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Staring:
Robert Redford,
Faye Dunaway,
Cliff Robertson,
Max von Sydow,
John Houseman
Director:
Sydney Pollack
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List Price: $9.98
Our Price: $15.92
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: REDFORD,ROBERT
EAN: 9786305511052
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792156285
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 1999-08-17
Running Time: 117
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 1975 |
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Product Description
A CIA agent returns from lunch to discover his entire office staff murdered, and must go into hiding to avoid his own murder by agents within the agency.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 28-MAR-2006
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com essential video
Robert Redford and Sydney Pollack continued their longtime collaboration (the actor and director have worked together on Jeremiah Johnson, The Way We Were, The Electric Horseman, and Out of Africa, among other films) with this taut spy drama. Redford plays a reader for U.S. intelligence who becomes a hunted man after he is not among the victims of a mass murder of his colleagues. Faye Dunaway does solid work as the frightened and mystified woman whom he forces to conceal him, and Max von Sydow is appropriately cool as a professional assassin. That same, sustained tone of danger and expectation that made Pollack's The Firm so much fun can be found in this 1975 thriller, albeit with an appropriate dose of post-Watergate paranoia. --Tom Keogh
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 Eye-opener, 2010-07-17
Great movie to see if you like suspense/espionage. Robert Redford is subtle, yet convincing as the grim-faced CIA member who narrowly escapes a planned hit in this early 70's film directed by the late, great Sydney Pollack. This isn't the action flick for you if you are looking for fast-paced and IN YOUR FACE excitement. This is a classic cat and mouse thriller, with an ending that definitely makes you scratch your head (but in a good way). Excellent cinematography, great action scenes that are effective, but not overly bloody. Nostalgic shots of 70's NYC is a plus. Its absolutely worth spending a few hours of your life with Redford and the immensely creepy Max Von Sydow for this flick.
Dougs eye ball, 2010-07-17
The product was sent in a timly way. And was reviewed twice with no problem.
Riveting conspiracy thriller, 2010-07-17
My husband could not believe that I had never watched Three Days of the Condor and so we watched it together tonight. I have to say that I was quite impressed by it - the nostalgia of the 70s (ok, so I was a kid then, but it was fun watching the rather archaic methods of research, i.e. no Google, the big old computers, and good old book-based fact-finding!); excellent casting, i.e. Robert Redford as a CIA reader/researcher, Faye Dunaway as Kathy the spunky captive turned love interest; Max Von Sydow as the cool and ruthless assassin Joubert; John Houseman as a high-ranking CIA officer with an agenda of his own.
The movie succeeds as a thriller as it maintains a high and credible level of suspense throughout. The various plot threads weave together almost seamlessly, enhanced by the great acting by the various actors. Redford is quite believable as the preppy researcher turned man on the run though I found his talent for handling weapons and dodging experienced assassins a bit hard to swallow given his earlier claims of not having any field experience. Dunaway shares credible on-screen chemistry with Redford and I really liked that her character showed such spunk. Sydow is excellent as the assassin and he delivers a predictably compelling performance.
It's amazing that almost four decades have passed and yet some of the themes touched on in this movie are still relevant today - conspiracies, deception, the role of oil (ye gads!). Final verdict - a taut and suspenseful conspiracy thriller well worth one's time.
excellent spy movie, 2010-01-08
This movie reminds me of the movie "A Beautiful Mind" and a dozen other movies which tantalize the imagination with "big brother' themes. From mathematicians who believe the entire universe can be described using the magic of numbers to religious adherents who see ancient encrypted codes governing the secrets of mankind "Three days of the Condor" is one of many movies trying to explain that which baffles most people's minds. We drudge the ocean floor seeking rare pearls hidden in the mouths of otherwise practically worthless bivalves and pan for gold in the muddy waters of practically inaccessible waterways and get the notion that what is valuable in life is that which is obscured from normal view. Words and numbers have different meanings to different people and for those seeking secrets hidden in their perceptions of the symbols of the world around us will love this movie
Good but not a full story, 2010-08-20
Three Days of the Condor is a simple story. Secret agent bookworm comes back to his HQ to find everyone dead. A hit that was supposed to get him as well. He quickly discovers that it's his own government out to get him. So what does he do? He kidnaps a beautiful woman and forces her to help him, who quickly falls in love with him, as he tries to figure this one out. That's the basic story. What's missing is the bigger picture. The movie starts off to abruptly that it takes a while before we get a clear picture of just who Redword's character (Condor) is, what he does, and why this is significant.
The movie's saving grace, ironically, is the assassin who is sent to kill Condor. It is his view on the situation, and Condor, that really makes this an interesting movie. If only Redford wasn't a real life communist he'd make some exceptional spy thrillers.
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