Drama/thriller 2006
Matt Damon
Robert De Niro
Angelina Jolie
Joe Pesci
En episk historie om en mands 40 år i CIA.
Efter at have spillet Jason Bourne i Manden uden ansigt og efterfølgeren Bourneduellen påtager Matt Damon sig nu en rolle mere som CIA-agent. Denne gang skal han afløse Leonardo DiCaprio, som har trukket sig fra Robert De Niros nye projekt »The Good Shepherd«.
Der er ingen forklaring på, hvorfor DiCaprio er sprunget fra spionfilmen, der skildrer CIA set gennem en karriereagents øjne. »The Good Shepherd« har været undervejs i n 10 år, men til foråret sker der endelig noget. Kameraerne begynder efter planen at rulle den 7. marts, og det bliver med De Niro i den tredobbelte rolle som instruktør, producer og medvirkende.
Handlingen er løseligt baseret på den berømte agent James Jesus Angletons liv. I filmen hedder han James Wilson og spilles i starten af Damon, hvorefter De Niro overtager rollen, da agenten bliver ældre.
Inst. Robert De Niro ( Bronx Tale, A (1993) )
Spilletid :
Studie : Universal Pictures
Premieredato :
Teaser/Trailer : Movie fone
Website : www.thegoodshepherdmovie.com
Movie stills : Comingsoon.net, Blackfilms
Anmeldelser : Comingsoon.net (6/10)
Interviews : Matt Damon
Bemærkning :
Leonardo DiCaprio er blevet afløst af Matt Damon, så nu kan det endelig være at projektet begynder at røre på sig.
D. 13-11-04
Produktionsselskabet Initial Entertainment Group har trukket sig ud af projektet, og nu er der ingen penge at gennemføre indspilningen for. Brancheavisen Daily Variety skriver, at spionthrilleren havde et budget på 110 millioner dollars, godt 630 millioner kroner, men at de penge n allesammen forsvandt, da Initial-chefen Graham King valgte at springe fra.
Hos samarbejdspartneren Universal Studios forlyder det dog, at man stadig er interesseret i at realisere filmen om CIA-agenten James Wilson. DiCaprio skulle spille titelrollen og De Niro instruere.
Gennemføres projektet, bliver det skuespillerens andet forsøg bag kameraet. I 1993 instruerede han A Bronx Tale.
The Good Shepherd som har stået på standby et stykke tid skulle ifølge Variety nu have fået grønt lys, det er Robert De Niro som skal instruere og Leonardo DiCaprio der skal spille hovedrollen i Universal Pictures film.
Lad os håber at Robert efterhånden får lidt mere held i sprøjten med de film han vælger.
Engelsk :
The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life in "The Good Shepherd," an espionage drama starring Academy Award® winners Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie and Robert De Niro and directed by Robert De Niro.
Edward Wilson (Matt Damon) understands the value of secrecy-discretion and commitment to honor have been embedded in him since childhood. As an eager, optimistic student at Yale, he is recruited to join the secret society Skull and Bones, a brotherhood and breeding ground for future world leaders. Wilson's acute mind, spotless reputation and sincere belief in American values render him a prime candidate for a career in intelligence, and he is soon recruited to work for the OSS (the precursor to the CIA) during WWII.
As one of the covert founders of the CIA, working in the heart of an organization where duplicity is required and nothing is taken at face value, Edward's' idealism is steadily eroded by a growing suspicious nature, reflective of a world settling into the long paranoia of the Cold War. As his methods are adopted as standard operating procedure, Wilson develops into one of the Agency's veteran operatives, all the while combating his KGB counterpart. However, his steely dedication to his country comes at an ever-increasing price. Not even his wife Clover (Angelina Jolie) or his beloved son can divert Wilson from a path that will force him to sacrifice everything in pursuit of this job.
"The Good Shepherd" is directed by Robert De Niro, written by Eric
Roth and produced by Morgan Creek's James G. Robinson and Tribeca Productions'
Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro. Universal Pictures distributes domestically,
with Morgan Creek handling foreign distribution.
