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Gandhi
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Gandhi is a 1982 biographical drama film directed and produced by Richard Attenborough. The screenplay was written by John Briley, with music composed by Ravi Shankar and George Fenton. The cast includes Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, and John Gielgud. Production was handled by Goldcrest Films and Columbia Pictures, with Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor serving as directors of photography. The film is presented in black-and-white and features dialogue in English and Hindi.
Set in South Africa, India, and England, the movie depicts the life of Mahatma Gandhi. It has a runtime of 185 minutes according to one source, while other listings cite 191 or 192 minutes. The film was distributed by Columbia Pictures and Netflix. It received the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Cinematography. Additional nominations included Best Film Editing. The production had a budget of 22,000,000 and generated revenue of 77,737,889.
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7.6In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
Cast
- Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi
- Candice Bergen as Margaret Bourke-White
- Edward Fox as General Dyer
- John Gielgud as Lord Irwin
- Trevor Howard as Judge Broomfield
- John Mills as Lord Chelmsford
Themes
- muslim
- strike
- prayer
- freedom
- independence
- release from prison
- demonstration
- world war ii
- imprisonment
- colony
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- Vatican's list of films
- Genre
- historical drama
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- Hindi
- Main subject
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Depicts
- partition of India
- Director
- Richard Attenborough
- Screenwriter
- John Briley
- Cast member
- John Savident
- Composer
- George Fenton
- Producer
- Richard Attenborough
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Ronnie Taylor
- Narrative location
- England
- Duration
- 181
- FilmAffinity ID
- 271708
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1983-03-10
- film editor
- John Bloom
- title
- Gandhi
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- production designer
- Stuart Craig
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- costume designer
- John Mollo
- box office
- 52800000
- capital cost
- 22000000
- review score
- 79/100
- characters
- Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- inception
- 1982-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Gandhi is a 1982 biographical film directed and produced by Richard Attenborough and written by John Briley. It is based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi (portrayed by Ben Kingsley), a major leader in the Indian independence movement against the British Empire during the 20th century. It covers Gandhi's life from a defining moment in 1893, as he is thrown off a train in the Colony of Natal for being in a whites-only compartment and concludes with his assassination and funeral in 1948. Although a practising Hindu, Gandhi's embracing of other faiths, particularly Christianity and Islam, is also depicted. Over 300,000 extras appeared in the film, believed to be the most in any film made.
Gandhi was released by Columbia Pictures in India on 30 November 1982, in the United Kingdom on 3 December, and in the United States on 8 December. It was praised for its portrayal of the life of Gandhi, the Indian independence movement, and the deleterious results of British colonisation on India.
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