The Day of the Jackal
by Fred Zinnemann
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Actor: Alan Badel, Edward Fox, Michel Auclair, Terence Alexander, Tony BrittonDirector: Fred Zinnemann
Brand: Universal
Cinematographer: Jean Tournier
Editor: Ralph Kemplen
Producer: David Deutsch
Producer: John Woolf
Producer: Julien Derode
Writer: Frederick Forsyth
Writer: Kenneth Ross
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.85:1
Running Time: 143 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-04-29
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of The Day of the Jackal
Movie Review: Funny, you dont sound like your from Holland...
Summary: 4 Stars
Synopsis: Assassin for hire code name "Jackal" takes a high paying, high risk job (the one that retires you) the target: French President Charles De Gaulle; Simple enough storyline, attached with a cat and mouse game.
Although I'm normally very good at separating novel from film adaptation I'm not sure how I can in this case. The movie is pretty faithful to book. The book a top 5 in its genre all time must be read by genre lovers. The film does its best to stress the detailed competency and professionalism of both the Jackal and Head Investigator Lebel (although the Jackal is represented better in the film than the inspector is) but somewhat fails as I read the reviews of genre lovers who don't rate this film highly.
I rate this film 4 stars not so much because it is a 4 star movie, but because the lack of quality ones in the genre. Problems: its sometimes clumsy editing, low sound quality (DVD problem though), and the lack of actor's Edward Fox (as the Jackal) ability to shift his accent (English all the way through). I couldn't believe that he was none of the nationalities he feinted (the book doesn't make this mistake). Pick an actor that can play the part entirely, I ask. Also the tension of Lebel with the govt. committee he reports to is not portrayed well at all! You barely get the sense of urgency and desperation in the old men at the table; or the tact, internal personal/professional pressure of Inspector Lebel. Highlights: 2 red heads w/frontal nudity, lack of gratuitous blood and violence (off scene).
I rate movies by their genre. Although this is a classic and I recommend it to any lover of this genre there are better political intrigue/ suspense films out there or equal to. Hate to say it but if you want it right, read the book....also the ending scene is 1000% portrayed better.
Summary of The Day of the Jackal
An assassin targets the president of france in this tense frederick forsyth thriller. Features production notes talent bios film highlights and trailers. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 06/01/2004 Starring: Edward Fox Alan Badel Run time: 143 minutes Rating: PgWith its high-intensity plot about an attempt to assassinate French President Charles de Gaulle, the bestselling novel by Frederick Forsyth was a prime candidate for screen adaptation. Director Fred Zinnemann brought his veteran skills to bear on what has become a timeless classic of screen suspense. Not to be confused with the later remake The Jackal starring Bruce Willis (which shamelessly embraced all the bombast that Zinnemann so wisely avoided), this 1973 thriller opts for lethal elegance and low-key tenacity in the form of the Jackal, the suave assassin played with consummate British coolness by Edward Fox. He's a killer of the highest order, a master of disguise and international elusiveness, and this riveting film follows his path to de Gaulle with an intense, straightforward documentary style. Perhaps one of the last great films from a bygone age of pure, down-to-basics suspense (and a kind of debonair European alternative to the American grittiness of The French Connection), The Day of the Jackal is a cat-and-mouse thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat until its brilliantly executed final scene (pardon the pun), by which time Fox has achieved cinematic immortality as one of the screen's most memorable killers. --Jeff Shannon
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