Help Me Identify This Movie

[toef]

This thread has served its purpose, so it can be closed now (or kept open if people want to keep talking about Juliet )

Anyhow, here's a re-cap of how great my memory of the movie was:

-It was a bio-pic type of movie, about a guy with an hispanic-sounding name.

RIGHT (True story about Chico Mendes)

-I think the guy's last name had 3 syllables, but maybe not.

WRONG (It had 2 syllables)

-I think it took place in South America, but maybe Central America.

RIGHT (took place in Brazil)

-At least one scene in the movie took place at a sort of lumber mill, chopping down some of a forest (or technically a jungle?).

RIGHT (Sort of... the movie was about the rainforest being torn down, so I assumed it was a lumber mill, but close enough)

-The main character may or may not have gotten into some sort of drug ring (though for some reason I think he did).

WRONG (Chico Mendes was a nice guy)

-There is a scene where two prostitutes go up into the main character's room, which I clearly remember because my teacher had to run in front of the class and stand in front of the TV, while fast-forwarding through that scene.

RIGHT/WRONG? (The scene definitely exists, but it may not have involved Chico)

-The movie couldn't have been released after ~1997 (because I saw it in 97). I remember it seeming like it was from the early 90's, so to be safe, I'd say the movie was from sometime between 1988-1997.

RIGHT (1994)

-It's possible that it was a made-for-TV movie, but we were watching a copy rented from Blockbuster.

RIGHT (it was an HBO original movie, available on VHS at the time, not available on DVD)

-It's not Pablo Escobar.

RIGHT (it's Chico Mendes)

-It's not Predator.

RIGHT (it's The Burning Season)

I'm pretty sure it had an -ez ending for a last name (which doesn't really narrow it down for hispanic surnames).

RIGHT (Mendes is close enough to an -ez ending, so I'm saying I'm right... phonetically)

[kevinbr100]

amazing u figured it out

Originally Posted by toefer

This thread has served its purpose, so it can be closed now (or kept open if people want to keep talking about Juliet )

Anyhow, here's a re-cap of how great my memory of the movie was:




RIGHT (True story about Chico Mendes)