The Ghost and the Darkness
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Actor: Bernard Hill, John Kani, Michael Douglas, Tom Wilkinson, Val KilmerDirector: Stephen Hopkins
Brand: PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
Producer: Michael Douglas
Producer: A. Kitman Ho
Producer: Gale Anne Hurd
Producer: Grant Hill
Producer: Paul B. Radin
Producer: Steven Reuther
Writer: William Goldman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 2.35:1
Running Time: 109 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-12-01
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of The Ghost and the Darkness
Movie Review: The Ghost and the Darkness
Summary: 5 Stars
Wow. This movie keeps you glued to your seat and is hard to believe that it's a true story! I highly recommend it, but it's not be suitable for children because of the violence. It's definitely in my top rated movies!
Summary of The Ghost and the Darkness
EAST AFRICA, 1896. TWO LIONS ON A MAN-EATING RAMPAGE HAVE SHUTDOWN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RAILWAY. BIG-GAME HUNTER REMINGTON AND CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER PATTERSON SET OUT TO STOP THESE UNSTOPPABLE MONSTERS. BUT IN THIS ASTONISHING TALE OF MAN VS. BEAST, THE HUNTERS BECOME THE HUNTED.Val Kilmer stars as Lt. Col. John Patterson, a 19th-century Irish engineer drafted by Britain's railroad bosses to build a trestle bridge over an African river, thus expanding the empire a tiny bit more. In Tsavo, Patterson is instantly hailed for killing a man-eating lion that had been making life hell for native workers. But morale sinks when a pair of unstoppable big cats devour more men and destroy the project. Along comes an Ahab-like, expatriate American hunter (Michael Douglas) to help Patterson face the almost preternatural powers of the two killers. The script by William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) is based on fact, though the film owes more to Spielberg (specifically to Jaws) than history. There are also suggestive echoes of Kipling and Conrad in the material and characters, and there are hints of emotional complexity and psychological nuance that make one wish this could have been a great film instead of a merely fun one. --Tom Keogh
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