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The film was shot mainly on location at Songimvelo Game Reserve in South Africa, [11] rather than Kenya, due to tax laws. Many Maasai characters in the film were actually portrayed by South African actors, although the Maasai depicted during the hunt were portrayed by real Maasai warriors who were hired for the movie.
- The Attacks Begin
- Fighting Back
- The End of A Nightmare
At the heart of the story is Lt. Colonel John Henry Patterson (played in the film by Val Kilmer), who in 1898 was sent to Africa on behalf of the British government to oversee the construction of an essential railway bridge in the Tsavo region of Kenya, Africa. The building project was a massive operation, employing thousands of workers (most of th...
With the workers threatening to cease work, and the British government breathing down his neck, Lt. Patterson had to get crafty. One of his most well-known attempts at capturing these beasts is wonderfully recreated in the film, in which Patterson transforms an abandoned railway cart into a box trap. Three Indians workers (who apparently volunteere...
With the lions neutralized, work on the railway was soon completed. Soon after, Patterson returned to his home in London with the bodies of the two lions in his possession, and recounted the events in his semi-autobiographical book The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, which William Goldman drew heavily from when writing The Ghost and the Darkness. Despite the ...
The Ghost and the Darkness: Directed by Stephen Hopkins. With Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani. A bridge engineer and an experienced old hunter begin a hunt for two lions after they start attacking local construction workers.
The Ghost and the Darkness: Directed by Stephen Hopkins. With Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani. A bridge engineer and an experienced old hunter begin a hunt for two lions after they start attacking local construction workers.
- (66K)
- Adventure, Drama, Thriller
- Stephen Hopkins
- 1996-10-11
Sep 12, 2023 · The Ghost and the Darkness is Based on Real-Life Incidents. The film’s narrative draws inspiration from the real-life terror caused by two lions (the Tsavo man-eaters) in the late 19th century.
Locations. The film was shot mainly on location at Songimvelo Game Reserve in South Africa, [11] rather than Kenya, due to tax laws. Many Maasai characters in the film were actually portrayed by South African actors, although the Maasai depicted during the hunt were portrayed by real Maasai warriors who were hired for the movie. Filming
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The film was shot mainly on location at Songimvelo Game Reserve in South Africa, rather than Kenya, due to tax laws. Many Maasai characters in the film were actually portrayed by South African actors, although the Maasai depicted during the hunt were portrayed by real Maasai warriors who were hired for the movie.
