For the book by Slavoj Žižek, see The Parallax View (book).
The Parallax View
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Alan J. Pakula
Screenplay by
David Giler Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Based on
The Parallax View by Loren Singer
Produced by
Alan J. Pakula
Starring
Warren Beatty
Hume Cronyn
William Daniels
Paula Prentiss
Cinematography
Gordon Willis
Edited by
John W. Wheeler
Music by
Michael Small
Production companies
Gus Productions
Harbor Productions
Doubleday Productions
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release date
June 14, 1974 (1974-06-14)
Running time
102 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
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.[1] The story concerns a reporter's investigation into a secretive organization, the Parallax Corporation, whose business is political assassination.
^Singer, Loren (1970), The Parallax View. New York: Dell, ISBN 1401069029
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her film roles in Where the Boys Are (1960), What's New Pussycat? (1965), Catch-22 (1970), TheParallaxView (1974), and The Stepford Wives (1975). From...
(1971). He was credited on TheParallaxView (1974). In 1975 Giler turned to directing, his only film in that capacity, The Black Bird. Giler wrote Fun...
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Two Three and TheParallaxView. He also appeared in the films Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name? (1971), Greased Lightning (1977), The Brink's Job (1978)...
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followed by TheParallaxView (1974) and All the President's Men (1976), all films dealing with themes of paranoia, conspiracies, and surveillance. The original...
films include Maryjane (1968), The Gay Deceivers (1969), The Sporting Club (1971), TheParallaxView (1974), Act of Vengeance (1974), Cruise into Terror (1978)...
North by Northwest (1959) and conspiracy thriller films like TheParallaxView (1974) and the comedy-tinged Silver Streak (1976). Alternatively, British...
The Bob Crane Show, and Police Woman. He also appeared in dramatic roles such as Will Turner, a former FBI agent, in Warren Beatty's TheParallax View...
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the 1970s like TheParallaxView (1974) and Three Days of the Condor (1975), DiCaprio dyed his hair brown and wore brown contacts for the role. The film...
notably as Mark Craig on the drama series St. Elsewhere, for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards; the voice of KITT on the television series Knight...
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