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The legendary true-story of Capt. Richard Francis Burton and Lt. John Hanning Speke's tumultuous expedition to find the source of the Nile river.The legendary true-story of Capt. Richard Francis Burton and Lt. John Hanning Speke's tumultuous expedition to find the source of the Nile river.The legendary true-story of Capt. Richard Francis Burton and Lt. John Hanning Speke's tumultuous expedition to find the source of the Nile river.
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- TriviaThe term 'Mountains of the Moon', refers to the Rwenzori Mountains of Uganda, which are located northwest of Lake Victoria, 185 miles west of Kampala, between Lake Edward and Lake Albert.
- GoofsIn an scene set in 1854, Isabel is looking at a copy of "The Perfumed Garden" translated by Burton. Burton did not publish this translation until 1886. While Burton's translation was published in 1886, the original was written between 1410 and 1434. (Burton's unexpurgated translation, to be called "The Scented Garden", was still only in manuscript form when he died. Isabel burned it, believing that would help save his soul from damnation.)
- Quotes
Arab chief in Cairo: In this wilderness you will find only Allah's terrible whimsy.
- Crazy creditsThis motion picture's opening title card reads: "East African Coast 1854".
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Indiana Jones who?
This is an excellent film, and it's unfortunate that it wasn't more widely seen. I wish I would've caught it in the theater, as I'm sure it would be magnificent there.
In it, you're going to see some of the most painfully memorable scenes in cinema (that I refuse to give away), and an epic story that is most remarkably, wholly true.
I loved Raiders of the Lost Ark, and before "meeting" Sir Richard Francis Burton, thought characters of Indy's ilk were simply figments of Steven Spielberg's imagination. However, with study you will find that Burton's experience (and that well beyond this expedition) makes him one of the most enigmatic, interesting people to have ever walked the face of the earth. As they say, truth is stranger than fiction.
Slow, smart, challenging, beautiful. And highly recommended viewing.
In it, you're going to see some of the most painfully memorable scenes in cinema (that I refuse to give away), and an epic story that is most remarkably, wholly true.
I loved Raiders of the Lost Ark, and before "meeting" Sir Richard Francis Burton, thought characters of Indy's ilk were simply figments of Steven Spielberg's imagination. However, with study you will find that Burton's experience (and that well beyond this expedition) makes him one of the most enigmatic, interesting people to have ever walked the face of the earth. As they say, truth is stranger than fiction.
Slow, smart, challenging, beautiful. And highly recommended viewing.
- Barry Kruse
- Mar 19, 2002
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Box office
- Budget
- $19,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,011,793
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $66,683
- Feb 25, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $4,011,793
- Runtime2 hours 16 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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