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23 February 1990 (USA)
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The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source...
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1 win
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Historical drama with exceptional photography...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Patrick Bergin | ... | Richard Francis Burton |
 | Iain Glen | ... | John Hanning Speke |
| Richard E. Grant | ... | Larry Oliphant |
| Fiona Shaw | ... | Isabel Arundell (Mrs Burton as from 1861) |
| John Savident | ... | Lord Murchison |
| James Villiers | ... | Lord Oliphant |
| Adrian Rawlins | ... | Edward |
| Peter Vaughan | ... | Lord Houghton |
 | Delroy Lindo | ... | Mabruki |
 | Bernard Hill | ... | Dr. David Livingstone |
| Matthew Marsh | ... | William |
| Richard Caldicot | ... | Lord Russell |
 | Christopher Fulford | ... | Herne |
 | Garry Cooper | ... | Stroyan |
| Roshan Seth | ... | Ben Amir |
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136 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Factual errors: Although Larry Oliphant is portrayed as a homosexual, by all accounts he was in real life heterosexual: the filmmakers changed his sexual orientation to create a more dramatic reason for Speke's betrayal of Burton after all they had gone through together.
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Quotes:
Arab chief in Cairo:
In this wilderness you will find only Allah's terrible whimsy.
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Spoofed in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
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Kawamba Dance
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| Did anyone notice? | YammaD |
| a burton bio pic | razaali1984 |
| spoiler alert: Speke's death | kbird-4 |
| Earwig? *spoiler alert* | travisjustinwhite-1 |
| reviewer error | upert |
| Missing Fencing scene. | Jerry63 |
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I have seen this movie several times and have enjoyed it immensely each time. The photography is beautiful and captures some incredible views of Africa. The story is of the adventure to discover the legendary source of the Nile, with the character of Richard Francis Burton(the famous 19th Century Irish Adventurer and translator of Kama Sutra and Perfumed Garden,who was fluent in many languages, and the English adventurer, John Speke. It is well worth the seeking out and watching, with the main incidents being historically accurate(such as who finally gets credit for the discoveries). It also brings into the light the prejudices of the Historical Society in the mid 1800's. An excellent movie!