Three Days of the Condor
 | Directed by Sydney Pollack Starring: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, Max von Sydow, John Houseman Paramount, 1975, DVD Customer Rating: 101 reviews Recommend |
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 04/11/2006 Run time: 117 minutes Rating: R
Robert Redford and Sydney Pollack continued their longtime collaboration (the actor and director have worked together on Jeremiah Johnson, The Way We Were, The Electric Horseman, and Out of Africa, among other films) with this taut spy drama. Redford plays a reader for U.S. intelligence who becomes a hunted man after he is not among the victims of a mass murder of his colleagues. Faye Dunaway does solid work as the frightened and mystified woman whom he forces to conceal him, and Max von Sydow is appropriately cool as a professional assassin. That same, sustained tone of danger and expectation that made Pollack's The Firm so much fun can be found in this 1975 thriller, albeit with an appropriate dose of post-Watergate paranoia. — Tom Keogh
Title: Three Days of the Condor
Sales Rank: 2279 in DVD
Actor: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, Max von Sydow, John Houseman
Director: Sydney Pollack
Studio: Paramount, 1999-08-17, Theatrical Release: 1975
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC, Acpect Ratio 2.35:1
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 117 minutes
Package Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches, 0.15 pounds
- After a remarkable tension build-up, it too light an ending
- ***** Contains spoiler ******
It's a work which has both very good and mediocre qualities. The build-up of the plot is just smashing. With well-paced action and competent acting, it's a remarkable work to watch.
Problem first erupts little when Redford kidnaps the lady. It is very difficult to believe that a lady would like to be part of the… More reviews
- A Classic Thriller and One of Redford's Best
- This is my favorite 70's film. It has a superb script, great acting, and is tautly edited. When viewed today, it does not come across as a period piece, but as a good story well told. Three days of the Condor is one of those rare movies that do the book justice. (By the way, if you like the film, try the novel Six Days… More reviews
- good movie but....
- slightly dated as spy thrillers go. good movie, but copy has bad spot. effectd area is not crucial to plot but is annoying. i have seen this bad spot on another copy. so i think this was a transfer problem.… More reviews
- The Spirit of November
- When THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR was released in the mid-70s it was almost certain to be a hit because its two stars, Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway, were about the biggest two male and female marquee names in the country. The opening scenario, where Redford returns from his lunch hour to see all of the staff in his Manhattan… More reviews
- Three Days of the Condor
Received one installment from the pen of the
Late, Great SYDNEY POLLACK . . . I've promised
myself a copy --- for years . . .
UNCOMMON suspense and skill . . .… More reviews
