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Bridge of Spies (2015)

PG-1310/15/2015Thriller, Drama2h 21m
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In the shadow of war, one man showed the world what we stood for.

Overview

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Tom Hanks

    James B. Donovan

  2. Cast 1

    Mark Rylance

    Rudolf Abel

  3. Cast 1

    Amy Ryan

    Mary Donovan

  4. Cast 1

    Alan Alda

    Thomas Watters Jr.

  5. Cast 1

    Sebastian Koch

    Wolfgang Vogel

  6. Cast 1

    Austin Stowell

    Francis Gary Powers

  7. Cast 1

    Billy Magnussen

    Doug Forrester

  8. Cast 1

    Michael Simon Hall

    Reporter

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    Edward James Hyland

    Chief Justice Earl Warren

Two great actors deliver with a simple but superlative script. Of course we know how great an actor Tom Hanks has been, with many Academy Award wins and nominations in his body of work. I think sometimes he makes it look so easy that he doesn't receive adequate credit for those roles. Sir Mark Rylance is more of a character actor, even though he has had lead roles also. He disappears into his characters. He was wonderful playing Thomas Cromwell in the British tv series Wolf Hall. Boy, am I looking forward to the next series of that standout program. Oh, and by the way, he won the Academy Awar...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$40,000,000.00

Revenue $165,478,348.00

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