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''The Good Shepherd'' is a 2006 espionage thriller/drama directed by Creator/RobertDeNiro, who costars with Creator/MattDamon and Creator/AngelinaJolie. The supporting cast includes Creator/AlecBaldwin, Creator/BillyCrudup, Creator/MichaelGambon, Creator/WilliamHurt, and Creator/JohnTurturro.

The film chronicles the foundation of the UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} through the life of Edward Wilson (Damon), a fictional spy who participated in its predecessor's activities. Over the course of the film Wilson's dedication to his work is contrasted with his detachment from daily life as he fails at being both a husband and a father.

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->''The very qualities that make a good intelligence officer -- a suspicious mind, a love of complexity and detail -- are the very qualities of someone you'll be observing. The mental facility to detect conspiracies and betrayal are the same qualities most likely to corrode natural judgement. Everything that seems clear is bent and everything that seems bent is clear.''
-->--'''Dr. Fredericks'''

'''''The
Good Shepherd'' Shepherd''''' is a 2006 espionage thriller/drama [[SpyFiction espionage]] drama directed by Creator/RobertDeNiro, who costars with Creator/MattDamon and Creator/AngelinaJolie. The supporting cast includes Creator/AlecBaldwin, Creator/BillyCrudup, Creator/MichaelGambon, Creator/WilliamHurt, Creator/JohnTurturro, and Creator/JohnTurturro.

Creator/EddieRedmayne.

The film chronicles the foundation career of the UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} through the life of American intelligence officer Edward Wilson Wilson[[note]]Loosely based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jesus_Angleton James Jesus Angleton]], the CIA's first head of counterintelligence.[[/note]] (Damon), a fictional spy who participated in its predecessor's activities. Over is recruited into [[UsefulNotes/{{OSS}} the course OSS]] soon after graduating from Yale and later becomes a pivotal part of the film newly-founded UsefulNotes/CentralIntelligenceAgency. Wilson's dedication to his work is contrasted with his detachment from daily life as he fails at being both a husband to his wife Margaret "Clover" Wilson (Jolie) and a father.
father to his son Edward Jr (Redmayne).

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* ShoutOut: When Edward first appears in the flashback to 1939 at Yale, he's performing (in drag) in a production of ''Theatre/HMSPinafore''.

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When Edward first appears in the flashback to 1939 at Yale, he's performing (in drag) in a production of ''Theatre/HMSPinafore''.

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* ActorAllusion: Creator/AlecBaldwin (''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober''), Creator/MichaelGambon (''[[Film/HarryPalmer Bullet to Beijing]]'' and ''[[Film/HarryPalmer Midnight in St. Petersburg]]''), Creator/WilliamHurt (''Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story'', a MadeForTVMovie), and Creator/TimothyHutton (''Film/TheFalconAndTheSnowman'', ''Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within'', a MadeForTVMovie) had all appeared in spy-related movies in the past. [[spoiler:As in his previous spy movies, Hutton's character is a traitor, and Hurt's character is not who he seems to be]].

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Creator/AlecBaldwin (''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober''), Creator/MichaelGambon (''[[Film/HarryPalmer Bullet to Beijing]]'' and ''[[Film/HarryPalmer Midnight in St. Petersburg]]''), Creator/WilliamHurt (''Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story'', a MadeForTVMovie), and Creator/TimothyHutton (''Film/TheFalconAndTheSnowman'', ''Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within'', a MadeForTVMovie) had all appeared in spy-related movies in the past. [[spoiler:As in his previous spy movies, Hutton's character is a traitor, and Hurt's character is not who he seems to be]].
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** Edward Wilson is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jesus_Angleton James Jesus Angleton]] & [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_M._Bissell_Jr Richard Bissell]].

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** Edward Wilson is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jesus_Angleton James Jesus Angleton]] & [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_M._Bissell_Jr Richard Bissell]]. His name is also very similar to controversial CIA figure Edwin Wilson.
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* ShoutOut: When Edward first appears in the flashback to 1939 at Yale, he's performing (in drag) in a production of ''Theater/HMSPinafore''.

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* ShoutOut: When Edward first appears in the flashback to 1939 at Yale, he's performing (in drag) in a production of ''Theater/HMSPinafore''.''Theatre/HMSPinafore''.

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