Marketing Reality: The Circle

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Title: The Circle
Release date: September 1
Rating: PG-13

John Barstow (Alec Baldwin), a former Navy SEAL turned CIA agent, is perfectly happy with his 9 - 5 desk job. But when a Russian submarine convoy ignites a firestorm of international protest by planting a flag at the North Pole, Barstow is recruited to accompany a special naval task force into the Arctic Circle. Unaware of why he has been chosen for the seemingly routine face-off with the Russian force, Barstow soon finds himself in the middle of an international intrigue, one centered on sensational secrets hidden beneath the layers of Arctic ice. Caught between the chaos of post-Soviet Russia, ruthless American admirals, and the ever fearsome Canadians, Barstow will enlist help from an unlikely ally, a Russian submarine captain named Grigory Krakovnik (Sean Connery). Together, they must disentangle a political mystery that threatens to bring the great powers to the brink of war.

From the critically acclaimed novel by Tom Clancy.

Three nations. Two men. One Pole.

The Circle

This September, the ice cap is boiling with intrigue . . .