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Out of Africa (1985) 7.0
In 20th century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-sprited big-game hunter. Director:Sydney Pollack |
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Cast
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| Meryl Streep | ... |
Karen
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| Robert Redford | ... |
Denys
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Berkeley
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Farah
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Joseph Thiaka | ... |
Kamante
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Stephen Kinyanjui | ... |
Kinanjui
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Delamere
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Suzanna Hamilton | ... |
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Lady Belfield
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Lord Belfield
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Sir Joseph
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Belknap
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Mike Bugara | ... |
Juma
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Job Seda | ... |
Kanuthia
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Follows the life of Karen Blixen, who establishes a plantation in Africa. Her life is Complicated by a husband of convenience (Bror Blixen), a true love (Denys), troubles on the plantation, schooling of the natives, war, and catching VD from her husband. Written by Tony Bridges <tbridges@spicer.com>
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Based on a true story.Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
18 December 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Jenseits von Afrika See more »Box Office
Budget:
$31,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$87,100,000 (USA)Company Credits
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(1788) (uncredited)
Traditional Scottish 17th century music
Lyrics by Robert Burns
Sung by all at the party
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Meryl Streep was extremely nervous throughout the hair-washing scene, which was shot close to some very territorial hippopotamus. See more »Goofs
When Denys Finch-Hatton brings a Record Player to Karen Blixen's home he lowers his hand and the sound volume decreases. Volume was set at recording time, not at playback. See more »Quotes
Karen Blixen: Perhaps he knew, as I did not, that the Earth was made round so that we would not see too far down the road.See more »
Soundtracks
"Auld Lang Syne"(1788) (uncredited)
Traditional Scottish 17th century music
Lyrics by Robert Burns
Sung by all at the party
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What makes a good film? It's funny I lent my DVD of this to a mate recently and although she didn't hate it she didn't get it either. Which surprised me because, to me, there has never been any doubt in my mind about the beauty and quality of this film. Anyway I was surfing IMDb and decided to look at this page. There is (or was) a thread on the discussion board about whether this was a good or bad film, I clicked on it. I have never (in my modest surfing of this site) seen such a big thread. Surely a film that evokes that much passion (the majority of which was positive and defencive) has achieved something.
I'm not saying that Out of Africa is the best film I've ever seen (I've yet to see that one!) but I think I can safely say that it has secured a place for itself both in cinematic history and the future of entertainment. You see at it heart it is a well made, timeless epic.
Yes there will always be the people who take exception to the accents, dislike the ending or believes it drags on for too long, but that's their lost, I can't help thinking they haven't been patient enough (and this annoys me).
You see the thing is in many ways the endless beauty of this film lies in its subtleties. Yes you have Meryl Streep and Redford flanked by the scenery and music, but for me it's the things like Pollock's direction, Michael Kitchen's performance and Karen's interaction with member's of the tribe that make the film.
Part of me wants to tie my mate to a chair and make her sit and watch this until she gets it. The other half is slightly relieved, because I feel that with her rejection this film is ever so slightly more exclusively mine, and I know that although I'm still only young I will always have time a space for it!