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Catch a Fire [DVD] [2007]
enlarge	Actor: Tim Robbins Studio: Universal Pictures Video Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.99~~ Buy New: £2.36 as of 24/11/2009 20:34 GMT details You Save: £17.63 (88%) New (15) Used (11) from £1.49 Seller: selectcheaper Rating: 3 reviews Sales Rank: 29505 Format: PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over Region: 2 Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 97 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5050582476842 ASIN: B000RW0KMO Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Release Date: July 16, 2007 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review iCatch a Fire/i is an intelligent, fact-based apartheid thriller that tells the story of Patrick Chamusso (sympathetically played by Derek Luke), a South African wrongly accused, in 1980, of sabotaging the oil refinery where he worked. After both he and his wife are tortured by agents of the Boer government (led by a conflicted security chief played by Tim Robbins), Chamusso becomes a radicalised guerilla for the MK, or military wing, of the African National Congress. Filmed on the actual locations where its events took place, iCatch a Fire/i bristles with urgent authenticity, its political cat-and-mouse game capably handled by director Philip Noyce, who applies the sensitivity of his acclaimed films iRabbit-Proof Fence/i and iThe Quiet American/i with the thriller expertise established in mainstream hits like iDead Calm/i and iPatriot Games/i. The film's third-act shift toward conventional sabotage-and-manhunt plotting may seem jarring, but you can hardly blame Noyce and screenwriter Shawn Slovo (whose father led the MK when Chamusso joined) for sticking to the facts in a politically charged story handled with admirable humanity and compassion. --iJeff Shannon/i

Customer Reviews: Great story February 6, 2008 C. J. P (uk) 9 out of 9 found this review helpful How did apartheid ever last for as long as it did? Us humans have over history been pretty bad to each other haven't we? This film is a great story of triumph over adversity, hard viewing, at times ,sad but also uplifting. Good acting and overall worth watching. The Human Cost of Apartheid March 7, 2008 Doctor Goa - (The Astral Plains) 8 out of 8 found this review helpful Based on a true story, this South-African set film starring Tim Robbins is a thoughtfully made and thought-provoking look at apartheid, and the human cost. Tim Robbins is well cast and plays with a quiet authority, but the real stars are the other actors, unknown to me but worthy of greater attention. This film shows what can happen in a society under threat when fear, paranoia and bad intelligence get the upper hand (a similar combination and outcome to that portrayed in 'Rendition') and how, at the end of the chain, it is always the innocent who suffer. This film is well worth seeing. Moving and thought provoking February 4, 2009 Zebedee (Kent, UK) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful Well worth sitting down to watch this. Much along the Biko line. The consequences of a brutal police and mistaken suspect. Isn't it always the case that such appalling circumstances make for gripping stories. Actually this film is based on fact and is all the more chilling for it.

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