović, John Slattery, Brooke
Smith, Daniel Sunjata, DeVone Lawson Jr., Wills Robbins,
Marek Vašut, Irma P. Hall, Dan Ziskie, John Aylward, John
Fink, Michael Ealy

Duration: 116’

Production Company: Touchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer
Films, Stillking Productions

Production Country: USA, Czech Republic

Plot: When a C.I.A. Agent is killed during an operation,
the secret agency recruits his twin brother Jake to replace
him. The C.I.A. wants him to finish a project which his
brother was working on. However, Jake has absolutely no
experience and Agent Oakes must train the twin to act like
a real C.I.A. Agent.

Main Source Language: English

Target Dubbed Language: Italian

Target Title: Protocollo Praga

Dubbing Director: Alessandro Rossi

Dubbing Actors: Dario Penne, Fabrizio Vidale, Francesco
Pannofino, Massimo De Ambrosis, Ilaria Stagni, Claudia
Catani, Stefano De Sando, Antonio Sanna

Function of Language Varieties in ST: British vs American,
Star turn.
Anthony Hopkins, who plays Agent Oakes, offers an example
of Star Turn as he uses a distinctive RP accent to
represent the agent.
Language Varieties in ST: American English, RP, English
with Czech/Russian accent
“Hero 1 is a CIA agent. He's English and way over
retirement age. His name is Oakes, as in Oatcakes, and is
played by none other than a Welsh knight. He could have
been played by just about anybody, but to give the film a
touch of class, Sir Tony of Hopkins has been torn away from
impersonating the cannibal Lecter to perform a service for
producer Jerry Bruckheimer.”
https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/bad-company-film-
review-by-angus-wolfe-murray

”Okay, fine. So I may have said no to three actors before
they got [affects a British accent] Sir Anthony Hopkins.”

But despite the stars’ seemingly different strengths,
Schumacher insists the pairing isn’t as improbable as it
might appear. ”People don’t realize Chris is a great actor
and Tony — although his humor is very dry and droll — is
quite funny,” he says.”
https://ew.com/article/2001/10/24/bad-company/

“It wasn't the notion that Rock could actually PLAY chess,
let alone hustle with it, and it wasn't the British Guy
running around with a CIA badge.”
https://www.imdb.com/review/rw0800030/

Dubbed Language Rendition: Standard Italian

Instance Description: Officer Oakes reveals to Jack about
his C.I.A twin brother’s death and unfinished operation.
The Agent eventually recruits him to replace his twin
brother to complete the mission.

Instance Start Time: 16’26’’

Instance Duration: 3’20’’

Instance Web Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlBZSscJHII

ST Instance Transcription:
Jake: I understand. Y'all shot somebody, and now you need a
suspect.

Officer Oakes: Mr. Hayes? Jacob Hayes? I'm Officer Oakes.
That's Officer Seale. Officer Swanson. Officer Carew.
Jake: What, CIA? What's that for? "Crackers in my ass"? You
gonna arrest me for scalping tickets?
Officer Oakes: We just want to talk to you about something.
Jake: About what?
Officer Oakes: About your brother.
Jake: You got the wrong guy. I don't even have a
brother...That's just a picture of me in a suit. Could have
got that off the Internet. I saw a picture of Bill Gates
with 3 titties on the Net.
Officer Oakes: Okay, September 8, 1970. Bellevue Hospital,
New York City. A woman registered as Mary Jeffries gives
birth to identical twins...but suffers complications during
labour and dies the next day.
Jake: What about the father?
Officer Seale: Thomas B. Jeffries. Presumed alive.
Whereabouts unknown.
Officer Oakes: The state rarely separates twins, but one of
the infants, Jacob, that's you, was diagnosed with a severe
lung infection. You still have the scar from the chest
tube, the incision mark. An administrator at the hospital
altered the birth record to give the healthy child a better
chance at adoption. A week later, Roger and Glenda Pope
took in Kevin Jeffries. The Popes never knew. Kevin never
knew.
Jake: So, I have a twin brother. Big deal. What's the CIA
have to do with this? What, he couldn't send me a letter?
Officer Oakes: Your brother's dead.
Jake: How?
Officer Oakes: A helicopter crash. We need your help, Mr.
Hayes. Your brother was working on something with us.
Officer Oakes: My twin brother with CIA?

Officer Oakes: Yeah, a clandestine operative. Before he was
killed, he set up a deal.
Jake: What kind of deal?
Officer Oakes: A very important one. So, we need you to
stand in for him, um, just briefly.
Jake: Pretend I'm him?
Officer Oakes: Yeah.
Jake: For how long?
Officer Oakes: 9 days.
Jake: 9 days? That's not standing in. Standing in's like,
an hour. 9 days, that's like going on tour. Is this shit
dangerous?
Officer Oakes: There is some risk.
Jake: What kind of risk? Are we talking bad credit risk or
bullet in the ass risk?
Officer Oakes: You'd be well compensated.
Jake: For bullet in the ass risk? I hope that's a lot of
compensation. How much?
Officer Oakes: Throw out a number.
Jake: A billion dollars.
Officer Oakes: You've overshot.
Jake: I don't know what kind of budget you're working with.
Officer Oakes: Well, we were thinking somewhere in the
region of, let's say, $25,000.
Jake: 50. Yeah, 50. I figure you started with 25, so I know
you got more. You ain't gonna give me all your money.
50,000.
Officer Oakes: This is what I'm thinking, Mr. Hayes. With
$25,000, your girlfriend Julie could go to college, she
wouldn't have to go to Seattle

Officer Seale: or work with Ken.
Jake: Okay, here's what I'm thinking. You're gonna give me
$50,000, tax-free.
Officer Oakes: Okay, $50,000 after tax, after the job is
done.
Jake: Half now, half after.
Officer Oakes: 10 now, 40 after.
Jake: Unless my mother had triplets, you're gonna give me
10 now, 90 after.
Officer Oakes: Okay, you got a deal.
Jake: So, when do we start?
Officer Oakes: Now.

TT Instance Transcription:
Jake: Ah ho capito. Avete ammazzato qualcuno ed ora vi
serve un indiziato.
Agente Oakes: Signor Hayes? Jacob Hayes? Sono l’agente
Oakes. Lui è l’agente Seale. L’agente Swanson. L’agente
Carew.
Jake: Siete della CIA? Per cosa sta? Coglioni in azione?
Volete arrestarmi per bagarinaggio?
Agente Oakes: Vogliamo solo parlarle di una cosa.
Jake: E di cosa?
Agente Oakes: Di suo fratello.
Jake: Siete fuori di testa! Io non ce l’ho un fratello…
Quella è una mia foto in abito scuro, l’avete presa su
internet. Io ci ho visto una foto di Bill Gates con tre
tette su internet.
Agente Oakes: Okay, 8 settembre, 1970. Bellevue Hospital,
New York City. Una donna registrata come Mary Jeffries dà

alla luce due gemelli perfettamente identici ma ha delle
complicazioni durante il travaglio e muore il giorno
seguente.
Jake: Il padre che fine ha fatto?
Agente Seale: Thomas B. Jeffries. Presubilmente vivo.
Coordinate sconosciute.
Agente Oakes: Lo stato raramente separa i gemelli ma ad uno
dei neonati, Jacob, cioè lei, viene diagnosticata
un’infezione polmonare. Lei, infatti, ha ancora la
cicatrice del tubo toracico. Un impiegato dell’ospedale
falsifica i certificati per rendere più facile l’adozione
del gemello sano. Una settimana dopo, Roger e Glenda Pope
accolgono Kevin Jeffries. Non hanno mai saputo e Kevin
neanche.
Jake: Ho un fratello gemello. Che notizia! E che centra la
CIA con tutto questo? Dico non poteva scrivermi lui?
Agente Oakes: Suo fratello è morto.
Jake: Come?
Agente Oakes: Un incidente con l’elicottero. Ci serve il
suo aiuto signor Hayes. Suo fratello lavorava a un caso per
noi.
Jake: My twin brother with CIA?
Agente Oakes: Si. Lavorava sotto copertura. E prima di
morire aveva organizzato un affare.
Jake: Che tipo di affare?
Agente Oakes: Un affare importante. Abbiamo bisogno che lei
lo sostituisca per pochissimo tempo.
Jake: Devo fingere di essere lui?
Agente Oakes: Già.
Jake: E per quanto?
Agente Oakes: Per 9 giorni.

Jake: 9 giorni? Non è pochissimo tempo! Pochissimo tempo è
un’ora, 9 giorni sono un’eternità cosmica? É una cosa
pericolosa?
Agente Oakes: Ci sono alcuni rischi?
Jake: Che genere di rischi? Tipo fregatura di soldi o
pallottola ne culo?
Agente Oakes: Avrà una giusta ricompensa.
Jake: Per rischio pallottola nel culo deve essere una
ricompensa con i fiocchi! Quanto offrite?
Agente Oakes: Dica lei una cifra.
Jake: Un miliardo di dollari.
Officer Oakes: Ha esagerato.
Jake: Beh non ho idea di qual è il vostro budget.
Agente Oakes: La cifra che avevamo in mente si aggirava più
o meno sui $25,000.
Jake: 50. Si, 50. Se partite da 25 vuol dire che ne avete
di più, non me li offrireste tutti subito. Ne voglio 50.
Agente Oakes: Senta che le dico signor Hayes. $25,000 la
sua ragazza, Julie, andrà all’università e non partirà per
Seattle.
Agente Seale: E non lavorerà con Ken.
Jake: Sentite che vi dico io. Voi mi date $50,000 tasse
escluse.
Agente Oakes: Okay, $50,000 esenti tasse ma solo a lavoro
concluso.
Jake: Ne voglio metà subito e l’altra metà dopo.
Agente Oakes: No 10 ora e 40 dopo.
Jake: Visto che mia madre non ha avuto tre gemelli, voi me
ne date 10 adesso e 90 dopo.
Agente Oakes: Okay, affare fatto.

Jake: Allora quando si comincia?
Agente Oakes: Adesso.