| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Clint Eastwood |
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| John Malkovich |
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| Movie Details |
| Director |
Wolfgang Petersen |
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| Language |
English |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| This smart, tautly directed thriller from Wolfgang Petersen is about the cat-and-mouse games between a Secret Service agent named Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) and the brilliant, psychopathic assassin (John Malkovich) who's itching to get the President in his cross hairs. In the Line of Fire's back-story--Horrigan is haunted by his inability to prevent John Kennedy's assassination (Eastwood is computer-generated into archival footage)--is more than a little hokey, but the plotting itself is smartly, even ingeniously, constructed. Petersen manages a vice-like grip on the tension and Eastwood even gets to deliver an ever-more-timely lecture on the diminished nature of the office of President. Eastwood's as gruff and as infuriating to the by-the-book Powers That Be as ever and Malkovich oozes delightful menace. Rene Russo capably co-stars as a colleague with whom Horrigan gets friendly. --David Kronke |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
241 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Links |
Amazon UK
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Release Date |
18/02/2002 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Collector's Edition Dubbed PAL Widescreen |
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