The day of the jackal [videorecording] / Universal ; a John Woolf production ; directed by Fred Zinnemann ; produced by John Woolf ; screenplay by Kenneth Ross ; an Anglo-French co-production made by Warwick Film Productions Limited and Universal Productions France S.A.

Published:: Universal City, Calif. : Universal : MCA Universal Home Video, [date of publication not identified][1997]
Copyright Date:: ©1997
Physical Description:: 1 videocassette (143 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Additional Creators:: Fox, Edward, 1937-, Badel, Alan, Britton, Tony, Cusack, Cyril, 1910-1993, Porter, Eric, 1928-1995, Seyrig, Delphine, 1932-1990, Zinnemann, Fred, 1907-1997, Woolf, John, 1913-1999, Ross, Kenneth, 1941-, Forsyth, Frederick, 1938-, Warwick Film Productions, Universal Productions France S.A., Universal Pictures (Firm), and MCA Universal Home Video (Firm)

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Language Note:

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Summary:

Circa summer 1962, British and French police combine to find a professional killer who has been hired by the French OAS to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle, because the extremist group felt the general had betrayed them by granting independence to Algeria. Nameless and faceless, the killer, known by the code name Jackal, methodically prepares for his mission, while the authorities seek to uncover the plot that could stun the world.

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ISBN:

1558801677
9781558801677

Audience Notes:

Rated PG.

Note:

From the book by Frederick Forsyth.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1973.
"This film has been modified from its original version. It has been formatted to fit your TV."--Container.

Creation/Production Credits Note:

Photographed by Jean Tournier ; edited by Ralph Kemplen ; music composed and conducted by Georges Delerue.

Participant/Performer Note:

Edward Fox, Alan Badel, Tony Britton, Cyril Cusack, Michel Lonsdale, Eric Porter, Delhpine Seyrig.

Technical Details:

VHS ; hi-fi, digitally recorded.

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