Directed by:
Bob RafelsonCinematography:
Roger DeakinsComposer:
Michael SmallCast:
Patrick Bergin, Iain Glen, Richard E. Grant, Fiona Shaw, Adrian Rawlins, Peter Vaughan, James Villiers, Delroy Lindo, Bernard Hill, Matthew Marsh (more)Plots(1)
In the 1850’s, two British officers, Capt. Richard Burton (Patrick Bergin) and Lt. John Speke (Iain Glen), set out on a spectacular adventure to discover the source of the Nile. As the difficult journey takes its toll, Burton and Speke forge a strong bond. A bond that one will eventually betray. Directed by Bob Rafelson, one of the key figures in the New Hollywood movement of the 1970s, and based on the novel 'Burton and Speke' by William Harrison. (Via Vision Entertainment)
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An unromanticised and raw version of the conquest (both in the field and in academia) of Africa's last great question mark: the source of the Nile. It’s a pity that the authors did not treat the central duo in the same way, who after all passed the "audience sympathy" test. But this does not affect the quality of the film in the slightest.
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