Bridge Of Spies

2015
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Title: Bridge Of Spies

Original Title: Bridge Of Spies

Year: 2015

Info

Release Dates

  • UK: November 26 2015
  • United States: October 16 2015

Plot

Three years has passed since his last movie, 'Bridge of Spies' is the newest movie directed by Steven Spielberg. 'Bridge of Spies' is an american historical thriller with a script written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen and Joel Coen. This dramatical thriller is based in the year 1960 during the Cold War between United States and the Soviet Union. Thomas Newman is in charge of the original score. The plot of the movie is set on James Donovan's history, played by Tom Hanks, a northamerican lawyer who has to defend Rudolph Abel, a KGB spy agent, in court. Meanwhile, Francis Gary Powell a U-2 pilot is being shot-down and captured while he was going on a sortie over the Soviet Union and Frederic Pryor, an american economics student, is captured as a spy by the Stasi in Berlin. Donovan receives an alleged letter for Abel from his family but it's from the KGB proposing a prisoner exchange. Donovan, beware of Pryor's capture, will work alongside the CIA to rescue their missing fellow citizens but it will provoke new problems between the three nations

Awards

  • 2016 Academy Awards (Oscars): 6 1
  • 2016 Golden Globes: 1 0
  • 2016 BAFTA Awards: 10 1

Cast

Director:

Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

James Donovan

Eve Hewson

Eve Hewson

Jan Donovan

Mark Rylance

Mark Rylance

Rudolf Abel

Amy Ryan

Amy Ryan

Mary Donovan

Sebastian Koch

Sebastian Koch

Wolfgang Vogel

Alan Alda

Alan Alda

Thomas Watters

Videos

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September 16 2015

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July 8 2015

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Photos

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Trivia

This is the second collaboration between Steven Spielberg and The Coen Brothers. Spielberg was the executive producer for 'True Grit'.

The rock band U2 took their name from the U-2 plane which is featured in this movie. The band's lead singer Bono's daughter Eve Hewson plays a role in the movie.

When James Donovan makes arguments to the Supreme Court about Rudolf, the words used in the movie were the same as the arguments presented to the Supreme Court.

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