O Espião Fantasma (2011)

A retired CIA operative is paired with a young FBI agent to unravel the mystery of a senator's murder, with all signs pointing to a Soviet assassin.

Director:

Michael Brandt

Writers:

Michael Brandt, Derek Haas

Stars:

Richard Gere, Topher Grace, Martin Sheen

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Richard Gere	...	Paul Shepherdson
Topher Grace	...	Ben Geary
Martin Sheen	...	Highland
Tamer Hassan	...	Bozlovski
Stephen Moyer	...	Brutus
Chris Marquette	...	Oliver
Odette Annable	...	Natalie (as Odette Yustman)
Stana Katic	...	Amber
Yuri Sardarov	...	Leo (as Yuriy Sardarov)
Ivan Fedorov	...	The Scrounger
Ed Kelly	...	Senator Darden
Jeffrey Pierce	...	Agent Weaver
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.	...	Agent Burton (as Larry Gilliard Jr.)
Mike Kraft	...	Bell
Andy Manning	...	EMT (as Andrew 'Sir' Manning)

Storyline

Story kicks off with the mysterious murder of a senator bearing the marks of a Soviet assassin, who was long thought to be dead. To hunt down the killer, a retired CIA operative, who spent his career going toe-to-toe with his Soviet nemesis, is teamed with a young FBI agent.

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Plot Keywords:

laptop | office | revelation | limousine | rookie | 

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Taglines:

Keep your enemies close

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

M/12

Details

Official Sites:

Image Entertainment [United States] Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Russian Spanish

Release Date:

5 January 2012 (Portugal)

Also Known As:

O Espião Fantasma

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$13,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hyde Park Entertainment,Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ,Brandt/Haas Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The newspaper Oliver is trying to read is, according to Ben, De Volkskrant, which is an existing Dutch morning newspaper. However, the name written at the top of the page is "Volkskrante Trouw". "Volkskrante" is not a proper Dutch word, and "Trouw" is actually a different newspaper, owned by the same publisher.

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Goofs

Shepardson and Geary chase the suspected Russian agent towards railroad tracks. In front of them is a train moving on one set of tracks. In the next scene they are still chasing him across the same railroad tracks, but now the moving train is behind them.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Bozlovski: [whispering in Spanish] Better you forget them. You didn't see anything.

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Connections

Featured in The Double: Interviews with the Producers (2012)

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Soundtracks

Don't Look Back
Written by Alex Lifeson
Performed by Alex Lifeson
Engineered by Richard Chyki
Published by Lerxst Music Inc., administered by Core Music Publishing (SOCAN/SESAC-USA)
By arrangement with Anthem Entertainment/Atlantic Records
© Lerxst Music, Inc. 2011

User Reviews

Good movie

for a lower budget, almost straight to DVD movie i can't really complain. I avoid a lot of straight to DVD titles, but with richard and topher on the cover at my local redbox, i thought i would give it a chance. The movie is actually put together pretty well, and looks like it could have been released in theaters fully. about 1/4 through the movie, i couldn't believe they would give the story away, but surprisingly there are a few twists that i completely did not see coming. The cast was pretty good, and the acting was not bad at all. I definitely recommend this movie if you need to kill 90 mins Story - 7.5 Acting -8 look and feel of the movie - 7.5-8 Ending - 7.5-8