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Mountains of the Moon (1990)
Directed by Bob Rafelson
“Two strangers made friends by a savage land. Two friends made enemies by the civilized world.”
Adventure, Drama, History · 2h 16m
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.
Cast
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
Delroy Lindo
Mabruki
Bernard Hill
Dr. Livingstone
Matthew Marsh
William
Richard Caldicot
Lord Russell
Crew
- Director
- Bob Rafelson
- Screenplay
- William Harrison, Bob Rafelson
- Novel
- William Harrison
- Director of Photography
- Roger Deakins
- Original Music Composer
- Michael Small
- Editor
- Thom Noble
- Producer
- Daniel Melnick
Details
- Release date
- 1990-02-16
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America, United Kingdom
- Production
- IndieProd Company Productions, Zephyr Films, Carolco Pictures
- Budget
- $18,000,000
- Box office
- $4,011,793