Alamo Bay

Based on a true story of events in Texas. Ed Harris plays a violent man willing to do anything to get the local Vietnamese fishermen out of his town. He is a Vietnam veteran that is willing to blame anyone else... Full review

Director Louis Malle and his screenwriter, Alice Arlen, are good at the careful observation of working class American life....Harris has an unhappy homelife.... ... Full Review

Director Louis Malle and his screenwriter, Alice Arlen, are good at the careful observation of working class American life....That sort of film might not have provided a satisfactory ending, but at least it would have provided an original one..... ... Full Review

While Ry Cooder is primarily known for his haunting, bluesy scores for such varied films as SOUTHERN COMFORT and ALAMO BAY , the artist was also a pretty accomplished adult contemporary pop artist in the '70s before the movies claimed... ... Full Article

He claimed to have been on the phone with Hart's campaign manager when his beeper went off with the news that the Miami Herald was about to break the Rice story. ("I was so far ahead of the story that... ... Full Article

Director Louis Malle scrutinizes modern-day racism in Alamo Bay. The scene is the Texas coast, where local fishermen resent the "intrusion" of Vietnam refugees. Fair-minded shrimp supplier Wally (Donald Moffat) hires several Vietnamese workers, which serves to further infuriate the... ... Full Article