The Day of the Jackal [Region 2]
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Features
• Anamorphic
• Full Screen
• NTSC
In Theaters : 30 July, 1973 |
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The Day of the Jackal [Region 2] description
With 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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The Day of the Jackal [Region 2] Customer Reviews
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Great Movie... too bad...
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| This is a great movie... From the opening newsreel type shots of France and Algiers to the dual stories of the planning of the assassination attempt and the attempt to thwart it, this film delivers a thrilling exxperience. Too bad that it wasn't formatted anamorphically to be shown on a widescreen TV.... as it is, you must watch it in 4:3 aspect mode to see it as it was meant to be seen. For this reason I would recommend that anyone interested in seeing this movie, rent it instead of purchasing the DVD. I hope that someone re-releases this DVD in an anamorphic format at some point in the near future. |
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