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The Parallax View, 1974

Starring: Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, Hume Cronyn

Directed by: Alan J. Pakula

Written by: David Giler

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 102 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:7.3

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The Parallax View can be described as suspenseful, mind bending, and disturbing. The plot revolves around an assassination attempt, conspiracies, and an investigation. The main genres are thriller and drama. In terms of style, The Parallax View is neo-noir and involves twists and turns. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is located in Seattle and Los Angeles. The Parallax View takes place in the 20th century. It is based on a book. The movie has received attention for being essential viewing, an award winner, and critically acclaimed.

Summary of The Parallax View

Of the three films that make up director Alan J. Pakula's "paranoid trilogy" (KLUTE, ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, and THE PARALLAX VIEW), the latter most strongly conveys the paranoid atmosphere of the 1960s and '70s. A stylish suspense-thriller, THE PARALLAX VIEW mirrors the political distrust Americans began to feel during the period following the Kennedy assassination and the Vietnam War, culminating in the Watergate conspiracy. The film stars Warren Beatty as investigative journalist Joe Frady, whose former girlfriend and colleague, Lee Carter (Paula Prentiss), witnesses the assassination of a U.S. senator at the Seattle Space Needle. A government report declares it the work of a lone gunman, but when eyewitnesses begin showing up dead, Carter is convinced that a wider conspiracy is at work. Probing deeper, Frady uncovers the operations of the Parallax Corporation, which recruits social misfits and uses mind control techniques to turn them into assassins. In keeping with classic 1970s film, the story is a suspenseful, well-acted thriller with a surprise ending that will resound with the viewer long after the credits start rolling.