The Good Shepherd

Matt Damon plays Edward Wilson, a reserved young man who graduated from Yale in the late 1930s. His membership in the exclusive, hidden Skull and Bones society led him away from poetry and into a relationship with the federal government, who recruited him to help them on several covert operations. The script alternates between Wilson's gradual emergence as a genuine government operative in the early 1940s and the infamous Bay of Pigs conflict in the early 60's. Along the way, he has a sweet romance with a pretty deaf girl and ends up marrying the woman he impregnates out of a strong sense of duty. Throughout the film, the emergence of a mysterious tape haunts Wilson, who is determined to uncover the truth behind a leak in his secret organization. Director Robert de Niro, Francis Ford Coppola Star Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Joe Pesci Special Features: Widescreen Format.