 A remake, "The Jackal", was released on 14 November 1997 in US and 8 January 1998 in UK, which starred Bruce Willis, Richard Gere and Sidney Poitier.On 22 August 1962, an assassination attempt is made on the President, General Charles de Gaulle, by the militant French underground organisation OAS in anger over the French government granting independence to Algeria.As the president's motorcade passes, de Gaulle's unarmoured Citroën DS car is raked with machine-gun fire, but the entire entourage escapes without injury.