Bridge of Spies

Here is a movie that is taken right from my "Weekly Reader" in school.  It speaks of the U2 spy plane that the Russians shot down during the height of the COLD WAR. It was during this time that I had regular dreams about the Russians attacking Haskell, Oklahoma with bombers in the skies and bombs dropping and parachutes with soldiers coming for us. 

Steven Spielberg captures it all in nothing short of perfection. Tom Hanks (the Jimmy Stuart of our time) is great as the attorney chosen to help in the great spy swap.  The imagery is much more than that story though. The subtle references in the movie shows a great director at work.. Example: One scene in the movie has a group of East German punks take the overcoat from Hanks' character.  Then at the end of the movie in a ten second scene, Hanks is back in NYC riding the train and looks out the window to see American pinks breaking into to a house near the tracks! Spielberg lays everything bare.

Sad that only Boomers will see this. A great History lesson and great story. Hard not to get emotional watching this.

Simply ***** 5 Star.  2015 movie 47