Mountains of the Moon Summary, Review, Cast & Crew

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Mountains of the Moon
Running Time: 140 min.
MPAA Rating: R
Box Office: / Domestic gross: $4,012,000
Produced By: / IndieProd / TriStar
Released: February 23, 1990 (USA)
Release By: Tri-Star Pictures

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 ... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew:
Patrick Bergin (Capt. Richard Francis Burton)
Iain Glen (Lt. John Hanning Speke)
Richard E. Grant (Laurence Oliphant)
Fiona Shaw (Isabel Arundell Burton)
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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 epi ... Continue >>