In the Company of Spies (TV 1999)

An operative for the CIA (Brown) is captured and interrogated by Korean officials; his bosses, in order to protect national security, decide to bring an old operative (Berenger) out of ... See full summary »

Director:

Tim Matheson

Writer:

Roger Towne

Stars:

Tom Berenger, Ron Silver, Alice Krige

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Berenger	...	Kevin Jefferson
Ron Silver	...	Tom Lenahan
Alice Krige	...	Sarah Gold
Clancy Brown	...	Dale Beckham
Arye Gross	...	Todd Simar
Elizabeth Arlen	...	Joanne Gertz
Al Waxman	...	Myron Sindell
Len Cariou	...	The President
David McIlwraith	...	Paul Gertz
Peter Keleghan	...	Norman Fitzgerald
Eugene Clark	...	Edward Boyd
Doug Lennox	...	Ron Sachs
Carol Ng	...	Camille Ngo
Tommy Chang	...	Jinho Kim
Karl Pruner	...	Jack Marko

Storyline

An operative for the CIA (Brown) is captured and interrogated by Korean officials; his bosses, in order to protect national security, decide to bring an old operative (Berenger) out of retirement to retrieve both the agent and the vital information in his possession.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some violent sequences

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 October 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Agency

Filming Locations:

CIA Headquarters, Langley, Virginia, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cort/Madden Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

"In the Company of Spies" is the first and so far only movie to be approved by the CIA. The CIA cooperated in the making of the film, allowing the filmmakers to shoot at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., and even providing 60 off-duty employees to serve as extras.

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Goofs

In the scene when there is a close-up of the phone when the female Korean spy goes toward it the Korean writing is upside-down.

User Reviews

enjoyable but overrated

This is a nicely done action suspense film that depicts a CIA scenario involving hypothetical events in North Korea. Having read prior reviews and seeing an overall rating of 8.2 on this site before I viewed it, though, I was somewhat disappointed. There is some cool gadgetry and many good suspenseful scenes and it's certainly watchable and entertaining, and it does give some appreciation for what is at stake and the personal risks taken on by operatives. However, many of the bad guy characters and non-CIA government officials come off as self-mocking cardboard cutouts, and several of the scenes just don't hold up. Nice performances by Tom Berenger and Ron Silver and good location work. Overall, worth seeing but has some flaws.