Overview:
A young British officer resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers as symbols of what they view as his cowardice. To redeem his honor, he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves their lives.| Status: | Released (2002-09-08) |
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| BoxOffice: | $18,306,166 |
| Screen: | A.E.W. Mason, Michael Schiffer, Hossein Amini |
| Productions: | Paramount Pictures, Miramax, Jaffilms Inc., Belhaven Limited, Dune Films, Marty Katz Productions |
| Production Countries: | Morocco, United States of America, United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 1810: Heath Ledger - Harry Faversham
- 8210: Wes Bentley - Jack Durrance
- 11661: Kate Hudson - Ethne Eustace
- 938: Djimon Hounsou - Abou Fatma
- 15739: Alex Jennings - Colonel Hamilton
- 3968: Michael Sheen - William Trench
- 113608: Lucy Gordon - Isabelle
Crews
- 34693: Stanley R. Jaffe - Producer - Production
- 56959: A.E.W. Mason - Novel - Writing
- 22056: Marty Katz - Producer - Production
- 1729: James Horner - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 56960: Hossein Amini - Screenplay - Writing
- 56961: Robert Jaffe - Producer - Production
- 20064: Julie Goldstein - Executive Producer - Production
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Reviews
Wuchak
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***Brits fighting Sudanese rebels in 1884 with Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley and Kate Hudson*** Based on the novel by A.E.W. Mason, a greenhorn British regiment in 1884 is commissioned to Egyptian-ruled Sudan to fight Mahdi rebels. A young officer, Harry (Heath Ledger), unexpectedly r ....
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**An elegant, visually beautiful, historically well-made film, but very clean of all the controversies it could address.** The novel “The Four Feathers” has been adapted for film several times, since the days of silent films. Before seeing this film, I had seen a 1939 version, and ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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The loved-up "Harry' (Heath Legder) does the unthinkable and resigns his military commission just as his regiment is about to go into action in North Africa. He thinks of his motives as thoroughly honourable - staying to be with new affianced "Ethne" (Kate Hudson). Sadly for him, tho ....
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