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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:

Christian Duguay

Writers (WGA):

Dan Gordon (written by) &
Sabi H. Shabtai (written by)

Contact:

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Release Date:

26 September 1997 (USA) more

Genre:

Action | Thriller more

Plot:

An American naval officer is recruited for an operation to eliminate his lookalike, the infamous terrorist Carlos The Jackal. full summary | add synopsis

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User Comments:

This movie never lets up. more (50 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Aidan Quinn ... Lt. Cmdr. Annibal Ramirez / Carlos

Donald Sutherland ... Jack Shaw / Henry Fields

Ben Kingsley ... Amos

Claudia Ferri ... Maura Ramirez
Céline Bonnier ... Carla

Vlasta Vrana ... KGB Head Officer
Liliana Komorowska ... Agnieska
Von Flores ... Koj
Al Waxman ... Carl Mickens - CIA
Mitchell David Rothpan ... Joey Ramirez

Gregory Hlady ... KGB Aide
Gabriel Marian Oseciuc ... KGB Agent
Frédéric Desager ... KGB Agent
Kliment Denchev ... KGB Technician
Yonathan Gordon ... Yoni
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Jackal (USA) (working title)
Le mandat (Canada: French title)
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MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, sexuality and language.

Runtime:

Spain:111 min | USA:115 min | Canada:119 min (Ontario)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:14A (Ontario) | UK:18 | South Korea:15 (video rating) (cut) | South Korea:18 (original rating) | Philippines:R-18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Acre, Israel more

Company:

Allegro Films more


Fun Stuff

Goofs:

Factual errors: According to the subtitles, the Russian officer at the KGB headquarters reports to his superior that "the C.I.A. has deposited in Zurich fifty million dollars into the account of a Mister Paulo Ortega". However, actually he says is: "We have just obtained information from our representative in Zurich that the head of the C.I.A. has opened an account in the amount exceeding fifty thousand dollars in the name of Paulo Ortega" more

Quotes:

Maura Ramirez: You started smoking again?
Annibal Ramirez: Yeah. I'll be doing heroin soon.
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Movie Connections:

References Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) more

Soundtrack:

Swing Dixie more


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11 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
This movie never lets up., 12 January 1999
Author: Tom Chenevert (markviilin@aol.com) from Dunstable, Ma

I don't usually like these kind of espionage movies due to their being dull and predictable. Well, I have changed my mind with this one. This was a real sleeper with a real intelligent story line that keeps you guessing and surprised throughout. Also the surround sound and the great camera work really adds to it. On a scale of 1-10, I would give it a 10 as I don't know how you could make a better film on this subject.

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(SPOILERS) When does Carlos become Anibal? vpsaline
Eat sh*t and die slow? dipetriantonio
SPOILERS: Fingerprints, anyone??? dboero
a copy of bollywood movie don sahayog_mardan
Great Film . . . Completely overlooked! highbloc
Too Underrated stefan899
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