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The Assignment (Le mandat) (1997)

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Aidan Quinn Aidan Quinn
Lt. Cmdr. Annibal Ramirez / Carlos
Donald Sutherland Donald Sutherland
Jack Shaw / Henry Fields
Claudia Ferri Claudia Ferri
Maura Ramirez
Vlasta Vrana Vlasta Vrana
KGB Head Officer


Written by
Dan Gordon Dan Gordon
(written by)
Sabi H. Shabtai Sabi H. Shabtai
(written by)


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not another remake!

16 years, 5 months ago at Nov 6 3:29
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Aidan Quinn plays a killer, and a lookalike who is hired to find that killer, the infamous Carlos "The Jackal". Kingsley is an Israeli agent, while Sutherland is the recruiting agent.

First, I *have* to comment on the lousy, let's emphasize this, very lousy location scouting. The street shown right at the beginning is Rue St-Paul in Montreal, and the scene after that is a decor of t... read more

A good movie

12 years, 11 months ago at May 31 11:33
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Honestly, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a pretty nice cast, I thought I might as well give it a try. Basically, it is a rather unknown and quite obscure flick (it is in fact a Canadian production and, apparently, it was mostly shot in Montréal but it is not something that bothered me) but I thought it was actually pretty good and, in my opinion, it is actually... read more
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Release date: 26 September 1997
UPC: 043396283596
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Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1884 movies items)

" The Assignment is a 1997 spy action thriller film directed by Christian Duguay and starring Aidan Quinn (in two roles), with Donald Sutherland and Ben Kingsley. The film, written by Dan Gordon and Sabi H. Shabtai, is set mostly in the late 1980s and deals with a CIA plan to use Quinn's character to masquerade as the Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal. Released the same year, as The Jackal, the former was a bigger success than the later. The Assignment, was film partially in Montreal, Q"


Agent Kermit D. Fonz added this to a list 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1884 movies items)

" The Assignment is a 1997 spy action thriller film directed by Christian Duguay and starring Aidan Quinn (in two roles), with Donald Sutherland and Ben Kingsley. The film, written by Dan Gordon and Sabi H. Shabtai, is set mostly in the late 1980s and deals with a CIA plan to use Quinn's character to masquerade as the Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal. Released the same year, as The Jackal, the former was a bigger success than the later. The Assignment, was film partially in Montreal, Q"


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" Directed by: Christian Duguay Produced by: Tom Barry, Franco Battista, Joseph N. Cohen, and David Saunders Written by: Dan Gordon and Sabi H. Shabtai Cinematography: David Franco and Christian Duguay Edited by: Yves Langlois Music by: Normand Corbeil Distributed by: Triumph Films"


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