Three Days of the Condor

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"His code name is Condor. In the next 24 hours, everyone he trusts will try to kill him." As the ads ominously announced, a low-level spook confronts the unfathomable in Sydney Pollack's 1975 political thriller, adapted from the James Grady novel Six Days of the Condor. CIA researcher Joe Turner Robert Redford returns from lunch to find the entire staff of his small New York office assassinated. When he meets his boss Cliff Robertson at another location to tell him what happened, someone tries to shoot Turner as ...
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Overview

"His code name is Condor. In the next 24 hours, everyone he trusts will try to kill him." As the ads ominously announced, a low-level spook confronts the unfathomable in Sydney Pollack's 1975 political thriller, adapted from the James Grady novel Six Days of the Condor. CIA researcher Joe Turner Robert Redford returns from lunch to find the entire staff of his small New York office assassinated. When he meets his boss Cliff Robertson at another location to tell him what happened, someone tries to shoot Turner as well. On the run from the cops and his agency, a desperate Turner resorts to holing up with innocent civilian Kathy Faye Dunaway, who becomes his only ally. Joe decides to save himself the only way possible -- by going to The New York Times. But will it work? One of a cycle of conspiracy films from the 1970s that also included The Parallax View 1974 and Redford's All the President's Men 1976, Three Days of the Condor pits a working everyman albeit a CIA everyman against a far-reaching conspiracy, as it also criticizes the CIA during a period of increasing publicity about federal wrongdoing, from the Pentagon Papers through Watergate and other congressional investigations. The challenge of negotiating New York City, shot on location, becomes one more sign of the forces that Joe must face. With its timely subject matter, taut suspense, and sympathetic Redford hero, Three Days of the Condor became a substantial hit. Balancing the conspiracy cycle's pessimism with a margin of attenuated hope, Three Days of the Condor suggests that one man can still discover the truth, but whether it helps him remains to be seen.
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One of the most memorable paranoid thrillers of the 1970s, Sydney Pollack's Three Days of the Condor never loses its focus as a tense, compelling exercise in suspense. The plot rests on the premise that everyone with power is corrupt; Pollack and writers Lorenzo Semple Jr. and David Rayfiel keep the proceedings from devolving into the preposterous or unconvincing. True to form, Robert Redford represents the powerless, non-corrupt masses as the film's bookish CIA researcher Turner. Unlike some of the bleaker examples of the genre (1974's The Parallax View), Redford's character ultimately outwits the system and finds a way to fight the corruption, much as he would the following year in All the President's Men. Redford's charisma smoothes over some of Condor's less-believable moments, and Sydney Pollack directs in the distinctively gloomy but lively style common to 1970s films. This was the fourth film on which the director and star teamed up; they would continue to work together on movies such as 1985's Out of Africa and 1990's Havana.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 5/19/2009
  • UPC: 097361428840
  • Original Release: 1975

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  • Source: Paramount
  • Time: 1:57:00
  • Format: Blu-ray
  • Sales rank: 19,074

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Robert Redford Joe Turner, Turner
Faye Dunaway Kathy, Kathy Hale
Cliff Robertson Higgins
Max von Sydow Joubert
John Houseman Wabash
Carlin Glynn Mae Barber
Addison Powell Atwood
Mike Kane Wicks
Walter McGinn Sam Barber
David Allen Kid
Norman Bush Police Lieutenant
Tina Chen Janice
John P. Connell TV Reporter
Ed Crowley Ordinance Man
Robert Dahdah Santa Claus
Jay Devlin Tall Thin Man
Dorothi Fox Nurse
Arthur French Messenger
Hank Garrett Mailman
Patrick Gorman Martin
Carol Gustafson Landlady
Ernest Harden Jr. Teenager
John Randolph Jones Beefy Man
James Keane Store Clerk
Don McHenry Dr.Lappe
Michael Miller Fowler
Dino Narizzano Harold
Myron Natwick Civilian
Jess Osuna The Major
Robert Phalen Newberry
Michael Prince Civilian
Hansford Rowe Jennings
Ed Setrakian Customer
Lee Steele Heidegger
Helen Stenborg Mrs. Russell
Marian Swan Nurse
Technical Credits
Sydney Pollack Director
Joseph G. Aulisi Costumes/Costume Designer
Stephen B. Grimes Production Designer
Dave Grusin Score Composer
Donald Guidice Editor
Augie Lohman Special Effects
Dennis L. Maitland Sound/Sound Designer
Arthur Piantadosi Sound/Sound Designer
David Rayfiel Screenwriter
Owen Roizman Cinematographer
Gene Rudolf Art Director
Stanley Schneider Producer
Peter R. Scoppa Asst. Director
Lorenzo Semple Jr. Screenwriter
Franz Steininger Editor
Frederic Steinkamp Editor
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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    THE QUINTESSENTIAL THRILLER!

    The Quintessential Thriller! A formidable cast of Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Max von Sydow, and Cliff Robertson put together a nail-biter of a suspense thriller. Sydow is unforgettable as the icy cold and unshakable professional assassin who stalks Redford every minute of the film right to the end. If you thought the nation is concerned about the supply of Middle Eastern Oil today, then you will enjoy with goosepimples the plot that Redford unwittingly stumbles upon, a plan to seize oil fields after multiple crises in the 1970s. From that moment on, Redford wears a bullseye on his chest unless he as the prey can outwit the predators who would kill him. Awesome flick.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    The Soundtrack? What?...

    This movie has got to be one of the all time greats. I think right up there with Casablanca, different kind of movie but greatness. However, the movie promoters sent premire tickets to our radio station that year and Columbus Ohio and radio station WVKO went to see this movie. I t was absolutely great. But as we (disc jockeys) news people and others were watching the movie, I turned to KC Jones and said '' are you getting this soundtrack, its was great also, thats when we learned about Dave Grusin. I have owned this album 3 times and now I can not find the CD. Help!!!

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted October 1, 2010

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    Great Movie!

    Faye Dunaway and Robert Redford did a great acting job. They made you believe that they were like the characters they played. The movie took you back to the good old days when the world was a better place. I highly recommend this movie.

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  • Posted October 1, 2010

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    I Also Recommend:

    The Spitfire Grill

    Everyman Fighting for His America

    America has been called the Vineyard of Liberty. Like everything that is alive it needs tending. The hero in this story is doing his part to see that the Vineyard keeps its liberties intact.
    My favorite movie line comes from this film. "I don't think so."
    Redford and Dunaway are wonderful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 9, 2002

    The Condor in the UK?

    This film is one of my all time favourites, but is rarely seen on tv. in the Uk. It has never been released on VHS or DVD in Britain - WHY!!!!!

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    Posted April 11, 2009

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