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Mister Johnson

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  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 41m
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6.4/10
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Maynard Eziashi in Mister Johnson (1990)
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In 1923, a local resident of British Colonial Nigeria tries to be equal with the colonial administration.In 1923, a local resident of British Colonial Nigeria tries to be equal with the colonial administration.In 1923, a local resident of British Colonial Nigeria tries to be equal with the colonial administration.
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    • Bruce Beresford
    • William Boyd
    • Joyce Cary(novel)
  • Stars
    • Pierce Brosnan
    • Edward Woodward
    • Maynard Eziashi
    • Bruce Beresford
    • William Boyd
    • Joyce Cary(novel)
  • Stars
    • Pierce Brosnan
    • Edward Woodward
    • Maynard Eziashi
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 13User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
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    Pierce Brosnan and Beatie Edney in Mister Johnson (1990)
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    Pierce Brosnan and Maynard Eziashi in Mister Johnson (1990)
    Pierce Brosnan and Maynard Eziashi in Mister Johnson (1990)
    Pierce Brosnan in Mister Johnson (1990)
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    Pierce Brosnan
    Pierce Brosnan
    • Harry Rudbeck
    Edward Woodward
    Edward Woodward
    • Sargy Gollup
    Maynard Eziashi
    Maynard Eziashi
    • Mister Johnson
    Beatie Edney
    Beatie Edney
    • Celia Rudbeck
    Denis Quilley
    Denis Quilley
    • Bulteen
    Nick Reding
    • Tring
    Bella Enahoro
    • Bamu
    Femi Fatoba
    • Waziri
    Q
    • Benjamin
    Hubert Ogunde
    • Brimah
    • (as Chief Hubert Ogunde)
    Sola Adeyemi
    • Ajali
    Jerry Linus
    • Saleh
    George Menta
    • Emil
    Steve James
    Steve James
    • Aliu
    Tunde Kelani
    • Jamesu
    Akinola Ayegbusi
    • Village Chief
    Albert Egbe
    • Scribe
    Sani Izang
    • Police Sergeant
      • Bruce Beresford
      • William Boyd
      • Joyce Cary(novel)
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    • Trivia
      Director Bruce Beresford lived in Africa in his earlier years. As a young filmmaker, Beresford made several short films in Africa.
    • Goofs
      In the scene at dusk, the reflection of the stage lighting can be seen in Waziri's glasses.
    • Quotes

      Celia Rudbeck: Perhaps you could clean your teeth tonight having taken the pipe out of your mouth - that would be a change.

      Harry Rudbeck: I'm sorry, Celia.

      Celia Rudbeck: Sorry about what?

      Harry Rudbeck: I'm sorry about all of this.

      Celia Rudbeck: Are you? You don't do anything about it.

      Harry Rudbeck: Do? Well, what can I do? I'm in bloody West Africa. In the bloody bush. This isn't Mayfair, you know!

      Celia Rudbeck: You don't have to tell me that. What about that horrible peanut soup? Peanut soup! Any idiot can make vegetable soup - even in bloody West Africa.

      Harry Rudbeck: Why don't you tell Jamesu what you want to eat? He's not a chef at the Ritz.

      Celia Rudbeck: Alright!

      Harry Rudbeck: Dammit! You can go back home if you think you've made a mistake.

      Celia Rudbeck: What mistake?

      Harry Rudbeck: Marrying me. I know you think I'm a clod because I read Edgar Wallace instead of Jane Austin and I can't tell 'God Save the King' from the... the Marriage of bloody Figaro.

    • Crazy credits
      Dedicated to Chief Hubert A. Ogunde (1915 - 1990)
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze/The Comfort of Strangers/Defending Your Life/Mister Johnson/La Femme Nikita (1991)
    • Soundtracks
      Pasadena
      Written by Harry Warren

      performed by the Savoy Havana Band

    User reviews13

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    9/10
    An exceptionally accurate albeit whimsical film.
    This is a wonderful film that captures the flavor of working in the African bush more accurately than any film I've seen. The gentle cultural clash between Mr. Johnson and the road builder (Pierce Brosnan) is exactly as I've experienced it with so many workers. And Mr. Johnson's downfall caused by his inner conflict (being pulled from his traditional roots down into the beguiling but unaffordable Western abyss) could have been the autobiography of too many African funtionaires I've known.
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    • Dec 28, 1998

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    • Release date
      • April 1991 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Kano, Kano State, Nigeria
    • Production company
      • Avenue Pictures
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    • 1 hour 41 minutes
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