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Fire on the Mountain is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 23 november 1981 with Ron Howard

Fire on the Mountain (1981)

Fire on the Mountain
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Released in USA 23 november 1981
Length 2h
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating62% 3.1425853.1425853.1425853.1425853.142585

Fire on the Mountain is a 1981 made-for-television movie adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel, Fire on the Mountain, directed by Donald Wrye and starring Buddy Ebsen as John Vogelin, Ron Howard as Lee Mackie and Michael Conrad as Col. Desalius.

The hero of the movie is Vogelin, a New Mexico rancher whose land adjoins the White Sands Missile Range and is about to be condemned by the United States Air Force to use his land to expand a bombing range. He is the last holdout among the several people whose land the Air Force wants, and he refuses to move. A young land developer, Mackie, is sent to vacate the rancher, but soon he joins in defying the military. Soon it boils down to a battle of wills between Vogelin and the equally bullheaded army officer Colonel Desalius.

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Au Nouveau-Mexique, le petit Billy Starr, 12 ans, passe l'été dans le ranch de son grand-père John Vogelin. Le gouvernement veut agrandir sa base militaire de tirs de missiles White Sands Missile Range qui jouxte le ranch en le réquisitionnant, mais John Vogelin refuse de vendre. Lee Mackie, jeune promoteur de retour au pays, que l'armée délègue auprès de John pour entamer des négociations, se rallie à sa cause. Sans être antipatriotique, John Vogelin ne veut pas changer d'existence et va montrer ce qu'un individu déterminé peut faire lorsqu'il se trouve confronté au pouvoir et à ses puissants militaires.

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