| Title |
The day of the Jackal. |
| Published |
[Australia] Shock Entertainment Australia, [2017]. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (approximately 143 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Sound Characteristics |
digital optical stereo Dolby Digital 2.0 |
| Presentation Format |
widescreen (1.85:1) |
| Video Characteristics |
DVD NTSC |
| Digital File Characteristics |
video file DVD video region 4 |
| Notes |
Based on the novel by Frederick Forsyth. |
| Special features include: scene selection ; production notes ; theatrical trailer. |
| KAL4166. |
| Credits |
Producer, John Woolf ; director, Fred Zinnemann ; screenplay, Kenneth Ross ; music, Georges Delerue. |
| Performers |
Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel. |
| Summary |
A cold, suave British assassin is hired by the French OAS to kill General Charles de Gaulle. Nameless and faceless, the killer, known by the code name of Jackal, relentlessly moves toward the date with death that would rock the world. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
| Original Version Note |
Originally released as a motion picture Great Britain/France : Warwick Film Productions/Universal Productions France S.A., c1973 |
| System details |
DVD region 4 ; NTSC ; widescreen. |
| Language note |
Soundtrack in English. |
| Subjects |
Forsyth, Frederick, -- 1938- Film adaptations |
| Gaulle, Charles de, -- 1890-1970 -- Assassination attempts -- Drama |
| Assassins -- Drama |
| Assassination -- Drama |
| Genre |
Thrillers (Motion pictures) |
| Other Names |
Zinnemann, Fred, 1907-1997 film director. |
| Fox, Edward, 1937- actor. |
| Alexander, Terence, 1923-2009 actor. |
| Badel, Alan actor |
| Auclair, Michel, 1922-1988 actor. |
| Ross, Kenneth, 1941- screenwriter. |
| Woolf, John, Sir, 1913-1999 film producer. |
| Forsyth, Frederick, 1938-. Day of the Jackal |
| Added Corporate Names |
Universal Pictures (Australasia) |
| Warwick Film Production |
| Series |
Cinema cult |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Authors:
- Alexander, Terence, 1923-2009 .
- Auclair, Michel, 1922-1988 .
- Badel, Alan .
- Forsyth, Frederick, 1938-. Day of the Jackal .
- Fox, Edward, 1937- .
- Ross, Kenneth, 1941- .
- Universal Pictures (Australasia) .
- Warwick Film Production .
- Woolf, John, Sir, 1913-1999 .
- Zinnemann, Fred, 1907-1997 .
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