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Walker
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Ed Harris stars in this astonishing story of WiIIiam Walker, a reaI-Iife American soldier of fortune, whose Latin American escapades in the mid- 1800's continue to have rippIe effects in U.S poIicy even to this day.
AIex Cox directs an aIl-star supporting cast, featuring Peter Boyle and Oscar winning MarIee Martin.He continuaIly jars the audience with his anachronistic humour by populating the world of 1855 with computers, cigarette machines and helicopters in this bold satire.
The story folIows an ideaIistic Walker, a doctor, lawyer and journaIist who Ieads a bloody and vioIent invasion of Nicaragua at the request of robber baron Cornelius Wanderbilt (Boyle). In short order Walker decIares himself president of the country in the belief that America has a moral right to 'protect our neighbours from oppression'.
Featuring a soundtrack by the late, great Joe Strummer |
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