Discuss Three Days of the Condor
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Great, suspenseful spy film
posted by PT 100STAFFMOD on June 2, 2017 at 9:55 PM
Featuring a good lead cast (Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, Max von Sydow, John Houseman) and a fine supporting cast, this film has almost nonstop suspense. I think it's one of my favorites among all films, not just spy films. The ending is just as relevant today as it was in 1975--perhaps even more so.
Reply by DanDare
on June 2, 2017 at 10:16 PM
Well it was one of the 1970s paranoia movies that inspired Captain America 2 which featured Redford.
Reply by tmdb53400018
on June 3, 2017 at 12:47 PM
SPOILER
That massacre in the building that Redford worked at certainly set the stage for a solid thriller.
Reply by tmdb40011370
on November 26, 2019 at 12:57 PM
Always fascinated me the idea of a CIA splinter group working inside the CIA!
Am surprised it hasn't been rebooted, not that it needs it to be honest. The only thing I really didn't like with the love-interest between Redford/Dunaway, which for me was an unnecessary distraction
Reply by PT 100
on November 26, 2019 at 3:59 PM
They usually do the love-interest thing in this type of film. I think it may be an effort to get some of the female audience to watch, as well as providing some eye candy for the guys. Same thing happens in James Bond films, and even part of the Jason Bourne series.
Reply by tmdb40011370
on November 26, 2019 at 4:02 PM
Possibly, but as a female myself I was more focused on the main story than having it slowed right down to invest us with some shallow love interest between two complete strangers.