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Laserdisc Title: "UNDER THE VOLCANO"
Edition: Fullscreen Edition (Single Disc)
Directed By: John Houston
Starring: Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews
Special Features: ------
Production / Year: 1984 Ithaca Enterprises, Inc.
Running Time: 112 Minutes / Color
Audio Format: Monaural
Video Format: NTSC, CLV (Extended Play)
Miscellaneous Features: Rated R
Distributed By: MCA Home Video
Catalog / Spine Number: 40125

Cosmetic Condition:
Disc (s): Good - Some very light to very minor hairline surface swirls or very light fingerprint marks
Jacket: Very Good - Normal shelf wear, few creases, light scuffs, slightly worn-out corners or edges and a small split middle of bottom spine

Synopsis:
In John Huston's film "Under the Volcano," Albert Finney delivers a masterful performance as Geoffrey Firman, an alcoholic ex-British consul in Mexico. Firman lingers in Mexico long after resigning his position with the embassy and indulges in drunken binges bewailing the departure of his long-suffering wife, Yvonne (Jacqueline Bisset). Yvonne, it seems, suffered long enough and returned to America for a divorce. Geoffrey may be continually drunk, but he manages to still be remarkably perceptive about the political situation looming in Mexico, and the alcohol just works as a disinhibitor. Geoffrey--in other words--is a bit of a loose cannon. The year is 1938, and the film begins on the Day of the Dead. Firman, on yet another bender, prays for the return of his wife, and amazingly, the next day, she returns--ready to give married bliss 'another chance.' She returns to the family home and expects to pick up life just as she left it. Geoffrey Firman remains drunk for the entire film, and Albert Finney's performance is marvellous. Finney, however, could not carry the film alone, and the other two main characters--Hugh and Yvonne were not strong enough to rouse any great interest from me. Anthony Andrews is Hugh--Geoffrey's younger brother, and in many ways, Hugh is just a younger version of Geoffrey. Hugh, recently returned from the Spanish Civil War, is an idealist too, but he is not yet as disillusioned as Geoffrey. To me, the film remained rather dated and predictable. The return of Yvonne was inadequately explained by the plot or the character, and Hugh's character was too mediocre to explain all the passion that supposedly bubbled beneath the surface. I did enjoy the scenes with the dwarf, though, and the beauty of Mexico was spectacular. This is not an easy movie to take--watching somebody willfully self-destruct is painful. There's a good deal of humor in between the alcoholic forays, and they ease the burden.

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