Bridge of spies tom hanks drama thriller court crime military 1bspies spy 12. With tom hanks mark rylance alan alda amy ryan. Bridge of spies is a steven spielberg directed spy thriller that stars tom hanks mark rylance austin stowell and will rogers. Donovan who is entrusted with negotiating the release of francis gary powersa us. A dramatic thriller set against the backdrop of a series of historic events bridge of spies tells the story of james donovan hanks a brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the centre of.
Bridge of spies is a spot on espionage thriller. Bridge of spies tells the true story of a cold war spy swap during the height of tension between the us. Bridge of spies review tom hanks and mark rylance red hot in steven spielbergs magnificent cold war thriller. It covers much of the same subject matter as the hollywood espionage drama including the core matter of cold war prisoner exchanges between the soviet union and us.
It tells the true story of how an obscure new york lawyer is recruited to negotiate an exchange of spies between the united states and the soviet union. The film is actually based in part on the book strangers on a bridge by james b. Donovan played by tom hanks an insurance claims lawyer from brooklyn who finds himself thrust into the center of. This becomes important as bridge of spies transmutes from the story of a court case.
While the book shares the same name as the 2015 film that stars tom hanks the film is not based on whittells book. Tom hanks stars in bridge of spies. Bridge of spies is a 2015 historical drama film directed and co produced by steven spielberg written by matt charman and the coen brothers and starring tom hanks mark rylance amy ryan and alan alda. Set during the cold war the film tells the story of lawyer james b.
During the cold war an american lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested soviet spy in court and then help the cia facilitate an exchange of the spy for the soviet captured american u2 spy plane pilot francis gary powers. Bridge of spies is a well acted thrilling smart cold war drama that features a oscar worthy performance from tom hanks. Spielbergs film centres on a us lawyer played by tom hanks who is recruited to defend a soviet spy mark rylance and help the cia to rescue a missing pilot.