The fourth protocol (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The fourth protocol |
| Original title | The Fourth Protocol |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1987 |
| length | 114 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | John Mackenzie |
| script |
Frederick Forsyth Richard Burridge George Axelrod |
| production | Timothy Burrill |
| music | Lalo Schifrin |
| camera | Phil Meheux |
| cut | Graham Walker |
| occupation | |
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The fourth protocol is a thriller with Pierce Brosnan and Michael Caine from 1987. The title is based on a fictional secret additional protocol to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968, with which the nuclear powers undertake to target nuclear weapons exclusively by conventional military means such as aircraft or missiles to bring instead of by freight.
The script for the film is based on the novel " The Fourth Protocol " by Frederick Forsyth , which he published in 1984. The thriller was adapted by Forsyth, Richard Burridge and George Axelrod . For Axelrod, who previously with 7. Year Itch , Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Manchurian Candidate was able to celebrate great successes, this was one of his last works as a screenwriter.
action
The KGB -Major Petrofsky to detonate a nuclear bomb on a US air base in Britain. The individual elements for the bomb are smuggled into the country by sea by various couriers. However, a courier is killed in an accident while illegally going ashore. A component for the bomb is secured from him.
This component causes John Preston to start an investigation. The investigation leads the agent to a housing estate near an American base where Petrofsky completed the atomic bomb. Just before he can detonate them, Preston storms the house with an SAS unit and Petrofsky is killed.
Reviews
The trade publication Variety praised in his criticism of Michael Caine for his detailed account of the counterintelligence experts in a professional role that does not use his skills and Roger Ebert with Caine's role as Harry Palmer in Ipcress - Top secret was compared.
Film-Dienst wrote that the film was a "bestseller adaptation that flattens the template for a simple, conventionally staged action and agent story" . The "classic ingredients of the genre" as a "threat, suspicion and structural violence" would "merely summoned, but not put in the picture" .
Awards
In 1987 John Mackenzie was nominated for a prize at the Italian Festival Internazionale del Giallo e del Mistero Cinema Televisione Letteratura .
The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.
backgrounds
The film was shot in various locations in England and Finland . It grossed approximately $ 12.4 million in US cinemas .
Web links
- The Fourth Protocol in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The fourth protocol in rotten tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Fourth Protocol, Variety criticism from January 1, 1987 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 28, 2008
- ^ Review by Roger Ebert of August 28, 1987 , accessed on January 28, 2008
- ^ The fourth protocol in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on January 28, 2008
- ↑ Filming locations for The Fourth Protocol, accessed January 28, 2008
- ^ Box office / business for The Fourth Protocol, accessed January 28, 2008
