A Good Man in Africa
5.2 /10 1 Votes
Director Bruce Beresford Music director John Du Prez Duration Language English | 5/10 IMDb Genre Comedy Screenplay William Boyd Country USA
United Kingdom
South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 9 September 1994 (1994-09-09) (USA)
25 November 1994 (1994-11-25) (UK) Based on A Good Man in Africa
by William Boyd Writer William Boyd (novel), William Boyd (screenplay) Cast Colin Friels (Morgan Leafy, 1st Secretary of the High Commissioner), Sean Connery (Dr. Alex Murray), John Lithgow (Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner), Diana Rigg (Chloe Fanshawe), Joanne Whalley , Louis Gossett, Jr. Similar movies Happy Gilmore , Caddyshack , Murder She Said , 3-Iron , Tin Cup , Sideways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A good man in africa official trailer 1 1994 sean connery movie
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.
Contents
- A good man in africa official trailer 1 1994 sean connery movie
- A good man in africa trailer
- Plot
- Cast
- Reception
- DVD release
- References
Bruce Beresford did not remember the film fondly:
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.”
A good man in africa trailer
Plot
Morgan Leafy (Colin Friels) is a British diplomat living in Kinjanja, an African nation recently freed from British rule. Arthur Fanshawe (John Lithgow), a new diplomat eager to leave Africa, learns that Kinjanja sits on top of a huge oil reserve. Unfortunately, Morgan is too preoccupied with alcohol and women to know what to do with the oil. To make matters worse, a woman is struck by lightning on the British compound, creating a tense political situation with the local government.
Cast
Reception
The movie received mixed to poor reviews.
DVD release
Focus Features released an Amazon.com exclusive DVD of the film on January 11, 2010.
References
A Good Man in Africa WikipediaA Good Man in Africa IMDb A Good Man in Africa themoviedb.org