Walker

Author

Alex Cox

Call Number

• DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

Director-approved DVD special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Ed Harris, Richard Masur, Rene Auberjonois, Peter Boyle, Miguel Sandoval, Marlee Matlin, Keith Szarabajka, Sy Richardson, Xander Berkeley, John Diehl, Blanca Guerra.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2007]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (94 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 19 cm.)

Audience

MPAA rating: R.

Summary

"A hallucinatory biopic that breaks all cinematic conventions, Walker, from British director Alex Cox, tells the story of nineteenth-century American adventurer William Walker, who abandoned a series of careers in law, politics, journalism, and medicine to become a soldier of fortune and, for many months, the dictator of Nicaragua. Made with mad abandon and political acuity--and the support of the Sandinista army and government during the contra war--the film uses this true tale as a satirical attack on American ultrapatriotism and a freewheeling condemnation of 'manifest destiny.' Featuring a powerful score by Joe Strummer and a performance of intense, repressed rage by Harris, Walker remains one of Cox's most daring works."--Container.

Notes

Originally released as a motion picture in 1987.

Special features: Restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Alex Cox ; audio commentary with Cox and screenwriter Rudy Wurlitzer ; Dispatches from Nicaragua, an original documentary about the filming of Walker in Nicaragua ; On moviemaking and the Revolution, reminiscences twenty years later from an extra on the film ; The immortals, behind-the-scenes photos ; Cox on Walker's reviews ; trailer.