Film · 2015

Bridge Of Spies

Name: Bridge Of Spies
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Released: 2015-10-16
Duration: 141 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Dakin Matthews, Joel Brady, Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Eve Hewson

Directed by Steven Spielberg · starring Dakin Matthews, Joel Brady and Tom Hanks

2 h 21 min
12
Thriller · Drama
USA
Released in the UK 25 November 2015

8.1 AverageMovieNCo
7.6 Users56 votes
8.5 Critics12 reviews

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Synopsis

Three years has passed since his last movie, 'Bridge of Spies' is the newest movie directed by Steven Spielberg. 'Bridge of Spies' is an american historical thriller with a script written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen and Joel Coen. This dramatical thriller is based in the year 1960 during the Cold War between United States and the Soviet Union. Thomas Newman is in charge of the original score. The plot of the movie is set on James Donovan's history, played by Tom Hanks, a northamerican lawyer who has to defend Rudolph Abel, a KGB spy agent, in court. Meanwhile, Francis Gary Powell a U-2 pilot is being shot-down and captured while he was going on a sortie over the Soviet Union and Frederic Pryor, an american economics student, is captured as a spy by the Stasi in Berlin. Donovan receives an alleged letter for Abel from his family but it's from the KGB proposing a prisoner exchange. Donovan, beware of Pryor's capture, will work alongside the CIA to rescue their missing fellow citizens but it will provoke new problems between the three nations

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The essentials

Runtime: 141 min2 hours and 21 minutes
Budget: €40mTouchstone Pictures
Box office: $69.9min US
Rating: 12Suitable for 12 years and over

How long is Bridge Of Spies?: 2 hours and 21 minutes (141 minutes).
When was Bridge Of Spies released in the UK?: It was released in the UK on 25 November 2015.
Who directed Bridge Of Spies?: Steven Spielberg.
Who is in Bridge Of Spies?: It stars Dakin Matthews, Joel Brady, Tom Hanks and Mark Rylance.
Where can I watch Bridge Of Spies?: In the UK it is available to rent on Apple TV and Prime Video.
How much did Bridge Of Spies make?: It took $69.9 million in US. It cost €40 million.

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Cast

Full cast (36)

Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers: Marc Platt, Steven Spielberg

Videos and trailers

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'Bridge of Spies' Trailer 2:314 June 2015

1:51 'Bridge of spies' Trailer #2

Photos and posters

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+4 photosand 4 posters

Reviews

All 12 reviews

7.6 56 votes

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What the critics say average 8.5 from 12 outlets

10 Chicago Sun-TimesRichard Roeper "A captivating character study and a thriller that is something like an adaptation of John Le Carre, directed by Frank Capra." Read
10 New York PostLou Lumenick "'The Bridge of Spies' is the best movie by Steven Spielberg since 'Saving Private Ryan'. Starring an impeccable Tom Hanks as James Donovan, it is an intelligent old school thriller." Read
10 TimeJoe Neumaier "With a screenplay by Matt Charman and Joel and Ethan Coen, the film has plot points that make 'click' as pins under the set address Spielberg. In his fourth work with Hanks, Spielberg examines… Read

Box office

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Budget €40m
US $69.9m
UK £7.4m

Awards

All the awards

Academy Awards (Oscars) 2016 1 of 6 nominations Won: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Golden Globes 2016 1 nomination
BAFTA Awards 2016 1 of 9 nominations Won: Film Best Supporting Actor
Actor Awards 2016 1 nomination

Soundtrack

All 6 songs

Please Send Me Someone To LoveRed Garland Spotify
Concerto N. 2 for Piano and Orchestra Op 102Andrey Gugnin, piano with The Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Conducted, Konstantin Orbelyan Spotify
My RomanceDick Hyman Spotify
Nancy (With the Laughing Face)The Bill Watrous Quartet Spotify

Trivia

All 10 facts

When James Donovan makes arguments to the Supreme Court about Rudolf, the words used in the movie were the same as the arguments presented to the Supreme Court.
The first Steven Spielberg film not to be scored by John Williams since The Color Purple (1985).
This is Tom Hanks's fourth film collaboration with Steven Spielberg since Saving Private Ryan' (1998), 'Catch Me If You Can' (2002) and 'The Terminal' (2004). It is their first collaboration in over ten years.
Rudolf Abel's accent was accurate. Abel was born in Newcastle and He has Russian parents and spent some of his school age years in Scotland. He returned to Moscow in his late teens but never lost his accent when speaking English.
Steven Spielberg cast Mark Rylance in the movie after watching his Tony Award-winning performance in Twelfth Night.