The Ghost and the Darkness
"Prey For The Hunters"
AdventureThrillerHistory
Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.
🎬 DirectorStephen Hopkins
📅 Release1996-10-11
🌍 CountryGermany, United States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish
🏢 StudioParamount Pictures, Douglas/Reuther Productions, Bernina Film
🗳 Votes1,113
🔥 Popularity3
💰 Budget$50,000,000
💵 Revenue$38,619,405
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🎭 Cast
Michael Douglas
Charles Remington
Val Kilmer
Col. John Henry Patterson
Tom Wilkinson
Sir Robert Beaumont
John Kani
Samuel
Emily Mortimer
Helena Patterson
Bernard Hill
Dr. David Hawthorne
Brian McCardie
Angus Starling
Om Puri
Abdullah
Jack Devnarain
Nervous Sikh Orderly
Henry Cele
Mahina
Kurt Egelhof
Indian Victim
Satchu Annamalai
Worker
Teddy Reddy
Worker
Raheem Khan
Worker
Glen Gabela
Orderly
🎥 Crew
EditorRobert Brown
Original Music ComposerJerry Goldsmith
Director of PhotographyVilmos Zsigmond
EditorSteve Mirkovich
ProducerA. Kitman Ho
DirectorStephen Hopkins
ScreenplayWilliam Goldman
ProducerPaul B. Radin
ProducerGale Anne Hurd
EditorRoger Bondelli
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🏷 Keywords
london, englandbased on novel or bookhunterafricalionanimal attackbridgebritish armybased on true storylion attackcolonialismswahili
💬 Reviews
Oh, you're right. The devil has come to Tsavo. Look at me, I am the devil. The Ghost and the Darkness is directed by Stephen Hopkins and written by William Goldman. It stars Val Kilmer, Michael Douglas, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani, Bernard Hill, Brian McCardie and Emily Mortimer. Music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond. Tsavo, Kenya and a bridge engineer teams up with …
I loved this movie when I got to see it when it was first released. Based on a true story (in fact the only part that was made up for is the lions' den scene), this movie breathes Africa due to the incredible cinematography of Vilmos Zsigmond. Africa is as bright and as amazing in this film as it is in person. There is no CGI, only real, trained lions and real effects. Set during the Euro…
**Overall, a good African adventure film.** Overall, I liked this film. Africa has always held a fascination for Europeans, and anyone who has lived there will certainly recognize that it leaves a mark, a kind of spell or enchantment. Anyone who is there for a while never forgets Africa, and always brings with them a little bit of this magnificent and martyred continent. The film manages to giv…
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