The Good Shepherd [WS]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

One man bears witness to the secret history of America during the Cold War in this drama directed by celebrated actor Robert De Niro. In 1939, Edward Wilson (Matt Damon) is a young man with a bright future ahead of him -- he's a top student at Yale and the protege of one of the school's leading English professors, Dr. Fredericks (Michael Gambon). But Wilson's life changes dramatically when he's invited to join Yale's powerful secret society, Skull and Bones. Through his Skull and Bones connections, Wilson meets Sam Murach (Alec Baldwin), an mysterious FBI agent who asks Wilson to investigate charges that Fredericks is a Nazi sympathizer working with the German government. Later, at a Skull and Bones party, Wilson is introduced to Clover Russell (Angelina Jolie), the sister of one of his classmates and the daughter of a powerful politician; their one-night stand leaves Clover pregnant, and Wilson must leave the woman he loves, Laura (Tammy Blanchard), to wed Clover and give their child a name. Shortly after their wedding, thanks to his work with Murach, Wilson is invited to join the Office of Strategic Services, a military intelligence organization organized by Bill Sullivan (Robert De Niro), and Wilson accepts. Through World War II, Wilson serves with the OSS, and learns he can trust no one in the game of international espionage, which helps make him little more than a stranger to his wife, his son, and his few friends. As the OSS evolves into the Central Intelligence Agency after the war, Wilson becomes party to America's darkest and most dangerous secrets, and in the wake of the futile Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961, Wilson is forced to make a terrible choice between the security of his nation and the safety of his family. Inspired by the true-life story of CIA founder James J. Angleton, The Good Shepherd boasts an impressive supporting cast, including William Hurt, John Turturro, Billy Crudup, Joe Pesci, and Timothy Hutton.

~ Mark Deming, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Subtitle: Eng/Spa/Fre
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
• Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
• Features:
  • 16 minutes of deleted scenes

AWARDS

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

•     Nominated Best Art Direction - 2006 (Jeannine Oppewall, Leslie Rollins, Gretchen Rau)

• American Society of Cinematographers

•     Nominated Best Cinematography - 2006 (Robert Richardson)

• Art Directors Guild

•     Nominated Best Art Direction in a Period Film - 2006 (Jeannine Oppewall)

• Berlin International Film Festival

•     In Competition - 2007

• Boston Society of Film Critics

•     Won Best Supporting Actor (Runner-up) - 2006 (Alec Baldwin)

• National Society of Film Critics

•     Nominated Best Screenplay - 2006 (Eric Roth)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Matt Damon - Edward Wilson
       Angelina Jolie - Clover/Margaret Russell
       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.
       Lee Pace - Richard Hayes
       Joe Pesci - Joseph Palmi
       Eddie Redmayne - Edward Wilson Jr.
       John Sessions - Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin
       Oleg Stefan - Ulysses/Stas Siyanko
       John Turturro - Ray Brocco

• Director:

  Robert De Niro

• Producer:

  Robert De Niro, James G. Robinson, Jane Rosenthal

• Screenwriter:

  Eric Roth

• Cinematographer:

  Robert Richardson

• Composer (Music Score):

  Bruce Fowler

• Musical Direction/Supervision:

  Kathy Nelson

• Composer (Music Score):

  Marcelo Zarvos

• Editor:

  Tariq Anwar

• Production Designer:

  Jeannine Oppewall

• Art Director:

  Robert Guerra, Francine Byrne

• Executive Producer:

  Francis Ford Coppola, Chris Brigham, Rick Schwartz, Guy McElwaine, David C. Robinson, Howard Kaplan

• Set Decorator:

  Gretchen Rau, Leslie Rollins

• Costume Designer:

  Ann Roth

• Set Decorator:

  Alyssa Winter

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Tom Nelson, Warren Shaw

• First Assistant Director:

  H.H. Cooper

• Animator:

  New Deal Studios Incorporated

• Casting:

  Cathy Sandrich Gelfond, Sig De Miguel, Amanda Mackey

• Stunts Coordinator:

  John Cenatiempo

• Special Effects Supervisor:

  Steve Kirshoff

• Stunts Coordinator:

  Paul Herbert

• Second Unit Director Of Photogra:

  Rob Legato

• Re-Recording Mixer:

  Lee Dichter, Reilly Steele, Warren Shaw

• Supervising Sound Editor:

  Warren Shaw

• Visual Effects:

  New Deal Studios Incorporated

• Stunts Coordinator:

  Stephen Pope, George Aguilar

• Visual Effects:

  Café FX, theBasement