Klute
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- In Alan J. Pakula: Films of the 1970s
…second directorial effort, the thriller Klute (1971), cemented his reputation as an important director and remained one of his most highly regarded films. Jane Fonda won an Academy Award for best actress for her portrayal of a neurotic prostitute who, against her will, becomes emotionally involved with a reserved detective…
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- In Alan J. Pakula: Films of the 1970s
- Oscar to Fonda for best actress, 1971
- In Jane Fonda
…Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969), Klute (1971), Coming Home (1978), and The China Syndrome (1979). She received Academy Awards for best actress for her performances as a call girl in Klute and as the wife of a Vietnam War soldier in Coming Home. Fonda then joined Dolly Parton
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- In Jane Fonda
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- In Jane Fonda
…as a call girl in Klute and as the wife of a Vietnam War soldier in Coming Home. Fonda then joined Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin in Nine to Five (1980), a comedy in which three women join forces to get even with their cruel misogynistic boss. In 1981 she…
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- In Jane Fonda
- Sutherland
- In Donald Sutherland
In the taut Klute (1971) and Don’t Look Now (1973), he played characters who develop obsessive streaks while investigating the disappearance of a friend and the death of a daughter, respectively.
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- In Donald Sutherland