Under Fire is a 1983 political film set during the last days of the Somoza regime in 1979 Nicaragua. It stars Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman and Joanna Cassidy. The musical score by Jerry Goldsmith, which featured well-known jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, was nominated for an Academy Award. The editing by Mark Conte and John Bloom was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Editing.
Though the story is largely fictional, part of the film was inspired by the ...
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Under Fire is a 1983 political film set during the last days of the Somoza regime in 1979 Nicaragua. It stars Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman and Joanna Cassidy. The musical score by Jerry Goldsmith, which featured well-known jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, was nominated for an Academy Award. The editing by Mark Conte and John Bloom was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Editing.
Though the story is largely fictional, part of the film was inspired by the actual murder of ABC reporter Bill Stewart and his translator Juan Espinoza by National Guard forces on 20 June 1979. The incident was caught on tape by ABC cameraman Jack Clark, who was simply shooting some footage for "incidental" use, and who caught the entire episode on tape. The footage was shown on national television in the United States on both ABC and all the other US news networks and became a major international incident that undermined what remained of President Somoza's international support. This incident was the final straw for...
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