Missing

Resource Information

The work Missing represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Missing

Statement of responsibility

a Universal Pictures ; Polygram Pictures presentation ; an Edward Lewis production ; a Costa-Gavras Film ; screenplay by Costa-Gavras & Donald Stewart ; produced by Edward and Mildred Lewis ; directed by Costa-Gavras

Title variation

M ssing

Contributor

• Shea, John, 1949-
• Spacek, Sissy
• Stewart, Donald E.
• Wood, Michael, 1936-
• Costa-Gavras, 1933-
• Daniel, Sean
• Crowdus, Gary, 1945-
• Hauser, Thomas
• Horman, Ed
• Horman, Joyce
• Universal Pictures (Firm)
• Kornbluh, Peter
• Polygram Pictures
• Criterion Collection (Firm)
• Lemmon, Jack
• Lewis, Edward
• Lewis, Mildred
• Mayron, Melanie

Actor

• Lemmon, Jack
• Spacek, Sissy
• Shea, John, 1949-
• Mayron, Melanie

Director

• Costa-Gavras, 1933-

Interviewee

• Horman, Ed
• Lewis, Mildred
• Lewis, Edward
• Lemmon, Jack
• Horman, Joyce
• Costa-Gavras, 1933-

Producer

• Lewis, Mildred
• Lewis, Edward

Screenwriter

• Stewart, Donald E.
• Costa-Gavras, 1933-

Subject

• Films for the hearing impaired
• Horman, Charles, 1942-1973 -- Drama
• Journalists -- Chile -- Drama
• Chile -- History -- Coup d'état, 1973 -- Drama
• Political films
• South America -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Drama
• United States -- Foreign relations -- Chile -- Drama
• Chile -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Drama
• Missing persons -- Chile -- Drama
• Detective and mystery films
• Feature films
• Fiction films

Genre

• Fiction films
• Drama
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Detective and mystery films
• Political films
• Feature films

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

• A film based loosely on actual events. A declassified document released in 1999 by the U.S. Government appears to contradict the State Department's official statement on the film, supporting the essential themes of the film. From http://www.gwu.edu/ñsarchiv/news/19991008/
• A film based on the disappearance of journalist Charles Horman. A father searches for his missing son during the oppressive and violent political chaos of the 1973 Chilean coup. Seeking help from local bureau of the U.S. State Department, family frustration grows as the situation becomes more complex

Related

• Who would care about us if we disappeared?
• Execution of Charles Horman
• Interview with Costa-Gavras
• Real people

Member of

• Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs), 449

Awards note

• Academy Awards, Oscar, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, 1983.
• BAFTA Film Award, Best Film Editing; Best Screenplay, 1983.
• Cannes Film Festival, Best Actor (Jack Lemmon), 1982.

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music composed and arranged by Vangelis ; film editor, Francoise Bonnot ; director of photography, Ricardo Aronovich

Dewey number

791.43/72

Language note

• Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• In English and Spanish with optional English subtitles

LC call number

• PN1997
• F3100

LC item number

• .M57 2008
• .H38722 2008

PerformerNote

Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, John Shea, Melanie Mayron

Runtime

122

Series statement

Criterion collection

Series volume

449

Technique

live action