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The Good Shepherd Director: Robert De Niro Cast: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin, Tammy Blanchard

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  • DVD Release Date: 04/03/2007
  • Original Release: 2006
  • Rating: Rated R
  • Sales Rank: 32,126

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16 minutes of deleted scenes

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Disc #1 -- The Good Shepherd
1. Good News (Main Titles) [5:22]
2. Stranger In Our House [7:16]
3. An Oath of Secracy [9:30]
4. Meeting Laura [10:21]
5. Strictly Confidential [6:22]
6. Kan and Wife [5:57]
7. Uses of Information [8:08]
8. Tie Your Shoe [9:31]
9. Formidable Adversary [12:31]
10. On the Side of Democracy [9:33]
11. Grown-Up Talk [9:54]
12. Ulysses [1:41]
13. Mysterious Encounter [5:14]
14. Tell Me Your Name [8:25]
15. Agency First, God Second [11:29]
16. Nothing Else to Know [8:25]
17. Playing the Violin [9:16]
18. Wedding Bells [5:06]
19. Safekeeping [10:08]
20. End Titles [4:57]

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One man bears witness to the secret history of America during the Cold War in this drama directed by celebrated actor Robert De Niro. In 1939, Edward Wilson (Matt Damon) is a young man with a bright future ahead of him -- he's a top student at Yale and the protégé of one of the school's leading English professors, Dr. Fredericks (Michael Gambon). But Wilson's life changes dramatically when he's invited to join Yale's powerful secret society, Skull and Bones. Through his Skull and Bones connections, Wilson meets Sam Murach (Alec Baldwin), an mysterious FBI agent who asks Wilson to investigate charges that Fredericks is a Nazi sympathizer working with the German government. Later, at a Skull and Bones party, Wilson is introduced to Clover Russell (Angelina Jolie), the sister of one of his classmates and the daughter of a powerful politician; their one-night stand leaves Clover pregnant, and Wilson must leave the woman he loves, Laura (Tammy Blanchard), to wed Clover and give their child a name. Shortly after their wedding, thanks to his work with Murach, Wilson is invited to join the Office of Strategic Services, a military intelligence organization organized by Bill Sullivan (Robert De Niro), and Wilson accepts. Through World War II, Wilson serves with the OSS, and learns he can trust no one in the game of international espionage, which helps make him little more than a stranger to his wife, his son, and his few friends. As the OSS evolves into the Central Intelligence Agency after the war, Wilson becomes party to America's darkest and most dangerous secrets, and in the wake of the futile Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961, Wilson is forced to make a terrible choice between the security of his nation and the safety of his family. Inspired by the true-life story of CIA founder James J. Angleton, The Good Shepherd boasts an impressive supporting cast, including William Hurt, John Turturro, Billy Crudup, Joe Pesci, and Timothy Hutton.

Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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Save your moneyby Anonymous

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March 24, 2008: This was a tediously slow moving vehicle. I fell asleep halfway through. Needlessly slow 'action' and mindless flashbacks are the hallmarks of this film. One minute, you're in the Bay of Pigs invasion, the next you're learning that the U S may go into the World War II Arena. The characters are next to impossible to identify with on any level. Rent only if you're having difficulty sleeping.

This review was written about the DVD Wide Screen edition.

Someone Knows Their Missionby Anonymous

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January 08, 2008: Before you go to dissing this movie you might want to read Tim Weiner's "Legacy of Ashes," a history of the CIA. You will quickly realize that Robert DiNiro's character is "Wild Bill" Donovan, the founder of the OSS, later to be replaced by the CIA. Since I read the book I've always wanted to meet a CIA agent and ask "what is the mission of the CIA?" The CIA's mission is primarily to gather information about other countries, their cultures and any threats which may loom against our country. Instead, the history of the CIA is replete with black bag operations. The agency has sent thousands--the vast majority being trusting operatives in other countries--to needless, ridiculous deaths in places where their arrival was well known in advance. The agency has thrown away billions of dollars on failed operations and untrustworthy informants. The agency is the laughing stock of the intelligence world. And as for gathering reliable information on other countries the CIA has utterly failed throughout its history--from the Bay of Pigs to the Iraq War. The men running the agency did these things out of ignorance, a desire to please thier Presidents or a fantasy about being the reincarnation of James Bond. I think the movie does a fantastic job of presenting the egos, the deviousness, the patronizing and the flat-out stupidity of the perople responsible for keeping our leaders informed about the current state of affairs in the world. The film's basic theme that the Bay of Pigs invasion could hang in the balance based on personal grudges, threats and harassment of the agents among themselves IS the history of the CIA. Just ask Geroge Tennet. I think it's a good movie. The film addresses one our country's most serious defects in the world arena. If you don't know anything about the CIA you may want to brush up first.

This review was written about the DVD Wide Screen edition.


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