Bridge Of Spies Essay

James B. Donovan, a New Yorker insurance lawyer, was probably most famous for the two events that he took part in. One was his defense for a Soviet spy named Rudolf Abel in 1957 trial, which later led to the negotiation to exchange Rudolf Abel for an American pilot Francis Gary Power and also an American economic college student named Frederic Pryor; and the second one was his negotiation with Fidel Castro, Cuban Premier, for releasing American imprisoned in Bay of Pigs invasion, 1961. Bridge of Spies is a product of one of the most famous director of all time, Steve Spielberg. The movie was told that based on the truth story about the 1960 U-2 incident, but as in this kind of movie, there were contents that were dramatized and surely not every detail was accurate. The movie is about James Donovan’s negotiation in U-2 incident. A Soviet spy, Rudolf Abel was arrested, and
And later on, the exchange only happened after Donovan made sure Pryor was released. False. It makes you think that Pryor was such an important character in the whole negotiation. Mr. Pryor actually did not know about this until two days before his release. He had been prepared for it. And the reason why they postponed the exchange on the bridge was because the East German government was not pleased with Pryor’s release and they wanted to show Soviet Union government that they “had the upper hand” (swarthmore.edu), they let Pryor and his lawyer wait in the car for half an hour. Overall, this is still a good movie that draw your attention and you can be really enjoyable watching it. I personally think the actors did really well performing their roles, especially Tom Hanks as James Donovan, and Mark Rylance as Rudolf Abel. They got the movie pretty much base on the truth, and some parts were of course dramatized to make it more