Mountains of the moon [videorecording] / a TriStar Pictures release of the Daniel Melnick/Indieprod production ; screenplay by William Harrison & Bob Rafelson ; produced by Daniel Melnick ; directed by Bob Rafelson.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 12530 | Artisan Home EntertainmentPublication details: Santa Monica, CA : Artisan Home Entertainment [distributor], [2002]Edition: Full screen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- Associate producer, Chris Curling ; film editor, Thom Noble ; executive producers, Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna ; director of photography, Roger Deakins ; music, Michael Small.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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 occurs well into the film, after several torturous scenes involving the injuries sustained by the protagonists during other expeditions and their growing friendship (which, the film intimates, goes far beyond friendship). Rafaelson's fascination with this story, and his insistence upon painstaking historical accuracy, unfortunately compromises his ability to make an interesting film. There are so many starts and stops during the first half that we sincerely hope Burton and Speke will chuck it all and set up a pub in Bristol or something. What saves Mountains of the Moon is the rapport between its stars and the brilliant, epic-like cinematography of Roger Deakins. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
DVD, region 1; full screen presentation (1.33:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital surround.
Closed-captioned.
Patrick Bergin, Iain Glen, Richard E. Grant, Fiona Shaw, Roshan Seth, Delroy Lindo, Bernard Hill.
Associate producer, Chris Curling ; film editor, Thom Noble ; executive producers, Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna ; director of photography, Roger Deakins ; music, Michael Small.
Based on the biographical novel "Burton and Speke" by William Harrison and on original journals by Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke.
DVD release of the 1989 motion picture.
Biographical drama which follows the adventures of British explorers Richard Burton and John Henning Speke as they set out across Africa to find the source of the Nile.