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.

Bridge of Spies
In the shadow of war, one man showed the world what we stand for.
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10/15/2015Runtime
141 minsOverview
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.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$40,000,000Revenue
$165,478,348Homepage
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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.
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Tom Hanks
James B. Donovan

Mark Rylance
Rudolf Abel

Amy Ryan
Mary Donovan

Alan Alda
Thomas Watters Jr.

Sebastian Koch
Wolfgang Vogel

Austin Stowell
Francis Gary Powers

Billy Magnussen
Doug Forrester

Michael Simon Hall
Reporter

Edward James Hyland
Chief Justice Earl Warren

Stephen Kunken
William Tompkins

Mike Houston
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James Lorinz
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