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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783226859
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783226853
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 29, 1998
Running Time: 143 minutes
Sales Rank: 2351
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: July 30, 1973
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
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
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - New Edition Needed
One of the rare films that surpasses the book it is based on. This classic thriller desperately needs to be issued in a special edition. There are brief sequences in the movie that are missing in the DVD. Notably the scene when the Jackal goes up the stairs in the Austrian hotel, and back down to the lobby when he notices the bodyguard hiding in the landing. In addition we need some special features: the making of the film, historical background to the story and a biography of Fred Zinneman.
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Rating: - "Way Foxy"
I read the book and I watched the movie. Both are phenomonal. We get to try to get inside the head of a professional assassin. We are amazed at his precision planning and deft skill. His coldness--like he is working in a factory or something, and not about to murder someone. We wonder--who all HAS he professionally executed? What does his resume look like? The tension and excitement is kept at fever pitch throughout the movie. Most entertaining in every aspect.
Rating: - Good movie good price !
It might start out slow ,but it turns into a great thriller at the end. Characters were enjoyable, of course the Jackal and his disguises are really cool..if you read the other reviews you know the story. If you have never seen it I would say but it as it is only 7.00 new....and give it a shot..
Rating: - Those Whacky French
I've always enjoyed Forsyth's books, particularly "The Odessa File". This movie is a classic, but I hadn't seen it in a while. I was amused to go back to it after all of these years and catch some ridiculous errors that would not fly in this day and age. People being killed by a single karate chop, a women being strangled to death in about 3 seconds with no struggle...and why did all of these French characters have English accents? Never the less, it still is a great story and an enjoyable movie ... Read More
Rating: - The day of the Jackal
This video is excellent! It is as close as possible to the book,without it going over 4 hrs in length.Keeps you at the edge of your seat,wondering if the Jackal will forfill his contract or take the money and run!Outstanding!
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