Bridge of Spies

Bridge of Spies

In the shadow of war, one man showed the world what we stand for.

Rating

3.0 (1)

Release Date

10/15/2015

Runtime

141 mins

Overview

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$40,000,000

Revenue

$165,478,348

Homepage

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How It Feels

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A measured, intelligent thriller about principle during geopolitical crisis. Watching it is like sitting across from a careful man making impossible choices, one conversation at a time.

Mood

TenseContemplativeBittersweet

Themes

JusticeRedemption

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticFormalist

Structure

Linear

Reviews

nicolascagegoons

im a fan of the first hour but not that much of its second one.
spielberg uses a variety of technique's to make the scenes interesting in the first hour, from a two shots to the first shot of tom hanks transforming from a close up to a over the shoulder shot. but i think the second half misses this arrange of shots. simply, those shots help create a pacing but when you go to just standard static shots you become just another drama.
i still like the cinematography of its second hour but it also just deals with the most uninteresting part of the story which it didn't necesarrily needed to be uninteresting. i do like the moral stance our main character has but he also spouts "america and rules and we are americans are americans because we follow a rulebook" and shit so it would've been a good plotbeat to make him realize that maybe america isn't that great.

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