The_Agency_(film)

<i>The Agency</i> (film)

The Agency (film)

1980 film

The Agency or Agency (known as Mind Games on video) is a 1981 Canadian thriller drama film directed by George Kaczender.[2] The film was written by Noel Hynd.[3]

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Based on a novel by Paul Gottlieb,[4] 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),[3] 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.

References

  1. [1]
    Lee, Grant (13 January 1979). "FILM CLIPS: Canadians Shooting for the Big Leagues". Los Angeles Times. p. b10.
  2. [2]
    Craddock, Jim, editor. VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (Detroit, Michigan: Thomson Gale, 2007), p. 49.
  3. [3]
    "Agency".
  4. [4]
    Craddock, p. 49.

Sources

  • Craddock, Jim, editor. VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever, p. 49, "The Agency". Detroit, Michigan: Thomson Gale, 2007. ISBN 0-7876-8980-7.
  • The Agency at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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