Paranoia Trilogy: The Parallax View (1974) 4K Restoration
Director: Alan J. Pakula Run Time: 102 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1974
Starring: Hume Cronyn, Paula Prentiss, Walter McGinn, Warren Beatty, William Daniels
Country: United States
Language: English
About the film:
After a presidential candidate is assassinated, political reporter Joe Frady begins to suspect that the mysterious Parallax Corporation may be involved. As he investigates, others who share his suspicions start turning up dead, including his editor, Bill Rintels. Eventually, Frady uncovers a conspiracy bigger than anyone expected and must race to prevent the corporation’s next big hit as this political thriller plays out in an explosive game of cat and mouse.
“one of the high points of the New American Cinema, that brief decade when American film was still an art form – and a challenging, subversive art form at that.”
—Alex Cox, Guardian
About the filmmaker:
Alan J. Pakula was an American film director, writer, and producer. He received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture for To Kill A Mockingbird (1962), Best Writing for Sophie’s Choice (1982), and Best Director for All the President’s Men (1976) – the final installment in his “paranoia trilogy” preceded by Klute (1971) and The Parallax View (1974). Pakula’s later features include book adaptations Presumed Innocent (1990) and The Pelican Brief (1993), and his final film The Devil’s Own (1997).
See our upcoming films