Summary:
Laconic and self-contained, Edward Wilson heads CIA covert operations during the Bay of Pigs. The agency suspects that Castro was tipped, so Wilson looks for the leak. As he investigates, he recalls, in a series of flashbacks, his father's death, student days at Yale (poetry; Skull and Bones), recruitment into the fledgling OSS, truncated affairs, a shotgun marriage, cutting his teeth on spy craft in London, distance from his son, the emergence of the Cold War, and relationships with agency, British, and Soviet counterparts. We watch his idealism give way to something else: disclosing the nature of that something else is at the heart of the film's narration as he closes in on the leak.
| Runtime: | 167 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated R for some violence, sexuality and language. |
| Production: | Universal Pictures |
| Genres: | Drama, Thriller |
| Country: | USA |
| Languages: | English, German, Spanish, Russian, Lingala |
| Home Release Date: | Apr 3, 2007 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Robert De Niro | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Eric Roth | Written By |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Angelina Jolie | Margaret 'Clover' Russell |
| Matt Damon | Edward Wilson |
| Robert De Niro | Bill Sullivan |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Alec Baldwin | Sam Murach |
| Billy Crudup | Arch Cummings |
| Gabriel Macht | John Russell, Jr. |
| Joe Pesci | Joseph Palmi |
| Keir Dullea | Senator John Russell, Sr. |
| Lee Pace | Richard Hayes |
| Mark Ivanir | Valentin Mironov #2 |
| Martina Gedeck | Hanna Schiller |
| Michael Gambon | Dr. Fredericks |
| Tammy Blanchard | Laura |
| Timothy Hutton | Thomas Wilson |
| William Hurt | Philip Allen |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Chris Brigham | Executive Producer |
| David C. Robinson | Executive Producer |
| Francis Ford Coppola | Executive Producer |
| Guy McElwaine | Executive Producer |
| Howard Kaplan | Executive Producer |
| James G. Robinson | Producer |
| Jane Rosenthal | Producer |
| Robert De Niro | Producer |
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