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The Good Shepherd

Year:
Duration:
167 min | Russia:139 min (cut version)
Genres:
Drama | History | Thriller
IMDB rate:
6.7
Director:
Robert De Niro
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 9 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2006-12-22
Filming Locations: Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Earnings
Budget: $90,000,000
Opening Weekend: $14,142,760 (USA) (24 December 2006)
Gross: $59,901,040 (USA) (4 March 2007)
Cast
Actor
Character
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie
The Good Shepherd
John Sessions
John Sessions
The Good Shepherd
Lee Pace
Lee Pace
The Good Shepherd
Matt Damon
Edward Wilson
Alec Baldwin
Sam Murach
Tammy Blanchard
Laura
Billy Crudup
Arch Cummings
Robert De Niro
Bill Sullivan
Keir Dullea
Senator John Russell, Sr.
Michael Gambon
Dr. Fredericks
Martina Gedeck
Hanna Schiller
William Hurt
Philip Allen
Timothy Hutton
Thomas Wilson
Mark Ivanir
Valentin Mironov #2
Gabriel Macht
John Russell, Jr.
Joe Pesci
Joseph Palmi
Eddie Redmayne
Edward Wilson Jr.
Oleg Shtefanko
Ulysses
John Turturro
Ray Brocco
Yelena Shmulenson
Dollar Woman
Jack Martin
Dollar Little Boy
Anne-Marie Cusson
Philip Allen's Secretary
Robert Bermudez Cordell
Bay of Pigs Voiceover (voice)
David Crommett
Spanish Translator
Michael Arden
Pinafore Actor
Justin Bohon
Pinafore Actor
Justin Daniel
Pinafore Actor
Michael Flanigan
Pinafore Actor
John Hill
Pinafore Actor
Will Reynolds
Pinafore Actor
Michael Seelbach
Pinafore Actor
Ryan Michael Shaw
Pinafore Actor
Stephen Powell
HMS Pinafore Singer
Henry Gummer
Bonesman / Boatswain
Gregory Marcel
Dancing Skeleton
Austin Williams
Young Edward Wilson
Sophie Sutton
Connie Wilson
Lars Gerhard
Mr. Haupt
Tessa Keimes
Mr. Haupt's Translator
Peter Kybart
Dr. Manheim
Rob Barnes
Man at Jazz Club
Lee Bryant
Mrs. John Russell, Sr.
Laila Robins
Toddy Allen
Redman Maxfield
Older Bonesman 1940
John Whitehead
Reverend Collins
Jeff Skowron
Deer Island Crooner 1940
Meredith Deacon
John Russell, Jr.'s Girlfriend
Josh Casaubon
Army Man 1940
Christopher Evan Welch
Photography Technical Officer
Tuc Watkins
Sound Technical Officer
Leonard Logsdail
Tailor
Eric Lindh
Tailor Shop Guard
Trace Taylor
Cryptographer
Amanda Barron
Cryptographer
James Faulkner
Lord Cooper
Robert Ian Mackenzie
Cambridge Club Butler
Dieter Riesle
Herr Franck
Sándor Técsy
Sasha, Ulysses' Aide (as Sandor Tecsy)
Tommy Nelson
Edward, Jr. - Age 6-7
Greg Plitt
Guard with Sullivan
Marcos Cohen
Dr. Ibanez
Jeff Applegate
Michael Johnson
Jon Monett
CIA Insect Man
Sandee Conrad
Edward's Secretary
Jonathan Dokuchitz
Husband Dinner Guest
Susan Haskell
Wife Dinner Guest
Sjoerd Dejong
Santa Claus
Neal Huff
Teletype Operations Officer
Jason Butler Harner
Teletype Communications Officer
Amy Wright
Safe House Operations Officer
Matthew Humphreys
Cherry Orchard Actor
Karron Graves
Cherry Orchard Actress
Robert C. Kirk
Laura's Taxi Driver
Reathel Bean
'Dame' Bonesman
Jerry Coyle
'Dame' Bonesman
Wally Dunn
'Dame' Bonesman
Roger Rathburn
'Dame' Bonesman
Michael Melvoin
Piano Player (as Mike Melvoin)
Glenn Kalison
Telephone Operations Officer
John Knox
Technical Service Officer
Benjamin Eakeley
Bonesman 1960
Gino Cafarelli
Palmi's Bodyguard
Tommy DeVito
Palmi's Bodyguard
Stefanie Nava
Tina Palmi
Isabella Cimato
Palmi's Granddaughter
Jimmy Marchese
Palmi's Grandson
Robert Prescott
Bonesman MC 1961
Bill McHugh
Reverend Christiansen
Ann Hampton Callaway
1961 Deer Island Singer
Christopher Druckman
FBI Agent
Liya Kebede
Miriam
John Henry
Philip Allen's Driver
Brad Fleischer
Telephone Operations Officer #1
Alexander Suder
Kid
Marc Ameruso
Background at CIA office (uncredited)
Will Blomker
Skull and Bones Member (uncredited)
Carl Burrows
Professor (uncredited)
Laura Butler
Extra (uncredited)
Frank Cadillac
Counterman (uncredited)
Pete Carmen
Teletype Communications Officer (uncredited)
Cuyle Carvin
Suicide Victim (uncredited)
Fidel Castro
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dominick Cicco
Protestor (uncredited)
Scot Cregan
CIA Agent
Ed Cuffe
Edward's Uncle (uncredited)
Robert Dearle
War Office Worker (uncredited)
Yevgeniy Dekhtyar
Russian Agent (uncredited)
Brandon deSpain
Russian Soldier (uncredited)
Todd Detwiler
CIA Agent
John Farrer
Bonesman (uncredited)
Roy William Gardner
Ed's Bonesman (uncredited)
Turi Haim
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Darryl Reuben Hall
Black Bar Patron (uncredited)
Nyasha Hatendi
Thomas Lumumba (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Katherine Hoskins Mackey
Mom (uncredited)
Hristo Hristov
Guard (uncredited)
Vivian Kalinov
German Woman in Berlin (uncredited)
John F. Kennedy
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vladislav Kozlov
Executioner (uncredited)
Aaron Michael Lacey
CIA Agent
Matt Leisy
Bonesman (uncredited)
Orest Ludwig
Room Service Man (uncredited)
Dave Payton
College Student (uncredited)
Josh Pence
Bonesman (uncredited)
Nick Poltoranin
Russian Soldier (uncredited)
Mark Pomirtchi
Extra (uncredited)
Justin Restivo
Yale Student (uncredited)
James Lloyd Reynolds
Field Officer (uncredited)
Drew Seltzer
Edward's Classmate (uncredited)
Reyna Shaskan
Voice (uncredited) (voice)
Diana Shneider
Irina Russell (uncredited)
Leonard Silver
Civil Servant (uncredited)
Tomasz Smolarski
Soldier (uncredited)
Christopher Stadulis
Under Cover CIA Agent (uncredited)
Jeremy J. Sullivan
Wilson's Wrestling Opponent (uncredited)
Lowell Thomas
Himselr (archive sound) (uncredited)
Rick Voight
Mr. Jameson (uncredited)
Alec Von Bargen
Fidel Castro
John Wernke
Bonesman #3 (uncredited)
Shana Wiersum
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Frank C. Williams
Butler (uncredited)
Jeremy Woods
Theatre Audience Member (uncredited)
Danny Zaccagnino
Bonesmen (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
William Hurt's character, Phillip Allen, is partly based on Allen Dulles, OSS operative and later CIA director during the Bay of Pigs invasion. Contrary to common belief President Kennedy was fascinated with the world of espionage and unconventional warfare, granting the US Special Forces their trademark Green Berets whilst his enthusiasm for the James Bond novels helped to popularize them. However during the CIA's Pay of Pigs operation he refused to allow overt military support for the mission and severely limited the number of air strikes allowed to be flown by the CIA's own aircraft for fear of revealing the US government's role. Both decisions are widely considered to have doomed the entire enterprise to failure from the start. Ironically, Allan Dulles was appointed to the Warren Commission investigating the assassination of President Kennedy, Dulles' former boss. Kennedy had fired Allan Dulles as head of the CIA.
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Robert De Niro's character, General Bill Sullivan, is partly based on General William "Wild Bill" Donovan. Donovan was head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during the Second World War.
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Allyson Floyd made her acting debut in this film, but the scene ended up on the cutting room floor.
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Goofs
When Edward and Margaret are arguing in their room (a couple hours into the movie) the light switch on the wall next to the bathroom door goes back and forth from a blank plate to a switch.
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When the Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin character first contacts Wilson's office in 1953 (film insert), one of the agents claims "man is senior officer KGB...", but the KGB was founded in March 1954 (former MVD, MGB, GPU).
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Near the end of the film, there are two different scenes showing Agent Wilson reading his father's suicide note. The first scene shows him taking the note from his safe and reading it for the first time. Other brief scenes follow it. Then, the second scene shows him reading it one last time before he burns it. But, if you look at the notes, you'll notice that the note used in the first scene is a different note than the note used in the second scene. The first sentence in note #1 starts closer to the top of the paper and includes four words in the first line. The first sentence in note #2 starts further down from the top of the paper and includes five words in the first line. Also, the first paragraph in note #1 is completed in seven lines while the first paragraph in note #2 is completed in six lines.
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Quotes
Edward Wilson: [reading] They are right what they say about me. I was weak. A coward. I compromised myself. My honor. My family. My country. I am ashamed of myself. To my wife, I am sorry I've done this to you. To my son, I hope you will grow to be a courageous man. A good husband. A good father. I hope whatever you decide to do, you lead a good, full life. I hope whatever your dreams may be come true. Your loving husband and father.
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Bill Sullivan: [Discussing the new CIA with Wilson] I'm concerned that too much power will end up in the hands of too few. It's always in somebody's best interests to promote enemies, real or imagined. I see this as America's eyes and ears. I don't want it to become its heart and soul.
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Richard Hayes: Tell us Mr. Wilson: Brother to Brother something that you've never told anyone before. Your most guarded secret. Something you will need to trust us with.
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Faq
Q
Who was the agent operating the false Mironov for the Soviets ?
A
Wilson discovers that it is the British operative, Arch Cummings, and he later tells him that he will realize his own, stated, worst fear, that of ending up alone and friendless. The discovery of the true identity of Mironov -- who is, in fact, Modin, as the real Mironov had revealed under extreme and brutal interrogation -- burns into Wilson's consciousness and conscience. He was forced to confront the reality of having had a Soviet double agent on his own payroll for years, and the duplicity of Arch Cummings brings up the entire real-life sordid affair of British moles like Kim Philby, the Queen's art collector Anthony Blount, and operatives Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess. The so-called "Cambridge Dons" were very effective in recruiting young men from prominent families or of high intellect in the 1930s, for the Communist Party. It also brings into question the assassination by the British of the literature professor 'outed' as a supposed German sympathizer by young Wilson when he was at Yale.----------------------No question about the professor. He was explicitly portrayed as running a false recruitment("coat trailing") operation, with the goal of identifying potential or actual axis sympathisers. Such provocations are common. The Russians ran the largest and most successfull one in "The Trust", a supposed counter-revolutionary organization that identified large numbers of russian objectors to the revolution.The script throws another bone to the russians in the London professor termination. They use american homophobia to agitate the allies into killing their own asset. But this is one of the weaker plot arcs in this movie.
Q
Who had the traitor killed?
A
Mr. Wilson, the Russians, or the Russians acting for Mr. Wilson?The traitor was not killed: it was Edward's son. But he was going to marry a "former" Soviet spy, and Edward knew that espionage world is full of lies and tricks, and feared that "Ulysses" hint at the fact the Soviets could not trust her was, in fact, an attempt to plant a Soviet mole inside Edward's family. So... Edward was possibly the one who gave the order._______Actually, the implication of the final meeting with Ulysses suggests that the Russians had the woman killed, at Edward's request. In that scene, Edward declines to work with Ulysses. However, Ulysses replies that there will come a time in the future when he may seek a favor from Edward. He then abruptly changes topics to discuss the fact that this woman, whom he earlier noted can be trusted by neither side, is about to join Edward's family. And doesn't Edward want her to join his family? He does not reply.However, later, Ulysses's Russian companion asks if he can borrow a dollar to make a purchase. Edward hands him a single dollar bill, and then says that it would be a cardinal sin to not be generous.At the very beginning of the film, you'll remember that a small boy hands a bill to Edward on the bus. The serial number is later checked against a list--an agent named 'Cardinal' is sending a message to CIA. (In Tom Clancy's novel _The Cardinal of the Kremlin_, 'Cardinal' is the code-name for the CIA's most high-placed agent in the Kremlin.)One implication is that with the simple exchange shown, Ulysses and Edward agree to the following exchange--the KGB will kill the woman in exchange for information regarding a high-placed CIA asset inside the Soviet Union. Alternatively it could be interpreted that actually Ulysees' companion IS Cardinal and that asking Edward for a dollar is his way of saying that he has information he wishes to provide, their remarks to one another and the use of the term 'Cardinal' a pre-arranged code. Possibly this information is concerning Edward's son's lover who Edward is then able to kill as a result.-----------------Actually, the statement being made is that "assets" like the woman in Africa are fungible accounting units, to be discarded at will. Much like the way the former Yale professor was casually killed in London. The question of who "gave the order" is a trivial accounting concept. The process killed the woman, the way the process disposes of other individuals who are just visiting while the various Bonesmen keep the wars small.Edward's son was not a traitor. He was the chump caught in a Soviet honey pot. This is one of the workhorse ideas of cold war lore - the russians taking advantage of the recurrent american inability to keep it in their pants. The rather broad assertion being made is that Edward's father fell in the same way, Edward himself got involved in Berlin, and therefore Edward's son was ripe for the plucking.
Q
Who was the traitor?
A
Who told the russians about the Bay of Pigs invasion?They got the information from their spy, the young black woman, who later was going to get married to Edward Junior. Ed Jr. told her when they were making love in the (hotel?) room in Kongo-Leo. The Russians made a film and sound recording through the hole in the wall.----------------------
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