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Under Fire (1983)
Released By: Vestron Video   Rating: R   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: Vestron Video
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Ed Harris, Gene Hackman, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Joanna Cassidy, Nick Nolte, Richard Masur
Published ID: 400
UPC: 027616865755,
Plot: This gripping, emotional story of a roving photographer's transformation from a neutral artist with a camera to an involved human rights activist with a camera begins in Chad, travels to Nicaragua in the early 1980s, and ends when the Nicaraguan dictator Somoza takes off for the palm trees and beaches of Florida. Nick Nolte brilliantly interprets his role as the photographer Russell Price, and Joanna Cassidy is Claire, the radio journalist he meets while in Chad, along with her lover, {~Time Magazine} reporter Alex (Gene Hackman), who ends up opting for a plush job as a TV anchorman and a quiet life on Long Island. When Alex leaves, Claire heads off to the next hot spot, Nicaragua, and Russell decides to tag along -- not because he is that interested in Nicaragua, but because he is interested in Claire. Once in the war-torn, Central American country, it does not take Russell long to see the vast difference between the corrupt, U.S.-backed dictatorship and the struggling guerrilla forces who have been fighting for a decade already. As his eyes are opened, he and Claire decide to go along with the rebels and film their fighting behind the lines. During one battle, the much-venerated rebel leader is shot dead, and Russell reluctantly agrees to fake a photo of the man as though he were still living, so as not to demoralize the army that looks up to him for leadership. The photo appears in the news around the world and causes such a furor that Alex shows up to demand an interview with the leader for national American television. It is on the way to this supposed interview that Alex leaves the car for a moment and is senselessly shot and killed by a government soldier, the whole episode filmed for the world by Russell's camera. This outrage (which actually occurred when journalist Bill Stewart was inhumanly shot by a Somoza soldier in full view of the video camera) soon makes global news and helps to hasten the overthrow of the corrupt dictatorship. Meanwhile, Russell has new issues to consider once his camera has become an active and not a passive observer of political unrest. René Enriquéz who plays the dictator Somoza in this film is a native Nicaraguan, related to a newspaper reporter killed by Somoza's government. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
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Great movie, dreadful transfer
Added 8/26/2009
This is a wonderful movie, and I strongly recommend it, but DO NOT rely on this dvd transfer to deliver everything that the film has to offer. It looks and sounds terrible. Avoid til Blu-ray arrives.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
EXCELENT SERVICE
Added 8/8/2007
It is a good product and service, but it took too long for me to receive the picture. Is there any other way to get the products faster?
0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
Under Fire
Added 7/10/2007
An engrossing, still timely drama about the role of the news media in covering violent political conflicts, "Fire" asks us to consider the ethics of objectivity, dramatizing the political transformation of a man who, in an act of journalistic deception, chooses to choose sides. Nolte is excellent as Price, the rugged veteran who experiences a change of heart behind rebel lines, while Cassidy, Hackman, and Ed Harris, playing a steely soldier-for-hire, add further fuel to this "Fire" with gutsy supporting roles. A tense object lesson in the dangers of eyewitness reporting.
3 out of 3 people found this helpful.
TOKYO JO
Added 11/30/2006
WELL, GREAT ACTING, GREAT MUSIC, GREAT COSTUMES. TO BAD THEY RUINED THE MOVIE BY MAKING IT A PRO MARXIST MOVIE. I HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME ENJOYING A MOVIE IN WHICH THE STARS ARE IN LOVE WITH A MARXIST REVOLUTION.
6 out of 15 people found this helpful.
Under Fire
Added 1/31/2006
This is a complicated, convoluted political thriller combined with a love affair between the three stars. Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman and Joanna Cassidy. There is action but the action punctuates the plot and character development as opposed to being the point of the film. It was made in the mid'80's and you need to know it plays like a mid '80's film instead of the explosion every five minutes mentality of today.
7 out of 9 people found this helpful.
Great movie, dreadful transfer
Added 8/26/2009
This is a wonderful movie, and I strongly recommend it, but DO NOT rely on this dvd transfer to deliver everything that the film has to offer. It looks and sounds terrible. Avoid til Blu-ray arrives.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
EXCELENT SERVICE
Added 8/8/2007
It is a good product and service, but it took too long for me to receive the picture. Is there any other way to get the products faster?
0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
Under Fire
Added 7/10/2007
An engrossing, still timely drama about the role of the news media in covering violent political conflicts, "Fire" asks us to consider the ethics of objectivity, dramatizing the political transformation of a man who, in an act of journalistic deception, chooses to choose sides. Nolte is excellent as Price, the rugged veteran who experiences a change of heart behind rebel lines, while Cassidy, Hackman, and Ed Harris, playing a steely soldier-for-hire, add further fuel to this "Fire" with gutsy supporting roles. A tense object lesson in the dangers of eyewitness reporting.
3 out of 3 people found this helpful.
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