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Three Days of the Condor (1975)

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Reviews Counted:34

Fresh:30

Rotten:4

Average Rating:7/10

Consensus: This post-Watergate thriller captures the paranoid tenor of the times, thanks to Syndey Pollock’s taut direction and excellent performances from Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway.

Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Sydney Pollack directed this post-Watergate political thriller in which Robert Redford plays Joe Turner, a bookish CIA researcher who returns from lunch to find that all of his co-workers have been... Sydney Pollack directed this post-Watergate political thriller in which Robert Redford plays Joe Turner, a bookish CIA researcher who returns from lunch to find that all of his co-workers have been shot dead. Suddenly Turner is unsure whom to trust, since he realizes that whoever committed these murders must want him dead too. Turner quickly goes into hiding and forces a total stranger, Kathy Hale (Faye Dunaway), to let him stay at her apartment. Although Kathy is at first frightened of Turner, she eventually sympathizes with and grows to care for him. Meanwhile, the quick-thinking Turner has been constantly eluding death and strategizing to stay one step ahead of the killer. But when he finally unravels the mystery behind the deaths, Turner must decide what to do with the information before it's too late. Pollack's fast-paced suspense thriller is supported by a formidable cast, including Max von Sydow and John Houseman. The screenplay is based on the novel SIX DAYS OF THE CONDOR by James Grady. [More]

Starring: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, Max Von Sydow

Starring: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, Max Von Sydow, John Houseman, Addison Powell, Walter McGinn, Tina Chen, Michael Kane

Director: Sydney Pollack

Director: Sydney Pollack
Screenwriter: Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Producer: Stanley Schneider
Composer: Dave Grusin

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Release:

May 19, 2009

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Blu-ray Disc Features:

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  • Dolby True HD 5.1, Mono - English, French
  • Subtitles - English, French, Spanish
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Makes you wish the makers - and especially the funders - of today's overblown big budget thrillers could be made to learn from some of the finer thrillers of the 1970s.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
06/01/09
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

for complete nonsense, it's really quite entertaining

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
06/01/09
Chris Cabin
Chris Cabin
Filmcritic.com

Pollack excels by establishing an interesting situation, sustaining it, and--in keeping with the paranoid-thriller genre--resolving it on a pleasingly ambiguous note. [Blu-ray]

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
05/24/09
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

The film still makes a dandy suspense yarn, with plenty of twists and turns.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
05/19/09
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

It's got the mystery aspect down beautifully, but because I wasn't given a chance to get behind the characters and get to know them, I had a hard time getting into the film itself.

Full Review Source: Movie Views | comment Comment
05/18/09
Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views

...an efficient exercise in Watergate-era paranoia.

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06/05/08
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
LarsenOnFilm

Exciting but frequently incomprehensible.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/26/08
Channel 4 Film
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At its best this spy thriller is tense, engaging and good fodder for paranoids with conspiracy theory fever.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
01/06/08
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

This taut espionage thriller gained greater plausibility during its shooting when a sudden raft of sensational post-Watergate news items began coming out of Washington regarding illegal wiretaps, surveillance, and killings motivated by [politics].

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03/01/07
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Basically a B, it has been elevated in form -- but not in substance -- via four bigger names, location shooting and more production values. Sometimes the trick works, but not here.

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03/01/07
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Basically, the film is a throwback to the 60s anti-Bond spy thriller (a la The Ipcress File), except here the genre's annihilating irony has been replaced by Pollack's liberal piousness.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
03/01/07
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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The action rarely falters, and at its best the film offers an intriguing slice of neo-Hitchcock.

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02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

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09/14/05
Cole Smithey
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07/01/05
Emanuel Levy
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Stylish and absorbing espionage thriller

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05/31/05
Daniel Eagan
Daniel Eagan
Film Journal International

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02/09/05
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

Taught spy yarn for its time; Redford as always watchable.

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10/30/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

Three Days of the Condor is a well-made thriller, tense and involving, and the scary thing, in these months after Watergate, is that it's all too believable.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
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09/09/04
Nicolas Lacroix
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06/23/04
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