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Burn!

Original title: Queimada
  • 19691969
  • RR
  • 1h 52m
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Marlon Brando in Burn! (1969)
During a slave revolt in 1844, a British mercenary helps an Antilles island colony gain its independence from Portugal, but years later he returns to manhunt a local rebel army leader and former friend.
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During a slave revolt in 1844, a British mercenary helps an Antilles island colony gain independence from Portugal, but later returns to hunt down a local rebel leader and former protégé.During a slave revolt in 1844, a British mercenary helps an Antilles island colony gain independence from Portugal, but later returns to hunt down a local rebel leader and former protégé.During a slave revolt in 1844, a British mercenary helps an Antilles island colony gain independence from Portugal, but later returns to hunt down a local rebel leader and former protégé.
IMDb RATING
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5.4K
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    • Gillo Pontecorvo
  • Writers
    • Franco Solinas(story)
    • Giorgio Arlorio(story)
    • Gillo Pontecorvo(story)
  • Stars
    • Marlon Brando
    • Evaristo Márquez
    • Renato Salvatori
    • Gillo Pontecorvo
  • Writers
    • Franco Solinas(story)
    • Giorgio Arlorio(story)
    • Gillo Pontecorvo(story)
  • Stars
    • Marlon Brando
    • Evaristo Márquez
    • Renato Salvatori
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    • 58User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
    • 72Metascore
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    Marlon Brando
    Marlon Brando
    • Sir William Walker
    Evaristo Márquez
    Evaristo Márquez
    • José Dolores
    • (as Evaristo Marquez)
    Renato Salvatori
    Renato Salvatori
    • Teddy Sanchez
    Dana Ghia
    Dana Ghia
    • Francesca
    Valeria Ferran Wanani
    • Guarina
    Giampiero Albertini
    • Henry Thompson
    Carlo Palmucci
    Carlo Palmucci
    • Jack
    Norman Hill
    • Shelton
    Thomas Lyons
    • General Prada
    Turam Quibo
    • Juanito
    • (as Joseph P. Persaud)
    Álvaro Medrano
    • Soldier
    • (as Alvaro Medrano)
    Alejandro Obregón
    • Engl. Major
    • (as Alejandro Obregon)
    Enrico Cesaretti
    Cicely Browne
    • Lady Bella
    • (uncredited)
    Sam Gilman
    Sam Gilman
    • Man on the ship
    • (uncredited)
    Herbert Jefferson Jr.
    Herbert Jefferson Jr.
      Maurice Rodriguez
      • Ramón
      • (uncredited)
        • Gillo Pontecorvo
      • Writers
        • Franco Solinas(story) (screenplay)
        • Giorgio Arlorio(story) (screenplay)
        • Gillo Pontecorvo(story) (uncredited)
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      • Trivia
        Marlon Brando once said this film contains "the best acting I've ever done."
      • Goofs
        Portugal never had any colonies in the Caribbean. Its only American colony, Brazil, has no coast in the Caribbean.
      • Quotes

        Sir William Walker: Gentlemen, let me ask you a question. Now, my metaphor may seem a trifle impertinent, but I think it's very much to the point. Which do you prefer - or should I say, which do you find more convenient - a wife, or one of these mulatto girls? No, no, please don't misunderstand: I am talking strictly in terms of economics. What is the cost of the product? What is the product yield? The product, in this case, being love - uh, purely physical love, since sentiments obviously play no part in economics.

        [general laughter]

        Sir William Walker: Quite. Now, a wife must be provided with a home, with food, with dresses, with medical attention, etc, etc. You're obliged to keep her a whole lifetime even when she's grown old and perhaps a trifle unproductive. And then, of course, if you have the bad luck to survive her, you have to pay for the funeral!

        [general laughter]

        Sir William Walker: It's true, isn't it? Gentlemen, I know it's amusing, but those are the facts, aren't they? Now with a prostitute, on the other hand, it's quite a different matter, isn't it? You see, there's no need to lodge her or feed her, certainly no need to dress her or to bury her, thank God. She's yours only when you need her, you pay her only for that service, and you pay her by the hour! Which, gentlemen, is more important - and more convenient: a slave or a paid worker?

      • Alternate versions
        The complete version of this film runs 132 minutes. A 112-minute version under the title "Burn!" was released in the USA and the UK.
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      7/10
      "If a man gives you freedom, it is not freedom. Freedom is something you take for yourself."
      Marlon Brando's involvement in the making of "Burn" came about directly as the result of his politician idealism and his desire to make films with a comment on the human situation… In 1968 he was deeply concerned in supporting civil rights causes, particularly those to have reference to black and Indian conditions, and, according to his friends, he was greatly disturbed and depressed by the assassination of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King…

      "Burn" begins in 1845 as Sir William Walker (Brando) arrives on the island of Queimada, truly as far as can be judged as a harmless traveler but actually an agent of the British government ordered to incite a revolution that will shatter the Portuguese control on the island and permit the British to put their hand on the valuable sugar-cane total product… Queimada has a population of two hundred thousand, of whom only five thousand are Europeans…The main town is a well-protected port with a fort and a garrison, a governor's palace, a cathedral, a bank, a hotel and a brothel…

      The English gentleman recognizes he must play the part of a political Pygmalion… He looks around for a suitable subject to train as a revolutionary and he selects José Dolores (Evaristo Marquez), a large, handsome black dock-worker with an air of confidence… Walker also recruits Teddy Sanchez (Renato Salvatori), an almost-white clerk with political ambitions… Walker persuades José Dolores to steal the bank of the island, and once he does, Walker reveals his name to the government, thereby turning Dolores into a hunted bandit… The ingenious Walker then teaches Dolores and his followers in the use of firearms and gradually absorbs in them ideas and feelings to overthrow the Portuguese government…

      The film is quite obviously political in tone, and is a passionate piece of propaganda in the anti-colonial struggle… Brando's interpretation of Sir William Walker is apt to call up memories of his Fletcher Christian… This is another Englishman, whose gentle speech and soft manners disguise with courage and determination…Walker is not a villain but a cold, inflexible pragmatist with a hard work to accomplish
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      • Release date
        • October 21, 1970 (United States)
        • Italy
        • France
        • Italian
        • Portuguese
        • English
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      • Filming locations
        • Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia
      • Production companies
        • Produzioni Europee Associate (PEA)
        • Les Productions Artistes Associés
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