Editing Spy Game (section)

{{Short description|2001 action thriller film directed by Tony Scott}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Spy Game
| image          = Spy Game poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Tony Scott]]
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Douglas Wick]]
* [[Marc Abraham]]
}}
| screenplay     = {{Plainlist|
* Michael Frost Beckner
* [[David Arata]]
}}
| story          = Michael Frost Beckner
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Robert Redford]]
* [[Brad Pitt]]
* [[Catherine McCormack]]
* [[Stephen Dillane]]
* [[Larry Bryggman]]
}}
| music          = [[Harry Gregson-Williams]]
| cinematography = [[Daniel Mindel|Dan Mindel]]
| editing        = [[Christian Wagner]]
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Beacon Pictures]]<ref name=afi>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members//catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=62212|title=Spy Game|work=[[American Film Institute]]|access-date=October 26, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Toho|Toho-Towa]]<ref name="bfi">{{cite web|title=Spy Game (2001)|website=British Film Institute (BFI)|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b85ba2957|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805190742/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b85ba2957|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 5, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Metropolitan Filmexport]]<ref name="bfi"/>
}}
| distributor    = {{Plainlist|
* [[Universal Pictures]]<ref name=afi />
* Beacon Pictures<ref name=afi />
}}
| released       = {{Film date|2001|11|21}}
| runtime        = 126 minutes
| country        = {{Plainlist|
* United States
* France
* Germany
* Japan}}
| language       = English
| budget         = $115 million
| gross          = $143 million
}}

'''''Spy Game''''' is a 2001 [[Action film|action]] [[Thriller film|thriller]] film directed by [[Tony Scott]] and written by Michael Frost Beckner and [[David Arata]]. The film stars [[Robert Redford]] and [[Brad Pitt]] as [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] operatives entangled in a covert rescue mission during the final days of the [[Cold War]]. Set across multiple international locations, the narrative follows veteran intelligence officer Nathan Muir (Redford) as he attempts to orchestrate the release of his protégé Tom Bishop (Pitt), who has been captured in China during an unauthorized mission.

An American–French–German–Japanese co-production, the film was released theatrically in the United States on November 21, 2001, by [[Universal Pictures]]. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the lead performances and the film's brisk pacing, although some criticized its complex narrative structure. ''Spy Game'' grossed $62 million in the United States and $143 million worldwide against a production budget of approximately $115 million.