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Robert De Niro had a deal with Leonardo DiCaprio, who was interested in playing protagonist Edward W [...]	D
Eric Roth penned the screenplay in 1994 for Francis Ford Coppola and Columbia Pictures. Coppola left [...]	D
Leonardo DiCaprio was originally cast as the younger Edward Wilson, but dropped out.	D
Phillip Allen (William Hurt) was partly based on Allen Dulles, O.S.S. operative, and later C.I.A. Di [...]	D
Throughout this movie, every main antagonist tells Edward Wilson his weakness.	D
The cast includes seven Oscar winners: Robert De Niro, Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, William Hurt, Joe [...]	D
Margaret's (Angelina Jolie's) nickname is "Clover", which was Allen Dulles' wife's real name.	D
Edward Wilson's (Matt Damon's) name is close to that of real-life CIA agent Edwin Wilson, who was in [...]	D
Matt Damon and William Hurt appeared in Syriana (2005).	D
Robert De Niro had been working on this movie for ten years as his "pet project".	D
Robert De Niro and John Turturro appeared in Toro scatenato (1980) and Disastro a Hollywood (2008).	D
Two references to "Cardinal" were made in this movie, once in the beginning when the comment that "C [...]	D
As previously mentioned, there are two references to "Cardinal"; one in the beginning and one in the [...]	D
Philippe Vonlanthen was requested by Robert De Niro to be seen for the role of the "Cambridge Club B [...]	D
Joe Pesci's first movie in eight years.	D
The name "Bay of Pigs" is a direct translation of "Bahia de Cochinos".	D
Matt Damon and John Turturro appeared in Il giocatore - Rounders (1998).	D
James Horner was signed to compose the score, but quit due to creative differences with producer and [...]	D
Wayne Wang was set to direct, but management changes at Columbia Pictures ended Wang's involvement, [...]	D
William Hurt, Billy Crudup, and Josh Casaubon appeared in Too Big to Fail - Il crollo dei giganti (2 [...]	D
Dr. Fredericks (Sir Michael Gambon) was partly inspired by Alan Turing, a British mathematician who [...]	D
Eddie Redmayne and William Hurt appeared in The Yellow Handkerchief (2008).	D
Throughout the movie, several references to feet or shoes are made: General Sullivan's (Robert De Ni [...]	D
Theatrical movie debut of Eddie Redmayne (Edward Wilson, Jr.).	D
The character of Yuri Modin was loosely based on Soviet defector Anatoliy Golitsyn.	D
Matt Damon studied Gene Hackman's performance in The Conversation (1974) in preparation for this rol [...]	D
Jude Law was considered for the role of Edward Wilson.	D
John Frankenheimer was briefly attached to direct.	D
Edward Wilson's house in Washington, D.C. resembles the Spring Valley neighborhood in the northwest [...]	D
Amy Wright and William Hurt appeared in Turista per caso (1988).	D
Dr. Ibanez (Marcos Cohen) bears some similarities, and is probably a reference to, Jacobo Ãrbenz [...]	D
In memory of Gretchen Rau.	D
Eddie Redmayne played the son of Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie despite being only eleven and six yea [...]	D
One of two movies released in 2006 featuring Alec Baldwin and Matt Damon. The other being The Depart [...]	D
Joe Pesci appeared in one scene as a Mafia boss (Joseph Palmi) who, it is implied in this movie, is [...]	D
Archy Cummings (Billy Crudup) was partly based on real-life British traitor Kim Philby, who attended [...]	D
They give the "real" Valentin liquid LSD, which causes him to go crazy, ultimately restating that he [...]	D
Robert De Niro and Billy Crudup appeared in Sleepers (1996).	D
The filming location of the Deer Island Club was Great Camp Sagamore on Raquette Lake in the Adirond [...]	D
Eddie Redmayne and Matt Damon, who play father and son here, were in competition with one another fo [...]	D
Alec Baldwin and Lee Pace have both portrayed car maker John Z. DeLorean in film - Baldwin in Framin [...]	D
Stephanie Linus was considered for a role.	D
Matt Damon specifically noted that this movie, along with Syriana (2005), was a risky and hard-hitti [...]	D
The violinist providing the solo soundtrack near the end of the movie was Lindsay Deutsch, from Los [...]	D
When Edward Wilson (Matt Damon) and Richard Hayes (Lee Pace) are standing in the lobby of the under- [...]	D
Robert De Niro and Amy Wright appeared in Il cacciatore (1978).	D
Richard Hayes (Lee Pace) shares some similarities, including a similar name, to Allen Dulles' (C.I.A [...]	D
General Bill Sullivan (Robert De Niro) is partly based on General William "Wild Bill" Donovan. Donov [...]	D
Edward Wilson (Matt Damon) is partly based upon the founder of the C.I.A.'s counterintelligence oper [...]	D

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