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The Jackal (1997) -- An imprisoned IRA sniper is freed to help stop a brutal, seemingly "faceless" assassin from completing his next job.

Overview

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Writers (WGA):
Kenneth Ross (earlier screenplay Day of the Jackal)
Chuck Pfarrer (screen story)
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Release Date:
14 November 1997 (USA) more
Tagline:
How do you stop an assassin who has no identity?
Plot:
An imprisoned IRA sniper is freed to help stop a brutal, seemingly "faceless" assassin from completing his next job. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(15 articles)
Gere: 'The Jackal Was Too Violent'
 (From WENN. 30 October 2008, 6:29 PM, PDT)

NBC Universal To Debut Gumshoe Cable Net
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 3 November 2005)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bruce Willis ... The Jackal

Richard Gere ... Declan Mulqueen

Sidney Poitier ... FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston

Diane Venora ... Major Valentina Koslova
Mathilda May ... Isabella Zanconia

J.K. Simmons ... FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
Richard Lineback ... FBI Agent McMurphy
John Cunningham ... FBI Director Donald Brown

Jack Black ... Ian Lamont

Tess Harper ... The First Lady
Leslie Phillips ... Woolburton
Stephen Spinella ... Douglas

Sophie Okonedo ... Jamaican Girl
David Hayman ... Terek Murad
Steve Bassett ... George Decker
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Der Schakal (Germany)
Le chacal (France) (dubbed version)
The Day of the Jackal (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and language.
Runtime:
124 min
Language:
English | Russian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | DTS-Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Canada:18+ (Ontario) | USA:R (certificate #35563) | South Korea:15 (video rating) (cut) | South Korea:18 (original rating) | Philippines:R-18 | Norway:18 (original rating) (1998) | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Belgium:KT | Brazil:14 | Canada:18A | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:16 (w) | Mexico:C | Netherlands:16 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:M18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | Australia:M (original theatrical version) (cut version) | Canada:13+ (Quebec)

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Trivia:
Bruce Willis asked for the scene where the Jackal kills a gay man to be re-shot so it was more obvious that he was being killed due to the fact that he knew too much (having seen The Jackal on a news report) rather than because he was gay. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When "The Jackal" first enters the subway station after the big shooting, he uses the metro card upside down. You can clearly see the magnetic part of the card never goes in the machines. more
Quotes:
[to FBI Director Brown, about the Jackal]
Declan Mulqueen: This man is no clown. He knows all your moves, back to front. Right now, you've got a name; that's all you've got. The Jackal has got a target: you. He's got a timetable. And as to making mistakes, he's spent twenty years in a trade that doesn't forgive error. And he's prevailed. You think he's the one who's up against it? It's the other way around.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The Making of 'The Jackal' (1998) (V) more
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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
THE JACKAL (DIDIER BECU), 26 October 2003
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Author: Didier (Didier-Becu) from Gent, Belgium

I actually hate remakes and knowing that one of the best movies of all time, "The day of the jackal" by Fred Zinneman was another victim I really was upset but the thing is that this is a great movie, especially as it has nothing to do with the original...except the idea that there is a professional killer called The Jackal. So it'd be better if this movie had a different name anyway but good.... We are in modern Russia that's ruled by the Russian mob and since the FBI and the KGB started work together, maffiatypes got eliminated...this of course asks for revenge and so they hire The Jackal (played by Bruce Willis). The sole person on earth who can get him is a prisoner (Richard Gere) who was sent there for life after being involved in several IRA-bombings. Don't ask any questions how things can be possible cos there are some black spots in the scripts, better watch the excellent performances from Bruce Willis who plays at least 10 different personages here and he's the kind of killer who has no mercy... Also great to finally see Richard Gere in another role then a bored lawyer. Not a superb movie but better than the rest...

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