The Good Shepherd
Edward Wilson believed in America, and he would sacrifice everything he loved to protect it.
Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS.
- Director
- Robert De Niro
- Worldwide
- $100M
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Cast
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Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Production Design
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Good Shepherd returned 1.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $85M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $100M
- Release date
- Dec 11, 2006
- Runtime
- 2h 47m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- United States of America
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