Professional Killer Makes A Secret Rifle To Quietly Kill The President !!
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Published 2022-10-02
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I was in the Air Force stationed in France in this period (totally oblivious to all of the Algerian events). One night four of us were in Paris driving around and we accidentally passed de Gaulle’s residence twice. We were stopped by some military guy who sticks his face along with his automatic weapon into our vehicle and tells us in broken English “do not drive past this house a third time”!
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Michel Lonsdale was superb as lebel, and I loved the way once he's done all the hard work it's taken out of his hands, so very true to like in so many cases.
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This movie is a masterpiece! There was an attempt to recreate this story years later on the big screen and it SUCKED! The 1973 production had superior writing, brilliant directing, and a stellar cast. A+ production.
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SPOILER AHEAD: Anyone else disappointed the jackel missed?
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7:40 The part where the Detective talks about tapping them all is my favorite in the original movie.
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This version was so much better than the remake with Bruce Willis!
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The Jackal's only real mistake was right at the end, after detective Lebel and the gendarme burst through the door and he kills the gendarme he shouldn't have bothered trying to reload, he simply could have taken out Lebel hand to hand, since he's quite good at that. He would then have had plenty of time to reload and take another shot at De Gaulle.
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The book and the film are absolutely superb. If you read the first 20 pages of the novel or watch the first 20 minutes of the film, you'll be hooked.
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8:58 went from the best to the worst assassin ever 😂
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Citroen DS. That's a heck of a car, as it's unique suspension is said to help the car driving although attackers punctured a tire with the bullets. The car can hold itself upright with three tires. After this event Charles de Gaulle is said to just have been driven in this car. It is an icon and still said to be the most comfortable car due to the suspension even in comparison to newer ones
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Edward Fox looks so natural wearing an ascot.
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I love the book. One of the few movies where I rooted for the "bad guy". Would read it again.
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A great adaptation of the book, as well, which had a more in-depth view of the Algerian Colonial effects inside post-war France.
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I have both seen the film, and read the book. The book goes into a lot of detail, about how each member of the OAS was connected to the organisation. After reading the book, I was glad that the Jackal was unsuccessful, as it shows him as a nasty piece of work. The fact that both the book, and film, are based on true events, is something powerful as well.
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A few years later Fox was in A Bridge Too Far as Lieutenant General Brian Horrocks. There's a scene where Fox as Horrocks gets on stage and his men start applauding - a friend asked me why they were applauding and I said it was because they appreciated his trying to kill de Gaulle several movies earlier.
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An excellent movie , so well written and made . All educated know that the French President was not assassinated and yet the movie still maintains the suspense . And the magnificent performance of Edward Fox !
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This is a gem, a master piece. Definetly on my top 10.
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It’s a great movie, much better than the remake
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Imagine a whole movie and you miss lmao
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The Day of the Jackal is a great movie 👍
