TNT & SONY PICTURES TELEVISION Present THE COMPANY

TNT's Gripping, High-Powered CIA Drama THE COMPANY Kicks Off with Cat-and-Mouse Game Between CIA and KGB

Chris O'Donnell, Alfred Molina and Michael Keaton Lead International Cast

Epic Production from Sony Pictures Television and Executive Producers Ridley Scott, Tony Scott & John Calley, with Mikael Salomon Directing from Teleplay by Ken Nolan

Premiere To Be Presented with Limited Commercial Interruption, Sponsored by Ford and Quiznos

Night 1 � Sunday, Aug. 5, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) � TV-14-LV

In the opening to TNT's THE COMPANY, three idealistic young college friends are recruited into the spy business, Jack McAuliffe (Chris O'Donnell) and Leo Kritzky (Alessandro Nivola) working for the CIA and Yevgeny Tsipin (Rory Cochrane) working for the KGB. Years later, they find themselves on the opposite side of the Cold War as Jack and his mentor, The Sorcerer (Alfred Molina), seek out a mole who has been disrupting their missions. But when they finally have the mole cornered thanks to a series of complicated deceptions by The Sorcerer, intelligence expert James Jesus Angleton (Michael Keaton) isn't convinced they have the right man and comes close to derailing their efforts. Meanwhile, when Jack is assigned to work with a beautiful ballerina and spy named Lili (Alexandra Maria Lara), he develops a strong emotional attachment to her, putting both his mission and her life in danger.

Directed by Mikael Salomon

Written by Ken Nolan

Based on the Novel by Robert Littell

Executive Producers: John Calley, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott

Co-Executive Producers: David A. Rosemont, David W. Zucker

Cast

Jack McAuliffe � Chris O'Donnell

Harvey Torriti aka The Sorcerer � Alfred Molina

James Jesus Angleton � Michael Keaton

Leo Kritzky � Alessandro Nivola

Yevgeny Tsipin � Rory Cochrane

Adrian Philby � Tom Hollander

Azalia Ivanova � Erika Marozsan

Starik � Ulrich Thomsen

Lili � Alexandra Maria Lara

Elliot Ebbitt III aka Ebby � Stephen Bogaert

Frank Wisner � Ted Atherton

William "Bill" Colby � Rick Roberts

Allen Dulles � Cedric Smith

Adelle Swett Kritzky � Kristen Booth

Elihu Epstein � Simon Callow

Ezra Ben Ezra aka The Rabbi � Antony Sher