Year of the Gun (film)

Infobox Film
name = Year of the Gun


image_size = 150px
director = John Frankenheimer
producer = Edward R. Pressman
writer = Michael Mewshaw (novel)
David Ambrose
starring = Andrew McCarthy
Sharon Stone
Valeria Golino
music = Bill Conti
Robert J. Walsh
cinematography = Blasco Giurato
editing = Lee Percy
distributor = Triumph Releasing Corp.
released = November 1, 1991
runtime = 111 min.
country =
awards =
language = English
amg_id = 1:55723
imdb_id = 0103303

"Year of the Gun" is a 1991 thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer and starred Andrew McCarthy, Sharon Stone and Valeria Golino.

Plot

In 1978, David Raybourne is an American novelist who unintentionally becomes involved in the Red Brigade's plot to murder former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro. Along with Alison King, his photojournalist friend, he must struggle to stay alive.

Cast

Reception

The film received mixed reviews. "New York Times" film critic Janet Maslin, criticized the transition from book to film by saying, "But the plot, from a screenplay by David Ambrose based on Michael Mewshaw's book, turns out to be dizzyingly overcomplicated, and far too much of it hinges on the American journalist's supposed power to make trouble with his novel, which he says will be a "Day of the Jackal"-like mixture of real and fictitious characters. It is this journalist's advance knowledge of the plot to kidnap Aldo Moro, a former Italian Prime Minister, that makes so many waves." [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=2&res=9D0CE7DF123DF932A35752C1A967958260&oref=slogin]

Meanwhile, Siskel & Ebert were divided with Siskel giving the film a thumbs down, and Ebert giving a thumbs up. [ [http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/ebertandroeper/index2.html?sec=6&subsec=Year+of+the+Gun Ebert and Roeper ] ]

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