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The Resource Walker, written by Rudy Wurlitzer ; directed by Alex Cox ; producer, Angel Flores Marini ; produced by Lorenzo O'Brien

Walker, written by Rudy Wurlitzer ; directed by Alex Cox ; producer, Angel Flores Marini ; produced by Lorenzo O'Brien

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A hallucinatory biopic that breaks all cinematic conventions 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 ultra patriotism and a freewheeling condemnation of 'manifest destiny.' Featuring a powerful score by Joe Strummer and a performance of intense, repressed rage by Harris, it remains one of Cox's most daring works
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (94 min.)
Note
  • Originally produced in 1987
  • Special features: commentary soundtrack with director Cox and screenwriter Wurlitzer; "Dispatches from Nicaragua," a making-of featurette; "On moviemaking and the Revolution," a featurette with reminiscences twenty years later from an extra on the film; "The immortals, ' photo gallery
Isbn
9781681439242
Instance
Label
Walker
Title
Walker
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written by Rudy Wurlitzer ; directed by Alex Cox ; producer, Angel Flores Marini ; produced by Lorenzo O'Brien
Creator
Contributor
Actor
Film director
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
A hallucinatory biopic that breaks all cinematic conventions 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 ultra patriotism and a freewheeling condemnation of 'manifest destiny.' Featuring a powerful score by Joe Strummer and a performance of intense, repressed rage by Harris, it remains one of Cox's most daring works
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TEFMT
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videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
Walker (Motion picture)
Dewey number
791.43/72
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.W35 2022
PerformerNote
Ed Harris, Richard Masur, René Auberjonois, Peter Boyle, Miguel Sandoval, Marlee Matlin
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1954-
  • 1950-
  • 1940-2019
  • 1935-2006
  • 1951-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Cox, Alex
  • Harris, Ed
  • Masur, Richard
  • Auberjonois, René
  • Boyle, Peter
  • Matlin, Marlee
  • Sandoval, Miguel
  • Wurlitzer, Rudolph
Runtime
94
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
423
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
Walker, William
Technique
live action
Label
Walker, written by Rudy Wurlitzer ; directed by Alex Cox ; producer, Angel Flores Marini ; produced by Lorenzo O'Brien
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced in 1987
  • Special features: commentary soundtrack with director Cox and screenwriter Wurlitzer; "Dispatches from Nicaragua," a making-of featurette; "On moviemaking and the Revolution," a featurette with reminiscences twenty years later from an extra on the film; "The immortals, ' photo gallery
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (94 min.)
Isbn
9781681439242
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515270618
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
CC3345BD
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • on1297841689
  • (OCoLC)1297841689
System details
Blu-ray, widescreen (1.85:1), mono
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc
Label
Walker, written by Rudy Wurlitzer ; directed by Alex Cox ; producer, Angel Flores Marini ; produced by Lorenzo O'Brien
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced in 1987
  • Special features: commentary soundtrack with director Cox and screenwriter Wurlitzer; "Dispatches from Nicaragua," a making-of featurette; "On moviemaking and the Revolution," a featurette with reminiscences twenty years later from an extra on the film; "The immortals, ' photo gallery
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (94 min.)
Isbn
9781681439242
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515270618
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
CC3345BD
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • on1297841689
  • (OCoLC)1297841689
System details
Blu-ray, widescreen (1.85:1), mono
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc

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