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.
*************************
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.
*************************
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.]