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Title: Gandhi (1982)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Ben Kingsley | ... | Mahatma Gandhi | |
| Rohini Hattangadi | ... | Kasturba Gandhi (as Rohini Hattangady) | |
| Roshan Seth | ... | Pandit Nehru | |
| Candice Bergen | ... | Margaret Bourke-White | |
| Edward Fox | ... | General Dyer | |
| John Gielgud | ... | Lord Irwin | |
| Trevor Howard | ... | Judge Broomfield | |
| John Mills | ... | The Viceroy | |
| Martin Sheen | ... | Walker | |
| Ian Charleson | ... | Charlie Andrews | |
| Günther Maria Halmer | ... | Herman Kallenbach (as Gunter Maria Halmer) | |
| Athol Fugard | ... | General Smuts | |
| Saeed Jaffrey | ... | Sardar Patel | |
| Geraldine James | ... | Mirabehn | |
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Alyque Padamsee | ... | Mohamed Ali Jinnah |
In 1893, Mohandas K. 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, the campaign generates great attention, and Britain faces intense public pressure. Too weak... Written by gavin (gunmasterM@hotmail.com)
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This is one that absolutely must go on everyone's "must see" list. One of the truly greatest movies ever made. For those who found it "boring" or "too long," you folks need to just stick to stuff like "Star Wars," "Terminator," "Spiderman," or perhaps reality TV would be more your cup of tea.
For those who like to actually see real human history come to life on the screen, "Gandhi" is a true masterpiece for all times. A excellent summary of one of the greatest and most interesting lives of the 20th. century!
I find it odd that aside from a fine performance in "Shindler's List," that Ben Kingsley has really been a major disappointment as an actor following his role as "Gandhi." Perhaps like George C. Scott in "Patton," he was destined to play just one truly great role as an actor. And this was it!
For those who keep mentioning that Kingsley is "English," well, yes he is, but he is also "Anglo-Indian." His father is from India. In fact his father was born in the same small sea-coast town as Mahatma Gandhi! While filming the movie in the small towns of rural India, there were those older people who actually remembered seeing the original Gandhi who collapsed in shock when they saw Kingsley in his makeup. Hundreds became convinced that he actually was the Mahatma, returned! Also interesting is that Kingsley was born just after the asassination of Gandhi. I mean that's just a tad spooky, no....?