Under Fire, Roger Spottiswoode’s Oscar-nominated thriller starring Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman and Joanna Cassidy as journalists who get caught up in the 1979 Nicaraguan revolution, gets its first ever UK Blu-ray release on 17 June 2019 courtesy of Eureka Entertainment.
Russell Price (Nolte) is a gutsy photo-journalist who gets caught between his love for reporter Claire Stryder (Cassidy) and his friendship with her husband, Alex Grazier (Hackman).
Caught up in the war between the Nicaraguan government and the Sandinista rebels, Price loses sight of his objectivity and becomes deeply involved in the skirmish.
With cinematography by the great John Alcott (2001: A Space Odyssey, Barry Lyndon) and one of Jerry Goldsmith’s greatest scores (later sampled in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained), Under Fire is director Roger Spottiswoode’s greatest filmmaking achievement, a complex political thriller with shades of Casablanca, and Eureka Classics is proud to present the film in its UK debut on Blu-ray.
Special Features:
- Stunning 1080p presentation on Blu-ray
- Uncompressed LPCM 2.0 audio
- Optional English SDH subtitles
- Audio Commentary with director Roger Spottiswoode, Assistant Editor Paul Seydor and Photo-Journalist Matthew Naythons, and Film Historian Nick Redman
- Audio Commentary with Music Mixer-Producer Bruce Botnick, Music Editor Kenny Hal and Film Historians Jeff Bond, Julie Kirgo, and Nick Redman
- Joanna Cassidy Remembers Under Fire [3 mins]
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Limited Edition Collector’s booklet featuring new writing by author Scott Harrison [2000 copies only]
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