Under the Volcano is a film from the legendary John Huston and starring the great Albert Finney who is said to have given one of the best performances of his career, and the film picked up nominations and awards through 1985. Now I have three copies of the newly released DVD to give away in a simple to enter competition, all you have to do is a tiny little bit of thinking, and a bit of typing, followed by a bit of waiting. Easy. Under the Volcano is adapted from the novel by Malcolm Lowry and follows the self destructive alcoholic British consul living in a small Mexican town through the local festival called the Day of Death while World War II begins to break out across in Europe. While he continues to get himself drunk and wallow in self pity and loathing, his wife, played by Jacqueline Bisset, returns to try...
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