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Hopscotch (1980) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p] Directed by Ronald Neame. With Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston, Ned Beatty and Herbert Lom. Blu-ray (Amazon) https://amzn.to/48Pg2E2 ...
Oct 10, 1980 · Hopscotch: Directed by Ronald Neame. With Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston, Ned Beatty. Grounded with a desk job by incompetent superiors, a clever CIA agent retires and writes a tell all memoir that will embarrass his bosses, prompting him to go on the run and elude them.
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- Adventure, Comedy
- Ronald Neame
- 1980-10-10
Theatrical trailer of "Hopscotch" Ronald Neame. Starring Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston, Ned Beatty, Herbert Lom, David Matthau, George Baker,...
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At Munich's Oktoberfest, veteran CIA field agent Miles Kendig and his team foil a microfilm transfer. Upon Kendig's return to Washington, his boss, Myerson, reassigns him to a desk job because Kendig did not arrest Yaskov, the head of the KGBin Europe. Kendig explains to Myerson that he knows how Yaskov thinks, and it would take time and resources ...
Film score
The film features many pieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Notable examples include the aria "Non più andrai" from the opera The Marriage of Figaro, the andante movement from Eine kleine Nachtmusik, the first movement of Mozart's Piano Sonata No.11, K331 (best known for the third movement, the Rondo alla turca), the Posthorn Serenade, K320 and a Rondo for piano and orchestra in D, K382. In the Hopscotch - Criterion Collection DVD special feature "Introduction by Neame & Garfield", director Nea...
Casting
According to Neame in the special feature "Introduction by Neame & Garfield", the Jewish Matthau refused to film on location in Germany, as he had lost many relatives in the Holocaust. However, he wanted to have Neame cast his son David and later his stepdaughter Lucy Saroyan, so Matthau gave in. David Matthau played Ross, the CIA agent Kendig takes prisoner after leaving Myerson's house, and Saroyan the pilot who takes Kendig to Bermuda. According to Neame, he did not think they could get Gl...
Filming
Hopscotch was filmed in many locations in Europe and the United States, including London, United Kingdom; Marseilles, France; Bermuda; Washington, D.C.; Savannah, Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia; and Munich, in then-West Germany. Locations in Salzburg, Austria, included The Mirabell Platz. The scenes set during Munich’s Oktoberfest were filmed using eight cameras concealed in strategic locations at the Munich Fairgrounds.
Garfield's original script reflected the dark tone of the novel. At one point, Warren Beatty and Jane Fonda were in line for the leads. Matthau agreed to appear on condition that Garfield rework the script to play to his own gifts as an actor. Matthau and Neame participated in the rewrites, which continued throughout the film. The AFI catalog refer...
New York Times critic Vincent Canbygave the film a rave review: "a lark, a comic cloak-and-dagger adventure ... a stylish, lighter-than-air vehicle that moves from Munich to Salzburg to Washington to the Deep South to Europe and back without once losing its breath. It is beautifully played by Mr. Matthau and Miss Jackson and by a supporting cast .....
Hopscotch at IMDbHopscotch at AllMovieHopscotch at Rotten TomatoesHopscotch at Box Office MojoHopscotch. 1980 · 1 hr 46 min. R. Adventure · Comedy · Action. A disgruntled CIA agent quits, heads to Europe, and writes a tell-all autobiography. To his delight all of his former colleagues are now chasing after him. Audio Languages: English.
Based on Brian Garfield’s best-selling novel, the blithe thriller centers on Miles Kendig (Matthau), a disillusioned retired CIA agent who, with the help of a chic and savvy Viennese widow (Jackson), threatens to publish his memoirs and expose the innermost secrets of every major intelligence agency in the world.
