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Patrick Hale (Sean Connery) is a star reporter whose investigation of an international terrorist organisation uncovers possible links with the US government. Also involved are a group of arms dealers, some religious fanatics and a warmongering general - factors which, when combined, look set to bring about the end of the world! Director Richard Brooks mixes high drama with a satire on contemporary TV culture. Also known as 'The Man With the Deadly Lens'.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By N. Henfrey
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A mid-Eastern oil-producing country threatening to collude with a terrorist organisation intent on WMD attacks on New York. Sound topical? Made over 20 years ago this is topical as it gets, and hilarious.
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Wow - this film has the premise to the Iraq war years before the event. Reporters being massaged by politicians in trouble to get positive ratings etc. Weapons of mass destruction, government conspiracies (this time the "bombs" were on top of World Trade Center) and coverups. The usual Middle East crisis and destabilisation to those with vested interests etc. Ineffectual/indifferent President of The United States going to war... I had to pinch myself, was al-Qaida was born out of this film, suicide bombers everywhere, WMDs, destruction of the WTC - but they haven't got nukes yet - just waiting for the North Koreans or Iranians...
Print quality is ok, but not great, same for the sound, boxy/dry/dead. Worth a look, Sean Connery does hold the part convincingly.
Print quality is ok, but not great, same for the sound, boxy/dry/dead. Worth a look, Sean Connery does hold the part convincingly.
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Sean Connery is on top form in Richard Brooks' undervalued Wrong is Right (released outside the US as The Man With the Deadly Lens in a bizarre attempt to convince international audiences it was Connery's then impending comeback as James Bond!), a colossal box-office disaster in 1982 that suddenly seems relevant all over again as Connery's superstar TV reporter finds himself mixed up in various Middle East schemes involving two stolen nuclear bombs, terrorists, the CIA, an election campaign and chequebook journalism. Very much in the vein of The President's Analyst, albeit far less psychedelic, it's filled with great swipes at political double speak ("You deny it?" "Of course not: to deny it would be to admit that there was something to deny.") and the politics of celebrity (and vice versa) and holds up remarkably well.
Sadly no extras aside from trailers for Dr Srangelove, Finding Forrester and First Knight (but not the film itself) but a decent 1.85:1 widescreen transfer.
Sadly no extras aside from trailers for Dr Srangelove, Finding Forrester and First Knight (but not the film itself) but a decent 1.85:1 widescreen transfer.
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Twenty Years Ahead Of Its Time
This was a film that used to be shown late at night, I videoed it on VHS as a consequence and taped over having never watched it. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Copnovelist
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Connery fans Wrong Is Right
I saw this years ago under the UK title The Man With The Deadly lens & thought it was a strange movie. Many years later in a nice wide screen DVD I still think the same. Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2009 by Andy B
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