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Rating: 8 stars

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Criterion nicaragua South America manifest destiny dictator revolution

All movies seen on 12/15/2012

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Walker (1987)

Directed by Alex Cox

Action | Adventure | Drama

Overview

William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d’etat.

Rated R | Length 94 minutes

Actors

Ed Harris | Richard Masur | René Auberjonois | Keith Szarabajka | Sy Richardson | Xander Berkeley | John Diehl | Peter Boyle | Marlee Matlin | Alfonso Aráu | Pedro Armendáriz Jr. | Gerrit Graham | William O'Leary | Blanca Guerra | Miguel Sandoval | René Assa | Dick Rude | Zander Schloss | Joe Strummer | Michele Winstanley | Fox Harris | Norbert Weisser | Bennet Guillory | Richard Edson | Karl Braun | Linda Callahan | Milton Selzer | Richard Zobel | Ren Woods | Frederick Neumann | David Hayman | Edward Tudor-Pole | Sharon Barr | Kathy Burke | Enrique Beraza | Luis Contreras | Ed Pansullo | Jack Slater | Spider Stacey | Del Zamora | Biff Yeager | William Utay | George Belanger | William Rothlein | David Chung | Rudy Wurlitzer | Bob Tzudiker | J.D. Silvester | Robert Dickman | Joe Celeste | Martin Aylett | Ramón Álvarez | Raymond Kettless | Tom Collins

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Cox’s anachronistic historical drama as current political commentary. A great movie, absurdest at times, humorous at others, but ultimately an indictment of America’s century-long involvement in Central America and Nicaragua with specific commentary on the then-current Iran/Contra affair under President Reagan.

At times it feels a bit like Apocalypse Now, which I suppose is appropriate since that movie is based on Hearts of Darkness which is set in South America.

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