Thread: The Good Shepherd (2006) Movie

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Edward Wilson understands the value of secrecy--discretion and commitment to honor have been embedded in him since childhood. As an eager, optimistic student at Yale, he is recruited to join the secret society Skull and Bones, a brotherhood and breeding ground for future world leaders. Wilson's acute mind, spotless reputation and sincere belief in American values render him a prime candidate for a career in intelligence, and he is soon recruited to work for the OSS (the precursor to the CIA) during WWII. As one of the covert founders of the CIA, working in the heart of an organization where duplicity is required and nothing is taken at face value, Edward's idealism is steadily eroded by a growing suspicious nature, reflective of a world settling into the long paranoia of the Cold War. As his methods are adopted as standard operating procedure, Wilson develops into one of the Agency's veteran operatives, all the while combating his KGB counterpart. However, his steely dedication to his country comes at an ever-increasing price. Not even his wife Clover or his beloved son can divert Wilson from a path that will force him to sacrifice everything in pursuit of this job.

Production Status: In Production/Awaiting Release
Genres: Drama, Romance and Thriller
Release Date: December 22nd, 2006 (wide)
MPAA Rating: R for some violence, sexuality and language.
Distributors:
Universal Pictures
Production Co.:
Tribeca Films, Morgan Creek Productions
Studios:
Universal Pictures
Financiers:
Co-Financier: Morgan Creek Productions, Universal Pictures
Filming Locations:
New York, New York, USA
Europe
Honduras
London, England
Africa



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Sounds like a good movie, but I don't think the attributes ascribed to Edward Wilson would have been a good match for the group that actually created the CIA. The real story of its creation involves Nazi SS members secreted into the US under new identities and alliances with various criminal and anti-Americans elements. The forces behind the creation of the agency, including James Forrestal, Prescott Bush, and Allen Dulles, are a virtual rogues gallery of former Nazi sympathizers and power-hungry behind-the-scenes servants of global monied elites.

Originally Posted by CrocketsGhost

Sounds like a good movie, but I don't think the attributes ascribed to Edward Wilson would have been a good match for the group that actually created the CIA. The real story of its creation involves Nazi SS members secreted into the US under new identities and alliances with various criminal and anti-Americans elements. The forces behind the creation of the agency, including James Forrestal, Prescott Bush, and Allen Dulles, are a virtual rogues gallery of former Nazi sympathizers and power-hungry behind-the-scenes servants of global monied elites.

They probably wouldn’t get away with telling the entire truth about the formation of the CIA, so they put in a little truth and fictionalize it. So that when people hear the real story, they won’t believe it.