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Under the Volcano is a 1984 drama film directed by John Huston and starring Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, and Anthony Andrews, based on Malcolm Lowry's semi-autobiographical 1947 novel. The film follows the last 24 hours in the life of Geoffrey Firmin (Finney), an alcoholic British former consul in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac on ...
Jun 13, 1984 · Under the Volcano: Directed by John Huston. With Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews, Ignacio López Tarso. A day in the life of a self-destructive British consul in Mexico on the eve of World War II.
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- Drama
- John Huston
- 1984-06-13
The movie is based on the great novel by Malcolm Lowry, who used this day in the life of a drunk as a clothesline on which to hang several themes, including the political disintegration of Mexico in the face of the rising tide of Nazism.
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Watch Under the Volcano with a subscription on Max. Geoffrey Firmin (Albert Finney) is a heavy-drinking British diplomat living in a Mexican town. As the local Day of the Dead celebration gets...
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- John Huston
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- Albert Finney
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Aug 17, 2021 · Under the Volcano: Directed by Gracie Otto. With Sting, Jimmy Buffett, Mark Knopfler, Stewart Copeland. On a remote Caribbean island, under the shadow of an active volcano, the world's biggest recording artists made music and myth that defined an era.
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- Documentary, Music
- Gracie Otto
- 2021-08-17
Summaries. A day in the life of a self-destructive British consul in Mexico on the eve of World War II. Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town ...
