Missing (film)

Not to be confused with The Missing.

Missing
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Costa-Gavras
Produced by	Edward Lewis Mildred Lewis
Screenplay by	Costa-Gavras Donald E. Stewart
Based on	Missing by Thomas Hauser
Starring	Jack Lemmon Sissy Spacek Melanie Mayron John Shea
Music by	Vangelis
Cinematography	Ricardo Aronovich
Edited by	Françoise Bonnot
Production company	PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	February 12, 1982 (1982-02-12)
Running time	122 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English Spanish
Budget	$5 million^[1]
Box office	$16 million^[2]

Missing is a 1982 American historical drama film directed by Costa-Gavras and starring Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea and Charles Cioffi. It is based on the true story of American journalist Charles Horman, who disappeared in the bloody aftermath of the US-backed Chilean coup of 1973 that deposed the democratically elected socialist President Salvador Allende. The film was jointly awarded the Palme d'Or (with Yol) at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.

Set largely during the days and weeks following Horman's disappearance, the movie depicts his father and wife searching to determine his fate. The film examines the relationship between Horman's wife Beth (Spacek) and her father-in-law, American businessman Ed Horman (Lemmon).

The film was banned in Chile during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, even though neither Chile nor Pinochet are ever mentioned by name (although the Chilean cities of Viña del Mar and Santiago are).^[3]

Synopsis

The film opens with Costa-Gavras' statement that the events of the film are true. At first, When Ed arrives in the Latin American country where his son Charles Horman worked, Ed blames his son and his «radical» political views for his disappearance, but he is later crushed when discovering that the government he reveres so highly has been involved with his son's disappearance and possible death as a collaborator of the dictatorship.

As a bookend of sorts to Costa-Gavras' assertion that the events of Missing are true, the film ends with a postscript stating that after his return to the United States, Ed Horman received the body of his son Charles seven months later (making an autopsy impossible), and that a subsequent lawsuit against the US government was dismissed. It also adds that the State Department denies their involvement in the Allende coup, a position maintained to the present day.

Cast

Jack Lemmon as Edmund Horman
Sissy Spacek as Beth Horman
Melanie Mayron as Terry Simon
John Shea as Charles 'Charlie' Horman
Charles Cioffi as Capt. Ray Tower, USN
David Clennon as Consul Phil Putnam
Richard Venture as U.S. Ambassador
Jerry Hardin as Colonel Sean Patrick
Richard Bradford as Andrew Babcock

Joe Regalbuto as Frank Teruggi
Keith Szarabajka as David Holloway
John Doolittle as David McGeary
Janice Rule as Kate Newman
Ward Costello as Congressman
Hansford Rowe as Senator
Tina Romero as Maria
Richard Whiting as Statesman

Production

Missing is based on a book that was first published under the title The Execution of Charles Horman: An American Sacrifice (1978) by Thomas Hauser (later republished under the title Missing in 1982).

The score is by the Greek electronic composer Vangelis. The movie's piano theme has been used extensively in commercials, but an official release of the film's soundtrack has not yet occurred. The main theme appeared first on Vangelis' 1989 album Themes. The main theme is also available on the Festival de Cannes (60th Anniversary) compilation of famous soundtracks. A bootleg release of the soundtrack exists. A sung version with lyrics by Tim Rice has been recorded by Elaine Paige & Nana Mouskouri.

The film was released on both VHS and Laserdisc, in 1982 and 1987, by MCA Videocassette, MCA Videodisc, and MCA Home Video respectively. The VHS version was pulled from the market due to the lawsuit filed against director Costa-Gavras. Universal Home Video re-released Missing on DVD in 2006, following the dismissal of the lawsuit. A special edition DVD was released by The Criterion Collection in October 2008.

Controversy

Both the film and Thomas Hauser's book The Execution of Charles Horman were removed from the United States market following a lawsuit filed against Costa-Gavras and Universal Pictures's (then) parent company MCA by former ambassador Nathaniel Davis and two others for defamation of character. A lawsuit against Hauser himself was dismissed because the statute of limitations had expired. Davis and his associates lost their lawsuit, after which the film was re-released by Universal in 2006.

Awards

Missing won the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival,^[4] where Lemmon was awarded Best Actor for his performance.^[4]

Academy Awards

Main article: 55th Academy Awards

Wins^[5]: Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium): Costa-Gavras, Donald Stewart
Nominations: Best Picture: Edward Lewis and Mildred Lewis, Producers; Best Actor in a Leading Role: Jack Lemmon; Best Actress in a Leading Role: Sissy Spacek

References

↑ Costa-Gavras Plans to Make Film in Israel. The New York Times. Published December 1, 1982.
↑ Box Office Information for Missing. The Numbers. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
↑ "Missing". Chicago Sun-Times.
1 2 "Festival de Cannes: Missing". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
↑ "Oscars.org -- Missing". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 17, 2014.

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Films directed by Costa-Gavras

The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)
Shock Troops (1967)
Z (1969)
The Confession (1970)
State of Siege (1972)
Special Section (1975)
Womanlight (1979)
Missing (1982)
Hanna K. (1983)
Family Business (1986)
Betrayed (1988)
Music Box (1989)
Against Oblivion (segment) (1991)
The Little Apocalypse (1993)
À propos de Nice, la suite (segment) (1995)
Lumière and Company (segment) (1995)
Mad City (1997)
Amen. (2002)
The Axe (2005)
Eden Is West (2009)
Capital (2012)

Palme d'Or winning films

1930s 1940s	Union Pacific – Cecil B. DeMille (1939) Iris and the Lieutenant – Alf Sjöberg (1946) The Lost Weekend – Billy Wilder (1946) The Red Meadows – Bodil Ipsen and Lau Lauritzen, Jr. (1946) Brief Encounter – David Lean (1946) María Candelaria – Emilio Fernández (1946) Neecha Nagar – Chetan Anand (1946) The Turning Point – Fridrikh Ermler (1946) La Symphonie Pastorale – Jean Delannoy (1946) The Last Chance – Leopold Lindtberg (1946) Men Without Wings – František Čáp (1946) Rome, Open City – Roberto Rossellini (1946) The Third Man – Carol Reed (1949)

1950s	Miss Julie – Alf Sjöberg (1951) Miracle in Milan – Vittorio De Sica (1951) The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice – Orson Welles (1952) Two Cents Worth of Hope – Renato Castellani (1952) The Wages of Fear – Henri-Georges Clouzot (1953) Gate of Hell – Teinosuke Kinugasa (1954) Marty – Delbert Mann (1955) The Silent World – Jacques Cousteau and Louis Malle (1956) Friendly Persuasion – William Wyler (1957) The Cranes Are Flying – Mikhail Kalatozov (1958) Black Orpheus – Marcel Camus (1959)

1960s	La Dolce Vita – Federico Fellini (1960) The Long Absence – Henri Colpi (1961) Viridiana – Luis Buñuel (1961) O Pagador de Promessas – Anselmo Duarte (1962) The Leopard – Luchino Visconti (1963) The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – Jacques Demy (1964) The Knack ...and How to Get It – Richard Lester (1965) A Man and a Woman – Claude Lelouch (1966) The Birds, the Bees and the Italians – Pietro Germi (1966) Blowup – Michelangelo Antonioni (1967) if.... – Lindsay Anderson (1969)

1970s	MASH – Robert Altman (1970) The Go-Between – Joseph Losey (1971) The Working Class Goes to Heaven – Elio Petri (1972) The Mattei Affair – Francesco Rosi (1972) The Hireling – Alan Bridges (1973) Scarecrow – Jerry Schatzberg (1973) The Conversation – Francis Ford Coppola (1974) Chronicle of the Years of Fire – Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina (1975) Taxi Driver – Martin Scorsese (1976) Padre Padrone – Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (1977) The Tree of Wooden Clogs – Ermanno Olmi (1978) Apocalypse Now – Francis Ford Coppola (1979) The Tin Drum – Volker Schlöndorff (1979)

1980s	All That Jazz – Bob Fosse (1980) Kagemusha – Akira Kurosawa (1980) Man of Iron – Andrzej Wajda (1981) Missing – Costa-Gavras (1982) Yol – Yılmaz Güney and Şerif Gören (1982) The Ballad of Narayama – Shohei Imamura (1983) Paris, Texas – Wim Wenders (1984) When Father Was Away on Business – Emir Kusturica (1985) The Mission – Roland Joffé (1986) Under the Sun of Satan – Maurice Pialat (1987) Pelle the Conqueror – Bille August (1988) Sex, Lies, and Videotape – Steven Soderbergh (1989)

1990s	Wild at Heart – David Lynch (1990) Barton Fink – Coen brothers (1991) The Best Intentions – Bille August (1992) Farewell My Concubine – Chen Kaige (1993) The Piano – Jane Campion (1993) Pulp Fiction – Quentin Tarantino (1994) Underground – Emir Kusturica (1995) Secrets & Lies – Mike Leigh (1996) Taste of Cherry – Abbas Kiarostami (1997) The Eel – Shohei Imamura (1997) Eternity and a Day – Theodoros Angelopoulos (1998) Rosetta – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (1999)

2000s	Dancer in the Dark – Lars von Trier (2000) The Son's Room – Nanni Moretti (2001) The Pianist – Roman Polanski (2002) Elephant – Gus Van Sant (2003) Fahrenheit 9/11 – Michael Moore (2004) The Child – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (2005) The Wind That Shakes the Barley – Ken Loach (2006) 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days – Cristian Mungiu (2007) The Class – Laurent Cantet (2008) The White Ribbon – Michael Haneke (2009)

2010s	Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives – Apichatpong Weerasethakul (2010) The Tree of Life – Terrence Malick (2011) Amour – Michael Haneke (2012) Blue Is the Warmest Colour – Abdellatif Kechiche (with actresses Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux) (2013) Winter Sleep – Nuri Bilge Ceylan (2014) Dheepan – Jacques Audiard (2015)

London Film Critics' Circle Film of the Year

Apocalypse Now (1980)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Missing (1982)
The King of Comedy (1983)
Paris, Texas (1984)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
A Room with a View (1986)
Hope and Glory (1987)
House of Games (1988)
Distant Voices, Still Lives (1989)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1990)
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Unforgiven (1992)
The Piano (1993)
Schindler's List (1994)
Babe (1995)
Fargo (1996)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
American Beauty (1999)
Being John Malkovich (2000)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
About Schmidt (2002)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Sideways (2004)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
United 93 (2006)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
The Wrestler (2008)
A Prophet (2009)
The Social Network (2010)
The Artist (2011)
Amour (2012)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Boyhood (2014)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

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