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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
Reviews for Burn!
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.
A fascinating museum piece from an era in which art and radical politics often mixed to vital result.
...despite a number of positives...Burn! nevertheless remains oddly aloof...
Pontecorvo's pointed 1969 drama of the politics of war feels surprisingly timely.
It seems timeless in its shrewd political and economic observations. It is as relevant today as it was then.
It's a clunky political drama that features a cynical and unscrupulous Marlon Brando.
A flawed, but intriguing work, it offers, here and there, proof of Pontecorvo's gift for ecstatic epic filmmaking.
Latest News for Burn!
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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