A Good Man in Africa
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| Directed by | Bruce Beresford |
| Produced by | John Fiedler Mark Tarlov Bruce Beresford |
| Screenplay by | William Boyd |
| Based on | A Good Man in Africa by William Boyd |
| Starring | Colin Friels Joanne Whalley-Kilmer Sean Connery John Lithgow Louis Gossett, Jr. Diana Rigg |
| Music by | John Du Prez |
| Edited by | Jim Clark |
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| Distributed by | Gramercy Pictures (US) UIP (UK) |
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94 min |
| Country | USA United Kingdom South Africa |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million |
| Box office | $2,308,390 |
A Good Man in Africa is a 1994 film, based on William Boyd's 1981 novel A Good Man in Africa and directed by Bruce Beresford.[1][2] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Bruce Beresford did not remember the film with fondness:
God, that was horrible. That was the worst film experience I ever had. It was cast wrong, the crew was all strange. We were filming in the wrong place. We filmed in South Africa, it was set in West Africa. Which is like shooting in Alaska when it’s set in New Orleans. And I realized that although the novel that it’s based on is terribly funny, it was very anecdotal. It had no narrative. I think on about the second day I realized it was never going to work, because the scenes don’t link. I thought, “I’m sunk! I’m never gonna get out.”[3]
Cast
- Colin Friels as Morgan Leafy
- Sean Connery as Dr. Alex Murray
- John Lithgow as Arthur Fanshawe
- Diana Rigg as Chloe Fanshawe
- Louis Gossett, Jr. as Prof. Sam Adekunle
- Joanne Whalley-Kilmer as Celia Adekunle
- Sarah-Jane Fenton as Priscilla Fanshawe
- Simon Laverie as Dr. Alex Murray's Son
- Maynard Eziashi[4] as Friday, Leafy's Houseman
Reception
The movie received mixed to poor reviews.[5][6][7]
DVD release
Focus Features released an Amazon.com exclusive DVD of the film on January 11, 2010.
References
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- ↑ "Driving Miss Daisy Director Bruce Beresford on Aussie Cinema, Powerless Characters, and His Worst Film Experience" 23 Sept 2015
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