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Intermedia
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Outlaw Productions
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
Universal Pictures
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How one man betrayed the security of a nation.
Eric O'Neill, a low-level surveillance expert with the FBI, believes he is accomplishing his dream of becoming a full-fledged agent, with his unexpected promotion and assignment to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a renowned senior agent with 25 years in the FBI. However, he soon learns the reason for his promotion is to gain Hanssen's trust and find proof that he is a traitor to the country. Determined to draw the suspected double-agent out of deep cover, O'Neill finds himself in a lethal game of spy vs. spy, where nothing is as it seems.
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Jan 19, 2025 · via TMDB
Though never really very versatile, Ryan Philippe delivers quite well in this fact-based drama about one of the most famous cases of espionage to ever happen in the USA. O'Neill is a tech specialist with aspirations to be an agent who is selected by Kate Burroughs (Laura Linney) for a very unique task. He is to work with the long established Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper) on devising new ways to keep their systems safe from hackers. What we, and they, know is that Hanssen is suspected of being a mole, and a pretty darned substantial one at that. It's going to fall to O'Neill to try and find a way past the formidable defences of his new boss in the hope that they can entrap him. This won't be an easy task as Hanssen is a shrewd man, probably the most shrewd in the Bureau. Obviously this is a top secret mission, so he can't tell wife Juliana (Catherine Dhavernas) anything about what's going on - and that puts predictable strain on their marriage, especially as he begins to make some progress on a mark who likes nothing better than cat and mouse games - even with his own side! The story was huge news so there's not so much jeopardy, nor does Billy Ray really try to manufacture any. It's more a study of characterisations and Philippe and Cooper perform quite strongly on that front with some lively tit-for-tat dialogue and smouldering views on repressed religiosity. It could maybe lose ten minutes, but once it gets going it's quite a well paced thriller worth a watch.
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Chris Cooper
Robert Hanssen
Ryan Phillippe
Eric O'Neill
Laura Linney
Kate Burroughs
Caroline Dhavernas
Juliana O'Neill
Gary Cole
Rich Garces
Dennis Haysbert
Dean Plesac
Kathleen Quinlan
Bonnie Hanssen
Bruce Davison
John O'Neill
Jonathan Watton
Geddes
Jonathan Potts
D.I.A. Suit
David Huband
Photographer
Scott Gibson
Agent Sherin
Courtenay J. Stevens
Agent Loper
Jonathan Keltz
Greg Hanssen
Richard Fitzpatrick
Michael Rochford
Craig Eldridge
Gene Connors
Jonathan Whittaker
Tim Bereznay
Reagan Pasternak
Beautiful Reporter
Mary Jo Deschanel
Vivian O'Neill
Elie Gemael
Libyan Man
Chris Owens
Trunk Cataloguer
David Frisch
Agent Pack
Greg Campbell
Special Agent in Charge
John Ashcroft
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Talia Russo
Woman on Cell Phone (uncredited)
Don Whatley
FBI Agent (uncredited)
Wynn Thomas
Production Design
Tak Fujimoto
Director of Photography
Luis Sequeira
Costume Designer
Billy Ray
Director
Richard L. Fox
First Assistant Director
Jeffrey Ford
Editor
Cassandra Kulukundis
Casting
Jeffrey Silver
Co-Producer
Sidney Kimmel
Executive Producer
William Horberg
Executive Producer
Mychael Danna
Original Music Composer
Billy Ray
Screenplay
Code Name: Heraclitus
My Friendship
City of God
Saving Private Ryan
The Lives of Others
A Taxi Driver
Target Goldseven
Quiet American in Prague
Lawrence of Arabia
Downfall
Dog Day Afternoon
All the President's Men
The Last Emperor
Cinderella Man
Until Forever
Shooting Dogs
Serpico
Apollo 13
The Insider
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Scarface
Now You See Me
From Russia with Love
Cool Runnings
Women in Chains
Rob Peace
Into the White
The Bank Job
Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan
The Fortress
Mission: Impossible III
Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger
The Four Feathers
Conspiracy Theory
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2 Fast 2 Furious
Nackt. Das Netz vergisst nie.
MR-9: Do or Die
Mercury Rising
The Cell
All Saints
Saw IV
Wasp Network
Timecop
In Her Skin
Dangerous Heart
17 Miracles
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Gun Hill Road
Any Mother's Son
The Oath
Intrigue
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful
Crimes of Diogo Alves
Monkey Grip
My Mom's New Boyfriend
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Samson
A Letter from Rose Kennedy
Untitled Chico Mendes Biopic
Catch Me If You Can
JFK
The Conversation
The Bourne Ultimatum
Richard Jewell
Bridge of Spies
Snowden
Patriots Day
The Mask of Dimitrios
The Courier
The Scarlet and the Black
Relay
Now You See Me 2
The Outfit
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin
Heart of Stone
Clear and Present Danger
16 Blocks
The Falcon and the Snowman
The Sum of All Fears
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Little Nikita
The Quiller Memorandum
Baltimore
The Killer Elite
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