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The Good Shepherd

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Original title

The Good Shepherd

Year

2006

Running time

160 min.

Country

United States

Director

Robert De Niro

Screenwriter

Eric Roth

Cast

Music

Bruce Fowler, Marcelo Zarvos

Cinematography

Robert Richardson

Producer

Tribeca Productions, Universal Pictures, Morgan Creek Productions, American Zoetrope

Genre

Drama. Thriller. Mystery | Spy Film. Cold War. 1940s. 1960s

Synopsis

Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded Central Intelligence Agency. While working there, his ideals gradually turn to suspicion influenced by the Cold War paranoia present within the office. Eventually, he becomes an influential veteran operative, while his distrust of everyone around him increases to no end. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.

Awards: 2006: 1 Academy Award Nominee: Best Art Direction

2007: Berlin Film Festival: Silver Bear - Outstanding Artistic Contribution (Ensemble Cast)

2006: Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Nom. for Best Supporting Actor (Baldwin)

2006: Academy Awards (Oscars): nominated to Best Production Design.

2006: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): nominated to Best Screenplay.

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