The Mission Director: Roland Joffé Cast: Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Liam Neeson
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- DVD Release Date: 05/13/2003
- Original Release: 1986
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- Sales Rank: 3,470
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Closed Caption; Disc 1: Full-length commentary by director Roland Joffé, all-new digital transfer soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1, interactive menus, cast/director/writer film highlights, theatrical trailer, scene access, languages: English and Français, subtitles: English, Français, and Español; ; Disc 2: Bonus documentary: "Omnibus," which visits the film's South American location shoot and examines the heartrending lives of the Waunana Indians who portrayed the film's Guarani tribespeople
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Side #1 -- Disc One
1. Letter to the Pope
2. Over Iguazu Falls
3. Credits
4. Father Gabriel's Climb
5. The Guarani
6. Hunting Above the Falls
7. Illicit Love
8. A Brother's Death
9. Double Dare
10. Perilous Penance
11. Epiphany
12. A New Life
13. Mendoza's Conversation
14. Father Rodrigo
15. The Cardinal Arrives
16. Meeting His Eminence
17. The Apology
18. Mission Tour
19. Cardinal's Conscience
20. San Carlos
21. Cardinal's Decree
22. Sword in Hand
23. Closing the Missions
24. Call to Arms
25. Overnight Raid
26. Advancing Troops
27. No Place in the World
28. Forces in Motion
29. Battle Joined
30. Ablaze
31. Two of Many Martyrs
32. Thus Have I Made the World
33. Coda and End Credits
Side #2 -- Disc Two
1. The Waunana Indians [4:11]
2. Transplanting A Cast [5:22]
3. Influences [2:54]
4. Community [4:02]
5. Hunters and Hunted [5:57]
6. Good Actors [4:12]
7. Redemption Scene [3:54]
8. Sovereign Rights [4:20]
9. Common Problems [4:44]
10. Society's Problems [6:03]
11. Job Dispute [6:02]
12. Social Function [3:41]
13. End Credits [1:46]
Editorial Reviews
Featuring a majestic score by Ennio Morricone and lush Oscar-winning cinematography by Chris Menges, Roland Joffé's The Mission examines the events surrounding the Treaty of Madrid in 1750, when Spain ceded part of South America to Portugal, and turns this episode into an allegory for the mid-'80s struggles of Latin America. Two European forces are on hand to win the South American natives over to imperialist ways. The plunderers want to extract riches and slaves from the New World. The missionaries, on the other hand, want to convert the Indians to Christianity and win over their souls. Mendoza (Robert De Niro) is an exploiter dabbling in the slave trade. But after he kills his brother Felipe (Aidan Quinn) in a fit of rage, he seeks redemption and calls upon the missionaries to assist him. After repeatedly climbing a cliff with a heavy weight as penance, Mendoza finds redemption and becomes a devout missionary at a settlement run by Gabriel (Jeremy Irons). The missionaries want to promote a new society in which the natives will live together in peace with the Spanish and the Portuguese. But this concept frightens the royal governors, who would rather enslave the natives than encourage peaceful coexistence between the Europeans and the Indians. They order the mission to be burned to the ground. But this event causes a rift between Gabriel, who wants to pray and pursue peaceful resistance, and Mendoza, who wants to take up arms and fight the Europeans. Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
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