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The Day of the Jackal
Why this pick
Its procedural precision, international pursuit and steadily tightening timetable echo Black Sunday’s unusually grounded approach to a public-scale assassination threat.
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MOVIE1977 2h 23m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
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The Cassandra Crossing
Why this pick
A vulnerable group is trapped inside a high-stakes containment operation, delivering the same 1970s mix of institutional tension, mounting peril and grave momentum.
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The Domino Principle
Why this pick
A man damaged by forces beyond his control is pulled into a shadowy political conspiracy; its paranoid, disillusioned mood makes a strong companion piece.
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Twilight's Last Gleaming
Why this pick
Another stern, morally charged 1970s thriller in which military trauma and government power turn a national-security crisis into sustained, talk-heavy suspense.
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Two-Minute Warning
Why this pick
It shares the imminent mass-casualty threat at a major sporting event, but builds anxiety through surveillance, crowd logistics and a race against time.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Michael Lander is a pilot who flies the Goodyear Blimp over National Football League games to film them for network television. Secretly deranged by years of torture as a prisoner of war in the Vietnam War, he had a bitter court martial on his return and a failed marriage. He longs to commit suicide and to take with him as many as possible of the cheerful, carefree U.S. civilians he sees from his blimp each weekend.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Robert Shaw
Kabakov
Bruce Dern
Lander
Marthe Keller
Dahlia
Fritz Weaver
FBI Agent Sam Corley
Steven Keats
Moshevsky
Bekim Fehmiu
Fasil
Michael V. Gazzo
Muzi
William Daniels
Pugh