Missing

UPC: 715515031820

Studio: Criterion

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:[Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity]

Summary: Costa-Gavras's tense political drama opens in an unspecified South American country (though clearly intended to be Chile) in the throes of a military coup. American activist Charles Horman (John Shea), who has been a thorn in the side of the country's military ever since his arrival, suddenly disappears. In trying to find out what has happened, his wife Beth (Sissy Spacek) is stonewalled, not only by the ruling junta but by the American consulate. His father, staunchly patriotic Ed Horman (Jack Lemmon), joins Beth in her search. Ed and his daughter-in-law have never seen eye to eye politically, and he refuses to entertain the notion that his son's disappearance might be part of a larger conspiracy or cover-up. But as the days grow into weeks, Ed comes to the shattering conclusion that he and his family have been betrayed by the American government, on behalf of the "friendly" South American dictator who holds his people in a grip of iron. Adapted by Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart from a book by Thomas Hauser, Missing was inspired by the true story of the late Charles Horman. In spite of (or perhaps because of) condemnation from certain high-ranking officials in the Reagan administration, the film went on to win an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Actress. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best Editing – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Picture - Drama – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama – null Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama – null Best Director – null Best Screenplay – null Best Screenplay – null Best Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Adapted Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Adapted Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Actor – Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or – Cannes Film Festival Best Picture – National Board of Review Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Screenplay – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Screenplay – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Director – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Screenplay – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Screenplay – British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Features: Theatrical trailer
Video interviews with Costa-Gavras, Joyce Horman (wife of Charles Horman), producers Edward and Mildred Lewis and Sean Daniel, and Thomas Hauser, author of The Execution of Charles Horman, the film's source
Video interviews from the 1982 Cannes Film Festival with Costa-Gavras, Jack Lemmon, Ed Horman (father of Charles), and Joyce Horman
Video interview with Peter Kornbluh, author ofThe Pinochet File, examining declassified documents concerning the 1973 military coup in Chile and the case of Charles Horman
Highlights from the 2002 Charles Horman Truth Project event honoring Missing, with actos Sissy Spacek, John Shea, and Melanie Mayron, among others

Missing

Format: DVD

Release Date: 10/21/2008

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 122 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 2

Language(s) English

Subtitles: Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Missing
1. Charles and Terry [6:11]
2. Back Hoe With Beth [4:42]
3. "They Can't Hurt Us" [6:41]
4. Past Curfew [7:55]
5. Ed Horman In D.C. [3:23]
6. Two Weeks Missing [7:17]
7. "The Hiding Theory" [4:12]
8. Vi?a Del Mar [4:44]
9. Capt. Ray Tower [4:09]
10. Chalres's Arrest [5:57]
11. Another Theory [5:36]
12. Teruggi and Holloway [2:34]
13. "I Just Want My Boy Back" [3:11]
14. Hospital Inquiries [4:29]
15. Getting To Know Charlie [4:18]
16. National Stadium [3:58]
17. Italian Embassy [3:13]
18. Charles's Notes [4:19]
19. Morgue [7:35]
20. Closer [3:47]
21. Ford Foundation [4:48]
22. Reason To Believe [3:05]
23. Call From Putnam [4:24]
24. Going Home [3:58]
Disc #2 -- Missing
1. 1982 News Segment [2:54]
2. Writing a New Script [3:41]
3. Casting the Actors [5:29]
4. Working With the Hormans [4:02]
5. Shooting In Mexico [5:31]
6. Postproduction and Press [3:47]
7. The Release and the Lawsuit [3:04]
8. Fighting For the Cause [3:59]
1. Life In Santiago [7:03]
2. "Change Was In the Air" [1:43]
3. Two Weeks With Terry [7:33]
4. Ed and Elizabeth Horman [4:22]
5. "Given Assurances" [1:40]
6. Missing [7:28]
1. Thomas Hauser's Book [3:55]
2. Finding a Studio [5:06]
3. "Off We Went to Mexico" [1:40]
4. "Somebody's Lying to Us" [4:17]
5. "Stood the Test" [2:01]
1. Overthrowing Allende [3:16]
2. Protection of U.S. Citizens [2:38]
3. The Horman's Lawsuit [4:20]
4. Call For Declassification [1:41]
5. One Document, Three Versions [2:46]
6. Truth and Accountability [4:06]
1. Gabriel Bryne [1:53]
2. Juan Gabriel Vald?s [2:00]
3. Chris Lemmon [:56]
4. David Kendall [2:22]
5. Melanie Mayron and John Shea [5:42]
6. Joyce Horman [1:24]
7. Sissy Spacek [1:26]
8. Reed Brody [1:42]
9. Costa-Gavras [3:22]

Michael Betzold

The Greek director Constantin Costa-Gavras is famous for political thrillers such as Z. His films that followed Z, most notably State of Seige, were also crafty and powerful denunciations of entrenched corruption in European powers. Missing was his first American film. Based on the true story of Charles Horman as told in the book by Thomas Hauser, Missing is both an indictment of government oppression and a tense, stirring look at the generation gap of the 1960s and 1970s. Horman was a writer who disappeared in an American-backed Chilean coup. In the film, the country is an unnamed Latin American nation, but there is no mistaking the script's scathing attack on the United States government and its accomplices. The film focuses on the struggles of Horman's hippie wife (Sissy Spacek) and strict conservative father (Jack Lemmon) to find him and gain his release. Costa-Gavras has no use for the maudlin sentiment that normally accompanies such generational conflicts in movies; Lemmon and Spacek forge their unlikely alliance under fire. Both give superb performances, with Lemmon showing the dramatic talent that had long been neglected for comic roles. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Martin Lasalle  Actor 
Joe Tompkins  Actor 
Gerardo Vigil  Actor 
Felix Gonzalez  Actor 
John Fenton  Actor 
Wallis Nicita  Actor 
Jacqueline Evans  Actor 
Jaime Garza  Actor 
Jorge Russek  Actor 
Terry Nelson  Actor 
Robert Hitt  Actor 
Linda Spheeris  Actor 
Richard Whiting  Actor 
Costa-Gavras  Director 
Costa-Gavras  Screenwriter 
Peter Guber  Executive Producer 
Edward Lewis  Producer 
Mildred Lewis  Producer 
John Nichols  Screenwriter 
Jon Peters  Executive Producer 
Vangelis  Composer (Music Score) 
Donald E. Stewart  Screenwriter 
Jack Lemmon  Actor 
Sissy Spacek  Actor 
Melanie Mayron  Actor 
John Shea  Actor 
Charles Cioffi  Actor 
David Clennon  Actor 
Richard Venture  Actor 
Jerry Hardin  Actor 
Richard Bradford  Actor 
Joe Regalbuto  Actor 
Keith Szarabajka  Actor 
John Doolittle  Actor 
Janice Rule  Actor 
Ward Costello  Actor 
Hansford Rowe  Actor 
Tina Romero  Actor 

Country: USA