Three Days of the Condor: Oil Fields

From "Three Days of the Condor" (1975). WARNING **SPOILERS**. CIA bookworm Joe Turner/Condor (Robert Redford) confronts rogue CIA senior member Leonard Atwood, who attempted to have him killed. Just as Condor discovers Atwood's nefarious plans involving the Middle-East, enter freelance assassin G. Joubert (Max Von Sydow) and then the plots twists come fast and furious.

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[Bigdoggq33]

Best scene of the movie next to the Mailman scene,what is the name of that song playing in the background?

[tlibber]

@Bigdoggq33 It's "I Got You Where I Want You" by Jim Gilstrap.

[tlibber]

My pleasure Yaesu...way ahead of it's time, yes? See the whole movie if you can.

[roquefortfiles]

God i miss movies that actually took their time to tell the story and not treat the audience like some short attention span idiot. This is the last of the true Golden Age of Hollywood. One of my favorite films because it gets you mentally involved not just a passive participant like so much of the utter drivel that is made these days. Scenes that matter and have impact. When Joubert shows up here it is truly stunning. Max terrified me in that role, so cool and intelligent. A total classic

[Terry5135]

I always loved that movie (and book, Six Days of the Condor), but I also always hated the stupidity of Redford's finger prints being left all over the damned radio, LOL.

[coreyagraph]

max von sydow should have won a academy award for this....

[irish89055]

@roquefortfiles you hit the nail on the head roque...... maybe not the last and some newer films are quite good, but many are crapola with CGI and misplaced foley effects, ect... though today you'd see his brains blow out .... Yes, Joubert is one of most terrifying roles .... the hit was also one of the most chilling scenes ever.. ( the most being the ending of both " On the Beach" movies)

[Alkemyst426]

All these years later, still a great scene, still a great movie...

[ftlshome1]

when movies were movies, god i miss the day

[Terry5135]

@DAngelo136 These points your making that reveal you saw the movie (!) are irrelevant. Turner went in wearing gloves; furthermore, Joubert asked him if he touched anything and wiped down himself. The point is, movies are not perfect - movie makers make errors. It resulted in a loose end. If the police accept that it's a suicide, fine, even if they do take fingerprints. But if there's suspicion of homicide and if the wife heard voices, there's trouble. Your rationale bails out the film makers.

[DAngelo136]

@Terry5135 I stand by my comments: Joubert KNEW Turner was going to be there, he references that when he tells him that the move was "predictable". I'm skeptical due to the fact that the "predictable" move would be to get away from the assasin, not to find out who put out the contract. Turner is Atwood's loose end, not Higgins. Only when Atwood is terminated, does Turner now become the final loose end and thus Joubert's advice to Turner. Think it through.

[Terry5135]

@DAngelo136 I think you've forgotten the scene. Max Von Sydow was there too. The second to last scene in the movie.

But it was a minor quibble. As I said, I liked that movie AND the novel which it was based on.

[DAngelo136]

@Terry5135 you have to remember, he's an amateur being hunted by a professional.

[campcasey62]

@roquefortfiles

In full agreement.