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THE GOOD SHEPHERD tells an epic, fictionalised account of how the CIA was born. Edward Wilson, a reserved young man who graduated from Yale in the late 1930s, is recruited to help the government on covert operations.

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EAN5050582483901

eBay Product ID (ePID)59991386

Product Key Features

ActorAlec Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Angelina Jolie, Matt Damon, Joe Pesci, William Hurt, Michael Gambon

Film/TV TitleThe Good Shepherd

DirectorRobert De Niro

LanguageEnglish

Subtitle LanguageBulgarian\German\Spanish

Run Time160 Mins

Aspect Ratio2.40 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2010

FormatDVD

FeaturesWidescreen, Closed Caption, Deleted Scenes, With Subtitles

GenreDrama

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Hearing ImpairedEnglish

Additional InformationWith THE GOOD SHEPHERD, Robert De Niro (A BRONX TALE) makes an ambitious return to the directorÆs chair. A labour of love for Oscar-winning screenwriter Eric Roth (FORREST GUMP), the film tells an epic, fictionalised account of how the Central Intelligence Agency was born. Matt Damon plays Edward Wilson, a reserved young man who graduated from Yale in the late 1930s. His membership in the exclusive Skull and Bones society led him away from poetry and into a relationship with the federal government, who recruited him to help them on several covert operations. RothÆs script alternates between WilsonÆs gradual emergence as a genuine government operative in the early 1940s and the infamous Bay of Pigs conflict in the early 1960s. Along the way, he has a sweet romance with a pretty deaf girl (a sparkling Tammy Blanchard) and ends up marrying the woman he makes pregnant (Angelina Jolie) out of a strong sense of duty. Throughout the film, the emergence of a mysterious tape haunts Wilson, who is determined to uncover the truth behind a leak in his secret organisation. Production designer Jeannine Claudia Oppewall (L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN) and costume designer Ann Roth (THE ENGLISH PATIENT, THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY) faithfully recreate these earlier periods in American history, while the imagery of Oscar-winning cinematographer Robert Richardson (J.F.K., THE AVIATOR) casts a warm, stately glow upon De NiroÆs assembled cast of luminaries (including Alec Baldwin, Michael Gambon, William Hurt, Billy Crudup, and Joe Pesci). The result is a production that recalls Francis Ford CoppolaÆs THE CONVERSATION and Steven SpielbergÆs MUNICH.

ReviewsThe Observer - Intelligent and engrossing...better than any of the feature film versions of John Le Carre's novels

ScreenwriterEric Roth

Dubbing LanguagesGerman\Spanish

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1

Movie/TV TitleThe Good Shepherd

Consumer AdviceContains strong language and violence