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Fire on the Amazon
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Wikipedia article
'Fire on the Amazon' is a 1993 American-Peruvian drama-adventure film directed by Luis Llosa and starring Craig Sheffer and Sandra Bullock.
Plot
In Bolivia's Amazon basin, corporate cattle ranches are replacing the rain forest. When Santos, the charismatic leader of the union of rubber tappers, forges an alliance with Natives to protest deforestation, he is assassinated. R.J. 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 Native as the assassin. In his search for the truth, he involves Alyssa Rothman; who worked for Santos, and who he falls in love with and vice versa. As he gets deeper into trouble with the cops and the real assassin, he needs not only Alyssa's help, but also that of the Natives' leader.
Cast
*Craig Sheffer as R.J. O'Brien
*Sandra Bullock as Alyssa Rothman
*Juan Fernndez as Ataninde
*Judith Chapman as Sandra
*Ramsay Ross as Pistoleiro
*David Elkin as Lucavida
*Jorge Garca Bustamante as Valdez
*Baldomero Cceres as Pedro
*Carlos Victoria as Miguel
*Reynaldo Arenas as Djamori
*Eduardo Cesti as Rafael Santos
Production
As reported on A&E's 'Biography' on November 18, 2005, in an interview clip with the film's director, the film was a harrowing experience in many ways. Bullock was concerned that the canoe she was riding could have possibly tipped over and dumped her in dangerous waters.
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