Three Days of the Condor
Three Days of the Condor is a 1975 American spy thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, and Max von Sydow. The screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr. and David Rayfiel was based on the 1974 novel Six Days of the Condor by James Grady.
Plot
Joe Turner is a bookish CIA analyst, codenamed "Condor", who works at the American Literary Historical Society in New York City, in reality a clandestine CIA office. The staff analyzes print media from around the world. Turner files a report to CIA headquarters on a thriller novel with strange plot elements that has been translated into several languages despite poor sales.
More details
| author | David Rayfiel |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Sydney Pollack |
| editor | Don Guidice Fredric Steinkamp |
| genre | political thriller |
| keywords | around the world attack central intelligence agency cia cia deputy director of operations cia headquarters contingency game contingency plan deputy director of cia for operations economic crisis george bush center for intelligence happen historical society hospital room kill license plate life support lonely man middle east new york times oil field oil shortages peak oil phone call shoot the new york times times square warn wash whistleblowing world trade center |
| musicBy | Dave Grusin |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Film Editing |
| producer | Stanley Schneider |
| productionCompany | Dino De Laurentiis |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | New York City |
| theme | conspiracy theories political thriller spy stag |