Day of the jackal
By: Warwick Film Productions ; Universal Productions France S.A. ; produced by John Woolf ; directed by Fred Zinnemann ; screenplay by Kenneth Ross
Contributors: Fox, Edward, 1937-; Badel, Alan; Britton, Tony; Delerue, Georges, 1925-1992; Forsyth, Frederick, 1938-; Universal Studios Home Video (Firm)
Edition: Widescreen.
Publisher: Universal Home Video; UNI DIST CORP. (MCA); Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Universal City, CA
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 143
Subjects: Drama; Organisation Armée secrète; Film and video adaptations
Description: A suspense thriller built around the attempt of disgruntled French veterans of the Algerian wars (members of the OAS) to assasinate Charles de Gaulle by hiring a professional hit man from Britain.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1973.

Based on the novel by Frederick Forsyth.

Features: production notes, talent biographies, film highlights and theatrical trailer.

Music by Georges Delerue.

Edward Fox, Alan Badel, Tony Britton, Cyril Cusack, Michel Lonsdale, Eric Porter, Delphine Seyrig.

MPAA rating: PG.

DVD, Dolby digital.

For private home use only.

Closed-captioned.

With an English track, French and Spanish subtitles.