Directed by:
Alex CoxScreenplay:
Rudy WurlitzerCinematography:
David BridgesComposer:
Joe StrummerCast:
Ed Harris, Richard Masur, Rene Auberjonois, Keith Szarabajka, Xander Berkeley, John Diehl, Peter Boyle, Marlee Matlin, Alfonso Arau, Pedro Armendáriz Jr. (more)Plots(1)
A hallucinatory biopic that breaks all cinematic conventions, Walker, from British director Alex Cox, tells the story of nineteenth-century American adventurer William Walker (Ed Harris), who abandoned a series of careers in law, politics, journalism, and medicine to become a soldier of fortune, and for several years 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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ed Harris
USA
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Richard Masur
USA
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Rene Auberjonois
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Keith Szarabajka
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Xander Berkeley
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John Diehl
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Peter Boyle
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Marlee Matlin
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Alfonso Arau
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Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
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Gerrit Graham
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Miguel Sandoval
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Dick Rude
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Richard Edson
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Kathy Burke
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Blanca Guerra
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René Assa
Egypt
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David Hayman
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William O'Leary
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William Utay
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