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starring: Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani, Bernard Hilldirected by: Stephen Hopkins
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304353639
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 6304353634
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: September 23, 1997
Running Time: 110 minutes
Sales Rank: 7457
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: October 11, 1996
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Val Kilmer stars as Lt. Col. John Patterson, a 19th-century Irish engineer drafted by Britain's railroad bosses to build a trestle bridge over an African river, thus expanding the empire a tiny bit more. In Tsavo, Patterson is instantly hailed for killing a man-eating lion that had been making life hell for native workers. But morale sinks when a pair of unstoppable big cats devour more men and destroy the project. Along comes an Ahab-like, expatriate American hunter (Michael Douglas) to help Patterson face the almost preternatural powers of the two killers. The script by William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) is based on fact, though the film owes more to Spielberg (specifically to Jaws) than history. There are also suggestive echoes of Kipling and Conrad in the material and characters, and there are hints of emotional complexity and psychological nuance that make one wish this could have been a great film instead of a merely fun one. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - the ghost and the darkness
I love this movie,that is why I bought it and being that it was based on a true story and the lions are in the museum in Chicago, it was very visual and graphic, but the whole idea gave you of the intellegence of these animals, the movie is a keeper and I recommend it to others.
Rating: - Exciting drama--good transfer to DVD--but not Anamorphic
This review refers to the Region 1 "Widescreen Collection" DVD edition of "The Ghost and the Darkness". Based on a true story in 1898 British colonial Africa, the film deals with man-eating lions that are attacking & killing workers on a railway construction project through Uganda. The lead engineer assigned to the project (perfectly played by Vil Kilmer) was hired to build a bridge across a river. Little does he know that he will face the biggest challenge of his life in tracking down, outwitting, ... Read More
Rating:  - Scary, scary scary!
Here's the deal.
Watch this with the lights off, and let your mind go off to an Africa where animals were still the biggest threat to man. I felt like this was so much scarier than say Jaws that it got into my sleep. This film is scarier for being based on actual events. Of course today, there will be some people on the side of the Lions in the tale, but for my part, just kill them! There is only room for one at the top of the food chain.
But that's just me.
However, ... Read More
Rating: - The Ghost And The Darkness
This is an incredible movie,I really enjoy true stories whether they are romantic, action, drama etc. If it is a true story, thats what makes it more meaningful to watch. ( to me)
I strongly suggest this movie to anyone who loves true stories.
Brilliant!
Rating: - 'The Devil has come to Tsavo'
This is one of the best adventure/suspense movies ever made and deserves ten stars! Well written and paced, even the music chosen was excellent in keeping the tension at the proper level. Douglas and Kilmer are terrific, believable characters as they round out an already intense story based on two real lions who terrorized an area of Africa. I saw one of the stuffed lions at the Field Museum in Chicago (don't know where the other one was that day) and it truly did send a chill down my spine. If you love action/adventure, ... Read More
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