Walker: The Criterion Collection (DVD)
APPROX. 94 MINS. - PROD. YEAR: 1987 - MPA RATING: R
DVD Specifications
| Release date: | Feb 19, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Studio: | Criterion/Voyager |
| Year: | 1987 |
| Video: | Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 |
| Audio: |
English: Dolby Digital 1.0 |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Subtitles: | English |
Special Features
- Audio commentary by Alex Cox and Rudy Wurlitzer
- Dispatches from Nicaragua, an original documentary
- On Moviemaking and the Revolution
- The Immortals, behind-the-scenes images
- Alex Cox on Walker's reviews
Synopsis
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.Cast & Crew
Criterion/Voyager
presents
Ed HarrisRene AuberjonoisPeter BoyleMarlee MatlinSy RichardsonJohn DiehlBlanca Guerra
"Walker: The Criterion Collection"
Written byRudy Wurlitzerproduced byEdward R. Pressman
directed byAlex Cox
Production Year: 1987
"Walker: The Criterion Collection"
Written byRudy Wurlitzerproduced byEdward R. Pressman
directed byAlex Cox
Production Year: 1987
