to make a good movie you either need excellent actor or an excellent director . you need at least one of the two . in this eye of the needle we have none . i do not even remember the name of the director . he mustn not have do much in his career . i like very much donald sutherland but he absolutely can not be the main actor in a movie . he fall short . sutherland be excellent in a movie when he appear for not more than 15 minute . i would say for instance that sutherland be excellent in jfk of oliver stone when he talk to kevin costner on the bench of a park for 10 minute non stop without even take a breath . wonderful . but sutherland be the principal actor in a movie be no good . kate nelligan . she be probably good for tv series . the dvd be awful . terrible color . terrible light . i couldn not even appreciate the scenery of storm island for how lousy the photography be . this ken follett story be good but it a pity they turn it into an uninteresting movie .