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The Mission is a 1986 historical drama film directed by Roland Joffé and written by Robert Bolt. The cast includes Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, and Aidan Quinn. Produced by David Puttnam and distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment, the film was a co-production between the United Kingdom and France. It features music composed by Ennio Morricone and cinematography by Chris Menges. The narrative is set in Brazil and South America, and the film was shot in Brazil.
The movie has a runtime of 125 minutes and is presented in English, Guarani, Spanish, and Latin. It received a PG rating and has a Metascore of 55. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Film Editing. It won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, the Palme d'Or, and a National Board of Review Top Ten Films award.
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7.4When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.
Cast
- Robert De Niro as Rodrigo Mendoza
- Jeremy Irons as Father Gabriel
- Ray McAnally as Cardinal Altamirano
- Aidan Quinn as Felipe Mendoza
- Liam Neeson as Father John Fielding
- Cherie Lunghi as Carlotta
Themes
- mission
- resistance
- christianity
- religious conversion
- based on true story
- waterfall
- jungle
- argentina
- colonisation
- south america
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
70,499 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
63%
Metacritic
55/100
- Year
- 1986
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, History
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 15 wins & 27 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Roland Joffé
- Written by
- Robert Bolt
- Produced by
- Fernando Ghia David Puttnam
- Starring
- Robert De Niro Jeremy Irons
- Cinematography
- Chris Menges
- Edited by
- Jim Clark
- Music by
- Ennio Morricone
- Production companies
- Goldcrest Films , Kingsmere , Enigma Productions
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. (US, UK and Mexico), Goldcrest Films (overseas)
- Release dates
- 16 May 1986 ( 1986-05-16 ) ( Cannes ) 29 September 1986 ( 1986-09-29 ) (Spain) 31 October 1986 ( 1986-10-31 ) (US)
- Running time
- 125 minutes
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Budget
- £ 16.5 million
- Box office
- $ 17.2 million
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Encyclopedic overview
The Mission is a 1986 British historical drama film directed by Roland Joffé, from a screenplay by Robert Bolt. It stars Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons, with Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn, Cherie Lunghi and Liam Neeson in supporting roles. It is about the experiences of a Jesuit missionary in 18th-century South America. The film is partly based on Paraguayan saint Roque González y de Santa Cruz and the Guaraní War.
The film premiered in competition at the 39th Cannes Film Festival, winning the Palme d'Or. At the 59th Academy Awards, it was nominated for seven awards including Best Picture and Best Director, winning for Best Cinematography. The film has also been cited as one of the greatest religious films of all time, appearing in the Vatican film list's "Religion" section and being number one on the Church Times's Top 50 Religious Films list.
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