The Anderson Tapes

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crime film film thriller film

The Anderson Tapes is a 1971 crime thriller film directed by Sidney Lumet, notable for its early exploration of electronic surveillance as it follows a recently released ex-con planning a high-tech heist in New York City.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime film ⓘ
film ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Lawrence Sanders ⓘ
basedOn The Anderson Tapes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Anderson Tapes (novel)
character Duke Anderson ⓘ
cinematographyBy Arthur J. Ornitz ⓘ
colorProcess color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Sidney Lumet ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Richard Marks ⓘ
era New Hollywood ⓘ
featuresFilmDebutOf Christopher Walken ⓘ
filmingLocation New York City ⓘ
genre crime ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
hasHeistType apartment building robbery ⓘ
hasTheme government surveillance ⓘ
organized crime ⓘ
privacy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject electronic surveillance ⓘ
heist ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
musicBy Quincy Jones ⓘ
narrativeDevice multiple forms of electronic surveillance ⓘ
narrativeLocation New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor early cinematic exploration of electronic surveillance ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays Sean Connery as Duke Anderson ⓘ
producer Robert M. Weitman NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany Columbia Pictures ⓘ
protagonistOccupation ex-convict ⓘ
publicationYearOfSourceWork 1969 ⓘ
1970 ⓘ
releaseDate 1971-06-17 ⓘ
releaseYear 1971 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 99 ⓘ
screenwriter Frank Pierson ⓘ
setIn Manhattan ⓘ
Upper East Side ⓘ
settingTime contemporary early 1970s ⓘ
starring Alan King ⓘ
Christopher Walken ⓘ
Dyan Cannon ⓘ
Martin Balsam ⓘ
Ralph Meeker NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sean Connery ⓘ

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Margaret Hamilton → appearedIn → The Anderson Tapes ⓘ
The Anderson Tapes → basedOn → The Anderson Tapes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Anderson Tapes (novel)
Christopher Walken → notableWork → The Anderson Tapes ⓘ