Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon

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Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon
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Directed by Luis Llosa
Produced byLuis Llosa
Screenplay byJackson Barr
Laura Schiff
Based on Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
by Jules Verne
Starring Daphne Zuniga
Barry Bostwick
Adam Baldwin
Music byJorge Tafur
CinematographyPili Flores-Guerra
Edited byGwyneth Gibby
Production
company
Iguana Producciones
Distributed by Concorde Pictures
Release date
  • May 14, 1993 (1993-05-14)(Cannes)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
Peru
LanguageEnglish

Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon is a 1993 Peruvian-American action adventure film directed by Luis Llosa and starring Daphne Zuniga, Barry Bostwick and Adam Baldwin. It is based on the novel Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon by Jules Verne. Roger Corman served as an executive producer of the film.

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Reception

Leonard Maltin gave the film one and a half stars. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Maltin, Leonard (2017). Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide: The Modern Era. Penguin. ISBN   9780525536192.page 407
  2. Maltin, Leonard (2012). Leonard Maltin's 2013 Movie Guide: The Modern Era. Penguin. ISBN   9781101604632.[ page needed ]