Putting Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg together is always a good idea. Adding in a script by The Coen Brothers, along with Matt Charman, makes the forthcoming Bridge of Spies the very definition of a Must See film.
Hanks is plying his American Everyman trade once again as a lawyer thrown by an uncertain CIA into the middle of an international crisis involving a captured US pilot. The first look trailer below gives us a series of moments typical of Spielberg’s oeuvre, with high drama and domestic upheaval aplenty.
Mark Rylance has a sizable part to play and the scenes between him and Hanks, teased here in this trailer, are sure to be worth the price of admission.
The UK release is the 9th of October, here’s your trailer.
Synopsis hounds cease your plucky search, feast on this…
“Bridge of Spies” tells the story of James Donovan, a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot. Screenwriters Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen have woven this remarkable experience in Donovan’s life into a story inspired by true events that captures the essence of a man who risked everything and vividly brings his personal journey to life.
