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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Because of the situation mentioned under CaliforniaDoubling, some of the regional details are a bit off, such as the characters' dialects (see MisplacedAccent), the vehicles, and local landmarks.
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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Because of the situation mentioned under CaliforniaDoubling, film was set in Chile but filmed in Mexico, some of the regional details are a bit off, such as the characters' dialects (see MisplacedAccent), the vehicles, and local landmarks.
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Journalist Charlie Horman (Creator/JohnShea) and his wife Beth (Spacek) are a young American couple who have settled in Chile. They find themselves caught up in the country's political situation but, confident in their status as expatriate U.S. citizens, don't expect anything to happen to them. This hope turns out to be misplaced when Charlie goes missing. Seeking to find out what happened to him, Beth gets in touch with Charlie's businessman father, Ed (Lemmon), who comes over to assist her. Although they initially find it difficult to get along due to generational and ideological differences, their investigation draws them closer, as they discover that Charlie was "disappeared" by the junta because he had accidentally overheard sensitive information about the CIA's involvement in the coup.
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Journalist Charlie Horman (Creator/JohnShea) and his wife Beth (Spacek) are a young American couple who have settled in Chile. They find themselves caught up in the country's political situation but, confident in their status as expatriate U.S. citizens, don't expect anything to happen to them. This hope turns out to be misplaced when Charlie goes missing. Seeking to find out what happened to him, Beth gets in touch with Charlie's businessman father, Ed (Lemmon), who comes over to assist her. Although they initially find it difficult to get along due to generational and ideological differences, their investigation draws them closer, as they discover that Charlie was "disappeared" by the junta because [[HeKnowsTooMuch he had accidentally overheard sensitive information about the CIA's involvement in the coup.
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* CloudCuckoolander: Charlie is ''way'' too confident that being a US citizen makes him safe.
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* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: When Ed tells Beth how Charles, as a kid, used to throw things in the water in Cape Cod when their family used to spend vacations there (Beth smiles and admits Charles did the same thing as a grownup), Beth responds, "I wonder how things are up in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Cape_Cod Old Cape Cod]]", and starts humming the song.
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* TheFilmOfTheBook: Adapted from Thomas Hauser's 1978 nonfiction book ''The Execution of Charles Horman: An American Sacrifice''.
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''Missing'' (stylized onscreen as ''missing.'') is a 1982 drama film directed by Creator/CostaGavras, starring Creator/JackLemmon and Creator/SissySpacek, with a soundtrack by Music/{{Vangelis}}. It depicts the 1973 overthrow of UsefulNotes/{{Chile}}an President Salvador Allende's democratically-elected government by a far-right military junta and its bloody aftermath.
Journalist Charlie Horman (Creator/JohnShea) and his wife Beth (Spacek) are a young American couple who have settled in Chile. They find themselves caught up in the country's political situation but, confident in their status as expatriate U.S. citizens, don't expect anything to happen to them. This hope turns out to be misplaced when Charlie goes missing. Seeking to find out what happened to him, Beth gets in touch with Charlie's businessman father, Ed (Lemmon), who comes over to assist her. Although they initially find it difficult to get along due to generational and ideological differences, their investigation draws them closer, as they discover that Charlie has been "disappeared" by the military junta because he had accidentally overheard sensitive information about the CIA's involvement in the coup.
Journalist Charlie Horman (Creator/JohnShea) and his wife Beth (Spacek) are a young American couple who have settled in Chile. They find themselves caught up in the country's political situation but, confident in their status as expatriate U.S. citizens, don't expect anything to happen to them. This hope turns out to be misplaced when Charlie goes missing. Seeking to find out what happened to him, Beth gets in touch with Charlie's businessman father, Ed (Lemmon), who comes over to assist her. Although they initially find it difficult to get along due to generational and ideological differences, their investigation draws them closer, as they discover that Charlie has been "disappeared" by the military junta because he had accidentally overheard sensitive information about the CIA's involvement in the coup.
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''Missing'' (stylized onscreen as ''missing.'') is a 1982 drama film directed by Creator/CostaGavras, starring Creator/JackLemmon and Creator/SissySpacek, with a soundtrack by Music/{{Vangelis}}. It depicts the 1973 overthrow of UsefulNotes/{{Chile}}an President Salvador Allende's democratically-elected government by a UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet's far-right military junta junta, and its bloody aftermath.
Journalist Charlie Horman (Creator/JohnShea) and his wife Beth (Spacek) are a young American couple who have settled in Chile. They find themselves caught up in the country's political situation but, confident in their status as expatriate U.S. citizens, don't expect anything to happen to them. This hope turns out to be misplaced when Charlie goes missing. Seeking to find out what happened to him, Beth gets in touch with Charlie's businessman father, Ed (Lemmon), who comes over to assist her. Although they initially find it difficult to get along due to generational and ideological differences, their investigation draws them closer, as they discover that Charliehas been was "disappeared" by the military junta because he had accidentally overheard sensitive information about the CIA's involvement in the coup.
Journalist Charlie Horman (Creator/JohnShea) and his wife Beth (Spacek) are a young American couple who have settled in Chile. They find themselves caught up in the country's political situation but, confident in their status as expatriate U.S. citizens, don't expect anything to happen to them. This hope turns out to be misplaced when Charlie goes missing. Seeking to find out what happened to him, Beth gets in touch with Charlie's businessman father, Ed (Lemmon), who comes over to assist her. Although they initially find it difficult to get along due to generational and ideological differences, their investigation draws them closer, as they discover that Charlie
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Journalist Charlie Horman (Creator/JohnShea) and his wife Beth (Spacek) are a young American couple who have settled in Chile. They find themselves caught up in the country's political situation but, confident in their status as expatriate U.S. citizens, don't expect anything to happen to them. This hope turns out to be misplaced when Charlie goes missing. Seeking to find out what happened to him, Beth gets in touch with Charlie's businessman father, Ed (Lemmon), who comes over to assist her. Although they initially find it difficult to get along due to generational and ideological differences, their investigation draws them closer, as they discover that Charlie has been "disappeared" by the military junta because he had accidentally overheard sensitive information about the CIA's involvement in the coup.
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''Missing'' is a 1982 film directed by Creator/CostaGavras, starring Creator/JackLemmon and Creator/SissySpacek, with a soundtrack by Music/{{Vangelis}}. It depicts the overthrow of the democratically-elected government of UsefulNotes/{{Chile}}an President Salvador Allende by a far-right military junta in 1973 and its bloody aftermath.
Beth and Charlie Horman are a young American couple who have settled in Chile. They find themselves caught up in the violent overthrow of the democratic govenment but, confident in their status as expatriate US citizens, don't expect anything to happen to them. This hope turns out to be misplaced when Charlie goes missing. Beth attempts to find out what happened to him, and gets in touch with his father, who comes over to assist her. Although they initially find it difficult to get along due to generational and ideological differences, the investigation draws them closer, as they realize that Charlie has been "disappeared" by the military junta because he had accidentally overheard sensitive information about the CIA's involvement in the coup.
''Missing'' is a 1982 film directed by Creator/CostaGavras, starring Creator/JackLemmon and Creator/SissySpacek, with a soundtrack by Music/{{Vangelis}}. It depicts the overthrow of the democratically-elected government of UsefulNotes/{{Chile}}an President Salvador Allende by a far-right military junta in 1973 and its bloody aftermath.
Beth and Charlie Horman are a young American couple who have settled in Chile. They find themselves caught up in the violent overthrow of the democratic govenment but, confident in their status as expatriate US citizens, don't expect anything to happen to them. This hope turns out to be misplaced when Charlie goes missing. Beth attempts to find out what happened to him, and gets in touch with his father, who comes over to assist her. Although they initially find it difficult to get along due to generational and ideological differences, the investigation draws them closer, as they realize that Charlie has been "disappeared" by the military junta because he had accidentally overheard sensitive information about the CIA's involvement in the coup.
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''Missing'' (stylized onscreen as ''missing.'') is a 1982 drama film directed by Creator/CostaGavras, starring Creator/JackLemmon and Creator/SissySpacek, with a soundtrack by Music/{{Vangelis}}. It depicts the 1973 overthrow
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* KickTheDog: When Ed confronts the U.S Embassy regarding his son, they tell him through an analogy that he brought everything on himself.
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''Missing'' is a 1982 film directed by Creator/CostaGavras, starring Creator/JackLemmon and Creator/SissySpacek, with a soundtrack by Music/{{Vangelis}}. It depicts the overthrow of the democratically-elected government of UsefulNotes/{{Chile}}an President Salvador Allende by a far-right military junta in 1973 and its bloody aftermath.
Beth and Charlie Horman are a young American couple who have settled in Chile. They find themselves caught up in the violent overthrow of the democratic govenment but, confident in their status as expatriate US citizens, don't expect anything to happen to them. This hope turns out to be misplaced when Charlie goes missing. Beth attempts to find out what happened to him, and gets in touch with his father, who comes over to assist her. Although they initially find it difficult to get along due to generational and ideological differences, the investigation draws them closer, as they realize that Charlie has been "disappeared" by the military junta because he had accidentally overheard sensitive information about the CIA's involvement in the coup.
See [[{{Missing}} here]] for other works with this title.
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* AnachronicOrder: The investigation is interspersed with flash-backs.
* AnachronismStew: Although the film is set in 1973, several late 1970s/early 1980s automobiles are visible in certain scenes. Furthermore, Ed is shown arriving in Chile on a Pan Am DC-10, even though the airline did not acquire that particular aircraft until 1980.
* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Because of the situation mentioned under CaliforniaDoubling, some of the regional details are a bit off, such as the characters' dialects (see MisplacedAccent), the vehicles, and local landmarks.
* BananaRepublic: It's never explicitly mentioned that the story takes place in Chile, but the references are obvious enough.
* CasualDangerDialogue: When Frank and David are taken by the soldiers and brought to the stadium, David starts to panic, and Frank tries to calm him down by saying he can't take David anywhere, and next time he gets arrested, he's leaving David behind.
* CharacterDevelopment: Charlie's father transforms from annoyed, conservative American businessman to someone who gains greater respect for his daughter-in-law and son, and disgust with his government's lies and squalid complicity in Chile's brutal repressive policies.
* CloudCuckoolander: Charlie is ''way'' too confident that being a US citizen makes him safe.
* DownerEnding[=/=]HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler:Charlie is confirmed dead, and Ed unsuccessfully attempts to sue the US government for their complicity in his son's death. To this day, the State Department denies any involvement in the 1973 Chilean coup. Worse, years after the film's release, with the advent of advanced DNA testing, it was determined that the body shipped back to the United States (as seen in the film's final image) was ''not'' that of Charles Horman.]]
* {{Eagleland}}: The US government is implied to be complicit in the military coup. TruthInTelevision.
* INeedToGoIronMyDog:
-->'''Captain Tower:''' I'm having dinner with the, uh, junta's chief of staff, Admiral Huidobro.
-->'''Beth:''' God. ''That one again?'' Haven't you seen him yet?
-->'''Captain Tower:''' These people are very busy right now.
* LonelyPianoPiece: The film's main theme, composed and performed by Vangelis. It has been extensively [[RecycledSoundtrack re-used]] in advertisements.
* MisplacedAccent: When the movie was made (1981), Chile was still under Pinochet's dictatorship, so it was filmed in Mexico using Mexican actors (mainly) and extras. Because of that, the Spanish in the movie sounds nothing like Chilean Spanish.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The personnel of the American embassy.
* PapaWolf: Charlie's father Ed shows this when he finds out just how oppressive the regime is, that the United States government was complicit, and the possibility his son could have been tortured and killed. He's constantly searching with Beth. Towards the end of the film, he tells off an official and sues the government.
* PrecisionFStrike: Though Ed is a Christian scientist, and tries to watch his language, he reaches his RageBreakingPoint while in a cab with Beth - after the ObstructiveBureaucrat types he's met and the chaos in the country - and says, "I am very tired of this...[[SuddenlyShouting SHIT]]!"
* StayInTheKitchen: After the regime starts, some soldiers harass Charlie's and Beth's female friend for wearing pants as women in their country wear dresses.
* TemptingFate: Frank bets David they'll get sent home by the soldiers as early as next morning. [[spoiler: That was the last time David saw Frank alive, as he was killed when the soldiers took him away.]]
* TooMuchInformation: Ed asks Beth what Charlie was like. When she gets to how much of a sex maniac Charlie was, however, Ed says he doesn't want to hear any more.
* UnreliableExpositor: Beth and Charlie's father get several contradicting versions of the same events, and every time the recalled scene is altered accordingly.
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''Missing'' is a 1982 film directed by Creator/CostaGavras, starring Creator/JackLemmon and Creator/SissySpacek, with a soundtrack by Music/{{Vangelis}}. It depicts the overthrow of the democratically-elected government of UsefulNotes/{{Chile}}an President Salvador Allende by a far-right military junta in 1973 and its bloody aftermath.
Beth and Charlie Horman are a young American couple who have settled in Chile. They find themselves caught up in the violent overthrow of the democratic govenment but, confident in their status as expatriate US citizens, don't expect anything to happen to them. This hope turns out to be misplaced when Charlie goes missing. Beth attempts to find out what happened to him, and gets in touch with his father, who comes over to assist her. Although they initially find it difficult to get along due to generational and ideological differences, the investigation draws them closer, as they realize that Charlie has been "disappeared" by the military junta because he had accidentally overheard sensitive information about the CIA's involvement in the coup.
See [[{{Missing}} here]] for other works with this title.
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!!Contains examples of:
* AnachronicOrder: The investigation is interspersed with flash-backs.
* AnachronismStew: Although the film is set in 1973, several late 1970s/early 1980s automobiles are visible in certain scenes. Furthermore, Ed is shown arriving in Chile on a Pan Am DC-10, even though the airline did not acquire that particular aircraft until 1980.
* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Because of the situation mentioned under CaliforniaDoubling, some of the regional details are a bit off, such as the characters' dialects (see MisplacedAccent), the vehicles, and local landmarks.
* BananaRepublic: It's never explicitly mentioned that the story takes place in Chile, but the references are obvious enough.
* CasualDangerDialogue: When Frank and David are taken by the soldiers and brought to the stadium, David starts to panic, and Frank tries to calm him down by saying he can't take David anywhere, and next time he gets arrested, he's leaving David behind.
* CharacterDevelopment: Charlie's father transforms from annoyed, conservative American businessman to someone who gains greater respect for his daughter-in-law and son, and disgust with his government's lies and squalid complicity in Chile's brutal repressive policies.
* CloudCuckoolander: Charlie is ''way'' too confident that being a US citizen makes him safe.
* DownerEnding[=/=]HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler:Charlie is confirmed dead, and Ed unsuccessfully attempts to sue the US government for their complicity in his son's death. To this day, the State Department denies any involvement in the 1973 Chilean coup. Worse, years after the film's release, with the advent of advanced DNA testing, it was determined that the body shipped back to the United States (as seen in the film's final image) was ''not'' that of Charles Horman.]]
* {{Eagleland}}: The US government is implied to be complicit in the military coup. TruthInTelevision.
* INeedToGoIronMyDog:
-->'''Captain Tower:''' I'm having dinner with the, uh, junta's chief of staff, Admiral Huidobro.
-->'''Beth:''' God. ''That one again?'' Haven't you seen him yet?
-->'''Captain Tower:''' These people are very busy right now.
* LonelyPianoPiece: The film's main theme, composed and performed by Vangelis. It has been extensively [[RecycledSoundtrack re-used]] in advertisements.
* MisplacedAccent: When the movie was made (1981), Chile was still under Pinochet's dictatorship, so it was filmed in Mexico using Mexican actors (mainly) and extras. Because of that, the Spanish in the movie sounds nothing like Chilean Spanish.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The personnel of the American embassy.
* PapaWolf: Charlie's father Ed shows this when he finds out just how oppressive the regime is, that the United States government was complicit, and the possibility his son could have been tortured and killed. He's constantly searching with Beth. Towards the end of the film, he tells off an official and sues the government.
* PrecisionFStrike: Though Ed is a Christian scientist, and tries to watch his language, he reaches his RageBreakingPoint while in a cab with Beth - after the ObstructiveBureaucrat types he's met and the chaos in the country - and says, "I am very tired of this...[[SuddenlyShouting SHIT]]!"
* StayInTheKitchen: After the regime starts, some soldiers harass Charlie's and Beth's female friend for wearing pants as women in their country wear dresses.
* TemptingFate: Frank bets David they'll get sent home by the soldiers as early as next morning. [[spoiler: That was the last time David saw Frank alive, as he was killed when the soldiers took him away.]]
* TooMuchInformation: Ed asks Beth what Charlie was like. When she gets to how much of a sex maniac Charlie was, however, Ed says he doesn't want to hear any more.
* UnreliableExpositor: Beth and Charlie's father get several contradicting versions of the same events, and every time the recalled scene is altered accordingly.
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