What a brilliant film. At 2 1/2 hours, it fair whizzed by with plenty of plot weaving between the characters of the idealistic but ambitious Exley; the sleazy and media hungry Vincennes; and the short-fused but driven White. While each has different methods, strangely the aims are somewhat the same.

     Unfortunately, due to it winning two well-deserved Oscars, the print I saw was 16mm rather than the Panavision splendour of the original cinema release. This meant that the microphone was in frame for about a quarter of the film, showing something about how the film was shot and then artificially top-and-tailed.

     An excellently paced dark film with the occasional sprinkling of black humour. Oh, and watch to the very end of the credits for some extra snatches of film.

Reviewed by Suzy Kuba.