IAIN GLEN
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   Mountains of
   The Moon
   (1990)

   Carolco Pictures

   
   
   

   

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   SYNOPSIS

   In the 1850's two British Officers, Capt. Richard Burton and Lt. John Speke set out on a spectacular adventure to discover the source of the Nile. They are warned that great dangers await them but against all odds they push deeper and deeper into the magnificent, untamed African wilderness, where no Western man had ever gone. As the difficult journey takes its toil, Burton and Speke forge a strong bond. A bond that one will eventually betray. History will be the judge as the two intrepid explorers venture into realms perilous to both body and soul in their quest for the secret of the Nile.

   
   

   REVIEWS

   Rafelson has always been attracted to the outsider, maverick heroes and in Burton he has chosen one of the great mavericks in history. Patrick Burton rises to the challenge with a performance that is complex and charismatic. Even more impressive is Iain Glen, playing the flawed, tormented Speke, a social misfit despite having been born into the English establishment. Here is a young British screen actor who should be in the running for the Oscars... The superb action sequences and landscape photography are on a scale not seen since 'Lawrence of Arabia'.

   The Mail, Christopher Tookey

   This is a visually impressive and imaginatively absorbing film. The performances are, without exception, excellent.

   Hugo Davenport, The Daily Telegraph

   The magic blazes in the wilderness: a desert attack of shocking brutality; a fevered hallucination; an etiolated Speke strapping on his courage like a foreign uniform and tramping off into the next mirage... 'Mountains Of The Moon' is re-landscaping of a vivid, enjoyable kind and the best picture book costume drama this Easter'.

   The Financial Times, Nigel

   
   
   

   AWARDS

   1991 Evening Standard British Film Awards

   1. Won Best Actor - Iain Glen

3. Credits

   Patrick Bergin
   Richard Francis Burton

   Iain Glen
   John Hanning Speke

   Richard E. Grant
   Larry Oliphant

   Fiona Shaw
   Isabel Burton

   John Savident
   Lord Murchison

   James Villiers
   Lord Oliphant

   Adrian Rawlins
   Edward

   Peter Vaughan
   Lord Houghton

   Delroy Lindo
   Mabruki

   Bernard Hill
   Dr. David Livingstone

   Matthew Marsh
   William

   Richard Caldicot
   Lord Russell

   Christopher Fulford
   Herne

   Garry Cooper
   Stroyan

   Roshan Seth
   Ben Amir

   Jimmy Gardner
   Jarvis

   Doreen Mantle
   Mrs. Speke

   Anna Massey
   Mrs. Arundell

   Peter Eyre
   Norton Shaw

   Leslie Phillips
   Mr. Arundell

   Frances Cuka
   Lady Houghton

   Roger Ashton-Griffiths
   Lord Cowley

   Craig Crosbie
   Algernon Swinburne

   Paul Onsongo
   Sidi Bombay

   Lenny Juma
   Jemadar

   Bheki Tonto Ngema
   Ngola

   Martin Okello
   Veldu

   Philip Voss
   Colonel Rigby

   Pip Torrens
   Lt. Hesketh

   Roger Rees
   Edgar Papworth, Artist

   Director
   Bob Rafelson

   Writers
   William Harrison
   Bob Rafelson

   Producer
   Daniel Melnick

   Cinematographer
   Roger Deakins

   
   
   

   Even more impressive is Iain Glen. Here is a young British screen actor who should be in the running for the Oscars.

   

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