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Three Days of the Condor

R Released Sep 24, 1975 1h 57m Mystery & Thriller TRAILER for List
87% Tomatometer 54 Reviews 82% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
On a seemingly ordinary day, Joe Turner (Robert Redford), a quiet CIA codebreaker, walks into his workplace and finds that all of his coworkers have been murdered. Horrified, Joe flees the scene and tries to tell his supervisors about the tragedy. Unfortunately, he soon learns that CIA higher-ups were involved in the murders. With no one to trust, and a merciless hit man (Max von Sydow) close on his tail, Joe must somehow survive long enough to figure out why his own agency wants him dead.
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This post-Watergate thriller captures the paranoid tenor of the times, thanks to Syndey Pollack's taut direction and excellent performances from Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway.

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Pauline Kael New Yorker Sydney Pollack doesn't have a knack for action pulp. Oct 11, 2023 Full Review Kevin Maher Times (UK) This peerless Sydney Pollack thriller hasn't just aged well, it's become positively prophetic, or at least eerily resonant. Rated: 5/5 May 8, 2021 Full Review Jay Cocks TIME Magazine A piece of dotty, slightly paranoid intrigue. Three Days of the Condor promises little and keeps its word. It is hard to get indignant about it, or enthusiastic either. Aug 9, 2016 Full Review Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies Three Days of the Condor is a 1970s post-Watergate political thriller that more or less captured the paranoia at the time. Rated: 4.5/5 May 21, 2024 Full Review Yasser Medina Cinefilia A political thriller that, with pulse and tension, evokes in each scene the sense of paranoia that leaves the trail of a bureaucratic conspiracy, where one never knows what can happen around the corner. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 7/10 Jan 16, 2024 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy One of a handful of superb “paranoia thrillers” released during the post-Watergate 1970s, ranking alongside the high-powered likes of The Parallax View, The Conversation, and All the President’s Men. Rated: 4/4 Sep 16, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Michael R They don't make good movies like this anymore. Redord, Von Sydow and Dunaway are fantastic. Loved seeing 1970s Manhattan and Brooklyn. The story is very good but not great or else I would've bumped it up a half star. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/24/24 Full Review Audience Member I've watched this twice over the years and would watch it again. Redford is good in his panic. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/07/24 Full Review Cork B I am so conflicted here. The opening scene is great, and the ramped up paranoia is really well done. I can also appreciate that there isn't a shootout every other scene. But COME ON here - the plot is super (probably deliberately) vague and dumb, the ending is a so-so, Redford seems completely fine with being buddies with the Belgian guy even though he had a hand in the death of all his friends. And OMG Dunaway is SUCH a Stockholm 304!!! Also, camerawork and sound quality are poor. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/29/24 Full Review Leaburn O Before we had Jason Statham running around and killing 700 people in five minutes, we had actually properly crafted secret agent thrillers like this, with slightly more modest levels of violence. Damn I wish modern thrillers had a bit more intelligence to them. This is well worth a watch. A spy thriller with more of a brain. Watched on SKY cinema. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/17/24 Full Review David A Redford's best along with The Sting. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/10/24 Full Review Mark 3 Days of the Condor is a 1970s movie. That is the good news if you want to see 70s cars, dorky mens clothing from the 70s, portrayals of "young people" in the 70s... and it is pretty cool to see the Twin Towers multiple times during the movie- since the media seem to have decided that Americans aren't able to handle the Sept 11 attacks and therefore images of the Twin Towers have been cleansed from our culture. The script sucks. The gist of the plot, something about the US government is doing a shady oil deal, is a most confused and hard to understand thing. The vague description of what all the cloak and dagger has been about for 2 hours is given at the very end. The film has Faye Dunaway and Robert Redford in it, and a few other well known B actors. Other than seeing those great actors, the movie is such a stupid, boring, thing. Don't throw away 2 hours of your life on it. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/17/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Three Days of the Condor: Official Clip - Getting to Know Her Well Three Days of the Condor: Official Clip - Getting to Know Her Well 0:45 Three Days of the Condor: Official Clip - Fine Qualities Three Days of the Condor: Official Clip - Fine Qualities 1:04 Three Days of the Condor: Official Clip - All About Oil Three Days of the Condor: Official Clip - All About Oil 0:55 Three Days of the Condor: Official Clip - A Dangerous Package Three Days of the Condor: Official Clip - A Dangerous Package 2:02 Three Days of the Condor: Official Clip - You Never Complained Three Days of the Condor: Official Clip - You Never Complained 0:38 Three Days of the Condor: Official Clip - You're Sorry? Three Days of the Condor: Official Clip - You're Sorry? 0:45 Three Days of the Condor: Official Clip - Advice From An Assassin Three Days of the Condor: Official Clip - Advice From An Assassin 0:50 Three Days of the Condor: Official Clip - I Just Read Books Three Days of the Condor: Official Clip - I Just Read Books 0:47 Three Days of the Condor: Official Clip - We Play Games Three Days of the Condor: Official Clip - We Play Games 1:55 Three Days of the Condor: Official Clip - Turner Calls For Help Three Days of the Condor: Official Clip - Turner Calls For Help 1:32 View more videos
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Synopsis On a seemingly ordinary day, Joe Turner (Robert Redford), a quiet CIA codebreaker, walks into his workplace and finds that all of his coworkers have been murdered. Horrified, Joe flees the scene and tries to tell his supervisors about the tragedy. Unfortunately, he soon learns that CIA higher-ups were involved in the murders. With no one to trust, and a merciless hit man (Max von Sydow) close on his tail, Joe must somehow survive long enough to figure out why his own agency wants him dead.
Director
Sydney Pollack
Producer
Stanley Schneider
Screenwriter
Lorenzo Semple Jr., David Rayfiel
Distributor
Video Classics, Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Paramount Pictures, Dino de Laurentiis Corp., Wildwood Enterprises
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 24, 1975, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 1, 2013
Runtime
1h 57m
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