Breach
Breach is a 2007 American spy thriller film directed by Billy Ray, who wrote the screenplay with Adam Mazer and William Rotko. The film is based on the true story of Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and later Russia for more than two decades. It stars Chris Cooper as Hanssen and Ryan Phillippe as Eric O'Neill, the FBI investigator who helped bring about Hanssen's downfall. The film received generally positive reviews and grossed $41million on a $23million budget.
Plot
Eric O'Neill is a young ambitious FBI employee assigned to work undercover as a clerk to Robert Hanssen, a senior agent he is told is suspected of being a sexual deviant. Hanssen has been recalled from a detail post at the State Department to FBI headquarters ostensibly to head up a new division specializing in information assurance.
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| author | Billy Ray |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Washington, D.C. |
| director | Billy Ray |
| editor | Jeffrey Ford |
| genre | thriller |
| keywords | arrest belong catholic dead drop double life east german eric o\'neill fbi fbi agent federal bureau of investigation information assurance information technology intercession isolated lapsed catholic listening device louis freeh national security opus dei palm pilot pray on his behalf read robert hanssen roman catholic russia sexual deviant soviet union state department suspect tracking device undercover agent |
| musicBy | Mychael Danna |
| producer | Robert Newmyer Scott Kroopf |
| productionCompany | Intermedia Films Outlaw Productions Sidney Kimmel Entertainment |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | Toronto |
| theme | security and surveillance spy |