A Flash of Green

A Flash of Green

By Victor Nunez

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1986-04-21
  • Advisory Rating: Unrated
  • Runtime: 2h 1min
  • Director: Victor Nunez
  • Production Company: American Playhouse
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • iTunes Price: USD 9.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: USD 3.99
5/10
5
From 11 Ratings

Description

Considered to be the film that launched him into stardom, Ed Harris stars as Jimmy Wing, a small town Florida newspaper reporter who has all but given up on his life and career. Wing has become beleaguered and amoral, accepting bribes from a local politician to write slanderous articles about an environmental activist group who are protesting the development of an ecologically devastating real-estate project. However, the more he investigates the group, the more intrigued he becomes by it. As his interests shift to favor the environmental group, he puts himself in dangerous standing with the corrupt politicians bankrolling him. In typical Harris fashion, the character he portrays isn't absolutely good or evil; he's simply human - for better or worse. From IFC Films, Victor Nunez's (Ulee’s Gold, Ruby in Paradise) heartfelt piece of American independent cinema was nominated for the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize and is ripe for rediscovery.

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  • If you like Nunez

    5
    By satsumababy
    A great movie. Boring only if you are unfamiliar with the director's style. I still have my original VHS copy of this movie. I'm afraid to let it go for fear of losing access to this film. I'm glad to see it's available on itunes.
  • I thought I woud never see this again.

    5
    By ceegail
    I first saw this movie sometime in the 1980s and have thought it about from time to time ever since. This is one of the best films I believe Ed Harris has ever done; Blair Brown also. (Well maybe Altered States for her, but this is a close second.) Loyalty, friendship, betrayal, the critical value of the fourth estate - an honorable and truthful fourth estate: this movie really is a modern morality play about betrayals not only between humans, but of humans for nature and those wild things that cannot speak for themselves - ultimately those things that most sustain our spirit. That Jimmy Wing comes back home for redemption and restitution, forgives others and himself, receives forgiveness in return, makes this a full circle drama - and also adds courage to the lot. I am truly grateful for the opportunity to see this again. Am really glad I did a search on Ed Harris looking for Enemy at the Gate and found this. Thanks to whomever.
  • This is a great movie, but not for everybody

    4
    By Gonzalus
    not only does Ed Harris perform greatly, but the description of the 60s Californian society is just perfect, with its mix between idealism and realism. Self indulgence, pragmatism, respect, group dynamics, local thinking are all themes extremely well described in the movie
  • Fantastic

    5
    By vmbrooklyn
    One of the best movies I have ever seen.

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