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Three Days of the Condor (DVD, 1999, Widescreen)
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Leading Role: Cliff Robertson,Faye Dunaway,Max Von Sydow,Robert Redford
Director: Sydney Pollack
Rating: Rated R
Release Date: Aug 1999
Format: DVD
Additional Info: Widescreen
UPC: 097360880373
Product ID: EPID3147701
Description: Sydney Pollack directed this thriller in which Robert Redford plays Joe Turner, a bookworm CIA employee who finds himself a hunted man after a triple-cross. Faye Dunaway is Kathy Hale, the innocent woman who is forced to shelter Redford ...
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SPY vs. SPY in COLD WAR CHILLReview created: 09/28/06
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Robert Redford stars as Joe Turner, a man on the run after his entire office is assasinated by unknown forces. Joe works for the CIA. His job? He reads. He reads books, manuals and just about anything ever published looking for hidden code. Did he stumble upon a plan to over throw the goverment? Is it the Russian, our own goverment, or maybe someone else that wants Joe dead? Faye Dunaway stars as his sometimes willing hostage as he tries to avoid assasination and find out who's behind the killings. Fans of spy movies and cold war stories will love this. It will have you looking over your own shoulder.
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) This movie is an excellent spy thriller and is one of my 10 best spy movies. In real life I have found the CIA to be very unfriendly and nasty and extremely devious. However, I thoroughly enjoyed this spy thriller. Irwyn
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Three Days of the Condor
) I bought this as a rememberance of what espionage operations were like, in the 1970's anyway. I had originally seen it in the company of a retired US Agent and the Washington, and Arlington VA scenes were just wonderful. In those days every man ever hired by CIA passed through the doors of a 1870's townhouse in Washington DC, across the street from Trader Vic's, a restaurant, and you approached the little old lady at the desk and introduced yourself by first name only. She was expecting you. The guard standing there was all in black, no name tag, no markings, just all black clothing and duty hat wearing a huge revolver. Then away you would go to do some photos and paperwork. The office town house in this film is reminicent of that building , though a bit fancier on the front elevation, and will take many thousands of people back to the moment they entered, The Company. A great story, of great danger,coming to those who least suspect it, with a surprise twist in it that will leave you in stunned silence. Filmed during the best days of all the players,( Max Von Sydow is PERFECT here!), at the height of their abilities. Go visit that time for 117 minutes - you won't regret it.
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three days of the condorReview created: 04/21/09
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i believe its bourne identity 20 years before it actually happened. this movie is awesome. great story and insane twist of plot. a definate must see.
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Three Days of the Condor - Robert RedfordNice intriquing movie - starts out catching your attention in the very beginning and keeps your attention to the very end. Funny how some aspects of this older movie parallels today and today's events.
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Three Days of the Condor
) One of my all time favorite movies. Exciting throughout. Pay attention - you don't want to miss anything! I bought this dvd to add to my permanent collection. This is a movie you can watch again and again and still catch something you didn't the first few times!
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Three days of the Condor ...DVDReview created: 08/13/08
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) My DVD of Three days of the Condor was shipped quickly and was in very good condition .....Thank you
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Three Days Of The Condor.To me this is a classic adventure story that holds you tight. Great performances by the main characters, and the suspense gets tighter by the minute. Showing its age by now, as there is not a cell phone to be seen anywhere, but the basic premise of the intellectual nerd having to face death and destruction eyeball to eyeball, is gripping stuff. Great story, well acted, scenery does not impose, neither does the music. Like many others, becoming a classic. Tomp3801.
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Three Days of the CondorReview created: 03/06/08
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It is hard to go astray with 2 stars like Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway. A taut spy thriller with enough turns to keep the viewer's interest. Max Von Sidow is well cast as the shadowy assasin of the hero's(Redford)friends and co-workers.. Although this is a good investment of time, the book is a better one. If you enjoy a good read, Six Days of the Condor will be the better choice.
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FantasticAn engrossing tale of espionage and murder and with one of the funniest gratuitous sex scenes ever filmed. No really, watch her face and try NOT to laugh!
Released in '75, just a year after the twin towers were completed, they figure prominently in the photography. One of the reasons I have rediscovered this fav from my youth.
The film is dated by the lack of today's "everyday items"; no cordless phones, no cell phones, no PC's or laptops. This is glaring in the office scenes. The computers shown of the day make one wonder if we really did/could land a man on the moon. Computer/telephone technology figures prominently in the story line but what is visible is analog/mechanical... the displays are in DOS! Her television has KNOBS on it! He has to actually touch the television to change the channel! Not even a single Starbuck's is visible anywhere! However during the open scenes and credits take note of a UPS delivery vehicle behind Robert Redford/Joe Turner/Condor as he rides his very politically correct moped through the streets. Package car designs haven't changed hardly at all! Speaking of political correctness...Do take note of people smoking inside the buildings!
My God, how did we survive the 70's?!
All that aside though the story is timeless! The plot is exciting and stressful. The plot-turns are interesting and intriguing. The closing scene still gives one pause for thought when one considers world tensions today. Even though the timeline mentioned has passed by nearly a generation it is still very relevant.
And very true... "...they won't want us to ask them. They'll just want us to get it for them".
I think this story would be an outstanding candidate for a updated re-make. Perhaps in the same vein as a sequel franchise much like the Bond, Die Hard, and Bourne films. Done well, it'd be a money maker!
Released in '75, just a year after the twin towers were completed, they figure prominently in the photography. One of the reasons I have rediscovered this fav from my youth.
The film is dated by the lack of today's "everyday items"; no cordless phones, no cell phones, no PC's or laptops. This is glaring in the office scenes. The computers shown of the day make one wonder if we really did/could land a man on the moon. Computer/telephone technology figures prominently in the story line but what is visible is analog/mechanical... the displays are in DOS! Her television has KNOBS on it! He has to actually touch the television to change the channel! Not even a single Starbuck's is visible anywhere! However during the open scenes and credits take note of a UPS delivery vehicle behind Robert Redford/Joe Turner/Condor as he rides his very politically correct moped through the streets. Package car designs haven't changed hardly at all! Speaking of political correctness...Do take note of people smoking inside the buildings!
My God, how did we survive the 70's?!
All that aside though the story is timeless! The plot is exciting and stressful. The plot-turns are interesting and intriguing. The closing scene still gives one pause for thought when one considers world tensions today. Even though the timeline mentioned has passed by nearly a generation it is still very relevant.
And very true... "...they won't want us to ask them. They'll just want us to get it for them".
I think this story would be an outstanding candidate for a updated re-make. Perhaps in the same vein as a sequel franchise much like the Bond, Die Hard, and Bourne films. Done well, it'd be a money maker!
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Plot worthy of moving from 70's to current espionageRedford and Dunnaway look a little dated (70's), but the story is a real espionage thriller. I can watch this movie over and over.
Mystery and philosophy are my favorite plot lines. This movie will leave you thinking about what you think you know.
Mystery and philosophy are my favorite plot lines. This movie will leave you thinking about what you think you know.
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Three Days Of The Condor (1999, DVD)Review created: 12/05/06
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I don't typically write movie reviews, so mine is a more heartfelt than content related view.
I saw Three Days Of The Condor in a movie theater in the mid '70s and it strangely stuck with me as few movies ever have.
I consider it one of me "guilty pleasure" films. One of a handful of movies I can watch again and again...yet STILL find interest in the plot and characters.
On viewing the recent DVD release, it felt dated, but terribly familiar. The quality of production and camera work certainly holds up...but the film score/musical style dates it. It rather close to the feeling I get watching Steve McQueen in "Bullet" these days, but not nearly so much.
The blockbuster beginning story at Redford's workplace is certainly tame by today's standards of violence, yet it's the calm method and business-as-usual attitude that still gives me goose bumps. Wonderful stuff.
Robert Redford looks great...as does Faye Dunaway. That's how we KNOW it's an old movie. This was the LAST movie that featured a beautiful Faye Dunaway. It was all downhill from here. Robert Redford is just beginning to lose his boyish looks and get a hint of wizened character in his smile. It served the movie.
The story is everything in this film. It isn't too intricate, yet it cast a sense of fear that stuck with me all these years. It's not a horror movie, but the feeling of hopelessness against an unseen government entity working efficiently behind the curtain to eliminate this little guy (Redford) still creeps me out wonderfully.
You can compare it to Will Smith and Gene Hackman in "Enemy Of The State" with less of the running view of what the bad guys are planning next. It's basically one lone character against a faceless government-sponsored evil.
Lastly, I'll say that my most lasting character in this film was played by Max Von Sydow. I can't remember a film "bad guy" quite like him in all the years since. To this character, there is no right....there is no wrong....only belief in himself and his professional "talents". Simple and sinister, nothing personal. Von Sidow should have gotten an Academy Award for this film.
As a bit of trivia, I don't think this movie did much at the box office.....yet it sort of became a quiet cult classic. It must have stayed with some of the writers of the comedy "Seinfeld" when they later adapted Max Von Sidow's creepy warning to Redford in this film into a line for Newman in a timeless episode in which Newman warns Kramer not to go up against the powerful U.S. Postal Service.
Buy this DVD....you'll enjoy it (and your wife will always wonder why. It's a "guy thing"). :)
I saw Three Days Of The Condor in a movie theater in the mid '70s and it strangely stuck with me as few movies ever have.
I consider it one of me "guilty pleasure" films. One of a handful of movies I can watch again and again...yet STILL find interest in the plot and characters.
On viewing the recent DVD release, it felt dated, but terribly familiar. The quality of production and camera work certainly holds up...but the film score/musical style dates it. It rather close to the feeling I get watching Steve McQueen in "Bullet" these days, but not nearly so much.
The blockbuster beginning story at Redford's workplace is certainly tame by today's standards of violence, yet it's the calm method and business-as-usual attitude that still gives me goose bumps. Wonderful stuff.
Robert Redford looks great...as does Faye Dunaway. That's how we KNOW it's an old movie. This was the LAST movie that featured a beautiful Faye Dunaway. It was all downhill from here. Robert Redford is just beginning to lose his boyish looks and get a hint of wizened character in his smile. It served the movie.
The story is everything in this film. It isn't too intricate, yet it cast a sense of fear that stuck with me all these years. It's not a horror movie, but the feeling of hopelessness against an unseen government entity working efficiently behind the curtain to eliminate this little guy (Redford) still creeps me out wonderfully.
You can compare it to Will Smith and Gene Hackman in "Enemy Of The State" with less of the running view of what the bad guys are planning next. It's basically one lone character against a faceless government-sponsored evil.
Lastly, I'll say that my most lasting character in this film was played by Max Von Sydow. I can't remember a film "bad guy" quite like him in all the years since. To this character, there is no right....there is no wrong....only belief in himself and his professional "talents". Simple and sinister, nothing personal. Von Sidow should have gotten an Academy Award for this film.
As a bit of trivia, I don't think this movie did much at the box office.....yet it sort of became a quiet cult classic. It must have stayed with some of the writers of the comedy "Seinfeld" when they later adapted Max Von Sidow's creepy warning to Redford in this film into a line for Newman in a timeless episode in which Newman warns Kramer not to go up against the powerful U.S. Postal Service.
Buy this DVD....you'll enjoy it (and your wife will always wonder why. It's a "guy thing"). :)
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