Under the Volcano (1984)
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 in 1939. The consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.
Director:
John Huston
Writer:
Guy Gallo
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Albert Finney as Geoffrey Firmin |
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Jacqueline Bisset as Yvonne Firmin |
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Anthony Andrews as Hugh Firmin |
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Ignacio López Tarso as Dr. Vigil |
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Katy Jurado as Senora Gregoria |
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James Villiers as Brit |
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Dawson Bray as Quincey |
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Carlos Riquelme as Bustamante |
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Jim McCarthy as Gringo |
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José René Ruiz as Dwarf |
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Eleazar García Jr. as Chief of Gardens |
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Salvador Sánchez as Chief of Stockyards |
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Sergio Calderón as Chief of Municipality |
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Araceli Ladewuen Castelun as Maria |
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Emilio Fernández as Diosdado |
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Arturo Sarabia as Cervantes |
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Roberto Sosa as Few Fleas |
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Hugo Stiglitz as Sinarquista |
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Ugo Moctezuma as Latin Consul |
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Isabel Vázquez as Chicken Lady |
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Gustavo Fernandez as Transvestite |
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Irene Díaz de Dávila as Concepta |
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Alberto Olvera as Matador |
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Eduardo Borbolla as Don Juan Tenorio |
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Alejandro Suárez as Doña Ines |
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Rodolfo De Alexandre as Bus Driver |
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Juan Ángel Martínez as Passenger |
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Martín Palomares Carrión as Dead Indian |
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Mario Arévalo as Horseman |
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Ramiro Ramírez as Second Horseman |
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Günter Meisner as Herr Krausberg (German Attaché) (uncredited) |
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Alfonso Castro Valle as (uncredited) |
| Writing | Malcolm Lowry | Novel |
| Directing | John Huston | Director |
| Directing | Dennis Shaw | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Elsa Wachter | Set Designer |
| Sound | Colin Charles | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Daniel J. Johnson | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Directing | Manuel Muñoz | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Karen Price | Stunts |
| Editing | Elvio Sordoni | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Arnold Gefsky | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Alex North | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Guy Gallo | Screenplay |
| Production | Héctor López Lechuga | Associate Producer |
| Production | Wieland Schulz-Keil | Producer |
| Sound | Mel Metcalfe | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Keis Maes | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Else Blangsted | Music Editor |
| Art | José Rodríguez Granada | Art Direction |
| Lighting | Fernando Calvillo | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fernando García Gonzalez | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Teresa Sánchez | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Chris Carpenter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Gunther Gerszo | Production Design |
| Production | Moritz Borman | Producer |
| Art | Martín Cardenas | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Anthony Palk | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Directing | John Franco | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Manuel González | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Roberto Silvi | Editor |
| Camera | François Duhamel | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Gabriel Figueroa | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Terry Porter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Theresa Wachter | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Jesus G. Duran | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Keis Maes | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Michael Fitzgerald | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Marvin I. Kosberg | Dialogue Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Angela Dodson | Costume Design |
