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14 June 1974 (USA)
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Tagline:
There is no conspiracy. Just twelve people dead. more
Plot:
An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the worlds headlines. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins
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2 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(14 articles)
Downhill Racer
(From GreenCine. 7 December 2009, 7:14 PM, PST)
Christmas TV movies have lost their special glitter | Jason Solomons
(From The Guardian - TV News. 5 December 2009, 4:09 PM, PST)
(From GreenCine. 7 December 2009, 7:14 PM, PST)
Christmas TV movies have lost their special glitter | Jason Solomons
(From The Guardian - TV News. 5 December 2009, 4:09 PM, PST)
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Political conspiracy thriller par excellence.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Warren Beatty | ... | Joseph Frady | |
| Paula Prentiss | ... | Lee Carter | |
| William Daniels | ... | Austin Tucker | |
| Walter McGinn | ... | Jack Younger | |
| Hume Cronyn | ... | Bill Rintels | |
| Kelly Thordsen | ... | Sheriff L.D. Wicker | |
| Chuck Waters | ... | Thomas Richard Linder | |
| Earl Hindman | ... | Deputy Red | |
| William Joyce | ... | Senator Charles Carroll (as Bill Joyce) | |
| Bettie Johnson | ... | Mrs. Charles Carroll | |
| Bill McKinney | ... | Parallax Assassin | |
| Jo Ann Harris | ... | Chrissy - Frady's Girl (as JoAnne Harris) | |
| Ted Gehring | ... | Schecter - Hotel Clerk | |
| Lee Pulford | ... | Shirley - Salmontail Bar Girl | |
| Doria Cook-Nelson | ... | Gale from Salmontail (as Doria Cook) |
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Also Known As:
À cause d'un assassinat (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Zeuge einer Verschwörung (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
A Última Testemunha (Portugal) [pt]
A Trama (Brazil) [pt]
Ansa - Parallax View (Finland) [fi]
Asesinos, S.A. (Puerto Rico) [es]
El último testigo (Spain) [es]
Perché un assassinio (Italy) [it]
Sidste vidne (Denmark) [da]
Sista vittnet (Sweden) [sv]
Syndykat zbrodni (Poland) [pl]
Ypothesi Parallax (Greece) [el]
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Zeuge einer Verschwörung (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
A Última Testemunha (Portugal) [pt]
A Trama (Brazil) [pt]
Ansa - Parallax View (Finland) [fi]
Asesinos, S.A. (Puerto Rico) [es]
El último testigo (Spain) [es]
Perché un assassinio (Italy) [it]
Sidste vidne (Denmark) [da]
Sista vittnet (Sweden) [sv]
Syndykat zbrodni (Poland) [pl]
Ypothesi Parallax (Greece) [el]
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102 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Argentina:13 |
Brazil:12 |
UK:AA |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba) |
Canada:R (Ontario) |
France:U |
Norway:16 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Iceland:L |
Singapore:PG |
Sweden:15 |
USA:R (certificate #23909)
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The opening sequence was designed to mirror that of Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 assassination.
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Continuity: The score in the "Pong" game between the scientist and the monkey.
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Bill Rintels:
We're in the business of reporting the news, not creating it.
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Moon River
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The late Alan J. Pakula's 1974 film about political murders is a superbly crafted thriller that holds the audience in its quiet, unsettling grip.
Warren Beatty gives his character of Joe Frady, a "third-rate" journalist, just the right balance of recklessness and determination to enable one to have faith in this man to uncover such shady, potentially threatening goings-on.
Beatty is ably backed up by the supporting cast, most notably Hume Cronyn as Frady's editor, and Paula Prentiss and William Daniels as, respectively, a television reporter and columnist both in fear for their lives.
Composer Michael Small's main theme (used at strategic points throughout the film and often playing on the traditional patriotic sound of the trumpet) has a quality both mournful and despairing that relates effectively to what we are watching. It is a rather sparse music score, but this seems to add to its power. Gordon Willis's Panavision photography conveys threat in even the most everyday of locations (his rendering of modern architecture is especially strong in suggesting a faceless, omnipotent threat), while the editing rhythms and sound design contribute a great deal in throwing the audience off-balance.
Pakula has been involved in more widely-known projects such as All The President's Men and Presumed Innocent, but The Parallax View is definitely one of his best and most powerful films.