Fire on the Amazon (1993)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

Luis Llosa

Writers:

Luana Anders (writer)
Catherine Cyran (writer)
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Release Date:

2000 (Finland)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Tagline:

Fight fire with fire

Plot:

In Bolivia's Amazon basin, corporate cattle ranches are replacing the rain forest. When Santos, charismatic leader of the union of rubber tappers...

Plot Keywords:

Rain Forest | Amazon | Bolivia | Side Boob | Police Corruption

Cast

Craig Sheffer	...	R.J.
Sandra Bullock	...	Alyssa Rothman
Juan Fernández	...	Ataninde (as Juan Fernandez)
Judith Chapman	...	Sandra
Ramsay Ross	...	Pistoleiro
David Elkin	...	Lucavida
Jorge García Bustamante	...	Valdez (as Jorge Garcia Bustamente)
Baldomero Cáceres	...	Pedro (as Baldomero Caceres)
Carlos Victoria	...	Miguel
Reynaldo Arenas	...	Djamori
Ramón García	...	Chato (as Ramon Garcia)
Eduardo Cesti	...	Rafael Santos
Natalia Torres	...	Nacia Santos
Graciela Cahuas	...	Santos' Daughter
David Killerby	...	Father Benacio
Edwin Mayer	...	Pedrosa
Diana Quijano	...	Journalist
Peter Vernard	...	Journalist
John Malley	...	Journalist
Kirf Nieft	...	Journalist
Enrique Vargas	...	Tapper
Gilberto Torres	...	Police #1
German Ballsteron	...	Police #2 (as German Ballesteron)
Lourdes Mindreau	...	Woman at the Bar

Directed by
Luis Llosa

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Luana Anders		writer (as Margo Blue)
Catherine Cyran		writer
Beverly Gray		screenplay

Produced by
Roger Corman	....	executive producer
Luis Llosa	....	producer
Margarita Morales Macedo	....	associate producer
Steven Rabiner	....	associate producer
Fernando Vasquez de Velasco	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Roy J. Ravio

Cinematography by
Pili Flores-Guerra

Film Editing by
Robert L. Goodman		(recut)
Michael Thibault

Casting by
Steven Rabiner

Art Direction by
Manolo Castillo
Javier Durán

Makeup Department
Verónica Oliart	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Sara King	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michelle Alexander	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Raul Mondragon	....	assistant art director
Miguel Stein	....	assistant art director
Rossana Tasso	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Rosa Maria Alvarez	....	boom operator
Lisle Engle	....	sound effects editor
Kurt Nicholas Forshager	....	dialogue editor (as Nick Forshager)
Mike Jackson	....	dialogue editor
Scott C. Kolden	....	sound re-recording mixer
Edgar Lostanau	....	sound
Camilla Mauritzson	....	sound effects editor
Vince Nicastro	....	foley artist
Jeremy Pitts	....	sound assistant
Paul Ratajczak	....	adr mixer
Paul Ratajczak	....	foley editor
Paul Ratajczak	....	sound supervisor
Sean Rowe	....	foley artist
Reinhard Schreiner	....	sound effects editor
Joel E. Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Eddie Urrutia	....	special effects assistant
Fernando Vasquez de Velasco	....	special effects

Stunts
José 'Chino' Luy	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Pedro Bergna	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Juan Duran	....	camera operator
Luis Morales	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Carlos 'Conan' Muniz	....	first assistant camera (as Carlos Muñiz)
Eugenio Prado	....	focus puller
Alonso Quijano	....	grip assistant
Cesar Revilla	....	gaffer
Gustavo Saenz	....	grip
Guillermo Tapia	....	first assistant camera
Fernando Vega	....	assistant chief lighting technician

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Carmen Espinoza	....	wardrobe assistant
Marisa Zuin	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Ron Cabreros	....	apprentice editor
Tor Cummings	....	second assistant editor
Casey Dake	....	apprentice editor
Beth Dewey	....	assistant editor
Michael J. Ferrari	....	assistant editor
Diana Kaufman	....	post-production assistant
Jan Kikumoto	....	post-production coordinator
Jordan Levine	....	first assistant editor
Ray Morfino	....	color timer

Music Department
Paul Di Franco	....	music supervisor
Bobby Muzingo	....	composer: additional music
Bobby Muzingo	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Rocio Llado	....	script supervisor
Vicky Rios	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Concorde-New Horizons

Distributors

• Emerald (2000) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Emerald (2000) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Flashstar Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• Flashstar Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Cosmopoloop  loop group
• Ground Control Studios  sound stage
• Magic Film Works  negative cutting
• Merry Cheers  sound transfers
• Motion Opticals  titles and opticals
• Xanthium Music  music supervision

Also Known As:

Lost Paradise

Runtime:

87 min | Argentina:102 min | Germany:78 min | USA:78 min (R-rated version) | UK:87 min (video)

Country:

USA | Peru

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:R | Germany:12 | Norway:15 (video premiere) | Peru:14 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

Amazon River, Amazon Rainforest, Amazonas, Brazil

Company:

Concorde-New Horizons

Trivia:

Sandra Bullock placed duct tape on her breasts during the filming of the love scene so that she could know for sure nothing would be visible that she didn't want seen. She also made the production company sign a contract stating which parts of her were not to be shown.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Directors: The Films of Roger Corman (#1.5)" (1999)

Your time is more important than this film

There is a reason this movie was shelved for, how long? 7 years? This should be the first hint.

At any rate, I watched this movie with an open mind. I wanted to like it, and enjoy myself, but there just was not much to it. An Idiot reporter runs around p***ing off the locals and Sandra Bullock meets up with him. I guess there is some environmental activist named santos that meets and unfortunate end, and they are sort of involved. The plot of this movie is so really hard to follow. Maybe because there really is not much of a plot at all. The last 15min are sort of exciting, only because you know it's almost over so you can do something else.

Yes, Sandra has a love scene. No it's exciting enough to watch this movie.

Ever watched a movie that made you keep looking at the VCR to see how long you had been watching it? That is This Movie!

Movie gets a nice big 2 out of 10 from me.