Trailer The Day of the Jackal

[Simm2Dimm]

1/2 a million....wow, inflation really has gone up

[adamzanzie]

One of my favorite movies ever. Fred Zinnemann made so many wonderful films (High Noon, The Nun's Story, A Man for All Seasons), but this is his masterpiece, hands-down.

[Archangel3583]

Man, these old movie trailers would give away practically the entire movie.

[grinick]

HARRY PALMER MOVIE SITE

[chacalday]

Desde la ciudad de Mexico, D.F., les felicito por mostrar a el mundo este excelente video hacen falta varios Chacales que trabajen en pro del pueblo mexicano para erradicar a muchos buitres que representan a un corrupto y sucio gobierno y que acaban con este pais., para todos un forte abrazo

[acidache]

僕の人生で最高の映画体験をありがとう。

[CocteauDalighari]

This was a great movie: reality was even more bizarre. DeGaulle was a WWII hero: titular chief of the Free French Army in Senegal. But when after 8 yr of battling Algeria he chose to grant it independence in '62, he was the object of army ire.

There was a band of French paratroopers that parachuted into Paris to protest Algerian independence & many attempts on DeGaulle. Later, he withdrew France from NATO.

[amayagab]

I watched this movie because of this scene in The Wire...

watch?v=WkVohPC_YpU

Good movie, great telivision series. Both are a definite Must Watch.

[CReaper210]

I don't understand why people say the original is better. Looks horrible and the acting is terrible. I know that this was the first one and people want it to be better, but it's really not good. Just like most other 'original' movies, the sequal or remake is almost always better in every way.

[Arcane1Soldier]

I guess this was ok back in the day, but now. This trailer looks like shit and the movie, even more shit.

[srmcg288]

@Arcane1Soldier LOLOL thats precious coming from the "arcane" soldier

[l2a3sterling]

@Arcane1Soldier

Perhaps you need to watch the cartoons?

[Arcane1Soldier]

@l2a3sterling I did not like this movie. It was boring and maybe back in the day was awesome, but in in my day. I rather prefer The Jackal with Bruce Willis and Richard Gere. Better re-make.

[l2a3sterling]

@Arcane1Soldier

For me its the real life details and planning in close to real time.

Iit's not a modern bam bam boom movie.

Another old time movie is " the final option" about the sas raid in the 1980's. Its very detailed in showing the SAS always training and how they prepare for a raid.

[yurito71]

Exelente pelicula, electrizante; y estuvo tan cerca de cometer el crimen.. Profesionalismo de ambas parte, del terrorismo y la policia francesa... el mismo chacal le cobro muchisimo dinero a los nacionalistas franceses por matar a De Gaulle, y lo hizo porque se enfrentaria a la "mejor inteligencia de defensa del mundo".. cuando vi esta pelicula, me parecio que las mas de dos horas que dura esta, que fueron solo 30 minutos..Buena Pelicula

[securiti13]

Обалденный фильм!!!

Смотреть всем!!!

[northbeachfilms]

harry palmer LOGO right in the middle of the picture? lame

[tommyAryan]

those junkies from hollywood should look at this movie and say WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW, now that's a movie, that's the way to make movies.

[mclark1972]

Supposedly this was one of Saddam Hussein's favorite films (along with "The Godfather" and the Will Smith film "Enemy of the State").

[thermaldog]

this was the best assassin film ever.

[zequelll]

the funniest part was when he got blown up onto the wall by the guys machine gun fire. that gets me everytime xD

[Boelcke1916]

This is a much better movie than the one with Bruce Willis.

[VioIentGoIdFish]

@mutinyvizeir all credit goes to the author

[Brady2k10]

fuck me... i left that comment a year ago? lol... only seems like a few months ago... man time is going too fast, but anyway im still here because this is a bad ass film, and the character "the jackal" is brilliant, the name and everything, brilliant film, ill be here again next year! SEE YOU THEN!

[61vanilla]

BEWARE OF The (jakkes)JAKhalzen, Zij Knappen de "Vuile"-Klus(JeS) op van de ZWARE JONGens !!!

[bluediver2]

just a masterpiece film i have it on Dvd

[HarvardBoxer]

Wonderful movie, great movie, spectacular... But the OAS truly where idiots.

[PierreBraquemard]

@HarvardBoxer and what exactly do you know about the OAS you idiot? I'm sure you've never heard about the anti-OAS barbouzes. The French hiring an English hitman to do the job is ridiculous since OAS commandos Roger Degueldre & Albert Dovecar assassinated themselves MI6 English spies James Mason & Alfred Fox in Algiers in september 1961 for giving weapons to the arab rebels. That De Gaulle bastard just had the devils luck he should had died at Petit Clamart if not for De Boissieu warning him.

[ronallen10000]

@PierreBraquemard

Wow Pierre...well said. I mean, I'm glad De Gaulle lived. Very glad. But at least you're well informed.

[Fanfardon]

This was the movie that inspired me to become an international pimp.

[amartinjoe]

just saw this movie; it was brilliant from beginning to.......well, I had a problem with the ending; I hate it when hollywood "short-cuts" the ending....sort of "let's get this movie done and over with"; scene....I mean, come on! millions of people out on the streets and our "French hero" finds out where the Jackal is hiding? Great movie; bad ending.

[Seanthejackal]

the man

[AtlanticFriend]

They remained true to Frederick Forsyth's book.

[Blokecameuptome]

I never liked de Gaulle

[vnck25]

Jackal was actually a negro from Congo with a big black dong!!

[zatara92]

i just finished the book. it was wicked! now i want to see the film!

[KapernicusI]

They completely ruined 'The Fourth Protocol' when they made into a film.

[75goodies]

watched this last night, it was on tv at 2 am. Awesome ending.

[diggles8]

i just watched this---damn, that was intense

[ShakibSarkar]

Masterpiece of a lifetime.

[alcatraz38]

superb movie, fantastic..

[GoldenColts]

One of the best assassin thrillers ever made. Remarkable attention to detail, effective pacing and direction create suspense without any musical score.

Love the .22 mag rifle he has custom built, the Jackal had real tradecraft.

[nevanovna]

and all before the mobile phones, brillant film

[000266617]

The thing is, you almost swear that the Jackal will suceed. He is too damn smart.

[tidmouthshed]

Best movie ever made. Style, Direction characterisation, script absolutely magnificent.

[Equilibrio2008]

Totally agree. A masterpiece, the book and movie. Thanks for posting.

[bluediver2]

Great Film i have it on Dvd just a masterpiece of suspense and crime was the old man that got him the special light weight rifle the only one in the film that the Jackal didint kill ? every one he met he killed the ending was great i love this Movie will always be one of my top 10 favorites Edward Fox was magnificent in the Day of the Jackal

[Neil219]

Hi

at first viewing it appears he doesn't kill him. But just look at the faces. He is silenced.

[goldyn12345]

i met edward fox about a month ago, he was very friendly

[kanemura93]

Action and thrillers from the 70s are great!

[ZdenekLU]

Great movie.

[GlobalLEMMINGS]

This has got to be the greatest sniper movie made...

[stegaflaps]

Edward Fox gives a new meaning to the term "commitment"!

[wbaker7]

one of the best political thrillers ever

[Trondyard]

Fred Zinnemann has done a perfect job. This movie is so close to the book, not to mention, that this is the real jackal. I remember how disappointed I've been after watching the '97-failure of this stuff.

[stegaflaps]

Yes....the 97 version stank.............Bruce Willis as the Jackal? (cue rasberry) He i s an action movie actor with a limited acting range.........the worst casting Ive seen. Plus it was way, way overdone.

[trufiend138]

the book was GREAT (the writer got army service/killer in him)...time for the movie!

[stegaflaps]

Edward Fox plays one cold,ruthless SOB in this classic.......he knocks off about 8 people with his bare hands just because they were in his way! This was one of the last true classic thrillers before inane action and special effects took over. This is truly a film for the purists. (see also.........The Quillar Memorandum and The one that got away.)

[Remedyeire]

Just watched it great movie.

Long live the IRA

Tiocfaidh ar la! (Our Day Will Come)

[anarksee]

I read the book;haven't seen this motion picture.I like the book !

[TangerineTangerine]

very well done- saw it only recently.

[brewcity59]

Day of the Jackel, Serpico, The Exorcist, Walking Tall, High Plains Drifter, American Graffiti, Westworld, Charlie Varrick, White Lightning, The Sting, Mean Streets, Electra Glide in Blue, The Laughing Policeman, The Seven-Ups, The Marcus-Nelson Murders, Magnum Force. If 1973 wasn't the best year for movies, ever, I don't know what was.

[mft760]

David Bowie was a great actor in this lol

[stegaflaps]

Yes...........they do bear a resemblence...........David Bowie and Edward Fox.

[timberhoff]

well... i saw yesterday another great movie! "the brother," its a russian hitman movie. Usually i dont like russian movies, but it was good, like this one.

[dwetick]

Ome of my all time favorite movies. Fred Zimmerman is a great director.

[PoshMan4]

Terrific thriller. One thing that always bugs me is that he doesn't complete the mission after all that bloody effort! Michael Lonsdale plays Lebel the detective brilliantly. Although, I would say the book is better.

[ronallen10000]

That's the genius of the story. That's how good an author Forsythe is. You almost want the bad guy to win because you're so invested in his effort.

[tyzhen]

The reason why remakes of such nice movies are usually bullshit, is that , in most cases, the original version concentrates on the suspence, the intrigue, while the remake concentrates on the action, special effects,etc.Besides this,the remakes usually carry the message of some present-time political cliche, aiming to manipulate the viewers, which annoys the t h i n k i n g viewers.

[diddymuck]

one of the flicks you watch if you want to learn how to make movies!!! Brilliant in every detail.

[Brady2k8]

I have this on my comp the film... i downloaded it off of some dodgy website but its full and it works... only prob is its long and i cant upload it at the moment...

[playrewindff]

i have just finished reading the novel and it's awesome! i wonder where i can get a copy of this film?

[SeksiieBiatch95]

without any shadow of a doubt, the best film ever made. thank the lord the American remake, didn't have the same title.

[buttsyrc8]

Great film =is a classic

[ronallen10000]

Amen brother...the remake was crap. The original was awesome.

[Brady2k8]

yea The Jackal with Bruce Wills really sucked big time... it was just plain boring and shit lol.

[vogliounacocacola]

@Brady2k8 You're totally wrong. It was much, much worse than you described :D Expecially when compared to the original one, and even more so compared to the book.

[TheColincm]

@Brady2k8 Totally agree...the original was by far the best!!

[ARXHMalakas]

he destroys an alfa spider that's why he dies

[mft760]

Since when is David Bowie a hitman!?

[Brady2k8]

is it just me or does anyone think about doing something like this, i kno this is just a film but it gives me ideas. I mean there is a lot of people on this planet that deserve to be killed, mainly these politic ppl tht ruin nations and mistreat their ppl for their own wealth and greed.

[triunp]

Last nte I saw it in TCM, I didn't saw from the begining, but it's a great movie, i really like it , is like "The Italian Job", the old version of movies is mostly better than new ones, in my opinion,

[Mobilecheese]

Are you sure it's Godfather I? It's the one where Michael goes to Sicily. Come to think of it ....you're right! It is GF I! Sorry for mix up. Also the Warren Beatty film is Bugsie as in Bugsie Seagal NOT Bugsy Malone!

[Mobilecheese]

" He's the only MAN I know with a bicep in his mouth!"

[Mobilecheese]

As someone said of Edward Fox: " He's the only wan I know with a bicep in his mouth!"

Great actor!

[Mobilecheese]

Also in Shane the gunshots are actually louder than usual.This was done on purpose to make it more realistic. I watched Shane in a cinema and when the gunshots went off people actually leapt with fright.The sound was deafening!The same effect was used in Bugsy Malone with W Beatty as his tribute to the film Shane. Check it out! During the first viewing Beatty sat in a cinema and listened to what people were saying. 'Weren't the gunshots so loud!" they said. Beatty was delighted they'd noticed!

[Mobilecheese]

Two other films used similar effects - The Godfather II and Shane. The scene in GF 2 where the car explodes and Al Pacino is blown over the bushes. He was actually fitted with a rope around his waist. When the car explodes the rope is pulled vigourously and he is 'hurled' backwards and over the bushes. Very impressive! In Shane the scene where Jack Palance shoots the little ex Confederate soldier is enhanced by the fact that the soldier has a rope around his waist. When shot he is pulled back!

[degree7]

Actually that's The Godfather, the first one, not part II. And in The Godfather, when he tries the pistol in the basement he's going to use to kill Solozo and the police chief, he fires the revolver into the target range and it's really fckin LOUD. Made me jump lol.

[Mobilecheese]

Has anyone, who has ever seen the film, think like me there is something strange about the final scene where the Jackal is shot and slams up, back and against the bedroom wall behind him? To me this looks as if the scene was shot sideways so that the Jackal is actually falling back with force and down onto the wall which is now in fact the floor. Has anyone else noticed this? Check it out.The effect was brilliant! A great film! Edward Fox was brilliantas the Jackal and the 2 French cops too!

[Brady2k8]

lol yes i thought that too, when i first watched the film it was great, it was powerful and in a way, shocking, because all that suspense building up to the assasination, i was itching to see if he'd assasinate his target and then they storm through the door and the Jackal gets filled with bullets, slamming up against the wall, almost hitting his head on the ceiling. Great film though, i want to watch it on her, so if anyone has it be sure to share it with us please ^^

[triunp]

yes! it was cut it, coz it was too brutal, for the year.They have to cut it...I saw that ones in a TV show.

[radoxo]

has anyone seen the remake with bruce willis etc? hollywood completely raped it

[Trondyard]

One of the best books I ever read in my life. And still the best film I know in this genre.

BRILLIANT!!!

[opinionado]

An amazing film that manages to create and maintain suspense in spite of the fact that we know how it ends. The writing and directing are taut and the acting captures the clinical ruthlessness of the character.

[wbaker7]

one of the best political thillers

[windtoday]

Excellent movie!!!!

Today,there's no movies shot with such an elegance and style

[AstrosN08]

" ill take on in chestnut brown and one in gray." ive only got clarol dear. "that will be fine" and i like the way he mixed it in the old spice bottles

[batalion666]

This is great movie about lonely professionalist and you have nice pussies here.

[batalion666]

This is great movie about lonely professionalist and you have nice pussies here.

[choqqy]

Frederick Forsyth is the best. The story is very excited. The Jackal is really professional and cold-blood killer.

[4alexza]

OMG! I love his books and never knew therewas a movie! are there any other movies on his books?

[breezeman199]

Great book. Great movie.

[BuddinTheAmazing]

Best thriller ever written.

[g00nther]

Remains the Gold Standard to this day.

[Bentherdonthat]

I know a little bit more that was not fiction it happen and the assassin got him. The innuendo for two being caught at the same time means clones. Degual was one he was left laying in the street the assissn & 2 others came over & started shooting him again as a salamnder hop out of his head. see JFK Assassin Story part 1.

[hegemanskie]

Hey,

I didn't see the film but i've all ready read the book, the day of the jackal. Its a beatifal book!

[link12321]

best assassins film of all time

[combatescrima]

GREAT

[rustiko999]

exelent thriller movie.

[nordog55]

Best action movie ever made

[tidmouthshed]

Best film ever made.

[ModernBabylon]

the trailer hardly does the film or the book justice

[Clonetrooper1139]

Awesome Book.  Great film.

[Brady2k8]

Im 18, i watched this film for the first time last week. I love the way he takes his time to plan things, whilst being chased. Brilliant film.

[ronallen10000]

Good for you! I'm 43, and this is without a doubt my favorite thriller. Frederick Forsythe is the best author the this genere, and I hope you read all his books.

[Brady2k8]

i will although im 19 in feb i really do think i should have been born earlier because i like the "old days" for some reason it really appeals to me ^^

[ronallen10000]

Heh...don't worry about missing any of the "old days". Things weren't any better (or worse) than they are now...despite what various shrieking freaks might try to convince you. Just make sure you dig in and read those books. WELL worth your time.

[mrmesmereyes]

Yes, especially the country scene where the Jackal test fires his .22 Hornet rifle on the melon.

[EternalLifeForYou]

Thanks mate, more clips from this movie would be nice...

[Crete1943]

The .22 Hornet is a CF. The prop in the film is a RF, probably a Stevens .25 cal. Long Rimfire, an obsolete caliber since 1942.