Eye Of The Needle

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

A rather gripping 70's thriller (ah, 1981! looks older!) that was on Channel 4 yesterday afternoon, starring Donald Sutherland as a Nazi agent 'shipwrecked' on a remote Scottish island.

Part of what made it so gripping was how he was such a fucking bastard, ruining the lives of every single inhabitant of the island in a sort of bizarre completist fashion, despite never really having to to achieve his aims.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082351/

I'm happy to report it has a good rating and my mum liked it which means I'm still ace. Check it out.

[Ignatius_S]

It's a decent, solid suspense film and gets repeated a lot - based on a Ken Follett. Although the cast are good, I tend to remember it being strong on the editing and direction fronts.

When I found out that Richard Marquand, the director, went on to do Return of the Jedi and Jagged Edge, I was pleasantly surprised.

[An tSaoi]

When I found out that Richard Marquand, the director, went on to do Return of the Jedi

And Lucas gave him the gig because he admired Eye of the Needle.

[Ignatius_S]

And Lucas gave him the gig because he admired Eye of the Needle.
Oh, I didn't know that - makes perfect sense!