United States
1982
122 minutes
Color
1.85:1
English
449
Missing is political filmmaker extraordinaire Costa-Gavras’s compelling, controversial dramatization of the search for American filmmaker and journalist Charles Horman, who mysteriously disappeared during the 1973 coup in Chile. Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek give magnetic, emotionally commanding performances as Charles’s father and wife, who are led by U.S. embassy and consulate officials through a series of bureaucratic dead-ends before eventually uncovering the terrifying facts about Charles’s fate and disillusioning truths about their government. Written and directed with clarity and conscience, the Academy Award–winning Missing is a testament to Costa-Gavras’s daring.
| Beth Horman | Sissy Spacek |
| Ed Horman | Jack Lemmon |
| Terry Simon | Melanie Mayron |
| Charles Horman | John Shea |
| Ray Tower | Charles Cioffi |
| Phil Putnam | David Clennon |
| U.S. Ambassador | Richard Venture |
| Colonel Sean Patrick | Jerry Hardin |
| Andrew Babcock | Richard Bradford |
| Frank Teruggi | Joe Regalbuto |
| David Holloway | Keith Szarabajka |
| Kate Newman | Janice Rule |
| Director | Costa-Gavras |
| Producer | Edward Lewis and Mildred Lewis |
| Screenplay | Costa-Gavras, Donald Stewart and John Nichols |
| Based on the book by | Thomas Hauser |
| Executive producers | Peter Guber and Jon Peters |
| Cinematography | Ricardo Aronovich |
| Production Design | Peter Jamison |
| Editing | Françoise Bonnot |
| Costume design | Joe I. Tompkins |
| Casting | Wally Nicita |
| Music | Vangelis |
| Special visual effects | Albert Whitlock |
SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET:
“All movies are political,” the indefatigable Costa-Gavras told Leonard Lopate last week while stopping by his WNYC radio show. As busy and vital as ever, the seventy-six-year-old Greek filmmaker was in town for both the North American premiere of his new immigration drama Eden Is West
“Greek director Costa-Gavras is like Oliver Stone with subtlety,” declares Chris Nashawaty in his Entertainment Weekly review of Missing. More than two decades have passed since Costa-Gavras’s political thriller...
The films of Constantin Costa-Gavras are often described as political thrillers, and the phrase is helpful as long as we pause over it a little. There is always a strongly personal element...
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