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The Parallax View (1974) -- 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.
The Parallax View (1974) -- 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.
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Overview

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Director:
Alan J. Pakula
Writers:
David Giler (writer) and
Lorenzo Semple Jr. (writer) ...
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Release Date:
14 June 1974 (USA) more
Genre:
Thriller more
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
Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations more
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(10 articles)
The Box (Film Review)
 (From Fangoria. 6 November 2009, 4:22 AM, PST)

Take "The Parallax Test"
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 27 October 2009, 1:08 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Mainstream US Cinema at its 70s Best more (95 total)

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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Additional Details

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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Runtime:
102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Trivia:
The opening sequence was designed to mirror that of Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 assassination. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: During the chase, right up until Joseph Frady crashes his stolen police car, the driver of his car is wearing a wide-brimmed sheriff's hat. He crashes with the hat, but gets out of the car hat-less. more
Quotes:
Bill Rintels: We're in the business of reporting the news, not creating it. more
Soundtrack:
Moon River more

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10 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Mainstream US Cinema at its 70s Best, 1 September 2006
Author: robertconnor from England

A US Senator is assassinated and the official inquiry concludes it was the work of a lone gunman. Three years later, with 6 witnesses dead, a TV reporter present at the killing is frightened for her life. She takes her fears to a journalist ex-boyfriend. At first he is sceptical...

Brilliant paranoid thriller from Pakula, utilising choppy realism and naturalistic dialogue to create a bleak and uncompromising picture of cynical, corporate conspiracy within US politics. Beatty has never been better as the ambitious journo-hack Joe Frady, and he is superbly supported by Cronyn, Daniels and a deeply compelling cameo from Prentiss. You can bet this wasn't diluted by audience testing prior to release... unmissable.

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