The Amateur (1981 film)
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The Amateur | |
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Directed by | Charles Jarrott |
Screenplay by |
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Based on | The Amateur by Robert Littell |
Produced by | |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Ken Wannberg |
Production companies |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox (international) |
Release date |
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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
Plot
When his fiancée is murdered by
He nonetheless reaches his safe house, meets his local contact, Elisabeth, and kills two members of the terrorist band. He discovers the location of their ringleader, Schräger, the man who had killed his fiancée, but attracts the attention of the local security forces, who begin following him.
At the site where he expects his final showdown with Schräger he is ambushed by his CIA trainer, Anderson, who explains that Schräger is a double agent working for the CIA who had killed his fiancée under orders to establish his
A senior agent of the local security service, Lakos, overhears all this.
Schräger arrives, kills Anderson in a shootout, and is killed by Heller. Lakos, who has come to respect Heller, helps him and Elisabeth escape back to the west in exchange for his promise to write a book embarrassing the CIA.
Cast
- John Savage as Charles Heller
- Christopher Plummer as Professor Lakos
- Marthe Keller as Elisabeth
- Arthur Hill as Brewer
- Nicholas Campbell as Schräger
- George Coe as Rutledge
- 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 from the Genie Awards:
- Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design - Trevor Williams
- Best Achievement in Overall Sound- Dennis Drummond, Wayne Griffin, Michael O'Farrell
- Best Achievement in Sound Editing- Austin Grimaldi, Joe Grimaldi, Peter Shewchuk, Dino Pigat
- Best Motion Picture - Garth Drabinsky, Joel B. Michaels
- Best Performance by a Foreign Actor - John Savage
- Best Performance by a Foreign Actress - Marthe Keller
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Christopher Plummer
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Nicholas Campbell
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Chapelle Jaffe
- Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium - Diana Maddox
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
- Robert Littell interview