Fire on the Amazon (1993)

In Bolivia's Amazon basin, corporate cattle ranches are replacing the rain forest. When Santos, charismatic leader of the union of rubber tappers, forges an alliance with Indians to protest... See full summary »

Director:

Luis Llosa

Writers:

Luana Anders (as Margo Blue), Catherine Cyran

Stars:

Craig Sheffer, Sandra Bullock, Juan Fernández

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

In Bolivia's Amazon basin, corporate cattle ranches are replacing the rain forest. When Santos, charismatic leader of the union of rubber tappers, forges an alliance with Indians to protest deforestation, he is assassinated. O'Brien, a US photo-journalist who has no skills as an investigator, wants a story when he thinks the police have framed and murdered an innocent Indian as the assassin. In his search for the truth, he involves Lysa Rothman, who worked for Santos and with whom he falls in love. As he gets deeper into trouble with the cops and the real assassin, he not only needs Lysa's help but that of the Indians' leader. How many will die so O'Brien can get his story?

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Plot Keywords:

deforestation | rain forest | amazon | bolivia | bush airplane | 

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Taglines:

Bares all in the wilds

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong language, areas of strong violence and a scene of strong sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

New Concorde Roger Corman: The Official DVD Website

Country:

USA Peru

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

2000 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Lost Paradise

Filming Locations:

Iquitos, Peru

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Concorde-New Horizons

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min 78 min (R-rated) 87 min (video)

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Shot in 1990, not released until 1993. In several countries, it was re-released again after 1994, to capitalize on the popularity that Sandra Bullock had gained after Speed (1994).

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Goofs

Near the end of the film, Chato is flying R.J. and Alyssa out in his single-engine float plane. He is shown pulling two "throttles" back as the sound of the engine revs up, but immediately above his hand the needle on the RPM gage is pegged on zero.

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Quotes

Alyssa Rothman: Write about what you feel, not about what you see. OK?

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Crazy Credits

At the beginning of the credits the following is shown: "Every day, more than 70,000 acres of rainforest are destroyed. The loss to humans and science is incalcuable."

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Alternate Versions

Available in both R and unrated versions.

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Connections

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

User Reviews

You mean they actually got paid to make this mess?

The male star's vocabulary consisted of "one word" The word that would get 'erased' at least fifty times if we were to think this horrible movie would ever make it to the TV screen for humans to watch.