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Evening's Theme: Guests will enjoy a soothing night of conversation while gazing at the starry night from Glienicke Bridge. With strands of lights hanging from bridge top to bridge top, a large tabletop resting along a miniature Czech hedgehog, and incredible refreshments and drinks the night will be perfect for discussion. The events of the spy exchange will a large part of the discussion.



Guest List:

• Tom Hanks - He will be invited to meet the real James B. Donovan and talk with everyone  about how it felt to play James in a major film. Surely he will have questions for all the men involved in the event.

• James B. Donovan - The real man that pulled off the peaceful spy exchange will be invited to talk with all the men involved in the making of  Bridge of Spies and tell them of the personal experiences he had during this event. Most importantly, I believe he would want to meet again with his friend Rudolf Abel and learn of what happened to him and his family.

• Rudolf Ivanovich Abel / William August Fisher - The real spy working for the Russians will be invited to talk with all the men involved in the making of Bridge of Spies and tell them of personal experiences of being a spy employed by the Russians. He can also be reunited with his friend James Donovan talk with him about what happened after they parted ways on Glienicker Bridge.

• Mark Rylance - He will be similar to Tom Hanks, he will be invited to meet the real Rudolf Ivanovich Abel and talk with everyone about how it felt to play Rudolf in a major film. I believe he will also have questions for everyone invited to the event.

• Mortimer W. Byers - The real judge in the Rudolf Abel case will be invited to talk about his thought process and why he made the decisions he did. He will say how greatly the words from James Donovan influenced his decisions and how hard it was to go against the rest of the country in the decision to leave Rudolf Abel alive.

• Austin Stowell - He will be invited to meet the real Francis Gary Powers and talk with the group about how it felt to play Powers in the major film. He can learn from Francis Powers how it actually was to be imprisoned by the Russians and ask the rest of the group questions.

• Francis Gary Powers - The real American spy will be invited to talk about his personal experiences of being an American spy and being imprisoned by the Russians. He can meet the man who played him in Bridge of Spies and talk with and about the men who worked to free him from the Russians.

• David E. Kaiser - A historian that knows much about this topic will be invited to hear the true account of the men in the time period such as James B. Donovan and Rudolf Ivanovich Abel and Mortimer W. Byers. He can tell what history has recorded for this event and fill in gaps that the men might not know such as tell James Donovan that Rudolf Abel was safely returned to his family.