TY - ADVS AU - Zinnemann,Fred AU - Woolf,John AU - Ross,Kenneth AU - Fox,Edward AU - Badel,Alan AU - Britton,Tony AU - Alexander,Terence AU - Cusack,Cyril AU - Delerue,Georges AU - Forsyth,Frederick ED - Universal Pictures (Firm) ED - Universal Studios Home Video (Firm) TI - The day of the jackal SN - 0783226853 AV - CM DVD 00677 U1 - 791.4372 PY - 1998/// CY - Universal City, CA PB - Universal KW - Forsyth, Frederick, KW - Gaulle, Charles de, KW - Assassins KW - France KW - Drama KW - Attempted assassination KW - Feature films KW - Great Britain KW - Foreign films N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 1973; Letterboxed (aspect ratio 1.85:1); From the book by Frederick Forsyth; Special features include production notes and theatrical trailer; Photographer, Jean Tournier ; editor, Ralph Kemplen ; music, Georges Delerue; Edward Fox (The Jackal), Michel Lonsdale (Claude Lebel), Alan Badel (The Minister), Tony Britton (Inspector Thomas), Eric Porter (Col. Rodin), Jean Martin (Wolenski), Cyril Cusack (Gunsmith); MPAA rating: PG N2 - Story of a cold, suave British assassin hired by the French OAS to kill General Charles de Gaulle. Nameless and faceless, the killer, known by the code name of Jackal, relentlessly moves toward the date with death that would rock the world. The tension mounts as the methodical preparations of the Jackal are paralleled with the efforts of the police to uncover the plot, which gives the story non-stop, edge-of-your-seat suspense ER -