Bridge of Spies

In a world on the brink the difference between war and peace was one honest man.

Release Date:

27 November 2015 (Lithuania)

Also Known As:

Snipu tiltas

Budget:

$40, 000, 000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$15, 371, 203 (USA)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 See full technical specs »

Goofs

At the beginning of the film, Rudolf Abel flees capture on a subway train. The ribbed siding of the car instantly marks it as an R-32 subway car, but all R-32 subway cars were manufactured in 1964, while this scene is set in 1957 and the rest in 1961 (the year the Berlin Wall was built).

In addition, the interior of the car has stickers with the design of all black and having a white stripe across the top. That style was originally conceived in the New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual of 1970 and rolled out over the following few years. While the subway station was dressed for the era, the subway car itself is doubly anachronistic. See more »

Quotes

Rudolf Abel: Standing there like that you reminded me of the man that used to come to our house when I was young. My father used to say: "watch this man'. So I did. Every time he came. And never once did he do anything remarkable.
James Donovan: And I remind you of him?
Rudolf Abel: This one time, I was at the age of your son, our house was overrun by partisan border guards. Dozens of them. My father was beaten, my mother was beaten, and this man, my father's friend, he was beaten. And I watched this man. Every time they hit him, he ...
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Connections

Referenced in Mike and Mike in the Morning: Episode dated 14 January 2016 (2016) See more »

Soundtracks

Unforgettable
Written by Irving Gordon
Performed by Hugh Brodie
Courtesy of Fortress USA Records
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