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7.3/10   1,001 votes
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Director:
John Duigan
Writer (WGA):
John Sacret Young (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
25 August 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama 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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Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
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User Comments:
Excellent Film 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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Additional Details

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Runtime:
102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A | UK:15 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | USA:PG-13
Company:
Paulist Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
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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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (#9.22)" (1997) more

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User Comments

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Excellent Film, 27 April 2000
Author: GeneralB from USA

This was a pretty good film, about the real life story of the archbishop of EL Salvador, Oscar Romero. Raul Julia gives a good performance as the title character. The music is effective and interesting; at times it sounds almost like helicopter blades. If you close your eyes when you watch the beginning, you could almost think this film was about Vietnam. Some aspects of this film were not that great though. Some scenes appeared to be cut off too early or in odd ways.

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