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Breach is a 2007 American spy thriller film directed by Billy Ray, who wrote the screenplay with Adam Mazer and William Rotko. The film is based on the true story of Robert Hanssen , an FBI agent convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and later Russia for more than two decades.
- $41 million
- Mychael Danna
- $23 million
No. In the movie Breach, Eric (Ryan Phillippe) initially believes that he has been assigned to Hanssen to observe his kinky sexual tendencies. Only later does Eric's superior in the movie tell him the full truth about Robert Hanssen the spy. The true story is the other way around.
Breach is a very intense film based on the true story of Robert Hansen who commited the worst breach in US history. For over twenty years, Robert Hansen sold secrets to the Russians.
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- Billy Ray
- PG-13
- Chris Cooper
Jun 15, 2007 · Former FBI agent Eric O'Neill and film director/screenwriter Billy Ray collaborated on the film Breach, based on the true story of FBI operative Robert Hanssen, who was found guilty of...
Feb 16, 2007 · Breach: Directed by Billy Ray. With Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, Caroline Dhavernas. FBI upstart Eric O'Neill enters into a power game with his boss, Robert Hanssen, an agent who was put on trial for selling secrets to the Soviet Union.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Billy Ray
- 2007-02-16
The true story of the sequence of events that led to the arrest of Robert Hanssen for espionage in 2001. Hanssen (played by Chris Cooper) was a senior agent at the FBI. An agent-in-training, Eric O'Neill (Ryan Phillippe), is hired as Hanssen's assistant, in order to keep tabs on him.
Jan 31, 2007 · Heard on Fresh Air. Listen. Playlist. Former FBI Agent Eric O'Neill and Director/Screenwriter Billy Ray have collaborated on the new film Breach. It is based on the true story about FBI...