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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 Z...( read more 
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MCT:August 30, 2008great film follows a political assasin in paris, how he plans to murder the french president and follows the police as they are always one step behind him right up until the end
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MCT:August 11, 2008
A perfect clockwork mechanism, this movie will keep you stuck on your chair till the very end. It's quite old (who remembers De Gaulle?), but it's a very well done movie, almost unbeaten...
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MCT:July 10, 2008
Really a very good film.
a tense psycological thriller.
Most everything about the film is good..... maybe the film is old fashioned & tells the story in an old fashioned way. Perhaps the story could have been made clearer.
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MCT:July 1, 2008LORD! thanks for giving us this fantastic unique perfect movie to enjoy watching.
and special thanks to fred who came down from heaven to bring it to us.
if u haven`t seen it you are not qualified to be a member of this site. -
MCT:May 17, 2008
Edward Fox is well-cast as the ice-cool hitman who takes on one last job - to assassinate the President of France! The story grips you from start to finish.
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MCT:April 29, 2008
Meticulous and extremely gripping, The Day Of The Jackal is one of those thrillers where you know the conclusion beforehand but still cant get your eyes of it. Edward Fox was fuckin brilliant as Jackal and so was the photography. Gotta watch more from Zinnemann.
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MCT:April 2, 2008
I think it was little bit better than the remake, the ending was certainly better, but it was longer and a little to drawn out to be as great as I thought it would be.
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MCT:April 1, 2008
Col. Rodin: We are not terrorists, you understand. We are patriots. Our duty is to the soldiers who've died fighting in Algeria, and to the three million French citizens who have always lived there.
The Jackal: [bluntly] And so you want to get rid of him.
Col. Rodin: [after a pause] Speaking as a professional, do you think it's possible?
The Jackal: It's possible. The point is getting away with it. And speaking as a professional, that's a very important consideration.
An extremely well made thriller about a meticulous assassin, codenamed the Jackal, who has been hired to assassinate French President Charles de Gaulle and the efforts by the French government to find this assassin and stop him.
This movie works extremely well due to how well every aspect is executed. The way the story unfolds is not only exciting, but believable. There is no need to have any sort of suspension of disbelief. The way the Jackal moves around Europe and evade the police is all handled in a realistic manner. On the other side of things, the way the government goes trying to find the Jackal is also done through a straightforward and believable approach.
Much of this comes through in how the movie uses all the details to hold itself together. Little things like the function of some papers created in scenes much earlier in the movie, or the purpose of an item purchased at a marketplace all come together very well by the time its purpose must be served. The weapon of choice by the Jackal is also especially cool, due to its practically covert design, and the way the film shows how the Jackal transports it.
The lead performance from Edward Fox as the Jackal is also great. Fox has to play a man who can easily blend into a crowd and not give off any sort of alarm. This isn't the kind of person that will be given deep characterization, but from what we know, he is skilled, orderly, and efficient. The fact that he applies his skills to professional killing gives him a slight sinister quality, but his proper English manner could make anyone believe otherwise.
Minister: How did you know whose telephone to tap?
Lebel: I didn't, so I tapped them all.
Michael Lonsdale as Lebel, the chief inspector going after the Jackal is also very good. He is a confident man, doesn't lose sight in his objective, but doesn't easily find his way to his target either. He goes through all logical processes to discover the Jackal's plans.
Much of the success also comes from how well this film moves along. At two hours and twenty minutes, this movie glides by, remaining constantly entertaining, with important points occurring at almost every way through. This is due to how well the movie is edited. Scenes move straight to the point, with cuts away from obvious results, moving to the resulting scenes, ready for the next actions to take place.
The scenery is great. This film uses the actual locations throughout Europe to show where the Jackal has traveled, which includes London, Paris, and various other parts of Europe.
This is a wonderfully exciting hitman thriller, that unfolds its story appropriately, and is especially superior to the terrible remake.
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MCT:March 9, 2008
a movie that makes u really root for the bad guy (Edward Fox also starred in Gandhi, and in a James Bond movie--I forget which one lol)
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MCT:March 8, 2008
One of the most suspenseful movies I've seen so far. Builds up perfectly, and the finale gave me palpitations.
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MCT:February 29, 2008
another childhood fave of mine! edward fox is a stone cold contract killer in this classy suspense thriller from fred zinneman. avoid at ALL costs the remake with bruce willis.
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MCT:February 14, 2008
As thrillers go this is up there with the best...brilliant. And the fact they wanna shoot french people is never a bad thing...lol.
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MCT:February 5, 2008
Fast Paced and exciting film,the film is captured from a third perspective and thus it has a lot of mystery... Must Watch!!
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MCT:December 27, 2007
One of my favorite films. i can watch this one over and over.
i love everything about it: settings, tension, cast, motorcycles and cars... love it. -
MCT:September 10, 2007
Classic thriller. Well worth a view.
From the novel by Frederick Forsyth written many years ago (this film was made in 1973) that has actually stood the test of time - but don't bother with the remake!! -
MCT:August 24, 2007
An intelligent euro-thriller concerning an algerian terrorist plot to assassinate De Gaul. This film is carried almost in it's entirety by Edward Fox, who is completely believable as the cold-blooded assassin, ruthlessly setting about his business of professional killer while a multi-national task force blindly pursue him. The documentary style is a little uninvolving and the ending a little anti-climactic but Fox is excellen,t as are the rest of the cast (including a very young Derek Jacobi) and it makes a nice change of pace to the usual pointless explosions and car chases.
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MCT:August 14, 2007
Very good, long, civilised and somewhat distinguished political thriller. Very long, and old-fashioned, but satisfying if you can be patient enough.
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MCT:June 5, 2007
Exciting thriller surrounding an assassination plot of Charles de Gaulle. The movie shows great balance by showing the intelligence of the would be assassin and those who are trying to stop. Keeps you guessing right up to its final moments. Great fun.
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MCT:June 2, 2007
Zinnemann's classic cat and mouse thriller.The best assasination\ espionage flick since Manchurian Candidate
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MCT:May 28, 2007
i was blown away after watching this film as it's just one of the best thrillers i've ever seen. with it's tight and complicated story, it gets your attention and doesn't let up for 135 minutes. simply amazing.
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MCT:May 24, 2007
brilliant film , with nailbiting suspense. one of the best ever suspense films made, do not i repeat do not confuse this with the god awful remake (the jackal with bruce willis).
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MCT:May 20, 2007
Terrific. One of the few movies that are as good as the book. Suspense filled thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat. Except that, if you know your world history, you know from the beggining that the plot failed it would be one of the few movies where you really didn't now how it was going to end. See it and skip the Bruce Willis one. A cheap re-make.
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