The Parallax View (1974)

Regisseur:

Alan J. Pakula

Drehbuchautoren:

David Giler (writer) and
Lorenzo Semple Jr. (writer) ...

Premierendatum:

14. Juni 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Werbezeile:

There is no conspiracy. Just twelve people dead.

Plot:

An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the worlds headlines.

Plot Keywords:

Dam | Napkin | Kiddie Train | Montage | Bomb

Auszeichnungen:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Once upon a time, before Oliver Stone...

Besetzung

Warren Beatty	...	Joseph Frady
Hume Cronyn	...	Bill Rintels
William Daniels	...	Austin Tucker
Paula Prentiss	...	Lee Carter
Kenneth Mars	...	Former FBI Agent Will
Kelly Thordsen	...	Sheriff L.D. Wicker
Jim Davis	...	George Hammond
Bill McKinney	...	Parallax Assassin
William Jordan	...	Tucker's Aide
Edward Winter	...	Senator Jameson
Earl Hindman	...	Deputy Red
William Joyce	...	Senator Charles Carroll (as Bill Joyce)
Stacy Keach Sr.	...	Commission Spokesman #1
Ford Rainey	...	Commission Spokesman #2
Jo Ann Harris	...	Chrissy - Frady's Girl (as JoAnne Harris)

Alternativ:

Zeuge einer Verschwörung (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

102 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Iceland:L | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | USA:R

Drehorte:

Gorge Dam, Skagit River, Washington, USA

Firma:

Doubleday Productions

Dies und das:

The opening sequence was designed to mirror that of Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 assassination.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: The score in the "Pong" game between the scientist and the monkey.

Dialogzitate:

Carroll Commission Spokesman: Ladies and gentlemen, you have been invited here today for the official announcement of the inquiry into the death of Senator Charles Carroll. This is an announcement, not a press conference. Therefore, there will be no questions. A complete transcript of the investigation is being prepared for publication on March 1st...

Querbezüge:

Nimmt Bezug auf The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Soundtrack:

Wild and Woolly West

Once upon a time, before Oliver Stone...

In the early 1970's, distrust of the government was widespread. "The Parallax View" was one of the movies that reflected this.* Joe Frady (Warren Beatty) is a reporter who one day is covering a candidate's campaign, when the candidate is assassinated. A governmental committee concludes that there was no conspiracy. However, within three years, Joe is the only witness still alive. As he tries to investigate further, he finds himself on the run.

I'm guessing that the central idea was loosely based on the Kennedy assassination. Director Alan J. Pakula sets every scene so as to maintain a sense of impending doom. You may be uncertain as to whom you can trust after watching this movie. It's that well done. It just goes to show that the world's real horrors aren't supernatural at all.

*Others include "Three Days of the Condor" and "All the President's Men".