A professional assassin codenamed Jackal plots to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France. The Day of the Jackal is a 1973 English-language Crime Drama film starring Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale, Terence Alexander, Cyril Cusack, Derek Jacobi, Michel Auclair and François Valorbe. The movie is inspired from The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth. Warwick Films in association with Universal Productions France. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) John Woolf. The Day of the Jackal is written by Frederick Forsyth and Kenneth Ross and it is directed by Fred Zinnemann. Universal Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. The Day of the Jackal was released on 15th June 1973 and takes a screen time of 142 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. The film made a box office gross of $16 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Kenneth Ross. Cinematography was done by Jean Tournier and editing by Ralph Kemplen. The music was composed by Georges Delerue.
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The Day of the Jackal Reviews and Ratings
Average Review Rating : positive
Positive Review Rating : 61%
Roger Ebert
I wasnt prepared for how good it really is: its not just a suspense classic, but a beautifully executed example of filmmaking. ( Read More )
Dennis Schwartz
The film was well acted by this mostly British cast of established character actors and Zinnemann did a fine job of presenting the narrative in such a precise way despite offering no psychological analysis or humor. ( Read More )
Emanuel Levy
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Nick Hilditch
Though not without its car crashes and incidental killings, The Day of the Jackal is shot with the same neutrality displayed by its titular assassin, whether hes lifting passports from hapless Danish teachers or funneling hair dye into Old Spice bottles.For all its cold blooded murder, the most violent image in the film is a bursting watermelon, a taste of the Jackals plans for the French Presidents head. ( Read More )