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Klute

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This acclaimed thriller stars Jane Fonda as Bree Daniel, a New York City call girl who becomes enmeshed in an investigation into the disappearance of a business executive. Detective John Klute (Donald Sutherland) is hired to follow Daniel, and eventually begins a romance with her, but it appears that he hasn't been the only person on her trail. When it becomes clear that Daniel is being targeted, it's up to her and Klute to figure out who is after her before it's too late.
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Donald Sutherland is coolly commanding and Jane Fonda a force of nature in Klute, a cuttingly intelligent thriller that generates its most agonizing tension from its stars' repartee.

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Dave Kehr Chicago Reader 02/18/2020
As close to a classic as anything New Hollywood produced. Go to Full Review
David Robinson Financial Times 02/12/2020
What lifts it above its B-picture origins (and the pastiche is certainly conscious) is the style -- crisp, elliptical, only moderately arty -- of Alan J. Pakula's direction. Go to Full Review
Derek Malcolm Guardian 02/12/2020
This is done with remarkably little dialogue but with a tremendous sense of tension and atmosphere. Go to Full Review
Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Dec 29
9/10
For the bulk of the film, it’s a character study rather than a crime thriller, which continues to help with the hyper-realism and Bree's personal complexity. Go to Full Review
Alan Jones Radio Times 08/08/2024
5/5
There's nail-biting suspense in spades, thanks to the atmospheric cinematography of Godfather cameraman Gordon Willis. Go to Full Review
Dave Giannini InSession Film 02/21/2024
In cinema, thankfully, there are no absolutes and no easy answers. Sure, there are generalities but a great film, especially with a transcendent performance, can take those rules and tear them into a million pieces. Go to Full Review
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rex w Dec 11 Jane Fonda's masterpiece perfomance. She makes a ho-hum film a must-see classic. See more Charmaine B Nov 23 So tense and amazing. Fonda and Sutherland are really top of game. But I WOULD have to watch it while alone at night. Now it's 3am and I need to relax. Geez. Wish I had a Klute here. But at least I don't have a profession that attracts weirdos. See more Joe D Sep 12 bad girl jane tries to hit you over the head with sex drugs and boredom. 1 hr in and you can't wait for klute to do something, anything to break the boredom. See more Mark B Aug 5 The film has the wrong title. This is Fonda's movie. She owns it. Captivating, complex, haunting, troubling. She has a hard shell but there's a vulnerability about her. We can feel it. Her voice is all matter of fact, her interactions, her emotions. It all feels so real, as if we have stumbled into a real-life documentary about a call-girl with a high IQ who is linked to a missing male client. Donald Sutherland's deadpan persona as the dogged private eye adds brilliantly to the chalk and cheese relationship that develops between the two. Give her the right subject and Jane Fonda really will shine as a remarkably talented actress. See more Stephen C @bob25009 Jun 27 Success in 1 hour and 54 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Blu B Jun 21 A Classic Thriller. Everyone is really good but Jane Fonda is phenominal playing the strong willed but vulnerable lead. Her character is fasinating and watching her interact with the distant but caring Sutherland is really interesting. The cinematography is exception too with fantastic direction by Paulka. It's a memorable setting and very creepy. Everything else is really well done. Really there's only two issues here. First this is very much a romance along with a missing person murder mystery and the romance/character development oddly enough can distract and take away from the mystery. But it's fasinating to watc still. Second the reveal at the end is....alright. The villian isn't really anything special and a bit of a letdown. If anything the journey to figure out who the stalker is, is much more interesting and better executed than the actual reveal. Probably why they have to do a long winded plot expose to make it make sense. I mean I could see the clues but still it's so ehh. But regardless the execution, Jane Fonda's performance, and the journey there make up for it hoenstly. Anyone who is a fan of any actors in this, the director, or thrillers in general should give this a try. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis This acclaimed thriller stars Jane Fonda as Bree Daniel, a New York City call girl who becomes enmeshed in an investigation into the disappearance of a business executive. Detective John Klute (Donald Sutherland) is hired to follow Daniel, and eventually begins a romance with her, but it appears that he hasn't been the only person on her trail. When it becomes clear that Daniel is being targeted, it's up to her and Klute to figure out who is after her before it's too late.
Director
Alan J. Pakula
Producer
Alan J. Pakula
Screenwriter
Andy Lewis, David P. Lewis
Distributor
Warner Bros.
Production Co
Warner Brothers
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 23, 1971, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2008
Runtime
1h 54m
Sound Mix
Mono
Aspect Ratio
35mm, Scope (2.35:1)
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