Agency

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Agency tackles the question of the efficiency of media manipulation. An unscrupulous advertising agency, in league with equally untrustworthy political campaign manager Robert Mitchum, plants subliminal messages in its TV commercials. Just as Vance Packard warned in the 1950s expose The Hidden Persuaders, these hidden messages persuade the viewers to vote for Mitchum's candidate. Given the potency of the the film's premise, it's disappointing to watch director George Gaczender handle the material (based on a novel by Paul Gottleib) is so cut-and-dried a fashion. But Mitchum is good, as are his costars Valerie Perrine, Lee Majors, Saul Rubinek and Alexandra Stewart. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Number of Discs: 1
• Screen: Pan and Scan
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 (Pre-1954 Standard)
• Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo
• Features:
  • Biographies
  • Filmographies
  • Photo gallery
  • Interactive menus
  • Jump to scene
  • Dolby sound
  • PC/Mac compatible

AWARDS

• Genie Awards

•     Nominated Best Cinematography - 1980 (Miklos Lente)
•     Nominated Best Sound Editing - 1980 (Ken Heeley-Ray)
•     Nominated Best Supporting Actor - 1980 (Saul Rubinek)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Robert Mitchum - Ted Quinn
       Lee Majors - Philip Morgan
       Valerie Perrine - Brenda Wilcox
       Saul Rubinek - Sam Goldstein
       Alexandra Stewart - Mimi Oliveri
       Hayward Morse - Tony Flynn
       Antony Parr - Charlie
       Michael Kirby - Peters
       Gary Reineke - Jones
       George Touliatos - Sgt. Eckersley
       John Welsh - Det. Ross
       Hugh Webster - Inmate
       Franz Russell - George Miller
       Arthur Grosser

• Director:

  George Kaczender

• Producer:

  Robert Lantos, Stephen J. Roth

• Screenwriter:

  Noel Hynd, Paul Gottlieb

• Cinematographer:

  Miklos Lente

• Composer (Music Score):

  Lewis Furey

• Editor:

  Kirk Jones, George Kaczender, Peter Wintonick

• Production Designer:

  Bill Brodie

• Art Director:

  Alicia Grunsky

• Associate Producer:

  Robert Baylis

• Costume Designer:

  Olga Dimitrov

• Sound Editor:

  Ken Heeley-Ray