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The Good Shepherd (Widescreen Edition)

starring: Alec Baldwin, Matt Damon, Robert De Niro, Keir Dullea, Michael Gambon

: The Good Shepherd (Widescreen Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 0025192867125
Format: AC-3, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Extra tracks, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 03, 2007
Running Time: 168 minutes
Sales Rank: 1149
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: December 22, 2006



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Description:
Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie and Robert De Niro star in this powerful thriller about the birth of the CIA. Edward Wilson (Damon) believes in America, and will sacrifice everything he loves to protect it. But as one of the covert founders of the CIA, Edward's youthful idealism is slowly eroded by his growing suspicion of the people around him. Everybody has secrets…but will Edward's destroy him? With an all-star cast including Alec Baldwin, Billy Crudup, William Hurt, Timothy Hutton and John Turturro, it's the gripping story David Ansen of Newsweek hails as 'spellbinding.'

Amazon.com:
A complicated movie about the Central Intelligence Agency and its agents, The Good Shepherd isn't your typical spy movie. Though it stars Matt Damon (The Bourne Identity films) and Angelina Jolie (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Lara Croft franchise)--actors with considerable experience in the action-espionage genre--The Good Shepherd requires that they play more subdued and (much less interesting) characters here. The movie focuses on the career or Edward Wilson (Damon), a privileged Yale graduate who goes on to help found the CIA. He is a quiet, serious, and guarded man, even in the most intimate moments with his civilian wife (Jolie, in a role that wastes her talent). Set against a backdrop of real-life events such as the Bay of Pigs, The Good Shepherd is meticulous in creating a realistic timeframe. The film gets a jolt of excitement when Robert DeNiro (in his first directing role since 1993's A Bronx Tale) peppers the screen with appearances by Joe Pesci, Alec Baldwin, and William Hurt. But those moments are too infrequent. At 157 minutes long, the film is crammed with many factual details, but the characters are shortchanged when it comes to development. Viewers have to wonder why anyone, much less someone like Wilson who has everything going for him, would devote his life to a thankless job that brings so little happiness to himself and his family. The Good Shepherd is an ambitious but flawed film. The actors do a formidable job with a well-intentioned but meandering script. However, we meet so many characters and learn so little about each that it's difficult to drum up much empathy for any of them. --Jae-Ha Kim



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - the company man
The main character is a tool and I don't like him and I don't like his terrible life but that's not ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Good, if dry movie -- but is there a commentary track or features?
This was an engrossing, if dry, film for those who like Le Carre novels and the Alec Guiness-starred ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A little difficult to follow, but accurate?
First, a comment of commendation: Matt Damon played the lead role in this film. He was so low key, he ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - An exceptional movie
I honestly do not understand why so many people have given this excellent movie such mediocre reviews. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Fabulous Film, above most even by John Le Carre
That this film has only an aggregate 3 stars is yet further proof that there are a lot of "stringer" spooks ... Read More

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