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Year Of The Gun
1991
Andrew McCarthy stars as freelance journalist David Raybourne in John Frankenheimer's adaptation of Michael Mewshaw's novel. The film is set in 1978 Rome, the time of the terroristic Red Brigade, and David is in the midst of writing a novel involving terrorist characters. He meets a number of journalists and photographers .. Read more
| Starring | Andrew McCarthy, Valeria Golino, Sharon Stone, John Pankow |
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| Director | John Frankenheimer |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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Year Of The Gun
Andrew McCarthy stars as freelance journalist David Raybourne in John Frankenheimer's adaptation of Michael Mewshaw's novel. The film is set in 1978 Rome, the time of the terroristic Red Brigade, and David is in the midst of writing a novel involving terrorist characters. He meets a number of journalists and photographers through his connection to the city's English-language newspaper, among them Lisa Spinelli (Valeria Golino), a journalist with inherited wealth, and Alison King (Sharon Stone), a well-known photographer. He falls in love with Lisa, slowly becoming aware that she may be involved with the terrorists. Seemingly by accident, his novel falls into the hands of the Red Brigade, and its plot, which revolves around the assassination of an Aldo Moro-like figure, bears an eerie similarity to the group's plans for the Italian prime minister. Since he has humorously named many of the characters after his local friends, his book may create problems for them. However, no one, least of all the Red Brigade, seems to believe his claims of ignorance and innocence. YEAR OF THE GUN is an interesting stab at a Hitchcockian wrong-man thriller, with Sharon Stone and Valeria Golino fun to watch as they chase around the beautifully photographed Rome locations.
| Starring | Andrew McCarthy, Valeria Golino, Sharon Stone, John Pankow, Lou Castel, George Murcell, Mattia Sbragia |
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| Director | John Frankenheimer |
| Studio | PRISM LEISURE |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 47 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 16 Sep 2002 Production year: 1991 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (4)
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This political thriller is way below the standard of director John Frankenheimer's 1960s classics The Manchurian Candidate and Seven Days in May, but still reasonably gripping and intriguing. Set in Rome in 1978, when the Red Brigades terrorist group was active, it follows the fortunes of two journalists: Andrew McCarthy is writing a novel that features a fictitious terrorist mission; Sharon Stone is a photographer whose efforts to gatecrash McCarthy's project and his love life lead to mayhem. While Stone looks good and looks the part, too, the main problem is the bland McCarthy; the role really needs someone like James Woods or Michael Douglas to give it weight.
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Frankenheimer's affinity for political subjects involving assassination, conspiracy and terrorism was proved by The... read more on Time Out
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4 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Ok
Ok film if nothing else u see Sharon Stone getting a good seeing to which is cool as she is very fit. Some parts with no subtitles which can be annoying. Better than a tug on a Friday night. Original story line with one or two twists.
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