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Beatty traces the chain of conspiracy back to a shadowy Los Angeles outfit named the Parallax Corp. They seem to be in the business of identifying potential assassins, signing them up and hiring them out to clients. Any client will do; Parallax doesn't seem to be politically oriented and just practices good old American capitalism.
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Feb 23, 2021 · The movie is “ The Parallax View ” (1974), a welcome new addition to the Criterion Collection. It is paranoia personified. That assassination of a U.S. Senator, in the bravura opening sequence set at Seattle’s towering Space Needle, was witnessed by many. Now those people are dying steadily under fishy circumstances.
The Parallax View blends deft direction from Alan J. Pakula and a charismatic Warren Beatty performance to create a paranoid political thriller that stands with the genre's best. Read...
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- Alan J. Pakula
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- Warren Beatty
'The Parallax View' is still one of the most intelligent, tense and effective conspiracy thrillers ever made, and the direction by the late Alan J. Pakula is just about flawless. Highly recommended. 103 out of 129 found this helpful.
Jun 19, 1974 · With Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, William Daniels, Walter McGinn. An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
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- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Alan J. Pakula
- 1974-06-19
The Parallax View is a 1974 American political thriller film starring Warren Beatty, with Hume Cronyn, William Daniels and Paula Prentiss in support. Produced and directed by Alan J. Pakula, its screenplay is by David Giler and Lorenzo Semple Jr., based on the 1970 novel by Loren Singer.
The Parallax View Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies. Fifty years after its release, The Parallax View holds up as a...