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Not the big picture, the plot and the large sequence of events, but the actually dialog. This kind of gritty and dire movie laced with real love has to be convincing above all, and there are dozens of moments and individual lines that just smack as screen writing rather than real characters thinking and speaking. So it's a mixed bag. An ambitious and promising mixed bag, with some moving and beautiful moments.

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Our Favorite Trailers of the Week. Her best performances so far 01 March Hollywoodnews. Remarkable Modern Crime Thrillers Post 's. Share this Rating Title: The Burning Plain 6. Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Edit Cast Cast overview, first billed only: Young Man Sean McGrath Young Santiago Diego J. Ana Rosalia De Aragon Edit Storyline The Burning Plain follows the story of several different people separated by time and space -- Sylvia, a woman in Oregon who must undertake an emotional odyssey to rid herself of her past; Mariana and Santiago, two teenagers trying to piece together the shattered lives of their parents in a New Mexico border town; Maria, a little girl who goes on a border-crossing voyage to help her parents find redemption, forgiveness, and love; and Gina and Nick, a couple who must deal with an intense and clandestine affair Edit Details Official Sites: Ayres already had a successful small screen career.

Maylam reportedly insisted that Matthews dye his hair brown, as he did not think he would look macho enough with blonde hair. Larry Joshua was cast as one of the kids at the camp, even though he was older in real life than either Matthews or Ayres. Like most of the cast, it was his first role, but led to a long and successful career, mostly on the small screen.

The rest of the cast was hired during a series of auditions. The Weinsteins and Maylam also secured the services of make-up supremo Tom Savini , who they flew to Pittsburgh to meet. Savini had worked on films such as Dawn of the Dead , Friday the 13th , Maniac , and Eyes of a Stranger Savini turned down the chance to work on Friday the 13th Part 2 , ostensibly because he could not understand the logic that Jason was fully grown and was now the killer, as well as what he described as "miscommunications" with the film's backers.

He also said that he liked the script for The Burning more. Much of the filming took place in and around existing summer camps to give it an authentic look whilst keeping costs down. The cast wore their own clothes throughout the production. Many of the cast were local to the New York area, and were aware of the Cropsy legend. In the interview on the MGM DVD, Savini recalls that the cast were literally queuing up to find out how they would die, making him feel like an assassin.

Savini was very hands-on with the production. In the opening scene where Cropsy is burned in his cabin by a young Todd and his friends, Savini's legs were the ones that were set on fire. The actual stunt of running while on fire was done by year-old Reid Rondell, who tragically died doing a stunt for the TV show Airwolf several years later.

Savini also did not have much time to put together the special effects for the film. He only had three or four days to make the Cropsy make-up — the mask was created in his dressing room in-between special effects duties elsewhere on the film.

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In Grande Illusions , his first book on his life as a special effects guru, Savini says he based the look of Cropsy on a burnt beggar he had seen as a kid in Pittsburgh, as well as textbooks on burn victims. However, due to time constraints, the resulting mask was more of a melt than a burn. Savini was pleased enough with what he had done that he subsequently agreed to go on a publicity tour for the film. Savini expanded on his Friday the 13th experience for his work on The Burning. The scene where a victim has her throat cut by Cropsy with the shears was similar in execution to the demise of the hitchhiker in the earlier film.

Cropsy's demise, when the axe smashes into his face, is an almost identical effect to a scene in Friday the 13th. There has been much speculation as to why the mine system was chosen for the climactic battle between Cropsy and Todd. As an earlier script showed, it was originally meant to be a boat house at the camp, but this was switched to a cave system. Indeed, another subsequent version of the script has a scene in Cropsy's lair, where he looks over old newspaper clippings. Maylam says it was changed again to the copper mine because they found bats roosting in the boat house and considered it unsafe.

However, Carrick Glenn, who also had a nude scene, was relaxed in front of the camera, according to the director. British progressive rock musician Rick Wakeman of the band Yes knew both Maylam and Weinstein through their rock music connections. Wakeman signed up to provide the film's score, which was recorded in New York. Freddy's Revenge , a sequel to the classic.

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According to Maylam, the film received a very good response at test screenings. In February , Filmways Pictures picked up the rights to distribute the film from Miramax for an undisclosed sum after viewing it in Los Angeles. According to Variety , Filmways was in financial difficulties and saw an opportunity to make quick money during the slasher boom.

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The company had already produced Brian De Palma 's Dressed to Kill , which had made serious money the previous year. Filmways originally was intent on renaming the film Tales Around the Campfire due to its now-iconic campfire scenes, however, its original title remained. In April , Variety reported that The Burning would premiere on May 8 in Florida on screens, with a regional rollout to follow. According to Variety , the film did especially well in Buffalo, near where it had lensed.

In June , Variety described its performance as "sizzling", saying "[it] … lit up Buffalo area screens this weekend". Despite this brief bright spot, overall box office for The Burning was initially pretty dismal. Variety reported it received a "chilly reception" in San Francisco and Chicago. Unlike in Buffalo, it opened elsewhere to stiff competition: The oversaturation of the slasher film market did not help draw in audiences to The Burning.

The success of Friday the 13th Part 2 hampered The Burning ' s attendance, as the audience flocked to the known property.

The Burning was re-released to American theaters with new poster artwork showing a face with a fire reflected in an eye in November , a full year and a half after its original release. Orion Pictures , who had recently merged with Filmways, distributed the re-release.

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Orion put the film into wider release than Filmways had in An ad in Variety from November 17, emphasizes the comparative success: Promotional press artwork also exists under the title Cropsy , but it is unclear when it played theaters under that title, as it was a common practice to give films multiple names in an effort to trick audiences into seeing it multiple times. These releases and re-releases make it difficult to find a definitive box office tally for the film. The film did very well in Japan when it was released there in September Variety reported it " It had legs, staying in one cinema for at least six weeks there.

The film was released to British screens on November 5, by HandMade Films , where it was met with modest success. Despite the graphic gore effects of slasher films being the driving force behind their box office success, the MPAA gave in to the critical reception and reaction of pressure groups who were protesting the films in the wake of violent acts, such as the assassination of John Lennon , and the growing debate about violence in the media.

The Burning was heavily trimmed to receive its R-rating. The film remained cut in the United States for nearly 30 years, until its release on DVD in restored the scenes of gore. The British cinema release of The Burning was severely cut as well by the BBFC , receiving an X-certificate on September 23, , with cuts to the scissor murder of the prostitute and some gore during the raft attack.

When the film was accidentally released uncut on video in the United Kingdom by Thorn EMI , the tape was liable for seizure and prosecution under the Obscene Publications Act. Thorn-EMI had unwittingly released a " video nasty ", a term used to coin films judged as obscene and too violent for home rental. They tried to rectify matters by reissuing a BBFC-approved version. The original uncut Thorn-EMI release is worth a great deal of money today.


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In , the United Kingdom video re-release suffered additional cuts to the raft attack, plus cuts to the killing of Karen. It was finally released fully uncut in Initially upon its release, The Burning didn't generate much appraisal from critics nor reviews being published at the time. In recent years, The Burning has received critical acclaim and is considered by some to be one of the best slasher films ever made.

But there's some amazing gore, and the new blu-ray makes it shine. Despite the DVD cover displaying the 'R' rating, the print used is the full uncut version. Brewer was musical director for the film and co-producer of the score and soundtrack album with Wakeman. Many people involved in The Burning have gone onto achieve great success.

Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein have become successful film producers , acting as founders and heads of Miramax Films from until which was owned by The Walt Disney Company from until , when they created The Weinstein Company. Bob is also the head of Dimension Films , which continues to release genre films, though many of them heavily reedited by Weinstein, including the successful Scream slasher film franchise and five of the Halloween films. Brad Grey , who received a writing credit on The Burning , became the chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures , a position he held from until his death in Grey produced eight of the ten top-grossing films to come from the studio.

Actress Holly Hunter won an Academy Award in for her performance in The Piano , and was also nominated for her performances in Broadcast News , The Firm , and Thirteen , as well as winning two Emmy Awards and receiving seven nominations. Jason Alexander would star in the long-running, critically acclaimed sitcom Seinfeld as George Costanza. The film was also cited by Hifumi Kono as being the inspiration for Bobby Barrow's signature scissors weapon in Clock Tower.

In , writer-director Joshua Zeman and director Barbara Brancaccio released a documentary titled Cropsey , which details the Cropsey maniac urban legend on which The Burning is based. Despite sharing little connection to The Burning , the film re-ignited the popular mythos of the character. On October 15, , Paula Wachowiak discussed her experience working as an intern on this movie. She alleges that Harvey Weinstein's predatory behavior went back as far as From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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