Since it’s Robert Ludlum week here at The Stop Button (actually it’s not, these two were a coincidence), I watched The Assignment, which is an unofficial adaptation of Ludlum’s Bourne trilogy. Again, I read Ludlum back when I was in junior high–maybe early high school–and I remember seeing this film and wondering why it wasn’t […]
Entries Tagged as 'Donald Sutherland'
The Assignment (1997, Christian Duguay)
March 23rd, 2006 · 1 Comment
Tagged: Aidan Quinn· Ben Kingsley· Christian Duguay· Dan Gordon· Donald Sutherland· Sabi H. Shabtai· Triumph Films· ★★
The Eagle Has Landed (1976), the extended version
May 30th, 2005 · No Comments
We all know Winston Churchill wasn’t kidnapped or assassinated during World War II–except maybe President Bush, but he’s still waiting for John Rambo to call with info on Osama–so The Eagle Has Landed’s ending is a bit of a give-away. The film suceeds–to some degree–since it presents the audience with characters they care so much […]
Tagged: Columbia Pictures· Donald Pleasence· Donald Sutherland· Jack Higgins· John Sturges· Michael Caine· Robert Duvall· Tom Mankiewicz· ★



