Under Fire (Region B)

Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman and Joanna Cassidy play three journalists caught up in the 1979 Nicaraguan revolution inUnder Fire.

Russel 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 Goldsmiths greatest scores (later sampled in Quentin TarantinosDjango Unchained),Under Fireis director Roger Spottiswoodes greatest filmmaking achievement, a complex political thriller with shades ofCasablanca, and Eureka Classics i