The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security in this adaptation of the Robert Ludlum novel.

The Osterman Weekend (1983)
  • Rating: (4,201 votes)
  • Taglines:The one weekend of the year you won't want to miss. » ...isolation, violence, slaughter »
  • Runtime:103 minutes
  • Director: Sam Peckinpah
  • Country:USA
  • Actors:
    John Tanner
    Rutger Hauer
    Lawrence Fassett
    John Hurt
    Bernard Osterman
    Craig T. Nelson
    Richard Tremayne
    Dennis Hopper
    Joseph Cardone
    Chris Sarandon
    Ali Tanner
    Meg Foster
    Virginia Tremayne
    Helen Shaver
    Betty Cardone
    Cassie Yates
    Walter Stennings
    Sandy McPeak
    Steve Tanner
    Christopher Starr
  • Genres:Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
  • Producers:
    Guy Collins
    executive producer  
    Peter S. Davis
    producer  
    Don Guest
    associate producer  
    Larry Jones
    executive producer  
    Larry N. Jones
    executive producer (as Larry Jones) 
    E.C. Monell
    associate producer  
    Michael T. Murphy
    executive producer (as Michael Timothy Murphy) 
    William N. Panzer
    producer  
    Marc W. Zavat
    executive producer  
  • Plot: The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security in this adaptation of the Robert Ludlum novel. Written by Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>
The Osterman Weekend
  • User's comment:Weak end to a legendary career. by BroadswordCallinDannyBoy

    "The Osterman Weekend" emits the feeling of a last gasp. What was an author's second novel later took this form of a director's last film. Sam Peckinpah was a good choice for directing, with film's like "The Wild Bunch" and "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" under his belt, Peckinpah wouldn't hesitate to show the grim world of betrayal and manipulation that Robert Ludlum showed through virtually everyone of his books. With spy films like the James Bond franchise being the most popular, this was the lesser seem side of that coin - the side that is less escapist adventure storytelling for boys.

    However, the problems that Sam Peckinpah was going through at his last stages have noticeably affected the film. The intricate plot is there, but feels stitched together in parts, though that may very well be due the studio demanding re-editing work. The action is at times sloppy with very little of the mesmerizing details of Peckinpah's previous action sequences; a car crash even contains multiple repeats of the same angle and makes some disastrous continuity. The other action scenes are a notch or two better, but still far from what they could have been.

    But, at least the plot and its many deceptions keep you guessing, right to the last shot. --- 6/10

    BsCDb Classification: 13+ --- violence, sexual content


  • Quotes: Bernard Osterman: What's the trouble? Motorcycle Cop: Can I see your license, please? Bernard Osterman: Yeah, I wasn't speeding though. I've given that up. You know I've cut, I've cut way back on speeding. I've cut, cut it way down.
  • Also known as: Das Osterman-Weekend (Austria), Das Osterman-Weekend (West Germany), Osterman Weekend (France), Osterman Weekend (Italy), Az Osterman-hétvége (Hungary - imdb display title), Blodiga weekend (Finland - Swedish title), Clave: omega (Spain), Den blodige weekend (Denmark), Güçlü ve sert (Turkey - Turkish title), Mission CIA (Philippines - English title), O Casal Osterman (Brazil), O Fim-de-Semana de Osterman (Portugal - imdb display title), Operasjon Omega (Norway - video box title), Osterman, to 48oro ton kataskopon (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), Ostermanov vikend (Serbia), Verinen viikonloppu (Finland),

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