It has been exactly a month since the first trailer arrived for Steven Spielberg’s latest, Bridge Of Spies. So you know what that means… Prepare to meet the second, this time aimed squarely at UK cinemagoers.
Tom Hanks stars in the film as James Donovan, an insurance lawyer who was pushed headfirst into the frosty depths of the Cold War when he had to negotiate for the release of downed U2 spy plane pilot Gary Powers (Austin Stowell) after the airman was shot down over Russia. Mark Rylance co-stars as Rudolf Abel, a suspected KGB spy who was defended by Donovan in a US courtroom in 1957, and is, thanks to back-channel negotiation, the likely swap for Powers in a deal with the Soviets. It’s an agreement that doesn’t exactly sit well for America at large, and Donovan, along with his family including wife Mary, (Amy Ryan) feel the brunt of the protests.
Bridge Of Spies boasts a screenplay begun by Matt Charman and overhauled by the Coen brothers. The cast also includes a typically impressive Spielberg-gathered line-up featuring Eve Hewson, Alan Alda and Sebastian Koch. It’ll be out here on November 6.