Charles Horman

Charles Horman (May 15, 1942 – September 20, 1973), an American journalist, was one of the victims of the coup d'état led by General Augusto Pinochet in Chile on September 11, 1973 which deposed the democratically-elected socialist president, Salvador Allende. Horman's case was made famous by Costa-Gavras's 1982 film Missing.

Book and film about the case

The Horman case was made famous by the Hollywood film Missing (1982), directed by Greek filmmaker Costa-Gavras, starring Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek.

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Hollywood - Greek - Costa-Gavras - Jack Lemmon - Sissy Spacek

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The film was based on a book first published under the title "The Execution of Charles Horman: An American Sacrifice" (1978) by Thomas Hauser (it was later republished under the title Missing in 1982).

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When the film was released by Universal Studios, Nathaniel Davis, US ambassador to Chile from 1971 to 1973, filed a USD $150 million libel suit against the studio, even though he was not named directly in the movie (he was however named in the book).

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Universal Studios - USD

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