the central character in the film, the lawyer james donovan, lives and operated in the city.e russian spy he was defending. what emerges from this film is that james donovan, the lawyer tom hanks played, is very principled. h believed in oppositione to popular opinion that the alleged soviet spy did absolutely -- was absolutely entitled to a fair trial. as he makes clear to the cia, he believes indecency and playing by the rules. 9 we called the constitution. we agree to the rules. and that is what makes us americans. >> he takes a very thirsty. then you see how the actions of an individual, one individual -- he takes a very thursday. see how the actions of one individual make a big difference -- he takes it very seriously. tom: he was shot down because his u2 spy plane was in reconnaissance over soviet territory. steven spielberg believes his film will resonate with modern audiences because surveillance is so commonplace. steven spielberg: eyeballs trying to find out what is behind the thinking of another set of eyes. that is exactly what was happening in the 1950's in this

acting on a tip in 1957, the fbi picked up a russian spy and an american lawyer, james donovan was hired to represent him. later the same attorney was called upon to negotiate a swap, an exchange for an american pilot shot down over the soviet union. >> where do they want the negotiation. >> east berlin. >> reporter: bridge of spies marks the fourth time spielberg directed tom hanks who had a message for his fellow cast members before shooting. >> let's make sure that we have ideas here because otherwise the boss will give us a stern talking to. >> another decent character. >> i hope so. >> reporter: spielberg says hanks brings out the best in him. >> i think i bring out a good character when i work with him. >> reporter: now one more portrait gets added to the gallery they are creating together. >> so confident was hanks as donovan his director and pal was a bit intimidated. that's what spielberg told me explaining 9 star was so strong in the role. bridge of spies is from disney owned by the same company as abc 7. >> i can't wait to see that. >> my review is tomorrow at noon. >> looking

hanks stars as an insurance lawyer james donovan tacked with defending a recently captured soviet spye finds himself in the middle of a prisoner exchange negotiation after the soviets capture a u.s. pilot. and a trade for donovan's client is set in motion. >> i'm irish. you're german. but what makes us both americans? just one thing. one. one, one. the rule book. we call it the constitution. and we agree to the rules. and that's what makes us americans. it's all ha makes us americans so don't tell me there's no rule book and don't nod at me you son of a [ expletive ]. >> oh. praise and oscar buzz running high for this film with famed critic richard roeper proclaiming when the title of the five plus films nominated for best picture it will be a surprise if bridge of spies" doesn't make the cut. and lou of the "new york post" adds it's spielberg's best film since "saving private ryan." that's an endorsement. >> high praise. remember to follow us on facebook at wnnfans.com. >>> this morning on "world news now," terrorist hacker busted. >> a computer expert with suspected terror ties now

. >> reporter: "bridge of spies" tells the story of james donovan, a most unlikely candidate for an unsavory. defend a soviet job charged with espionage against america. >> everyone deserves a defense. >> reporter: then he was tasked with negotiating a spy swap. his client for a captured american u-2 pilot during the height of the cold war. >> people in my country consider this an act of war. >> this movie is part spy thriller, part courtroom drama. what appealed to you about this story? >> what appealed to me was a man who really believed in, you know, the letters of the law. >> we agree to the rules. and that's what makes us americans. >> he didn't have to take this case, but he did. he took this case at a time when it was very dangerous. >> we want you to defend him. here's the indictment. >> here's a guy, a family man, plucked from obscurity into these extraordinary -- >> is this was the thing i thought was extraordinary in order to get to play. it really comes down to six days. this guy, he lied to his wife, he said he was -- >> he wouldn't be the first. >> said he was actually fishing

hanks stars as american attorney james donovan, who is recruited by the state department to represent russian spy rudolph abel. it's the late 1950's, at the height of the cold war between the u.s. and the soviet union. but what starts out as a straightforward defense turns cold war complicated when one of our pilots is shot down over russia and charged with spying on the soviets. >> but what you are saying, if he has given up everything he knows, moscow would trade? why wouldn't they? >> how can we know this? we are just little men. we just do our jobs. from 70,000 feet -- when he was shot from the sky. people in my country, they consider this an act of war. john: based on the true story of captured u.s. spy pilot francis gary powers, "bridge of spies" thriller. era and the historical tension of cold war paranoia. as for hanks, well, he once again proves why he's one of the best actors of our generation. "bridge of spies" -- look for oscar nominations for actor, director, and film come awards time next year. for kcci 8 news, this is john pascuzzi at the movies. i saw it last week. i t

. >> insurance lawyer james donovan played by tom hanks is recruited for the tough task of fair trial. >> this will be a first for the both of us. >> smart words as it turns out. trying to free a trader. >> the guy labeled a trader could be just another stock bad guy, but mark makes him a fascinating if still mysterious human being. >> standing there like that you remind me of a man when i was young. >> this is the latest in a long line of decent men hanks has played, and it marks the fourth time he's been directed by stephen spielberg. when tom was going full donovan, yes i was intimidated. the master skill is obvious as the two strands of the story, the prisoner and the pilot get equal weight. the lawyer thought up the idea for the swap, and he's the natural choice to make it happen in east berlin. >> is there any outcome where i'm not either detained or shot. >> some of the tension dissipates because bridge of spice is about a quarter of an hour too long, but it seems a small complaint to make about a movie that is so exciting and entertaining. major in college, so i know how this

and i did not know the story of the crusading heroic insurance lawyer that i play, james donovan. >> jimmy: and you play it so well. i know you know you're great, but -- >> well, it's my job, i'm a a professional. you know. [ laughter ] i learn my lines. i go to work on time. >> jimmy: it's all condensed to the little details. there's one, i mean, i just know that you've gotten, because i know you're kind of a a geek when it comes to that world war ii. you love every single thing. you know what else i thought you might have freaked out about? the typing on the piece of paper when it tells you that you have to do the government job. >> yeah, i steal typewriters from the sets. i go over and try every one. does this one work? does this one not work? >> jimmy: i know you geek out. then they also have that one thing, given the u.s. -- the pilot. frances gets, it's a coin? >> it was a dollar coin that has a special needle in it. pulls it out. >> jimmy: and then if you get caught, you pull the needle out. >> you're supposed to scratch yourself, you'll die how about that? store right now. [

you know the character that tom , hanks plays, james p. donovan, he was i guess what you would call the standing man, or the stand up kind of guy that stands up for what he believes in to be basically y stice for all regardless of what side of the iron curtain you were on. in this case whether you were a communist soviet spy, where your sympathy lied. he was only interested in the letter of th law, so based on some technicalities and flaws he found in the arrest of abel and the illegal search and seizure of his studio and his apartment he was able to find some i guess fissures in the state's case against rudolph abel. and was able to get a very good defense underway. x what're the rules when you don't know what the game is? >> the next mistake our countries make could be the last one. >> the odds are in your favor when you have this guy on your side. new on dvd. x this whole chunk of land will be decimated. >> are you saying the whole san andreas fault might go off? >> everybody down! >> dwayne 'the rock' johnson's epic disaster film "san andreas"

. >> reporter: james donovan played by tom hanks is recruit todd negotiate a prisoner exchange of the russian spy for an american pilot. based on real life events at the height of the u.s./soviet tensions it is a story that had history buff, tom hanks, hitting the books. >> russia wants their man back. they want to you negotiate the swap. >> i'm an insurance lawyer. >> difficult in the realize that it comes down to the per snickty negotiations of behind the scenes, as much as it did. >> ripped out of the history books and unknown to me, and i consider myself a fan of such things. >> this will be a first for all of us. >> you should be careful. >> reporter: in his research he found a dedicated man working hard to to what is right. >> i read everything that he said himself about these moments and when he said yes, to taking on the case he threw himself into a degree of work, that was non-stop for weeks and weeks and weeks and weeks and that is up late nights, pots of coffee, it was hard, hard, grunt work that overtime said only someone who is really good at his job can know that he has

. >> reporter: james donovan played by tom hanks is recruit todd negotiate a prisoner exchange for aussian spy for an american pilot. based on real life events in the the height of the soviet tension, it is a story that has history buff tom hanks in the books. >> russians want their man back. we want to you negotiate the swap. >> i am an insurance lawyer. >> i did not realize that it comes down to the negotiations of behind the scenes, as much as it did. >> ripped right out of the history books and unknown to me and i consider myself a fan of such things. >> this will be careful. >> reporter: in his research he found a dedicated man working hard to do what is right. >> i read everything that he said himself, about these moments, and when he said yes, to taking on the case, he threw himself into a degree of work that was non-stop for weeks and weeks and weeks and that is up late night, pots of coffee, hard grunt work that overtime said only someone really good at his job can know that he has to do in order to see it the through to any sort of successful conclusion. >> we didn't end th

. >> james donovan played by tom hanks is recruited to negotiate a prisoner exchange of russian spy,rican pilot. based on real life events at the height of the us tensions, it is a story that has history buffs hang hitting the books. >> russian want their man back before he cracks. we want you to negotiate the swap. >> i'm an insurance lawyer. i did not realize it comes down to the negotiations of behind the scenes as much as it did. >> ripped right out of the history books, and unknown to me, and, you know, i consider myself a fan of such things. >> this will be a first. >> you should be careful. >> in his research he found dedicated man working hard to do what's right. >> i read everything that he said himself about, about these moments, and when he said yes to taking on the killings, he threw himself into a degree of work that was non-stop for weeks and weeks and weeks and weeks. and that's up late nights, pots of coffee, it was hard, hard grunt work, that only someone who was really good at his job can know that he has to do in order to see it do any sort of successful conclusion

the duo of tom hanks and stephen spielberg teaming up with hanks starring as james donovan, a lawyer negotiating a prison exchange during the cold war. spielberg says he was impressed when hanks was in character as donovan. >> when tom was being -- when tom was going full donovan, he was strong. >> he's making that up. i never want to be working in my last steven spielberg movie. i try to come to work prepared. >> spielberg and hanks have worked together on saving private ryan, catch me if you can, and the terminal. >> i think they know what they're doing together. >> yeah. >>> 4:55. meteorologist bill evans here with the exclusive workweek accuweather forecast. >> we've got some high clouds. we're going to have a beautiful sunrise here in a little while. we've got a nice morning. it's cool, it's crisp. it's 53 degrees. that's going to be your temperature and we're looking at other temperatures around the fiver boroughs, 51 around ridgewood, around cambria heights, 39 at monticello. it's a cool and crisp fall going to be a great fall day today. we're looking at mid-60s this afternoon

. >> tom hanks plays james donovan, a lawyer assigned to defend an accused soviet spy named rudolph abel. later he is called on to negotiate a prisoner swap. abel for american pilot gary powers who had been shot down and had been held by the sovietet >> t t spy swap, this was allll news to me, and i, you know, called tom on the phone, you know, and said -- >> you knew. >> i would love you to read this. >> you said there was nobody you could envision playing the part of jim donovan other than you, tom hanks. over to you. you get the call. >> i pulled out a trumpet and i blew it really loud and i took pots and pans and banged them together, and i cut up the newspapers to form confetti and threw it all over the house. >> so you liked it instantly. >> everyone deserves a defense. every person matters. >> you, tom, are such a student of history. >> i am. non-fiction entertainment is a better way to spend your time than anything you could possibly make up. >> for me i googled jim donovan, i wanted to see what the real guy looked like. >> beefy irishman. >> i thought that was interesting. i can

. >> tom hanks plays james donovan. later donovan is called on to negotiate a prisoner swap.held by the soviet union. >> this was all news to me and i called tom on the phone and said i would love for you to read this. >> you said there was nobody you could envision playing the part of tom donovan. >> when i got the call, i got out trumpets and i can cut up the newspaper and used it like confetti and threw it all over the house. >> and you tom are such a student of history. >> i am. it's crazy, nonfiction entertainment to me is a better way to spbd your time than anything they could make up. >> i wanted to see what tom donovan looked like so i thought that was an interesting thing. i can't say i was interested in the story before, but after i looked at the movie, i went wow. >> it should open people's eyes to things they knew nothing about. >> is that the reason you go to the movies? i didn't know that. >> it's as easy as the film will let it be. because finding private ryan was a tough movie to make. >> get out! >> it depends on the genre we're in. >> saving private ryan was

. >> reporter: tom hanks plays james donovan, a lawyer signed to defend an accused soviet spy named rudolph swap able for american pilot gary power who had been shoot down and held by soviet union. >> the spy swap was all news to me. i called tom on the phone, you know and said -- because you knew? >> i want you to read this. >> you said there is nobody you could envision playing the part of jim donovan other than you, tom hanks? over to you. you get the call. >> i pulled on u trumpetout a trumpet and blew it really loud and tore up newspaper and driving past of the front of my house and i'm standing there playing catch with the kid and he rolled the window down i'd like to talk but i got to get the kids to school and he would be on his way. >> we had been neighbors and friends for such a long time before this -- we started professional working together. >> steven how does one say to tom hanks, oh, that qa good but could you do that over? a little more energy a little more energy next time. >> exactly what he says! >> i guess my mantra is very similar. that was great, that was brilliant! on

. >> reporter: bridge bridge tells the story of james donovan, a most unlikely candidate for an unsavory job defend a soviet spy charged with espionage against america. >> everyone deserves a defense. >> reporter: then he was tasked with negotiating a spy swap. his client for a captured american u-2 pilot during the height of the cold war. >> people in my country consider this an act of war. >> reporter: this movie is part spy thriller, part courtroom drama. what appealed to you about the story? >> what appealed to me was a man know, the letters of the law. >> we agree to the rules and that's what makes us americans. >> reporter: he didn't have to take this case but he did and took this case at eye time when it was very dangerous. >> we want to you defend him. here's the indictment. >> reporter: here's a guy, family man plucked from obscurity into these extraordinary -- >> this was the thing that i thought was extraordinary in order to get the play because it really comes down to six days. this guy, he lied to his wife. said he was -- >> wouldn't be the first. >> reporter: said he was fi

. >> reporter: he plays james donovan a little known insurance lawyer turned high stakes diplomatic negotiator. >> he was a bad ass. a brawler when it came down to the finer points of the law which he would be happy to parse out. >> r reporter:sked to personally broker a spy swap during the height of the cold war, his client a convicted soviet spy for a captured american u2 pilot. >>e was extraornarily great dealal and talking turkey and let's both win here. i've read that from the secret of other like negotiars is that the only successful negotiation is when both sides win. >> the russians want their pan back. we want to you negotiate the swap. >> reporter: "bridge of spies" already garnering early oscar buzz, the fourth collaboration between hanks and steven spielberg. >> what he does, he either comes in and tells you exactly where you're going to stand and exactly what you're going to do and then you do that and it ends up being one of the most powerful moments in the motion picture. >> next mistake ourountries make could be the last one. >> you're telling me yourcting is intuitive. >> i re

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. >> reporter: plan isn't insurance attorney james donovan defending a soviet spy in 1957. and the often dangerous the divided berlin negotiating people say george clooney tom hanks as jimmy stewart often flanked american had the right thing under difficult circumstances. he is someone to follow in less than a great cat supports him and cinematography everything very satisfying film. "it is so perfect in this film." crimson >> reporter: peak response the thing about this is the has a track black and crazy for jack black and 80 passing on this one as well >> reporter: i would tell people the leg cracked black and movies. he must be burning a wonderful film anyway people the movie free. the great jewish and more money that changed the world to what one of supply and the big screen at usc level outside sfo >> marty: overcast skies there and we have a file forecast an estimate for the weekend the pumpkin festival half moon bay features pumpkin playoff parade pancakes anything confined there is on main street 95 mission it's free ♪ ♪ grow old with me ♪ let us share what we see ♪

. >> insurance lawyer james donovan played by tom hanks is recruited for the tough task of trying to ensure the spy gets a fair trial. >> this will be a first for the both of us. >> you should be careful. >> smart words as it turns out. >> you know how people like at us, the family of a man trying to free a traitor. >> the guy labeled the traitor could be just another stock bad guy, but he makes him a mysterious human being. this is the latest in a long line of decent men hanks has played, and it marks the fourth time he's been directed by steven spielberg. >> when tom was going full donovan, yes, i was intimidated. he was strong. >> the master's skill is obvious as the two strands of the story get equal weight. the lawyer thought up the idea for the swap and he's the natural choice to make it happen even in berlin. some of the tension dissipates because bridge of spies is about a quarter of an hour too long but it seems a small complaint to make about a movie that is so exciting and entertaining. >> so confident was hanks as donovan his director and pal was at least a bit intimidate