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Out Of Africa
1985
Adapted from Isak Dinesen's novel, OUT OF AFRICA, this film plaintively tells the story of two troubled adults who meet and fall in love in the African wilderness. Karen Blixen-Flecke (Meryl Streep) is a modern woman, caught in the shortcomings of a practical marriage. Finch Hatton (Robert Redford) is a gallant British hunter, .. Read more
| Starring | Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen |
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| Director | Sydney Pollack |
| Genres | Drama |
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Out Of Africa
Adapted from Isak Dinesen's novel, OUT OF AFRICA, this film plaintively tells the story of two troubled adults who meet and fall in love in the African wilderness. Karen Blixen-Flecke (Meryl Streep) is a modern woman, caught in the shortcomings of a practical marriage. Finch Hatton (Robert Redford) is a gallant British hunter, lonely, but unable to commit. As they two meet and begin a torrid affair, they set out on an epic adventure in the badlands of Africa--an adventure that real-life Karen Blixen-Flecke would later WRITE under the pen name Isak Dinesen. Sydney Pollack's opus, OUT OF AFRICA, is a full, visually compelling film. Its storyline evokes a plethora of emotions, ranging from fear and loathing to hope and the elation of love. Robert Redford and Meryl Streep are electric as the two damaged infidels in love. A key American film, OUT OF AFRICA is not to be missed.
| Starring | Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen |
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| Director | Sydney Pollack |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 34 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 21 Jul 2003 Production year: 1985 |
| Format | DVD |
Out Of Africa (1985)
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Or “Afreeka” as Meryl Streep would have it, with a bizarre Danish accent that manages to overshadow her entire performance as awkward, free-spirited writer and Kenyan farmer Karen Blixen. This is a beautifully filmed movie, with director Sydney Pollack propelling the camera across lush, wide-angled country teeming with all manner of exotic beasts. The other exotic beasts — Streep, Klaus Maria Brandauer as her husband and Robert Redford as her adventurer lover — overact on a level to match the magnificence of the backdrop, but with this cast it is still eminently watchable stuff. What the movie loses in emotional realism it gains in sheer epic audacity.
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Heavy going but critically lauded transcription of a semi-classic which ambles along for an extremely long time without really getting anywhere.
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10 out of 10 people found this review helpful
exceptional film
A great night in with this epic movie. Wonderful Kenyan landscapes and excellent performances from all the characters. Strong storyline, based on fact, safe for family viewing! Lovely costumes. Great additional notes from the voice of the director made an additional evening's viewing too.
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
fantastic masterpiece
fantastic masterpiece of filming, music and acting. very difficult subject to portray the life of isaak dinesen mastery.
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Streep blasts Pollack for unleashing lion in Out of Africa
- 30 Jul 2009
Meryl Streep has blasted late director Sydney Pollack for unleashing a lion on her while shooting Oscar-winning film Out Of Africa - following years of denials from the filmmaker. Streep was assured the beast would be tethered while she fought it off with a whip, during one of the 1985 movie's most infamous scenes. Decades later the actress admits she's still stunned her life was put in jeopardy, after Pollack devised a dangerous way to get the the shot he wanted. She says, "It was the last... Read more
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Out Of Africa
Adapted from Isak Dinesen's novel, OUT OF AFRICA, this film plaintively tells the story of two troubled adults who meet and fall in love in the African wilderness. Karen Blixen-Flecke (Meryl Streep) is a modern woman, caught in the shortcomings of a practical marriage. Finch Hatton (Robert Redford) ...
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