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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   1,167 votes
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Director:
Alex Cox
Writer:
Rudy Wurlitzer (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
4 December 1987 (USA) more
Tagline:
Before Rambo... Before Oliver North...
Plot:
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... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Alex Cox Reveals More About the Non-Repo-Sequel
 (From Cinematical. 12 August 2009, 9:03 AM, PDT)

X Films
 (From The AV Club. 24 September 2008, 9:53 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
a masterpiece more (20 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ed Harris ... William Walker
Richard Masur ... Ephraim Squier
René Assa ... Doctor

Rene Auberjonois ... Maj. Siegfried Hennington

Keith Szarabajka ... Timothy Crocker

Sy Richardson ... Capt. Hornsby

Xander Berkeley ... Byron Cole
John Diehl ... Stebbins

Peter Boyle ... Cornelius Vanderbilt

Marlee Matlin ... Ellen Martin

Alfonso Arau ... Raousset
Pedro Armendáriz Jr. ... Muñoz (as Pedro Armendariz)
Roberto López Espinoza ... Mayorga
Gerrit Graham ... Norvell Walker
Helene Farber ... Streetwalker
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Additional Details

Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA | Mexico | Spain
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Filming Locations:
Granada, Nicaragua more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Just after Walker has been informed of his victory in Nicaragua, he leads his troops toward Granada past a grave with a cross inscribed "Sam Peckimpah" (sic). more
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: This film is littered with anachronisms (for example: modern cars, color printed magazines and coca cola bottles). However, these are clearly an artistic choice by the film-maker and cannot be considered true 'goofs'. more
Quotes:
William Walker: One must act with severity, or perish. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Viperland more

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11 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
a masterpiece, 29 September 2003
10/10
Author: Marshall McLuhan from Decatur, GA

Alex Cox has created a visionary work. This film is a masterpiece. It's a one and a half hour joke with an incredible punchline that indelibly changed how I view the world. Ed Harris is a dead ringer for the "grey eyed man of destiny". I couldn't see anyone else in this role. He's a perfect fit. This is an incredibly original work of historical fiction that tells a truly timeless story (pardon the pun) in a way that one could never forget.

By all means, find this movie!

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