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Klute
Sign in to saveKlute is a 1971 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed and produced by Alan J. Pakula and starring Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Nathan George, Dorothy Tristan, Roy Scheider and Rita Gam. Its plot follows a high-priced New York City call girl who assists a detective from Pennsylvania in solving the missing person case of a john who may be stalking her. It is the first installment of what has informally come to be known as Pakula's "paranoia trilogy", followed by The Parallax View (1974) and ''All the President's Men'' (1976), all films dealing with themes of pa
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6.8A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.
Cast
- Jane Fonda as Bree Daniels
- Donald Sutherland as John Klute
- Charles Cioffi as Peter Cable
- Roy Scheider as Frank Ligourin
- Dorothy Tristan as Arlyn Page
- Rita Gam as Trina
Themes
- new york city
- prostitute
- cat
- obsession
- audio tape
- detective
- junkie
- pimp
- conspiracy
- psychologist
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Klute
- Film.image
- Klute-Poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Alan J. Pakula
- Film.producer
- Alan J. Pakula
- Film.cinematography
- Gordon Willis
- Film.editing
- Carl Lerner
- Film.music
- Michael Small
- Film.studio
- Gus Productions
- Film.distributor
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Film.runtime
- 114 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $2.5 million
- Film.gross
- $12.5 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 332024
- Image
- Klute-Jane-Fonda-Donald-Sutherland-The Los Angeles Times Thu Jun 24 1971 (cropped).jpg
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- publication date
- 1971-01-01
- title
- Klute
- review score
- 94%
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Klute is a 1971 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed and produced by Alan J. Pakula and starring Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Nathan George, Dorothy Tristan, Roy Scheider and Rita Gam. Its plot follows a high-priced New York City call girl who assists a detective from Pennsylvania in solving the missing person case of a john who may be stalking her. It is the first installment of what has informally come to be known as Pakula's "paranoia trilogy", followed by The Parallax View (1974) and ''All the President's Men (1976), all films dealing with themes of paranoia, conspiracies and surveillance.
The original screenplay for Klute'' was written by brothers Andy and Dave Lewis, with Andy drawing inspiration from a serial he read as a child about a man attempting to solve his brother's murder in a city. Principal photography took place in late 1970 and early 1971 in New York City.