# The Osterman Weekend (1983)

> A television journalist’s country weekend becomes a feverish maze of CIA manipulation, suspected betrayal, and violent Cold War paranoia.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/7019

## Facts

- Runtime: 103 min
- Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller
- Director: Sam Peckinpah
- Cast: Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson, Dennis Hopper, Chris Sarandon, Meg Foster, Helen Shaver, Cassie Yates
- TMDB rating: 5.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086058/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: paranoid, hallucinatory, violent, late night thriller viewing, 1980s cinema marathon

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