The Amateur
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Directed by | Charles Jarrott |
Produced by | Garth Drabinsky (producer) (as Garth H. Drabinsky) Mario Kassar (executive producer) Joel B. Michaels Andrew G. Vajna (as Andrew Vajna) |
Written by | Robert Littell (screenplay and novel) Diana Maddox |
Starring | John Savage Christopher Plummer |
Music by | Kenneth Wannberg |
Cinematography | John Coquillon |
Editing by | Stephan Fanfara |
Distributed by | Pan-Canadian Film Distributors (Canada) (theatrical) (1981) Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (USA) (theatrical) (1981) Twentieth Century Fox (UK) (theatrical) (1981) Oy Fox Films (Finland) (1982) (theatrical) |
Release date(s) | December 11, 1981 Canada February 12, 1982 United States April 9, 1982 Finland May 12, 1982 France June 3, 1982 Netherlands July 9, 1982 Norway |
Running time | 112 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Budget | $ 10,600,000 |
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The Amateur is a 1981 Canadian crime/thriller film. It is based on a novel by Robert Littell.
[edit] Plot
A researcher for the CIA who convinces his superiors to send him to the Eastern Bloc in order to avenge the murder of his wife by enemy agents discovers a web of deception underneath his wife's death.
[edit] Recognition
- 1982
- Nominations
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- Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction - Trevor Williams
- Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound - Dennis Drummond,Wayne Griffin,Michael O'Farrell
- Genie Award for Best Achievement in Sound Editing - Austin Grimaldi,Joe Grimaldi,Peter Shewchuk,Dino Pigat
- Genie Award for Best Motion Picture - Garth Drabinsky,Joel B. Michaels
- Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor - John Savage
- Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress - Marthe Keller
- Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Christopher Plummer
- Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Nicholas Campbell
- Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Chapelle Jaffe
- Genie Award for Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium - Diana Maddox
- The Amateur is planned on being remade.
[edit] External link
- The Amateur (2009) at the Internet Movie Database (Link currently only available to IMDb Pro subscribers)