Fire on the Amazon

Fire on the Amazon
Fire on the Amazon DVD cover
Directed by	Luis Llosa
Produced by	Luis Llosa
Written by	Luana Anders Catherine Cyran Beverly Gray
Starring	Craig Sheffer Sandra Bullock Juan Fernández Judith Chapman Ramsay Ross
Music by	Roy J. Ravio
Cinematography	Pili Flores-Guerra
Edited by	Robert L. Goodman Michael Thibault
Distributed by	Concorde-New Horizons
Release dates	October 1993 (1993-10)
Running time	78-102 min (depending on cut)
Country	United States Peru
Language	English Spanish

Fire on the Amazon is a 1993 American-Peruvian drama-adventure film directed by Luis Llosa and starring Craig Sheffer and Sandra Bullock.

The low-budget film features an early appearance of Bullock, before her breakout role in Speed.

Plot

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?.

Cast

Craig Sheffer as R.J.
Sandra Bullock as Alyssa Rothman
Juan Fernández as Ataninde
Judith Chapman as Sandra
Ramsay Ross as Pistoleiro
David Elkin as Lucavida
Jorge García Bustamante as Valdez
Baldomero Cáceres as Pedro
Carlos Victoria as Miguel
Reynaldo Arenas as Djamori

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.

External links

Official website including Theatrical Trailer at New Horizons Pictures
Fire on the Amazon at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Luis Llosa

Hour of the Assassin (1987) Crime Zone (1989) Sniper (1993) Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon (1993) Fire on the Amazon (1993) The Specialist (1994) Anaconda (1997) The Feast of the Goat (2005)

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