Matthew Carnahan scripted this complex, interwoven drama. Three lives are more intimately linked than first impressions would care to admit: Cruise plays a congressman who as dealings with a journalist played by Streep. Meanwhile, Redford plays the role of an ambitious professor, eager to inspire his students. Amidst these interactions lie a storyline which follows two injured American soldiers, one of wgom was once under the tuition of Redford.
