9/11 military coup in Chile & film "Missing"
I lived in Chile when the 1973 coup of dictator Pinochet took the lives of President Salvador Allende and Nobel Prize laureate Pablo Neruda on Sept. 11, 1973. My U.S. friend Frank Teruggi was assassinated and my fiancé was tortured, but eventually escaped. Hundreds of thousands were killed, especially in South America's Southern Cone. This was the dirty work of Pres. Nixon and Henry Kissinger. Knowing this history is important, especially as the U.S. continues it assaults on Latin America. The film reviewed below is worth seeing.
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Missing (stylized as missing.) is a 1982 American historical drama film directed by Costa-Gavras and starring Sissy Spacek, Jack Lemmon, Melanie Mayron, John Shea, Janice Rule and Charles Cioffi. It is based on the true story of American journalist Charles Horman, who disappeared in the bloody aftermath of the US-backed Chilean coup of 1973 that deposed the democratically elected socialist President Salvador Allende. Set largely during the days and weeks following Horman's disappearance, the movie depicts his father and wife searching to determine his fate. The film examines the relationship between Horman's wife Beth (Spacek) and her father-in-law, American businessman Ed Horman (Lemmon).
The film was released theatrically on February 12, 1982. It was shown in competition at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival where it was jointly awarded the Palme d'Or (with Yol). It received four nominations at the 55th Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Lemmon), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Spacek) and winning Best Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium). Missing grossed $16 million against its $9.5 million budget. The film was banned in Chile during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, even though neither Chile nor Pinochet is ever mentioned by name (although the Chilean cities of Viña del Mar and Santiago are).[4]
Re: 9/11 military coup in Chile & film "Missing"
So sorry you experienced bad things during that time; it sure must have been horrific. I saw the movie "Missing" when it first came out and always turned others on to it. America always has their hand in things that harm others.
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I lived in Chile when the 1973 coup of dictator Pinochet took the lives of President Salvador Allende and Nobel Prize laureate Pablo Neruda on Sept. 11, 1973. My U.S. friend Frank Teruggi was assassinated and my fiancé was tortured, ...
