| Agency | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | George Kaczender |
| Written by | Noel Hynd |
| Based on | The Agency by Paul Gottlieb |
| Starring | Robert Mitchum Lee Majors Saul Rubinek Valerie Perrine Alexandra Stewart |
| Cinematography | Miklós Lente |
| Distributed by | Jensen Farley Pictures |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4 million |
Agency (known as Mind Games on video) is a 1981 Canadian thriller drama film directed by George Kaczender. The film was written by Noel Hynd.
Based on a novel by Paul Gottlieb, it is a thriller involving creative director Philip Morgan (Lee Majors) who discovers the advertising agency he works for, run by Ted Quinn (Robert Mitchum), is using subliminal advertising to manipulate a senatorial election. It features appearances by Canadian actors Saul Rubinek as a copywriter (earning a "Best Supporting Actor" Genie nomination), Jonathan Welsh as a police detective, and familiar supporting players Michael Kirby and Gary Reineke as hitmen, and Hugh Webster as a prison inmate.
The film was shot on locations in Montreal and rural Quebec.
Home media
A low-resolution DVD transfer of the film was released in Australia by Flashback Entertainment (cat. 8206).
References
- Lee, Grant (13 January 1979). "FILM CLIPS: Canadians Shooting for the Big Leagues". Los Angeles Times. p. b10.
- Craddock, Jim, editor. VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (Detroit, Michigan: Thomson Gale, 2007), p. 49.
- ^ "Agency".
- Craddock, p. 49.
Sources
- Craddock, Jim, editor. VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever, p. 49, "The Agency" [sic]. Detroit, Michigan: Thomson Gale, 2007. ISBN 0-7876-8980-7.
- Agency at IMDb
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