The Parallax View
The Parallax View is a 1974 American political thriller film produced and directed by Alan J. Pakula, and starring Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels and Paula Prentiss. The screenplay by David Giler and Lorenzo Semple Jr. was based on the 1970 novel by Loren Singer. The story concerns a reporter's investigation into a secretive organization, the Parallax Corporation, whose primary focus is political assassination.
Plot
In Seattle's Space Needle, TV journalist Lee Carter witnesses the assassination of presidential candidate Charles Carroll. An investigation by a congressional committee attributes the assault to a single suspect who was killed in the aftermath.
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| author | David Giler Robert Towne |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Seattle |
| director | Alan J. Pakula |
| editor | John W. Wheeler |
| genre | political thriller |
| keywords | act assassination of president disturb dress rehearsal drown drug overdose end even false identity kill los angeles los angeles international airport misguide newspaper office newspaper reporter poison presidential candidate record recruit run set up small town space needle train |
| 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 |