Under Fire (film)

Infobox Film
name = Under Fire


image_size = 175px
caption = original film poster
director = Roger Spottiswoode
producer = Jonathan Taplin
writer = Clayton Frohman and Ron Shelton
starring = Nick Nolte
Gene Hackman
Joanna Cassidy
Ed Harris
Jean-Louis Trintignant
music = Jerry Goldsmith
cinematography = John Alcott
editing = Mark Conte
distributor = Orion Pictures
released = October 21, 1983
runtime = 128 min.
country = USA
language = English
budget =
amg_id = 1:51711
imdb_id = 0086510

"Under Fire" is a political film set in 1979, during the last days of the Somoza regime in Nicaragua. The story is fictional, but was inspired by actual events. The musical score by Jerry Goldsmith, which featured well-known jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, was nominated for an Academy Award.

Cast

*Nick Nolte – as Russell Price
*Gene Hackman – as Alex Grazier
*Joanna Cassidy – as Claire
*Ed Harris – as Oates
*Jean-Louis Trintignant – as Marcel Jazy
*Richard Masur – as Hub Kittle
*René Enríquez – as President Anastasio Somoza
*Hamilton Camp – as Regis
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0554976/ Alma Martínez] – as Isela
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0142746/ Eloy Casados] – as Pedro
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0301083/ Jenny Gago] – as Miss Panama
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0954970/ Jorge Zepeda] – as Rafael