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Release Date:
21 November 2001 (USA)
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Tagline:
It's not how you play the game. It's how the game plays you. more
Plot:
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 synopsis
Awards:
3 nominations
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(47 articles)
J.J. Abrams Back in the TV Spy Game
(From Beyond Hollywood. 1 October 2009, 8:21 AM, PDT)
Channel Surfing: J.J. Abrams Back in Spy Game, Aylesworth Briefed for "Damages," FX Orders "Terriers," "Lights Out" to Series, and More
(From Televisionary. 1 October 2009, 7:31 AM, PDT)
(From Beyond Hollywood. 1 October 2009, 8:21 AM, PDT)
Channel Surfing: J.J. Abrams Back in Spy Game, Aylesworth Briefed for "Damages," FX Orders "Terriers," "Lights Out" to Series, and More
(From Televisionary. 1 October 2009, 7:31 AM, PDT)
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High quality Hollywood thriller
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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.
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Runtime:
126 min | Turkey:114 min (TV version)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
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:15
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In the scene showing black and white news footage, Stephen Dillane's voice can be heard (in his native English accent). This is cut from Welcome to Sarajevo (1997).
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Errors in geography: UK "zig-zag" road markings when Muir is driving to the Langley offices.
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Quotes:
Nathan Muir:
You go off the reservation, I will not come after you.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Man on Fire (2004)
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Soundtrack:
Ti Zitas
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Spy Game is everything we're not supposed to expect from a major Hollywood movie: engrossing, intelligent, well written, acted and directed. But that's just what it is and more, this is definitely the best thing I've seen since Memento. Although Pitt is really good and Redford plays himself as well as he has in years, I think the most credit should go to Tony Scott. In the hands of a lesser director this could have been something more like Mission Impossible. But Scott stays right on target, keeping us interested, developing the characters, and keeping the pacing nearly perfect. Scott also shows us that he's stayed with the times: he employs the full array of modern camera tricks like fast motion, reverse zooms and funky lenses but in a way that actually makes the film better instead of being an annoying distraction. The dialogue feels natural, all the actors do good work, no one tries to steal the show or be the star. The story is interesting and almost never lapses into the kind of hyper violence or sappy sentimentality one has come to associate with modern studio pictures. You get a feeling this is pretty close to how the CIA really operates, a place with fantastic technology at its disposal but who's ultimate effectiveness is determined by the fallible people who run the missions and take the chances. I really enjoyed this film, I hope it's a sign of things to come and not a rarity.