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Release Date:
18 December 1985 (USA) more
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Based on a true story.
Plot:
In 20th century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate but ultimately doomed love affair with a free-sprited big-game hunter. full summary | full synopsis
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Won 7 Oscars. Another 22 wins & 17 nominations more
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(19 articles)
Their Best Role: Meryl Streep
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Memorable Love Story Told With Vigor And Beauty more (158 total)

Cast

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Meryl Streep ... Karen Blixen

Robert Redford ... Denys Finch Hatton

Klaus Maria Brandauer ... Bror Blixen / Hans Blixen
Michael Kitchen ... Berkeley Cole

Malick Bowens ... Farah
Joseph Thiaka ... Kamante
Stephen Kinyanjui ... Kinanjui
Michael Gough ... Lord Delamere
Suzanna Hamilton ... Felicity
Rachel Kempson ... Lady Belfield
Graham Crowden ... Lord Belfield
Leslie Phillips ... Sir Joseph
Shane Rimmer ... Belknap
Mike Bugara ... Juma
Job Seda ... Kanuthia
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160 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)
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Robert Redford initially intended to play Denys Finch Hatton, as an Englishman. That was later nixed by director Sydney Pollack, who felt it would be too distracting for audiences. Redford had to overdub some of his lines from early takes, when he used a trace of English accent. more
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Continuity: Berkley's shawl keeps changing positions on his shoulder when he is talking to Denys about his disease. more
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Karen Blixen: What's wrong with marriage anyway?
Denys: Have you ever seen one you admire?
Karen Blixen: Yes, I have, many. Belfield's, for one.
Denys: He sent her home for the rains in 1910. Didn't tell her they were over until 1913.
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Concerto for clarinet and orchestra in A (K.622) more

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Memorable Love Story Told With Vigor And Beauty, 17 August 2005
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Author: Hal-900 from WA, USA

This is one of those Best Picture Oscar winners that Oscar-haters like to mention when they want to ridicule the Academy and Hollywood in general, but I think the film still holds up rather well. It is an old-fashioned romantic epic, and very much a throwback to the kinds of films Hollywood produced during the 1950s and 1960s. If you only like "important" artistic achievements, this is not the film for you. But if you enjoy deeply romantic epics, with elegant photography and good performances, you will enjoy this movie. It is based on famous author Isak Dinesen's experiences in Africa, many years before she wrote her popular stories. She is played by Meryl Streep, who gives her usual meticulous performance. She nails down her character without ever resorting to melodramatic gimmicks. Only Africa itself offers Streep's superb performance some real competition. In fact, this film does for Africa what "Lawrence of Arabia" did for the Middle East; the main character's love for the land (an important element of the story) comes across strongly. Pollack's generic direction is effective, allowing the material to speak for itself. Robert Redford seems out of place (no one would ever believe him as an Englishman), but he does look the part. Redford provides the film with an unwanted element of artificiality, but since this is a romantic epic, female viewers will appreciate his presence. Overall, this is a technically superior, grand production. Watch it with someone you love.

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