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The Day of the Jackal (1973) - 6 corrections

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Genres: Drama, Thriller

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After Col. Rolland plays the tape revealing the identity of the traitor, a minister walks from the room and passes Rolland who has one hand on his forehead. Cut to a rear view and now Rolland has both hands on the tape player. [Thats not Col Rolland playing the tape, its Claude Lebel-the detective.]

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At the beginning, just after the title credit the President's car is machine gunned and you see the back windshield shatter and disintegrate. Moments later the car arrives at the airport with the windshield intact. [There are two cars - identical black Citroen sedans. We see one have its rear windscreen shot out. We then see both cars arrive at the airport. On one we see the rear windscreen intact but on the second, we don't see the rear of the car at all, it parks with only the front half of the car in shot. This is the car with the shot out windscreen.]

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When the Jackal aims to assinate the French president, he misses. But why does the bullet explode in mid-flight? It doesn't hit anything. [The bullet actually hits the cobbled street, then explodes.]

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