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Burn! (1970)

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Reviews Counted:10

Fresh:8

Rotten:2

Average Rating:6.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: A double-dealing British nobleman is sent to a Caribbean island to incite a revolution. Shortly after the violent action takes place, the man betrays the people who once saw him as their savior.

Starring: Marlon Brando, Evaristo Marquez, Renato Salvatori, Tom Lyons

Starring: Marlon Brando, Evaristo Marquez, Renato Salvatori, Tom Lyons

Director: Gillo Pontecorvo

Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Composer: Ennio Morricone

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06/04/02
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader

...despite a number of positives...Burn! nevertheless remains oddly aloof...

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11/12/05
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

It's a clunky political drama that features a cynical and unscrupulous Marlon Brando.

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06/02/02
Dennis Schwartz
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A flawed, but intriguing work, it offers, here and there, proof of Pontecorvo's gift for ecstatic epic filmmaking.

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09/21/04
Elliott Stein
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Jeffrey M. Anderson
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12/20/04
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

Pontecorvo's pointed 1969 drama of the politics of war feels surprisingly timely.

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10/15/04
Michael O'Sullivan
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Washington Post

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01/07/03
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

It seems timeless in its shrewd political and economic observations. It is as relevant today as it was then.

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04/18/08
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

A fascinating museum piece from an era in which art and radical politics often mixed to vital result.

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12/17/04
Shawn Levy
Shawn Levy
Oregonian

I don't think Queimada is as great a movie as Battle of Algiers, but it retains its vitality, its outrage, its savagery and its spirit.

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10/15/04
Stephen Hunter
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September 21, 2007: Movie Industry to Consumers: "Burn, Baby, Burn"
In a rare example of good business sense triumphing over piracy hysteria, Variety reports, the DVD Copy Control Association has approved commercial on-demand burning of movies... More...

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