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The Jackal

Year:
Duration:
124 min
Genres:
Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
IMDB rate:
6.3
Director:
Michael Caton-Jones
Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1997-11-14
Filming Locations: Carolco Studios, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Earnings
Budget: $60,000,000
Opening Weekend: $15,164,595 (USA) (16 November 1997)
Gross: $54,910,560 (USA) (15 February 1998)
Cast
Actor
Character
Mathilda May
Mathilda May
The Jackal
J.K. Simmons
J.K. Simmons
The Jackal
Bruce Willis
The Jackal
Richard Gere
Declan Mulqueen
Sidney Poitier
FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston
Diane Venora
Major Valentina Koslova
Richard Lineback
FBI Agent McMurphy
John Cunningham
FBI Director Donald Brown
Jack Black
Ian Lamont
Tess Harper
The First Lady
Leslie Phillips
Woolburton
Stephen Spinella
Douglas
Sophie Okonedo
Jamaican Girl
David Hayman
Terek Murad
Steve Bassett
George Decker
Yuri Stepanov
Victor Politovsky
Walt MacPherson
Dennehey
Ravil Isyanov
Ghazzi Murad
Maggie Castle
Maggie the 13-Year-Old Hostage
Karen Kirschenbauer
Speaker
Terrence Currier
Surgeon General
Daniel Dae Kim
Akashi
Michael Caton-Jones
Man in Video
Laura Viederman
Woman in Video
Peter Sullivan
Vasilov
Richard Cubison
General Belinko
Jim Grimshaw
Green Beret Colonel
Gregory Porter Miller
Paramedic (as Greg Miller)
Bob Kingdom
Ambassador Koldin
Murphy Guyer
NSC Representative
Philip Le Maistre
Bored Teenage Clerk
Serge Houde
Beaufres
James McCauley
CIA Representative #1
Terry Loughlin
Davis
Victor Sobchak
Doctor
Serge Christianssens
Immigration Officer (as Serge Christiaenssens)
Boris Boscovic
Interrogator
Danette Alberico
Woman with Champagne #1
Debra Gano
Woman with Champagne #2
John Harrington Bland
Dave (as John Bland)
Pamela Poitier
Law Clerk
Eddie Bo Smith Jr.
Washington Cop (as Eddie 'Bo' Smith Jr.)
Larry King
Larry King
Dan Ziskie
CIA Representative #2 (as Daniel Ziskie)
Gayle Jessup
Reporter
Bill Collins
Medic
David Gene Gibbs
Pilot
James M. Helkey
Co-Pilot
Allen Altman
Car Salesman (uncredited)
Mike Azevedo
Student (uncredited)
David Barrass
Bolitonov (uncredited)
Caryn Cheever
Yacht Club Gala Patron (uncredited)
Jim Clark
Narrator on TV (voice) (uncredited)
Tom Delmar
Postman Hitman (uncredited)
Sam Feuer
Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
Harry Fielder
American Cop on Roof (uncredited)
Reese Foster
Injured Person (uncredited)
Mikhail Gorbachev
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eric Hoziel
Hitman (uncredited)
Raymond H. Johnson
Doctor (uncredited)
Jeff Johnston
Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
Tim Krueger
Sailor (uncredited)
Jared Labelle
Man in Subway (uncredited)
V.I. Lenin
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lee Litas
Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
Robert Minkoff
Bit (uncredited)
Jarmo Mäkinen
Ghazzi's Bodyguard (uncredited)
Frank Principe
Sick Person (uncredited)
Ronald Reagan
Himself (archive sound) (uncredited)
J. Christoffer Slotte
Russian Policeman Outside Nightclub (uncredited)
Tim L. Smith
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Chax Stern
Attorney (uncredited)
Dominic Paolo Testa
Party Attendee (uncredited)
Rick Touhy
Cop (uncredited)
Tsar Nicholas II
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tsarina Alexandra
Herself - with the Tsar (archive footage) (uncredited)
Emma Willis
Gina (uncredited)
Boris Yeltsin
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
The large, remote-controlled machine gun is a mock-up of the Soviet-designed KPV (Krupnokaliberniy Pulemyot Vladimirova) Heavy Machine Gun. The weapon used for the mock-up is actually an American M2HB .50BMG Heavy Machine Gun with a lot of parts added to it to make it look like a KPV. The name "Polish ZSU-33" is fictional.
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"Endtrack" by Massive Attack, the song that plays over the end credits, is actually an alternate remix of their song "Dissolved Girl".
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Because Richard Gere and Bruce Willis filmed many of their scenes separately, they would often ask each other "How's your movie going?" when they'd meet.
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Goofs
The blood spot on the wall of the subway station when the Jackal gets shot disappears.
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The large white lens mounted to the gun is actually a Canon Prime Lens, therefore it could not zoom in and out as we saw on the monitor.
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When the Jackal is sailing, we see a helicopter shot of him setting the spinnaker - a sail that only works when the wind is from behind the boat. Then we cut to a shot of him sitting at the back of the boat, with the wind in his face (as can be seen from his hair, and the flag behind him).
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Quotes
Ian Lamont: [after the Jackal's cannon is ready for firing] Oh, yeah. Bring on the spall, baby. Hey, I wonder when we're gonna...
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Carter Preston: Witherspoon, you by-the-book asshole.
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Douglas: [Douglas is skeptical about giving his business card out] You're not gonna call.
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Faq
Q
What is the song playing during the opening credits?
A
It's called Superpredators by Massive Attack. The rest of the corresponding scenes to songs can be found here.
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Photos from cast
Mathilda May Jonathan Aris Ewan Bailey J.K. Simmons
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