The Parallax View
Short description
A reporter named Joseph Frady looks into the death of a United States senator, an event he witnessed along with several other journalists. The official finding is that a lone, disturbed gunman acted alone, but as witnesses to the killing begin dying in what are recorded as accidents, Frady grows convinced that the truth is being covered up. When a fellow journalist who shared his suspicions dies as well, he sets out to trace the people behind the deaths and finds a wider operation reaching far beyond one murder.
The film was directed by Alan J. Pakula, who also produced it, from a screenplay by David Giler and Lorenzo Semple Jr. It followed Pakula's Klute and preceded All the President's Men and later films including Sophie's Choice and Presumed Innocent. Warren Beatty plays Frady, with Paula Prentiss as Lee Carter, William Daniels as Austin Tucker, Walter McGinn as Jack Younger and Hume Cronyn as Bill Rintels. The production cost about 3 million dollars and took in roughly the same amount worldwide.
Critical response was notably stronger than general audience response: critics gave it 8.1 out of 10 across 46 reviews, while on IMDb it holds 7.1 out of 10 from around 24,000 votes and on TMDB 6.8 out of 10 from 388 votes, figures that suggest a well-regarded film with a smaller, mostly favourable audience following.
What's left behind the scenes
- Parallax refers to the change in the apparent position of an object relative to a distant background, depending on the position of the observer. An example is how two people standing at some distance from each other see the same tree differently. The theme of the film is the idea that the same subject or phenomenon can be viewed in different ways. Coincidentally, this very assertion is demonstrated by the murder scene at the beginning of the film. The camera on the roof is positioned in such a way that it seems as if the killer on the roof is falling, but then it becomes clear that this is not the case.
- The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy served as a source of inspiration for this story.
- Filming began while the script was still unfinished, due to the tight shooting schedule of Warren Beatty, who played the lead role.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
