Under the Volcano (film)

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Under the Volcano

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Directed by John Huston
Produced by Moritz Borman
Wieland Schulz-Keil
Written by Guy Gallo
Starring Albert Finney
Jacqueline Bisset
Music by Alex North
Cinematography Gabriel Figueroa
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) 1984
Running time 112 min.
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Under the Volcano is a 1984 film directed by John Huston and stars Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews and Katy Jurado. It was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Albert Finney) and Best Music, Original Score.

It is based on the 1947 novel by English writer Malcolm Lowry and tells the story of Geoffrey Firmin, an alcoholic British consul in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac (recognizably Cuernavaca), on the Day of the Dead in 1938.


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