The Company (TV series)
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The Company is a Mini-Series about the activities of the CIA during the Cold War. It is based on the Best Selling Novel by Robert Littell. The Teleplay adaption is written by Ken Nolan
| The Company | |
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 Promotional Poster for The Company |
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| Genre | Action Thriller |
| Creator(s) | Robert Littell |
| Developer(s) | Ken Nolan |
| Starring | Chris O'Donnell Alfred Molina Michael Keaton Alessandro Nivola Rory Cochrane Tom Hollander Alexandra Maria Lara Natascha McElhone Raoul Bova Erika Marozsán Misel Maticevic |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Ridley Scott John Calley |
| Running time | 90 Mins |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | TNT |
| Original run | TBA – TBA |
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| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
[edit] Plot
In a time when it was us against them, sometimes it was hard to tell the good guys from the bad.The Company is an action-packed thriller that traces the activities of the CIA's underground fight with the KGB, spanning the globe from Moscow to Berlin, from Budapest to London, from Washington to Cuba. It's the thrilling story of Jack McCauliffe, a young, smart, idealistic Yale graduate recruited into the CIA by his athletics coach. Still wet behind the ears, Jack is sent to the legendary Berlin Base in Germany to work with a man who becomes his mentor : the eccentric and colorful Harvey Torriti – codename “The Sorcerer”. Jack and The Sorcerer are imprisoned in double lives, fighting an amoral, elusive, but formidable enemy – in an unrelenting and deadly battle within the CIA itself. Together with the counterintelligence Chief, James Angleton , the three men are hell-bent on finding the moles within their own ranks before every operation they undertake is completely undermined. As these agents and double agents delve deeper and deeper into the game of espionage, some can keep their hearts cold and themselves detached. However, not Jack – he is forever changed as he must witness the cost in human lives. His struggle to remain distant versus his love for a beautiful enemy informant is all too powerful to resist.
[edit] Cast
- Chris O'Donnell as Jack McCauliffe
- Alfred Molina as Harvey Torriti/The Sorcerer
- Michael Keaton as James Angleton
- Ted Atherton as Frank Wisner
- Alessandro Nivola as Leo Kritzky
[edit] Filming
Summer-Fall 2006 filming in Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Fall-Winter 2006 filming in central Budapest, District VIII.
Currently (January 17 2007) filming in Añasco, Puerto Rico.
