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Author

Ronald Neame

Call Number

• DVD COMEDY (CEN)

Edition

DVD special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston, Herbert Lom, Ned Beatty.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2017]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (105 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)

Audience

MPAA rating: R.

Summary

Miles Kendig is a disillusioned retired CIA agent who, with the help of a chic and savvy Viennese widow, threatens to publish his memoirs and expose the innermost secrets of every major intelligence agency in the world. Despite being in major hot water with his former colleagues, Kendig refuses to get in line he's having too much fun. Set to the sounds of Mozart, this lighthearted sendup of the paranoid dramas of its era is an expertly crafted, singular take on the spy movie.

Notes

Title from container.

Based on the novel by Brian Garfield.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1980.

Special features: New 2K digital restoration ; interviews from 2002 with director Ronald Neame and writer Brian Garfield ; Walter Matthau in a 1980 appearance on The Dick Cavett show ; trailer and teaser ; optional broadcast television audio track for family viewing.