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Gandhi (1982)
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Biography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of non-violent protest. Director:Richard AttenboroughWriter:John Briley |
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Title: Gandhi (1982)
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Won 8 Oscars.
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Cast
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Ben Kingsley | ... | |
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Candice Bergen | ... | |
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Edward Fox | ... |
General Dyer
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John Gielgud | ... | |
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Trevor Howard | ... |
Judge Broomfield
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John Mills | ... |
The Viceroy
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Martin Sheen | ... | |
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Ian Charleson | ... |
Charlie Andrews
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Athol Fugard | ... |
General Smuts
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Günther Maria Halmer | ... |
Herman Kallenbach
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Saeed Jaffrey | ... | |
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Geraldine James | ... |
Mirabehn
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Alyque Padamsee | ... | |
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Amrish Puri | ... | |
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Roshan Seth | ... | |
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Storyline
In 1893, Gandhi is thrown off a South African train for being an Indian and traveling in a first class compartment. Gandhi realizes that the laws are biased against Indians and decides to start a non-violent protest campaign for the rights of all Indians in South Africa. After numerous arrests and the unwanted attention of the world, the government finally relents by recognizing rights for Indians, though not for the native blacks of South Africa. After this victory, Gandhi is invited back to India, where he is now considered something of a national hero. He is urged to take up the fight for India's independence from the British Empire. Gandhi agrees, and mounts a non-violent non-cooperation campaign of unprecedented scale, coordinating millions of Indians nationwide. There are some setbacks, such as violence against the protesters and Gandhi's occasional imprisonment. Nevertheless... Written by gavin (gunmasterM@hotmail.com)
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Richard Attenborough's Film: Gandhi See more »Box Office
Budget:
$22,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$131,153 (USA) (12 December 1982) (4 Screens)Gross:
$52,767,889 (USA) (12 June 1983)Company Credits
Production Co:
International Film Investors, National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC), Goldcrest Films International See more »
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2.20 : 1
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Title Card: No man's life can be encompassed in one telling. There is no way to give each year its allotted weight, to include each event, each person who helped to shape a lifetime. What can be done is to be faithful in spirit to the record and try to find one's way to the heart of the man...
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(1744) (uncredited)
Music attributed to Henry Carey
Sung by Ben Kingsley
Reprised when India achieves independence See more »
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Trivia
300,000 extras appeared in the funeral sequence. About 200,000 were volunteers and 94,560 were paid a small fee (under contract). The sequence was filmed on 31st Jan 1981, the 33rd anniversary of Mohandas K. Gandhi's funeral. 11 crews shot over 20,000 feet of film, which was pared down to 125 seconds in the final release. See more »Goofs
Factual errors: The Hoisting of the Indian Flag on independence is shown to happen in broad daylight when in reality, it took place at Midnight. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Title Card: No man's life can be encompassed in one telling. There is no way to give each year its allotted weight, to include each event, each person who helped to shape a lifetime. What can be done is to be faithful in spirit to the record and try to find one's way to the heart of the man...
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Soundtracks
"God Save the King!"(1744) (uncredited)
Music attributed to Henry Carey
Sung by Ben Kingsley
Reprised when India achieves independence See more »
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