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| Year: | 2002 |
| Rating: | 6.3(13179) |
| Listed in: | Adventure, Drama, War |
| Directed by: | Shekhar Kapur |
| Actors: | Wes Bentley Mohamed Bouich Campbell Brown Daniel Caltagirone James Cosmo Andy Coumbe |
| "What would you kill for?" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Shekhar Kapur | |
| Actors | |
| Wes Bentley | as Jack Durrance |
| Mohamed Bouich | as Sudanese Storyteller |
| Campbell Brown | as Dervish Ansar |
| Daniel Caltagirone | as Gustave |
| James Cosmo | as Col. Sutch |
| Andy Coumbe | as Colonel Other Regiment |
| Karim Doukkali | as Egyptian Orderly |
| James Hillier | as Drunken Corporal |
| Nick Holder | as British Lion |
| Djimon Hounsou | as Abou Fatma |
| Alex Jennings | as Colonel Hamilton |
| Heath Ledger | as Harry Feversham |
| Julio Lewis | as Saadi |
| Craig McDonald | as Wounded Captain |
| Lionel Mahop | as Dervish Captain |
| Richard Manlove | as British Corporal |
| Kris Marshall | as Edward Castleton |
| Manar Mohamed | as Youssef |
| Marouazi Mohammed | as Dervish Sniper |
| Nider Mohamed | as Mullah |
| Medoune Ndiaye | as Gentle Faced Porter |
| Deobia Oparei | as Idris-Es-Saier |
| Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni | as Hassan |
| Charles Pemberton | as Impressario |
| Rupert Penry-Jones | as Tom Willoughby |
| Tim Pigott-Smith | as General Feversham |
| Mohamed Quatib | as Ibrahim |
| Hugh Ross | as Regimental Priest |
| Thioumbe Samb | as Dinka Slavegirl |
| Michael Sheen | as William Trench |
| Mark Tonderai | as Egyptian Orderly |
| Alex Zorbas | as Egyptian Orderly |
| Rhidian Bridge | as British Soldier |
| Christian Coulson | as Drummer Boy |
| Ray Donn | as British Cavalry Officer |
| James Embree | as British Cavalry Officer |
| Hugo Hedley | as British Troop |
| Bruce Lawrence | as Sergeant of the Square |
| Albert Ratcliffe | as Retired Military Dignitary |
| Ben Uttley | as General Wolseley's Aide-de-Camp |
| Actresses | |
| Angela Douglas | as Aunt Mary |
| Lucy Gordon | as Isabelle |
| Megan Hall | as Millie |
| Kate Hudson | as Ethne Eustace |
| Alexandra Kabi | as Woman in Red Veil |
| Anna Diafe Ndiaye | as Dinka Slavegirl |
| Laila Rouass | as Maya |
| Alek Wek | as Aquol |
| Natalie Hallam | as High Class Lady |
| Serena Lorien | as Crying Widow |
| Carol Ratcliffe | as Distinguished Lady at Rugby Match |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | 10 October 2000 - March 2001 |
| Budget: | USD 80,000,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 6,857,879 USD (22 September 2002) UK - 61,800 GBP (20 July 2003) Argentina - 34,045 USD (26 November 2002) Italy - 897,369 EUR (3 November 2002) Spain - 307,815 EUR (22 December 2002) |
| Plot: | Set in 1884 Sudan, this fifth film to be adapted from the A.E.W. Mason novel follows a British officer who resigns his post right before his regiment ships out to battle the rebels. Perceiving his resignation as cowardice, his friends and fiancée give him four white feathers, the symbol of cowardice, but little do they know he's actually going undercover and plans to redeem his honor. |
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Fact errors: When the British soldiers, led by Lt. Durrance, are chasing the sniper in the village, one of the British soldiers shoots two rounds in rapid succession at the fleeing sniper, which is impossible with the Martini-Henry rifles with which they were armed. Martini-Henrys are single-shot rifles. Continuity: When Harry cuts the camel to drink its blood, he is tied by a rope around his waist to the camel. In the following shot when the camel walks off, he is free of the rope. DATE: In the actual 1884-1885 campaign in the Sudan, the British soldiers were wearing grey tunics instead of the scarlet ones depicted in the movie. Continuity: After Trench is done scaring all the dogs away from the British bodies he takes off his hat. In the wide shot however his hat is on. Then when it returns to him his hat is off. Revealing mistakes: When Harry loses his horse and has to jump onto the back of a free one, you can see the rider next to it holding its reins so it will keep running. There is no reason for him to be doing this in the middle of a charge, except to have it ready for Harry to mount. Continuity: Abu Fatman shows Harry a necklace that he is going to wear after he kills his tenth man. There is a brief scene before this when he already has it on. Miscellaneous: In the opening rugby match sequence at least three violent fouls (including what appears to be someone having his nose broken) occur before the referee blows his whistle. Even in a physical sport like rugby this wouldn't happen at an organized competition. Revealing mistakes: In the beginning while the troops are training they charge dummies with bayonets. Several bayonets are obviously rubber. Fact errors: The battle of Abu Klea was a British victory. Continuity: In the locker room scene, when Gustave throws the rugby ball at Edward, he throws it with one hand in the close up shot, but with two hands in the wide shot from behind. Fact errors: British forces fighting in the Omdurman campaign of 1898 wore khaki uniforms, not the scarlet jackets used in this film. However even while earlier British infantry soldiers did wear red coats, the cavalry of that period wore blue jackets. The scene in which Dervish horsemen impersonate British cavalry wearing red jackets would be historically inaccurate for both periods. |
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General Faversham: An officer who gave his life for his country deserves far more respect than I do. General Faversham: There is only one sacrifice nobler than sacrificing one's self for their country; that is marrying a man who does. [Upon learning his son has resigned from the army] General Faversham: I don't know you. Willoughby: [speaking of Harry leaving the regement] We've been sent to war and the very next day he resigns. There's no doubt about it. Jack Durrance: What's that supposed to mean? Willoughby: I think it's perfectly clear what it means. Castleton: Tom, don't be absurd! William Trench: Shut up, Vicar. Willoughby: It means he's a coward, Jack. Jack Durrance: Say that to his face. Willoughby: I would have done only he left the barracks before I had a chance. Jack Durrance: Alright then, say it to my face. William Trench: Easy, Jack. Willoughby: Harry is a disgrace. He disgraced the regement. Jack Durrance: He is the best soldier in the regement! Willoughby: Obviously not when it counts. I will tell him. But not to his face. He doesn't deserve it. He deserves to be treated with the same contempt he treated us. Jack Durrance: What contempt? Willoughby: Did he talk to you about it? Did he talk to any of you? He's left with his back exposed and he didn't even have the courage to tell us. He was my friend too, Jack. Jack Durrance: He'll be there. Harry Faversham: Willoughby, you look wonderful, darling. Jack Durrance: Princess Willoughby. Harry Faversham: Miss Willoughby. William Trench: A hair is out of place there, Tom. Willoughby: When are you gentlemen going to grow up? Harry Faversham: Gentlemen! Did he call us gentlemen? Jack Durrance: I believe he did. Harry Faversham: I won't take that from him. Jack Durrance: Nor will I. William Trench: Don't worry, Vicar. They're only women. They won't bite. Harry Faversham: I've left the army. [Ethne laughs in disbelief] No, Ethne, I have left the army. Ethne: Why? Harry Faversham: There was talk they might send us abroad. For a year or two. I didn't want to wait that long to get married. Ethne: I would have waited. Or come with you. My mother did the same for my father. Harry Faversham: Yes, I know, but it tisn't what I wnated for us. You're all that matters to me now. Ethne: Where were they going to send you? Harry Faversham: They weren't sure. [the church door opens and a delivery boy from the army gives Harry a package that contains three white feathers] Ethne: [Picking up the feathers from the floor] Is this your friends' idea of a joke? What is it, Harry? Harry Faversham: Feathers of cowardice. Yesterday we were informed that our regement would be shipping out to Sudan. That we would be sent to war. Ethne: You don't know where they were sending you, you said it yourself. You did it for me. No one in their right mind could call you a coward. Especially not your friends. If there's been some kind of misunderstanding you have to clear it out. You have to go back to the regement and clear it out. Harry Faversham: No, I can't. Ethne: Then I will. I'll go see Trench, Willoughby and Castleton myself and tell them it's my fault you resigned. You did it for me. Harry Faversham: It has nothing to do with you, Ethne! Ethne: Then why? Harry Faversham: I never wanted to join the army! I did it for my father. I thought I'd serve my commission for a year or two and keep everyone happy and then I could... Ethne: Do what? Wait until we were married to tell me the truth? Harry Faversham: Ethne, I never meant to lie to you. Ethne: No, but you were quite happy to let me deceive myself. Do you think people will let us forget this? Harry Faversham: I don't care what people think, Ethne. All I care about is us. Ethne: It's not about us, Harry. It's just not about us. Jack would give his life for you. Harry Faversham: Don't you think I know that? Ethne: Then go back. It's not too late. Tell them you wouldn't have resigned if it weren't for me. Ethne: I would have resigned. And I wouldn't have gone to war for anything or anyone. Ethne: Then you are a coward. Harry Faversham: When something like this happens you are lost. You don't know who you are anymore and what you're capable of. Unless I do something this is always how people will remember me. A feather. And that is how I will always see myself: a coward. All I know is that I can't live with myself like this. Abou Fatma: I found you half dead crossing the desert alone and you say you are afraid? Jack Durrance: You may be lost, but you are not forgotten. For those who have travelled far, to fight in foreign lands, know that the soldier's greatest comfort is to have his friends close at hand. In the heat of battle it ceases to be an idea for which we fight. Or a flag. Rather we fight for the man on our left, and we fight for the man on our right. And when armies are scattered and the empires fall away, all that remains is the memory of those precious moments that we spent sided by side. Jack Durrance: I suppose I'm going because you are going. There is no one I'd sooner trust my life with. You're all that matters. William Trench: I can't move. Harry Faversham: The poison's paralyzed your legs. It will wear off soon. William Trench: I thought it was supposed to kill me. Abou Fatma: Are you a deserter? Harry Faversham: Something like that. I was sent to fight and I ran away. Abou Fatma: Why? Harry Faversham: Why? I just... There are many reasons why. Mostly I was afraid. Abou Fatma: [laughs] I found you halfdead crossing the desert alone. And you say you are afraid? Harry Faversham: There's a different kind of fear. Why are you protecting me? Abou Fatma: God put you in my way. I have no choice. Harry Faversham: God? An Englishman... and a Christian? You must have done something terrible to offend him. [laughs] Ethne: It has to happen... because... I love you. [first lines] Title Card: By 1884 over a quarter of the earth's surface had been conquered by the British Army. There was no greater honor for a young man than to fight for Queen and Country. Those that refused the call to arms brought shame and humiliation on their friends and families... Title Card: The Symbol of their disgrace was the white feather of cowardice... [last lines] Ethne: Forgive me. I did you a great wrong. Harry Faversham: There is nothing to forgive. Ethne: Yes there is, I should have stood by you Harry. I should have understood. I used to be so sure about everything. Harry Faversham: We both were, Ethne. Ethne: And now? Harry Faversham: And now... [they tentatively hold hands] Well... well, now I have no choice, Ethne. God put you in my way. [Laughs] Abou Fatma: You laugh like an Englishman. |
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