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Mountains of the Moon |
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Genre
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Adventure,
Drama,
Adventure Drama,
British Empire Film.
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Year
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1990 |
Director
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Bob Rafelson.
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Actors
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Patrick Bergin,
Iain Glen,
Richard E. Grant,
Fiona Shaw,
John Savident,
Peter Vaughan,
Anna Massey,
Roger Rees,
James Villiers,
Bernard Hill,
Leslie Phillips,
Delroy Lindo,
Paul Onsongo,
Peter Eyre,
Omar Sharif,
Roshan Seth,
Doreen Mantle,
Pip Torrens,
Frances Cuka,
Roger Ashton-Griffiths,
Asiba Asiba,
Richard Caldicot,
Garry Cooper,
Bill Croasdale,
Craig Crosbie,
Celestia Fox,
Christopher Fulford,
Jimmy Gardner,
Stewart Harwood,
Zam Zam Issa,
Pineniece Joshua,
Leonard Juma,
Renny Krupinski,
Patrick Letladi,
Alison Limerick,
George Malpas,
Matthew Marsh,
Konga Mbandu,
Fikile Mdleleni,
Norta Muhammed,
Wilson Ng'Ong'A,
Bheki Tonto Ngema,
Rocks Nhlapo,
Esther Njiru,
Ralph Nossek,
Martin Okello,
Michael Otieno,
Adrian Rawlins,
Fatima Said,
Ian Vincent,
Philip Voss,
Robert Whelan,
Rod Woodruff.
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File
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Runtime: |
140:00 |
Codec: |
dvd-rip |
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1228.80 Mb |
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Storyline:
Director Bob Rafelson fulfilled a lifelong dream when he finally received backing to complete Mountains of the Moon. The film recreates the exploratory adventures of 19th century visionaries Sir Richard Burton (Patrick Bergin) and John Henning Speke (Iain Glen). The heart of the film is the effort by Burton and Speke to discover the true source of the Nile river. This occurs well into the film, after several torturous scenes involving the injuries sustained by the protagonists during other expeditions and their growing friendship (which, the film intimates, goes far beyond friendship). Rafaelson's fascination with this story, and his insistence upon painstaking historical accuracy, unfortunately compromises his ability to make an interesting film. There are so many starts and stops during the first half that we sincerely hope Burton and Speke will chuck it all and set up a pub in Bristol or something. What saves Mountains of the Moon is the rapport between its stars and the brilliant, epic-like cinematography of Roger Deakins. |
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