Talk:Spy Game

The reverts imposed by OldJacobite

Oldjacobite is at his usual tactics concerning filnm plots especially those that he feels others should not correct inaccuracies that are clearly found by viewing the film. I asked for direction at teahouse befote there was the 3 revert rule inposed.2605:E000:9143:7000:3832:5234:5BA4:7DB6 (talk) 12:58, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Your edits were incorrect and unhelpful, that is why they were reverted. ---The Old Jacobite_{The '45} 17:15, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

You are telling me after seeing the film several times that the extraction of Biship and Elizabeth was exactly 15 minutes before he was to be executed. That is not supported by film content. There is no way to specifically determine when extraction occurred. A time is indicated at 7:42 (I presume DC time) that the call went through. There is no other time indication that it was at 7:45 anyone's time.

There is no indication that retraction of the CNN story was by direct action of the CIA. The deputy director asked to speak to the FCC which is not CNN And there was never any on camera mention that CNN had retracted the story due to notice from the CIA or the FCC but that it had learned from a source that Bishop had been dead.

Just these alone show inaccuracies in the WP plot that your persistence at disputing what you do not know or care to have corrected. That is unfortunate and not what i would characterize in the spirit of WP. You know that and so do others. Anyways. You prevent unregistered WP user from commenting on your talk page.2605:E000:9143:7000:3832:5234:5BA4:7DB6 (talk) 23:48, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Date of story

TheOldJacobite - I noted that someone else corrected the date, but you reverted them. I then corrected the date again, and added a ref so you would see the edit was correct, but you've reverted again. If you don't want to see refs in the plot, that's fine, but please (partially) self-revert the correct date back in (1991). Thank you - ^theWOLFchild 23:23, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

The date has been changed multiple times, with no explanation or talk page discussion. I checked the film, and the 1991 date is correct. The film is the only source we need. ---The Old Jacobite_{The '45} 23:28, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

Well, like I said, the ref wasn't the issue, getting the correct date was and now that's resolved. Thanks - ^theWOLFchild 23:39, 13 June 2018 (UTC)

box office bomb?

if it made 206 million on a 115 million cost how was it a bomb ?--— ⦿⨦⨀Tumadoireacht ^Talk/_Stalk 03:53, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Elizabeth Jean Scott

Who was she ? And what role did she perform in the making of the film? 2601:8C3:8200:ECA0:E481:B8CB:F4A7:733D (talk) 04:32, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

The mother of the film's director Tony Scott. She died while the film was being made and so it was dedicated in her memory. - wolf 14:56, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Likely AI-generated text

Hi - I added the AI generated tag here in reference to the edits by Thefallguy2025; here and elsewhere, they display many indicators of potential LLM output (some of their past edits have kept the chatgpt parameter in the refs). Since that text remains in the current version, and it is unclear how much review was done of the output, it all needs review for sourcing, tone, accuracy/hallucinations, etc. (This applies even to changes that are "just" copy edits, as AI copy edits commonly introduce editorializing, subtle factual errors, unattributed opinion, non-neutral language, etc., even when they claim otherwise.) Gnomingstuff (talk) 21:17, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

Todd Boyce audiobook narration

I am Michael Frost Beckner, co-screenwriter of the film and author of the novels, so I am disclosing my connection to the subject. I request that the following sourced sentence be added to the end of the “Novels” section:

The audiobook editions of the trilogy are narrated by Todd Boyce, who portrayed Aiken in the film.

The Audible series page lists Todd Boyce as narrator of all three titles, and Rotten Tomatoes credits him as Aiken in the film. ~2026-41342-64 (talk) 02:28, 25 July 2026 (UTC) ~2026-41342-64 (talk) 02:28, 25 July 2026 (UTC)