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Out of Africa
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Overview

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Director:
Sydney Pollack
Writers:
Karen Blixen (books)
Judith Thurman (book)
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Release Date:
18 December 1985 (USA) more
Tagline:
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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Awards:
Won 7 Oscars. Another 22 wins & 17 nominations more
User Comments:
Beautiful more (156 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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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Additional Details

Runtime:
160 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Swahili
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)
Filming Locations:
England, UK more

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Trivia:
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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Anachronisms: When Denys Finch-Hatton brings a Record Player to Karen's home he lowers his hand and the sound volume decreases. Later on, in the scene where Finch_Hatton plays Mozart to monkeys he starts the Record Player by means of a cord that starts the playing. Since the events took place in 1911-13, such actions where not possible in mechanical "Gramophones". There was no electricity in the jungle, for a start. Those machines were powered by a hand-crank as were the watches and volume was set at recording time, not at playback. more
Quotes:
Karen Blixen: When you go away... you don't always go on safari, do you? Just want to be away.
Denys: It's not meant to hurt you.
Karen Blixen: It does.
Denys: I'm with you because I choose to be with you. I don't want to live someone else's idea of how to live. Don't ask me to do that. I don't want to find out one day that I'm at the end of someone else's life.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Home on the Range (2004) more
Soundtrack:
God Save the King more

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32 out of 45 people found the following comment useful.
Beautiful, 3 January 2000
Author: sclub28 from London, Engalnd

I had heard of this film quite alot but had never seen it. Today I did and was amazed. It is based on the life of a danish female author who moves to Africa. Meryl Streep is exellent as the lead role and keeps a believable danish accent all the way through the film. Robert Redford is also excellent as. But of course the best feature of this film is the beautiful African scnery. It captivates the viewer and I think even if the acting was poor the scenery would still make you like the film. I cannot think of any other film I have seen that has matched this one. I recommened it to anyone. This truly is a touching, marvellous film

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