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DVD : Catch a FireIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Bonnie Henna, Mncedisi Shabangu, Tumisho Masha directed by: Phillip Noyce  List Price: $12.98 Amazon.com's Price: $11.49 You Save: $1.49 (11%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Universal EAN: 0025193206824 Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Universal Studios Manufacturer: Universal Studios Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Universal Studios Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 30, 2007 Running Time: 97 minutes Studio: Universal Studios Theatrical Release Date: October 27, 2006 Sales Rank: 19491 MPN: MCAD61032068D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 09/18/2007 Run time: 97 minutes Rating: Pg13 Amazon.com: Catch a Fire 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 radicalized guerilla for the MK, or military wing, of the African National Congress. Filmed on the actual locations where its events took place, Catch a Fire bristles with urgent authenticity, its political cat-and-mouse game capably handled by director Philip Noyce, who applies the sensitivity of his acclaimed films Rabbit-Proof Fence and The Quiet American with the thriller expertise established in mainstream hits like Dead Calm and Patriot Games. 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. --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating: - Catch An Incredible Story"My children, when they speak of their father, they will say he was a man who stood up for what was right, a man who said he must do something now. What will your children say about you?" Cast largely with unknowns with the exception of Tim Robbins and Derek Luke (Antwone Fisher), "Catch A Fire" is a fascinating film based on even more fascinating true events. The film tells the story of a little known South African named Patrick Chamusso, a man who became a political activist and a ... Read More Rating: - The meaning of polarizationAn autobiographical story of a man who was relatively happy and comfortable in apartheid South Africa and was polarized into a freedom fighter by his treatment by the white police forces and that of his family and friends. On man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter? Life goes on today in South Africa and white people still live there and have rights as citizens. Had the government bent to the demands, and treated blacks anywhere near fairly, there would have been no struggle ... Read More Rating:  - "SOME GAVE ALL, ALL GAVE SOME, NO ONE GAVE NOTHING"This movie gives an inside view of the life of Patrick Charmusso, a South African man, who only wanted a better life for his family and his country. Patrick Charmusso, portrayed by Derek Luke, is a peaceful man, working at a refinery, trying to overcome the struggle of the South African. This one man, Tim Robbins, is at the root of all the problems that develop for Patrick and his country. He is the controller, the one who speaks and others jump, and he makes Patrick's life into a living hell, for Patrick ... Read More Rating: - Where is the soundtrack ?I loved this film . Although it was lesser known than Last King Of Scotland or Blood Diamond I found the story to be a little more balanced . I love Derek Luke and Tim Robbins . I really liked the soundtrack and can not find it . Does it exist ? Rating: - Catch a FireI teach a Catholic Social Justice Course and purchased the video to enable students in their independent study to better understand some of the issues presented in the film. I think it was very helpful and would recommend the film to anyone who might want to approach some of these issues with young people. That is where we need to start in helping to build peace in our world. Browse for similar items by category:
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