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Spy Game (2001)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Brad Pitt Tom Bishop/Terry
Robert Redford Nathan D. Muir
Larry Bryggman Troy Folger
Stephen Dillane Charles Harker
Garrick Hagon Cy Wilson
Todd Boyce Robert Aiken
Marianne Jean-Baptiste Gladys Jennip
Matthew Marsh Dr. William Byars
Catherine McCormack Elizabeth Hadley
Bill Buell Fred Kappler
Amidou
Michael Paul Chan
Movie Details
Genre Thriller; Action
Director Tony Scott
Producer Douglas Wick; Marc Abraham
Writer Michael Frost Beckner
Cinematography Daniel Mindel
Musician
Studio Universal Studios
Language English
Audience Rating R (Restricted)
Running Time 127
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
A thinking person's thriller, Spy Game employs dense plotting without sacrificing the kinetic momentum that is director Tony Scott's trademark. The film has the byzantine scope of a novel, focusing on veteran CIA operative Nathan Muir (Robert Redford), whose protégé Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt) is scheduled for execution in a Chinese prison. It's Muir's last day before retiring (cliché alert!), and Bishop is being deliberately sacrificed by oily CIA officials to ensure healthy trade with China. Muir has 24 hours to rescue Bishop and his perfunctory love interest (Catherine McCormack), and Spy Game connects the mentor's end-run strategy to flashbacks of his student's exploits in Berlin, Beirut, and beyond. Ambitious but emotionally bland--and not as exciting as Scott's Enemy of the State--Spy Game offers pass-the-torch humor between leather-faced Redford and pretty boy Pitt, and although their dialogue is occasionally limp, the movie compensates with efficient style and substance. --Jeff Shannon
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Collection Status In Collection
Purchase Price $9.99
Links Amazon US
Spy Game at Movie Collector Connect
Amazon US
Edition Details
Edition Widescreen Edition
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio 2.35:1
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
Barcode 025192155222
Release Date 4/9/2002
Subtitles English; Spanish
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1
No. of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Alternate Endings Behind The Scenes Commentaries Deleted Scenes Clandestine OPS: A unique viewing experience that puts you in control. Go behind the scenes and gain access to classified information simultaneously while watching the film. Alternate versions and deleted scenes including an alternate ending. Script to storyboard featurette on Tony Scott's unique filmmaking process. Feature commentary with the director and producers. Requirements for CIA acceptance: Do you have what it takes to become an operative? DVD-ROM exclusive features: Universal studios Total Axess.