The Jackal (Original title)The Day of the Jackal (Working title)
Date: 1997 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: Michael Caton-Jones
Production company billing: ©Universal City Studios Productions, Inc Mutual Film Company and Universal Pictures present An Alphaville production A Michael Caton-Jones film A Universal release DTS stereo/Digital DTS sound [logo] Mutual Film Company [logo] Universal [logo] UIP - United International Pictures [logo] soundtrack on MCA Records Colour by DeLuxe filmed in Panavision Eastman Color Film
Synopsis: Thriller. The Jackal is a cold, perfectionist assassin who takes on the job, offered by the Russian Mafia, to kill a top American politician for a fee of $70 million.
Genres: Crime, Police drama, Thriller
Subject: Political assassinations
Releases
Date: 1997Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Digital StereoRuntime: 124 mins Language: English
Title: ReviewsAuthor: TSE, David Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Empire n104 February 1998 Page: 35
Title: New filmsAuthor: NEWMAN, Kim Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Variety 10 Nov 1997 Page: 39,40
Title: Film reviewsAuthor: MCCARTHY, Todd Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1134 14 Nov 1997 Page: 18
Title: ReviewsAuthor: HAZELTON, John Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Premiere v11 n1 September 1997 Page: 60,61
Title: Premiere's Ultimate Fall PreviewArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Part of a review of the Autumn 1997 film releases in the USA
In: Neon February 1997 Page: 25
Title: Out there in production: Jackal be the dayAuthor: GRUNDY, Gareth Article type: Prod. ReportLanguage: English
In: Preview n30 Nov/Dec 1997 Pages: 2-6
Title: day of the hunterArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Interview with producer Jim Jacks on THE JACKAL
In: Empire n102 December 1997 Pages: 12-13
Title: Front deskArticle type: Prod. DetailsLanguage: English
In: Premiere v10 n4 December 1996 Page: 50
Title: Jackal Be NimbleAuthor: BERNSTEIN, Jill Article type: Short ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Short article about the casting process
In: Screen International n1087 06 Dec 1996 Page: 7
Title: News in Brief: MCA drops name following Jackal AttackArticle type: NoteLanguage: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v343 n40 27 Aug 1996 Page: 14
Title: Film productionArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Film materials(3)
Description: BFI identifier: C-1082948
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: BFI identifier: C-1082949
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1051088
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Date: 1997 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: Michael Caton-Jones
Production company billing: ©Universal City Studios Productions, Inc Mutual Film Company and Universal Pictures present An Alphaville production A Michael Caton-Jones film A Universal release DTS stereo/Digital DTS sound [logo] Mutual Film Company [logo] Universal [logo] UIP - United International Pictures [logo] soundtrack on MCA Records Colour by DeLuxe filmed in Panavision Eastman Color Film
Synopsis: Thriller. The Jackal is a cold, perfectionist assassin who takes on the job, offered by the Russian Mafia, to kill a top American politician for a fee of $70 million.
Genres: Crime, Police drama, Thriller
Subject: Political assassinations
Releases
Date: 1997Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Digital StereoRuntime: 124 mins Language: English
Credits
(158)
Production Company: Universal Pictures, Production Company: Mutual Film Company, Production Company: Alphaville Productions, Executive Producer: Terence Clegg, Executive Producer: Hal Lieberman, Executive Producer: Gary Levinsohn, Executive Producer: Mark Gordon, Producer: James Jacks, Producer: Sean Daniel, Producer: Michael Caton-Jones, Producer: Kevin Jarre, In Charge of Production: Terence Clegg, Unit Production Manager: Stuart Neumann, Unit Production Manager: Leila Kirkpatrick, Unit Production Manager (Chicago): Karyn McCarthy, Location Manager: Keith Hatcher, Location Manager: Mary Weisgerber-meyer, Post-production Supervisor: Sean Stratton, Assistant Director (1st): Bill Westley, Assistant Director (2nd): Adam Goodman, Assistant Director (3rd): Jane Burgess, Sallie Hard, Script Supervisor: Libbie Barr, Casting: Ellen Chenoweth, Casting (London): Abi Cohen, Leo Davis, Screen Story/Screenplay: Chuck Pfarrer, [Screenplay]: Kevin Jarre, Based on the motion picture screenplay: Kenneth Ross, Director of Photography: Karl Walter Lindenlaub, Aerial Cinematographer: Larry Blanford, Camera Operator: Martin Hume, Camera Operator: Philip Sindall, Pro-Steadicam Operator: Colin Anderson, Visual Effects Co-ordinator: Tricia Owen, Special Visual Effects by: Illusion Arts, Special Visual Effects by: Syd Dutton, Bill Taylor, Illusion Arts (Digital Supervisor): Richard Patterson, Illusion Arts (Lead Digital Compositor): David S. Williams Jr, Illusion Arts (Matte Artist): Kelvin McIlwain, Michael Wassel, Illusion Arts (D'base Software/Pre-scan): Kelly Crawford, Illusion Arts (Optical Effects): Mark Sawicki, Illusion Arts (Lynx Location Motion Cap): Mark Kenaston, Adam Kowalski, Illusion Arts (Producer): Catherine Sudolcan, Visual Effects Animation: Foundation Imaging, Visual Effects Animation Supervisor: Ron Thornton, Location Motion Control: Motion Control Cameras (UK), Effects Animation: Perpetual Motion Pictures, PMP (Effects Animation Supervisor): Richard Malzahn, Additional Effects: Banned From The Ranch Entertainment, BFTR (Additional Effects): Casey Cannon, Van Ling, Special Effects (Supervisor): Yves de Bono, Special Effects (Senior Technician): Andrew Wilson, Special Effects (Technician): Mark Griffin, Special Effects (Designer/Fabricator): John Herzberger, Film Editor: Jim Clark, Production Designer: Michael White, Art Director: Ricky Eyres, Art Director: John Fenner, Set Decorator: Kate Sullivan, Draughtsperson: Gary Freeman, Draughtsperson: Alan Hook, Draughtsperson: Andy Nicholson, Storyboard Artist: John Greaves, Costume Designer: Albert Wolsky, Costume Supervisor: Bill Campbell, Key Set Costumer: Tommy Boyer, Key Make-up Supervisor: Peter Robb-King, Make-up: Isabel Harkness, Make-up: Jane Royle, Make-up (Bruce Willis): Gerald Quist, Make-up (Richard Gere): Felicity Bowring, Key Hair Stylist: Kathy Swanson, Hair Stylist: Eithné Fennell, Rita Troy, Hair Stylist (Bruce Willis): Bunny Parker, Hair Stylist (Richard Gere): Carole Meikle, Title Sequence Design: Simon Taylor, Tomato, Title Sequence Produced by: Mike Wells, HLA, Opticals: Pacific Title, Music: Carter Burwell, Main/End Title Music: Massive Attack, Orchestrations: Sonny Kompanek, Orchestrations (Additional): Michael McCuistion, Executive Album Producer: Tom Sarig, Music Contractor: Sandy Decrescent, Music Editor: Angie Rubin, Original Score Remixer: Danny Saber, Remix Percussion/Overdubs: Ged Lynch, Remix Engineer: Krish Sharma, John Volaitis, Scoring Mixer: Michael Farrow, Music Consultant: Paul Gillon, Music Adviser: Curt Sobel, Production Sound Mixer: David John, Boom Operator: Paul Cridlin, Re-recording Mixer: Chris Jenkins, Re-recording Mixer: Ron Bartlett, Mark Smith, Supervising Sound Editor: Richard King, Dialogue Editor: Michael Haight, Dialogue Editor: Bill Jacobs, Dialogue Editor: Jim Matheny, Sound Effects Editor: Noah Blough, Sound Effects Editor: Simon Coke, Sound Effects Editor: Martin Maryska, Sound Effects Recordist: John Paul Fasal, Eric Potter, ADR Supervisor: Mark Auguste, ADR Mixer: Weldon Brown, ADR Mixer: Tom O'connell, ADR Mixer: Doc Kane, Foley Walker: Gary Hecker, Foley Walker: Jeff Wilhoit, Foley Mixer: Nerses Gezalyan, Foley Editor: Mark Pappas, Foley Editor: Jeffrey Payne, Stunts: Howard Stick Baines, Stunts: Jamie Medearis, Stunts: Dana Bertolotte, Stunts: Charles Page, Stunts: Dennis Bridwell, Stunts: Jim Palmer, Stunts: George Lane Cooper, Stunts: Cris Thomas-Palomino, Stunts: Christy Cotton, Stunts: Dan Plum, Stunts: Douglas Crosby, Stunts: Jodi Michelle Pynn, Stunts: Frank Ferrara, Stunts: Lynn Salvatori, Stunts: Tanner Gill, Stunts: Rick Seaman, Stunts: Debbie Gregg, Stunts: Lincoln Simonds, Stunts: Bill Hart, Stunts: Eric Stabenau, Stunts: Terry Jackson, Stunts: Mark Stefanich, Stunts: Hannah Kozak, Stunts: John Stoneham, Stunts: A. Michael Lerner, Stunts: Neil Summers, Stunts: Jim Lewis, Stunts: Mike Walter, Marine Co-ordinator: John King, Boxing Consultant: John Lawson, Thanks to: Ralph Singleton, Thanks to: Laura Viederman, David Moritz, Weapons Master: John Sprague
Cast
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Bruce Willis (The Jackal), Richard Gere (Declan Mulqueen), Sidney Poitier (Carter Preston, Deputy Director of FBI), Diane Venora (Major Valentina Koslova), Mathilda May (Isabella), J.K. Simmons (Witherspoon), Richard Lineback (McMurphy), John Cunningham (Donald Brown), Jack Black (Lamont), Tess Harper (The First Lady), Leslie Phillips (Woolburton), Stephen Spinella (Douglas), Sophie Okonedo (Jamaican girl), David Hayman (Terek Murad), Steve Bassett (George Decker), Yuri Stepanov (Politovsky), Walt Macpherson (Dennehey), Ravil Isyanov (Ghazzi Murad), Maggie Castle (13 year old girl), Karen Kirschenbauer (speaker), Terrence Currier (surgeon general), Daniel Dae Kim (Akashi), Michael Caton-Jones (man in video), Laura Viederman (woman in video), Peter Sullivan (Vasilov), Richard Cubison (General Belinko), Jim Grimshaw (Green Beret colonel), Greg Miller (paramedic), Bob Kingdom (Ambassador Koldin), Murphy Guyer (NSC rep), Philip Le Maistre (bored teenage clerk), Serge Houde (Beaufres), James Mccauley (CIA rep 1), Terry Loughlin (Davis), Victor Sobchak (doctor), Serge Christiaenssens (immigration officer), Boris Boscovic (interrogator), Ewan Bailey (prison guard), Danette Alberico, Debra Gano (woman with champagne), John Bland (Dave), Pamela Poitier (law clerk), Jonathan Aris (Alexander Radzinski), Eddie 'Bo' Smith Jr (Washington cop), Larry King (himself), Daniel Ziskie (CIA rep 2), Gayle Jessup (reporter), Bill Collins (medic), David Gene Gibbs (pilot), James M. Helkey (co-pilot), Lauren Hulsey ([little girl])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(11)
In: Sight and Sound v8 n2 February 1998 Pages: 45-46Title: ReviewsAuthor: TSE, David Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Empire n104 February 1998 Page: 35
Title: New filmsAuthor: NEWMAN, Kim Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Variety 10 Nov 1997 Page: 39,40
Title: Film reviewsAuthor: MCCARTHY, Todd Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1134 14 Nov 1997 Page: 18
Title: ReviewsAuthor: HAZELTON, John Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Premiere v11 n1 September 1997 Page: 60,61
Title: Premiere's Ultimate Fall PreviewArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Part of a review of the Autumn 1997 film releases in the USA
In: Neon February 1997 Page: 25
Title: Out there in production: Jackal be the dayAuthor: GRUNDY, Gareth Article type: Prod. ReportLanguage: English
In: Preview n30 Nov/Dec 1997 Pages: 2-6
Title: day of the hunterArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Interview with producer Jim Jacks on THE JACKAL
In: Empire n102 December 1997 Pages: 12-13
Title: Front deskArticle type: Prod. DetailsLanguage: English
In: Premiere v10 n4 December 1996 Page: 50
Title: Jackal Be NimbleAuthor: BERNSTEIN, Jill Article type: Short ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Short article about the casting process
In: Screen International n1087 06 Dec 1996 Page: 7
Title: News in Brief: MCA drops name following Jackal AttackArticle type: NoteLanguage: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v343 n40 27 Aug 1996 Page: 14
Title: Film productionArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Film materials(3)
Description: BFI identifier: C-1082948
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: BFI identifier: C-1082949
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1051088
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status