Eye Of The Needle

Starring: Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Christopher Cazenove

Product Description

A Nazi spy seduces the wife of a crippled pilot on the Scottish coast before D-Day. From the Ken Follett novel.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 027616799128
• Release Date: January 2006
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
• Director: Richard Marquand
• Starring: Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Christopher Cazenove
• Runtime: 1 hour, 52 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: color
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.0" x 0.0" x 0.0"

Customer Reviews

Finding a needle in a haystack.

There are not enough stars to describe this movie. As with any movie, if the entire book were portrayed, the movie would take eight hours. Therefore, they could only show the relevant parts and had to do some voice-over action to explain the missing logic. But they did not change the plot or the essence of the plot. And I would not think in a million years that Donald Sutherland would be picked to play Henry Faber. Yet now that I see the movie, He is the only person who could be believable as an attractive, aloof German spy. Where did they find Kate Nelligan, who played Lucy so well? The island "Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK" looked just like the book. I am glad this is on DVD. H-i-t-l-e-r must ultimately decide what threats are real and when. He relies on the one man he knows can find the truth by sending him to England. The Needle is a deep-cover spy who is so confident that he does not let the intermediate folk get in his way. Will he be discovered? First, they have to believe that he exists. Then they have to find him. If they can find him, can they stop him? The storyline is intriguing. Yet it is the people's interaction (loyalty, love, and credibility) and the attitude of "Die Nadel" that make the story. Ultimately, the question is whether he will succeed and what effect this will have on future generations of those who knew him.

Thrilling

An excellent thriller. The pace is perfect. It's not full of action packed scenes, but there's never a dull moment. The perfect mix of romance, suspense, and violence. Feels very much like a movie from the early '70s (French Connection, Straw Dogs, M*A*S*H) in terms of cinematography. No remarkable special features on the DVD.