Walker - Criterion Collection
by Alex Cox
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Actor: Ed Harris, Keith Szarabajka, Ren? Assa, Rene Auberjonois, Richard MasurDirector: Alex Cox
Brand: Image Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-02-19
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Criterion Collection
Movie Reviews of Walker - Criterion Collection
Movie Review: unusual critique of American foreign policy
Summary: 3 Stars
This review is for the Criterion Collection DVD edition of the film.
Walker Starring Ed Harris in the titular role is based loosely on the real life William Walker, a 19th century American who seized control of Nicaraugua in a Coup d'etat.
The film is an obvious critique of American action in Nicaraugua of supporting the Contras and foreign policy in general The film did poorly at the box office but became a cult hit, possibly due to its deliberate anochronisms by adding props that had not yet been invented at the time the movie took place. I found this to be interesting and thought the film was well made despite the excessive violence. The violence seemed necessary to depict the reality of what a tyrant Walker was.
The special features are audio commentary by director Alex Cox and screenwriter Rudy Wurlitzer, "Dispatches from Nicaragua", a documentary on the film's production which includes some nice scenes of Nicaraugua, "On Moviemaking and the Revolution" a 20 year retrospective, and a slideshow of behind the scenes photos.
This controversial film is one that has just as much relavance today as it did 20 years ago.
Summary of Walker - Criterion Collection
A hallucinatory biopic that breaks all cinematic conventions Walker from British director Alex Cox (Repo Man Sid & Nancy) tells the story of nineteenth-century American adventurer William Walker (Ed Harris) who abandoned a series of careers in law politics journalism and medicine to become a soldier of fortune and for several years dictator of Nicaragua. Made with mad abandon and political acuity - and the support of the Sandinista army and government during the Contra war - the film uses this true tale as a satirical attack on American ultrapatriotism and a freewheeling condemnation of "manifest destiny." Featuring a powerful score by Joe Strummer and a performance of intense repressed rage by Harris Walker remains one of Cox's most daring works.System Requirements:Running Time: 94 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/BIOGRAPHY Rating: R UPC: 715515028028 Manufacturer No: CC1740DDVDAction & Adventure DVD Video
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