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Synopsis: A Caribbean island in the mid-1800's. Nature has made it a paradise; man has made it a hell. Slaves on vast Portuguese sugar plantations are ready to turn their misery into rebellion - and the British are ready to provide the spark. They send agent William Walker (Marlon Brando) on a devious three-part mission: trick the slaves into revolt, grab the sugar trade for England...then return the slaves to servitude.

Starring: Marlon Brando, Evaristo M?rquez

Supporting actors: Norman Hill, Renato Salvatori, Dana Ghia, Valeria Ferran Wanani, Giampiero Albertini, Carlo Palmucci, Thomas Lyons, Joseph P. Persaud, ?lvaro Medrano, Alejandro Obreg?n, Enrico Cesaretti, Cicely Browne, Maurice Rodriguez

Directed by: Gillo Pontecorvo

Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller

Runtime: 1 hour 53 minutes

Release year: 1970

Studio: MGM

MPAA Rating: Rated R for some violence and nudity (re-rating) (2005)

ASIN: B000W4Q27O (Rental) and B000W4TRCG (Purchase)

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Burn! DVD ~ Marlon Brando

4.0 out of 5 stars (57) $19.99

Theatrical Release Information

US Theatrical Release Date: October 21, 1970
MPAA: Rated R for some violence and nudity (re-rating) (2005)
Production Company: Europee Associate SAS, Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA)
Also Known As: Burn!
Filming Locations: Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia | Marrakech, Morocco | Rome, Lazio, Italy | Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

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68 of 72 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Truncated and shortened version?, September 22, 2005

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L. Irwin "loicloic" (Reston, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Burn! (DVD)

This is a great movie, but if the previous reviewer is correct that it is being released in fullscreen (rather than its original 1.85:1 widescreen aspect ratio), then the DVD cannot be recommended. Worse, "Burn!" is the 112 min. truncated version of the 132 min. original version "Queimada", which was recently restored and shown commercially. There is no excuse for not having both versions. This would be a second reason to avoid this DVD.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy, wait for Criterion version, November 7, 2005

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a listener "a listener" (pacific northwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Burn! (DVD)

[star rating above is for DVD only; movie itself = *****] director Gillo Pontecorvo's 'The Battle Of Algiers' has already been released by The Criterion Collection in an exemplary 3-disc edition - as mentioned by another reviewer, 'Queimada' (Burn!) [...] was also previously released as a Criterion laserdisc.

Given that the transfer here is non-anamorphic 1.66:1, and that the film presented is English-language 112-minute version - not the 132-minute Italian-language director's cut which was screened selectively in the U.S. last year - let's all wait for BOTH the English and original Italian versions to be released as a Criterion edition (as they did with Visconti's Il Gattopardo - The Leopard, on 3 discs).

Please send Sony/Columbia/Tristar/MGM (whoever the ^@~& they are this week) a clear message by not purchasing this disc.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A wrenching history of 18th century Caribbean struggle, April 23, 2000

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Bruce Hobson (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Burn! [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Burn! was one of the most discussed films amongst progressive film critics and revolutionary activists of the 1970s and was considered by many one of the most important anti-colonial films made. After "Battle of Algiers" (1966) left the world with a thirst for more of Pontecorvo's brilliance, Burn! carried his art to a higher level. In this panoramic film of rebellion in an 18th century Caribbean setting, the lives of the Black masses and the development of revolutionary anti-colonialism are portrayed directly and honestly. Brando plays with flair as the brilliant opportunist hired by the British military to "provoke" struggle against the Portuguese on the island, and it is clear that he took the role with political relish. Burn! remains one of the most beautiful and wrenching dramatizations of the struggle of an oppressed people in the so-called New World and its original impact is not diminished; anyone interested in fine film and issues of social justice should not miss this last work of Pontecorvo. See it and think about our world today.

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