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{{Infobox Movie|{{PAGENAME}} | |||
|name = Spy Game | |||
|picture = Spy-game.jpg | |||
|caption = ''Movie Poster'' | |||
|country = [[Image:USA.jpg|25px]] United States | |||
|director = [[Tony Scott]] | |||
|date= 2001 | |||
|language = English | |||
|studio=Paramount Pictures | |||
|distributor=Paramount Pictures | |||
|character1=Nathan D. Muir | |||
|actor1=[[Robert Redford]] | |||
|character2=Tom Bishop | |||
|actor2=[[Brad Pitt]] | |||
|character3=Troy Folger | |||
|actor3=[[Larry Bryggman]] | |||
|character4=Harry Duncan | |||
|actor4=[[David Hemmings]] | |||
|character5=Vincent Vy Ngo | |||
|actor5=[[Michael Paul Chan]] | |||
|character6= Andrew Unger | |||
|actor6=[[Andrew Grainger]] | |||
|character7=Commander Wiley | |||
|actor7=[[Dale Dye]] | |||
|character8=Tran | |||
|actor8=[[Benedict Wong]] | |||
|character9=Li | |||
|actor9=[[Ken Leung]] | |||
|character10= | |||
|actor10= | |||
}} | |||
'''''Spy Game''''' is a 2001 espionage thriller starring [[Robert Redford]] as Nathan Muir, a veteran CIA operative on the verge of retirement who discovers he has less than 24 hours to devise a way to free Tom Bishop ([[Brad Pitt]]), his former CIA protégé who has been covertly taken prisoner by the Chinese government following an unauthorized rescue attempt that went awry. The film was directed by [[Tony Scott]] and marked the first onscreen pairing of Redford and Pitt, who had previously worked together on the 1992 film ''A River Runs Through It''. | '''''Spy Game''''' is a 2001 espionage thriller starring [[Robert Redford]] as Nathan Muir, a veteran CIA operative on the verge of retirement who discovers he has less than 24 hours to devise a way to free Tom Bishop ([[Brad Pitt]]), his former CIA protégé who has been covertly taken prisoner by the Chinese government following an unauthorized rescue attempt that went awry. The film was directed by [[Tony Scott]] and marked the first onscreen pairing of Redford and Pitt, who had previously worked together on the 1992 film ''A River Runs Through It''. | ||
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== L1A1 == | == L1A1 == | ||
The Sheik's guards outside his house carry the British commonwealth variant of the [[FN FAL]] rifles, the L1A1, in addition to the Type 56-1s. | The Sheik's guards outside his house carry the British commonwealth variant of the [[FN FAL]] rifles, the L1A1, in addition to the Type 56-1s. | ||
[[Image:L1A1-SLR.jpg|thumb|none|550px|British Inch Pattern L1A1 SLR (Self Loading Rifle) chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO - Variation of the FN FAL rifle. British & New Zealand | [[Image:L1A1-SLR.jpg|thumb|none|550px|British Inch Pattern L1A1 SLR (Self Loading Rifle) chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO - Variation of the FN FAL rifle. British & New Zealand SLRs were later fitted with black fibreglass furniture as seen here.]] | ||
[[Image:Sg-fal1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Sheik's guards await the doctor, one carrying a Type 56-1 and the other the L1A1.]] | [[Image:Sg-fal1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Sheik's guards await the doctor, one carrying a Type 56-1 and the other the L1A1.]] | ||
[[Image:Sg-fal2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The guard raises his L1A1 as the Lebanese terrorists approach.]] | [[Image:Sg-fal2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The guard raises his L1A1 as the Lebanese terrorists approach.]] | ||
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== AK-47 == | == AK-47 == | ||
Bishop ([[Brad Pitt]]) fires the [[AK-47]] that was carried by his South Vietnamese spotter Tran (Benedict Wong) at the NVA helicopter. A Lebanese terrorist in Beirut is also seen firing an AK-47. One of the Sheik's entourage is seen with an AK rifle. | Bishop ([[Brad Pitt]]) fires the [[AK-47]] that was carried by his South Vietnamese spotter Tran ([[Benedict Wong]]) at the NVA helicopter. A Lebanese terrorist in Beirut is also seen firing an AK-47. One of the Sheik's entourage is seen with an AK rifle. | ||
[[Image:Ak_54.jpg|thumb|450px|none|Type III AK-47 7.62x39mm]] | [[Image:Ak_54.jpg|thumb|450px|none|Type III AK-47 7.62x39mm]] | ||
[[Image:SpyG 26.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tran (Benedict Wong) is wounded while holding his AK.]] | [[Image:SpyG 26.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tran ([[Benedict Wong]]) is wounded while holding his AK.]] | ||
[[Image:Sg-n56c.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Bishop fires Tran's AK at the VC helicopter.]] | [[Image:Sg-n56c.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Bishop fires Tran's AK at the VC helicopter.]] | ||
[[Image:Sg-n56d.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Bishop raises the AK as Muir's helicopter approaches them.]] | [[Image:Sg-n56d.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Bishop raises the AK as Muir's helicopter approaches them.]] | ||
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[[Category:Movie]] | [[Category:Movie]] | ||
[[Category:Espionage]] | [[Category:Espionage]] | ||
[[Category:Covert-ops]] | |||
[[Category:War]] | [[Category:War]] | ||
[[Category:Tony Scott]] | [[Category:Tony Scott]] |
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Spy Game is a 2001 espionage thriller starring Robert Redford as Nathan Muir, a veteran CIA operative on the verge of retirement who discovers he has less than 24 hours to devise a way to free Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt), his former CIA protégé who has been covertly taken prisoner by the Chinese government following an unauthorized rescue attempt that went awry. The film was directed by Tony Scott and marked the first onscreen pairing of Redford and Pitt, who had previously worked together on the 1992 film A River Runs Through It.
The following weapons were used in the film Spy Game:
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Rifles
Norinco Type 56-1
The Chinese prison guards (including ones played by Logan Wong, Hon Ping Tang, Tom Lung and Chuen Tsou) in Su Chou carry the Norinco Type 56-1. The Vietnamese gunner in the helicopter also fires a Type 56-1 at Bishop and Tran during the 1975 flashback, as do several Viet Cong. Many of the Lebanese terrorists and Sheik Salameh's men also carry Type 56-1 rifles during the 1985 flashback to Beirut. Some of the East German border guards in the late 1970s flashbacks also carried these rifles.
Norinco Type 56
Several of the Vietnamese soldiers guarding Bishop's target carry Norinco Type 56 rifles.
L1A1
The Sheik's guards outside his house carry the British commonwealth variant of the FN FAL rifles, the L1A1, in addition to the Type 56-1s.
AK-47
Bishop (Brad Pitt) fires the AK-47 that was carried by his South Vietnamese spotter Tran (Benedict Wong) at the NVA helicopter. A Lebanese terrorist in Beirut is also seen firing an AK-47. One of the Sheik's entourage is seen with an AK rifle.
M16A1
U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers during the 1975 Vietnam flashback carry the M16A1 with 30-round magazines. U.S. Embassy Marines in Beirut during the 1985 flashback are also armed with M16A1s. In 1992, some of the US Navy SEALs are armed with the rifles during the Operation Dinner Out.
Sniper Rifles
Parker Hale Lee Enfield T4 Sniper
After Nathan Muir (Robert Redford) convinces S/Sgt. Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt) to assassinate a high-ranking North Vietnamese Army officer, Bishop uses a Parker Hale Lee Enfield T4 Sniper rifle to carry out his task.
SVD Dragunov
In another of Bishop's photos from Beirut, a sniper is seen with a SVD Dragunov.
Heckler & Koch HK91A2
Several US Navy SEALs appear to be armed with the Heckler & Koch HK91A2 fitted with a scope during Operation Dinner Out.
Handguns
Walther PPK
CIA operative Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt) carries a Walther PPK during his rescue mission inside the Su Chou prison.
M1911A1
In his imagination, Muir pictures Tom Bishop being shot inside the Chinese prison with an M1911A1.
Machine Guns
MG34
During the Beirut 1985 flashback, Lebanese terrorists are seen firing a mounted MG34.
Submachine Guns
Heckler & Koch MP5A3
The Sheik's personal bodyguards all carry Heckler & Koch MP5A3 SMGs as do the Lebanese terrorists who plant the bomb inside a building. The MP5A3's seen here all have early slim handguards. The U.S. Navy SEALs (including one played by James Embree) under Commander Wiley (Dale Dye) all carry MP5A3s when rescuing Bishop and Hadley from Su Chou prison during Operation Dinner Out. These MP5A3's are fitted with Surefire dedicated forend weaponlights.

Shotgun
Remington 870 Slug Gun
During the 1985 flashback to Beirut, one of the men appears to be armed with a Remington 870 as a car bomber drives his vehicle into a building.
Other
RPG-7
A terrorist in Beirut during the 1985 flashback fires an RPG-7, seen in one of the photos Bishop takes while undercover as a photojournalist. In a gaffe, the launcher is seen firing, despite the fact that no warhead was loaded.
M16 w/ M203
One of the Navy SEALs during Operation Dinner Out appears to be armed with an M16 with fitted with an M203 grenade launcher.
M61 Vulcan
An APC parked outside the American embassy in Beirut appears to fitted with an M61 Vulcan cannon.