Three Days of the Condor

Three Days of the Condor stylized on the poster art asDays of the Condor is a 1975 American Technicolor political thriller Panavision film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, and Max von Sydow. The screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr. and David Rayfiel was adapted from the 1974 novel Six Days of the Condor by James Grady.The main point of variance from novel to film lies in the presentation of the CIA. In Gradys book a rogue element within the Agency is motivated by drugrunning greed. In the film the same individuals act with equal ruthlessness to hide a project intended to protect longterm national interests.

Joe Turner Robert Redford is a CIA analyst, code name Condor. He works in a clandestine office in New York City, which fronts as the American Literary Historical Society. Turners task is to read books, newspapers, and magazines from around the world, looking for hidden meanings and new ideas. As part of his duties, Turner files a report to CIA headquarters on a lowquality thriller novel his office has been reading, pointing out strange plot elements therein, and the unusual assortment of languages into which the book has been translated.On the day that Turner is expecting a response to his report, he is shopping for staff lunches when armed men efficiently murder the six people still in the office. Returning to find his coworkers bodies a frightened Turner calls the CIAs New York headquarters, and is given instructions to meet his Head of Department Wicks, who will bring him into safety. The rendezvous is however a trap. Wicks shoots an accompanying CIA staffer and attempts to kill Turner, who wounds his assailant before escaping himself. ........

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