Editing The Parallax View (section)

{{short description|1974 US political thriller film by Alan J. Pakula}}
{{for|the book by Slavoj Žižek|The Parallax View (book){{!}}''The Parallax View'' (book)}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = The Parallax View
| image          = Parallax_View_movie_poster.jpg
 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| screenplay     = [[David Giler]]<br />[[Lorenzo Semple Jr.]]
| based_on       = {{Based on|''The Parallax View''<br>1970 novel|[[Loren Singer]]}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Warren Beatty]]
* [[Paula Prentiss]]
* [[Hume Cronyn]]
* [[William Daniels]]
* [[Kenneth Mars]]
* [[Walter McGinn]]
* [[Kelly Thordsen]]
* [[Jim Davis (actor)|Jim Davis]]
}}
| director       = [[Alan J. Pakula]]
| producer       = Alan J. Pakula
| cinematography = [[Gordon Willis]]
| editing        = John W. Wheeler
| music          = [[Michael Small]]
| studio = {{Plainlist|
* Gus Productions
* Harbor Productions
* [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday Productions]]
}}
| distributor    = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1974|06|19}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/67486-THE-PARALLAXVIEW?sid=8a64f921-50dd-4c9f-8197-9da6301cafbc&sr=9.368086&cp=1&pos=0 | title=AFI&#124;Catalog }}</ref>
| runtime        = 102 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
}}

'''''The Parallax View''''' is a 1974 American [[political thriller]] film starring [[Warren Beatty]], [[Paula Prentiss]], [[Hume Cronyn]], [[William Daniels]], [[Kenneth Mars]], [[Walter McGinn]], [[Kelly Thordsen]] and [[Jim Davis (actor)|Jim Davis]] in support. Produced and directed by [[Alan J. Pakula]], its screenplay is by [[David Giler]] and [[Lorenzo Semple Jr.]], based on the 1970 novel by [[Loren Singer]].<ref>[[Loren Singer|Singer, Loren]] (1970), ''The Parallax View.'' New York: Dell, {{ISBN|1401069029}}</ref> The story concerns a reporter's investigation into a secretive organization, the Parallax Corporation, whose business is political assassination.