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.
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| Nick Nolte | ... | Russell Price | |
| Ed Harris | ... | Oates | |
| Gene Hackman | ... | Alex Grazier | |
| Joanna Cassidy | ... | Claire | |
| Alma Martinez | ... | Isela (as Alma Martínez) | |
| Holly Palance | ... | Journalist | |
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Ella Laboriel | ... | Nightclub Singer |
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Samuel Zarzosa | ... | Jazz Combo: drums |
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Jonathan Zarzosa | ... | Jazz Combo: piano |
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Raul Picasso | ... | Jazz Combo: bass |
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Oswaldo Doria | ... | Boy Photographer |
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Fernando Elizondo | ... | Businessman |
| Hamilton Camp | ... | Regis Seydor | |
| Jean-Louis Trintignant | ... | Marcel Jazy | |
| Richard Masur | ... | Hub Kittle | |
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Nicaragua 1979: Star photographer Russel Price covers the civil war against president Somoza. Facing the cruel fighting - people versus army - it's often hard for him to stay neutral. When the Guerillas have him take a picture of the leader Rafael, who's believed to be dead, he gets drawn into the happenings. Together with his reporter friends Claire and Alex he has to hide from the army. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
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21 October 1983 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$9,500,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$1,837,768, 23 October 1983, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$5,696,391Company Credits
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(uncredited)
Lyrics by John Blackburn
Music by Karl Suessdorf
Sung by Ella Laboriel with jazz combo
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This movie was made and released about four years after the events of the Nicaraguan revolution depicted in the film occurred in 1979. American reporter Bill Stewart was killed by Nicaraguan soldiers at that time. See more »Goofs
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. See more »Soundtracks
Moonlight in Vermont(uncredited)
Lyrics by John Blackburn
Music by Karl Suessdorf
Sung by Ella Laboriel with jazz combo
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A sophisticated film with more than one level, while its sympathies obviously tend to lie with the Sandinistas, it also has the message that in war there are no moral absolutes, and raises some interesting dilemmas. Its portrayal of violence is brutally convincing without being gratuitously gory. One possible flaw in Nolte's character is that it's hard to believe that a man apparently given to fairly regular reckless behaviour would have lasted so long hanging around in war zones.