Rating: R
Genre:
Spy Film
Release Date: 05/20/2003
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DS
Run Time: 122 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
Originally presented in two parts by the
CBS network,
Master Spy is the true story of
Robert Hanssen, a disgruntled FBI agent who, for 20 years, systematically sold out his country to the former Soviet Union. The film depicts
Hanssen (played by
William Hurt) as hyper-intelligent and hyper-sensitive, frustrated by what he perceives to be the mediocrity of his fellow federal agents (at one point in the story,
Hanssen's boss advises him to "dumb down" if he hopes to survive in the agency).
Hanssen's self-imposed lofty standards and values are somewhat at odds with his rather kinky sexual preferences, and with his habit of spending far more than he earns. In danger of losing everything he owns due to improvident financial transactions,
Hanssen proves to be ripe for plucking by the Soviet KGB, which offers him wealth beyond his wildest dreams if he will simply transfer top secret information to the Russians. Throughout his career of duplicity and treachery,
Hanssen enjoys the unswerving loyalty of his wife,
Bonnie (
Mary-Louise Parker), who remains blissfully ignorant of his double-agent activities until the day of his arrest. Scripted by the inimitable
Norman Mailer,
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story aired over two consecutive weekends, on November 10 and 17, 2002.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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