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Release Date:
21 November 2001 (USA) moreTagline:
It's not how you play the game. It's how the game plays you. morePlot:
Retiring CIA agent Nathan Muir recalls his training of Tom Bishop while working against agency politics to free him from his Chinese captors. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(47 articles)
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Average moviegoer won't appreciate it more (328 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Robert Redford | ... | Nathan D. Muir | |
| Brad Pitt | ... | Tom Bishop | |
| Catherine McCormack | ... | Elizabeth Hadley | |
| Stephen Dillane | ... | Charles Harker | |
| Larry Bryggman | ... | Troy Folger | |
| Marianne Jean-Baptiste | ... | Gladys Jennip | |
| Matthew Marsh | ... | Dr. William Byars | |
| Todd Boyce | ... | Robert Aiken | |
| Michael Paul Chan | ... | Vincent Vy Ngo | |
| Garrick Hagon | ... | CIA Director Cy Wilson | |
| Andrew Grainger | ... | Andrew Unger | |
| Bill Buell | ... | Fred Kappler | |
| Colin Stinton | ... | Henry Pollard | |
| Ted Maynard | ... | CIA Administrator | |
| Tom Hodgkins | ... | CIA Lobby Guard |
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Rated R for language, some violence and brief sexuality.Parents Guide:
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126 min | Turkey:114 min (TV version)Color:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Iceland:12 | South Korea:12 | Brazil:12 | USA:R (certificate #38577) | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15Fun Stuff
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Plot holes: China has enough experience with cholera that it would not require foreign aid personnel to help deal with it. In any event, it's highly implausible that a foreigner would be allowed into a Chinese prison without being adequately screened. moreQuotes:
Nathan Muir: [talking on the phone to the marines about his plan to get Bishop out of China. The marine commander says he is ready] That’s good. Operation Dinner Out is a go. Repeat, Operation Dinner out is a go.CIA Administrator: [to the rest of the room] After all this time, he treats his retirement dinner as an CIA operation!
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STYLE, SUBSTANCE AND CLASS! Spy Game will blow right over the heads of most audiences and it obviously has. It's an underrated, taut masterpiece that gets everthing right -- the writing, directing, editing, acting is all Oscar caliber. Not to mention it's one hell of an ambitious production. Spy Game is what happens when professionals in the business come together to make an intelligent, masterfully crafted thinking man's actioner that as a viewer you can have complete confidence in while viewing -- that's a rare thing these days in Hollywood. It's a rare gem that reminded me of Clear and Present Danger. Let's hope we see a lot more of this, and a lot LESS of X-Men, Mission Impossible, Rush Hour, Pearl Harbor, Lord of the Rings and other utter boring trash passed off as action fare.