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Wrong Is Right (1982)

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Average Rating: 5.1/10
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Based on Charles McCarry's 1979 novel The Better Angels, Wrong is Right is set in a near future in which violence has become something of a national sport and television news has fallen to tabloid depths (a significantly bigger stretch in 1982, when the film was released.) Star Sean Connery plays Patrick Hale, a globe-trotting reporter with access to a staggering array of world leaders. As the film opens, he has ventured to the Arab country of Hegreb to interview his old acquaintance, King Ibn

R, 1 hr. 57 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Richard Brooks I

In Theaters: Apr 16, 1982 Wide

On DVD: Mar 16, 2004

Cast

Sean Connery
Patrick Hale
George Grizzard
President Lockwood
Robert Conrad
Gen. Wombat
Katharine Ross
Sally Blake
G.D. Spradlin
Philandros
John Saxon
Homer Hubbard
Henry Silva
Rafeeq
Leslie Nielsen
Mallory
Robert Webber
Harvey
Rosalind Cash
Mrs. Ford
Hardy Kruger
Helmut Unger
Dean Stockwell
Hacker
Ron Moody
King Awad
Cherie Michan
Erika
Angelo Bertolini
Cardinal
Ivy Bethune
Housewife
Robert Alan Browne
Motorist
Barry Cahill
Husband
Art Evans
David Frankham
British Reporter
Teri Garr
Mickey Jones
Gunman
Paul Lambert
Defense Secretary
Kiva Lawrence
Receptionist
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Young Girl
Tony March
Abu
Keith McConnell
Smythe
Tom McFadden
Billy Bob Harper
Myron Natwick
Admiral
George Skaff
Qadee
Joe Whipp
John Brown
Alexander Zale
Faheem
Dayna O'Brien
President's Secretary
Donald Bishop
Congressman
Ken Gale

Critic Reviews for Wrong Is Right

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Wild proceedings are packed with convoluted intrigue.

April 8, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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The star of Wrong Is Right is Sean Connery, giving the first uncertain performance of his otherwise exemplary career.

August 30, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

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The film is rather haphazard in its visual style and plotting, tallying up to a confused condemnation of our lack of morality.

April 8, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Veering wildly between a quite well-written satire on the contemporary American political scene and a very ham-fisted nuclear blackmail thriller, its sheer eccentricity is quite engaging.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

as this film demonstrates, is it impossible to pursue a "right" course for America even if it's perceived as "wrong" by every other nation?

March 10, 2004 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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James Plath

Movie Metropolis

Wrong Is Right is a cautionary tale about amorality.

February 4, 2004 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

An almost prophetic comedy about political spin and the internecine battles between various intelligence agencies in the US.

May 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4

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Without a doubt, one of the most prescient movies I've seen. Considering that it was made in the midst of the Cold War and it concerns oil crises and war in the Middle East, it is truly ahead of its times and right in the middle of ours. The performances are adequately hokey for the genre of satire, but too

May 17, 2008

Jim Hunter

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Most strangely prophetic movie I have ever seen. Truly horrific (funny at times) in its prescience.

May 11, 2008

Alice Shen

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