Walker (1987)
- Directed by
- Alex Cox
- Genre
- drama film, action film, war film, biographical film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 87 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An American adventurer invades Nicaragua and installs himself as its president. The film uses deliberate anachronisms to tell this historical story.
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What happens
Walker is a 1987 historical Weird Western film directed by Alex Cox and written by Rudy Wurlitzer. It stars Ed Harris as William Walker, the American filibuster who invaded and made himself president of Nicaragua. The cast also features Richard Masur, René Auberjonois, Peter Boyle, Miguel Sandoval and Marlee Matlin. An American-Mexican co-production, Walker was filmed in Nicaragua, during the Contra War. The film is intentionally full of postmodern anachronisms, such as helicopters, Zippo lighters, automatic rifles, Diet Coke, magazines and cars. Joe Strummer, formerly of the Clash, scored the film. Walker was released by Universal Pictures on December 4, 1987 to generally polarized reviews and grossed nearly $300,000 against a production budget of $6 million, becoming a box-office bomb. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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