Still image from the 1984 film Under the Volcano.

Under the Volcano

Directed by John Huston

A day in life of self-destructive British consul on the eve of World War II.

1984 1h 49m Drama TV-MA

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CAST
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John Huston, Director
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John Huston
Director

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Albert Finney, Geoffrey Firmin
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Albert Finney
Geoffrey Firmin

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Jacqueline Bisset, Yvonne Firmin
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Jacqueline Bisset
Yvonne Firmin

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Anthony Andrews, Hugh Firmin
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Anthony Andrews
Hugh Firmin

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Ignacio Lopez Tarso, Dr Vigil
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Ignacio Lopez Tar..
Dr Vigil

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Katy Jurado, Dona Gregoria
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Katy Jurado
Dona Gregoria

FULL SYNOPSIS

A day in life of self-destructive British consul on the eve of World War II.


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No Socks
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ARTICLES
Based on a 1947 novel by an alcoholic, self-destructive writer named Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano (1984) is one of the rare successful examples of a film that does justice to a stream-of-consciousness book that supposedly couldn't be filmed. Geoffrey Firmin (Albert Finney) is a former British consul and relentless dipsomaniac on a tear through Mexico during the celebrated Day of the Dead in the late 1930s. His estranged wife, Yvonne (Jacqueline Bisset), and half-brother Hugh (Anthony Andrews), who once had a tryst with Yvonne, track him down and try to place a roadblock in his seemingly unstoppable ride to hell but ultimately put themselves in extreme danger as well thanks to a gang of fascistic thugs. This project had bounced through Hollywood and abroad for decades through a startling variety of directors including Luis Buñuel, Ken Russell, Joseph Losey, and Jules Dassin, among others. Its eventual home in the hands of the 78-year-old director John Huston seems inevitable when one considers his previous two forays into dusty, conscience-breaking journeys through Mexico in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) and 1964's The Night of the Iguana (which shares this film's cinematographer, the gifted Gabriel Figueroa). Huston's wild reputation included a few jaunts south of the border in his spare time as well, including an impulsive marriage to his last wife, Celeste Shane, in 1977. He also knew a thing or two about complicated, estranged marriages, as he separated ...

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