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Burn! (Italian title: Queimada) is a 1969 film starring Marlon Brando and directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. The plot is loosely based on events in the history of Haiti. The main character is named after William Walker, the famous American filibuster. While based on issues that Walker symbolically represented, the film is not based on the life of Walker. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
Gillo Pontecorvo (November 19, 1919 — October 12, 2006) was an Italian filmmaker, best known for La battaglia di Algeri (The Battle of Algiers), but directed several movies before its release in 1966, such as the drama Kapò (1960), which takes place in a World War II concentration camp. ...
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Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic - President George Walker Bush (R) - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from...
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Gillo Pontecorvo (November 19, 1919 — October 12, 2006) was an Italian filmmaker, best known for La battaglia di Algeri (The Battle of Algiers), but directed several movies before its release in 1966, such as the drama Kapò (1960), which takes place in a World War II concentration camp. ...
William Walker William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September 12, 1860) was a U.S. physician, lawyer, journalist, adventurer, and soldier of fortune who attempted to conquer several Latin American countries in the mid-19th century. ...
A filibuster is a private individual who engages in unauthorized warfare against a foreign country, often with the intent of overthrowing the existing government. ...
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A British agent, Sir William Walker (Marlon Brando), is an agent provocateur sent to the island of Queimada (a fictional Portuguese colony in the Caribbean) in order to organize an uprising of black slaves to overthrow the Portuguese regime. Great Britain wants to get economic control of the island because it is an important sugar cane producer. An agent provocateur (plural: agents provocateurs) is a person assigned to provoke unrest, violence, debate, or argument by or within a group while acting as a member of the group but covertly representing the interests of another. ...
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Species Ref: ITIS 42058 as of 2004-05-05 Sugarcane is one of six species of a tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Family Poaceae) having stout fibrous jointed stalks whose sap at one time was the primary source of sugar. ...
The plan is to replace the Portuguese administration by a formally sovereign state controlled by white latifundists loyal to Great Britain. In order to realize this project, William Walker convinces the black slaves to fight for their liberation from slavery and for freedom.
José Dolores (Evaristo Márquez) becomes the leader of the rebellion. After the overthrow of the Portuguese regime, British interests establish a corrupt puppet government while Dolores is marginalized. While slavery had been formally ended and the former slaves in theory had rights, a legal and property system was established where they were forced to continue to work in the sugar cane plantations in even worse conditions than before. Look up rebellion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
William Walker leaves the island after the revolution. He comes back to Queimada many years later, this time in order to destroy the black political movement he helped spawn. José Dolores has taken Walker's ideas to heart and is now leading a rebel army against the British puppet regime in Queimada. Walker is no longer working for the British government but for the "Royal Sugar Company," which organizes its own army and manipulates Queimada politics directly, including ordering the execution of one of its puppet presidents. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...
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Eventually, the rebel army is defeated and Jose Dolores is executed, but this does not end the rebellion. The movie ends when Walker is killed by a rebel or petty thief, and, as a result, Dolores death is avenged.
Theme The film is a reworking of the events of the Haitian Revolution and Toussaint L'Ouverture. It was also meant to reflect upon the situation in the Vietnam War, which was going on at the time. Combatants Haiti France Commanders Toussaint Louverture, Jean-Jacques Dessalines Charles Leclerc, vicomte de Rochambeau, Napoleon Bonaparte Strength Regular army: <55,000, Volunteers: <100,000 Regular army: 60,000, 86 warships and frigates Casualties Military deaths: unknown, Civilian deaths: <100,000 Military deaths: 57,000 (37,000 combat; 20,000 yellow...
François-Dominique Toussaint LOuverture François-Dominique Toussaint LOuverture, also Toussaint Bréda, Toussaint-Louverture (c. ...
Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000...
Brando had the opportunity to have a role on Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid but chose instead to work on this film. He also had to turn down a major role in Ryan's Daughter because of this film's production problems. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a 1969 Western film that tells the story of bank robber Butch Cassidy (played by Paul Newman) and his partner The Sundance Kid (played by Robert Redford). ...
Ryans Daughter is David Leans 1970 film which tells the story of an Irish girl who has an affair with a British soldier during World War I, despite opposition from her nationalist neighbours. ...
Criticism The original script referred to a Spanish colony. The Spanish government enforced successfully to change the script, changing the location to a colony of Portugal. The rest of the names stayed Spanish. This is sometimes used to critise the film, because it can be seen as an example of ethnic and language stereotipes about the portuguese language and culture being relatively the same as the spanish.
Trivia Evaristo Márquez, Brando's co-star, was a non-actor and a real-life sugarcane plantation worker. Throughout the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, sugar was the main crop produced on the numerous plantations throughout the Caribbean. ...
External links - Burn! at the Internet Movie Database
- Detailed review at Film Comment
- The Ecology of Destruction by John Bellamy Foster
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