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Burden of Dreams
Documentary - 1982
Burden of Dreams
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The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.
Director:
,
Les Blank
Cast:
,
Mick Jagger
,
Jason Robards
,
Claudia Cardinale
,
Werner Herzog
,
Klaus Kinski
,
Alfredo de Río Tambo
,
Candace Laughlin

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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
97 min
Release date:
1 Oct 1982
Country:
PE, US
Languages:
English, German, Portuguese, Spanish
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Won 1 BAFTA Award4 wins & 1 nomination total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Les Blank's Burden of Dreams is one of the most remarkable documentaries ever made about the making of a movie.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
The film is at once funny and, in its depiction of the scant differences between art and megalomania, somewhat frightening.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
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