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60MinII:
Heart of Darkness
(more CBS News stories on Hanssen below)
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Executive Producers:
Lawrence Schiller and Norman Mailer
 
Directed by:
Lawrence Schiller
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PBS American Masters: Norman Mailer
Buy their book:
Into
the Mirror: The Life of Master Spy Robert P. Hanssen
Technical consultants to the movie:
The staff of
CI Centre including:
David Major
Paul Moore
Oleg Kalugin
Val Aksilenko
Yuri Shvets
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CBS News Stories on Hanssen:
-The
Spy Allegations
-Below
the Radar
-To
Catch a Spy
-Making
Secrets Safe
-Execution
Possible for Accused Spy
-Alleged
FBI Spy Pleads Not Guilty
-Accused
Turncoat Left Clues
-Hanssen's
Puzzling Profile
-Interview
with Dr. Salerian
-A
Spy's Strange Sexual Life
-FBI
Spy 'Ministered' a Stripper
-Hanssen's
Early Start
-Freeh
Orders FBI Lie Tests
-Not
So Secret Tunnel
-Report
Criticizes FBI Security
-How
Much Did He Compromise?
-Hanssen
Indicted for Spying
-FBI
Turncoat Gets Life
60MinII:
Heart of Darkness
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SPLIT
PERSONALITY
By Marilyn Beck and Stacy
Jenel Smith
U Daily News, My 8, 2002
William Hurt is gearing up for a
late June production start on Lawrence Schiller's ambitious,
four-hour CBS miniseries about turncoat FBI agent Robert Hanssen
who is now serving a life sentence for his 22 years of spying for the
KGB. Locations are planned for Russia and Hong Kong, as well as Toronto
and New York. Schiller tells us that the lead femme role of Hanssen's
wife is still being cast. Norman Mailer wrote the script (he and
Schiller exec-produce), which covers Hanssen's life from 1950 to the
present -- and which is bound to go down as the most demanding role
Hurt's had in a while.
Hurt soared at the top of the Hollywood
film scene in the '80s, with films including "Altered States," "Body
Heat," "Children of a Lesser God," "Broadcast News," "The Accidental
Tourist," "The Big Chill" and his Oscar-garnering "Kiss of the Spider
Woman." But by the mid-'90s, his career had done a big chill itself.
With a reputation for being argumentative as well as brilliant, and with
several relationships and a couple of rehab stints for alcohol problems
behind him, he moved to Paris and lived a comparatively quiet life. The
last few years have seen him on the comeback trail, with roles in
features including "A.I." and "Changing Lanes." As Hanssen, Hurt will
portray an apparently devout, religious family man who, in addition to
giving United States' secrets to the Soviet Union, spent a fortune
pursuing a stripper with whom he was obsessed.
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