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Walker is a american film of genre Drama directed by Alex Cox released in USA on 4 december 1987 with Ed Harris

Walker (1988)

Walker
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Released in USA 4 december 1987
Length 1h35
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Biography,    Action,    Historical,    Western
Rating65% 3.2968453.2968453.2968453.2968453.296845

Walker is a 1987 American-Mexican Acid Western film directed by Alex Cox and starring Ed Harris, Richard Masur, Rene Auberjonois, Peter Boyle, Sy Richardson, Xander Berkeley, Alfonso Arau, Marlee Matlin and Miguel Sandoval. The film is based on the life story of William Walker (1824–1860), the American filibuster who invaded Mexico in the 1850s and made himself President of Nicaragua shortly thereafter. It was written by Rudy Wurlitzer and scored by Joe Strummer, who also plays a small role as a member of Walker's army.

The film is intentionally full of anachronisms such as helicopters, Zippo lighters, automatic rifles and a car passing a horse carriage. It was filmed in Nicaragua during the Contra War.

Synopsis

In 1853, soldier-of-fortune William Walker (Ed Harris) flees Mexico after a failed attempt to incite an armed insurrection. He is placed on trial by US officials, but wins acquittal on breaking the Neutrality Act. Walker believes in Manifest Destiny and has plans to marry and start a newspaper until his fianceé Ellen Martin (Marlee Matlin) dies of cholera. Financed by American multimillionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt (Peter Boyle), Walker and 60 mercenaries embark on a mission to overthrow the Government of Nicaragua, to secure Vanderbilt's rights over an overland shipping route between the Atlantic and Pacific.

Actors

Ed Harris

(William Walker)Peter Boyle

(Cornelius Vanderbilt)Alan Bates
Richard Masur

(Ephraim Squier)René Auberjonois

(Maj. Siegfried Hennington)
And :
Keith Szarabajka
Sy Richardson
Xander Berkeley
John Diehl
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