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Under the Volcano (1984) [R]

Release Date:
June 20, 1984

Original Title:
Under the Volcano

Alternate Titles:
Sous le volcan

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Conacite Uno
Ithaca
Universal Pictures

Production Countries:
Mexico | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
FR: 12  GB: 15  NL: 12  US: R 

Runtime: 112

One cannot live without love.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Production

Art Direction:
José Rodríguez Granada

Assistant Editor:
Elvio Sordoni

Assistant Sound Editor:
Daniel J. Johnson

Associate Producer:
Arnold Gefsky
Héctor López Lechuga

Camera Operator:
Manuel González

Costume Design:
Angela Dodson

Dialogue Editor:
Marvin I. Kosberg

Director:
John Huston

Director of Photography:
Gabriel Figueroa

Editor:
Roberto Silvi

Executive Producer:
Michael Fitzgerald

First Assistant Director:
Manuel Muñoz

Gaffer:
Fernando Calvillo

Hairstylist:
Keis Maes
Fernando García Gonzalez
Teresa Sánchez

Makeup Artist:
Keis Maes

Music Editor:
Else Blangsted

Novel:
Malcolm Lowry

Original Music Composer:
Alex North

Producer:
Wieland Schulz-Keil
Moritz Borman

Production Design:
Gunther Gerszo

Screenplay:
Guy Gallo

Script Supervisor:
John Franco

Second Assistant Director:
Dennis Shaw

Set Decoration:
Martín Cardenas
Theresa Wachter

Set Designer:
Elsa Wachter

Sound Mixer:
Colin Charles

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Mel Metcalfe
Chris Carpenter
Terry Porter

Special Effects:
Jesus G. Duran

Still Photographer:
François Duhamel

Stunts:
Karen Price

Supervising Sound Editor:
Anthony Palk

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