Klute
Directed by Alan J. Pakula • 1971 • United States
Starring Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland
With her Oscar-winning turn in KLUTE, Jane Fonda reinvented herself as a new kind of movie star. Bringing nervy audacity and counterculture style to the role of Bree Daniels—a call girl and aspiring actor who becomes the focal point of a missing-person investigation when detective John Klute (Donald Sutherland) turns up at her door—Fonda made the film her own, putting an independent woman and escort on-screen with a frankness that had not yet been attempted in Hollywood. Suffused with paranoia by the conspiracy-thriller specialist Alan J. Pakula, and lensed by master cinematographer Gordon Willis, KLUTE is a character study thick with dread, capturing the mood of early-1970s New York and the predicament of a woman trying to find her own way on the fringes of society.
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Klute
Directed by Alan J. Pakula • 1971 • United States
Starring Jane Fonda, Donald SutherlandWith her Oscar-winning turn in KLUTE, Jane Fonda reinvented herself as a new kind of movie star. Bringing nervy audacity and counterculture style to the role of Bree Daniels—a call girl and aspiring actor wh...
Extras
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Spotlight on New Hollywood
The following introduction by Mark Harris, author of “Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood,” was recorded in 2024
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Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
The following interviews were conducted for an upcoming feature-length documentary by Matthew Miele about KLUTE director Alan J. Pakula. Featured are scholars, filmmakers, and family and friends of the director's.
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Jane Fonda and Illeana Douglas on KLUTE
In 2019, Jane Fonda sat down for an interview with Illeana Douglas to discuss her career, including KLUTE.
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The Look of KLUTE
Here, journalist Amy Fine Collins explores the look and style of the production and costume design in KLUTE.
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Dick Cavett Interviews Alan J. Pakula, 1978
This 1978 episode of “The Dick Cavett Show” features director Alan J. Pakula discussing his career in film both as director and producer, including the making of KLUTE.
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KLUTE in New York
This short documentary from 1971, directed by Elliot Geisinger and produced by Michael Mindlin, Jr., was made during the production of KLUTE.
