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Spy Game
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Spy Game is a 2001 American action and spy film directed by Tony Scott. The cast includes Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack, and David Hemmings. Douglas Wick and Marc Abraham produced the movie, which was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix. The film’s original languages are English, Yue Chinese, and Arabic.
The narrative takes place in locations including Hong Kong, the George Bush Center for Intelligence, West Berlin, and Beirut. Filming occurred in Vancouver, Berlin, the Czech Republic, and Hong Kong. Daniel Mindel served as director of photography, Christian Wagner as film editor, and Harry Gregson-Williams as composer. The production companies included Beacon Pictures and Universal Pictures.
The film has a runtime of 121 or 126 minutes, depending on the source. It received a budget of 115,000,000 and generated revenue of 143,049,560. Review scores include 6.2, 64%, 63/100, and 7.1. The film was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Original Score.
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Film · TMDB
6.9On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.
Cast
- Robert Redford as Nathan Muir
- Brad Pitt as Tom Bishop
- Catherine McCormack as Elizabeth Hadley
- Stephen Dillane as Charles Harker
- Larry Bryggman as Troy Folger
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Gladys Jennip
Themes
- vietnam war
- palestinian-israeli conflict
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- china
- espionage
- spy
- cold war
- flashback
- terrorism
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Tony Scott
- Screenplay by
- Michael Frost Beckner David Arata
- Story by
- Michael Frost Beckner
- Produced by
- Douglas Wick Marc Abraham
- Starring
- Robert Redford Brad Pitt Catherine McCormack Stephen Dillane Larry Bryggman
- Cinematography
- Dan Mindel
- Edited by
- Christian Wagner
- Music by
- Harry Gregson-Williams
- Production companies
- Beacon Pictures Red Wagon
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures (Overseas) , Entertainment Film Distributors (United Kingdom), Toho-Towa (Japan), Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
- Release dates
- November 21, 2001 ( 2001-11-21 ) (U.S.) November 23, 2001 ( 2001-11-23 ) (UK) December 15, 2001 ( 2001-12-15 ) (Japan) January 9, 2002 ( 2002-01-09 ) (France) March 14, 2002 ( 2002-03-14 ) (Germany)
- Running time
- 126 minutes
- Countries
- United States France United Kingdom Germany Japan
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $115 million
- Box office
- $143 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Spy Game is a 2001 American action thriller film directed by Tony Scott and starring Robert Redford and Brad Pitt as CIA operatives during the last days of the Cold War. It was released in the United States on November 21, 2001, and grossed $143 million on a $115 million budget. It received mostly positive reviews from critics.
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