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Ivory Hunters

  • TV Movie
  • 19901990
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 34m
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5.0/10
146
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Ivory Hunters (1990)
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An author discovers that his missing research assistant's disappearance may be related to illegal trade in ivory tusks. He's then asked by the local inspector to help him find the poachers.An author discovers that his missing research assistant's disappearance may be related to illegal trade in ivory tusks. He's then asked by the local inspector to help him find the poachers.An author discovers that his missing research assistant's disappearance may be related to illegal trade in ivory tusks. He's then asked by the local inspector to help him find the poachers.
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
146
YOUR RATING
    • Joseph Sargent
    • Bradley T. Winter(story)
    • Richard A. Guttman(teleplay)
    • Bill Bozzone(teleplay)
  • Stars
    • John Lithgow
    • Isabella Rossellini
    • James Earl Jones
    • Joseph Sargent
    • Bradley T. Winter(story)
    • Richard A. Guttman(teleplay)
    • Bill Bozzone(teleplay)
  • Stars
    • John Lithgow
    • Isabella Rossellini
    • James Earl Jones
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    • 1User review
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    John Lithgow
    John Lithgow
    • Robert Carter
    Isabella Rossellini
    Isabella Rossellini
    • Maria DiConti
    James Earl Jones
    James Earl Jones
    • Inspector Nkuru
    Tony Todd
    Tony Todd
    • Jomo
    Olek Krupa
    Olek Krupa
    Carolyn Nelson
    • Liz Page
    Colin Mothupi
    • Kimuyu
    Oliver Litondo
    Oliver Litondo
    • Kenneth
    Sidede Onyulo
    Sidede Onyulo
    • Sirwa
    Ken Mason
    • Major Hawkins
    Ben Pont
    • Van Ghenter
    Allaudin Qureshi
    • Poojyajee
    Martin Olenko
    • Chengo
    Joseph Sargent
    Joseph Sargent
    • Andy
    Shane Mwigerere
    • Liz's Killer
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    • Mrs. Hawkins
    Konga Mbandu
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    David Mulwa
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      • Joseph Sargent
      • Bradley T. Winter(story)
      • Richard A. Guttman(teleplay)
      • Bill Bozzone(teleplay)
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    • Trivia
      John Lithgow and Isabella Rossellini also appear in Don Quixote (2000) and Conclave.
    • Soundtracks
      AFRICAN SONG
      Performed by Sarah Marshall

      Arrangement by Charles Bernstein

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    5/10
    Worthy but dull
    Shown recently on UK television under the title"The Last Elephant" this comes over as well intentioned but curiously flat,and falling between two stools being neither wholesome family material or a gritty expose of the illegal ivory trade John Lithgow plays a respected but hard drinking novelist whose research assistant is murdered while stumbling across ivory hunting when taking photographs of elephants in Kenya.He journeys to Africa and becomes involved with the attempt by the Game Department and Nairobi Police to track down the poachers.In the process he forms a romantic attachment with the head of an elephant preserve and p[laces himself in danger.

    Performance are good as you would expect from a cast with the likes of Lithgow ,James Earl Jones(in sonorous voice as the Nairobi cop assigned to the case)Isabella Rossellini and Tony Todd.Visually pleasing thanks to its Kenyan locations the movie lacks real drama and plods to a conclusion.Pity,since it is an important subject and the movie will have done some good if it raises the issue with anyone who comes across it.
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    • lorenellroy
    • May 30, 2002

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    • Release date
      • August 20, 1990 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Nairobi, Kenya
    • Production companies
      • National Audubon Society
      • Turner Pictures (I)
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    • 1 hour 34 minutes
      • Color

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