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April 1991 (USA) moreTagline:
Africa 1923: A clash of cultures between British imperalists and a black man too smart for his own good.Plot:
In 1923 British Colonial Nigeria, Mister Johnson is an oddity -- an educated black man who doesn't really fit in with the natives or the British... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Maynard Eziashi | ... | Mister Johnson |
 | Pierce Brosnan | ... | Harry Rudbeck |
| Edward Woodward | ... | Sargy Gollup |
| Beatie Edney | ... | Celia Rudbeck |
| Denis Quilley | ... | Bulteen |
| Nick Reding | ... | Tring |
| Bella Enahoro | ... | Bamu |
| Femi Fatoba | ... | Waziri |
| Kwabena Manso | ... | Benjamin |
| Chief Hubert Ogunde | ... | Brimah |
| Sola Adeyemi | ... | Ajali |
| Jerry Linus | ... | Saleh |
| George Menta | ... | Emil |
 | Steve James | ... | Aliu |
| Tunde Kelani | ... | Jamesu |
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Poignant exploration and depiction of a person with dreams and aspirations. Not your typical film. Based on novel by Joyce Cary (very good novel) and pretty much sticking to the book's plot etc., this story should touch your feelings fairly deeply and perhaps make you think about the illusions (delusions) and impossibilities that drench many people's lives. Beresford (Driving Miss daisy, Breaker Morant) directs tautly and beautifully. Watching this film should make you a wiser, deeper person--don't miss it. (will probably have to buy copy from Amazon or ebay or perhaps from netflix.) Set in Africa, colonial theme is important. Moreover, racial dimension (protagonist is black) makes the story edge towards the politically incorrect. The hero's skin color is significant, but he is not a victim of racism--at least not in liberal's knee-jerk way.