The film is the second time for the actor to be in the director’s chair. De Niro directed the film A Bronx Tale in 1993.
The Good Shepherd stars Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, William Hurt, John Turturro, Alec Baldwin, Billy Crudup, Michael Gambon, Gabriel Macht, Tammy Blanchard, Vladimir Mashkov, Joe Pesci and De Niro himself.
The spy dram tells the story of the tumultuous birth of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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