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Release Date: 22 June, 1999 Retail Price: $9.98 OUR Price: $9.98 You SAVE: $0.00! Cast: Complete Cast (15 total) |
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Conspiracy theorists ahoy
If you like films which are about this then this is a winner.
If you like films from this era then buy it.
I would have liked some extras
Good film and a good price
The Not So Lone Gunman is Revealed
After the Warren Commission report came out, Hollywood decided to make films on their theory of the Kennedy assassination. This is disguised version of that. Joe Brady (Warren Beatty) is a second rate reporter for a third rate Seattle newspaper. A prominent Senator is making his bid for President at the Seattle Spaceneedle but is murdered by a pair of gunmen. One by one everyone at the event dies. The deaths are reasonable but the coincidence is not. When a friend of Joe's comes up dead, Joe decides to look into her conspiracy theory.
Joe goes to a remote fishing village where a Judge drowned. It was obvious that there was something more to the drowning than meets the eye. When the Sheriff tries to kill Joe, it becomes evident that he killed the judge. Joe goes to the sheriff's home and discovers documents lead him to the Parallax Corporation.
Next Joe goes to find one of the few living witnesses to the assassination, Austin Tucker (William Daniels). Austin takes Joe out on his yacht. During the trip a bomb explodes and kills all on board. Well that's what everyone thinks. Joe was blown off the boat and survived.
Joe now focuses on the Parallax Corp. He figures out that they are recruiting assassins and tries to get recruited by them. While out at their offices he sees a familiar face and follows him to the airport. The only thing is that the man does not get on the plane but another political candidate is on the plane. Joe realizes that the man planted a bomb on the plane.
Upon Joe's return, he is given his first Parallax mission. Joe sabotages his mission and goes back to the Parallax Corp where he sees the man again and follows him to the convention center. Another political figure is holding a rehearsal for his fundraiser. Joe sees a rifle. He realizes that another assassination is going to happen but it is too late.
This is an interesting film but fairly unrealistic. The interesting thing about the film is how to interpret what happens with Joe. Is he a good reporter or was he set up from the beginning? This and other questions are deliberately not answered.
This is the first of Alan J Pakula's political films that include Three Days of the Condor and the Oscar winning All the President's Men. The cast is top rate mostly up and coming or established character actors. Hume Cronyn gives a great performance as Joe's editor.
This is a good watch and would recommend either of Pakula's other two films mentioned to make it a double feature or another film that looks at the Kennedy assassination, Executive Action.
DVD EXTRAS: None
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