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Release Date
• USA: Nov 21, 2001
• UK: 23 Nov 2001
DVD Release Date
• R1: Apr 9, 2002
• R2: 13 May 2002
Budget $92,000,000
Official Website:
Spy Game Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for language, some violence and brief sexuality.
Running Time
2 hours, 6 minutes
Country USA, UK
Studio Beacon Pictures, Universal
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Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama, Suspense, Political, Spy, Capers, Prison, Terrorism, Cult Classic
Tagline: It's not how you play the game. It's how the game plays you.
Plot: Robert Redford stars as veteran CIA agent Nathan Muir in this thriller from Tony Scott (TOP GUN, ENEMY OF THE STATE). Set in 1991, Muir expects his last day before retirement to be an easy one. Instead, he finds that his protégé, Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt), is being held on espionage charges in a Chinese prison will be executed in 24 hours. A seasoned agent, Muir has played spy games for a long time and quickly realizes that the CIA may not be acting in Bishop's best interest. Even as an agency committee is grilling Muir, he is secretly working to secure his former charge's freedom. Action-packed flashbacks establish the relationship between the two men: their first meeting during the Vietnam War, Muir's recruitment of Bishop following the war, Bishop's training and early missions in Berlin, and an important operation in Beirut. Similarly, the flashbacks trace the evolution of Bishop from an eager, brand-new agent in 1975 to a disillusioned veteran in the mid-1980s who is at odds with his mentor, Muir. This last layer of conflict adds extra suspense to SPY GAME, as Muir must decide whether to help his old friend or take the easy way out.
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| Cast |
Robert Redford
The Sting, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Sneakers |
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Die Hard: With a Vengeance, Looking for Richard, ...And Justice for All | Matthew Marsh
Bad Company, Smilla's Sense of Snow, An American Haunting | |
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Harry Gregson-Williams
Shrek 2, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Kingdom of Heaven |
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