Rent Eye of the Needle (1981)
3.5 of 5 from 82 ratings
1h 48min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Donald Sutherland and Kate Nelligan play star-crossed lovers torn between passion and allegiance in this heart-wrenching World War II-set thriller, played out against the Blitz-scarred 1940s backdrop of England and the windswept hills of the Scottish Islands. En route to the Fatherland with secrets that will stop the D-Day invasion, ruthless spy 'The Needle' (Sutherland) finds himself shipwrecked on the remote Storm Island. Here he becomes involved in a perilous affair with the beautiful but lonely Lucy (Nelligan), who lives there with her bitter, crippled ex-RAF husband, David (Christopher Cazenove). But can the fierce passion of illicit love survive the bitter realities of war?
- Actors:
- Donald Sutherland, Stephen MacKenna, Philip Martin Brown, Kate Nelligan, Christopher Cazenove, George Belbin, Faith Brook, Barbara Graley, George Lee, Arthur Lovegrove, Colin Rix, Barbara Ewing, Chris Jenkinson, William Merrow, Patrick Connor, David Hayman, Ian Bannen, Rupert Frazer, Jonathan Nicholas Haley, Alex McCrindle
- Directors:
- Richard Marquand
- Writers:
- Ken Follett, Stanley Mann
- Studio:
- MGM
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Romance, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Remembering Donald Sutherland
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/09/2018
- Run Time:
- 112 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary
- Alternate ending sequence
- Donald Sutherland Guardian interview
- Careless Talk Costs Lives: Wartime Warnings - three short wartime propaganda films
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Reviews (1) of Eye of the Needle
Donald Sutherland at his Best, good film! - Eye of the Needle review by NA
I saw this film about 20 years on TV (standard definition 720x576) the transfer onto Blu-ray gives a nice picture and although grainy at times it's still a good watch.
The Blu-ray rented out by Cinema Paradiso has been sourced from an American master by the looks of it because it has a different ending, the European disc is approx. 1.5 minutes longer.
On the European Blu-ray In the last scene, the helicopter arrives and lands, there is a conversation with the commander about the radio transmission being interrupted and finally the child arrives and reunites with his mother. This ending was cut from the American version Blu-ray.
Nevertheless still worth renting.
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