About this title: Alex Cox directed this hallucinatory bio-pic starring Ed Harris as 19th-century American adventurer William Walker, who abandoned a series of careers in law, politics, journalism, and medicine to become a soldier of fortune and eventually a Nicaraguan dictator. When his deaf wife (Marlee Matlin) dies of cholera (but not before she utilizes sign language to tell Walker "To Hell with Manifest Destiny"), Walker is backed by multi-millionaire banker Cornelius Vanderbilt (Peter Boyle) to lead a band of mercenaries to Nicaragua in 1855 to make the country safe for Vanderbilt's steamships. When ...
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Format: VHS
Studio: Northern Distribution Partners
Description: Ed Harris, Marlee Matlin, Peter Boyle, Blanca Guerra, Keith Szarabajka, Richard Masur, Sy Richardson. Fine in fine packaging. Originally released: 1987. Language: English. Run time: 95 mins. (m52) VHS movie is ex-video club copy in excellent cond, with box in excellent cond inside a hard plastic case. read more
Format: DVD
Studio: Criterion Collection
UPC:715515028028
Description: New. 715515028028 Brand new and factory sealed! We sell no bootlegs or imports. Buy with confidence! You WILL receive your item QUICKLY! read more
Format: DVD
Studio: Criterion Collection
UPC:715515028028
Description: New. 715515028028 Brand new and factory sealed! We sell no bootlegs or imports. Buy with confidence! You WILL receive your item QUICKLY! read more
Description: Ed Harris, Richard Masur, Peter Boyle, Rene Auberjonois, Gerritt Graham, Marlee Matlin, Rene Assa, Keith Szarabajka, Sy... Very good in good packaging. 1987 Run time: 95. read more
Format: DVD
Screen format: Widescreen
DVD region: 1
Studio: Criterion Collection
Date: 02/19/2008
UPC:715515028028
Description: René Auberjonois, Jr. Pedro Armendariz, Rene Assa, Martin Aylett, Sharon Barr. New. 1987 Run time: 94. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Format: DVD
Screen format: Widescreen
Studio: Northern Distribution Partners
UPC:715515028028
Description: Ed Harris; Marlee Matlin; Peter Boyle; Blanca Guerra; Keith Szarabajka; Richard Masur; Sy Richardson. New. Run time: 95 mins. Language: English. read more
Format: DVD
Screen format: Widescreen
Studio: CRITERION
UPC:715515028028
Description: BRAND NEW. A hallucinatory biopic that breaks all cinematic conventions, Walker, from British director Alex Cox (Repo Man, Sid & Nancy), 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- ... read more
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