Mountains of the Moon R
Two strangers made friends by a savage land. Two friends made enemies by the civilized world.
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 16 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: April 23, 2002
- Originally Released: 1989
- Label: Lions Gate
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Patrick Bergin & Iain Glen | |
Performer: | Richard E. Grant, Fiona Shaw, Adrian Rawlins, Peter Vaughan, Delroy Lindo, Bernard Hill & Anna Massey | |
Directed by | Bob Rafelson | |
Edited by | Thom Noble | |
Screenplay by | William Harrison & Bob Rafelson | |
Composition by | Michael Small | |
Produced by | Daniel Melnick | |
Director of Photography: | Roger Deakins | |
Executive Production by | Mario Kassar & Andrew G. Vajna |
Entertainment Reviews:
...An epic of sweep and intimacy....Rousing thrills, startling beauty and searching performances...
Rolling Stone
An engaging and robust tale of exploration and adventure.
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Spirituality and Practice
Rating: 78/100 --
Director Bob Rafelson, whose claim to fame is the impeccably nuanced Five Easy Pieces, manages to effectively play on the differences between Burton and Speke.
Apollo Guide
Rating: 3.5/4 --
It's a not a movie about adventure and action, it's an epic about the personalities of the men who endured incredible hardships because of their curiosity, egos, greed or even because of their nobility.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Product Description:
In director Bob Rafelson's MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON, Richard Francis Burton (Patrick Bergin) and John Hanning Speke (Iain Glen), two of history's most remarkable adventurers, set out to Africa in 1854 to find the mysterious source of the Nile River, their expedition supported by the Royal Geographic Society. Their quest is treacherous--the two men face intense hardship in the African wilderness and must confront native tribes that proceed to capture them and hold Burton hostage while torturing him. Back home in England, the treachery continues as Speke turns against Burton, and their friendship dissolves in acrimony. Based on the novel BURTON AND SPEKE by William Harrison, Rafelson's film is a remarkably lush production, largely shot on the actual locations where the events occurred.
Keywords:
Adventure
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True Story
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Wilderness
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Betrayal
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Epic
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Recommended
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Period Piece
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Achievers
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Africa
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- Sales Rank: 32,670
- UPC: 012236125303
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