Synopsis
Miles Kendig knows too much. One of the CIA’s top international operatives, he suddenly finds himself relegated to a desk job in an agency power play. Unwilling to go quietly, Kendig, with the aid of a chic Viennese widow, puts himself back in the game by writing a memoir exposing the innermost secrets of every major intelligence agency in the world. The CIA wants Kendig dead, but he refuses to cooperate—he’s having too much fun. Based on Brian Garfield’s best-selling novel, and starring the inimitable comic team of Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson, Ronald Neame’s Hopscotch is a smart and stylish tale of international intrigue and a cat-and-mouse comedy.
Cast
| Kendig | Walter Matthau |
| Isobel | Glenda Jackson |
| Cutler | Sam Waterston |
| Myserson | Ned Beatty |
| Yaskov | Herbert Lom |
| Ross | David Matthau |
| Westlake | George Baker |
| Ludlum | Ivor Roberts |
| Carla | Lucy Saroyan |
| Maddox | Severn Darden |
Credits
| Director | Ronald Neame |
| Producer | Edie & Ely Landau |
| Screenplay | Brian Garfield and Bryan Forbes |
| Executive in charge of production | Mort Abrahams |
| Production Design | William Creber |
| Cinematography | Arthur Ibbetson |
| Editing | Carl Kress |
| Associate producers | Jonathan Bernstein and Brian Garfield |
| Music | Ian Fraser |
| Executive producer | Otto Plaschkes |
| Based on the novel by | Brian Garfield |
Disc Features
- New high-definition digital transfer, enhanced for widescreen televisions
- Video introduction featuring interviews with director Ronald Neame and novelist and screenwriter Brian Garfield
- Original theatrical trailer and teaser
- The original television audio track, remixed for family viewing, presented as an alternate audio track
- English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
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Hopscotch
by Aug 19, 2002Ronald Neame’s Hopscotch has the distinction of being the only “feel-good” realistic spy film ever made. As the movie walks a fine line between serious drama and satirical comedy, and between topicality and escapism, it beguiles the viewer with its sophistication and complexity. The most...
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the worst film to be put out by criterion
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