Defence of the Realm (1985)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.7/10   

Director:

David Drury

Guionista:

Martin Stellman (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

21 noviembre 1986 (USA)

Género:

Suspenso

Frase comercial:

Just how far will a government go to hide the truth?

Plot:

After a newspaper reporter helps expose a Member of Parliament as a possible spy, he finds that there's much more to the story than that.

Plot Keywords:

Reporter | KGB | Spy | Newspaper | London England

Premios:

Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 6 wins & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Clever stuff

Reparto

Gabriel Byrne	...	Nicholas 'Nick' Mullen
Greta Scacchi	...	Nina Beckman
Denholm Elliott	...	Vernon Bayliss
Ian Bannen	...	Dennis Markham
Fulton Mackay	...	Victor Kingsbrook
Bill Paterson	...	Jack Macleod
David Calder	...	Harry Champion
Frederick Treves	...	Arnold Reece
Robbie Coltrane	...	Leo McAskey
Annabel Leventon	...	Trudy Markham
Graham Fletcher-Cook	...	Micky Parker
Steven Woodcock	...	Steven Dyce
Alexei Jawdokimov	...	Dietrich Kleist
Danny Webb	...	Danny Royce (as Daniel Webb)
Prentis Hancock	...	Frank Longman

También conocida como:

Defense of the Realm (USA)
Conspiración para el silencio (Argentina) [es]
En defensa del reino (Spain) [es]

Duración:

96 min

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Sonido:

Stereo

Clasificación:

Australia:PG | Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Argentina:13 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Lee International Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK

Compañía:

Rank Organisation, The

Trivialidades:

The name of the airbase is never mentioned. However at one ponint Nick views a press clipping that states the (presumed) hit-and-run driving incident occurred in the village of Brandon. That's in Suffolk, adjacent to the US airbase at RAF Lakenheath. (However, the building Nick is seen parked outside when he asks, and is denied, permission to visit the base commander, is not at Lakenheath, it looks more like RAF Uxbridge which would have been easier to get permission to film at, and is also very close to the Shepperton studio where the film was made.)

Citas:

[Byrne pours his coffee into a potted plant]
Jack Macleod: Aw, Christ, what did that geranium ever do to you?

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Howling III (1987)

Clever stuff

Well put together, and it will not do your paranoia any good at all! (But then, if you're not a bit paranoid, there's something wrong with you!)

Perhaps the characters could do with filling out a little, but on the whole, this is a very well-crafted thriller, to which you have to pay attention, as there are no big info-dumps or exposition: you have to work out a lot for yourself.