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3 Days of the Condor (1975)


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Four out of Five

Movie

Rating: R
Length: 117 minutes

Video

Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic)

Audio

ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 2.0

Captions

English

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Plot

Robert Redford is a bookworm that works for the CIA; his code name is Condor.  While he's out picking up lunch, the rest of his coworkers are gunned down.  For the next 72 hours he tries to both unravel the mystery and keep from getting killed by people obviously on the inside.

Pros

This is a fun story based on the book "Six Days of the Condor", apparently that would have made the movie too long.  The action and plot keep the movie flowing nicely and much of it is spent with the very lovely Faye Dunaway on the screen.  I especially liked the ending; it was clever without being unrealistic or predictable. And just look at the names of the actors in this film; very top rank.

Cons

The movie is over thirty years old; don’t expect a lot of special effects and try not to laugh too loud when you see the computer systems they had the CIA using (though I do admit it was a nostalgic moment).  I guess I'll have to read the book to figure out what they cut; I would not have had any problems if this movie would have been longer.

Extras

  • Theatrical Trailer

Recommendation

This is a fun action/drams/suspense film with very good actors and script.  If you can get past the fact that it's 30 years old and things have changed since then, you will enjoy this film. This disc will be added to my "watch again" list.

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Actors

Tina Chen - Janice Chon
Faye Dunaway - Kathy Hale
[Bonnie and Clyde, The Messenger: The Story of Joan the Arc, Network, The Towering Inferno]
Patrick Gorman - Martin
[Gettysburg]
John Houseman - Wabash
[The Fog (1980)]
Michael Kane - S.W. Wicks
Walter McGinn - Sam Barber
Don McHenry - Dr. Ferdinand Lappe
Michael B. Miller - Fowler
Dino Narizzano - Harold
Jess Osuna - The Major
Addison Powell - Leonard Atwood
[MacArthur]
Robert Redford - Joseph Turner/The Condor
[All The President's Men, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Last Castle, Spy Game, The Sting]
Cliff Robertson - J. Higgins
[The Devil's Brigade, Escape From L.A., The Exorcist, Midway, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2]
Helen Stenborg - Mrs. Edwina Russell
Max von Sydow - G. Joubert
[Conan the Barbarian, The Druids, Flash Gordon, Minority Report, Needful Things, The Seventh Seal]

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