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Klute

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This acclaimed thriller stars Jane Fonda as Bree Daniel, a New York City call-girl who becomes enmeshed in an investigation into the disappearance of a business executive. Detective John Klute is hired to follow Daniel, and eventually begins a romance with her, but it appears that he hasn't been the only person on her trail. When it becomes clear that Daniel is being targeted, it's up to her and Klute to figure out who is after her before it's too late.
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Donald Sutherland is coolly commanding and Jane Fonda a force of nature in Klute, a cuttingly intelligent thriller that generates its most agonizing tension from its stars' repartee.

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Dave Kehr Chicago Reader 02/18/2020
As close to a classic as anything New Hollywood produced. Go to Full Review David Robinson Financial Times 02/12/2020
What lifts it above its B-picture origins (and the pastiche is certainly conscious) is the style -- crisp, elliptical, only moderately arty -- of Alan J. Pakula's direction. Go to Full Review Derek Malcolm Guardian 02/12/2020
This is done with remarkably little dialogue but with a tremendous sense of tension and atmosphere. Go to Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins 12/29/2024
9/10
For the bulk of the film, it’s a character study rather than a crime thriller, which continues to help with the hyper-realism and Bree's personal complexity. Go to Full Review Alan Jones Radio Times 08/08/2024
5/5
There's nail-biting suspense in spades, thanks to the atmospheric cinematography of Godfather cameraman Gordon Willis. Go to Full Review Dave Giannini InSession Film 02/21/2024
In cinema, thankfully, there are no absolutes and no easy answers. Sure, there are generalities but a great film, especially with a transcendent performance, can take those rules and tear them into a million pieces. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Max M. @Househuntermax Feb 17 Great acting and direction. I like the way Pakula lets the shots play out. Good movie, But it feels like it’s missing something. See more Bick B. @Burke_Schoenfeldt76 Jan 25 Great acting all the way around, with a creepy menace that permeates the entire film. Well worth watching! See more rex w @RT11010153 Dec 11 Jane Fonda's masterpiece perfomance. She makes a ho-hum film a must-see classic. See more Charmaine B @RT95422848 Nov 23 So tense and amazing. Fonda and Sutherland are really top of game. But I WOULD have to watch it while alone at night. Now it's 3am and I need to relax. Geez. Wish I had a Klute here. But at least I don't have a profession that attracts weirdos. See more Joe D @RT53872997 Sep 12 bad girl jane tries to hit you over the head with sex drugs and boredom. 1 hr in and you can't wait for klute to do something, anything to break the boredom. See more Mark B @Thelaser555 Aug 5 The film has the wrong title. This is Fonda's movie. She owns it. Captivating, complex, haunting, troubling. She has a hard shell but there's a vulnerability about her. We can feel it. Her voice is all matter of fact, her interactions, her emotions. It all feels so real, as if we have stumbled into a real-life documentary about a call-girl with a high IQ who is linked to a missing male client. Donald Sutherland's deadpan persona as the dogged private eye adds brilliantly to the chalk and cheese relationship that develops between the two. Give her the right subject and Jane Fonda really will shine as a remarkably talented actress. See more Read all reviews
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Alan J. Pakula

Director

Jane Fonda

Bree Daniel

Donald Sutherland

John Klute

Roy Scheider

Frank Ligourin

Charles Cioffi

Peter Cable

Dorothy Tristan

Arlyn Page

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Synopsis This acclaimed thriller stars Jane Fonda as Bree Daniel, a New York City call-girl who becomes enmeshed in an investigation into the disappearance of a business executive. Detective John Klute is hired to follow Daniel, and eventually begins a romance with her, but it appears that he hasn't been the only person on her trail. When it becomes clear that Daniel is being targeted, it's up to her and Klute to figure out who is after her before it's too late.
Director
Alan J. Pakula
Producer
Alan J. Pakula
Screenwriter
Andy Lewis, David P. Lewis
Distributor
Warner Bros.
Production Co
Warner Brothers
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 23, 1971, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2008
Runtime
1h 54m
Sound Mix
Mono
Aspect Ratio
35mm, Scope (2.35:1)
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