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Writer (WGA):
John Sacret Young (written by)
Release Date:
25 August 1989 (USA) more
Plot:
The life and work of Archbishop Oscar Romero who opposed, at great personal risk, the tyrannical repression in El Salvador. full summary | add synopsis
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2 nominations more
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(2 articles)
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Another scary movie about Central America.... more (21 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Raul Julia | ... | Archbishop Oscar Romero |
 | Richard Jordan | ... | Father Rutilio Grande |
| Ana Alicia | ... | Arista Zelada |
 | Eddie Velez | ... | Lt. Columa |
| Alejandro Bracho | ... | Father Alfonzo Osuña |
| Tony Plana | ... | Father Manuel Morantes |
 | Harold Gould | ... | Francisco Galedo |
| Lucy Reina | ... | Lucia |
 | Al Ruscio | ... | Bishop Estrada |
 | Tony Perez | ... | Father Rafael Villez |
| Robert Viharo | ... | Col. Ernesto Dorio |
| Harold Cannon | ... | Gen. Humberto |
| Claudio Brook | ... | Bishop Flores |
| Martin LaSalle | ... | Bishop Rivera y Damas |
| Eduardo López Rojas | ... | Bishop Cordova |
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102 min
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Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A | UK:15 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | USA:PG-13
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Archbishop Oscar Romero:
I'd like to make an appeal in a special way to the men in the army. Brothers, each one of you is one of us. We are the same People. The farmers and peasants that you kill are your own brothers and sisters. When you hear the words of a man telling you to kill...
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (#9.22)" (1997) more
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This is another "sleeper" about totalitarian regimes in Central America. What is particularly fascinating about this one is that Romero, a non-political man, comes to the realizaton that there is no such thing as apolitical, apolitical ultimately being complicity, and recognizes his responsibility to take a stand for his people, despite pressure from Rome to refrain from doing so.
I remember hearing about the events in this movie on the radio, when they were actually taking place.
For me this reality is a major part of how I felt watching this movie. The movie is quite good, but I didn't enjoy it. I don't think one watches such movies for enjoyment. I give it a 10!