The Courier New Clip ‘Wants You To Act’
Finally today Lionsgate Films release Dominic Cooke’s Cold War British drama The Courier. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the man who would become an unlikely hero.
This film is based on a true life story of Greville Wynne (Cumberbatch) who is recruited by the Mi6 and CIA. With no experience in the spy game only to befriend a Russian spy to smuggle documents out of Soviet Union that could help stop World War III happening.
We will have a video interview coming later today with Dominic Cooke the film’s director. For now check out this short clip which Greville meets his contacts just ahead of his first job, asking him to ‘act’.
Related Post: Film Review – The Courier (2021)
Based on the true story of Greville Wynne (Cumberbatch), a British businessman who helped the CIA and MI6 penetrate the Soviet nuclear program during the Cold War, THE COURIER is a tale of bravery and heroic self-sacrifice. With no prior espionage experience and working under constant threat of discovery, Wynne was the CIA’s contact for Oleg Penkovsky, a top Soviet military official codenamed “Ironbark.” Wynne’s main objective: travel in and out of Moscow to retrieve sensitive military information from Penkovsky while maintaining the illusion that he’s an ordinary businessman selling steel manufacturing parts. Wynne and Penkovsky’s unlikely partnership provided the crucial intel that ended the Cuban missile crisis and averted a potential World War III. The stakes could not be higher in this story of personal risk, friendship and global triumph, seen through the eyes of a noble civilian unexpectedly caught in the middle of one of the greatest international conflicts to date.
The film also stars Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, James Schofield.
The Courier is in UK and Irish Cinemas from today 13th August.
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