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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The day of the jackal/ Universal ; Fred Zinnemann's film ; a John Woolf production ; directed by Fred Zinnemann ; produced by John Woolf ; screenplay Kenneth Ross.

Publisher, Date:

Universal City, CA : Universal, c1998.

Description:

1 videodisc (143 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Story of a cold, suave British assassin 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. The tension mounts as the methodical preparations of the Jackal are paralleled with the efforts of the police to uncover the plot, which gives the story non-stop, edge-of-your-seat suspense.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: PG.

Subjects:

Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970 -- Assassination attempts -- Drama.

Assassins -- France -- Drama.

Attempted assassination -- Drama.

Feature films.

Other Author:

Zinnemann, Fred, 1907-1997.

Woolf, John, 1913-1999.

Ross, Kenneth, 1941-

Fox, Edward, 1937-

Badel, Alan.

Britton, Tony.

Alexander, Terence, 1923-2009.

Cusack, Cyril, 1910-1993.

Forsyth, Frederick, 1938- Day of the Jackal.

Universal Pictures (Firm)

Universal Studios Home Video (Firm)

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1973.

Letterboxed (aspect ratio 1.85:1), widescreen.

From the book by Frederick Forsyth.

Special features include production notes and theatrical trailer.

Photographer, Jean Tournier ; editor, Ralph Kemplen ; music, Georges Delerue.

Edward Fox (The Jackal), Michel Lonsdale (Claude Lebel), Alan Badel (The Minister), Tony Britton (Inspector Thomas), Eric Porter (Col. Rodin), Jean Martin (Wolenski), Cyril Cusack (Gunsmith).

DVD (2-channel mono).

In English with optional subtitles in French and Spanish ; closed-captioned in English.

ISBN:

0783226853

0025192026126

555430947X

Publisher Number:

20261

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

151062

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Day of t