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21 October 1983 (USA) moreTagline:
This wasn't their war but it was their story...and they wouldn't let it go! morePlot:
Three journalists in a romantic triangle are involved in political intrigue during the last days of the corrupt Somozoa regime in Nicaragua before it falls to a popular revolution in 1979. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Fantastic, yet slightly fictionalized account more (28 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Nick Nolte | ... | Russell Price | |
| Ed Harris | ... | Oates | |
| Gene Hackman | ... | Alex Grazier | |
| Joanna Cassidy | ... | Claire | |
| Alma Martinez | ... | Isela (as Alma Martínez) | |
| Holly Palance | ... | Journalist | |
| Ella Laboriel | ... | Nightclub Singer | |
| Samuel Zarzosa | ... | Jazz Combo: drums | |
| Jonathan Zarzosa | ... | Jazz Combo: piano | |
| Raul Picasso | ... | Jazz Combo: bass | |
| Oswaldo Doria | ... | Boy Photographer | |
| Fernando Elizondo | ... | Businessman | |
| Hamilton Camp | ... | Regis Seydor | |
| Jean-Louis Trintignant | ... | Marcel Jazy | |
| Richard Masur | ... | Hub Kittle |
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Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Norway:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16Fun Stuff
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WILHELM SCREAM: when a man is thrown off an elephant in the beginning of the film moreGoofs:
Crew or equipment visible: At the beginning, when Price is given a lift from the soldiers (Oates is among them), the shadow of the whole crew is cast on the scene. moreSoundtrack:
The Sandinista hymn moreFAQ
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As a Nicaraguan-American who lived there during the opening thunderclaps of the full scale Sandinista revolt, I must say I was extremely impressed with this movie as a whole. Although it takes a slight turn to the political left, it manages to keep the story on an even keel and not embelish so.
It is interesting that by far the truest insight is delivered by the cynical French opportunist. Tyranny and oppression lay on both sides of the political fence. If the right hand doesn't get you, the left one will. When the FSLN took power in 1979, they immediately announced their communist regime much to the chagrin of the populace (personally, I believe in this crazy little thing called "freedom").
The people who were just liberated from 40 years of right wing (US supported) tyranny, now had it from the (Soviet supported) left, and then some. Proof of this was the mass exodus of Nicas to other places, and the (US backed, of course) "Contra" rebels, made up of former Sandinistas who immediately took up arms against their former comrades, and fought for a proper democracy, which was finally achieved when the USSR folded its cards in the late 80s.
Nicaragua was then free.