Robert Redford and director Sydney Pollack had a long and successful collaboration producing several hits in the 1970s such as Jeremiah Johnson (1972) and The Way We Were (1973). In Three Days of the Condor (1975), they capture the political anxiety of the time with the Watergate break-ins making constant national headlines (Redford would go onto address Watergate directly in All the President’s Men (1976)). Here he plays Joe Turner, a junior analyst in the C.I.A. scrutinising published texts from around the world for coded messages, who comes back from his lunch break to find his world turned upside down. No longer sure who he can trust, he goes in search of answers.
Using a well-established format of the innocent-on-the-run, Three Days of the Condor develops into a tense political thriller marinaded in 1970s suspicion and corruption. Of the season Redford’s persona is most like the traditional Hollywood male lead with all his solution-focussed virtue. Yet here his character is left uncertain about the impact of his actions and the true scale of the conspiracy and corruption he faces.
Screening as part of Out of Their Depth: Corruption, Scandal and Lies in the New Hollywood.
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YEAR OF CELEBRATION
2024 marks 85 years since our cinema (originally the Cosmo) was built, 50 years since GFT was founded and the 20th edition of Glasgow Film Festival.
Whilst our box office and bar sales only cover around 50% of our annual costs and help keep the film reels rolling, we rely on donations and fundraising to run our education and community activities. We need your help!
Celebrate 50 years of GFT by donating £50 at checkout. A £50 donation also secures your seat at our special January screening. Find out more or donate HERE. Your contribution matters.Three Days of the Condor showing at: August 24, 3:00 pm
Three Days of the Condor
Location: Glasgow Film TheatreBox Office opens 30 minutes before first screening, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow,, G3 6RB9