Mountains of the Moon
Summary:
Director Bob Rafelson fulfilled a lifelong dream when he finally received backing to complete Mountains of the Moon. The film recreates the exploratory adventures of 19th century visionaries Sir Richard Burton (Patrick Bergin) and John Henning Speke (Iain Glen). The heart of the film is the effort by Burton and Speke to discover the true source of the Nile river. This o... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Patrick Bergin - (Capt. Richard Francis Burton)
Iain Glen - (Lt. John Hanning Speke)
Richard E. Grant - (Laurence Oliphant)
Fiona Shaw - (Isabel Arundell Burton)
John Savident - (Lord Murchison)
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Review:
Bob Rafelson achieved fame as a director in the early 1970s with Five Easy Pieces, and he had tried ever since to bring the story of explorers Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke to the screen. He finally realized that ambition in 1990 with the epic adventure Mountains of the Moon. Given its scope, the film was a rather unusual rel... Continue >>
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