Talk:Topaz (1969 film)

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A note[edit]

"It is a Cold War and spy story with nearly 10 persons, none of them acting with a real heroic impulse." I don't remember seeing the film, so I can't really comment on this sentence (or other passages in this article), and I don't understand it. But the whoöe entry definitely needs to be improved. --KF 18:43 3 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Attribution[edit]

I've tried to punch this up some – it really needed it, and seemed to be the work of a non-native speaker (not that there's anything wrong with that). Its worst need now seems to be some attribution about the American critical reaction; I don't really want to tag everything with "fact" and "verify"; some of us seem to be doing a great job of doing that totally to death as of late, and yet, this passage seems to be in serious need of verification. Rlquall 21:20, 10 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 15:57, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Structure Doesn't Match TOC[edit]

The section labelled "Production" contains nothing but info about alternate endings. This info is not present in the section labelled "Alternate Endings". That can't be right! — Wegesrand (talk) 15:06, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Real-life influences[edit]

In a Interview given in 2007, former NATO intelligence analyst Robert Orel Dean, owner of a COSMIC TOP SECRET clearance (quite known in UFOlogy circles) explained situation in NATO HQ in Paris during period 1964 to 1966 (when, at last, de Gaule have had throw out NATO from France) as "explosive" due to obvious French negative attitude toward any other NATO member state, actually provoked by pressure to highest French military and political circles by Soviet side in order to find out reason of several "Red Alert" situations in airspace on several occasions, which culminated in WWIII near-bursting situation at begining of February 1961; This particular event have lead to famous NATO COSMIC TOP SECRET "ASSESSMENT" document, which contents actually were of highest possible interest to Soviet Union during 1960-ies.

From this standpoint, all that is described in TOPAZ/Sapphire Affair, and other events (in US-French relations: French asking for American help to produce strategic missile submarine (Project Q244), which was denied by U.S; French deep involvement in Israeli nuclear weapons production against strict US opposition, as many other issues) were merely just a scenery in order for real issues not to be disclosed to the public. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.78.240.131 (talk) 15:03, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Length of plot summary[edit]

The plot summary is currently 1077 words, way over the suggested maximum of 700. I will try to cut it down. Invertzoo (talk) 19:17, 1 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Production Note/Trivia?[edit]

This may not be significant, but then again it might be a deliberate quirk of Hitchcock movies—maybe worth including alongside things such as the Hitchcock cameo. Perhaps someone more involved with these films should decide! The dress worn by Carlotta Mendoza in Topaz is the same one worn by the unnamed farmer's wife in Torn Curtain. Accidental wardrobe recycling, or a deliberate nod to the previous picture? Does it show up in other Hitchcock films? P Aculeius (talk) 05:39, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]