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Summary
The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal with the same rebels that he built up because they have seized too much power that now threatens British sugar interests.
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- Directed by
- Gillo Pontecorvo, Rinaldo Ricci
- Written by
- Franco Solinas, Giorgio Arlorio
- Produced by
- Alberto Grimaldi
- Music by
- Ennio Morricone
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Facts
December 21, 1969 · 2 h 9 min · Violence, Disturbing Imagery
- Released
- December 21, 1969
- Runtime
- 2 h 9 min
- Content
- Violence, Disturbing Imagery
- Genres
- History, Drama, War
- Original language
- Italian
- Also spoken
- English, Portuguese
- Made in
- Italy
- Available in
- 11 countries
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Is Burn! worth watching?
Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 76 (IMDb 7.1 and Rotten Tomatoes 80%).
Will I feel good after watching Burn!?
Probably not: the title analysis rates it 8 of 10 for bleakness and 8 for melancholy, against 2 for hopefulness.
Is Burn! in English?
No, it was made in Italian, with some English and Portuguese.