The Amateur (1981)
- Directed by
- Charles Jarrott
- Genre
- political thriller film
- Country
- United States, Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 19 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A CIA analyst decides to take matters into his own hands after his wife is murdered. He goes rogue and uses his intelligence skills to track down the killers.
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What happens
The Amateur is a 1981 Canadian spy thriller film directed by Charles Jarrott, and written by Robert Littell and Diana Maddox, based on Littell's 1981 novel of the same name. It stars John Savage, Christopher Plummer, Marthe Keller, Arthur Hill, Nicholas Campbell, George Coe, John Marley and Ed Lauter. The film is about a CIA analyst (Savage) who goes rogue to avenge the murder of his wife. The film was released by Pan-Canadian Film Distributors on December 11, 1981. It was nominated for several Genie Awards in 1982, including for Best Motion Picture. Another film adaptation of the novel was released in 2025. It was released in the United States in February of 1982 and is listed on U.S. box office sites as a film from 1982. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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