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The Jackal (1997)

Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal proves an elusive target for the people charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI director, a Russian MVK Major, and a jailed IRA terrorist who can recognize him.

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Description

Director

Michael Caton-Jones

Writers

Chuck Pfarrer

Stars

Bruce Willis
The Jackal

Sidney Poitier
Carter Preston

Diane Venora
Major Valentina Koslova

Richard Gere
Declan Mulqueen

J.K. Simmons
FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon

Mathilda May
Isabella Zanconia

John Cunningham
FBI Director Donald Brown

Jack Black
Ian Lamont

Stephen Spinella
Douglas

Tess Harper
The First Lady

Others...

Budget

60,000,000.00

Revenue

159,330,280.00

Links

Keywords

cold war, revenge, fbi, politics, hitman, russian mafia, terrorist, montreal, showdown, pretending to be gay, ira

Production

Universal Pictures, Mutual Film Company, Mel's Cite du Cinema, British Broadcasting Corporation, Toho-Towa, Alphaville Films, Marubeni, Tele München Fernseh Produktionsgesellschaft (TMG), UGC PH

Actor

Bruce Willis, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora, Richard Gere, J.K. Simmons, Mathilda May, John Cunningham, Jack Black, Stephen Spinella, Tess Harper, David Hayman, Ravil Isyanov, Maggie Castle, Richard Lineback, Karen Kirschenbauer, Daniel Dae Kim, Serge Houde, Leslie Phillips, Steve Bassett, Yuri Stepanov, Jonathan Aris, Richard Cubison, Bob Kingdom, Peter Sullivan, John Harrington Bland, Terry Loughlin, Walt MacPherson, Jim Grimshaw, Terrence Currier, Sophie Okonedo, Michael Caton-Jones, Laura Viederman, Gregory Porter Miller, Murphy Guyer, Philip LeMaistre, James McCauley, Victor Sobchak, Serge Christianssens, Boris Boscovic, Ewan Bailey, Danette Alberico, Debra Gano, Pamela Poitier, Eddie Bo Smith Jr., Dan Ziskie, Gayle Jessup, Bill Collins, David Gene Gibbs, James M. Helkey, Larry King

Creators

Gary Levinsohn (Executive Producer), Michael White (Production Design), Bruton Jones (Art Direction), Carter Burwell (Original Music Composer), Ellen Chenoweth (Casting), Hal Lieberman (Executive Producer), Mark Gordon (Executive Producer), Kevin Jarre (Producer), Sean Daniel (Producer), James Jacks (Producer), Martin Hume (Camera Operator), Buddy Joe Hooker (Second Unit Director), Karl Walter Lindenlaub (Director of Photography), Albert Wolsky (Costume Design), Jim Clark (Editor), Eithné Fennel (Hairstylist), John Fenner (Art Direction), Dennis Bosher (Assistant Art Director), Mark Auguste (ADR Supervisor), Todd Kasow (Music Editor), Larry Blanford (Aerial Director of Photography), Chuck Pfarrer (Screenplay), Adam Goodman (Second Assistant Director), Michael Caton-Jones (Director), Kate J. Sullivan (Set Decoration), Lisa Banes (Thanks), Ricky Eyres (Art Direction), Terence A. Clegg (Executive Producer), David S. Williams Jr. (Digital Compositors), Kathe Swanson (Key Hair Stylist), Gary Alexander (Additional Sound Re-Recordist), Noah Blough (Sound Effects Editor), Michael Haight (Dialogue Editor), Terri Douglas (ADR Voice Casting), Nerses Gezalyan (Foley Mixer), Michael Adams (Grip), Terry Jackson (Stunt Double), Eli Reed (Still Photographer), David Gene Gibbs (Pilot), Leila Kirkpatrick (Unit Production Manager), James Matheny (Dialogue Editor), Felicity Bowring (Makeup Artist), David Crossman (Wardrobe Assistant), Raymond Dupuis (Art Direction), William A. Campbell (Costume Supervisor), Richard King (Supervising Sound Editor), Paul Cridlin (Boom Operator), Libbie Barr (Script Supervisor), Philip McDonald (Property Master), Eddie Knight (Gaffer), Jamie Lagerhausen (Best Boy Grip), Richard Malzahn (Animation Supervisor), Charles Cottrell (Standby Painter), Emma Ibbetson (Digital Effects Producer), Joe Dunne (Stunt Coordinator), Alf Tramontin (Steadicam Operator), Yves De Bono (Special Effects Supervisor), William Jacobs (Dialogue Editor), Ray Barrett (Construction Coordinator), Michel Chauvin (Unit Manager), Cliff Latimer (ADR Editor), Tom Trigo (Location Scout), Bob Foster (Transportation Captain), Sean T. Stratton (Associate Producer), Tom Delmar (Stunt Driver), Mercedes Kelso (Casting Assistant), Sonny Kompanek (Orchestrator), Phil Hetos (Color Timer), Mark David Kersey (Greensman), Pat McCarthy (Production Coordinator), Kelly R. Borisy (Key Grip), David John (Production Sound Mixer), Brendan Gunn (Dialogue Coach), Bernard Arseneau (Best Boy Electric), Keith Hatcher (Location Manager), François Sylvestre (Production Manager), Sandy O'Neill (Unit Publicist), John Greaves (Storyboard Artist), Dorothy Precious (Production Accountant), Gary Burritt (Negative Cutter), Peter Menich (Graphic Designer), Lorraine Z. Calvert (Assistant Costume Designer), Vito G. Balenzano (Driver), Guylaine Boucher (Assistant Production Coordinator), Catherine Calleson (Assistant Sound Editor), Heidi Jo Gilbert (Set Production Assistant), Stephen McGregor (Carpenter), Stephanie Wertlake (Art Department Coordinator), Michael D. Harrell (Leadman), Michael R. Clark (Painter), Arwell Roberts (Camera Technician), Simon Hume (First Assistant Camera), Scheris Shephard (Set Costumer), Pamela M. Rogers (Set Dressing Artist), Ole Dieter Sturm (CG Supervisor), Tom Moore (Picture Car Coordinator), Barclay Crenshaw (Post Production Assistant), Debbie Nolan (Propmaker), Debbie Lane (Stand In), Howard 'Stick' Baines (Stunts), Dick Moore (Transportation Coordinator), Lester Dunton (Video Assist Operator), Bill Westley (First Assistant Director), Eric O. Schusterman (First Assistant Editor), Matthew Brookman (Electrician), Paul Gillon (Music Supervisor), Tricia Owen (Visual Effects Coordinator), Martin Krauka (Additional Second Assistant Director), Mark Evans (Electrician), Tommy Boyer (Key Set Costumer), Tom Barrett (Grip), Weldon Brown (ADR Mixer), Andreas Crawford (Dolly Grip), Katie Hedrich (Assistant Editor), Richard Patterson (Digital Supervisor), Robin Demetriou (Catering), Jane Burgess (Third Assistant Director), Michael Beaudin (Assistant Accountant), Denis Paquette (Assistant Location Manager), Jack Dyer (Construction Buyer), Andrew L. Lanier (Location Assistant), Minni Härkönen (Costume Assistant), Jean Simard (Assistant Property Master), Alain Gonzalez (Swing), Simon Taylor (Title Designer), Mark Griffin (Special Effects Technician), Ciro Candia (Camera Trainee), Mik Allen (Second Assistant Camera), Katie Conkey (Extras Casting Assistant), Rick Kelly (Key Set Production Assistant), Kelly Stultz (Payroll Accountant), Beth-Anne Uston (Production Assistant), David Hill (Pyrotechnician), John Sprague (Weapons Master), Gary Archer (Prosthetics)

Alternative titles

El Chacal (AR)
狙击职业杀手 (CN)
Der Schakal 1997 - The Jackal (DE)
Chacal (ES)
El chacal (ES)
El chacal (MX)
Šakal (RS)
Schakalen (SE)
Sakal (SI)
The Day of the Jackal (US)
Der Schakal - The Jackal (DE)

Release dates

14.11.1997 (US)
08.01.1998 (AU)
09.01.1998 (GB)
12.03.1998 (DE)
17.04.1998 (SE)
13.03.1998 (CH)
06.03.1998 (NO)
19.02.1998 (SK)
09.01.1998 (IE)
22.04.1998 (KW)
01.01.1998 (TW)
25.12.1997 (MX)
12.03.1998 (NL)
04.09.2003 (NL)
28.10.2010 (NL)
06.10.2002 (NL)
25.12.1997 (AR)
26.12.1997 (ES)
11.02.1998 (PH)
23.01.1998 (FI)
05.02.1998 (HU)
19.12.1997 (TH)
18.12.1997 (HK)
25.12.1997 (BR)
27.03.1998 (EE)
30.01.1998 (PL)
06.02.1998 (PT)
17.04.1998 (GR)
04.12.1997 (SG)
19.02.1998 (SI)
20.06.1998 (JP)
30.01.1998 (IS)
21.01.1998 (FR)
15.01.1998 (NZ)
16.01.1998 (TR)
30.01.1998 (DK)
13.12.1997 (KR)
30.01.1998 (IT)
04.02.1998 (BE)
01.02.1998 (YU)
06.02.1998 (PT)
28.01.1998 (FR)
26.12.1997 (ES)
09.01.1998 (IE)

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