Spy Game 2001

type: Movie

language: Arabic

duration: 121 min

genre: action

theme: political thriller

director: Tony Scott

Score: 7 / 10

Spy Game is a 2001 American action thriller film directed by Tony Scott and starring Robert Redford and Brad Pitt as CIA operatives during the last days of the Cold War. It was released in the United States on November 21, 2001, and grossed $143 million on a $115 million budget. It received mostly positive reviews from critics.

Plot

In 1991, the United States and China are close to a major trade agreement, with the President due to visit China to seal the deal. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) learns that its asset Tom Bishop has been arrested at a People's Liberation Army prison in Suzhou and will be executed in 24 hours unless the U.S. government claims him and bargains for his release. Bishop's actions, unsanctioned by the CIA, risk jeopardizing the agreement. A group of CIA executives summons Nathan Muir, a veteran case officer and Bishop's mentor, who plans to retire from the Agency at the end of the day. While purportedly interviewing Muir to learn his history with Bishop, the executives seek a pretext for not intervening on Bishop's imprisonment. Unknown to them, Muir was tipped off about Bishop's capture by fellow CIA veteran Harry Duncan, the Hong Kong Station Chief.

Cast

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author	David Arata Michael Frost Beckner
contentLocation	Beirut East Berlin George Bush Center for Intelligence Hong Kong Suzhou Vietnam West Berlin
director	Tony Scott
editor	Christian Wagner
genre	action political thriller
keywords	army officer arrest bomb build capture case officer central intelligence agency china cnn code name dear john letter deputy director for operations deputy director of cia for operations director of central intelligence east germany end exile fcc federal communications commission federal government of the united states helicopter pilot intelligence agency lao people\'s armed forces laotian army lebanon liberation army marine corps mi6 people\'s liberation army phone call photojournalist president president of the united states rescue rescue mission rescue team retirement home seal secret intelligence service true identity u.s. government united kingdom united states united states marine corps scout sniper united states navy seals vietnam war war of the camps wound
musicBy	Harry Gregson-Williams
nomination	Satellite Award for Best Original Score
producer	Douglas Wick Marc Abraham
productionCompany	Beacon Pictures
publisher	Beacon Pictures Universal Pictures
recordedAt	Berlin Budapest Czech Republic Hong Kong Lloyd's building Morocco Oxford Castle Prague Regent's Park Shepperton Studios Simon Fraser University Vancouver
theme	political thriller security and surveillance spy war