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Under the Volcano
Directed by
John Huston
R
1984
1h 52m
Drama
6.8
74%
71%
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A day in the life of a self-destructive British consul in Mexico on the eve of World War II.
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Cast of Under the Volcano
Albert Finney
Geoffrey Firmin
Jacqueline Bisset
Yvonne Firmin
Anthony Andrews
Hugh Firmin
Ignacio López Tarso
Dr. Vigil
Katy Jurado
Senora Gregoria
James Villiers
Brit
Dawson Bray
Quincey
Carlos Riquelme
Bustamante
Jim McCarthy
Gringo
José René Ruiz
Dwarf
Eleazar García Jr.
Chief of Gardens
Salvador Sánchez
Chief of Stockyards
Sergio Calderón
Chief of Municipality
Araceli Ladewuen Castelun
Maria
Emilio Fernández
Diosdado
Arturo Sarabia
Cervantes
Roberto Sosa
Few Fleas
Hugo Stiglitz
Sinarquista
Ugo Moctezuma
Latin Consul
Isabel Vázquez
Chicken Lady
Gustavo Fernandez
Transvestite
Irene Díaz de Dávila
Concepta
Alberto Olvera
Matador
Eduardo Borbolla
Don Juan Tenorio
Alejandro Suárez
Doña Ines
Rodolfo De Alexandre
Bus Driver
Juan Ángel Martínez
Passenger
Martín Palomares Carrión
Dead Indian
Mario Arévalo
Horseman
Ramiro Ramírez
Second Horseman
Günter Meisner
Herr Krausberg (German Attaché) (uncredited)
Alfonso Castro Valle
(uncredited)
Under the Volcano Ratings & Reviews
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
John Huston's version of Malcolm Lowry's dense, poetic unfilmable book is ambitious but only semi-effective in conveying this cult novel's tone; it's ultimately saved by the towering performance of Albert Finney as the alcoholic self-destructive consul
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The movie belongs to Finney, but mention must be made of Jacqueline Bisset as his wife and Anthony Andrews as his half-brother.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Succeeds in capturing the novel's sense of doom and gets a tour de force performance from Albert Finney.
New York Times
Janet Maslin
Daring as it is to have brought Under the Volcano to the screen in this faithful but incomplete form, Mr. Huston has done so without making compromises in the process.
Copley News Service
David Elliott
There are nips of beauty and terror, but the movie starts small and then shrinks.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
As the tortured consul, Albert Finney has moments of technical brilliance, but Huston's direction gives him no inner life.
Philadelphia Daily News
Joe Baltake
Finney, on screen at all times, plays what amounts to a prolonged drunk scene. It Is a very studied, tightly drawn performance, full of self-revulsion.
Variety
Variety Staff
Although this voyage into self-destruction won't be to the taste of many, there will be few unmoved by Finney's towering performance as the tragic Britisher.
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Captures and conveys the hot music of what some literary critics have called the greatest religious novel of the twentieth century
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
Malcolm Lowry's cult novel had long been deemed "unfilmable," yet that didn't stop director John Huston from filming it anyway.
TV Guide
The result is very much worth the wait, bringing to life the mysticism of Mexico with a superb script by Guy Gallo, exquisite photography, and the unparalleled performance by Finney.
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