The Parallax View
The Parallax View is a 1974 American political thriller film starring Warren Beatty, with Hume Cronyn, William Daniels and Paula Prentiss in support. Produced and directed by Alan J. Pakula, its screenplay is by David Giler and Lorenzo Semple Jr., based on the 1970 novel by Loren Singer. The story concerns a reporter's investigation into a secretive organization, the Parallax Corporation, whose business is political assassination.
Plot
TV journalist Lee Carter witnesses the assassination of U.S. senator and presidential aspirant Charles Carroll atop the Seattle Space Needle. The apparent shooter, a waiter, is chased, but falls to his death, while the actual killer, disguised as a waiter, vanishes in the chaos. An investigation by an official panel attributes the killing to a single man who acted alone.
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| author | David Giler Robert Towne |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Seattle |
| director | Alan J. Pakula |
| editor | John W. Wheeler |
| genre | political thriller |
| keywords | atlanta bomb delivery boy disturb drown drug overdose even flight attendant frame hollywood burbank airport kill los angeles misguide newspaper office newspaper reporter oregon poison presumed dead record recruit run scapegoat set up shoot single man small town space needle still photographs subliminal sudden death suspect train vanish |
| musicBy | Michael Small |
| producer | Alan J. Pakula |
| productionCompany | Doubleday Productions Gus Productions Harbor Productions |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| theme | conspiracy theories neo-noir political thriller psychological thriller |