There are always some old movies that are always new and always tired, and the 1973 British-French co-production of "The Day of the Jackal" is such an old movie.
The film is close to 2 and a half hours, which is seriously in line with the length of the movie that old K likes.
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"The Day of the Jackal" movie script - excerpt from Douban - Maverick:
NARRATOR: August 1962 was a time of serious crisis in France. President de Gaulle recognized Algeria's independence, which many believed to be a betrayal of the motherland. These radicals were almost exclusively soldiers who, in retaliation, vowed to assassinate de Gaulle.
The Citroen DS19 sedan in the film is cool.
4. Elysee Palace
The ministers' cars, the Citroen DS19, were parked in a circle in the front yard.
The tricolor flag flutters in the evening wind. An old man who looked like a steward came out of the main entrance, clapped his palms twice, and reminded his fellow machines: "Now the cabinet meeting is over." ”
The hands of the clock on the door are pointed at 7:45.
One by one, the Citroën cars drove to the main entrance, and in turn welcomed the ministers who had finished the meeting into the car and drove out the door.
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As the presidential car, the DS19 was hit by 14 guns, the left front and right rear tires burst, relying on advanced gas suspension to support the body full of bullet holes to seize the road, with leading technology and strong safety to carry General de Gaulle out of the siege.
Customized block is cooler.
The 1973 version of the Jackal's rhythm looks a little slow, but it is very chewy, the plot setting, the climactic preparation is wonderful every minute and second!
The excitement of this film is also inseparable from the unique performance of British actor Edward Fox!
In "The Distant Bridge", he played the commander of the British 30th Army, General Holox, very brilliantly!
The speech mobilized by the senior generals before the war in the movie "Distant Bridge" is very wonderful!
A photo of General Holox himself on the WIKI.
Edward Fox's younger brother is also a familiar British actor.
Poster for the 1973 edition of The Jackal's Day.
DVD cover
Movie posters.
The part of the above picture was selected by old K as the avatar of the forum:
Other films about Jackals
CC released a 3-episode mini-series "Carlos" that lasted nearly 6 hours, in a realistic style.
Bruce Willis and Richard Keele starred in "Sniper Professional Killer", the actor, although a big name, is the worst texture of the Jackal movie that old K has ever seen, this new version of 1997 is far inferior to the old version of 1973 25 years ago, and even not as good as the other Jackal of the year, "Jackal Trap" The Assignment (1997)
■ Blu-ray
N years ago, old K watched the DVD of this film, 3 years ago saw the HDTV HD version, and in September of this year (2017), the British Arrow Shadow Company will release the second Blu-ray version of the film.
This version of the Blu-ray cover is cool.
The first Blu-ray version of the film was released in Australia in March 2017.
The Blu-ray version of the U.S. area that has long been previewed is still in the trailer.
■ Original novel and villain book
It is said that the original work of this piece is a must-read Bible for assassins, and in order to look at the Bible, Old K bought Chinese new version of the original book.
This is a new edition of Nova Press in 2012, and below is the boss of Nova in 2009.
It was also found that in 1979, the China Film Publishing House also published a book of the same name. The picture comes from Confucius Old Book Network - Lang Lang Book Society
Several editions of the comic book have also been published.
China Comic Strip Society 92 edition, painted by Cao Hui, photo courtesy of - Lianqu Network - popeye
Sichuan People's Society 83 edition, illustrated by Cheng Guoying, picture provided - Lianqu Network - popeye
The blocker rifle on the cover of this volume is exactly the same as it was drawn from the 1973 version of the film.
Shandong Fine Arts Publishing House, picture provided - Lianqu Network - cq big cub
Fujian People's Publishing House, photo courtesy of -Lianqu.com-cq Cub
Lingnan Fine Arts Publishing House, photo courtesy of - Lianqu Network - August Butterfly Yellow
Interestingly, the assassination climax on the inner page of this version of the comic strip is not based on the scene in the movie, but more like a reference to the scene of Kennedy's assassination in the convertible, the assassination of De Gaulle in 1962, the success of Kennedy in 1963, the bloody assassination era.