The Courier (2020)
- Directed by
- Dominic Cooke
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1,352 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In the 1960s, a British businessman is recruited by the Secret Intelligence Service to secretly carry messages from a Russian spy source. Based on a true story, it follows his dangerous mission during the Cold War.
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What happens
The Courier is a 2020 historical spy film directed by Dominic Cooke and written by Tom O'Connor. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Greville Wynne, and is based on the true story of a British businessman who was recruited by the Secret Intelligence Service to be a message conduit with Russian spy source Oleg Penkovsky (played by Merab Ninidze) in the 1960s. Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, and Angus Wright also star. The Courier had its world premiere under its original title Ironbark at the Sundance Film Festival on 24 January 2020, and was theatrically released in the United States on 19 March 2021, and the United Kingdom on 13 August 2021. The film received generally favourable reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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