Bridge Of Spies - Trailer

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James Donovan is a simple insurance lawyer from Brooklyn, New York whose cases have never evoked too much controversy. However, all that changes quickly when he is enlisted by the CIA to defend a Russian spy in an impossible mission to have him released from prison without charge and returned home. When an American spy plane pilot is shot down during a task of photographing Russian territory, he thankfully survives; however, the angry Russian government are not planning on handing him over too easily. The only problem is, the law is very much not on the side of the Russian spy and in order for their man to be flown home, the government have to find a loophole to release their own captive. Donovan believes everyone deserves a fair trial, but he's one of very few people who do and by putting his life on the line to help his country during the Cold War, he's risking his family too.

'Bridge Of Spies' is a Cold War thriller set in 1960, based on the real life U-2 incident which was fictionalised in the book of the same name by Giles Whittell. The movie has been directed by the legendary Steven Spielberg ('Saving Private Ryan', 'Schindler's List', 'Jurassic Park'), with the Coen Brothers (aka Ethan Coen and Joel Coen) ('Fargo', 'No Country for Old Men', 'Miller's Crossing') being joined in the screenwriting process by Matt Charman ('Suite Française'). It is set to be released in UK cinemas on November 6th 2015.