Osterman Weekend

Titre original : The Osterman Weekend

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Burt Lancaster, Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Meg Foster, and Craig T. Nelson in Osterman Weekend (1983)

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Pendant la guerre froide, un journaliste de télévision controversé est sollicité par la C. I. A., on lui demande de persuader certaines de ses connaissances, qui sont des agents soviétiques ... Tout lirePendant la guerre froide, un journaliste de télévision controversé est sollicité par la C. I. A., on lui demande de persuader certaines de ses connaissances, qui sont des agents soviétiques du réseau Omega, de changer de camp.Pendant la guerre froide, un journaliste de télévision controversé est sollicité par la C. I. A., on lui demande de persuader certaines de ses connaissances, qui sont des agents soviétiques du réseau Omega, de changer de camp.

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5/10

Only watch it on TV if you have 90 minutes going spare!

The Robert Ludlum book of the same name is excellent, very tense and very well written. I waited ages for this film to come along at the right price (25p off ebay, ha ha), but how disappointed I was when I finally saw it. Maybe it wouldn't be a bad film if it wasn't based on a book, but it is, and a great book at that. Therefore, I have to compare the film with the original as the two can't be separated. Relative to the book, the film is, frankly, rubbish I'm sorry to say. I had such high expectations, but the film bore such little resemblance to the book that had I not known it was called "The Osterman Weekend", I would never have guessed that it was based on the book of the same name.

I gave this film 5/10 simply because I made it through to the end (and Rutger Hauer and John Hurt have done some great stuff), but it was more out of morbid curiosity as to how much more they could butcher the book than for any entertainment value. This was a film that was a product of its time (replete with cheesy music and bad acting) and it hasn't aged well. I'm glad I bought it for 25p because any more and I would've considered it a waste of money.

If it comes up on TV and you have 90 minutes burning a hole in your life, watch it - it isn't dreadful, but it's certainly not great. If you've read the book and are hoping to see it brought to life, or think that you're about to watch another Sam Peckinpah classic, give it a miss, it really isn't worth it.

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13 févr. 2009
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Anecdotes
Director Sam Peckinpah was in ill-health throughout the shoot. The long-term toll of his drug and alcohol abuse suggested to many in the production that he was dying. Peckinpah would go off and take opportune naps, but still completed and delivered his initial cut of this movie on time, despite sickness and exhaustion.

Gaffes
The surveillance cameras installed in the Tanner house each have a red light to indicate that they are working. Surely a camera for secret surveillance would not have a visible indicator for all to see.

Citations
Lawrence Fassett: Think of them as fleas on a dog hit by a car driven by a drunken teenager whose girlfriend just gave him the clap. It will help your sense of perspective.

Versions alternatives
On the Anchor Bay DVD release there is a rough cut made by Sam Peckinpah which he made showed to the test audience. Because the majority of the audience walked out, from the imfamous sex between Fassett and his wife. The producer wanted Peckinpah to cut the scene out. Once he refuse to made the cuts, he got fired. Other scenes. 1) The sex scene is more extended and shot more wobbly to express how Fassett breaking point for revenge had started. 2) Delete scene of Osterman and Joe talking on the phone about their deal. 3) Extended scene of Virginia flirting with Dick on the phone. 4) There a deleted scene of John Tanner of having an affair with his director Marcia, there wakes up to find her dead. 5) The scene where Tanner and guest are arguing by the dinner table, in the theatrical cut Fassett switches on a Swiss ad, the Peckinpah's cut he has like a big image of Danforth. 6) Alterative ending is juxtapositioned between Tanner searching for his family and the TV studio.