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Bridge of Spies
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySteven Spielberg
Written byMatt Charman
Ethan Coen
Joel Coen
Produced bySteven Spielberg
Marc Platt
Kristie Macosko Krieger
StarringTom Hanks
Mark Rylance
Amy Ryan
Alan Alda
CinematographyJanusz Kamiński
Edited byMichael Kahn
Music byThomas Newman
Production
companies
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
(North America)
20th Century Fox
(International)
Release dates
Running time
135 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Period vehicles on Monroe Place in Brooklyn Heights during the filming
Lights and rain sprinklers during the filming in Brooklyn Heights

Bridge of Spies is an upcoming 2015 American historical biographical drama thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen and Joel Coen. The film stars Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, and Alan Alda. It is based on the 1960 U-2 incident.

The film was shot under the working title of St. James Place. Principal photography began on September 8, 2014, in Brooklyn, New York City. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures will distribute the film in North America through its Touchstone Pictures banner on October 16, 2015, and 20th Century Fox will distribute in the remaining territories.[2]

Plot

Brooklyn lawyer James B. Donovan (Tom Hanks) is thrust into the center of the Cold War when he is given a mission to negotiate the release of Francis Gary Powers, a pilot whose U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union.[3] The story is based on the book of the same name written in 2010. Another account of the same incident was published in 1964 under the title Strangers on a Bridge: The Case of Colonel Abel and Francis Gary Powers, written by Donovan.[4] Rudolf Abel lived and operated in Brooklyn and had an office in the Ovington Artists building on Cadman Plaza West in Brooklyn Heights. He did dead drops of stolen documents in Prospect Park. His arrest and history were discussed by Truman Capote, another Heights resident at the time, in his book "A House in the Heights". [5]

Cast

Production

Development

St. James Place[6] was first commissioned by Matt Charman, who wrote the script. He then pitched it to DreamWorks; DreamWorks co-founder Steven Spielberg became interested in the film and decided to direct.[7] Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko Krieger attached themselves as producers along with Spielberg. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen revised Matt Charman's original script.[3] In June 2014, Fox 2000 Pictures agreed to co-finance the film with DreamWorks and Participant, with the film's distribution rights being divided up between Disney and Fox.[8] March 3, 2015, during an interview with The Daily Pennsylvanian, Platt revealed the title to be Bridge of Spies which was shot under the working title of St. James Place.[9]

Casting

In May 2014, it was announced that Tom Hanks would star as James Donovan, and Mark Rylance is to co-star with Hanks. Amy Ryan, Alan Alda, Billy Magnussen and Eve Hewson, were reported to star in the film as well.[10][11] Participant Media will co-produce the film.[12] Francis Gary Powers, Jr., founder of The Cold War Museum and the pilot's son, was brought on as a technical consultant and has a cameo in the film.

Filming

Principal photography began on September 8, 2014, in Brooklyn, New York City.[13] September 14, filming took place in DUMBO where the crews transformed an Anchorage Place into 1960s.[14][15] September 15, filming took place in Astoria, between Astoria Park and the Ditmars Boulevard. Filming was done on 18 Street and 26 Avenue in Astoria where Spielberg was spotted transforming the 5 Corners Deli into a 1950s grocery store.[16][17][18] September 26, filming took place on 44th Street in Manhattan as evidenced by crews stationed on 44th Street between Madison and 6th Avenues. September 27, Hanks was spotted filming scenes on Wall Street among extras wearing 1960s costumes.[6] September 28, filming of some day and night scenes took place on the corner of Henry Street and Love Lane in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, where the block was set with vintage cars, street signs, rain machines, and spot lights.[19] September 29, filming took place on Hicks Street and Pineapple Street, where a shop Perfect Paws was transformed into a 1960s dress shop named Brooklyn Pearl[20] and at the NYS Appellate Division courthouse on Monroe Place and Pierrepont Street. On October 6, Hanks and the crews were spotted on the same location on Hicks Street.[21]

In early October, after filming wrapped in New York, further production began at Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and Potsdam, Germany, and would last there through the end of November.[22][23] Filming in Berlin began with shooting at the former Tempelhof Airport on October, for scenes that actually took place there, such as Donovan's descending from a historic C-54 Skymaster.[24] A scene includes the prisoner exchange filmed on the Glienicke Bridge (also known as the "Bridge of Spies") where the historical exchange actually took place in 1962.[25][26] The bridge spans the Havel narrows between Berlin and Potsdam and was closed to traffic for filming over the last weekend of November.[27][28] German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited the set to watch the filming of these scenes.[29] Principal photography officially finished on December 4 in Berlin Tempelhof.

Shooting also took place in Wrocław, Poland in the second half of November.[22][30] During the mid-December, filming was taken place at Beale Air Force Base, located near Marysville, California.[31]

Release

The film will have its world premiere on October 4, 2015[32] at the 53rd annual New York Film Festival,[33] before it is released in the U.S. on October 16, 2015.[34] Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures will distribute the film in North America through its Touchstone Pictures banner, while 20th Century Fox will distribute the film in the remaining international territories.[35]

The first poster for the film was released on June 4, 2015,[36] with the first trailer appearing online the following day.[37]

References

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  2. ^ Lang, Brent (March 18, 2015). "Spielberg-Hanks Cold War Film Titled 'Bridge of Spies,' John Williams Won't Compose Score". Variety. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Four Cast in Steven Spielberg's Untitled Cold War Spy Thriller". Dreamworks Studio. July 21, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  4. ^ Strangers on a Bridge.
  5. ^ House in the Heights" by Truman Capote as cited in my[who?] book "Brooklyn Heights: the Rise, Fall and Rebirth of America's First Suburb".
  6. ^ a b "PHOTOS: Tom Hanks shoots 'St. James Place' on Wall St". nydailynews.com. September 27, 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
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  20. ^ Fink, Homer (September 29, 2014). "Spielberg Transforms Perfect Paws into a 1960s Dress Shop and He Will Make It Rain Monday Night in Brooklyn Heights". brooklynheightsblog.com. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  21. ^ Croghan, Lore; Frost, Mary (October 7, 2014). "Tom Hanks lights up the night on Hicks Street". brooklyneagle.com. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
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  23. ^ Blaney, Martin (October 1, 2014). "Race producers plan to re-team". SCREENDAILY. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  24. ^ "Hier wärmt sich Hanks für den Kalten Krieg auf (Tom Hanks is warming himself up here for the cold war)". BZ Berlin. October 26, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  25. ^ "Glienicker Brücke als Filmkulisse". Berlin Steglitz-Zehlendorf. October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
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  29. ^ "Dreharbeiten - Merkel besucht Spielberg und Hanks auf Glienicker Brücke - Berlin - Aktuelle Nachrichten - Berliner Morgenpost" (in German). Morgenpost.de. 2014-11-28. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
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  32. ^ Hammond, Pete. "As New York Film Festival Opens, How Is Oscar Race Taking Shape?". Deadline. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
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  34. ^ McNary, Dave (June 16, 2014). "Tom Hanks-Steven Spielberg Cold War Thriller Set for Oct. 16, 2015". Variety. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  35. ^ Labrecque, Jeff (March 18, 2015). "Steven Spielberg's Cold War thriller gets a title, but John Williams drops out". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  36. ^ Bullock, Paul (June 6, 2015). "Bridge of Spies poster revealed". From Director Steven Spielberg. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
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External links

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