UW Cinematheque: Special Presentations
The Ambassador | USA | 1984 | 35mm | 90 min. Director: J. Lee Thompson
Event Details
Date
Friday, April 28, 2017
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ellen Burstyn, Rock Hudson
The first of two adaptations of Elmore Leonard’s 52 Pick-Up from Cannon Films takes significant liberties with its source novel. The narrative concerns an American Ambassador to the Middle East (Mitchum) whose attempts to settle the Israel-Palestine conflict are compromised when his wife (Burstyn) is unfaithful. Looking to clean up a messy situation, the Ambassador takes action with his Chief Security Officer (Hudson, in his final movie).
The first of two adaptations of Elmore Leonard’s 52 Pick-Up from Cannon Films takes significant liberties with its source novel. The narrative concerns an American Ambassador to the Middle East (Mitchum) whose attempts to settle the Israel-Palestine conflict are compromised when his wife (Burstyn) is unfaithful. Looking to clean up a messy situation, the Ambassador takes action with his Chief Security Officer (Hudson, in his final movie).
Cost
Free
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