The Day of the Jackal (film)
1973 thriller film directed by Fred Zinnemann / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Day of the Jackal is a 1973 political thriller film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Edward Fox and Michael Lonsdale. Based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth, the film is about a professional assassin known only as the "Jackal" who is hired to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle in the summer of 1963.[2][3]
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Directed by | Fred Zinnemann |
Screenplay by | Kenneth Ross |
Based on | The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth |
Produced by | John Woolf |
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Cinematography | Jean Tournier |
Edited by | Ralph Kemplen |
Music by | Georges Delerue[1] |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release dates | 16 May 1973 (New York premiere) 14 June 1973 (U.K.) 14 September 1973 (France) |
Running time | 142 minutes |
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Language | English |
Box office | $16,056,255 |
A co-production of the United Kingdom and France,[1] the film stars Edward Fox as the Jackal, with Michael Lonsdale, Derek Jacobi, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Tony Britton, Cyril Cusack, Maurice Denham and Delphine Seyrig. The musical score was composed by Georges Delerue.
The Day of the Jackal received positive reviews and went on to win the BAFTA Award for Best Editing (Ralph Kemplen), five additional BAFTA Award nominations (including Best Film and Best Direction), two Golden Globe Award nominations, and one Oscar nomination. The film grossed $16,056,255 at the North American box office,[4] returning $8,525,000 in rentals to the studio.[5] The British Film Institute ranked it the 74th greatest British film of the 20th century.[6]