Day Of The Jackal details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Eric Porter, Cyril Cusack, Edward Fox, Jean Sorel, Eric, Derek Jacobi, Timothy West, Michael Lonsdale, Olga Georges-Picot, Donald Sinden, Ronald Pickup, Tony Britton |
| Director: | Fred Zinnemann |
| Genre: | Thriller - General |
| Studio: | UCA |
| Collections: | 100 Top Thrillers |
| Name | Discs | |
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Day Of The Jackal |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 17 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 05 Jul 2010 |
| Main languages: | English |
| Subtitles: | Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish |
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The ultimate assassination movie
By J J from Derby, England. , 24 Aug 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
Edward Fox plays the Jackal a hitman hired by French terrorists to kill the President for pulling the troops out of Algeria.
The film is an almost verbatim rendition of the novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth.
The tension is beautifully built up as we watch the Jackal take all the necessary steps to carry out his plan, and follow the police as they attempt to prevent him.
Although it is now a little dated it is alot better than the updated version with Bruce Willis and Richard Gere and is very believable, especially when you consider how many times De Gaulle had attempts on his life.
I would definately recommend this to anyone who enjoys thrillers and also try reading some of Forsyths other masterpieces.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(40)Great build up and well acted out
By Bassman71 (618 reviews) from Didsbury, England , 02 Apr 2013Organisation want French President dead, hire specialist, specialist is very precise, kills people in his way, authorities on his trail. Excellent version of Frederick Forsyth’s book which never has a dull moment and has a great build up to an unfortunately disappointing ending which is over too quickly. Edward Fox surprised me here as I’ve only ever seen him in good roles rather than the “baddie” and his preparation for the assassination is riveting and very cold and calculated. Good turn by Michael Lonsdale too as the French Detective on Fox’s trail. It does seem a bit dated in parts but the cinematography and music are competent and do well building up the tension.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Indispensible...THE top political thriller.
By a customer , 04 Dec 2011Beautifully crafted by a director used to cranking up tensions (High Noon), this out thinks any false high-tech bourne-type hero by a country mile.
By far the best thriller of it's era echoed most recently in Clooney's 'The American' Don't believe me? Press the Rent button now.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Classic Suspense Thiller!!!!!
By Mick1983 (15 reviews) from Leominster , 09 Feb 2011A great suspense thiller that keeps you on the edge of your seat till the end.
The only problem I have with the film is the
use of english actors in the roles of French
officials sometimes hard to figue out who is
who. Being as it was a joint anglo-francais
production cant see why frenchmen couldnt
have been cast in the french roles. Otherwise
well worth a watch- Was this review helpful to you?
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The en
By fritzfromlondon (8 reviews) from London , 10 Oct 2010The director's and script writer's skills consist in packing a whole intricate book in two hours and knowing what to take out. Like a comic book, they suggest developments rather than show them. For example: a woman's dog scares a rider's horse; the woman apologizes to the rider. Next time we see them, they are lovers.
Sometimes they take out too much, and you miss out what is going on. The last few scenes for example, are a total let down, you are left scratching your head as to how they got there.
Visually it's not so great, in parts it looks like somebody's old super 8 shots. Most of it has no soundtrack, which is actually nice.
All in all a decent, if not great movie. There is much better out there.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Classic Thriller
By a customer from Gloucestershire , 21 Sep 2010Very good classic spy thriller, have to agree
with others, a bit too long.
But all the same a good thriller.- Was this review helpful to you?
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