When his wife was diagnosed with cancer, several years before the creation of the National Health Service, the doctors told him that it was totally preventable and curable. Hobbs confesses that she is correct, it was never about the pension. He pulls a gun on her to prevent her from finding the diamonds, but she finds the one from the beginning of the movie on the floor. She goes down into the sewer under the company and finds Mr. As she takes it apart and retrieves it, she gets an idea as to where the diamonds could be. The diamond from the earring falls down the drain of the sink and into the trap underneath. She pulls a handkerchief from her purse which held one of her earrings she had taken apart earlier in the film. Miss Quinn runs to the bathroom and cries uncontrollably. When the president of the company has a heart attack over the stress of the situation, Mr. He threatens that he has evidence against her, but she still does not reveal any information to him. Finch tries to press Miss Quinn for more information, but she does not crack. She begins to realize this was never about his pension. Hobbs confesses that his cause is worth one thousand lives in jail, and refuses to disclose the location of the diamonds. Quinn says they have to turn themselves in and perhaps avoid jail time if they give the diamonds back. Hobbs and Miss Quinn, but still does not have sufficient evidence against either of them. If the world were to know that the single supplier of diamonds to six continents had lost its supply, the diamond market would crash. The company hired a private investigator to keep the matter from going public. Quinn never agreed to this and now finds herself trapped. For 100 million pounds, the London Diamond Corporation will get all of its diamonds back. Hobbs only filling his coffee thermos with diamonds, he steals every single diamond, almost two tons worth, and holds them for ransom. The plan is almost ruined when the company installs cameras to monitor the hallways, but Quinn discovers a loophole and the plan proceeds. A plot that will guarantee him a hearty pension and will make her departure from the company a little more satisfying: stealing enough diamonds to make them rich, but not enough so that anyone will notice they are missing. Additionally, he offers her a place in a plot against the company. When the company is in danger of losing a crucial contract with the Russians, Quinn saves the company with a simple solution, but the Russians will not proceed unless the arrangements are kept secret from everyone except senior management, which excludes Quinn. Hobbs, says small supportive things to her when he cleans her office at night and then proceeds on his way, obviously an admirer of her strength and resolve to accomplish more than the men at London Diamond. She pretends to brush it off, but it is plain to see that is severely bothers her. Despite her having proved herself intellectually superior to her male co-workers, she is passed over for a promotion for the sixth time. ![]() She is the first person to arrive at work, and is always the last to leave. The movie flashed back to 1960, when Quinn was still employed as a manager at London Diamond Corporation. The writer is astounded and eyes the piece as Quinn says, "I stole it." Quinn in a very nonchalant manner places a box on the table, and out of this box pulls a large diamond of approximately 123 carats. The woman she is meeting with is Laura Quinn, the only woman to ever have been a manager at the London Diamond Corporation during the late 50s into 1960. The camera follows one woman, a writer for a newspaper who is doing a piece on "Women Who Led." As she enters a restaurant to interview a woman to be included in this piece, she is talking on her cell phone to an associate who has guaranteed her a front page spot for a story, of which the writer seems to be very proud. The film opens with the camera focusing on women in various positions of power, from different backgrounds, most of them handling some kind of business on PDAs or cellular phone. He asks Laura Quinn ( Demi Moore), a disgruntled executive victimized by the glass ceiling, to help him steal from the company for which they both work: the London Diamond Corporation. Hobbs, a janitor played by Michael Caine, is about to retire but does not want to leave empty-handed. Reports that it is loosely based on actual events are false and inaccurate. "Flawless" is an entirely fictional film. The film opened in limited release in the United States on 28 March, 2008. "Flawless" premiered 11 February, 2007 in Germany. ![]() "Flawless" is a 2007 British crime film directed by Michael Radford, written by Edward Anderson, and starring Michael Caine and Demi Moore.
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