Main Cast: Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora, Tess Harper
Release Year: 1997
Country: US
Run Time: 124 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
In Moscow, after FBI deputy director Carter Preston (Sidney Poitier) and scarred Russian intelligence officer Valentina Koslova (Diane Venora) bring down a key figure in the Russian Mafia, they are threatened by the criminal's powerful brother who swears vengeance on the FBI and immediately hires a professional assassin, the Jackal (Bruce Willis) to kill a leading American political figure. A master of disguises, the Jackal believes in total perfectionism and demands $70 million for the job. The FBI suspects the Jackal is aiming for the FBI director, so they consult with former Basque terrorist Isabella (Mathilda May), in Virginia, and Isabella's former lover, IRA operative Declan Mulqueen (Richard Gere), serving a prison sentence. Promised leniency, Mulqueen agrees to help. Meanwhile, the Jackal prepares false passports, secures a customized computer system to run his Gatling gun, and heads toward his target in Washington, D.C. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
J.K. Simmons - Witherspoon; Mathilda May - Isabella; Stephen Spinella - Douglas; Richard Lineback - McMurphy; Jack Black - Ian Lamont; John Cunningham - Donald Brown; David Hayman - Terek Murad; Steve Bassett - George Decker; Ravil Isyanov - Ghazzi Murad; Serge Houde - Beaufres; Terry Loughlin - Davis; Jonathan Aris
Credit
John Fenner - Art Director, Ricky Eyres - Art Director, Ellen Chenoweth - Casting, Albert Wolsky - Costume Designer, Bill Westley - First Assistant Director, Michael Caton-Jones - Director, Jim Clark - Editor, Terence A. Clegg - Executive Producer, Mark Gordon - Executive Producer, Gary Levinsohn - Executive Producer, Hal Lieberman - Executive Producer, Carter Burwell - Composer (Music Score), Michael White - Production Designer, Karl Walter Lindenlaub - Cinematographer, Michael Caton-Jones - Producer, Sean Daniel - Producer, Kevin Jarre - Producer, James Jacks - Producer, Kate J. Sullivan - Set Designer, Syd Dutton - Special Effects, Illusion Arts - Special Effects, Bill Taylor - Special Effects, David John - Sound/Sound Designer, Chuck Pfarrer - Screenwriter, Kenneth Ross - Play Author
