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Klute (1971) -- A small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute.
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Director:
Writers:
Andy Lewis (written by) and
David P. Lewis (written by)
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Release Date:
25 June 1971 (USA) more
Tagline:
One man is missing. Two girls lie dead. ...and someone breathing on the other end of the phone. [USA Theatrical] more
Plot:
A small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 5 wins & 5 nominations more
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(14 articles)
The Forgotten: Head Shots
 (From The Auteurs. 4 December 2009, 1:25 PM, PST)

Top 10 conspiracy films of the 70s
 (From HeyUGuys. 3 December 2009, 5:19 AM, PST)

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A Classic Film-Noir With Awesome Performance of Jane Fonda more (66 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jane Fonda ... Bree Daniels

Donald Sutherland ... John Klute
Charles Cioffi ... Peter Cable

Roy Scheider ... Frank Ligourin

Dorothy Tristan ... Arlyn Page
Rita Gam ... Trina
Nathan George ... Det. Lt. Trask
Vivian Nathan ... Psychiatrist
Morris Strassberg ... Mr. Goldfarb
Barry Snider ... Berger
Betty Murray ... Holly Gruneman
Jane White ... Janie Dale
Shirley Stoler ... Momma Reese
Robert Milli ... Tom Gruneman
Anthony Holland ... Actor's Agent
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Runtime:
114 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Jane Fonda's Best Actress Oscar acceptance speech for this movie was one of the shortest in movie history: "Thank you...thank you very much members of the Academy and thank all of you who applauded. There's a great deal to say and I'm not going to say it tonight, I would just like to really thank you very much." more
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Continuity: Bree's surname is inconsistent (Daniel or Daniels) throughout the entire movie. The end credits read Daniel. more
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Bree Daniel: Don't feel bad about losing your virtue. I sort of knew you would. Everybody always does. more
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14 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
A Classic Film-Noir With Awesome Performance of Jane Fonda, 6 October 2005
9/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In Pennsylvania, when his old friend, the laboratory engineer Tom Gruneman (Robert Mili), vanishes, detective John Klute (Donald Sutherland) is hired by Tom's colleague Peter Cable (Charles Cioffi) to search for him. The unique lead is an obscene letter written by Tom to a call-girl in New York called Bree Daniels (Jane Fonda), and Klute moves to the Apple city to investigate the disappearance of Tom. Klute blackmails Bree to help him to find other prostitutes that might have been with Tom using some tapes of her phone calls that he had secretly recorded. They realize that some is stalking Bree, while Klute falls in love for Dress, and she has some sort of feeling that she can not understand for him.

In 1971, Jane Fonda was a muse worshiped by many teenagers like me, and I was particularly following her work through the sexy and cult sci-fi "Barbarella" and "They Shoot Horses, Don't They", an excellent adaptation of Horace McCoy's novel of the same name that had impressed me a lot. "Klute" was considered erotic in those times and the scene where Dree fakes an orgasm while looking at her watch was a sensation. Later I saw this movie many times on VHS, and now I have just bought the DVD.

"Klute" is really a classic film-noir, one of my favorite movies ever, with an engaging story with thriller, crime and romance, magnificent direction and stunning performances of Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland in the role of very believable characters. Jane Fonda deserved the Oscar perfectly playing a very complex character, strong and insensitive with her clients, fragile and confused with love. It is amazing how this movie has not aged and how much I like it every time I see it. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "Klute, O Passado Condena" ("Klute, the Past Condemns")

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