This site requires that you update your Flash Plug-in. Please click here to get it. If you're sure you have the Flash Plug-in click here. The Good Shepherd: The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one manÕs life in The Good Shepherd, an espionage drama starring Academy Award¨ winners Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie and Robert De Niro and directed by Robert De Niro. Edward Wilson (Matt Damon) understands the value of secrecyÑdiscretion and commitment to honor have been embedded in him since childhood. As an eager, optimistic student at Yale, he is recruited to join the secret society Skull and Bones, a brotherhood and breeding ground for future world leaders. WilsonÕs acute mind, spotless reputation and sincere belief in American values render him a prime candidate for a career in intelligence, and he is soon recruited to work for the OSS (the precursor to the CIA) during WWII. As one of the covert founders of the CIA, working in the heart of an organization where duplicity is required and nothing is taken at face value, EdwardÕsÕ idealism is steadily eroded by a growing suspicious nature, reflective of a world settling into the long paranoia of the Cold War. As his methods are adopted as standard operating procedure, Wilson develops into one of the AgencyÕs veteran operatives, all the while combating his KGB counterpart. However, his steely dedication to his country comes at an ever-increasing price. Not even his wife Clover (Angelina Jolie) or his beloved son can divert Wilson from a path that will force him to sacrifice everything in pursuit of this job. The Good Shepherd is directed by Robert De Niro, written by Eric Roth and produced by Morgan CreekÕs James G. Robinson and Tribeca ProductionsÕ Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro. Universal Pictures distributes domestically, with Morgan Creek handling foreign distribution.