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Summary: ENTERTAINMENT'S EMERALD
Review: A dam-builder is in the rain forest one day with his family, showing off his stuff. Suddenly his young son takes off to the woods and is never seen again. For the next few years the father leads a double life. Half the time he's building this dam, while the other half he's picking up his machine gun and running into the jungle to find his son. Pretty interesting life and a pretty interesting idea. And it's based on a true story. Some of the natives are truly weird, trying to put elongated bones into a machine gun that they find. There's a neat scene where they learn about either barbed wire or electricity. Another part I liked was where the native scales a small multi-story building with nothing but his bare hands and feet. The climax is really ironic. Very rarely do I see a movie where I watch it once and immediately want to see it again. This is one of those movies. I haven't seen it in a while, but my mind wanders back to it quite a lot. Definitely worth buying.
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Summary: Breathtaking
Review: Based on a true story, this movie takes you into the journey of Gaia. Why do people seek redemption when they see someone die? Redemption is for the living, and this movie brings the tears of innocence from Our Inner Selves.
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Summary: Magic !
Review: Everyone should see this, if you don't like it, then I pitty you!
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Summary: Great movie, so-so DVD
Review: Haven't seen this movie for at least 15 years, now it is out on DVD. It is a great movie, about an engineer (Powers Boothe) who was building a dam in Amazon rain forest. His son was kidnapped by lost tribe of the amazon. He searched endlessly for his missing son for 10 years. It is based on true story. The acting is very good and the location is beautiful. Too bad the DVD can't displayed it properly as the color is a bit pale and dark. The sound is Dolby 2.0 only and a bit let down, especially after the DVD opens with the high power MGM logo presented in Dolby 5.1 and when it plays the film, you can immediately feel the drop in the sound quality. But overall it is a very entertaining DVD that worth considering.
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Summary: Great movie!!!
Review: I am not usually one to watch a movie more than once or twice, but this one I watched probably 4 or 5 times. It is a movie that has adventure, drama, comedy, good acting and a different kind of story line than any other movie I have seen. Also, I am
a great fan of Powers Booth.
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Summary: save the rainforest
Review: i first saw this movie when i was 13, and till today is been one of those movies that you can watch over and over again.With a very simple story .Enginneer on work in amazon rainforest lost his son and after 10 years of search they meet .But this is not lost and found movie,it's about what we done to native people and mother nature.this movie will make you cry and make you think.Unmisable and unforgetable.Must see.
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Summary: So . . . what did he say?
Review: I have to give this film five stars for all the reasons that the other fans of this movie discuss. This commentary is on an unusual glitch that I discovered with the DVD. I'm referring to the MGM "Contemporary Classics" edition (in case there's another version out there).I was surprised to discover that, when the native people were speaking, some of the subtitling was left off. Moments of indigenous dialogue were left un-subtitled in the VHS version (moments when a character appeared to be saying something like "Move" or "Hey, look."). However, with the DVD, there was one scene where a bit of dialogue that was significant to the development of the plot went unsubtited, and we were all left in the dark. It happened in only one significant scene, that I noticed, and eventually it was apparent what the character had said, but it was still frustrating and strange. However, I still recommend that you get the DVD. When comparing scenes between the DVD and my old VHS copy (in order to see what had been said during the previously mentioned scene), I discovered that the old pan and scan version occasionally cut out almost 50% of the screen! With a film this beautiful, this is intolerable! If you have this on VHS and are considering upgrading to DVD, I recommend that you do so - the visual pay-off is great! But keep your hands on the old VHS copy, unless you know the dialogue from memory.
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Summary: So . . . what did he say?
Review: I have to give this film five stars for all the reasons that the other fans of this movie discuss. This commentary is on an unusual glitch that I discovered with the DVD. I'm referring to the MGM "Contemporary Classics" edition (in case there's another version out there). I was surprised to discover that, when the native people were speaking, some of the subtitling was left off. Moments of indigenous dialogue were left un-subtitled in the VHS version (moments when a character appeared to be saying something like "Move" or "Hey, look."). However, with the DVD, there was one scene where a bit of dialogue that was significant to the development of the plot went unsubtited, and we were all left in the dark. It happened in only one significant scene, that I noticed, and eventually it was apparent what the character had said, but it was still frustrating and strange. However, I still recommend that you get the DVD. When comparing scenes between the DVD and my old VHS copy (in order to see what had been said during the previously mentioned scene), I discovered that the old pan and scan version occasionally cut out almost 50% of the screen! With a film this beautiful, this is intolerable! If you have this on VHS and are considering upgrading to DVD, I recommend that you do so - the visual pay-off is great! But keep your hands on the old VHS copy, unless you know the dialogue from memory.
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Summary: Western ideaolgy versus indiginous values
Review: I loved this movie in the theatre, bought the vhs in pan and scan and then the dvd in wide screen. I also have the sound track. This movie represents the values of western culture versus the indiginous culture. I have been to Las Amazonas 5 times and have seen what is happening. This movie compares the two cultures. This movie has a message about what indiginous people have and are happy with versus the destruction and modernazation of the western culture. Please, see the video and understand that western culture has something to offer but is not necessarily the panacea for the indiginous.
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Summary: Western ideaolgy versus indiginous values
Review: I loved this movie in the theatre, bought the vhs in pan and scan and then the dvd in wide screen. I also have the sound track. This movie represents the values of western culture versus the indiginous culture. I have been to Las Amazonas 5 times and have seen what is happening. This movie compares the two cultures. This movie has a message about what indiginous people have and are happy with versus the destruction and modernazation of the western culture. Please, see the video and understand that western culture has something to offer but is not necessarily the panacea for the indiginous.
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