The Secret Agent
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Directed byChristopher Hampton
Written byChristopher Hampton
Based onThe Secret Agent
by Joseph Conrad
Starring
CinematographyDenis Lenoir
Edited byGeorge Akers
Music byPhilip Glass
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • 8 November 1996 (1996-11-08)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$106,606

The Secret Agent is a 1996 British drama-thriller film written and directed by Christopher Hampton and starring Bob Hoskins and Patricia Arquette. It is adapted from Joseph Conrad's 1907 novel of the same name.[1][2]

Cast

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 50% based on reviews from 10 critics.[3] On Metacritic, it also has a score of 41 out of 100, based on reviews from 17 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[4]

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See also

References

  1. ^ Mark Deming. "The Secret Agent (1996) - Christopher Hampton - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  2. ^ Vagg, Stephen (25 March 2023). "A Brief History of Hitchcock Remakes". Filmink.
  3. ^ "Joseph Conrad's 'The Secret Agent' (1996)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  4. ^ "The Secret Agent". Metacritic. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

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Christopher Hampton
Philip Glass
Joseph Conrad (works)
Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent (1907)
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