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The Parallax View ()

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An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
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Joseph Frady
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Lee Carter
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Austin Tucker
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Jack Younger
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Bill Rintels
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Sheriff L.D. Wicker
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Thomas Richard Linder
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Deputy Red
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Senator Charles Carroll (as Bill Joyce)
Betty Murray ...
Mrs. Charles Carroll (as Bettie Johnson)
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Parallax Assassin
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Chrissy - Frady's Girl (as JoAnne Harris)
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Schecter - Hotel Clerk
Lee Pulford ...
Shirley - Salmontail Bar Girl
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Gale from Salmontail (as Doria Cook)
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George Hammond
Joan Lemmo ...
Organist
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Former FBI Agent Will
William Jordan ...
Tucker's Aide
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Senator Jameson
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Commission Spokesman #1
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Commission Spokesman #2
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Joy Holder
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Parallax Goon
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Stewardess
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Girl
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Ralph Scoletta (as Joseph Di Reda)
Patsy Garrett ...
Woman
Penelope Gillette ...
Woman
Robert P. Lieb ...
Senator Gillingham (as Robert Lieb)
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Herbert Moon
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Buster Himan
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Harry Lutz
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shirley Anthony ...
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
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C.I.A. Agent - Top of Space Needle (uncredited)
Jack Berle ...
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
Garrett Cassell ...
Dopey (uncredited)
Eddie Garrett ...
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
Dorothy Hack ...
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
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Committee Member (uncredited)
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Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Kathryn Janssen ...
Woman in Building (uncredited)
Steve Kelley ...
Class President (uncredited)
John Marlin ...
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
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Assassination Witness (uncredited)
Bill Scully ...
Committee Member (uncredited)
George Tracy ...
Bar Patron (uncredited)
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Parallax Agent (uncredited)
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Prof. Nelson Schwartzkopf (uncredited)

Directed by

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Alan J. Pakula

Written by

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David Giler ... (screenplay) and
Lorenzo Semple Jr. ... (screenplay)
 
Loren Singer ... (novel)
 
Robert Towne ... () (uncredited)

Produced by

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Robert Jiras ... assistant producer (as Robert E. Jiras)
Gabriel Katzka ... executive producer
Charles H. Maguire ... associate producer
Alan J. Pakula ... producer

Music by

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Michael Small

Cinematography by

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Gordon Willis ... director of photography

Editing by

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John W. Wheeler

Casting By

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Alixe Gordin
Joe Scully

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George Jenkins

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Reg Allen

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Frank L. Thompson ... (as Frank Thompson)

Makeup Department

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William Turner ... makeup artist (as Bill Turner)

Production Management

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Charles H. Maguire ... production manager

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Hawk Koch ... first assistant director (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
John M. Poer ... second assistant director (as John Poer)

Art Department

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Dudley Holmes ... property master (as R. Dudley Holmes)
Rick Simpson ... leadman (uncredited)

Sound Department

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David Dockendorf ... sound re-recordist
Charles Grenzbach ... sound re-recordist (as Bud Grenzbach)
Tom Overton ... sound mixer

Special Effects by

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Tim Smyth ... special effects

Stunts

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Paul Baxley ... stunt coordinator
Glenn R. Wilder ... stunts
Denny Arnold ... stunts (uncredited)
Craig R. Baxley ... stunt double: Warren Beatty (uncredited)
Tommy J. Huff ... truck stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Waters ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Brian Hamill ... still photographer: special assignment
George Holmes ... gaffer
Chris Schwiebert ... camera operator

Music Department

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Israel Baker ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Gary Coleman ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Carl Fortina ... musician: accordion (uncredited)
Jim Hughart ... musician: fender bass (uncredited)
Anatol Kaminsky ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Michael Melvoin ... musician: keyboards (uncredited)
Larry Muhoberac ... musician: keyboards (uncredited)
Bill Pitman ... musician: guitar (uncredited)
Michael Small ... conductor (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited)
Mark Z. Stevens ... musician: drums (uncredited)
Tommy Tedesco ... musician: guitar (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Karen Hale Wookey ... script supervisor (as Karen Wookey)

Additional Crew

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Jon Boorstin ... assistant to director
Don Record ... design consultant
Barbara Spitz ... production secretary
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Plot Summary

Joe Frady is a determined reporter who often needs to defend his work to colleagues. After the assassination of a prominent U.S. senator, Frady begins to notice that reporters present during the assassination are dying mysteriously. After getting more involved in the case, Frady begins to realize that the assassination was part of a conspiracy somehow involving the Parallax Corporation, an enigmatic training institute. He then decides to enroll for the Parallax training himself to discover the truth. Written by Philip Brubaker

Plot Keywords
Taglines Assassination. Try to see it from their point of view. See more »
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Also Known As
  • À cause d'un assassinat (France)
  • Zeuge einer Verschwörung (Germany)
  • El último testigo (Spain)
  • パララックス・ビュー (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Fällan - Parallax View (Finland, Swedish title)
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  • 102 min
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Trivia The film's director Alan J. Pakula described the picture as "sort of an American myth based on some things that have happened, some fantasies we may have had of what might have happened, and a lot of fears a lot of us have had . . . The Parallax View was a whole other kind of filmmaking for me". See more »
Goofs In the opening Independence Day parade sequence, there are no leaves on the tree branches visible as the senator and his wife pass by, but the leaves would be full and green on July 4th in Seattle. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Shock Will Kill You (1982). See more »
Soundtracks Buttons and Bows See more »
Quotes Bill Rintels: [after Frady's run-in with police] You're enjoying yourself, aren't you.
Joseph Frady: You gotta admit, it's funny.
Bill Rintels: It makes me laugh, but I don't think it's funny.
Joseph Frady: What's that supposed to mean?
Bill Rintels: Have you ever laughed at a comedian when he pretended to stutter? There's nothing funny about a man who stutters, but people laugh. They're amused. But they're not happy about it.
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