Day of the Jackal [VHS]
by Fred Zinnemann
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Actor: Alan Badel, Edward Fox, Michel Auclair, Terence Alexander, Tony BrittonDirector: Fred Zinnemann
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog; French (Original Language); Italian (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 141 minutes
Release Date: 1997-11-11
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: Universal Studios
Studio: Universal Studios
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Movie Review: Forget 1997's The Jackal. This is the one to see!
Summary: 5 Stars
Thoroughly compelling thriller. Shot on location across Europe. Further evidence that movies can (or at least, could) be entertaining without CGI, blatant cursing, and explicit sex.
Edward Fox is suave as The Jackal. In my opinion, the best proof of his total dedication to the job is his willingness to sleep with both men and women to attain entry or elude authorities. Michael Lonsdale as the detective is just as good as the overworked and underappreciated detective. It's frustrating that these two excellent actors did relatively few mainstream American films. Eagle-eye viewers might notice a young(er) Edward Hardwicke at the end. Doesn't quite look like Dr. Watson without the mustache!
This is not a critique of the film, but this DVD is over 10 years old. That's an eternity in media nowadays. Both main actors are still alive (and indeed, active) so perhaps one or both could be enticed to provide commentary for a new release?
Summary of Day of the Jackal [VHS]
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 ShannonAction & Adventure VHS Video
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