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The Osterman Weekend (1983)
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Overview
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The one weekend of the year you won't want to miss. morePlot:
The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a... more | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins moreUser Comments:
A Good, But Complicated Plot of Revenge, in Times of Cold War moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Rutger Hauer | ... | John Tanner | |
| John Hurt | ... | Lawrence Fassett | |
| Craig T. Nelson | ... | Bernard Osterman | |
| Dennis Hopper | ... | Richard Tremayne | |
| Chris Sarandon | ... | Joseph Cardone | |
| Meg Foster | ... | Ali Tanner | |
| Helen Shaver | ... | Virginia Tremayne | |
| Cassie Yates | ... | Betty Cardone | |
| Sandy McPeak | ... | Stennings | |
| Christopher Starr | ... | Steve Tanner | |
| Burt Lancaster | ... | Maxwell Danforth | |
| Cheryl Carter | ... | Marcia Heller | |
| John Bryson | ... | Honeymoon Groom | |
| Anne Haney | ... | Honeymoon Bride | |
| Kristen Peckinpah | ... | Tremayne's Secretary |
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103 min | USA:116 min (director's cut)Country:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Iceland:16 | Finland:K-18 | Norway:15 (re-rating) | Norway:16 (original rating) | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video re-rating) (2004) | UK:18 (original rating) | UK:18 (video rating) (1986) | USA:R (certificate #27156) | West Germany:16 | Australia:MMOVIEmeter: 
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Sam Peckinpah was fired when he refused to re-edit the film after it was screened for a test audience on 25 May 1983 and met with a confused and extremely mixed reaction. Producers Peter S. Davis and William N. Panzer took over the editing with the assistance of editor Edward M. Abroms, drastically altering opening and ending sequences. moreGoofs:
Continuity: The handwriting on Tanner's sign changes between shots. moreQuotes:
Fasset's Wife: And you will be showing me how to live.Lawrence Fassett: How do you know so much?
Fasset's Wife: I don't know so much. But I know you will be leaving me.
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Near to the seventh annual meeting to celebrate their graduation and friendship, the successful anchor of a television network John Tanner (Rutger Hauer) is convinced by CIA director Maxwell Danforth (Burt Lancaster) and his agent Lawrence Fassett (John Hurt) that his best friends belong to a Soviet Union organization called Omega. The CIA installs cameras and microphones everywhere in his house to monitor Bernard Osterman (Craid T. Nelson), Richard Tremayne (Dennis Hopper) and Joseph Cardone (Chris Sarandon). A complicated and very evil plot is disclosed along the weekend. Yesterday I saw "The Osterman Weekend" maybe for the fourth time, but now on DVD, and I still like it. However, with the end of the Cold War and the present state-art of communication, this story has become dated, and lost a great part of its impact. However, in 1983, it was ahead of time, criticizing the media through television. The Double Commemorative Edition DVD features a second disc, with the documentary "From Alpha to Omega: The Making of 'The Osterman Weekend' (2004)". This documentary was released in 2004, and presents a complete dossier about this movie. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "O Casal Osterman" ("The Osterman Couple")