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The Ghost and the Darkness

R
Movie
1996
1h 49m
English
Adventure, Action, Thriller
Sir 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.
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Michael Douglas
Charles Remington
Val Kilmer
Col. John Henry Patterson
Tom Wilkinson
Sir Robert Beaumont
John Kani
Samuel
Emily Mortimer
Helena Patterson
Bernard Hill
Dr. David Hawthorne
Brian McCardie
Angus Starling
Om Puri
Abdullah
Kurt Egelhof
Indian Victim
Jack Devnarain
Nervous Sikh Orderly
Richard Nwamba
Orderly #2
Nick Lorentz
Photographer
Alex Ferns
Stockton
Kaycey Padayachee
Beaumont's Valet
Giles Masters
Beaumont's Clerk
Justin Gifford
Patterson's Son
Patrick Gifford
Patterson's Son
George Middlekoop
Station Master
Directed By: Stephen Hopkins
Written By: William Goldman (Screenplay), John Henry Patterson (Novel)

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FinFan says...
5 years ago
Strangely, no comments yet. This is one of the, in my opinion, best adventure movies. It is based on real events and, like usual with this kind, takes some artistic liberties. Doesn't take away from the acting and photography which proves, once again, that real locations beat CGI 10 out of 10 when it comes to aging. Of course you can see that the lions are not real but they are made very well and they are a scary adversary. And, to be honest, I found myself a bit on the lions side as they were just defending their habitat against men.
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mrkesu says...
5 months ago
Categorized as horror, not actually horror. Sigh. [spoiler]Why exactly didn't they set up traps at the lions den after finding it??[/spoiler]
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Spiritualized Kaos says...
2 months ago
Two lions are serial killers.
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jekyl6669 says...
one year ago
It's decent as a suspenseful adventure, but for the most part it dragged too much in spots and got hung up on silly superstition. Some of the effects don't hold up as well these days either.
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John Chard
6 years ago
Oh, you're right. The devil has come to Tsavo. Look at me, I am the devil.

The Ghost and the Darkness is directed by Stephen Hopkins and written by William Goldman. It stars Val Kilmer, Michael Douglas, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani, Bernard Hill, Brian McCardie and Emily Mortimer. Music is by Jerry G More
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sykobanana
4 years ago
I loved this movie when I got to see it when it was first released.
Based on a true story (in fact the only part that was made up for is the lions' den scene), this movie breathes Africa due to the incredible cinematography of Vilmos Zsigmond. Africa is as bright and as amazing in this film as i More
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