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Spy Game (Widescreen Edition)
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List Price: $9.99
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Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Starring: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack, Stephen Dillane, Larry Bryggman
Directed By: Tony Scott
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 9780783263618
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 0783263619
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2002-04-09
Running Time: 126
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
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When a top-secret unauthorized mission goes bad cia agent tom bishop is captured and sentenced to dies. With just 24 hours to get him out alive bishops boss nathan muir must battle enemies abroad and the system inside the cia to save his friend. Now the clock is ticking and the race is on. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 05/23/2006 Starring: Brad Pitt Robert Redford Run time: 127 minutes Rating: R Director: Tony Scott
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Summary: Classic
Comment: This is a great thriller and keeps you engaged in nonstop excitement. Robert Redford at his best.
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Summary: playing for keeps
Comment: "It's Muir's last day before retiring (cliché alert!)" says Amazon review. Lol. That is true. Why they gotta do that? SPY GAME is a good movie though. It's got good acting, was directed well, tells a good story and I always appreciate seeing lots of Europe in a movie. It doesn't paint dark enough a picture of the CIA, an organization that has done enough harm in the world that socially responsible filmmakers should never miss the opportunity to really let those creeps have it, imo. But of course sending a message is not even close to being the whole point of telling a story or making a movie. I'd say, just don't make 'em look good. And SPY GAME does sort of come close, what with none other than Brad Pitt and Robert Redford together on screen. Two of Hollywood's best looking and most charismatic actors. They're cool together. Basically as a young soldier Pitt is recruited by Redford to the Company. They do some work over the years (the hot spots: eastern europe, the middle east)and eventually Pitt becomes disillusioned with spy games and all the shenanigans and murder. Pitt falls in love with a woman. Pitt and Redford go their seperate ways, but before they do Redford has made clear his belief that one should never stick their neck out. Pitt then gets caught by Chinese authorities trying to save his woman. I'll leave the rest for you to enjoy. I recommend SPY GAME
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Summary: Neat Twist on Spy Movies
Comment: This was a pretty typical spy movie, fast-moving, double-agents, all that stuff. However, most of the real-time action in the movie takes place in an office. I found this part of the movie to be interesting and taut, and it was more than a little refreshing for the genre. Robert Redford plays a great smart-[expletive deleted], and I enjoyed the office scenes a lot. The flashbacks were good at times, but tended toward the saccharine. Can't say I'm thrilled with the ending, either, but it wasn't a complete cheat.
If too many car chases are giving you a headache, this low-key spy flick might be something you're into.
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Summary: Great Movies
Comment: This is a great spy film with Robert Redford and Brad Pitt. You must watch every scene very closely because there is so much going on that you don't realize what's happening. Every time I watch the DVD I see something I didn't pick up on before. Excellent movie.
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Summary: Intelligence Case Officer Training - Key Lesson
Comment: This film has excellent examples of the psychological dimensions of clandestine case officers. I particular like the training sequences. The focus on people skills, psychology, etc. I believe a British spy television program revealed that the one training exercise in which Brad Pitt (the trainee) has to get invited onto an apartment owner's balcony with the owner present and give a toast to Redford (the trainer) down below within minutes/seconds, was inspired from Mossad's officer training program.
The movie is action packed and is very "smart" and "sharp" and I highly recommend it.
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