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Spy Game
Directed byTony Scott
Produced byMarc Abraham,
Douglas Wick
Written byMichael Frost Beckner,
David Arata
StarringRobert Redford,
Brad Pitt,
Catherine McCormack
Music byHarry Gregson-Williams
CinematographyDaniel Mindel
Editing byChristian Wagner
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date(s)19 November 2001 (USA)
Running time126 min
CountryUK
LanguageEnglish
BudgetUS$ 92,000,000
IMDb profile
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Spy Game is a 2001 drama film, directed by Tony Scott, and starring Robert Redford and Brad Pitt. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. A drama film is a Film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes Anthony D L "Tony" Scott (born 21 July 1944) is a British Film director. Charles Robert Redford Jr (born August 18 1936) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, Actor, William Bradley "Brad" Pitt Pitt received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for his role in the 1995 film Twelve Monkeys The film grossed $62,362,785 in the United States and $143,049,560 worldwide. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been [1]

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Plot

Set in 1991, the film depicts the U.S. and Chinese Governments on the verge of a major trade agreement with the American President due to pay a visit to China to seal the deal. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by When the Central Intelligence Agency gets word that operative Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt) has been captured trying to free an Englishwoman, Elizabeth Hadley (Catherine McCormack), from a Chinese prison near Su Chou (Suzhou), and is being questioned under torture and will be executed within twenty-four hours unless he is claimed by the U.S. Government, they scramble to decide what to do. near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all William Bradley "Brad" Pitt Pitt received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for his role in the 1995 film Twelve Monkeys Catherine McCormack (born 1 January 1972 is an Olivier Award -nominated English actress, known for her stage acting as well as her big screen performances Suzhou ( ancient name 吳) is a City on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Lake Taihu in the province of Jiangsu The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution. Desperate to save their agent's life, they nevertheless recognize that if they claim Bishop as an agent, they risk destroying the trade agreement. Exacerbating the situation is the fact that Bishop was operating in a "rogue" capacity without permission from the Agency.

In an attempt to quickly deal with the situation, CIA executives call in Nathan David Muir (Robert Redford), an aging mid-level case officer on his last day before retirement, and the man who recruited Bishop. Charles Robert Redford Jr (born August 18 1936) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, Actor, Although they tell Muir that they simply need him to act as a "stop gap" to fill in some holes in their background files, the officials are in reality hoping that what he gives them is the smoking gun they need to justify letting Bishop die. The term " smoking gun " was originally and is still primarily a reference to an object or fact that serves as conclusive evidence of a Crime or similar Realizing as much, Muir attempts to save Bishop by leaking the story to CNN through a contact in Hong Kong, believing that the CIA will rescue Tom once a public outcry puts pressure on them to do so. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Unfortunately for Muir, the tactic only stalls them, as a phone call to the FCC from a high ranking executive results in CNN retracting the story.

During the debriefing, referred above, Muir describes how he met Bishop in Vietnam and how he recruited Bishop in Berlin in 1975 and continued to work together there. Both sub-plots are given extensive time in the film. Considerable time is also devoted to Muir and Bishop's spy work in Lebanon.

With his plan squashed, Muir resorts to far more dangerous tactics, secretly creating a forged urgent operational directive from the CIA Director to commence Operation Dinner Out: a daring rescue mission spearheaded by U. S. Navy SEALs. Using US$ 282,000 (all of his life savings), Muir bribes a Chinese energy official to cut power to the prison for thirty minutes, during which time the Navy SEAL rescue team retrieves Bishop and Hadley. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been

Hadley, who fled the UK after carrying out an eco-terrorist bombing of the Chinese Embassy, met Bishop in Lebanon. She was in the Chinese prison after being kidnapped and exchanged for an arrested US diplomat. It was in fact Muir himself who had arranged the kidnapping, believing she could possibly expose Bishop's true identity as a CIA operative. After realizing that Hadley was the target of Bishop's daring rescue attempt, Muir finally learns that he greatly underestimated Bishop's feelings for her. It is this guilt which prompts him to part with his life savings in order to save her and Bishop, going against his warning to Bishop years previously in Berlin that he would "not go after" him if he "went off the reservation. "

Bishop, at the end of the film, realizes Muir was behind his rescue since the name of the plan to rescue him, "Operation Dinner Out", was a reference to a birthday gift that Bishop gave Muir while they were in Lebanon.

The ending credits dedicate the film to the memory of "Elizabeth Jean Scott".

Cast

Production

Filming locations included:

See also

References

  1. ^ Spy Game (2001) - Box office / business

External links

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