Klute
DVD cover for Klute
Directed by	Alan J. Pakula
Produced by	Alan J. Pakula
Written by	Andy Lewis Dave Lewis
Starring	Jane Fonda Donald Sutherland Charles Cioffi Roy Scheider
Music by	Michael Small
Editing by	Carl Lerner
Studio	Gus Productions distributor = Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	June 25, 1971 (USA)
Running time	114 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	USD$8,000,000

Klute is a 1971 film which tells the story of a prostitute who assists a detective in solving a mystery. It stars Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Dorothy Tristan, Vivian Nathan, and Roy Scheider. The movie was written by Andy Lewis and Dave Lewis and directed by Alan J. Pakula.

Klute was the first installment of what would informally come to be known as Pakula's "paranoia trilogy." The other two films in the trilogy are The Parallax View (1974) and All The President's Men (1976).

The film includes a cameo appearance by Warhol Superstar actress Candy Darling in the disco scene, and another by future All in the Family costar Jean Stapleton. The music was composed by Michael Small. Klute is also one of popular actor Sylvester Stallone's first film roles - he has a small part as an extra dancer in a club scene.

[edit] Plot summary

The film begins with the disappearance of Pennsylvania executive Tom Gruneman, whose family hires a friend, police officer John Klute (Sutherland), as a private investigator to look for him. A typewritten obscene letter in Gruneman's desk leads Klute to Bree Daniels (Fonda), a call girl in New York City to whom the letter was addressed.

The relatively provincial Klute becomes drawn into Bree's seedy world, discovers several of Bree's fellow call-girls have been murdered by a "john", and that she was nearly killed by the same man, presumably Gruneman. After an uneasy start, the two work together to track down the killer. Along the way, Klute and cynical city slicker Bree develop an unlikely romance as he becomes protective of her and shows her affection to which she is unaccustomed.

[edit] Awards

The film won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Jane Fonda) and was nominated for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced.

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[edit] External links

• Klute at the Internet Movie Database
• Klute at Allmovie
• Klute at Rotten Tomatoes