{"id":39197,"date":"2025-06-24T09:21:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T13:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=39197"},"modified":"2025-06-24T09:21:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T13:21:36","slug":"in-the-line-of-fire-1993-directed-by-wolfgang-petersen-starring-clint-eastwood-john-malkovich-and-rene-russo-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=39197","title":{"rendered":"“In the Line of Fire” (1993) directed by Wolfgang Petersen; starring Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich and Rene Russo \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the Line of Fire <\/strong><\/em>(1993)<\/p>\n

Director:\u00a0 Wolfgang Petersen<\/strong><\/p>\n

Screenplay: Jeff Maguire<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stars: Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich<\/strong>, Rene Russo, John Leguizamo, Dylan McDermott, Gary Cole, Fred Thompson, John Mahoney, Sally Hughes, Elsa Raven, Arthur Senzy, Patrika Darbo\u00a0 <\/strong>and Tobin Bell.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tagline:\u00a0 An assassin on the loose. A president in danger. Only one man stands between them…<\/em><\/p>\n

The Plot…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

November 22, 1963.\u00a0 Frank Horrigan was a young secret service agent hand-picked by President Kennedy to serve on his security detail.\u00a0 That day President Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald.\u00a0 The memory still haunts Horrigan.<\/p>\n

Nearly 30 years later, Horrigan, nearing retirement is the only active Secret Service agent who was on President Kennedy’s detail the day he was assassinated. Being a secret service agent is a young man’s job.<\/p>\n

During an investigation Horrigan finds a wall filled with articles and photographs of infamous assassinations.\u00a0 Included is a cover photo of the current President.\u00a0 A bold red marker has been used to draw a rifle’s crosshairs over the President’s face.\u00a0 Horrigan gets a search warrant and returns.\u00a0 He finds only one photo on the wall.\u00a0 It is of President Kennedy taken on the day he was assassinated.\u00a0 Behind Kennedy stands Horrigan.\u00a0 In the photo, Horrigan’s face has been circled with a bold red marker.<\/p>\n

Later Horrigan receives a phone call from a man who identifies himself as “Booth”.\u00a0 Booth says that he is going to kill the President.\u00a0 Booth taunts Horrigan about failing to save President Kennedy.\u00a0 This call will be just the first of the killer’s game.\u00a0 Horrigan knows that this isn’t some crank. The threat to the President is real.\u00a0 What Horrigan doesn’t know is the caller is an ex-CIA assassin with a grudge.<\/p>\n

What chance does an aging Secret Service Agent have against a trained assassin?<\/p>\n

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the Line of Fire<\/em> was nominated for three 1994 Academy Awards<\/em>…<\/p>\n