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Catalog/Romance/Eye of the Needle
Eye of the Needle poster
A
Excellent
MASTER SCORE 80.3 / 100
1981·Romance / Thriller / War·1h 52m

EYE OF THE NEEDLE

“To love a stranger is easy. To kill a lover is not.”

Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an inhospitable, sparsely inhabited island off the coast of northern Scotland.

Above the Line
Richard Marquand·DirectorStanley Mann·ScreenplayAlan Hume·Director of PhotographyMiklós Rózsa·Original Music ComposerSean Barton·Editor
Cast
Donald Sutherland·FaberKate Nelligan·LucyIan Bannen·GodlimanChristopher Cazenove·DavidFaith Brook·Lucy's MotherBarbara Ewing·Mrs. GardenDavid Hayman·CanterAlex McCrindle·TomPhilip Martin Brown·Billy ParkinStephen MacKenna·Lieutenant
Full Crew
(6 credits)
Directing· 1
Richard Marquand·Director
Writing· 1
Stanley Mann·Screenplay
Camera· 1
Alan Hume·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Sean Barton·Editor
Sound & Music· 1
Miklós Rózsa·Original Music Composer
Production· 1
Stephen J. Friedman·Producer
By the Numbers
80.3
OF 100
Master Score
7.1
OF 10
IMDb
83%
CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
$18M
Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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Poster DNA

THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

A bespoke vision agent's reading of the design language behind Eye of the Needle's key art.

Dominant Palette
3 colors
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Mood
Tense, Dramatic
Composition
Layered
Era
1980s
Visual Style
Painted

“The movie poster features a man in a brown tweed suit and fedora, his face stern, dominating the right side of the image. To his left, a woman in a light-colore”

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Key Elements
GunBoatBodyFedoraSuit
Atmosphere
Dark, Stormy
Color Mood
Mixed
Setting
Ocean
Design Score
7/10
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