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The Ghost and the Darkness
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1996 historical adventure film by Stephen Hopkins
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The Ghost and the Darkness is a 1996 adventure, action, drama, and horror film directed by Stephen Hopkins, who also co-wrote the screenplay with William Goldman. Set in Kenya and filmed in South Africa, it depicts the Tsavo Man-Eaters and stars Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, John Kani, and Brian McCardie, with cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond, editing by Sally Menke, costumes by Ellen Mirojnick, and a score by Jerry Goldsmith.
A co-production of Germany and the United States, produced by Gale Anne Hurd for companies including Paramount Pictures, Douglas/Reuther Productions, and Bernina Film, and distributed by Netflix, the film runs 109 minutes. It carried a budget of $50,000,000 and earned revenue of $38,619,405. It won the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing and is rated R.
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6.8Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.
Cast
- Michael Douglas as Charles Remington
- Val Kilmer as Col. John Henry Patterson
- Tom Wilkinson as Sir Robert Beaumont
- John Kani as Samuel
- Emily Mortimer as Helena Patterson
- Bernard Hill as Dr. David Hawthorne
Themes
- london, england
- based on novel or book
- hunter
- africa
- lion
- animal attack
- bridge
- british army
- based on true story
- lion attack
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Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
69,411 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
51%
Metacritic
46/100
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 1 win & 5 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- horror film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Depicts
- Tsavo Man-Eaters
- Director
- Stephen Hopkins
- Screenwriter
- William Goldman
- Cast member
- Henry Cele
- Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Producer
- Gale Anne Hurd
- Cinematographer
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- Narrative location
- Kenya
- Filming location
- South Africa
- Duration
- 109
- FilmAffinity ID
- 559101
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1997-01-16
- title
- The Ghost and the Darkness
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
- film editor
- Sally Menke
- distributed by
- Netflix
- costume designer
- Ellen Mirojnick
- review score
- 5.4/10
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