Mountains of the Moon [P&S]

Director: Bob Rafelson, Daniel Melnick Bob Rafelson

Overview

"Bob Rafelson's adventure-drama Mountains of the Moon comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that fails to preserve the original theatrical aspect ratio, distorting Roger Deakins' beautiful cinematography. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. There are no subtitles, but the soundtrack is closed captioned. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, making this Artisan disc difficult to recommend to anyone other than genre enthusiasts or fans of director Rafelson."

Product Details

Release Date:	04/23/2002
UPC:	0012236125303
Original Release:	1990
Rating:	R
Source:	LIONSGATE - 600000-AEC LGE
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame]
Sound:	[Dolby Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:20:00
Sales rank:	24,593

Special Features

Full-screen version; Digitally mastered; 2.0 Dolby Stereo Surround; Scene index; Interactive menus

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Patrick Bergin	Richard Burton
Iain Glen	John Hanning Speke
Fiona Shaw	Isabel
Richard E. Grant	Oliphant
Peter Vaughan	Lord Houghton
Roger Rees	Edgar
Bernard Hill	David
Anna Massey	Mrs. Arundell
Leslie Phillips	Arundell
Delroy Lindo	Mabruki
John Savident	Lord Murchison
James Villiers	Lord Oliphant
Adrian Rawlins	Edward
Matthew Marsh	William
Omar Sharif	Actor
Richard Caldicot	Lord Russell
Christopher Fulford	Herne
Garry Cooper	Stroyan
Roshan Seth	Ben Amir
Jimmy Gardner	Jarvis
Celestia Fox	Actor
Doreen Mantle	Mrs. Speke
Peter Eyre	Norton Shaw
Frances Cuka	Lady Houghton
Roger Ashton-Griffiths	Lord Cowley
Craig Crosbie	Swinburne
Paul Onsongo	Sidi Bombay
Leonard Juma	Jemadar
Bheki Tonto Ngema	Ngola
Martin Okello	Veldu
Philip Voss	Col. Rigby
Pip Torrens	Lt. Hesketh
Esther Njiru	Lema
Alison Limerick	Sorceress
Asiba Asiba	Nubian Servant
Ian Vincent	Lt. Allen
Ralph Nossek	Doctor
Stewart Harwood	Attendant
George Malpas	Lead Actor
Robert Whelan	1st Reporter
Rod Woodruff	Fencer
Bill Croasdale	2nd Reporter
Renny Krupinski	Reporter
Wilson Ng'Ong'A	Bearer
Patrick Letladi	Bearer
Konga Mbandu	Bearer
Michael Otieno	Bearer
Zam Zam Issa	Somali Girl
Pineniece Joshua	Somali Girl
Fikile Mdleleni	Bearer
Norta Muhammed	Somali Girl
Rocks Nhlapo	Bearer
Fatima Said	Somali Girl
Michael Small	Composer

Technical Credits

Bob Rafelson

William Harrison

Bob Rafelson	Director,Screenwriter
William Harrison	Screenwriter
David Harris	Special Effects
Alf Joint	Stunts
Mario Kassar	Executive Producer,Producer
Daniel Melnick	Producer,Director
Andrew Vajna	Executive Producer,Producer
Chris Curling	Producer
C.J. Appel	Sound Effects
Luis Colina	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

Bob Rafelson achieved fame as a director in the early 1970s with Five Easy Pieces, and he had tried ever since to bring the story of explorers Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke to the screen. He finally realized that ambition in 1990 with the epic adventure Mountains of the Moon. Given its scope, the film was a rather unusual release: The director's previous two films were the decidedly lower-scale films noirs The Postman Always Rings Twice and Black Widow. Mountains plays like a cross between a big-screen epic and the smaller character studies more common in Rafelson's previous work. He's aided by the striking cinematography of Roger Deakins (who would go on to shoot Fargo and Kundun), and the surprisingly effective performances of Patrick Bergin and Iain Glen. The screenplay by Rafelson and William Harrison is based on Harrison's biographical novel, as well as the actual diaries of Burton and Speke.