The Parallax View (1974)

The Parallax View (1974) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

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Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1974 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Alan J. Pakula

Written By:
David Giler
Lorenzo Semple Jr.

Actors:
Warren Beatty ..... Joseph Frady
Paula Prentiss ..... Lee Carter
William Daniels ..... Austin Tucker
Walter McGinn ..... Jack Younger
Hume Cronyn ..... Bill Rintels
Kelly Thordsen ..... Sheriff L.D. Wicker
Chuck Waters ..... Thomas Richard Linder
Earl Hindman ..... Deputy Red
William Joyce ..... Senator Charles Carroll (as Bill Joyce)
Bettie Johnson ..... Mrs. Charles Carroll
Bill McKinney ..... Parallax Assassin
Jo Ann Harris ..... Chrissy - Frady's Girl (as JoAnne Harris)
Ted Gehring ..... Schecter - Hotel Clerk
Lee Pulford ..... Shirley - Salmontail Bar Girl
Doria Cook-Nelson ..... Gale from Salmontail (as Doria Cook)
Jim Davis ..... George Hammond
Joan Lemmo ..... Organist
Kenneth Mars ..... Former FBI Agent Will
William Jordan ..... Tucker's Aide
Edward Winter ..... Senator Jameson
Stacy Keach Sr. ..... Commission Spokesman #1
Ford Rainey ..... Commission Spokesman #2
Alma Beltran ..... Joy Holder
Richard Bull ..... Parallax Goon
Suzanne Cohane ..... Stewardess
Ronda Copland ..... Girl
Joe Di Reda ..... Ralph Scoletta (as Joseph Di Reda)
Patsy Garrett ..... Woman
Penelope Gillette ..... Woman
Robert P. Lieb ..... Senator Gillingham (as Robert Lieb)
William Swan ..... Herbert Moon
John S. Ragin ..... Buster Himan
Vernon Weddle ..... Harry Lutz
Steve Kelley ..... Class President (uncredited)
Anthony Zerbe ..... Prof. Schwartzkopf (uncredited)

Synopsis:

While the Watergate scandal filled the headlines, Alan J. Pakula's 1974 thriller took its inspiration from the conspiracy theories surrounding the Kennedy assassination. Journalist Joe Frady (Warren Beatty) misses witnessing the assassination of a senator at Seattle's Space Needle, but his newswoman former girlfriend Lee Carter (Paula Prentiss) was there. Even after a government commission concludes that it was a freak lone assassin, Lee tells Joe that she fears for her life since other witnesses keep dying. After she too turns up dead, Joe investigates, travelling to the small town where another witness has mysteriously expired. Stumbling on a corporate identity for the killers, Joe decides to dig deeper by infiltrating the Parallax Corporation as one of their hired assassins. As Joe becomes increasingly isolated in his assumed identity, he discovers what Parallax is all about -- but Parallax knows all about Joe too. Made between Klute (1971) and All the President's Men (1976), The Parallax View was the second film in Pakula's "paranoia" trilogy; it proved too dark even for a 1974 audience that embraced such other challenging films of that year as The Godfather, Part II and Chinatown, making The Parallax View the sole flop of Pakula's trilogy.

There is no conspiracy. Just twelve people dead. Alan J. Pakula's The Parallax View, a superb conspiracy thriller about one man's paranoia that turns out to be total, incredible fact, ranks among the best movies of its kind. Warren Beatty is a news reporter who, aong with seven others, witnesses the assassination of a political candidate. When the other seven die in "accidents", the newsman begins to doubt the offiical position: that the lone madman was responsible for the crime. He imagines a sophisticated network of highly trained murderers. But his nightmares pale against the bizarre truth he uncovers.

Joe Frady is a determined reporter who often needs to defend his work from colleagues. After the assassination of a prominent U.S. senator, Frady begins to notice that reporters present during the assassination are dying mysteriously. After getting more involved in the case, Frady begins to realize that the assassination was part of a conspiracy somehow involving the Parallax Corporation, an enigmatic training institute. He then decides to enroll for the Parallax training himself to discover the truth.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 20 December, 2020.