Fire on the Amazon

Fire on the Amazon is a 1993 AmericanPeruvian dramaadventure film directed by Luis Llosa and starring Craig Sheffer and Sandra Bullock.

In Bolivias 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. OBrien, a US photojournalist 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 Lysas help but that of the Indians leader. How many will die so OBrien can get his story?.As reported on AampEs Biography on November 18, 2005, in an interview clip with the films 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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