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Rating: 6.5 stars

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All movies seen on 02/26/2016

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Bridge of Spies (2015)

Directed by Steven Spielberg

Drama | History | Suspense

Most recently watched by CaptainBigTime, sleestakk

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.

Rated PG-13 | Length 141 minutes

Actors

Tom Hanks | Mark Rylance | Amy Ryan | Alan Alda | Sebastian Koch | Austin Stowell | Billy Magnussen | Michael Simon Hall | Edward James Hyland | Stephen Kunken | Mike Houston | James Lorinz | Michael Power | Joe Starr | Merab Ninidze | Greg Nutcher | Scott Shepherd | Jesse Plemons | Domenick Lombardozzi | Eve Hewson | Noah Schnapp | Jillian Lebling | Michael Gaston | Peter McRobbie | Joshua Harto | Mark Zak | John Ohkuma | Burghart Klaußner | Mikhail Gorevoy | Max Mauff | Victor Verhaeghe | Mark Fichera | Brian Hutchison | Dakin Matthews | Joel Brady | John Rue | Michael Pemberton | Jon Curry | Wes McGee | Jim C. Ferris | Haley Rawson | Ashlie Atkinson | Steven Boyer | John Henry Cox | Daniela Schulz | Nadja Bobyleva | Joe Forbrich | Patricia Squire | Henny Russell | Nolan Lyons | Hayley Feinstein | Victoria Leigh | Jon Donahue | Victor Schefé | Joachim Paul Assböck | Rainer Reiners | Hamilton Clancy | Tracy Howe | Paul Jude Letersky | Michael Wren Gucciardo | Rafael Gareisen | Peter Conboy | Ron Komora | Michael Schenk | Sawyer Barth | Will Rogers

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Viewing Notes

I liked it, but a bit overly melodramatic for my tastes. Still, you can’t help but connect with the upholding of American values thing, even in the face of a lynch mob mentality.

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