The Good Shepherd (Anamorphic Widescreen) (US Version) DVD Region 1

With THE GOOD SHEPHERD, Robert De Niro (A BRONX TALE) makes an ambitious return to the director's chair. A labor of love for Oscar-winning screenwriter Eric Roth (FORREST GUMP), the film tells an epic, fictionalized account of how the Central Intelligence Agency was born. Matt Damon plays Edward Wilson, a reserved young man who graduated from Yale in the late 1930s. His membership in the exclusive, hidden Skull and Bones society led him away from poetry and into a relationship with the federal government, who recruited him to help them on several covert operations. Roth's script alternates between Wilson's gradual emergence as a genuine government operative in the early 1940s and the infamous Bay of Pigs conflict in the early 1960s. Along the way, he has a sweet romance with a pretty deaf girl (a sparkling Tammy Blanchard) and ends up marrying the woman he impregnates (Angelina Jolie) out of a strong sense of duty. Throughout the film, the emergence of a mysterious tape haunts Wilson, who is determined to uncover the truth behind a leak in his secret organization. Production designer Jeannine Claudia Oppewall (L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN) and costume designer Ann Roth (THE ENGLISH PATIENT, THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY) faithfully recreate these earlier periods in American history, while the imagery of Oscar-winning cinematographer Robert Richardson (J.F.K., THE AVIATOR) casts a warm, stately glow upon De Niro's assembled cast of luminaries (including Alec Baldwin, Michael Gambon, William Hurt, Billy Crudup, and Joe Pesci). The result is a production that recalls Francis Ford Coppola's THE CONVERSATION and Steven Spielberg's MUNICH.

"[Damon] has excelled at subverting the all-American openness he projects....Here, he's the ultimate enigma machine, a man willing to erase himself for his country." -- Grade: B - Lisa, Schwarzbaum (Entertainment Weekly Critic), Entertainment Weekly, 12/22/2006

Included in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 10 Films Of The Year" -- "It's a movie that perches you on the edge of your brain." - Owen, Gleiberman (Entertainment Weekly Critic), Entertainment Weekly, 12/29/2006

3 stars out of 5 -- "[With] a killer cast, with character-actor stalwarts like Alec Baldwin, William Hurt and Michael Gambon filling out its most minor roles." - Total Film Staff (Total Film Critic), Total Film, 03/01/2007

"[T]he story it tells -- about the early years of the CIA...is simply too compelling to dismiss..." - Wade, Major (Box Office Critic), Box Office, 02/01/2007

"[De Niro] proves here that - like Clint Eastwood - he can direct a mature, questioning film without didacticism or pomp." - Chris, Roberts (Uncut Critic), Uncut, 03/01/2007

"The period details are hypnotic, and the message is ripe for the moment." - Stephen, Farber (Movieline Critic), Movieline's Hollywood Life, 03/01/2007

"Intelligent, cleverly written and extraordinarily well crafted and performed, THE GOOD SHEPHERD boasts a subtlety and depth you won't find in the world of Jason Bourne or James Bond." - Geoffrey, Macnab (Sight And Sound Critic), Sight and Sound, 04/01/2007

3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Matt Damon is terrific....The rare long movie that's at its strongest near the end." - Mike, Clark (USA Today Critic), USA Today, 04/06/2007

4 stars out of 5 -- "De Niro's faith in the audience's intelligence is refreshing, making this rewardingly complicated viewing that is bolstered by the film's ambitious scope and lavish production values." - Chris, Prince (Ultimate DVD Critic), Ultimate DVD, 06/29/2007

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Product Title:	The Good Shepherd (Anamorphic Widescreen) (US Version) The Good Shepherd (Anamorphic Widescreen) (US Version) The Good Shepherd (Anamorphic Widescreen) (US Version) The Good Shepherd (Anamorphic Widescreen) (US Version) The Good Shepherd (Anamorphic Widescreen) (US Version)
Artist Name(s):	Joe Pesci (Actor) | William Hurt (Actor) | Keir Dullea (Actor) | Anthony Minghella (Actor) | Jany Temime (Actor) | Robert De Niro (Actor) | Robert Zemeckis (Actor) | Alec Baldwin (Actor) | Billy Crudup (Actor) | Jane Rosenthal 祖柏斯 (Actor) | 威廉赫特 (Actor) | 基卡杜利亞 (Actor) | 安東尼明格拉 (Actor) | Jany Temime (Actor) | Robert De Niro (Actor) | 羅拔湛米基斯 (Actor) | 艾力寶雲 (Actor) | 比利吉合 (Actor) | Jane Rosenthal 祖柏斯 (Actor) | 威廉赫特 (Actor) | 基卡杜利亚 (Actor) | Anthony Minghella (Actor) | Jany Temime (Actor) | Robert De Niro (Actor) | 罗拔湛米基斯 (Actor) | 艾力宝云 (Actor) | 比利吉合 (Actor) | Jane Rosenthal ジョー・ペシ (Actor) | ウィリアム・ハート (Actor) | Ｋｅｉｒ Ｄｕｌｌｅａ (Actor) | Ａｎｔｈｏｎｙ Ｍｉｎｇｈｅｌｌａ (Actor) | Jany Temime (Actor) | Robert De Niro (Actor) | Ｒｏｂｅｒｔ Ｚｅｍｅｃｋｉｓ (Actor) | アレック・ボールドウィン (Actor) | ビリー・クラダップ (Actor) | Jane Rosenthal Joe Pesci (Actor) | William Hurt (Actor) | Keir Dullea (Actor) | Anthony Minghella (Actor) | Jany Temime (Actor) | Robert De Niro (Actor) | Robert Zemeckis (Actor) | Alec Baldwin (Actor) | Billy Crudup (Actor) | Jane Rosenthal
Director:	Nino Rota | Robert De Niro | Robert Zemeckis Nino Rota | Robert De Niro | 羅拔湛米基斯 Nino Rota | Robert De Niro | 罗拔湛米基斯 Nino Rota | Robert De Niro | Ｒｏｂｅｒｔ Ｚｅｍｅｃｋｉｓ Nino Rota | Robert De Niro | Robert Zemeckis
Producer:	Jane Rosenthal Jane Rosenthal Jane Rosenthal Jane Rosenthal Jane Rosenthal
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Release Date:	2007-04-03
UPC Code:	025192867125
Language:	English, French
Subtitles:	English, Spanish, French
Country of Origin:	United States
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	R (MPAA)
Publisher:	Universal Studios Home Video
Package Weight:	100 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004670623

Director: Robert De Niro

DVD Features:

Region 1
Snap Case
Single Side - Dual Layer
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.39
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French
Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Alternate Scenes: Deleted Scenes

This film has received 1 award nomination(s).

• Oscar Academy Awards 2007
  • Best Art Direction Nomination

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