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The Assignment (1997) [R]

Release Date:
September 28, 1997

Original Title:
The Assignment

Alternate Titles:
Assignment – Der Auftrag
Jackal
Le mandat
豺狼陷阱

Genres:
Action | Crime | Thriller

Production Companies:
Allegro Films
Gouvernement du Québec
Program de Credits of Impuc
Satch-Mo
Super Écran
The Movie Network
Triumph Films

Production Countries:
Canada

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  GB: 18  US: R 

Runtime: 119

Overview from TheMovieDB

Jack Shaw has experienced the terror first-hand. He's a top CIA agent who's tracked international killer-for-hire Carlos "The Jackal" Sanchez for over twenty years and barely survived Carlos' devastating bombing of a Parisian cafe. Now, he finally gets a break when he discovers Carlos' dead ringer: American naval officer and dedicated family man Annibal Ramirez.

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Additional Camera:
Georges Archambault
Bruno Philip

Art Direction:
James Fox

Assistant Camera:
John Pingry

Assistant Makeup Artist:
Melina Di Cristo
Joan Patricia Parris

Assistant Set Dresser:
Louis Dandonneau

Camera Operator:
Christian Duguay

Casting:
Karen Margiotta
Lucie Robitaille
Mary Margiotta

Continuity:
Lorette Leblanc

Costume Coordinator:
Cecile Braemer

Costume Design:
Ada Levin

Dialect Coach:
Diane Pitblado
Tim Monich

Dialogue Editor:
Eric Lambi

Digital Compositor:
André Ü Montambeault
Sébastien Moreau
Michel Frenette
Jacques Levesque
Olivier Ruel

Director:
Christian Duguay

Director of Photography:
David Franco
Christian Duguay

Editor:
Yves Langlois

Electrician:
Ofer Margolin

Executive Producer:
David Saunders

First Assistant Camera:
Mark Hoffman

First Assistant Director:
Robbie Ditchburn
David McLeod

Gaffer:
Nimi Getter

Hairstylist:
Ronald J. Rolfe

Key Dresser:
Guy Cloutier

Key Grip:
Itzik Ben-Aroya
Michel Périard
Mark Silver

Key Hair Stylist:
Benjamin Robin

Key Makeup Artist:
Nicole Lapierre

Music Editor:
Normand Corbeil
Michel Gauvin

Original Music Composer:
Normand Corbeil

Producer:
Franco Battista

Production Coordinator:
Jacqueline Marleau

Production Design:
Michael Joy

Production Manager:
Renaud Mathieu

Property Master:
Daniel Huysmans

Scenic Artist:
Tristan Tondino

Screenplay:
Sabi H. Shabtai
Dan Gordon

Script Supervisor:
Guylaine Chagnon

Second Assistant Camera:
François Daignault
Yehuda Sar-Israel
Danielle Turgeon

Sound Designer:
Raymond Legault

Sound Effects Editor:
Natalie Fleurant

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Tim Archer

Special Effects Coordinator:
Ryal Cosgrove

Special Effects Technician:
Gary Coates

Steadicam Operator:
Christian Duguay

Still Photographer:
Philippe Bossé

Stunts Coordinator:
Michael Scherer

Supervising Sound Editor:
Michel B. Bordeleau

Swing:
Eric Lafrance

Unit Publicist:
Bram Eisenthal

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