Walker
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2022]
Format: Blu-ray Disc
Edition: Blu-ray edition.
Description: 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
A hallucinatory biopic that breaks all cinematic conventions from British director Alex Cox, tells the story of nineteenth-century American adventurer William Walker, who abandoned a series of careers in law, politics, journalism, and medicine to become a soldier of fortune and, for many months, the 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 ultra patriotism and a freewheeling condemnation of 'manifest destiny.' Featuring a powerful score by Joe Strummer and a performance of intense, repressed rage by Harris, it remains one of Cox's most daring works.
Series: Criterion collection ; 423.
Other Authors:
Cox, Alex, 1954- film director, film editor.
Wurlitzer, Rudolph, screenwriter, writer of accompanying material.
O'Brien, Lorenzo, film producer.
Szarabajka, Keith, actor.
Richardson, Sy, actor.
Berkeley, Xander, 1955- actor.
Diehl, John, 1950- actor.
Guerra, Blanca, 1953- actor.
Fuller, Graham, 1956- writer of added commentary.
Pressman, Edward R., film producer.
Flores Marini, Angel, film producer.
Harris, Ed, 1950- actor.
Masur, Richard, actor.
Auberjonois, René, 1940-2019, actor.
Boyle, Peter, 1935-2006, actor.
Matlin, Marlee, actor.
Sandoval, Miguel, 1951- actor.
Strummer, Joe, composer (expression), actor.
Universal Pictures (Firm), production company.
Incine (Firm), production company.
Brent Walker Film Productions, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Cox, Alex, 1954- film director, film editor.
Wurlitzer, Rudolph, screenwriter, writer of accompanying material.
O'Brien, Lorenzo, film producer.
Szarabajka, Keith, actor.
Richardson, Sy, actor.
Berkeley, Xander, 1955- actor.
Diehl, John, 1950- actor.
Guerra, Blanca, 1953- actor.
Fuller, Graham, 1956- writer of added commentary.
Pressman, Edward R., film producer.
Flores Marini, Angel, film producer.
Harris, Ed, 1950- actor.
Masur, Richard, actor.
Auberjonois, René, 1940-2019, actor.
Boyle, Peter, 1935-2006, actor.
Matlin, Marlee, actor.
Sandoval, Miguel, 1951- actor.
Strummer, Joe, composer (expression), actor.
Universal Pictures (Firm), production company.
Incine (Firm), production company.
Brent Walker Film Productions, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Subjects:
Walker, William, 1824-1860 -- Drama.
Filibusters -- Nicaragua -- Drama.
Nicaragua -- History -- 1838-1909 -- Drama.
Walker, William, 1824-1860 -- Drama.
Filibusters -- Nicaragua -- Drama.
Nicaragua -- History -- 1838-1909 -- Drama.
ISBN:
9781681439242
UPC: 715515270618
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BD COMEDY Walker | Sandhills Indoors | Blu-ray Disc | In |
Originally produced in 1987.
Special features: commentary soundtrack with director Cox and screenwriter Wurlitzer; "Dispatches from Nicaragua," a making-of featurette; "On moviemaking and the Revolution," a featurette with reminiscences twenty years later from an extra on the film; "The immortals, ' photo gallery; plus a booklet featuring peices by film critic Graham Fuller, actor and writer Linda Sandoval, and Wurlitzer.
Wide screen (1.85:1)
Director of photography, David Bridges; editors, Carlos Puente & Alex Cox; music composed by Joe Strummer ; production desinger, Bruno Rubeo ; casting, Victoria Thomas, Miguel Sandoval.
Ed Harris, Richard Masur, Rene Auberjonois, Keith Szarabajka, Sy Richardson, Xander Berkeley, John Diehl, Peter Boyle, Miguel Sandoval, Marlee Matlin, Blanca Guerra.
Blu-ray, wide screen (1.85:1); requires Blu-ray player.
In English with some American Sign language subtitled in English; optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired.
Special features: commentary soundtrack with director Cox and screenwriter Wurlitzer; "Dispatches from Nicaragua," a making-of featurette; "On moviemaking and the Revolution," a featurette with reminiscences twenty years later from an extra on the film; "The immortals, ' photo gallery; plus a booklet featuring peices by film critic Graham Fuller, actor and writer Linda Sandoval, and Wurlitzer.
Wide screen (1.85:1)
Director of photography, David Bridges; editors, Carlos Puente & Alex Cox; music composed by Joe Strummer ; production desinger, Bruno Rubeo ; casting, Victoria Thomas, Miguel Sandoval.
Ed Harris, Richard Masur, Rene Auberjonois, Keith Szarabajka, Sy Richardson, Xander Berkeley, John Diehl, Peter Boyle, Miguel Sandoval, Marlee Matlin, Blanca Guerra.
Blu-ray, wide screen (1.85:1); requires Blu-ray player.
In English with some American Sign language subtitled in English; optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired.