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The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland; while Lesotho is an independent country wholly surrounded by South African territory.
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Swaziland
The Kingdom of Swaziland (Umbuso weSwatini), sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique. The nation, as well as its people, are named after the 19th century king Mswati II.
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Afrikaner
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Anthony Minghella
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Marius Weyers
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Shawn Slovo
Shawn Slovo (c. 1950) is a screenwriter, best known for the film A World Apart, based on her childhood in South Africa under the apartheid. She is the daughter of the late South African Communist Party leaders Joe Slovo and Ruth First. She also wrote the screenplay for the 2006 film Catch a Fire, which is also a historical film about apartheid, and for the 2001 film ''Captain Corelli's Mandolin''.
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Catch a Fire (2006)
"Catch a Fire (2006)" Actors
- Tim Robbins
- Derek Luke
- Bonnie Mbuli
- Mncedisi Shabangu
- Tumisho Masha
- Sithembiso Khumalo
- Terry Pheto
- Michele Burgers
- Mpho Lovinga
- Mxo
- Jessica Anstey
- Charlotte Savage
- Nomhlé Nkyonyeni
- Michael Mabizela
- Eduan Van Jaarsvelt
"Catch a Fire (2006)" Director
karaoke
Me and you, ooh
In the heat of the sun
Our life has begun
Like a flame
Me and you, ooh
All alone in the sand
I will burn in your hand
And sould my will arise to the sky
Catch a wind, catch a rainbow, catch a fire
Catch a fire, catch a fire
Catch a wind, catch a rainbow, catch a fire
Catch a wind, catch a rainbow, catch a fire
Catch a fire
Me and you, ooh
In the night we will hide
In the flow of the tide
Oh, the shore
Me and you, ooh
There's a message for me
In the sound of the sea
I must hold you and never let go
You just gotta go
All you need
You can have
First you gotta roll that shit.
Then you gotta light that shit.
Then you gotta pass that shit.
Get high.
I wake up to find a seed.
I plant her in the ground.
My harvest rise.
I thank the the skies.
No worries for my crown.
Give U.S. the Green.
Show me the Queen.
She's the one you want.
The people cry.
I thank the sky.
Who wants to smoke a blunt.
She smells so sweet she'll make you weak.
She smells so good she'll makes you weak.
She smells so sweet she'll make you weak.
She smells so sweet she'll make you weak.
Is she all you'll ever need?
White widows into my bowl.
That's how I spell relief.
I catch a fire burn away.
I got to hail the leaf.
Northern lights. That pale blue sky. Come burn me in the streets.
That sour deiz whoa baby please & don't you ever leave.
Roll it up. Pack it up. Burn me as you please.
My harvest rise. I thank the skies. We got to burn a leaf.
I wake up to find a seed. I plant her in the ground.
My harvest rise. I thank the sky. We're burning up the town.
I get high...I get stoned. Let's go!
And we're so lifted.
It heals your mind.
She smells so sweet she'll make you weak.
She smells so sweet she'll make you weak.
Smells so sweet it makes you weak.
She is all that makes you weak.
Every time I 'ear di crack of di whip my blood runs cold,
I remember on di slave ship how dey brutalise your very soul,
Today dey say that we are free
Only to be jailed in poverty,
Good god I think it's a little
Only a that makes,
Slave driver, your table has turned
Catch a fire, your gonna get burned
Slave driver, your table has turned
Catch a fire, your gonna get burned
Dem take up di ghetto youths and give dem pure magazine,
An take up on dem set an give dem bare 16,
An play dem dirty game applaud di bloods and skins,
An watch dem like a show of a view big screen,
An can we bread a dem an go buy dem cream?
Turn dem inna police an bring dem in 'pon dem team
Him drive ten grand worth a government larder,
An fight against di ones who have di same forefather,
Him next door neighbour, all weed we charge for,
WI children slaughter,
An weed dem wan murder,
Jus read di observer,
Right now di city can get no obsurder,
Of the 400 years a no leap wi brown sugar,
We ambush we bred a,
An gwan like whenever,
Use to plan slave revolt an a dem push dem together,
We change jus like di weather.
Every time I ear di crack of di whip, my blood runs at me, (its runnin cold)
I remember on di slave ship how dey brutalise your very soul,
Today dey say that we are free
Only to be jailed in poverty,
Good god I think it's a little
Only a that makes,
Slave driver, your table has turned
Catch a fire, your gonna get burned
Slave driver, your table has turned
Catch a fire, your gonna get burned
son's of slaves child,
now son's of di slave driver,
na space slave ride an hide a,
an if dem could, dem would tax you pon saliva,
how much more must we die for?
the ones in the cars when we standing at da car minus,
the government bogus, they don't work for us,
instead dem chain and whip you with da best stick first,
and guns and aids and drugs,
cause most of di youths with di school in dey mouth,
can' get no money from legitimate jobs,
den a wonder,
why dem grab chain and bags,
you influence di youth a turn dem gays and fags,
And rest den can afford not even torn up rags,
But table a turn a mi turntable spun,
Di fiya we a catch up all a blaze and a burn,
Dats why anytime you say Rasta ya run!
Eh yo!
Slave driver, your table has turned
Catch a fire, your gonna get burned
Slave driver, your table has turned
Catch a fire, your gonna get burned
We no wan nah Babylon government wey ya burn down ganja man tent,
And dem a come wit dem one bag o tax argument when we can' pay rent,
Me side dem a leave ghetto youths every which part dem went dem a be round corner dem bent,
So next time dem pass through you and ya crew don' give dem no encouragement,
Eh yo, jus start run dem out and start burn dem out a ya environment,
An yo, we wan no bout da eva red cent o' di poor people money dem spent,
An den, we wan no down to who pay di bill when di prime minister car dent,
An yo, we wan know when dem come repossess all these guns and jobs they've sent
Slave driver, your table has turned
Catch a fire, your gonna get burned
Slave driver, your table has turned
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Catch a Fire Official Trailer #1 - Tim Robbins Movie (2006) HD
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- Duration: 2:28
- Published: 10 Jan 2012
- Updated: 25 Oct 2012
Views: 5586 http://wn.com/Catch_a_Fire_Official_Trailer_1_Tim_Robbins_Movie_2006_HD
Catch a Fire (HQ-Trailer-2006)
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- Duration: 2:07
- Published: 06 Sep 2010
- Updated: 03 Oct 2012
Views: 13482 http://wn.com/Catch_a_Fire_HQ-Trailer-2006
Catch a Fire (2006) part 1 of 11
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- Duration: 0:39
- Published: 21 May 2011
- Updated: 21 May 2011
Views: 155 http://wn.com/Catch_a_Fire_2006_part_1_of_11
Catch A Fire
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:28
- Published: 30 Aug 2006
- Updated: 31 Aug 2012
Views: 140594 http://wn.com/Catch_A_Fire
Session B (Catch the Fire - Signs & Wonders 2006) Bill Prankard
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 193:26
- Published: 12 Sep 2012
- Updated: 14 Sep 2012
Views: 33 http://wn.com/Session_B_Catch_the_Fire_Signs_Wonders_2006_Bill_Prankard
Catch a Fire Bonnie Henna interview
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:39
- Published: 26 Oct 2006
- Updated: 17 Mar 2012
Views: 2060 http://wn.com/Catch_a_Fire_Bonnie_Henna_interview
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Catch a Fire 1999 part 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:59
- Published: 28 Mar 2007
- Updated: 24 Oct 2012
Views: 103582 http://wn.com/Bob_Marley_the_Wailers_Catch_a_Fire_1999_part_1
Catch a Fire (2006) Online Free, part 1 of 8, full length episode
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- Duration: 0:39
- Published: 02 May 2011
- Updated: 02 May 2011
Views: 79 http://wn.com/Catch_a_Fire_2006_Online_Free,_part_1_of_8,_full_length_episode
Catch a Fire Tim Robbins interview
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:07
- Published: 26 Oct 2006
- Updated: 11 Sep 2012
Views: 9972 http://wn.com/Catch_a_Fire_Tim_Robbins_interview
Backwoods Bunch - 10 Lenze "Catch a Fire"
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:12
- Published: 11 Aug 2006
- Updated: 23 May 2012
Views: 4513 http://wn.com/Backwoods_Bunch_10_Lenze_Catch_a_Fire
Mavado - Squeeze her breast (2006) UNCENSORED
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- Duration: 4:27
- Published: 29 Jan 2012
- Updated: 24 Oct 2012
Views: 12268 http://wn.com/Mavado_Squeeze_her_breast_2006_UNCENSORED
How the vikings make fire with flint and steel - Lofotr Viking Museum (2006)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:59
- Published: 29 Aug 2009
- Updated: 20 Oct 2012
Views: 12473 http://wn.com/How_the_vikings_make_fire_with_flint_and_steel_Lofotr_Viking_Museum_2006
Laptop Battery Recall (ABC NEWS)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:37
- Published: 08 Sep 2006
- Updated: 23 May 2012
Views: 78197 http://wn.com/Laptop_Battery_Recall_ABC_NEWS
Bob Marley-Concrete Jungle
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:52
- Published: 22 Jul 2006
- Updated: 26 Oct 2012
Views: 8673979 http://wn.com/Bob_Marley-Concrete_Jungle
Atrapa el fuego (Catch a fire)
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- Duration: 2:10
- Published: 18 Jan 2007
- Updated: 18 Sep 2012
Views: 17498 http://wn.com/Atrapa_el_fuego_Catch_a_fire
Top Fueler Catches Fire and Still Gets 5.05 Seconds Perth Motorplex
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:15
- Published: 15 Dec 2006
- Updated: 14 Aug 2012
Views: 19772 http://wn.com/Top_Fueler_Catches_Fire_and_Still_Gets_505_Seconds_Perth_Motorplex
Holden commodore burnout, catches on fire
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:01
- Published: 31 Aug 2006
- Updated: 17 Sep 2012
Views: 18001 http://wn.com/Holden_commodore_burnout,_catches_on_fire
RE-Danecook-drown or catch fire
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:35
- Published: 19 Jul 2006
- Updated: 12 Jun 2012
Views: 8817 http://wn.com/RE-Danecook-drown_or_catch_fire
XMODS AtomicBuilt Nevada Torture Test - Catch it on Fire?
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:21
- Published: 15 Apr 2009
- Updated: 15 Oct 2012
Views: 10679 http://wn.com/XMODS_AtomicBuilt_Nevada_Torture_Test_Catch_it_on_Fire?
Session I (Soaking in God's Glory 2006) Carol Arnott
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 164:53
- Published: 12 Sep 2012
- Updated: 17 Oct 2012
Views: 61 http://wn.com/Session_I_Soaking_in_God's_Glory_2006_Carol_Arnott
Dan Andriano (from Alkaline Trio) - Maybe I'll Catch Fire
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:04
- Published: 16 Nov 2006
- Updated: 03 Jul 2012
Views: 20965 http://wn.com/Dan_Andriano_from_Alkaline_Trio_Maybe_I'll_Catch_Fire
2Pac - Open Fire (Dwayne Wade vs. The Pistons 2006 ECF)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:57
- Published: 18 Jul 2006
- Updated: 31 Jul 2012
Views: 16020 http://wn.com/2Pac_Open_Fire_Dwayne_Wade_vs_The_Pistons_2006_ECF
BMW MEETING POLAND - TORUN 2006
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- Duration: 4:02
- Published: 04 Oct 2006
- Updated: 13 Aug 2012
Views: 10768 http://wn.com/BMW_MEETING_POLAND_TORUN_2006
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| File:Catch a fire poster.jpg Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Phillip Noyce |
| Produced by | Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Anthony Minghella Robyn Slovo |
| Written by | Shawn Slovo |
| Starring | Derek Luke Tim Robbins Bonnie Henna |
| Cinematography | Ron Fortunado Garry Phillips |
| Editing by | Jill Bilcock |
| Studio | StudioCanal Working Title Films Mirage Enterprises |
| Distributed by | Focus Features |
| Release date(s) | October 27, 2006 |
| Running time | 98 min |
| Country | France United Kingdom South Africa United States |
| Language | Afrikaans Zulu English |
| Budget | $14 million |
Catch a Fire is a 2006 dramatic thriller about activists against apartheid in South Africa. The film was directed by Phillip Noyce, from a screenplay written by Shawn Slovo. Slovo's father, Joe Slovo, and mother Ruth First, leaders of the South African Communist Party and activists in the Anti-Apartheid Movement, appear as characters in the film, while her sister, Robyn Slovo, produced the film and plays their mother Ruth First. Catch a Fire was shot on location in South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique.
Plot[link]
The film revolves around Patrick Chamusso, a young, apolitical man (played by Derek Luke) who is accused of carrying out an attack against the government, and an Afrikaner police officer, Nic Vos, played by Tim Robbins. Vos is in charge of locating the perpetrators of a recent bomb attack against the Secunda CTL synthetic fuel refinery, which is the largest coal liquefaction plant in the world.
Patrick is unwillingly swept into Vos's investigation due to his inability to provide a satisfactory explanation for his whereabouts at the time of the bombing (he was actually having an affair with a woman not his wife). Eventually Patrick, his wife, Precious, (played by Bonnie Henna), and his family are tortured and savagely abused by Vos and Vos's subordinates. Desperate, Patrick says that he is willing to confess to a crime he did not commit to protect his family from torture. At last, Vos finally concludes that Patrick is innocent, and orders his release.
Fueled by the anger at the injustices he and his family suffered, Patrick joins the Umkhonto we Sizwe, the guerrilla military wing of the African National Congress and becomes exactly what Vos had initially accused him of being. This decision was an act of revenge against the government for killing his friend, tormenting not only himself, but his wife as well. He attempts to execute a plan to attack Secunda, the refinery he used to work for, by first bombing its adjacent water supply facilities, and 15 minutes later triggering the main explosion within the refinery itself. This would allow the refinery's workforce to flee between the two explosions, and not be harmed. Also, the damage of the first bomb would reduce the possibility of successfully extinguishing the fire caused by the second, main explosion. Patrick succeeds in the first part, but the second bomb is discovered by Vos and deactivated.
Patrick is arrested and sentenced to 24 years in prison, after his wife goes to Vos and tells him where Patrick is, because she fell for a simple trick in which Vos left photographs of Patrick talking to a female member of the ANC. Through her unjust jealousy she sells him out. He is released early due to the abolition of apartheid.
Precious, who has remarried, is waiting for him and apologizes, and Patrick forgives her and he says he is sorry as well. Some time later, he has been trying to adjust to normal life but the pain he felt wouldn't leave him. One day, he sees Vos sitting out near a small body of water opposite to the side he and friends are on. He creeps over and through some brush sees that it is indeed Vos, and though a part of him wants to break Vos' neck, he decides that it is not worth it, and the real Patrick Chamusso is shown explaining that he told himself then and there that only through forgiveness would he truly be free. He left Vos alone, and went on to remarry and take in over 80 orphaned children in South Africa to provide a home for kids who lost their families during the apartheid struggles.
Cast[link]
- Tim Robbins as Nic Vos
- Derek Luke as Patrick Chamusso
- Bonnie Henna as Precious Chamusso
- Mncedisi Shabangu as Zeko September
- Tumisho Masha as Obadi
- Sithembiso Khumalo as Sixpence
- Terry Pheto as Miriam
- Marius Weyers as the Field Commander
- Michele Burgers as Anna Vos
- Mpho Lovinga as Johnny Piliso
- Malcolm Purkey as Joe Slovo
- Robyn Slovo as Ruth First
External links[link]
- Catch a Fire at the Internet Movie Database
- Catch A Fire at AllRovi
- Catch a Fire Reviews at Metacritic.com
- Film web page with trailer.
- Audio interview with director, Phillip Noyce, on the Afrikaans in Sydney podcast.
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