Criterion Collection (series)

Under the Volcano (2-DVD)

Starring: Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews & Katy Jurado Director: John Huston Rated:

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Number of Discs: 2
Rated: R
Run Time: 1 hours, 52 minutes
Video: Color
Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
Released: October 23, 2007
Originally Released: 1984
Label: Criterion
2-Disc Set
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:

Dolby Digital Mono - English

Additional Release Material:

Audio Commentary: Michael Fitzgerald, Wieland Schulz-Keil, Moritz Berman - Producers
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Featurette:

"Notes from UNDER THE VOLCANO"
"Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry"

Interviews:

Jacqueline Bisset - Star
Guy Gallo - Screenplay
John Huston - Director (1984, Audio)

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring		Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews & Katy Jurado
Performer		Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews & Katy Jurado
Directed by		John Huston

Entertainment Reviews:

New York Times - 06/13/1984
"...Especially impressive for the courage, intelligence and restraint with which it tackles [the] impossible....Daring..."

Variety - 05/23/1984
"...A triumphant artistic success....[Finney] is simply extraordinary..."

Sight and Sound - 10/01/2008
"[Finney's] Geoffrey Firmin is one of the most unnervingly and heartbreakingly convincing alcoholics ever capture on film..."

Product Description:

A boozing ex-British consulate, his estranged wife and his half-brother suffer in a private hell in Cuernavaca, Mexico, 1939, on "El Dia De Los Muertos" (The Day of the Dead). From Malcolm Lowry's 1947 novel. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Actor--Albert Finney.

Plot Synopsis:

John Huston's screen adaptation of Malcolm Lowery's powerful meditation on self-destruction and personal despair. The hero is Geoffrey Firmin, an alcoholic ex-British consul living in Mexico on the eve of World War II. Tormented by his wife's infidelity, Firmin celebrates the Day of the Dead by drinking himself to death despite his wife and her lover's efforts to save him.

Plot Keywords:

Character Study | Cult Film | Recommended | Substance Abuse | Theatrical Release

Production Notes:

Shot in Morelos, Mexico; prints by Technicolor; sound by Glen Glenn; Panavision equipment.
Other cast members include Dawson Bray (Quincey) and Jim McCarthy (Gringo).
Clip used from the film "The Hands of Orlac."
Assistant directors were Manuel Muñoz and Dennis Shaw; Tom Shaw was the production supervisor.
Director John Huston's son Danny was the director for the main title sequence.
Opticals and titles by Universal Optical Department.
John Huston tried to bring this film to screen for 30 years.

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Sales Rank: 67,209
UPC: 715515026420
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