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Agency (1980)

 -  Drama | Thriller  -  August 1981 (USA)
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A mysterious millionaire buys an ad agency and begins to replace its employees with his own people, who don't appear to be advertising types at all. A copywriter begins to suspect that the ... See full summary »

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Ted Quinn
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Philip Morgan
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Brenda Wilcox
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Mimi Oliveri
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Sam Goldstein
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Sgt. Eckersley
Franz Russell ...
George Millar
Michael Kirby ...
Peters (Quinn's Assassin)
Gary Reineke ...
Jones (Second Hitman)
Hugh Webster ...
Inmate
Antony Parr ...
Charlie
Jonathan Welsh ...
Detective Ross
Donald Davis ...
Alexander Stripe
Marilyn Gardner ...
Jill, Philip's Lawyer
Eric Donkin ...
Henry, Criminal Attorney
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A mysterious millionaire buys an ad agency and begins to replace its employees with his own people, who don't appear to be advertising types at all. A copywriter begins to suspect that the man isn't interested in selling products as much as he is in inserting his own sinister political beliefs into the commercials the agency runs on TV in order to subliminally brainwash an unsuspecting public into supporting the causes and candidates he wants them to. When the copywriter confides his suspicions to a friend and soon afterwards is mysteriously killed, his friend begins his own investigation. Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com

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Someone wants to control your mind, and they are using your TV to do it. See more »

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August 1981 (USA)  »

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Mind Games  »

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CAD 4,400,000 (estimated)
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Good story, bad delivery...
4 June 2003 | by (Montreal, Canada) – See all my reviews

I have seen Agency the first time on TV many years ago. Even the French version (done in Paris...) was not bad, but couldn't save it...

Again Montreal passes for an American city (too oblivious that Place Ville Marie is shown too much here) in winter. And Lee Majors tried here, even with a beard, to get rid of the typecast of the Six Million Dollar Man he portrayed, along with Valerie Perrine who wanted to pump some gas in her failing career and Robert Mitchum, a veteran now condemmed to roles in bad films...

The story's good, moving. But bad photography, poor editing (some scenes are too dark) and some weak performances spoil everything. At least Saul Rubinek steals the show here as the employee who tries to denounce the scheme but gets killed by Quinn's secret henchmen...

Sad to say the least: even the interesting stories get some bad treatment. And you don't need subliminal messages to tell it...


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