百年50部英文烧脑电影赏析：[3]Catch Me If You Can 猫鼠游戏

In 1963, teen-aged Frank Abagnale(Leonardo Dicaprio)lives in New Rochelle, New York with his father Frank Abagnale, Sr.(Christopher Walken), and French mother Paula(Nathalie Baye), When Frank Sr. is denied a business loan at Chase Manhattan Bank due to unspecified difficulties with the IRS, the family is forced to move from their large home to a small apartment. Paula carries on an affair with Jack(James Brolin), a friend of her husband. Meanwhile, Frank poses as a substitute teacher in his French class. Frank's parents file for divorce, and Frank runs When he runs out of money, he begins to rely on confidence scams to get by. Soon, Frank's cons grow bolder and he even impersonates an airline pilot. He forges Pan Am payroll checks and succeeds in stealing over $2.8 million.

Meanwhile, Carl Hanratty(Tom Hanks), an FBI bank fraud agent, begins to track down Frank. Carl and Frank meet in a hotel, where Frank convinces Carl his name is Barry Allen of the Secret Service. Frank leaves, Carl angrily realizing his mistake just as it is too late. Later, at Christmas, Carl is still working when Frank calls him, attempting to apologize for duping Carl. Carl rejects his apology and tells him he will soon be caught, but laughs when he realizes Frank actually called him because he has no one eIse to talk to. Frank hangs up, and Carl continues to investigate, suddenly realizing(thanks to a waiter)that the name “Barry Allen” is from the Flash comic books and that Frank is just a teenager.

Frank, meanwhile, has not only changed to becoming a doctor and a lawyer, but has fallen in love with Brenda(Amy Adams), to whom he eventually admits the truth about himself and asks her to run away with him. Carl tracks him to his engagement party where Frank has left Brenda, asking her to meet him two days later so they can elope. Frank sees her waiting for him two days later, but also sees agents in disguise. He realizes he has been set up and escapes on a flight to Europe. Seven months later, Carl shows his boss that Frank has been forging checks all over western Europe and asks permission to go to Europe to look for him. When his boss says no, Carl brings Frank's checks to printing professionals who deem that the checks were printed in France. Carl remembers from an interview with Frank's mother that she was born in Montrichard, France. He goes there and finds Frank, and tells him that the French police will kill him if he does not go with Carl quietly. Frank assumes he is lying at first, but Carl promises Frank he would never lie to him, and Carl takes him outside, where the French police escort him to prison.

The scene then flashes forward to a plane returning Frank home from prison, where Carl informs him that his father has died. Consumed with grief, Frank escapes from the plane and goes back to his old house, where he finds his mother with the man she left his father for, as well as a girl who Frank realizes is his half-sister. Frank gives himself up and is sentenced to 12 years in prison, getting visits from time to time from Carl. When Frank points out how one of the checks Carl is carrying as evidence is fake, Carl convinces the FBI to offer Frank a deal by which he can live out the remainder of his sentence working for the bank fraud department of the FBI, which Frank accepts. While working at the FBI, Frank misses the thrill of the chase and even attempts to fly as an airline pilot again. He is cornered by Carl, who insists that Frank will return to the FBI job since no one is chasing him. On the following Monday, Carl is nervous that Frank has not yet appeared at work. However, Frank does show up and they discuss their next case.

The ending credits reveal that Frank has been happily married for 26 years, has three sons, lives in the Midwest, is still good friends with Carl, has caught some of the world's most elusive money forgers, and earns millions of dollars each year because of his work creating unforgeable checks.

1963年，少年弗兰克·阿巴戈内尔(莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥饰)和父亲弗兰克先生(克里斯托弗·沃肯饰)、母亲法国人保拉(娜塔莉·贝伊饰)住在纽约的新罗歇尔。由于与美国国税局有不明的纠纷，弗兰克先生申请的美国大通曼哈顿银行商业贷款遭拒，全家被迫从大房子搬迁到小公寓里。这时的弗兰克，在他的法语班上假扮老师给学生上课。由于保拉与丈夫的朋友杰克(詹姆斯·布洛林饰)有婚外情，弗兰克父母申请离婚，致使弗兰克离家出走。由于生活窘迫，弗兰克靠一些诈骗伎俩生存，慢慢地，弗兰克的胆子越来越大，他假扮飞行员，伪造泛美航空公司的工资支票，成功骗取280多万美元。

美国联邦调查局负责票据诈骗案的特工卡尔·汉瑞特(汤姆·汉克斯饰)开始追捕弗兰克。一次，他们在一家酒店相遇，卡尔轻信了弗兰克的骗词，对方声称自己是美国特工处的工作人员，名叫巴利·艾伦。事后卡尔非常懊悔，但为时已晚。在圣诞节当天，一直在工作的卡尔接到了弗兰克的电话，他因之前脱逃一事向卡尔道歉。卡尔并不领情，并表示一定会将他绳之以法。卡尔还得知，弗兰克打来电话的另一原因是没有人陪他聊天，他觉得非常可笑。挂上电话后卡尔继续调查，由于服务员的提醒，卡尔突然发现“巴利·艾伦”这个名字来自于一部卡通漫画，原来弗兰克还是个青少年。

在这之后，弗兰克还假扮过医生、律师，他与布兰达(艾米·亚当斯饰)相爱，告诉了布兰达自己的一切，请求布兰达与他私奔。卡尔追查到弗兰克的订婚宴会上，弗兰克提前溜走了，临走前与布兰达约定两天后会合私奔。两天后，弗兰克来到相约地点，看到布兰达正在等他，同时他也注意到便衣特工埋伏在四周，便立即离开逃往欧洲。7个月后，卡尔向上司出示了弗兰克在欧洲伪造的支票，告诉上司弗兰克在西欧大量伪造支票，请求前往追捕。尽管上司不批准，卡尔还是找到了印刷专家进行检验，得知伪造的票据是在法国印刷的。卡尔记起在询问弗兰克母亲时，她提到自己在法国的蒙特里夏尔出生。于是卡尔前往蒙特里夏尔，找到了弗兰克，劝他悄悄地跟他回国，否则如果被法国警方抓获他将被判死刑。一开始弗兰克并不相信，但卡尔保证自己绝对不会骗他，当卡尔把他带出门口，在外等候的法国警方遂将他羁押入狱。

镜头转换到飞机上，弗兰克从监狱出来被押送回国，这时卡尔告诉他，他的父亲已经去世。怀着悲伤的心情，弗兰克从机上脱逃回到家中，看到母亲正和当年外遇的男人生活在一起，还生下了一个与他同母异父的妹妹。弗兰克彻底绝望，被判入狱12年。服刑其间，卡尔总会去探望弗兰克。有一次，弗兰克看到卡尔带来了一张伪造的票据，便教他如何识别。这让卡尔冒出一个想法，他和美国联邦调查局商量，让弗兰克在剩余的服役期为联邦调查局票据诈骗部门工作，弗兰克欣然接受了这份工作。但弗兰克贪恋过去犯罪所带来的刺激感，在工作中又一次找机会假扮飞行员跑走了。凭着卡尔对弗兰克的了解，他很肯定即使不去追捕，弗兰克也一定会回来的。第二周的星期一，卡尔正为弗兰克还未出现一事心烦意乱，这时弗兰克突然出现，两人非常默契，像往常一样开始讨论下一个案子。

影片的最后讲述了多年后，他们一直维持着要好的关系。弗兰克住在美国中西部，已婚26年，婚姻美满，生了三个孩子。由于他工作出色，抓获了许多伪造国际票据的要犯，并且因为从事制作防伪造的支票工作而获得年薪几百万的收入。

unspecified[ˌʌn'spesifaid]adj. 未指明的;未详细说明的

substitute['sʌbstitju:t]n. 代用品;代替者

impersonate[im'pə:səneit]vt. 扮演;模仿;拟人，人格化

payroll['peirəul]n. 工资单

engagement[in'geiʤmənt]n. 婚约;约会;交战;诺言

permission[pə'miʃən]n. 允许，许可

remainder[ri'meində]n. 余数，残余;剩余物;其余的人

fraud[frɔ:d]n. 欺骗;骗子;诡计

elusive[i'lju:siv]adj. 难懂的;易忘的;逃避的;难捉摸的

重点掌握

■ Frank poses as a substitute teacher in his French class.

在英语中，pose有“佯装”的意思，所以pose as就是“伪装成;假扮”的意思，用英文解释就是you pretend to be that person in order to deceive people. 比如：The spy was caught by a policewoman who posed as a prostitute. 间谍被一个假扮妓女的女警察抓住了。

Steven Spielberg Interviewed by Alec Cawthorne

What was it that attracted you to the story of Frank Abagnale?

His chutzpah and his imagination in the scams and stings he pulled off were so imaginative and so courageous. Amazing. In a way, he's sort of the anti-hero that you root for, even though you know he's going to have to pay a price and go to jail.

So how do you think Leo Dicaprio succeeds in bringing Frank Abagnale to life?

I think what Frank did in real life and what Leo does in portraying him are the same thing. They both use social camouflage. Basically, that's changing and switching occupations. I think Frank, like Leo, has a dazzling IQ. You understand in just meeting Frank how he could just pull the wool over your eyes, and there's something of that in Leo.

What about Tom Hanks as Agent Hanratty?

Tom Hanks brings a kind of bureaucratic quality, which I've never seen Tom do before. He also has the patience of Job in this cat-and-mouse race. He has this kind of tenacity and patience which you start to laugh at, because his patience is almost funny.

How do you feel about Leo Dicaprio starring in Gangs of New York at the same time as you're releasing your own film?

Well, we have such a strong picture and it's so much fun. I think the audience is really smart and they'll see this and they'll probably see Gangs of New York as well. It just shows how wonderfully versatile Leo is as an actor. And of course in Catch Me If You Can, Leo kisses a lot of girls!

是什么吸引你来拍摄这个关于弗兰克·阿巴戈内尔故事的电影呢?

他在诈骗时的肆无忌惮和他的想象力，并且他在成功逃脱追捕的过程中是如此富有想象力和如此勇敢。这是令人惊讶的，从某种程度上说，即使你知道他将要付出代价并因此而入狱，但你还会赞美支持这样的一位非正统派的主人公。

对迪卡普里奥成功地将弗兰克·阿巴戈内尔这个角色演活，你怎么想的?

我认为弗兰克在生活中做的这些事情和迪卡普里奥将其表演出来是一样的。他们都运用了社交伪装。从根本上说，就是不断地改变和转换职业。我认为弗兰克像里奥一样，有着超凡的智商。你应该明白在遇到弗兰克时，他是怎样使用障眼法的，这也是里奥所具备的。

汤姆·汉克斯扮演特工汉瑞特怎么样?

汤姆·汉克斯表现出一种官僚作风的气质，之前我从未见过汤姆这样过。他在这个折磨人的追逐中表现出极大的耐心。他有这种固执和耐心，开始时你会嘲笑他的这种耐心，因为他表现出来的耐心非常有趣。

你自己拍摄的这部电影将要上线，与此同时，而迪卡普里奥在电影《纽约黑帮》中也担任主演，你有什么感受呢?

嗯，我们拍摄了一部极好的影片，并且它十分有趣。我认为观众都是很聪明的，他们很可能会看我这部电影，也可能会去看《纽约黑帮》。这仅仅只能表明里奥作为一名演员是多么的多才多艺。当然，在《猫鼠游戏》这部电影中，里奥亲吻了许多女孩子!

詹妮弗·加纳只用了一天的时间拍摄她的戏。

飘动的美元钞票是模仿《阿甘正传》(Forrest Gump)(1994)中那根飘飞的羽毛。

“迈阿密”机场的外景是在老安大略湖(加利福尼亚)机场的终点站拍摄完成的。老终点站现在还保留着，只是在新的安大略湖(加利福尼亚)机场投入使用后，被改建成了官方用地。

虽然全部场景都是在晴天拍摄的，但在每个镜头中看到的所有街道和水泥路的表面都是湿的。很多摄影师看起来都更喜欢湿漉漉的街道。