The Jackal (1997 film)
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| Directed by | Michael Caton-Jones |
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| Screenplay by | Chuck Pfarrer |
| Story by | Chuck Pfarrer |
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The Day of the Jackal by Kenneth Ross |
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| Music by | Carter Burwell |
| Cinematography | Karl Walter Lindenlaub |
| Edited by | Jim Clark |
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Mutual Film Company
Alphaville Films |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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124 minutes |
| Country | United States United Kingdom Canada France Germany Japan |
| Language | English Russian |
| Budget | $60 million |
| Box office | $159.3 million |
The Jackal is a 1997 American political action thriller film directed by Michael Caton-Jones, and starring Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, and Sidney Poitier (in his final film appearance to date). The film, which is a loose remake of the 1973 film The Day of the Jackal, involves the hunt for a paid assassin.
A joint mission of the American FBI and the Russian MVD leads to the death of the younger brother of an Azerbaijani mobster (David Hayman). In retaliation, the mobster hires an enigmatic, cold-blooded, sociopathic assassin known only by the pseudonym "The Jackal" (Bruce Willis) to kill an unidentified target. The Jackal demands $70 million for the job, to which the mobster agrees. Meanwhile, the MVD capture one of the mafia's henchmen. During interrogation by torture, the henchman reveals the name "Jackal". This, coupled with the documents recovered from the henchman's briefcase, leads the FBI and MVD to assume the target for the retaliatory hit is FBI Director Donald Brown (John Cunningham).
As the Jackal begins his preparations for the assassination—utilising a series of disguises and stolen IDs in the process—the FBI learns of one person who can identify him. FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston (Sidney Poitier) and Russian Police Major Valentina Koslova (Diane Venora) turn to a former Irish Republican Army sniper named Declan Mulqueen (Richard Gere), who had a relationship with an ETA militant named Isabella Zancona (Mathilda May), who they believe can identify The Jackal. Mulqueen eventually agrees to help in exchange for their best efforts to get him released from prison.
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