TY - ADVS AU - De Niro,Robert AU - Robinson,James G. AU - Rosenthal,Jane AU - Roth,Eric AU - Damon,Matt AU - Jolie,Angelina AU - Redmayne,Eddie ED - American Zoetrope (Firm) ED - Tribeca Productions. ED - Morgan Creek Productions. ED - Universal Pictures (Firm) ED - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) TI - The good shepherd AV - CGE 0584-0592 (viewing print) U1 - 223.6 PY - 2006/// CY - United States PB - Universal Pictures KW - United States KW - Office of Strategic Services KW - Drama KW - Central Intelligence Agency KW - Intelligence officers KW - Fathers and sons KW - Spy films KW - lcgft KW - Fiction films N1 - Copyright: Universal City Studios, LLLP & Morgan Creek. PREV: Screenplay prev. reg. 2006, PAu 3-024-335; music preexisting. NM: all other cinematographic material. DCR 2005; PUB 15Dec06; REG 5Jan07; PA1-352-422; Summary from FirstSearch, OCLC 80569810, viewed Dec. 18, 2007; Digital sound on two compact discs stored in one film can (CGE 0593); Not viewed; Sources used: copyright data sheet; copyright database; Variety Web site, review posted Dec. 8, 2006, viewed Dec. 18, 2007; Internet movie database, viewed Dec. 18, 2007; FirstSearch, OCLC 80569810, viewed Dec. 18, 2007; Executive producers, Francis Ford Coppola, David Robinson, Guy McElwaine, Howard Kaplan, Chris Bingham ; camera, Robert Richardson ; editing, Tariq Anwar ; music, Marcelo Zarvos, Bruce Fowler; Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin, Tammy Blanchard, Billy Crudup, Robert De Niro, Keir Dullea, Michael Gambon, Martina Gedeck, William Hurt, Timothy Hutton, Mark Ivanir, Gabriel Macht, Lee Pace, Joe Pesci, Eddie Redmayne, John Sessions, Oleg Stefan, John Turturro; MPAA rating: R N2 - Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and a top student and member of the Skull and Bones Society at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion. These qualities lead to his being recruited for a career in the newly-founded Office of Strategic Services (OSS). During World War II, he is sent to England where his ideals gradually turn to suspicion and distrust. As the OSS evolves into the CIA and the Cold War heats up, he becomes an influential veteran operative involved in many covert operations from the Bay of Pigs to secret assassinations. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, as it increasingly conflicts with his ideals and distances his relationship with his family, particularly his son, who eventually joins the CIA in an attempt to win his father's love and respect ER -