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The Resource The recruit, Touchstone Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment present a Birnbaum/Barber production, a film by Roger Donaldson ; producers, Robert Birnbaum, Jeff Apple, Gary Barber ; writers, Roger Towne, Kurt Wimmer, Mitch Glazer ; director, Roger Donaldson

The recruit, Touchstone Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment present a Birnbaum/Barber production, a film by Roger Donaldson ; producers, Robert Birnbaum, Jeff Apple, Gary Barber ; writers, Roger Towne, Kurt Wimmer, Mitch Glazer ; director, Roger Donaldson

Label
The recruit
Title
The recruit
Statement of responsibility
Touchstone Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment present a Birnbaum/Barber production, a film by Roger Donaldson ; producers, Robert Birnbaum, Jeff Apple, Gary Barber ; writers, Roger Towne, Kurt Wimmer, Mitch Glazer ; director, Roger Donaldson
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Clayton recently completed his studies at MIT. One evening, Clayton is approached by Walter Burke, a recruiter for the CIA, and believes Clayton is just the sort of man the CIA is looking for. Clayton, who has little interest in an ordinary nine-to-five career and accepts the offer. Clayton has to keep in mind Burke's dictum that "nothing is as it seems, " especially when Clayton is given a special assignment -- find the mole within the Agency's training program who is actually feeding information to America's enemies
Additional physical form
Also issued on VHS.
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Stuart Dryburgh ; editor, David Rosenbloom ; music, Klaus Badelt ; costume designer, Beatrix Aruna Paztor ; production designer, Andrew McAlpine
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for violence, sexuality and language
Language note
English or French dialogue, Spanish subtitles; Closed-captioned
PerformerNote
Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, Bridget Moynahan, Gabriel Macht, Karl Pruner, Eugene Lipinski
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1954-
  • 1964-
  • 1940-
  • 1972-
  • 1972-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Birnbaum, Roger
  • Apple, Jeff
  • Barber, Gary
  • Towne, Roger
  • Wimmer, Kurt
  • Glazer, Mitch
  • Donaldson, Roger
  • Pacino, Al
  • Farrell, Colin
  • Moynahan, Bridget
  • Macht, Gabriel
  • Pruner, Karl
  • Lipinski, Eugene
  • Dryburgh, Stuart
  • Rosenbloom, David
  • Badelt, Klaus
  • Paztor, Beatrix Aruna
  • McAlpine, Andrew
  • Touchstone Pictures
  • Spyglass Entertainment (Firm)
  • Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm)
  • Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
114
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • United States
  • Intelligence officers
  • Employees
  • Videodiscs
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
The recruit, Touchstone Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment present a Birnbaum/Barber production, a film by Roger Donaldson ; producers, Robert Birnbaum, Jeff Apple, Gary Barber ; writers, Roger Towne, Kurt Wimmer, Mitch Glazer ; director, Roger Donaldson
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Special features: deleted scenes with optional commentary; "Spy school: inside the CIA Training program" a never-before-seen look inside the CIA; feature commentary with director Roger Donaldson and Colin Farrell
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
847493
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen version 1.78:1 ; 16x9.
Extent
1 videodisc (114 min.)
Isbn
9780788842955
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
786936207996
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
29124
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 847493
  • (OCoLC)51940760
System details
DVD, 5.1 Dolby digital, 5.1 DTS ES, Region 1 encoding
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The recruit, Touchstone Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment present a Birnbaum/Barber production, a film by Roger Donaldson ; producers, Robert Birnbaum, Jeff Apple, Gary Barber ; writers, Roger Towne, Kurt Wimmer, Mitch Glazer ; director, Roger Donaldson
Publication
Note
Special features: deleted scenes with optional commentary; "Spy school: inside the CIA Training program" a never-before-seen look inside the CIA; feature commentary with director Roger Donaldson and Colin Farrell
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
847493
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen version 1.78:1 ; 16x9.
Extent
1 videodisc (114 min.)
Isbn
9780788842955
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
786936207996
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
29124
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 847493
  • (OCoLC)51940760
System details
DVD, 5.1 Dolby digital, 5.1 DTS ES, Region 1 encoding
Video recording format
DVD

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