THE JACKAL (WIDESCREEN) [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1997
• Genre: Action/Adventure, Crime, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Bruce Willis, Richard Gere and Sidney Poitier star in this international suspense thriller directed by Michael Caton-Jones.; ; A ruthless assassin has been hired to eliminate someone at the very top of the U.S. government. Constantly changing his identity and location, he is known only as the Jackal. Everything about this hit man, including his sinister timetable, is a secret.; ; Aware of the Jackal's presence but uncertain of his purpose, the FBI's Deputy Director (Poitier) faces the biggest challenge of his career. In order to track down this coldblooded killer, he and a by-the-book Russian intelligence officer (Diane Venora) enlist the aid of an imprisoned Irish terrorist (Gere). These unlikely allies enter a global race against the clock to stop the mysterious mercenary before he can complete his deadly assignment.; ; The Jackal is based on the screenplay of the 1973 film The Day of the Jackal.
• Cast: Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora, Mathilda May, J.K. Simmons, Richard Lineback, John Cunningham, Jack Black, Tess Harper, Leslie Phillips, Stephen Spinella, Sophie Okonedo, David Hayman, Steve Bassett, Yuri Stepanov, Walt MacPherson, Ravil Isyanov, Maggie Castle, Karen Kirschenbauer, Terrence Currier, Daniel Dae Kim, Michael Caton-Jones, Laura Viederman, Peter Sullivan, Richard Cubison, Jim Grimshaw, Gregory Porter Miller, Bob Kingdom, Murphy Guyer, Philip Le Maistre, Serge Houde, James McCauley, Terry Loughlin, Victor Sobchak, Serge Christianssens, Boris Boscovic, Ewan Bailey, Danette Alberico, Debra Gano, John Harrington Bland, Pamela Poitier, Jonathan Aris, Eddie Bo Smith Jr., Larry King, Dan Ziskie, Gayle Jessup, Bill Collins, David Gene Gibbs, James M. Helkey, Allen Altman, David Barrass, Caryn Cheever, Jim Clark, Tom Delmar, Sam Feuer, Harry Fielder, Reese Foster, Mikhail Gorbachev, Eric Hoziel, Raymond H. Johnson, Jeff Johnston, Tim Krueger, V.I. Lenin, Lee Litas, Robert Minkoff, Jarmo Mäkinen, Frank Principe, Ronald Reagan, J. Christoffer Slotte, Tim L. Smith, Chax Stern, Dominic Testa, Rick Touhy, Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra, Emma Willis, Boris Yeltsin, Kenneth Ross, Chuck Pfarrer
• Director: Michael Caton-Jones
• Runtime: 2:05
• Company: Universal Pictures, Mutual Film Company, Alphaville Films, Universal Home Video
• Media Format: Movie