One of my favorite movies of all time. Robert Redford doesn't make bad movies, some are just better than others.

Finally someone reacts this classic Three Days of the Condor directed by Sydney Pollack starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson and Max Von Sydow. Thank you so much Madison great reaction😊👍

Another '70s thriller that you will enjoy is "The Day of the Jackal" released in 1973. The story unfolds in the 1960's in Europe and is loosely based on real events. As the story unfolds you will be drawn into an intense game of cat and mouse that will not be resolved until the last seconds of the movie. There is a remake of this movie titled "Jackal" with Bruce Willis and Richard Gere that is also worthy of a viewing but only after you have seen the 1973 original.

The book is "Six Days of the Condor" because it's a novel, and novels have the luxury of taking their time telling the story. The movie is "Three Days of the Condor" because movies are a medium limited in time, generally speaking 1-1/2 to 2 hours. So the filmmakers decided to compress the story into three days.

Another 1970's film with prophetic social commentary is Network (1976), also with Faye Dunaway. Very different from this one, and at the time I thought far-fetched. Unfortunately, not so. What has happened to network news is tragic, and this film spoke the truth about it just as it was beginning to turn.

One of my favorite movies from the 1970's. This and Sneakers (1992?) are two of my favorites from Redford. They have a lot of similarities. Also note while Redford is a heck of an actor his Oscar win is for directing. Also Joubert (von Sydow) is not the bad guy, nor is he the good guy, he is a contractor with no morals. Pay the man and he does the job, doing what he has contracted to do is his only compass, morally. Last note...a lot of this plot is somewhat homaged in the MCU film Captain America the Winter Soldier (2014) in which Robert Redford plays the big bad. Not surprising as the Russo Brothers (directors) specifically said they were going for a trust no one 3 Days of the Condor vibe.

I personally love ambiguous endings, because they require that one think. Life is not clear, and its stories are not usually simple, but I can see how some people long for that clarity.

29:31 - The subtle look. Like a fine wine... Pollack was a damn good director. Also Von Sydow's monologue later. Still chilling.

I always kinda dug this one, especially Max Von Sydow's character - he was so good at fleshing out supporting parts like this. A lot of great performers come out of Europe but Max was in a class by himself. He had the good luck to be mature beyond his years so he seemed to be around for decades longer than he was because, for example, they aged him up for "The Exorcist" which artificially added like thirty years to his acting career, if you see what I mean. Am I making up that there was a TV version someone was going to make that was gonna make it six days again? Or did that not happen? Mike Nichols told my favorite Robert Redford story. They knew each other in New York, Nichols was preparing "The Graduate" and Redford was lobbying him hard for the part Dustin Hoffman ended up playing. After a lot of back and forth, Nichols finally said to Redford that he was totally wrong for the role, "The character's got to be a loser." Redford said he could totally play that and Nichols said, "Bullshit. Have you ever struck out with a girl?" Redford said, "What do you mean?" Nichols said, "Exactly." 🤣

Great reaction, Madison, I knew that you'd find it interesting. I recommend this film to just about everyone, I can't understand why it isn't better known or gets the recognition which it deserves. A few other films which I recommend are, 'Capricorn One' 1977, a few Faye Dunaway films, 'Eyes of Laura Mars' 1978, 'The Thomas Crown Affair' 1968 (this is the original with Steve McQueen, the remake of the same name from 1999 with Pierce Brosnan is just as good), last but definitely not least the amazing 'Chinatown' 1974 with Jack Nicholson, the follow up film 'The Two Jakes' 1990 is excellent also.

There’s a KZfaq video titled “Three Days of The Condor at 45: Truth To Power”. Close to 50 years, this movie is still eerily relevant to our times and it explains the zeitgeist then and now.

When I first watched this film in 1975, it had me on the edge of my seat and I really like Faye Dunaway's performance. Great film and great reaction!!!!

Because of Vietnam and Watergate people were starting to no longer trust the US government. I've seen this movie so many times I've lost count. I love how he uses his brains to fight back against the shadowy CIA. Another similar movie from back then that has a similar vibe is the Parallax View with Warren Beatty. It's quite excellent. In fact the guy who wrote Three Days of the Condor, Lorenzo Semple Jr., wrote it as well. He's a great writer. In fact, I read Six Days of the Condor a long time ago and recall thinking the movie was much better.

Hidden conspiracies was a key to a lot of 1970s films. If you've never seen it, watch "Chinatown" with Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway, another classic '70s film, even though it's set in the 1930s.

Happiness is a warm puppy. Happiness is a sunny day. And Happiness is watching Madison work her way through Robert Redfords filmography! I can't wait for her to see Redford in Little Fauss and Big Halsy, The Electric Horseman, Barefoot in the Park, The Hot Rock, The Great Waldo Pepper, The Way We Were, All the Presidents Men, The Candidate, Downhill Racer, Brubaker and Out of Africa, and maybe Sneakers.

I love how dark 70s films were they rarely end in a typical happy way

Madison, great call on this film. If you ever get into the paranoid spy genre, I'll plug the following : Manchurian Candidate Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Angela Lansbury, 1961, The Spy who Came in from the Cold, Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, The Conversation, Gene Hackman

This movie rolls in as my 6th favorite film of all-time. I love cerebral movies. 1. Lawrence of Arabia 2. Casablanca 3. The French Connection 4. The Sound of Music 5. The Day of the Jackal (1974) 6. Three Days of the Condor 7. A Bridge Too Far 8. Sabrina (1954) 9. Inception 10. Breaker Morant I love your reactions! The late great John Houseman played Mr. Wabash. You should react to The Paper Chase (1973).

Great reaction and movie choice Madison, I'm 62 and seen almost ALL Robert Redford movies as an actor, he's a gem... I'm a straight man but always considered him the most handsome actor of his time, sort of a pre version of Brad Pitt but more manly... Physical presence and charisma, It is his acting tough that has always impressed me the most, so expressive but all rendered in subtlety, no shouting, grimacing or over acting, even great actors like Pacino, Nickolson and DeNiro sometimes went overboard in their later years but not Redford, great refined performances with mostly outstanding if not all blockbuster movie choices, his resume speaks for itself and the creation of Sundance, a true giving back gift to the Independent movie community, one of the few Hollywood giants that praised quality over quantity, profit and fame, not many of those in the roster of actors in Hollywood history, ALL his movies starting with 1969's Downhill Racer are worth viewing, quite a compelling legacy!

The Conversation" (1974) starring Gene Hackman. Another forgotten gem.

Many productions, especially in the late 1990s and early 2000s, tried to emulate the sense of fear and or mimic the theme of an ordinary Joe/Jane thrust in unorthodox situations [conspiracies]. This movie and the movie "The Conversation," for the most part, were the gold standards for the genre, with some honorable mentions like "Capricorn One" and the "Parallax Conspiracy." Notable entries to the genre are "The Package," "No Way Out," "Company Business," and "Enemy of the State," which I should mention is the best re-boot combining the themes explored in Condor and Conversation. On a side note, there was no formal CIA representative or technical advisor to inform the director of how the CIA works. But a CIA officer (actually a later disgraced CIA director) was on set, 'visiting.'

Madison, great reaction for a wonderful film. By the way, Faye Dunaway was in Bonnie & Clyde, Little Big Man, Network & Chinatown... everyone of which you will enjoy watching and reacting to... And you're right, of course, about Max von Syndow, he's always terrific.

Nice pick,Madison! I read the book when it first came out, and I remember really enjoying the movie too! Looking forward to it. 🙂

Another great reaction! If you would like to see more Faye Dunaway, two excellent choices to react to would be Chinatown (1974), with Jack Nicholson, and Bonnie and Clyde (1967), with Warren Beatty. Another movie you would enjoy is 1976's Marathon Man, starring two legendary actors in Dustin Hoffman, and the incomparable Laurence Olivier, along with Roy Scheider (The French Connection, Jaws, The 7 Ups). These three great movies have been overlooked by other reactors, and I'd rather see your reaction anyway. Please 😊

This is one of my favorite movies! Thank you for reacting to Three Days of the Condor!

There was an energy crisis in the 70s. I remember being in line for gas for blocks. The movie was addressing this point of view.

People go on about Tom Cruise running, but Redford was also a physical actor, and a terrific runner onscreen, great form and true athleticism. He ran his way through many films and has some awesome running and combat scenes in this one too. Oh, and the guy was born to wear denim.

Ms. Madison, thanks so much for covering one of my favorite Redford films. The man dressed in blue at the lunch counter who spoke briefly to Redford was Ed Setrakian, who taught me Public Speaking and Composition of Speech when I was in college in NYC, around the time this movie was made. Mr. Setrakian did a lot of theater and even some tv, including a few episodes of the Sopranos .

Three great movies starring Faye Dunaway are; Bonny & Clyde, Chinatown, and Network… These are all must see’s (in my humble opinion).

One of Redford's best! Madison, Max von Sydow wasnt painting DD figurines, those were tin soldiers of the 19th century; a childhood friend used to have the molds & back in the 70s we were doing what Mr.von Sydow was doing there but we never reenacted battlefields or had any rules for that. As for the Xmas movies: Let time pass & something new replaces the old; today they're all hyped up about 'The Shawshank Redemption' but the 'Count of Monte Christo' and 'Papillion' are all forgotten now.. MC is the base material & might not be forgotten soon, but check out 'Papillon' (1973 film) with Dustin Hoffman & Steve McQueen; if you got a knack for the 70's you gonna like that one for sure! 🙂

Hi Madison, it was great to have someone react to this classic at last. I`ve been suggesting it to many different reactors for sometime. I`m glad you enjoyed it as I did myself, I`m sure it helps not to have read the synopsis. Personally, although I have not seen all of his films, I have to say, I`ve never come across a film with R. Redford in, that I have disliked. The same can be said for Max Von Sydow, I enjoyed every performance of his I have seen. Some more good films with Faye Dunaway are the 1967 (Bonnie & Clyde) with Warren Beatty, the 1968 (Thomas Crown Affair) with Steve McQueen. Also, the three/four Musketeers films of 1973/74 respectively with Oliver Reed, Michael York, Richard Chamberlin, Frank Finlay, Christopher Lee & Raquel Welch.

Man, you're hitting all the good stuff. Excellent soundtrack by the great Dave Grusin. Been on my regular music rotation for years.

A lovely reaction, Madison! Thank you. I don’t know whether you’ve ever seen All the President’s Men (1976), but it’s another superb, suspenseful, political film starring Robert Redford - but based on true facts. Robert Ludlum‘s original novel The Bourne Identity“ came out five years after this film; it wouldn’t surprise me if Ludlum got the idea for the “random woman enlisted as accomplice“ from this film.

The Day of the Jackal is another great movie from the 70's.......

You might check out a similar movie from 1976 starring Dustin Hoffman, "Marathon Man".

One of the best spy movies I have ever seen. Spy games with Redford was solid as well.

I don't know what the tag-line for this film is, maybe 'Trust no one' - ingenious movie - try Costner in 'No Way Out' brilliant mind bending film and Michael Douglas in a 1997 movie The Game , again brilliant concept, brilliantly executed...Fincher movie....also 'Chinatown' - Dunaway and Jack Nicholson 1973, absolute classic...

MGM+ made an updated version of this a couple of years ago. It ran as an 8-part series. It's extremely well done, and I recommend it highly.

An intense film. Haven't seen it in quite a while, so thanks for the viewing! Have you considered "All The President's Men" from 1976? It's the one about the Watergate affair and the two WaPo reporters investigating it. Redford and Dustin Hoffman in a very gripping story. Cheers!

Saw this several times in the theater, the 2nd time to catch all of the small clues. Faye Dunaway was exceptional in Bonnie and Clyde, and also in The Thomas Crown Affair with Steve McQueen. I had Robert Redford's picture in my dresser for many years!

You must see the Thomas Crown Affair (the old one, not the remake with Pierce Brosnan)with Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway.

One of the very best of the 70's. Two more in the genre - "All the President Men' & 'The Parallax view'

Two of my most favorite Redford films, "All the President's Men" and "The Hot Rock"...🙂

Finally, someone is reacting to this movie. Redford, Dunaway & Von Sydow are all excellent. The storyline & final screen & dialog is on point.

Faye Dunaway movies worth watching:
 Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Little Big Man (1970)
 Chinatown (1974) Network (1976) Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) Mommie Dearest (1981)

One of those rare cases where the movie did some significant rewrites away from the book and turned out the better for it.

Now you're ready for The Parallax View, and The Conversation.

Here are some of his best: The Way We Were, 1973 Barefoot in the Park, 1967 Out of Africa, 1985 All the President's Men, 1976 The Great Waldo Pepper, 1975 The Candidate, 1972 This Property is Condemned, 1966

Kinda prophetic. One of my favorite films of the 70s. Redford has a quality on film that I love and I'm not sure how to describe it. It just never gets old. Great pick, Your father has fine taste in films.

you are reacting to my favorite movies and requests...Thanks! I know many people must have requested this one. One of his biggest hits and another great performance is The Natrual.

this is definitly one of my favorite movies of all time

Faye Dunawy had an illustrious career, she starred in" the towering inferno"',"Thomas crown affair","The two Jakes with Jack Nicholson". Are her most famous role of all time as"Bonnie Barker" Bonnie and Clyde"also"award-winning"Mommy dearest"award-winning movie"Network""The eyes of Laura Mars"damn and"Chinatown".

"For that day." That segment was awesome then and still holds up today.

You seem to be okay reacting to classics, here are some you should consider: Harvey - James Stewart - Sentimental comedy Arsenic and Old Lace - Cary Grant - Screwball comedy Some Like It Hot - Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon - Comedy of errors? Sort of? His Girl Friday - Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell - Comedy 12 Angry Men - Henry Fonda, E.G.Marshal, Jack Klugman, et. al. - Drama Bringing up Baby - Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant - Comedy (Screwball/Errors) It's a Wonderful Life - James Stewart - Drama Frankenstein and Son of Frankenstein - B horror - (Really should watch before Young Frankenstein) The Thin Man - William Powell, Myrna Loy - Detective Topper - Constance Bennet, Cary Grant - Supernatural Comedy The Maltese Falcon - Humphrey Bogart - Detective The African Queen - Katherine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart - Drama, adventure Treasure of the Sierra Madre - Bogart - Drama Hmmm ... Just realized I'm really a comedy fan.

Imagine in your mind the 30 years later, Higgins would be telling his nephew Peter that with great power comes great responsibility. :-)

The novel has 4 more days of action- when they filmed it, they changed the title and cut enough if it to cut it down to feature film length. The plot is also signifigantly changed-- oil was not the central plot device.

You can catch Faye Dunaway in the "Three Musketeers" / "Four Musketeers," which a classic romp. "Bonnie and Clyde" is another period piece. She was also in "Chinatown" and "Network," winning an Oscar for the latter. As for the movie, it's not really ahead of it's time. It's just that people forget the past.

Max Von Sydow [Joubert] is a legendary actor in the film industry.

I'm in my 60's. I hadn't seen this movie until about 20 years ago. I remember hearing about it back when it was released. I was impressed by it. Surprisingly well done. Engrossing story. Looking forward to watching this reaction.

Gotta check out Faye Dunaway in: “BONNIE and CLYDE “ with Warren Beatty and Gene Hackman great movie!!!

"The Hot Rock" (1972) is a crime/comedy caper starring: Robert Redford and George Segal. "Marathon Man" (1976) is a cold-war thriller starring: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier and Roy Scheider. "The Falcon and the Snowman" (1985) is the Brat Pack spy flick starring: Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn.

I saw this movie in a tiny theatre in Boulder Montana in 1976. Great movie. Really wasn’t a theater. Just a projector in a little building with a screen like they set up a a school in the old days. The family that ran it made popcorn fresh.

Now that I think of it, I don't think Redford has made a truly bad movie. One I really like is The Great Waldo Pepper. Another great political thriller from the 70s is The Parallax View starring Warren Beatty.

One of my favorite films ever, I even have the film score on gold colored vinyl! The Oil/middle east invasion plot is so prescient it's scary!

Great choice!

Robert Redford: A WALK IN THE WOODS with Nick Nolte for comedy, ALL IS LOST by himself, for the sheerly unique experience. There is no dialogue. Paul newman: HOMBRE, a western, MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE with Kevin Costner and Robin Wright, a tragic romance, Outer Banks culture.

As a former Cold Warrior, I’ve always had an affinity with this genre of film. There are many good ones out there, and some poorly-made. Thanks for reacting to this one, Madison. As far as I can tell, you’re the first to do so.

I will choose a reaction to the movie and haven't really stuck with any individual reviewer. Some of the reviewers have gone out on the fringe and have incorporated these projects into their library. What I'm saying is that you are a rare gem, my dear.

One of Robert Redford's first significant on-screen performances was as the main character for a Twilight Zone episode called "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). It was very early in his career, but his performance in that episode was just as good as all his later work.

Wow! Thanks for reacting to this!! In my top 10 of all time!!

I know I'm coming late to the party, but although Redford and Newman seem joined at the hip, another actor who fits right in is Steve McQueen. I don't know why, but he doesn't get much attention, yet he was the top star of his era and the epitome of the "cool guy". I recommend "Buillitt" on the one hand and "The Thomas Crown Affair" (with Faye Dunaway) on the other.

Syd Field's bible on screenwriting used this movie to describe the proper paradigm of hook, set up, plot point, conflict, plot point II and resolution. It's a great movie.

Deeply under appreciated movie- script acting suspense; cast and acte so well ? And the “love” story angle between runaway and Redford is so real and unusual; max should have been up for an award…

One of the reasons Redford was cast as Alexander Pierce in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" is because of how much that movie apes '70s political thrillers like "Three Days of the Condor"!

As Columbo used to say, "Just one more thing." Never get this movie confused with CONDORMAN. Trust me, you don't want to know.

The theme of someone trying to uncover a dastardly plot while being hunted themselves was used frequently by Hitchcock. "The 39 Steps" (1935) has quite a few similarities to "Three Days of the Condor" in terms of theme and structure, and is quite an early entry in the spy genre. I think you will enjoy the rather dashing Robert Donat as the lead character, Richard Hannay. He was poised for stardom after starring in "The Count of Monte Cristo" (1934) and was offered the lead in Captain Blood (1935), but he didn't enjoy the Hollywood lifestyle so turned it down and returned to Britain. The lead was recast and the film was a huge success and launched the career of a certain Errol Flynn! I think you need to become acquainted with that Australian rascal, and the best recommendation I can make would have to be "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938). Despite it's age, it still looks stunning, filmed in almost luminous early Technicolor.

I saw this at the theater and remember enjoying it very much. A little complicated for a teenager but after Watergate, espionage and paranoia was in the air (can't wait for you to do 'All The President's Men'). I had forgotten just how well it was written. So great to see if getting a proper reaction as always!

I saw this in the theater when it was released in 1975 when I was 17 , and I enjoyed it and still do . But what I like the best when I watch it now is the nostalgia . This movie is so seventies , and back then all of that technology - i.e. touchtone phones and tape recorder devices - seemed so new at the time , but all of that stuff seems so ‘ klunky ‘ compared to the stuff we have now . Good movie .

This is from a time when the filmmakers trusted the audience enough that everything didn't have to be spelled out. The ending is representative of that, it's up to you as the viewer to decide how it's going to resolve. Having read the book (a great page turner, I read it in a day) the film is reworked somewhat but the basic action is the same just compressed into three days to tighten the pacing. Since you're a Redford fan you really have to watch "The Way We Were" where he costarred with Barbra Streisand. Wonderful film with strong performances (Babs was Oscar nominated and should have won). An enormous hit in its day and providing Streisand with a signature tune in the theme song which went to #1 on the charts and stayed there for weeks.

Sydney Pollack, the director of this made several Robert Redford movies, including 𝘑𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘢𝘩 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘺 𝘞𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘦, and 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯. His biggest film I think was 𝑻𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒆, which is a must-see comedy. The book this movie is based on had just come out, maybe a year prior. The studio probably picked it up before it was even printed.

Faye Dunaway: Network, my favorite film of all time, writer must have been a time traveler, saw the future so precisely.

This was so much fun watching you enjoy one of my all-time favorite films. I’m impressed with your ability to keep track and dissect things on the fly that probably took me many many viewings to do the same.

Strongly recommend the Alan J. Pakula "70S Paranoia Trilogy," if you are looking for more classic 70s suspense/thriller films to watch: Klute (1971), The Parallax View (1974), and All the President’s Men (1976). Also Chinatown (1974) and Network (1976), both starring Faye Dunaway... she was nominated for an Oscar for both films, and actually won Best Actress for Network.

The ending - Nothing ever really changes...Someone else just replaces them. The game never changes.

Hi Madison! I enjoyed your reaction to this. It's interesting to me how we the audience, by the end of the film, come to like and maybe even admire Joubert the assassin, and in a very short time, in a happy twist, we accept him as a trusted, benevolent, kindhearted, helpful mentor to Condor. Almost a father figure! So nice! He's not gonna kill Condor now, isnt that great? He shares his wisdom with Condor and even hands him a gun with which to protect himself. Condor politely asks for a ride back to the city, if it wouldn't be too much trouble. They're FRIENDS now, isn't that nice? (Just like Joey and Chandler!) But wait a minute...have we forgotten that Joubert cooly led the hit squad that BRUTALLY MURDERED a non-resisting Janice Chan and all Condor's coworkers in cold blood! Condor and we the audience have totally let him off the hook! Me too! I just think it's interesting!

Good evening !. Sydney Pollack also directed "Out of Africa" in 1985. You should watch it because it could interest you. It looks like "Casablanca". It is based on a true story.

Finally, someone reacting to this classic!

Another excellent 70s movie with Faye Dunaway is the eyes of Laura Mars. Also star is Tommy Lee Jones.

One of the best movies for Redford, definitely in my top 5 from him and you will be thoroughly impressed with Faye Dunaway👀👀👀👀👀

… I appreciate the slower pace of this brilliant film.. If it had been produced in the past ten to fifteen years, it would have the insane pace and rapid edits and non stop intensity of the Bourne movies.

And 48 years later, nothing has changed except better phones.

Another film with Robert Redford that comers similar themes, but is a lot more light hearted, is Sneakers. You should definitely watch that if you haven't already.

If you want a couple more movie recommendations, try Network also featuring Faye Dunaway and screenplay from the great Paddy Chayefsky. Also I recommend The Hospital, another Chayefsky screenplay. Both movies won Best Screenplay. Both movies are from the seventies and are a kind of zeitgeist of the era.

Another 70's good one...Marathon Man

After this, probably Redford's best film is "Sneakers",with an all big-name cast of co-stars: "Sneakers" (1992) Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, Dan Ackroyd, Mary McDonnell, Ben Kingsley, David Strathairn, River Phoenix

I was a young sailor in the Royal Canadian Navy in the 70’s, we were in Hong Kong and I took a young lady to see this movie at a theatre in Kowloon. Thanks for a great review and bringing back a great memory

For me the freeze frame at the end is used to make exactly the same point as used at the end of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid or Thelma and Louise. It's saying remember them as they were, because they didn't make it.

I've never seen anyone react to this movie. I'm so glad you are. It's a classic. Oh, and love your Fredericksburg Battlin' Billygoats shirt!

Absolute classic. Always loved this one, a shame so few peeps know it.

Great reaction! One of the best Redford movies, in my opinion. He did one recently called 'All is Lost' in 2013....he is the only actor in that film and it contains almost no dialogue at all, the script for it was only 32 pages long. He did a masterful job conveying all the emotion and feeling in that film, with nearly no speaking lines throughout. It proves he is truly one of the best actors to be able to do that well.