The Amateur (1981 film)
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Directed by | Charles Jarrott |
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Cinematography | John Coquillon |
Edited by | Stephan Fanfara |
Music by | Kenneth Wannberg |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Budget | US$10 million[1] |
Box office | $6,892,098[2] |
The Amateur is a 1981 Canadian crime/thriller film directed by Charles Jarrott with a screenplay by Robert Littell, which he then adapted into a novel of the same name. It stars John Savage and Christopher Plummer.
Plot[]
When his fiancée is murdered by terrorists, a CIA cryptographer blackmails his superiors into sending him on a field assignment into Czechoslovakia to assassinate those responsible. Once there, however, he discovers a web of deception underneath his fiancée's slaying.
Cast[]
- John Savage as Charles Heller
- Christopher Plummer as Professor Lakos
- Marthe Keller as Elisabeth
- Arthur Hill as Brewer
- Jan Rubeš as Kaplan
- John Marley as Molton
- Ed Lauter as Anderson
Filming locations[]
- Kleinburg, Ontario
- Toronto, Ontario
- Oakville, Ontario
- Valley Halla Estate, Scarborough (Toronto, Ontario)
- Vienna, Austria
Recognition[]
1982 nominations:
- Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction - Trevor Williams
- Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound - Dennis Drummond, Wayne Griffin, Michael O'Farrell
- Genie Award for Best Achievement in Sound Editing - Austin Grimaldi, Joe Grimaldi, Peter Shewchuk, Dino Pigat
- Genie Award for Best Motion Picture - Garth Drabinsky, Joel B. Michaels
- Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor - John Savage
- Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress - Marthe Keller
- Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Christopher Plummer
- Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Nicholas Campbell
- Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Chapelle Jaffe
- Genie Award for Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium -
References[]
- ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989 p259
- ^ Box Office Mojo
External links[]
- The Amateur at IMDb
- The Amateur at AllMovie
- The Amateur (2009) at IMDb (Link currently only available to IMDb Pro subscribers)
- Robert Littell interview
- The Amateur at Rotten Tomatoes
Categories:
- 1981 films
- English-language films
- Canadian films
- Cold War spy films
- Films about terrorism
- 1980s English-language films
- Films set in the United States
- Films shot in Toronto
- 1980s crime thriller films
- Canadian political thriller films
- 20th Century Fox films
- Films directed by Charles Jarrott
- 1980s Canadian film stubs
- Crime thriller film stubs