The Assignment
1997
Not currently streaming on CaSTV
Synopsis
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.
Key facts
Cast
Céline Bonnier, Claudia Ferri, Ben Kingsley, Liliana Komorowska, Lucie Laurier, Daniel Pilon, Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland
Original language
English
Production companies
ALLEGRO FILMS
Home video distributors
Columbia TriStar Home Video (United States)
Setting
France
Crew
Screenplay
Dan Gordon, Sabi H. Shabtai
Producer
Franco Battista, Tom Berry, Stefan Wodoslawsky
Cinematography
Christian Duguay, David Franco
Editing
Yves Langlois
Music
Normand Corbeil, Eddie Pola, George Wyle
Trailer
Stills
Reviews
No reviews yet. Be the first to write one.
Festival History
Titles
| Original title | The Assignment | English |
| Québec French title | Le Mandat | |
| Alternate title | Jackals |
VHS & home video releases
| VHS | Columbia TriStar Home Video (cat. no. 28353) | 1997, United States, slipcase |
Versions & editions
| Original version (English) | ||
| Home video VHS | United States | 1997 28353 |
Full credits
| Director | Christian Duguay |
| Cast | Céline Bonnier, Claudia Ferri, Ben Kingsley, Liliana Komorowska, Lucie Laurier, Daniel Pilon, Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, Vlasta Vrana |
| Screenplay | Dan Gordon, Sabi H. Shabtai |
| Producer | Franco Battista, Tom Berry, Stefan Wodoslawsky |
| Executive producer | Josée Bernard, Joseph Newton Cohen, David Saunders |
| Cinematography | Christian Duguay, David Franco |
| Editing | Yves Langlois |
| Music | Normand Corbeil, Eddie Pola, George Wyle |
| Production design | James Fox |
| Sound | Michel B. Bordeleau, Brian Eimer, Thierry Morlaas-Lurbe |
| Costumes | Ada Levin |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
