Khartoum
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Alexander Knox, Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Richard Johnson DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 2.35:1 Running Time: 136 minutes DVD Release Date: 2002-05-07 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) |
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Movie Reviews of Khartoum
Movie Review: Oversimplified miscast epic. I didn't like it.
Summary: 2 Stars
This 1966 film is one of those Cinerama epics that were popular in the sixties. The stars cast in leading roles, Charlton Heston and Laurence Olivier, were popular too. The story is based on an incident from British history when, in 1885, General Charles Gordon was sent to the Sudan to protect British interests. It's over-simplified and filled with Gordon's heroism and I question its historical accuracy. But that was not the only reason I didn't like it.Charlton Heston is cast as General Gordon. He never quite gets the British accent right. And, as the script called for more than just leading the troops into action, he just couldn't get any real emotion into his long and boring conversations. His whole performance was wooden. Laurence Olivier was cast as "The Mahdi", a Moslem religious fundamentalist. But dark makeup
and a turban could not hide the fact that he's a well-known British actor in costume. He sure is no Osama ben Laden.
The story dragged so much that I actually fell asleep several times, missing some of the plot. I woke up for the battle scenes though with their casts of thousands, camels, swordplay and unrealistic death scenes.
At 134 minutes, it was much too long and there weren't even features on the DVD to give any background. Clearly, I disliked this miscast epic. Except for a bit of good cinematography it is not worthwhile on any level.