Men with Guns |  | Actors: Federico Luppi, Damián Delgado, Dan Rivera González, Tania Cruz, Damián Alcázar
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 99
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Running Time: 127 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0767899121
UPC: 043396094482
EAN: 9780767899123
Release Date: September 23, 2003
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Product Description
From writer/director John Sayles comes a sobering and politically awakening film about a recently widowed doctor who returns to an unnamed Latin American country in order to pay a visit to some of his former students, whom he dispatched to work in the country's poorest regions. Shocked to learn that several of his proteges have been murdered, he begins to suspect that the supposedly benevolent government, the "men with guns," may be responsible. Federico Luppi, Damian Alcazar and Mandy Patinkin star. 128 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: Spanish Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOTE: This Title Is Out Of Print; Limit One Per Customer.
It is impossible to predict where John Sayles will travel at any given time in his film career, but Men with Guns is one of the director's most surprising journeys. Shot in Spanish, with a little-known cast, the film is a beguiling mix of the political and the mythical. A well-heeled doctor (Argentine actor Federico Luppi) in an unnamed Latin country leaves his comfortable home, in search of former medical students who may be caught in the political violence of the countryside. Although Sayles casts an unflinching eye on the issues of poverty and "willful ignorance" (embodied by the doctor, a well-meaning but complacent man), Men with Guns has a lush visual style and a great grab-bag of songs on the soundtrack. It's a slow and sometimes dreamlike movie, but by the time we reach the end it feels as though something special has transpired. --Robert Horton
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