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List Price: $14.98 Our Price: $12.99 You Save: $1.99 Features • Closed-captioned • Color • DVD-Video • NTSC In Theaters : 23 February, 1990 DVD Release : 23 April, 2002 |
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Mountains of the Moon description How did Bob Rafelson, the director of small-scale American studies such as Five Easy Pieces and The King of Marvin Gardens, find himself helming an old-fashioned adventure story such as Mountains of the Moon? Whatever the reasons, Rafelson invested this 1990 epic with passion and professionalism. The hero is one of the greatest British explorers of the 19th century, Sir Richard Burton (played by Patrick Bergin), a fascinating figure and a man out of time: a modern in the Victorian era. Mountains of the Moon is primarily concerned with Burton's trek into East Africa to discover the source of the Nile, accompanied by fellow adventurer John Hanning Speke (Iain Glen). Rafelson is at least as interested in the tricky psychological jockeying between the two men, as he is in the grueling conventions of the adventure movie, but he delivers well on both counts. The brawny Bergin is sensational in a role that should have made him a star, but didn't (though he had a shot, menacing Julia Roberts in Sleeping with the Enemy); the film disappeared quickly. Perhaps audiences were put off by the lack of marquee names and confused by the title, which refers to a piece of African landscape. Providing solid support are Fiona Shaw (another should-have-been star), Richard E. Grant, and Delroy Lindo, as an African warrior. A very satisfying excursion into the National Geographic pith-helmet genre. --Robert Horton |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Daring adventure, good story, not for the squeamish |
| This film makes me want to read the historical novel that it was based on. Two explorers travel through dangerous 19th century Africa, enduring hardship, torture, attacks, and more in their quest to find the source of the Nile. Fantastic landscapes abound, and the two main actors give strong performances, showing the very different sensibilities of two seekers--one who appreciates the cultures and one who is more interested in hunting.
Good supporting work from such experienced actors as Fiona Shaw and Bernard Hill make it even better. Beware that there are some very graphic scenes of cruelty in the film that won't sit too well with more squeamish and sensitive viewers. |
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