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Breach
2007
In 2001, FBI trainee Eric O'Neill (Ryan Phillippe) starts work under the Bureau's computer wizard Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper), with secret orders to check on his internet habits. He's soon told Hanssen is the target of an espionage investigation. Read more
| Starring | Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, Caroline Dhavernas |
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| Director | Billy Ray |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
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Ryan Phillippe discusses Breach
- 28 Aug 2007
A new movie starring former teen star Ryan Phillippe hits cinemas this Friday and tells the story of an FBI agent caught selling secrets to Russia. Breach, which stars Phillippe as a rookie investigator out to expose the mole, also features Chris Cooper and Laura Linney, and is based on real-life events. According to the Guardian, Phillippe said acting with Cooper - who has previously starred in American Beauty and Adaptation - was similar to taking "a masterclass in acting". The film Read more
Breach
- 23 Aug 2007
In February 2001 US Attorney General John Ashcroft announced that veteran FBI agent Robert Hanssen had been arrested for treason. Although the full extent of the information Hanssen passed to the Russians remains classified, it is known that over 22 years he compromised at least 50 agents, some of whom were subsequently murdered; he leaked plans for the evacuation of US government officials in the event of a nuclear attack, and details of US intelligence gathering operations. And he profited... Read more
State of Play
- 20 Apr 2009
If you’re going to remake something, remake something that didn’t work, and fix it. I’m paraphrasing, but that’s the gist of what the French critic and filmmaker Francois Truffaut observed. (And no, he didn’t remake any movies in his career, although he adapted numerous novels.) The filmmakers had a job on their hands when they took on this big screen treatment of Paul Abbott’s universally-praised 2003 BBC serial. For many people (at least in Britain) the TV Read more
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