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6.6A young British officer resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers as symbols of what they view as his cowardice. To redeem his honor, he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves their lives.
Cast
- Heath Ledger as Harry Faversham
- Wes Bentley as Jack Durrance
- Kate Hudson as Ethne Eustace
- Djimon Hounsou as Abou Fatma
- Alex Jennings as Colonel Hamilton
- Michael Sheen as William Trench
Themes
- army
- escape
- bravery
- loyalty
- british empire
- islam
- sudan
- revenge
- honor
- murder
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Ratings
IMDb
6.5/10
36,318 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
41%
Metacritic
49/100
- Year
- 2002
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Shekhar Kapur
- Screenplay by
- Michael Schiffer , Hossein Amini
- Based on
- The Four Feathers , 1902 novel, by A. E. W. Mason
- Produced by
- Paul Feldsher Robert Jaffe Stanley R. Jaffe Marty Katz
- Starring
- Heath Ledger Wes Bentley Kate Hudson Djimon Hounsou Michael Sheen
- Cinematography
- Robert Richardson
- Edited by
- Steven Rosenblum
- Music by
- James Horner
- Production companies
- Miramax Films , Jaffilms , High Command Productions Ltd.
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures , (United States), Miramax International (International)
- Release date
- 20 September 2002 ( 2002-09-20 )
- Running time
- 131 minutes
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $35 million
- Box office
- $29 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Four Feathers
- Director
- Shekhar Kapur
- Screenwriter
- Hossein Amini
- Composer
- James Horner
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Robert Richardson
- Narrative location
- Africa
- Filming location
- Morocco
- Duration
- 125
- FilmAffinity ID
- 699184
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.miramax.com/movie/the-four-feathers
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- publication date
- 2002-11-21
- title
- The Four Feathers
- film editor
- Steven Rosenblum
- after a work by
- Alfred Edward Woodley Mason
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film format
- 35 mm film
- set in environment
- desert
- review score
- 49/100
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Encyclopedic overview
The Four Feathers is a 2002 war drama film directed by Shekhar Kapur and starring Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Djimon Hounsou and Kate Hudson. Set during the British Army's Gordon Relief Expedition (late 1884 to early 1885) in Sudan, well after the formation of Mahdiyya, it tells the story of a young man accused of cowardice. This film, with altered plot events, is the latest in a long line of cinematic adaptations of the 1902 novel The Four Feathers by A.E.W. Mason. Other versions of the story have been set in the 1890s, with different battle events. It was roughly based on the White Feather Campaign during World War I. The Four Feathers was released on 20 September 2002 by Paramount Pictures in the United States and by Miramax International in international markets. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $29 million against a $35 million budget.
Plot
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Four Feathers” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.