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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Patrick Alexander (novel)
Jacques Audiard (writer)
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Release Date:
21 October 1981 (France) more
Plot:
French secret agent Joss Baumont is sent to one of the African countries to kill their president Njala... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Nothing short of a masterpiece! more (21 total)
Cast
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Directed by | |||
| Georges Lautner | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Patrick Alexander | novel | |
| Jacques Audiard | writer | |
| Michel Audiard | writer | |
| Georges Lautner | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Alain Belmondo | .... | producer | |
| Georges Dancigers | .... | delegate producer | |
| Alexandre Mnouchkine | .... | delegate producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Ennio Morricone | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Henri Decaë | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Michelle David | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Eric Moulard | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Philippe Turlure | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Paulette Breil | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Charly Koubesserian | .... | key makeup artist | |
| Jacques Leymond | .... | hair stylist | |
| Alice Schwartz | .... | key hair stylist | |
Production Management | |||
| Alain Belmondo | .... | unit production manager | |
| Dominique Rigaux | .... | production manager | |
Sound Department | |||
| Alain Sempé | .... | sound | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Yves Rodallec | .... | camera operator | |
| Vincent Rossell | .... | still photographer | |
Other crew | |||
| Annie Maurel | .... | script supervisor | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Image Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
- Studio Canal (2002) (France) (DVD)
- Studio Canal (2006) (France) (DVD)
- e-m-s the DVD-Company (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
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The Professional (USA)
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Runtime:
109 min
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4th highest grossing movie of its year in France. Broke the 300,000 admissions mark in Paris; a record at the time. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When the clochards reach the car with the policemen inside, one of the chlochards destroys a bottle on the roof of the car, so the roof gets wet and there are lots of glass splinters on it. In various shots after, the roof is completely clean again. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Les cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma (1995) more
Soundtrack:
Chi Mai more
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| Was The Bourne Identity heavily based on this? | tifrap |
| very ordinary | julianagius |
| The name of the castle? | radim |
| DVD quality | jcorelis |
| best thriller ever | abolishing |
| Region 2 DVD? | carloshache |
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This is a movie I can't help seeing again and again. The classic scenes are so many I don't have enough space to write them. Best of all, the very last scene (Joss exiting the castle). The movie is brilliantly complimented by Ennio Morricone's Chi Mai, a song you must have in your CD drawer. Don't you miss it!