"Bridge of Spies" With Tom Hanks, Next Movie, Feb. 4
"Bridge of Spies", an exiting spy drama set in Cold War Berlin, will be FOLA's (Friends of Ludlow Auditorium) next feature film in the Ludlow Town Hall Auditorium on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 7 PM.
Bridge of Spies is a 2015 historical drama legal thriller film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg, written by Matt Charman, Ethan and Joel Coen and stars Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan and Alan Alda. Based on the 1960 U-2 incident during the Cold War, the film tells the story of lawyer James B. Donovan, who is entrusted with negotiating the release of Francis Gary Powers—a pilot whose U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union—in exchange for Rudolf Abel, a captive and convicted Soviet KGB spy held under the custody of the United States, whom he represented at trial. The name of the film refers to the Glienicke Bridge, which connects Potsdam with Berlin, where the spy exchange took place.
In 1957 Brooklyn, New York, Rudolf Abel is arrested by the FBI and charged with three counts of spying for the Soviet Union. He refuses to collaborate in exchange for the charges being dropped. As a Russian spy, no one is inclined to represent Abel so James B. Donovan, an insurance lawyer, is finally prevailed upon to defend him so that trial will be seen as fair. Donovan declines to help CIA garner information from his client and mounts the best legal defense he can. Abel is convicted on all counts, and Donovan asks the judge to spare him the death penalty because he was honorably serving his country and he might prove useful for a future prisoner exchange.
Meanwhile, operating from a military airbase in Peshawar, Pakistan, Gary Powers, a pilot in the CIA's top secret U-2 spy plane program, is shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over the USSR. As the plane drops, he is unable to trigger the plane's self-destruct before he is thrown clear and parachutes to safety. Instead of committing suicide as instructed, he is captured and sentenced in a show trial to ten years confinement, with three years in prison.
Donovan receives an aerogram from East Germany purportedly from Abel's wife thanking him and urging him to get in contact with their lawyer Vogel. The CIA think this is a back-channel message indicating that the USSR is willing to swap Powers for Abel. They ask Donovan to go in an unofficial and unsupported capacity to Berlin to negotiate the exchange, and he arrives just as The Berlin Wall is going up.
As with all FOLA movies, the film is open to everyone and free; donates are appreciated. Berkshire Bank will supply popcorn while FOLA will provide water. For information, call (802) 228-7239 or visit the FOLA web site at www.fola.us.
"Bridge of Spies", an exiting spy drama set in Cold War Berlin, will be FOLA's (Friends of Ludlow Auditorium) next feature film in the Ludlow Town Hall Auditorium on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 7 PM.
Bridge of Spies is a 2015 historical drama legal thriller film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg, written by Matt Charman, Ethan and Joel Coen and stars Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan and Alan Alda. Based on the 1960 U-2 incident during the Cold War, the film tells the story of lawyer James B. Donovan, who is entrusted with negotiating the release of Francis Gary Powers—a pilot whose U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union—in exchange for Rudolf Abel, a captive and convicted Soviet KGB spy held under the custody of the United States, whom he represented at trial. The name of the film refers to the Glienicke Bridge, which connects Potsdam with Berlin, where the spy exchange took place.
In 1957 Brooklyn, New York, Rudolf Abel is arrested by the FBI and charged with three counts of spying for the Soviet Union. He refuses to collaborate in exchange for the charges being dropped. As a Russian spy, no one is inclined to represent Abel so James B. Donovan, an insurance lawyer, is finally prevailed upon to defend him so that trial will be seen as fair. Donovan declines to help CIA garner information from his client and mounts the best legal defense he can. Abel is convicted on all counts, and Donovan asks the judge to spare him the death penalty because he was honorably serving his country and he might prove useful for a future prisoner exchange.
Meanwhile, operating from a military airbase in Peshawar, Pakistan, Gary Powers, a pilot in the CIA's top secret U-2 spy plane program, is shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over the USSR. As the plane drops, he is unable to trigger the plane's self-destruct before he is thrown clear and parachutes to safety. Instead of committing suicide as instructed, he is captured and sentenced in a show trial to ten years confinement, with three years in prison.
Donovan receives an aerogram from East Germany purportedly from Abel's wife thanking him and urging him to get in contact with their lawyer Vogel. The CIA think this is a back-channel message indicating that the USSR is willing to swap Powers for Abel. They ask Donovan to go in an unofficial and unsupported capacity to Berlin to negotiate the exchange, and he arrives just as The Berlin Wall is going up.
As with all FOLA movies, the film is open to everyone and free; donates are appreciated. Berkshire Bank will supply popcorn while FOLA will provide water. For information, call (802) 228-7239 or visit the FOLA web site at www.fola.us.
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