The Osterman Weekend (Original title)Mission CIA (Alternative title)
Date: 1983 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: Sam Peckinpah
Production company billing: ©1983. Osterman Weekend Associates [1:85:1]
Synopsis: Crime, drama, thriller. Once a year, Tanner invites a small group of friends, with whom he studied at Berkley, to a social gathering known as the Osterman Weekend, named after Bernard Osterman, at whose home the first such meeting took place. Shortly before the latest Osterman Weekend is due to happen, the CIA convinces Tanner that one of his friends is a KGB operative involved in a conspiracy that threatens national security. He agrees to have his home wired with video and audio surveillance equipment in the hopes of uncovering the traitor. On arrival at Tanner's house, the friends soon realise what's going on and the amiable tone of the weekend rapidly degenerates into a tense psychological battle of wits leading to an orgy of violence.
Genre: Thriller
Subject: Espionage
Releases
Date: 14 October 1983Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - SoundRuntime: 105 mins Length: 9471 FeetLanguage: English
Date: 1983 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: Sam Peckinpah
Production company billing: ©1983. Osterman Weekend Associates [1:85:1]
Synopsis: Crime, drama, thriller. Once a year, Tanner invites a small group of friends, with whom he studied at Berkley, to a social gathering known as the Osterman Weekend, named after Bernard Osterman, at whose home the first such meeting took place. Shortly before the latest Osterman Weekend is due to happen, the CIA convinces Tanner that one of his friends is a KGB operative involved in a conspiracy that threatens national security. He agrees to have his home wired with video and audio surveillance equipment in the hopes of uncovering the traitor. On arrival at Tanner's house, the friends soon realise what's going on and the amiable tone of the weekend rapidly degenerates into a tense psychological battle of wits leading to an orgy of violence.
Genre: Thriller
Subject: Espionage
Releases
Date: 14 October 1983Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - SoundRuntime: 105 mins Length: 9471 FeetLanguage: English
Credits
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©/Production Company: Osterman Weekend Associates, Executive Producer: Marc W. Zavat, Executive Producer: Michael Timothy Murphy, Executive Producer: Larry Jones, Producer: William N. Panzer, Producer: Peter S. Davis, Associate Producer: Don Guest, Associate Producer: E.C. Monell, Unit Production Manager: Don Guest, Production Co-ordinator: Judith Pritchard, Production Co-ordinator: Karen Altman, Location Manager: Richard Davis, Location Manager: Jim Thompson, Production Assistant: Robert Kensinger, Production Assistant: Debbie Pinthus, 2nd Unit Director: Rod Amateau, Dialogue Director: Walter Kelley, Assistant Director (2nd): Robert Rooy, Assistant Director (1st): Win Phelps, 2nd Unit Assistant Director: Laura Andrews, Screenplay: Alan Sharp, Adaptation: Ian Masters, Original Novel: Robert Ludlum, Director of Photography: John Coquillon, 2nd Unit Photographer: Jacques Haitkin, Camera Operator: Michael A. Benson, Assistant Photographer: Dick McNartis, Assistant Photographer: Eugene Earle, Assistant Photographer: Don Fauntleroy, Assistant Photographer: Julio Macat, Video Co-ordinator: Todd Grodnick, Special Photography: Arthur Mele, Optical Effects: Movie Magic, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Peter Chesney, Special Effects: Image Engineering, Computer Programmer: Jeffrey Semel, Editor: David Rawlins, Editor: Edward Abroms, Assistant Editor: Randy D. Thornton, Visual Consultant: Cloudia, Art Director: Robb Wilson-King, Set Decorator: Keith Hein, Set Dresser: Richard Baum, Set Dresser: Eric Holst, Set Dresser: Raye Fox, Set Dresser: Louise Sharp, Set Dresser: Cheryl Cutler, Costumer: Bernadene C. Mann, Key Costumer: George Little, Make-up: Robert Siddell, Title Design: Ray Mercer & Company, Music: Lalo Schifrin, Music Supervisor: David Franco, Music Editor: Dan Carling Sr, Sound Design: Alan Howarth, Sound Supervisor: Jim Troutman, Sound Recording: Bayard Carey, Sound Recording: Rick Ricco, Sound Mixer: Richard Goodman, Sound Re-recording: Glen Glenn Sound, Sound Re-recording: William McCaughey, Sound Re-recording: Mel Metcalfe, Sound Re-recording: Terry Porter, Sound Editing: The Pros, Sound Editor: Richard E. Raderman, Sound Editor: Kevin Spears, Sound Editor: Russell Hill, Sound Editor: Bruce Lacey, Sound Editor: David Caldwell, Sound Editor: Anthony Magro, Sound Editor: David Stone, Stunt Co-ordinator: Thomas Huff, Stunts: Glenn R. Wilder, Stunts: Steve M. Davison, Stunts: Alan Oliney, Stunts: Steve Hulin, Stunts: Fred M. Waugh, Stunts: Justin Derosa, Stunts: Rex Pierson, Stunts: Janet Brady, Stunts: George P. Wilbur, Stunts: Donna Garrett, Stunts: Carl Ciarfalio, Stunts: Joanne Anderson, Stunts: Scott Wilder, Stunts: Norman Howell, Stunts: Bobby Bass, Animal Trainer: Robert Weatherwax
Cast
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Rutger Hauer (John Tanner), John Hurt (Lawrence Fassett), Meg Foster (Ali Tanner), Dennis Hopper (Richard Tremayne), Craig T. Nelson (Bernard Osterman), Helen Shaver (Virginia Tremayne), Cassie Yates (Betty Cardone), Burt Lancaster (Maxwell Danforth), Chris Sarandon (Joseph Cardone), Sandy McPeak (Stennings), Christopher Starr (Steve Tanner), Cheryl Carter (Marcia Heller), John Bryson (honeymoon groom), Anne Haney (honeymoon bride), Kristen Peckinpah (Tremayne's secretary), Marshall Ho'o (martial arts instructor), Jan Tríska (Mikalovich), Hansford Rowe (General Keever), Merete Van Kamp (Zuna Brickman), Bruce Block (floor manager), Buddy Joe Hooker (kidnapper), Tim Thomerson (motorcycle cop), Deborah Chiaramonte (nurse), Walter Kelly (1st agent), Brick Tilley (2nd agent), Eddie Donno (3rd agent), Den Surles (assailant), Janeen Davis (1st stage manager), Robert Kensinger (2nd stage manager), Buckley F. Norris (technician), Gregory Joe Parr (helicopter pilot), Don Shafer (helicopter agent), Irene Gorman Wright (executive assistant)