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Summary: A Conspiracy classic!
Review: Three Days of the Condor is the greatest conspiracy movie of all time. If plot is of paramount importance to you - get this film. It is intricately woven and will keep you on the edge of your seat. The star assasin, played by Max VonSydow, is a deliciously crafted and played character. You'll be delighted that you won't be able to figure out what will happen next. Enjoy:)
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Summary: A VERY WELL STRUCTURED THRILLER.
Review: "Three Days Of The Condor" is the fourth collaboration between director Sydney Pollack and Robert Redford, and they did a very addictive film. The movie is a thriller that is amusing, interesting and addictive from beginning to end."Three Days Of The Condor" has a very interesting cast. Of course, Robert Redford in the role of "Condor" is the highlight, but also appearing in supporting roles are: Faye Dunaway as Kathy, a small but significant character. Cliff Robertson as the enigmatic Higgins and Max Von Sydow as Joubert, a lethal and elegant assassin. "Three Days Of The Condor" is a very amusing film with a lot of plot twists that will keep the viewer interested in the story. Pay special attention to the plot, because it's a very well structured story, "Three Days Of The Condor" is a clever movie, with good performances, this movie requires an active audience, because the plot is changing almost every five minutes.
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Summary: The invisible government! Where?
Review: Whenever I see this movie I always hear Roger Daltry's voice singing, 'can you see the real me?' Which is what a less loquacious Robert Redford tries to do after what may be one of the top ten movie opening scenes of all time, 70's, 80's, 90's or beyond. Earlier reviews have fairly well constructed and described the plot but what's interesting is the unbelievability of it. Sydney Pollack keeps the heat on and the emotional cul de sacs plentiful as Redford tries to whittle down not so much the who killed all his coworkers but the why. I believe alongside "Bullit," "French Connection," "Body Heat" and a few others, this is an essential movie both for it's time and our time. In light of Vietnam and Watergate, we just didn't blindly trust Uncle Sam anymore and were frequently reminded of the protest idiom, 'love your country; fear your government.' And for a captivating two hours, Redford is 'everyperson' ever profiled, searched, audited, traffic stopped, drafted and perhaps far worse. We didn't have to read George Orwell to know big brother was and is watching. Cliff Robertson, a gifted actor denied his peak years because of pseudo-administration influence (do you remember 'Flowers for Algernon/Charley?), ironically plays the government role, as you would expect, brilliantly, and Max Von Sydow, is as always, superlative. I agree with some of the criticism of Faye Dunaway. She did better in other roles than she did here. It could have been Meryl Streep or Glenn Close as well, possibly better. Essential movie if you want to know what you're talking about. Larry Scantlebury. 5 Stars.
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Summary: This movie is very intelligent
Review: I liked the plot and the technical twists and turns of this thriller. Robert Redford plays a cia employee who reads books to find possible codes. He finds patterns and trys to break them or alert the Cia to there existence. He comes across something that causes his whole office or team to be wiped out leaving him as the only survivor, because he was out to lunch. How he goes about trying to survive is very intelligent and entertaining. There is a dry romance between he and Dunaway. He is on the run and time is not on hand so there scenes are quick and to the point. I liked the dialogue it was also dry and to the point. It sometimes took a few minutes for it to sink in. A highly intelligent film with good entertainment value. Worth watching.
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Summary: Top Notch CIA Thriller!
Review: Every time I re-watch this movie I feel a little sad and angry at the same time. The reason coming from the many location shots taken in and around the WTC. That aside, if you think about it, this movie is ever so contemporary in its main plot. Kind of makes you wonder what really is going on. Thinking what Director Higgins said at the end of the movie regarding food, oil, etc., "Don't ask people now, ask them then"!
I guess we don't have to wonder too much; FOX News & CNN will let us know anyway. Makes this DVD a must have!
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Summary: A fine piece of escapism ... back to the 70's
Review: An archetypal 70's cerebral CIA thriller. This slow-paced cinematic effort from Sydney Pollack is mostly gripping, but marred by two plot holes. The first is the seeming inability of the CIA to compare the two bullets in the alley shooting -- and discover that they were fired by two different pistols. Oops; I guess that would have taken the focus of guilt off of Redford's character too early in the story. The second hole is the inexplicable reason why Faye Dunaway's character would so quickly submit to the charm of Redford's character, after being kidnapped. A classic example of internalized oppression in women -- in a world where men get what they want, and women too realize the power structure through their own self-imposed subjugation. Other than that, a fine piece of escapism.
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Summary: By far , the best thriller of Sidney Pollack !
Review: The incredible plot of this engrossing script will involve you from start to finish . The dark intimate of an Information Agency through the figure of a simple reader - Redford makes he knows too many things he should not be noticed . That will be the essential and dramatic focus for an implacable chase . If you consider this golden cast : Max von Sydow , Faye Dunaway and Clift Robertson you will understand why this film has reached a privileged status at the moment you make the choice of the best bit nail thrillers of the seventies .
The sixth best acting of Mr. Redford after The Candidate , Sundance Kid , The Great Gatsby and The Chase and The Great Waldo Pepper
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Summary: Redford at his best
Review: An insightful spy drama and you can't beat the last line, "But will they print it?"
Overwhelmingly prescient given the increasing unreliability of the NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, LOS ANGELES TIMES and CBS, not to mention CNN.
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Summary: Best Film Ever on the CIA
Review: Of all the films I've seen on the CIA, "Condor" is the best, including "The Parallax View". Superb performance by Redford and savvy direction by Sydney Pollack. "Condor" captures both the tenderness and depravity of this high stakes, life-or-death universe.
There is a fascinating relationship of Von Sydow's Old Europe assassin toward Redford's hunted, harried character: a mixture of cold-blooded detachment and true affection.
Perhaps the best exchange is between Redford and Cliff Robertson's CIA case officer who almost justifies the senseless murder of Redford's office mates. Redford intuitively recoils from Robertson's argument with this rejoinder: "Boy, have you found a home."
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Summary: Fiction immitating the future
Review: An appealing spy thriller about a secret CIA plan to invade the Middle East in the era when Houston-based Halliburton was still called Brown & Root.
Jeans and tweed clad CIA agent Robert Redford tries to avoid death at the hands of CIA paid assasin Max von Sydow. A memorable closing scene: Reford asks von Sydow why he doesn't immigrate to the US. The old Swede (playing an Alsatian) replies that he prefers the calmness of Europe.
Fiction finally became reality in March 2003. We know now that the neo-cons had hatched a "Condor" plan in the seventies but it was nixed by Nixon. When W came to power, the neo-cons (Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Cheney, Perle, etc) were finally able to put their unAmerican plan into effect. The rest is history.
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