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Bridge of Spies (2015)

PG-13 | 142 min | Drama, History, Thriller

During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.

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Mark Rylance

Rudolf Abel
Domenick Lombardozzi

Agent Blasco
Victor Verhaeghe

Agent Gamber
Mark Fichera

FBI Agent
Brian Hutchison

FBI Agent
Tom Hanks

James B. Donovan
Joshua Harto

Bates
Henny Russell

Receptionist
Rebekah Brockman

Alison - Donovan's Secretary
Alan Alda

Thomas Watters Jr.
John Rue

Lynn Goodnough
Billy Magnussen

Doug Forrester
Amy Ryan

Mary Donovan
Jillian Lebling

Peggy Donovan
Noah Schnapp

Roger Donovan

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Director:

Steven Spielberg

Writers:

Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

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Won 1 Oscar.

Another 30 wins & 99 nominations.

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Director Steven Spielberg had a good laugh when he read the line in the screenplay of a policeman taunting Donovan that he had been in "the third wave on Normandy." Spielberg joked to Tom Hanks that he ought to answer: "I was in the first", a reference to Saving Private Ryan (1998), also directed by... ...

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Hoffman: Look at the map now. You shouldn't take it with you. You're looking at a map, you're an American, you're a spy. You could well be detained. Just avoid interacting with people generally. You don't belong, so don't stick out. Food is scarce over there...

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In a Checkpoint Charlie scene in Berlin, the street sign "Friedrichstrasse" was seen. It should be "Friedrichstraße" instead, and this older spelling is still used today.