Events › Friday Films: Under Fire (1983)

Join Barry Marshall, Senior Affiliated Faculty member in the Visual and Media Arts Department at Emerson College, to view and discuss the last film in our series of movies that feature the actor Gene Hackman. 

This week's film is: Under Fire (1983): Journalists in a love triangle are caught in the crossfire during the last days of the Nicaraguan Revolution in 1979. With their eyes open to the rampant corruption, the once neutral journalists join the rebels in their interminable struggle.

Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode

Starring: Gene Hackman, Nick Nolte, Joanna Cassidy, Ed Harris, Richard Masur

Runtime: 2 hr 07 min. Rated R.

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