alsino and the condor
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littin, miguel, and others, alsino y el condor, nicaragua, 1982 .
miguel littin’s “alsino and the condor” concerns the relationship between an american pilot (dean stockwell) and a nicaraguan boy who becomes a hero when joining the guerrillas fighting the somoza regime .
like the work of gabriel garcia marquez, who is one of the outspoken supporters of this film, alsino and the condor is a mixture of poetry, political reality and fantasy .
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though'' alsino and the condor'' is sorrowful, it is never sentimental, which, for mr. littin, a chilean director living in exile in mexico, is as much of an accomplishment as getting the film produced at all.'' alsino and the condor'' is the first fiction feature ever made in nicaragua .
littin has entered the oscar stakes twice before — in 1976 (for mexico’s “letters from marusia”) and 1983 (for nicaragua’s “alsino and the condor”). this is the first time he’s repping his home country .
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alsino et le condor—une allegorie pour un pays neuf
in image et son (paris), may 1984 .
alsino & the condor is a multinational production, utilizing financing from nicaragua, mexico, cuba and costa rica. the film is related from the point of view of alsino (alan esquivel), an impoverished nicaraguan lad. while his country and its rotting buildings crumble all around him, the idealistic alsino imagines himself to be a condor, flying far above his deprivations. it is during one of his hallucinations that alsino jumps from a tree; the fall cripples him, turning him into a hunchback. he will only straighten out to his full proud height upon joining a guerilla band, fighting the corrupt government armies. significantly, alsino & the condor was the first production to be filmed in nicaragua after the sandinista revolution and the overthrow of somoza ~ hal erickson, rovi
'' alsino and the condor'' was one of the five nominees for this year' s foreign - language film academy award, won by spain' s'' to begin again.''
alsino and the condor got me thinking of a documentary about u. s. army boot camp i saw in a sociology class many years ago. the psychological warping of military service knows no national boundaries .
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best foreign language film - -' alsino and the condor,' nicaragua;' coup de torchon,' france;' the flight of the eagle,' sweden;' private life,' soviet union; and' volver a empezar,' spain .
alsino y el condor, made at the time of the sandinista overthrow of the somoza regime in nicaragua, is an allegory of the nicaraguan people rising up to meet their oppressor. the film is a mexican - cuban - nicaraguan co - production, yet despite this, it has the distinctive littin touch .
'' alsino and the condor,'' a co - production of nicaragua (where it was made), mexico, cuba and costa rica, is a film about injustice and revolution, not looked at directly but seen, as if in passing, by alsino, a solemn little peasant boy who, more than anything else, wants to fly .
there is a contrast between alsino' s dreams and the realities of his country as it heads towards revolution. alsino likes to climb trees and to imagine himself flying. his dreams are ignited by the us army helicopter that begins to hover over his head. alsino wants to fly. the fact that the helicopter is fighting the very people who want to liberate his own people is lost on him. alsino' s dreams are the dreams of his people, although as he is a child he cannot realize this and it is only after he falls from the tree and becomes hunchbacked that he becomes conscious of reality. after meeting the guerilla he returns home to find his town abandoned and his mamabuela dead, the dutch postcards burnt and scattered to the wind, like his dreams. alsino becomes one of the guerillas himself. finally understanding the war and foreign aggression he can fly on the wings of his dreams of freedom .
the movie, which was one of this year' s oscar nominees for best foreign films, takes place in nicaragua during the fighting with honduras. american advisers work with the government in the war against the guerrillas. helicopters, troop carriers and tanks come and go across the lush landscape where the peasants plow their fields in the rain, and the little boy, alsino, becomes enraptured by the sight of the airborne soldiers .
the hero of the film is 10 - year - old alsino, a dreamer. he lives with his mamabuela, an old lady shrouded in the mystery of her past, who bewitches alsino with travel tales of her dead sailor - husband and shows him old postcards from amsterdam .
like the work of gabriel garcia marquez, who is one of the outspoken supporters of this film ,
alsino and the condor
is a mixture of poetry, political reality and fantasy. there seems to be some sort of a romantic muse at work in the films and novels of latin american artists, reminding them to decorate their tragedies with butterflies and dreams. as a result, any description of
alsino
is likely to make the film sound too factual; it' s a war story that takes place largely inside the mind of a dreamy little boy .
alsino and the condor
is the first fiction feature ever made in nicaragua, but its poetic intensity will make it familiar to readers of latin american literature. it makes a fascinating counterpoint to
under fire ,
the excellent thriller starring nick nolte and gene hackman as american reporters covering the fall of the somosa regime. the american film instinctively adopts a realistic approach, just as this latin film instinctively adopts a poetic one. it' s the difference between a dramatization and a parable .
nominated for an oscar for best foreign film ,
alsino and the condor
is a potent blend of a philosophical coming - of - age fable and a sharp commentary on what was happening in the country politically. it has hints of south american magical realism as we view life through the eyes of alsino, a boy who dreams of flying. he witnesses the arrival of american soldiers in a helicopter, which inspires him to try actual flight from a tree. the war around him escalates and through it all his outlook remains steadfast, or does it? this was also the comeback film for actor dean stockwell, who played one of american soldiers who befriends alsino .
a socialist epic recounting the struggles of revolutionary chilean peasants in the 1920s and 1930s .
at its best,'' alsino and the condor'' has something of a latin american'' candide'' about it. it' s never uproariously funny, but it is wise and just a little bit lunatic, as when alsino, in his wanderings, comes across a good friday religious procession. the boy, stony - faced as always, goes up to relieve the burden of the man portraying christ on his way to calvary. screams the angry pilgrim,'' find your own cross!''
it is 1925 and working conditions in chile are abysmal. the miners of marusia go on strike, but the mine owners and the government use the chilean army crush them .
alsino, a boy of 10 or 12, lives with his grandmother in a remote area of nicaragua. he' s engulfed in the war between rebels and government troops when a us advisor orders the army to open a staging area by the boy' s hamlet. alsino tries to be a child, climbing trees with a girl, looking through his grandfather' s trunk of mementos and trying to fly; he goes to town to sell a saddle, has his first drink and is taken to a brothel. but the war surrounds him. the us advisor takes alsino on a chopper flight, but he' s unimpressed. the soldiers' cruelties awake rebel sympathies in alsino, and after an army assault backfires, the lad is fully baptized into the conflict .
alsino y el condor made at the time of the sandanista overthrow of the somoza regime in nicaragua, is an allegory of the nicaraguan people rising up to meet their oppressor. the film is a mexican - cuban - nicaraguan co - production, yet despite this, it has the distinctive littin touch. littin' s shortest film to this point was criticized by some for its too blatant use of political allegory .
the very obvious allegories here are the illusion of liberty through flying, and real dictatorial oppression and north american aggression expressed by the helicopter. cultural domination is expressed by alsino' s wanting to possess the foreign object, the helicopter—even though it represents aggression. the film is full of symbols—in fact it could be said that there is not one real character in the film, merely symbols and emblems. there are birds unable to fly because their wings have been clipped, and alsino becomes hunchbacked because he falls from a tree and only then begins to see things in a different light .
'' alsino and the condor'' is full of painful scenes witnessed without apparent emotion by the boy, now a hunchback, as he wanders the nicaraguan countryside. he seems hardly to bat an eye as he passes government troops as they massacre peasants and burn their farms. until he finds political commitment, he is not beyond feeling but beyond its expression, which gives particular impact to the film' s final freeze frame .
alsino and the condor, directed by miguel littin; screenplay (spanish with english subtitles) by mr. littin, isidora aguirre and tomas perez turrent; cinematography by jorge her - rera and pablo martinez; edited by miriam talavera; music by leo brower; production: nicaraguan film institute, cuban institute of cinematographic art and industry, latin american production of mexico, costa rican cinematographic cooperative. at the cinema 3, third avenue and 60th street. running time: 89 minutes. this film has no rating .
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with desaturated, handheld lensing that often stays close to the characters, and occasionally switches to black - and - white, littin expertly captures the disorientation and anxiety of the prisoners. raw perfs from the ensemble augment the docu feel, while the violin - and - piano score is appropriately restrained. other tech credits are top - notch .
miguel littin' s'' alsino and the condor,'' which opens today at the cinema 3 theater, is a politically angry film with the manner of a mournful fable - a very odd but haunting mix. it can' t quite bring itself to say what' s on its mind, but instead, like a child who is shy, it points at things with furious if silent disapproval .
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set against the almost unbelievable brutality of an internecine guerilla war (nicaragua, 1979), a young boy' s dream to fly like the birds seems almost commonplace. in his dreams alsino can fly, but when he wakes up everything is somehow different. the delightful esquivel brings to the title role a fragile passion around which the chilean film - maker littin conjures an archetypal south american world of enchantment (the grandmother and her chest of secrets, the prostitute and the bird man, familiar from the writings of garcía márquez and others) which can absorb intrusive realities as easily as the ever - present verdant jungle .
alsino, a boy of 10 or 12, lives with his grandmother in a remote area of nicaragua. he' s engulfed in the war between rebels and government troops when a us advisor orders the army to open... see full summary »
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late one moonlit night, alsino creeps out of the tiny farmhouse he shares with his grandmother, climbs to the top of his favorite tree and, with his arms outstretched, takes off. instead of flying, the boy crashes to earth and becomes a physically crumpled wreck, to be known forever after as'' hunchback.''
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the winner of the best foreign language oscar was the spanish entry, “to begin again” (“volver a empezar”) in a contest that included: “coup de torchon” (clean slate) from france, “the flight of the eagle” from sweden, and “private life” from the soviet union .
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when a united states military'' adviser'' named frank (dean stockwell) takes alsino for a spin in his helicopter, alsino is not impressed. he doesn' t like the noise or the paraphernalia of technology. he wants to fly on his own, like a bird, which he does in his dreams though, unfortunately, he always forgets how he does it when he wakes up .
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) is a 1982 nicaraguan film directed by miguel littín. it was nominated for the academy award for best foreign language film. it won the golden prize at the 13th moscow international film festival. the film was a co - production between nicaragua, mexico and cuba. the film is loosely based on the novel
a us adviser (dean stockwell) takes the kid up in a helicopter. it is one of the great experiences of his life, but it is not quite good enough .
i want to fly without the helicopter ,
he tells his friend .
i want to fly like the condor .
there is a giant, ancient tree near the village where the boy spends his free time, climbing through its enormous network of branches like a monkey. one day, dreaming of flying, he jumps out of the tree. his back is injured in the fall and he becomes a hunchback .
meanwhile, the war escalates, and so do stockwell' s lectures. using a war map, scowling ferociously through his green - tinted shades, he talks of
containment
and
parameters ,
and of bombing the whole area into submission to remove the guerrilla' s support base. he could easily be a villain, since the movie is frankly opposed to us military intervention on the side of totalitarianism. but
alsino
is more complicated than that, and stockwell emerges as an object of pity. his strategies and analyses are so irrelevant to what' s going on around him that they exist mostly as his means of maintaining his own sanity .
despite limited expressionism governed by low budget, littin vocalizes a poetic coming - of - political - age tale. self - proclaimed “free man” sells caged birds, alsino sees corrupted capitalist fantasy. no wings for the people, only delusional submission to incompatible foreign ideals. while the imagery is certainly poetically evocative, the narrative could benefit from stronger, and more constantly present struggle .
despite its 22 nominations latin america has only won the oscar for best foreign language film twice. both times the winners were from argentina. the first win was in 1985 for la historia oficial (the official story), set in buenos aires. in the film an upper middle class couple adopts a young girl during the dictatorship. as the country transitions to democracy they begin to suspect that she may be the child of one of the victims of the forced disappearances that occurred during the dirty war, known as los desaparecidos .
miguel littin, chilean director in exile and former head of chile films, flirted with magic realism, a style increasingly popular in fiction and following on from this, cinema, in the 1970s, with el recurso del metodo, and then returned to the chileans - in - exile theme of direct criticism and allegories of the political events in chile with alsino y el condor. nearly all those involved in chile films during allende' s brief tenure in office in the country were thrown out of chile after pinochet' s takeover of power in 1973 (some after a period of imprisonment), and despite money difficulties, some managed to keep up a form of film production. those who did so were mostly in socialist regimes—the soviet union or cuba—but because of his contacts in the mexican film business, miguel littin was able to continue his career there. this mass exodus of filmmakers from chile who actually managed to continue filmmaking, and provide an alternative point of view to the very small number of films produced under pinochet at this time, lead to the peculiar situation of almost an entire country' s film output being made in exile .
the us tried to occupy nicaragua in 1927. general cesar augusto sandino and his guerrillas begin armed resistance .
this film was respected in the west and even nominated for an academy award for best foreign film, although its obvious and heavy - handed political allegory was too much for the north american critics. cine cubano, however, loved it, and praised it for the beauty of using the innocent eyes of childhood awakening to political consciousness as the medium for the message. one could say, however, that littin' s vision has never been so schematized before and presents a very simplified vision of a country' s problems .
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overall, i found the film uneven but affecting. it' s heavy on symbolism and the absurdities of war, and that it is rather messy and confused at times mirrors that content. reynaldo miravalles gives a good performance as don nazario. in one remarkable shot, the upturned faces of newly - massacred civilians rise just above the surface of a shimmering river. that shot could have been gorgeous, but nicaragua in the early 80s was a rough place, and this is not a particularly attractive film; as is, the shot…
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the last 7 hours of former president of chile salvador allende, and his closest collaborators inside the palace of la moneda, during the brutal military coup d' etat on sept. 11, 1973, the day democracy in chile ended. based on true events .
mr. littin is most at ease, and most effective, when he keeps to the point of view of alsino, very nicely played by alan esquivel, who looks a little like the boy in francois truffaut' s'' wild child.'' the movie is a fairy tale turned inside out. here the monster is not transformed into a prince, but the prince into a monster, at least physically, who eventually finds a more important kind of release in a new identity as a sandinist rebel .
after the 1973 coup resulted in allende’s suicide, the surviving allende ministers and closest government collaborators were sent to a concentration camp on dawson island. the unwelcoming, isolated and sparsely populated isle northwest of cape horn — used by littin for his shoot — effectively made them disappear from view .
on arriving, the men are assigned only the name of their barracks and a number, with former mining minister sergio bitar (benjamin vicuna) receiving the titular “dawson island 10. ” though the film is nominally based on the bitar’s own book, “isla 10, ” he’s only a bit player here: littin prefers an overview of what the men went through, breaking up their experiences into little scenes that cover many prisoners, guards and events .
this approach, reinforced by the guards’ habit of referring to everyone by number rather than by name, highlights the way in which the system tried to stamp out any individuality. but without anyone to identify with, it also makes it harder for auds to buy into the story emotionally. the attempted escapes, “happy” christmas celebrations, desire for news from home and thawing relationships with some of the guards feel like the stuff of countless other such movies .
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trailer for a nicaragua / cuba / mexico / costa rica co - production. director: miguel littin starred: dean stockwell, alan esquivel original title: alsino y el cóndor dvd: no apparent official release .
this film was a co - production of mexico' s imcine; icaic, the instituto cubano del arte e industrias cinematográficos; and the then new nicaraguan film institute (nfi) of which this was the latter' s first production .
argentina’s second oscar came almost twenty - five years later with el secreto de sus ojos (the secret in their eyes) in 2009. in the crime thriller directed by juan josé campanella and starring ricardo darín, a retired federal agent begins to write a novel on an unsolved murder case that has haunted him for years. with its two wins, argentina remains the only latin american country to have brought home the bronze. taking into account its 22 nominations but only two oscar statuettes the odds aren’t the best for latin america as a whole and chile in particular (zero nominations or wins), but let’s cross our fingers and hope for the best. chile could very well be selected this time since no is the kind of the film the academy usually goes for .
set in 1988, no recounts the amazing real life story of a national referendum that everyone thought was destined to fail but ultimately dissolved the chilean dictatorship and ended general pinochet’s almost twenty year rule. leading up to the historic vote each side was allowed 15 minutes of late - night tv airtime every day for a month straight. gael garcía bernal stars as rene saavedra, a young, rebellious skateboard - riding advertising executive who went from selling soap and soda to heading up the campaign to vote no on keeping pinochet in power for eight more years. shot using u - matic video cameras, larraín wanted to match the look of the archival television footage woven into the film. as a result of using the same format that t. v. news was shot in during the eighties, the real - life footage seamlessly matches his purposely grainy and overexposed film. despite its dreary appearance, it is funny, uplifting, and entertaining. it’s not a slow artsy film with little dialogue; it is perfectly paced. and together, bernal’s charm and the film’s many amusing moments end up creating a movie that will surely captivate the academy and maybe even a mainstream commercial audience .
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a few weeks ago the academy of motion picture arts and sciences released its shortlist for the foreign language film award. the nominations are being determined in two phases. after a committee of several hundred academy members screened all 71 eligible films nine were selected to advance to the second round, making it to the shortlist. of these nine only one latin american film made the cut, pablo larraín’s no, starring gael garcía bernal .
the only strands that stand out are those involving a prisoner with medical knowledge (horacio videla) who finds himself in a moral quagmire when treating a hurt jailer (there’s no doctor on the island), and an elderly father and his grown son (jose martin, matias vega) who provide the heartbreaking final scene .
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it was mainly disturbing to see how the u. s. sticks its nose in other countries' business. nicaragua was war torn and dangerous .
the pinochet military regime tries to turn former allende government heavyweights into nameless prisoners in “dawson island 10, ” a harrowing true story brought to the screen by vet chilean director miguel littin. repping chile in this year’s foreign - language film oscar derby, the handsomely drab, damp and desolate - looking pic stays too much within the confines of [ … ]
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it was the comeback film of actor dean stockwell. notable cuban director of photography jorge herrera died during the production due to a brain hemorrhage .
himself an exile after pinochet toppled allende’s marxist - socialist government in 1973, the helmer has long been one of the most politically engaged filmmakers in latin america. however, the tone of “island” is closer to humanist documentary than sociopolitical pamphlet, as littin lets the story speak for itself .
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in 1985, exiled director miguel littin returned clandestinely to pinochet' s chile to make this documentary about the socio - political reality of the country .
this year nine latin american countries submitted a film for consideration: argentina, brazil, chile, colombia, dominican republic, mexico, peru, uruguay, and venezuela. of these nine, only chile made the shortlist. if it is nominated it will become part of an elite group of latin american countries that have received this honor. mexico leads the pack with eight nominations, followed by argentina who has six, and brazil with four. nicaragua, cuba, puerto rico, and peru have all been nominated once. that is a total of 22 nominations for all latin american countries since 1960, when the region received its first nomination for macario, directed by roberto gavaldón. the film, a supernatural drama set in colonial times, lost out to ingmar bergman’s the virgin spring. it was the first time mexico had been nominated in the category and despite being the most often nominated country in latin america, it has failed to ever win a statuette. so, which countries have won the coveted award ?
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larraín' s fourth feature film (fuga, tony mane ro, post mor tem) becomes the first chilean film ever to be nominated in this category, and the third film directed by a chilean helmer to get a nomination (after miguel littí n' s two nominations for his featu re films actas de marusia / letter from marusia rep resentin g mexico i n 197 5, and alsi no y el cóndor / als ino and the c ondor represen ting nicaragua in 19 82) .
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cast: alan esquivel (alsino); dean stockwell (frank); carmen bunster (mama buela); alejandro parodi (garin); delia casanova (rosario); marta lorena perez (lucia); reinaldo miravalles (don nazario); marcelo gaete (lucia' s grandfather) .
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a harrowing true story brought to the screen by vet chilean director miguel littin .
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the chilean film no (pic tured) by pablo larraín is nominated for an academy award in the best foreign language category, as it was announced this morning .
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the pinochet military regime tries to turn former allende government heavyweights into nameless prisoners in “dawson island 10, ” a harrowing true story brought to the screen by vet chilean director miguel littin. repping chile in this year’s foreign - language film oscar derby, the handsomely drab, damp and desolate - looking pic stays too much within the confines of the prison - camp genre, though its finale is still moving. “island” should have a less - than - insular fest life followed by bigscreen rollouts in arthouses, especially in spanish - lingo territories .
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best sound effects editing - - mike le - mare,' das boot'; charles campbell and ben burtt,' e. t.'; stephen hunter flick and richard anderson,' poltergeist.'
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best live action short film - -' ballet robotique,' bob rogers, bob rogers and co. ;' a shocking accident,' christine oestreicher, flamingo pictures ltd. ;' the silence,' michael toshiyuki uno and joseph benson, the american film institute;' split cherry tree,' jan saunders, learning corp. of america; sredni vashtar, andrew birkin, laurentic film productions ltd .
less effective as drama is mr. littin' s portrayal of the pro - government bullies, and especially of all united states advisers, in the characterization of just one fellow, summed up in mr. stockwell' s role. frank is seen as a well - meaning but fatally ignorant sort who, when desperate, turns brutal. there' s nothing wrong with the concept of the character; it' s just that it seems to belong to another, far less subtle film .
composer carlos rafael rivera re - imagined scoring the western for scott frank' s netflix miniseries .
after 20 years of exile, aron returns to chile to find out who he is. he asks questions, not only of those who stayed behind but also of himself, examining his relationship with his past and his own memory. the people who stayed lived through 20 years of dictatorship. they were either victims or executioners. amidst this wreckage, aron wonders what name his brother is using now, where his father is... can he, in isol' s arms and through her love, find his way again? what future awaits him? like mola the torturer, he has returned from an impossible journey, and aron knows that each man is his own executioner. shipwreck and resurrection are the two facets of a complex truth. los naufragios is the story of a man' s journey in search of himself .
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nominations for the 1983 academy awards: best picture - -' e. t... .
this nicaraguan melodrama, starring dean stockwell as an american pilot, was nominated for the foreign language oscar .
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best make - up - - tom smith,' gandhi'; sarah monzani and michele burke,' quest for fire.'
best animated short film - -' the great cognito,' will vinton, will vinton prods. ;' the snowman,' john coates, snowman enterprises ltd. ;' tango,' zbigniew rybczynaki, film polski .
best film editing - - hannes nikel,' das boot'; carol littleton,' e. t.'; john bloom,' gandhi'; peter zinner,' an officer and a gentleman'; fredric steinkamp and william steinkamp,' tootsie.'
nominations for the 1983 academy awards: best picture - -' e. t... . - upi archives
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best costume design - - john mollo and bhanu athaiya,' gandhi'; piero tosi,' la traviata'; albert wolsky,' sophie' s choice'; elois jenssen and rosanna norton,' tron'; patricia norris,' victor - victoria.'
i actually liked this movie... . but after reading other comments, i' m wondering what happened to me. was i hypnotized? was it because i was reading subtitles? i truly did care about the little boy in this film. and the scenes of war in this central american country were heartwrenching. really hit me hard. am i a fool for propaganda? was i being played like a violin? i also thought dean stockwell was great in his role as the american chopper pilot. i especially loved his drunk scene - uh, maybe because it reminded me of all the fights i used to have with my ex... .. the one lighthearted moment in a film filled with heavy sorrows .
best original score - - john williams,' e. t.'; ravi shankar and george fenton,' gandhi'; jack nitzsche,' an officer and a gentleman'; jerry goldsmith,' poltergeist'; marvin hamlisch,' sophie' s choice.'
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best original screenplay - - barry levinson,' diner'; melissa mathison,' e. t.'; john briley,' gandhi'; douglas day stewart,' an officer and a gentleman'; larry gelbart, murray schisgal and don mcguire,' tootsie.'
best adapted screeenplay - - wolfgang petersen,' das boot'; costa - gavras and donald stewart,' missing'; alan pakula,' sophie' s choice'; david mamet,' the verdict'; blake edwards,' victor - victoria.'
best documentary feature - -' after the axe,' sturla gunnarsson and steve lucas, national film board of canada;' ben' s mill,' john karol and michel chalufour, public broadcasting associates;' in our water,' meg switzgable, foresight films;' just another missing kid,' john zaritsky, canadian broadcasting corp. ;' a portrait of giselle,' joseph wishy, wishupon prods .
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additionally it was also annou n ced that chilean dp claudio miranda was also nominated for an academy awa rd for best cinemat ogra phy for his work on ang lee' s life of pi. the 85th annual edition of the academy awards will take place on sunday, february 24th .
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but this is not a predictably tragic outcome. the young boy, played with a luminous intensity by a 12 - year - old nicaraguan named alan esquivel, is not so much crushed by his injury as bemused by it. at one point, asked what happened to his back, he says he hurt it trying to fly, and then he grins at his own presumption .
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production: nicaraguan film institute, cuban institute of cinematographic art and industry, latin american production of mexico, costa rican cinematographic co - operative; colour, 35mm; running time: 89 minutes. filmed on location in nicaragua .
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best documentary short subject - -' gods of metal,' robert richter, richter prods. ;' if you love this planet,' edward le lorrain, national film board of canada;' the klan: a legacy of hate in america,' charles guggenheim and werner schumann, guggenheim prods. ;' to live or let die,' freida lee mock, american film foundation;' traveling hopefully,' john avildsen, arnuthfonyus films .
p remiere d to c ritic al a c cla imed last may at cannes' directors fortn i ght, no tell s t he s tory of a young ad man (played by m exican actor g ael ga rcía bernal) who c reates a successful 1988 voter campaign to oust chilean dictator augusto pinochet. the film will open in theaters in the u. s. on feb rua ry 15th released by sony pictures classics .
best cinematography - - jost vacano,' das boot'; allen daviau,' e. t.'; billy williams and ronnie taylor,' gandhi'; nestor almendros,' sophie' s choice'; owen roizman,' tootsie.'
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best performance by an actress - - julie andrews,' victor - victoria'; jessica lange,' frances'; sissy spacek,' missing'; meryl streep,' sophie' s choice'; debra winger,' an officer and a gentleman.'
best achievement in directing - - richard attenborough,' gandhi'; sidney lumet,' the verdict'; wolfgang petersen,' das boot'; sydney pollack,' tootsie'; steven spielberg,' e. t.'
best performance by an actor - - dustin hoffman,' tootsie'; ben kingsley,' gandhi'; jack lemmon,' missing'; paul newman,' the verdict'; peter o' toole,' my favorite year.'
best performance by a supporting actress - - glenn close,' the world according to garp'; teri garr,' tootsie'; jessica lange,' tootsie'; kim stanley,' frances'; leslie ann warren,' victor - victoria.'
this film was a co - production of nicaragua, cuba, costa rica, and mexico. i actually thought i was picking out a movie from costa rica, but in fact, it' s set in nicaragua. but it' s all good, as i had never seen a film from nicaragua either .
production: an azul films (chile) / vpccinema producoes artisticas (brazil) production, in association with villa del cine, with participation of alen cine. (international sales: mc films latinofusion, santiago .) produced by miguel littin, walter lima. co - producers, walter lima, miguel ioan littin menz. directed, written by miguel littin, based on the book
isla 10
by sergio bitar .
art direction: lawrence g. paull, david l. snyder; set decoration: linda descenna
art direction - art direction: lawrence g. paull, david l. snyder; set decoration: linda descenna
writing (screenplay based on material from another medium) - alan j. pakula
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producers: lilia alfaro, jose ramon perez; executive producer: herman littin; screenplay: miguel littin, isadora aguirre, tomas turrent; photography: jorge herrera, pablo martinez; editor: miriam talavera; sound: germinal hernandez; art director: elly menz; music: leo brower.
alsino and the condor ( spanish : alsino y el cóndor ) is a 1982 nicaraguan film directed by miguel littín . it was nominated for the academy award for best foreign language film . it won the golden prize at the 13th moscow international film festival . the film was a co-production between nicaragua , mexico and cuba . the film is loosely based on the novel alsino by chilean writer pedro prado . it was the comeback film of actor dean stockwell . notable cuban director of photography jorge herrera died during the production due to a brain hemorrhage . 
alsino and the condor (spanish: alsino y el cóndor) is a 1982 nicaraguan film directed by miguel littín. it was nominated for the academy award for best foreign language film. it won the golden prize at the 13th moscow international film festival. the film was a co-production between nicaragua, mexico and cuba. the film is loosely based on the novel alsino by chilean writer pedro prado. it was the comeback film of actor dean stockwell. notable cuban director of photography jorge herrera died during the production due to a brain hemorrhage.
alsino and the condor (spanish: alsino y el cóndor) is a 1982 nicaraguan film directed by miguel littín. it was nominated for the academy award for best foreign language film. it won the golden prize at the 13th moscow international film festival. the film was a co-production between nicaragua, mexico and cuba. the film is loosely based on the novel alsino by chilean writer pedro prado. it was the comeback film of actor dean stockwell. notable cuban director of photography jorge herrera died during the production due to a brain hemorrhage.