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''The Catcher Was a Spy'' is a 2018 UsefulNotes/WorldWarII spy thriller and biopic directed by Ben Lewin, starring Creator/PaulRudd, Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/GuyPearce, Creator/PaulGiamatti, and Creator/MarkStrong. It was [[TheFilmOfTheBook adapted from]] Nicholas Dawidoff's 1994 nonfiction book of the same name.
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''The Catcher Was a Spy'' is a 2018 UsefulNotes/WorldWarII spy thriller and biopic directed by Ben Lewin, starring Creator/PaulRudd, Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/JeffDaniels, Creator/GuyPearce, Creator/PaulGiamatti, and Creator/MarkStrong. It was [[TheFilmOfTheBook adapted from]] Nicholas Dawidoff's 1994 nonfiction book of the same name.
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* FauxFluency: Berg doesn't speak Japanese but he learns a couple of sentences so he can ask locals to act like he's fluent as part of a prank.
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* FloatingHeadSyndrome: Paul Rudd's face takes up 90% of the poster.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: People very frankly criticize the thought of Berg being gay, and it's implied he has to live his life reclusively in the closet. People are ''also'' a little ham-handed in their treatment of his Judaism.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: People very frankly criticize the thought of point out that Berg being gay, unmarried and it's implied Jewish are both unusual in common society. They also openly discuss the possibility that he might be "a queer," something he has to live his life reclusively in the closet. People are ''also'' a little ham-handed in their treatment of his Judaism.hide if true.
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* InformedJudaism: Played for drama. Berg is very secular, and everyone else makes a bigger deal about his religion than he does. When the Princeton choir leads the group in "Battle Hymn of the Republic," his friend apologizes to him, and Berg assures him that even "Onward Christian Soldiers" would have been fine with him.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Contemplating having to kill Heisenberg, the committedly secular Berg actually attends a synagogue.
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* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Heisenberg challenges Berg to a game of mental chess. Berg defeats him, and they speak in chess metaphors throughout their final scene.
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* ViolenceIsDisturbing: Although Berg delivers a ruthless NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Bill Dalton, then stumbles away and has a panic attack.
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* ViolenceIsDisturbing: Although Berg delivers a ruthless NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Bill Dalton, then stumbles away and has a panic attack.
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* ArmouredClosetGay: It's implied that Bill Dalton is gay. He sneeringly accuses Berg of being "a queer" and says he refuses to shower with him. Then he's caught stalking Berg.
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* IronClosetGay: It's implied that Bill Dalton is gay. He sneeringly accuses Berg of being "a queer" and says he refuses to shower with him. Then he's caught stalking Berg.
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* ViolenceIsShocking: Although Berg delivers a ruthless NoHoldsBarriedBeatdown to Bill Dalton, then stumbles away and has a panic attack.
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* ViolenceIsShocking: ViolenceIsDisturbing: Although Berg delivers a ruthless NoHoldsBarriedBeatdown NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Bill Dalton, then stumbles away and has a panic attack.
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* JumpedAtTheCall: Berg preempts the call. Realizing that war with Japan is becoming imminent, he takes it upon himself to sneak around Tokyo and take film footage of the harbor to provide information of Japan's naval capabilities. He uses this footage to make the case that he should join the American intelligence effort/
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* IronClosetGay: It's implied that Bill Dalton is gay. He sneeringly accuses Berg of being "a queer" and says he refuses to shower with him. Then he's caught stalking Berg.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Berg preempts the call. Realizing that war with Japan is becoming imminent, he takes it upon himself to sneak around Tokyo and take film footage of the harbor to provide information of Japan's naval capabilities. He uses this footage to make the case that he should join the American intelligenceeffort/effort.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Berg preempts the call. Realizing that war with Japan is becoming imminent, he takes it upon himself to sneak around Tokyo and take film footage of the harbor to provide information of Japan's naval capabilities. He uses this footage to make the case that he should join the American intelligence
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* SelfDeprecation: When playing baseball with servicemen, Berg admits that his batting average is pretty mediocre for a professional. He still slams a home run on his first swing off the soldier's limp pitch.
* ViolenceIsShocking: Although Berg delivers a ruthless NoHoldsBarriedBeatdown to Bill Dalton, then stumbles away and has a panic attack.
* ViolenceIsShocking: Although Berg delivers a ruthless NoHoldsBarriedBeatdown to Bill Dalton, then stumbles away and has a panic attack.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Berg's rumored bisexuality is touched upon, with his relationship with Estella Huni explicitly shown, an encounter with the male Kawabata implied, and Bill Donovan questioning Berg's orientation before saying he doesn't care.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Berg's rumored bisexuality is touched upon, Berg has a very passionate sex scene with his relationship with girlfriend Estella Huni Huni, yet it's all but explicitly shown, an encounter stated that he's attracted to men and has a one-night stand with the male Kawabata implied, Kawabata. He also never marries Estella, is emotionally distant from her, and Bill Donovan questioning Berg's orientation before saying he doesn't care.flatly tells her that he'd rather take a trip without her, so it's never exactly clear whether she's acting as his beard.
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''The Catcher was a Spy'' is a 2018 UsefulNotes/WorldWarII spy thriller and biopic directed by Ben Lewin, starring Creator/PaulRudd, Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/GuyPearce, Creator/PaulGiamatti, and Creator/MarkStrong. It was [[TheFilmOfTheBook adapted from]] Nicholas Dawidoff's 1994 nonfiction book of the same name.
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''The Catcher was Was a Spy'' is a 2018 UsefulNotes/WorldWarII spy thriller and biopic directed by Ben Lewin, starring Creator/PaulRudd, Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/GuyPearce, Creator/PaulGiamatti, and Creator/MarkStrong. It was [[TheFilmOfTheBook adapted from]] Nicholas Dawidoff's 1994 nonfiction book of the same name.
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''The Catcher was a Spy'' is a 2018 UsefulNotes/WorldWarII spy thriller and biopic directed by Ben Lewin, starring Creator/PaulRudd, Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/GuyPearce, Creator/PaulGiamatti, and Creator/MarkStrong.
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''The Catcher was a Spy'' is a 2018 UsefulNotes/WorldWarII spy thriller and biopic directed by Ben Lewin, starring Creator/PaulRudd, Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/GuyPearce, Creator/PaulGiamatti, and Creator/MarkStrong.
Creator/MarkStrong. It was [[TheFilmOfTheBook adapted from]] Nicholas Dawidoff's 1994 nonfiction book of the same name.
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''The Catcher was a Spy'' is a 2018 spy thriller and biopic starring Creator/PaulRudd, Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/GuyPearce, Creator/PaulGiamatti, and Creator/MarkStrong.
Moe Berg is a Major League catcher reaching the end of his playing career. Rather than make the shift from playing to coaching, Berg decides to join the Allied war effort and eventually becomes a spy for the OSS and tasked with determining how close Nazi Germany is to developing an atomic bomb.
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Moe Berg is a Major League catcher reaching the end of his playing career. Rather than make the shift from playing to coaching, Berg decides to join the Allied war effort and eventually becomes a spy for the OSS and tasked with determining how close Nazi Germany is to developing an atomic bomb.
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''The Catcher was a Spy'' is a 2018 UsefulNotes/WorldWarII spy thriller and biopic directed by Ben Lewin, starring Creator/PaulRudd, Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/GuyPearce, Creator/PaulGiamatti, and Creator/MarkStrong.
Moe Berg (Rudd) is a Major League catcher reaching the end of his playing career. Rather than make the shift from playing to coaching, Berg decides to join the Allied war effort and eventually becomes a spy for theOSS and OSS, tasked with determining how close Nazi Germany is to developing an atomic bomb.
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* {{Omniglot}}: Berg demonstrates his ability to speak multiple languages, stretching from Western European through to the Middle East, fluently. He also pretends to speak Japanese to mess with other baseball players while on a trip to Japan.
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* {{Omniglot}}: Berg demonstrates his ability to speak multiple languages, stretching from Western European through to the Middle East, fluently. He also pretends to speak Japanese to mess with other baseball players while on a trip to Japan.Japan.
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''The Catcher was a Spy'' is a 2018 spy thriller and biopic starring Creator/PaulRudd, Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/GuyPearce, Creator/PaulGiamatti, and Creator/MarkStrong.
Moe Berg is a Major League catcher reaching the end of his playing career. Rather than make the shift from playing to coaching, Berg decides to join the Allied war effort and eventually becomes a spy for the OSS and tasked with determining how close Nazi Germany is to developing an atomic bomb.
!This film provides examples of:
* AdaptedOut: The film jumps from Berg's time as an analyst to his work in the field in Europe, glossing over the time he spent building US relations with South American countries.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Berg's rumored bisexuality is touched upon, with his relationship with Estella Huni explicitly shown, an encounter with the male Kawabata implied, and Bill Donovan questioning Berg's orientation before saying he doesn't care.
* BadassBookworm: Berg has degrees from Princeton and Columbia and speaks multiple languages. He's also a capable brawler who volunteered to become a spy during World War II.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: Because Berg spends his time in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse separate from other players and reading foreign newspapers, a rookie teammate suspects him to be a homosexual and a communist. When the teammate decides to tail Berg to prove his suspicions, Berg gets the drop on the much younger and larger man, beats him senseless, and threatens to break his arm to end his career.
* HidingBehindTheLanguageBarrier: When crossing over from Italy to Switzerland, Berg reveals that he speaks Italian and knows that his guides were thinking of double-crossing him.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Berg preempts the call. Realizing that war with Japan is becoming imminent, he takes it upon himself to sneak around Tokyo and take film footage of the harbor to provide information of Japan's naval capabilities. He uses this footage to make the case that he should join the American intelligence effort/
* {{Omniglot}}: Berg demonstrates his ability to speak multiple languages, stretching from Western European through to the Middle East, fluently. He also pretends to speak Japanese to mess with other baseball players while on a trip to Japan.
''The Catcher was a Spy'' is a 2018 spy thriller and biopic starring Creator/PaulRudd, Creator/JeffBridges, Creator/GuyPearce, Creator/PaulGiamatti, and Creator/MarkStrong.
Moe Berg is a Major League catcher reaching the end of his playing career. Rather than make the shift from playing to coaching, Berg decides to join the Allied war effort and eventually becomes a spy for the OSS and tasked with determining how close Nazi Germany is to developing an atomic bomb.
!This film provides examples of:
* AdaptedOut: The film jumps from Berg's time as an analyst to his work in the field in Europe, glossing over the time he spent building US relations with South American countries.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Berg's rumored bisexuality is touched upon, with his relationship with Estella Huni explicitly shown, an encounter with the male Kawabata implied, and Bill Donovan questioning Berg's orientation before saying he doesn't care.
* BadassBookworm: Berg has degrees from Princeton and Columbia and speaks multiple languages. He's also a capable brawler who volunteered to become a spy during World War II.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: Because Berg spends his time in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse separate from other players and reading foreign newspapers, a rookie teammate suspects him to be a homosexual and a communist. When the teammate decides to tail Berg to prove his suspicions, Berg gets the drop on the much younger and larger man, beats him senseless, and threatens to break his arm to end his career.
* HidingBehindTheLanguageBarrier: When crossing over from Italy to Switzerland, Berg reveals that he speaks Italian and knows that his guides were thinking of double-crossing him.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Berg preempts the call. Realizing that war with Japan is becoming imminent, he takes it upon himself to sneak around Tokyo and take film footage of the harbor to provide information of Japan's naval capabilities. He uses this footage to make the case that he should join the American intelligence effort/
* {{Omniglot}}: Berg demonstrates his ability to speak multiple languages, stretching from Western European through to the Middle East, fluently. He also pretends to speak Japanese to mess with other baseball players while on a trip to Japan.
