Mountains of the Moon
by Bob Rafelson
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Actor: Fiona Shaw, Iain Glen, John Savident, Patrick Bergin, Richard E. GrantDirector: Bob Rafelson
Brand: LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 140 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-04-23
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Artisan Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Mountains of the Moon
DVD Review: Masterpiece of a movie--Begs for Blu-ray release!
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't have a lot to say that hasn't already been well said, but when I saw this in the theater, it was more emotionally moving than any film I'd ever seen. I would rank it on par with a couple of other great films of that period, Out of Africa and Chariots of Fire. The acting and cinematography are just superb.
If ever available, I would immediately purchase a Blu-ray release. Maybe we can start a campaign to get the studio to release it on Blu-ray.
DVD Review: A Masterpiece...So Naturally Few People Have Heard Of It
Summary: 5 Stars
When I watch a motion picture as glorious and intelligent as this one, it makes me see what the industry is capable of, and conversely saddens me how rarely it lives up to its potential. It's been nearly twenty years since the release of Mountains of the Moon, and how many times since has the big screen hosted a project this impressive? Darn few.
The nineteenth-century English explorer, writer and linguist Sir Richard Francis Burton was one of the most interestingly remarkable people ever to live; his wife Isabel was certainly ahead of her time, as well, and so it is fitting that these extraordinary individuals receive the star treatment they did in a film of this quality. I was pleased start to finish by the often gritty and just as often stunningly beautiful Mountains of the Moon as it changed setting from (darkest!) Africa to (oft-darker still) Victorian Britain and told of Burton's expedition to discover the source of earth's greatest river, the Nile. The story of the Burtons as a couple is at once a meeting of comparable minds, of great adventure, and of love. The tale of Burton's travels, even the tiny portion told in Mountains of the Moon, is refreshingly realistic to the period and Burton's record of it, and modern sensibilities be damned.
Mountains of the Moon isn't for everyone: only those willing to be challenged to think while being entertained.
DVD Review: Mountains Of The Talent
Summary: 5 Stars
Good, well made ingaging film. Patrick Bergin gets an A+ for his role as Capt. Richard Burton. This film reaches out and grabs the viewer and makes one play attention. I can tell when I truely enjoy a film because while watching it the thought "I glad I'm watching this film" enters my mind. It did several times during this film. I didn't know it was based on a true story until the end but I'm glad I made the journey. I think you like the journey too so lace up those walking shoes and climb aboard. Oh, and Fiona Shaw is a very lovely woman. DVD Review: No wonder it bombed...
Summary: 5 Stars
Informative, educational. An interesting story that is pretty much the way it happened. A look into the world that laid the cornerstone for ours. Good actors that nobody ever heard of. No wonder it bombed. Borrow $2 from somebody and get it used from Amazon. DVD Review: mountains of the moon
Summary: 5 Stars
I have always had an interest in Sir Richard Burton's life. Though the movie only covers a small portion of his life, I appreciate its accurate portrayal. The movie gives a gritty and realistic story of the search for the source of the Nile river.
Description of Mountains of the Moon
In the 1850's, two British officers, Capt. Richard Burton (Patrick Bergen) and Lt. John Speke (Iain Glen) set out on a spectacular adventure to discover the source of the Nile. They are warned that great dangers await them, but against all odds they push on deeper and deeper into the magnificent, untamed African wilderness, where no western man had ever gone. As the difficult journey takes its toll, Burton and Speke forge a strong bond. A bond that one will eventually betray. But history will be the judge as the two intrepid explorers venture into realms perilous to both body and soul in their quest for the secret of the Nile.System Requirements:
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How did Bob Rafelson, the director of small-scale American studies such as Five Easy Pieces and The King of Marvin Gardens, find himself helming an old-fashioned adventure story such as Mountains of the Moon? Whatever the reasons, Rafelson invested this 1990 epic with passion and professionalism. The hero is one of the greatest British explorers of the 19th century, Sir Richard Burton (played by Patrick Bergin), a fascinating figure and a man out of time: a modern in the Victorian era. Mountains of the Moon is primarily concerned with Burton's trek into East Africa to discover the source of the Nile, accompanied by fellow adventurer John Hanning Speke (Iain Glen). Rafelson is at least as interested in the tricky psychological jockeying between the two men, as he is in the grueling conventions of the adventure movie, but he delivers well on both counts. The brawny Bergin is sensational in a role that should have made him a star, but didn't (though he had a shot, menacing Julia Roberts in Sleeping with the Enemy); the film disappeared quickly. Perhaps audiences were put off by the lack of marquee names and confused by the title, which refers to a piece of African landscape. Providing solid support are Fiona Shaw (another should-have-been star), Richard E. Grant, and Delroy Lindo, as an African warrior. A very satisfying excursion into the National Geographic pith-helmet genre. --Robert Horton
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