Spy Game
It's not how you play the game. It's how the game plays you.
On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.
- Director
- Tony Scott
- Worldwide
- $143M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
Satellite Award for Best Original Score
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerSatellite Award for Best Original Score
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Spy Game returned 1.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $115M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $143M
- Release date
- Nov 18, 2001
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- Arabic, Cantonese
- Country
- Germany, France
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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