Overview:
Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.| Status: | Released (1996-10-11) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 1 win & 5 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $38,619,405 |
| Screen: | William Goldman |
| Productions: | Paramount Pictures, Douglas/Reuther Productions, Bernina Film, Mont Blanc Entertainment GmbH, Constellation Films |
| Production Countries: | Germany, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 3392: Michael Douglas - Charles Remington
- 5576: Val Kilmer - Col. John Henry Patterson
- 207: Tom Wilkinson - Sir Robert Beaumont
- 51878: John Kani - Samuel
- 1246: Emily Mortimer - Helena Patterson
- 1369: Bernard Hill - Dr. David Hawthorne
- 18280: Brian McCardie - Angus Starling
Crews
- 1760: Jerry Goldsmith - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 8751: Steve Mirkovich - Editor - Editing
- 65685: Paul B. Radin - Producer - Production
- 12235: Vilmos Zsigmond - Director of Photography - Camera
- 2042: Stephen Hopkins - Director - Directing
- 348: William Goldman - Screenplay - Writing
- 869: Gale Anne Hurd - Producer - Production
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Reviews
John Chard
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Oh, you're right. The devil has come to Tsavo. Look at me, I am the devil. The Ghost and the Darkness is directed by Stephen Hopkins and written by William Goldman. It stars Val Kilmer, Michael Douglas, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani, Bernard Hill, Brian McCardie and Emily Mortimer. Mus ....
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I loved this movie when I got to see it when it was first released. Based on a true story (in fact the only part that was made up for is the lions' den scene), this movie breathes Africa due to the incredible cinematography of Vilmos Zsigmond. Africa is as bright and as amazing i ....
Continue reading ->Filipe Manuel Neto
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**Overall, a good African adventure film.** Overall, I liked this film. Africa has always held a fascination for Europeans, and anyone who has lived there will certainly recognize that it leaves a mark, a kind of spell or enchantment. Anyone who is there for a while never forgets ....
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