The Agency (film)

The Agency or Agency (known as Mind Games on video) is a 1981 Canadian thriller drama film directed by George Kaczender.^[2] The film was written by Noel Hynd.^[3]

Agency
Directed by	George Kaczender
Written by	Noel Hynd
Starring	Robert Mitchum Lee Majors Saul Rubinek Valerie Perrine Alexandra Stewart
Cinematography	Miklós Lente
Distributed by	Jensen Farley Pictures
Release date	5 September 1980 (1980-09-05)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English
Budget	$4 million^[1]

Based on a novel by Paul Gottlieb,^[4] it is a thriller involving creative director Philip Morgan (Lee Majors) who discovers the advertising agency he works for, run by Ted Quinn (Robert Mitchum), is using subliminal advertising to manipulate a senatorial election. It features appearances by Canadian actors Saul Rubinek as a copywriter (earning a "Best Supporting Actor" Genie nomination),^[3] Jonathan Welsh as a police detective, and familiar supporting players Michael Kirby and Gary Reineke as hitmen, and Hugh Webster as a prison inmate.

The film was shot on locations in Montreal and rural Quebec.

References

1. Lee, Grant (13 January 1979). "FILM CLIPS: Canadians Shooting for the Big Leagues". Los Angeles Times. p. b10.
2. Craddock, Jim, editor. VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (Detroit, Michigan: Thomson Gale, 2007), p.49.
3. "Agency".
4. Craddock, p.49.

Sources

• Craddock, Jim, editor. VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever, p. 49, "The Agency". Detroit, Michigan: Thomson Gale, 2007. ISBN 0-7876-8980-7.
• Agency at IMDb