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Jun 9, 2000 · The Edge of the World. Michael Powell was one of the greatest British directors--the best in the land after Alfred Hitchcock decamped to Hollywood--and his major films stand like bedrock in film history: " The Red Shoes ," " The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ," "Black Narcissus," " The Thief of Bagdad ," "A Matter of Life and Death ...
Although it falls short as a biopic of the fascinating figure at its center, Edge of the World offers a visually and dramatically engaging glimpse of Victorian-era colonialism. Read Critics...
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- Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
- Michael Haussman
- Adventure, History, Drama
Jun 3, 2021 · ‘Edge of the World’ Review: All-Too-Familiar Historical Epic Explores the Old and the New. Reviewed online, Denver, June 2, 2021. Running time: 104 MIN. Production: A Samuel Goldwyn Films...
Jun 4, 2021 · Edge of the World. The adventures of Sir James Brooke, who defied the British Empire to rule a jungle kingdom in 1840s Borneo, embarked on a lifelong crusade to end piracy, slavery and head-hunting, and inspired LORD JIM and THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING.
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- Adventure, Drama
- Michael Haussman
- 2021-06-04
Jun 3, 2021 · To play the British adventurer Sir James Brooke in “Edge of the World,” Jonathan Rhys Meyers sets his jaw and fixes his gaze on the middle distance. The performance — stiff, remote ...
Jun 4, 2021 · This review of Edge of the World is spoiler-free. In Michael Haussman’s Edge of the World, Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays Sir James Brooke, an English explorer with the kind of progressive mindset that you can get away with these days.
Edge of the World (also known as Rajah) is a 2021 adventure drama film directed by Michael Haussman and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the British soldier and adventurer James Brooke (1803–1868), the first White Rajah of Sarawak.
