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Mountains of the Moon
"Two strangers made friends by a savage land. Two friends made enemies by the civilized world."
User Score83 votes
65%6.5/10
Release1990→
Runtime2H 16M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire.
Principal Cast8
Patrick Bergin
Richard Burton
Iain Glen
John Hanning Speke
Richard E. Grant
Oliphant
Fiona Shaw
Isabel
John Savident
Lord Murchison
James Villiers
Lord Oliphant
Adrian Rawlins
Edward
Peter Vaughan
Lord Houghton
Media7
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Director
Bob Rafelson
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Box Office
Budget$18M
Revenue$4M
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RKeywords
based on novel or bookafricariverexpeditionnilebritish empireexplorationlake victoria19th centurygay theme
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Production:TriStar PicturesIndieProd Company ProductionsZephyr FilmsCarolco Pictures