Blu-ray

Walker

Cox, Alex, 1954- (film director,, editor of moving image work.). 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.). Bridges, David (Cinematographer), (director of photography.). Puente, Carlos, (editor of moving image work.). Strummer, Joe, (composer (expression)). Universal Pictures (Firm), (production company.). Incine (Firm), (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Ed Harris, Richard Masur, Rene Auberjonois, Keith Szarabajka, Sy Richardson, Xander Berkeley, John Diehl, Peter Boyle, Miguel Sandoval, Marlee Matlin, Blanca Guerra. (Cast).

Summary: "A hallucinatory biopic that breaks all cinematic conventions, Walker, from British director Alex Cox, 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 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 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"--Container.

Item details

ISBN: 9781681439242
ISBN: 1681439247
Physical Description: videodisc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (44 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm.)
Edition: Blu-ray edition.
Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2022]

Contents / Notes

General Note:	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) In English with some American Sign language subtitled in English; optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, David Bridges; editors, Carlos Puente & Alex Cox; music composed by Joe Strummer.
Participant or Performer Note:	Ed Harris, Richard Masur, Rene Auberjonois, Keith Szarabajka, Sy Richardson, Xander Berkeley, John Diehl, Peter Boyle, Miguel Sandoval, Marlee Matlin, Blanca Guerra.
System Details Note:	Blu-ray, region A; wide screen (1.85:1 aspect ratio); monaural.
Language Note:	In English with some American Sign language subtitled in English; optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired.