A CinemaScope remake of The Four Feathers (1939).A CinemaScope remake of The Four Feathers (1939).A CinemaScope remake of The Four Feathers (1939).
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- TriviaRe-used a great deal of stock footage from The Four Feathers (1939), including the entire final battle sequence.
- GoofsHooded vultures are shown making many and various calls. The species, in common with other Old World vultures, is largely silent.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: In 1885 the rebellious army of dervishes enslaved and killed many thousands of defenceless natives in the Sudan. Then laid siege to Khartoum. The scanty garrison's heroic commander, General Gordon appealed for help from England - but no help reached him.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Four Feathers (1939)
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A creaky Pukka Wallah film makes us feel as though we can beat ISIS
In our times of seemingly endless war against ISIS and the collapse of the left over scars of European colonialism, and the big game of influence among foreign and regional powers, here's a tonic to brace up sagging spirits and wash away the feeling of gloom and doom and impotence to do anything against Islamic terrorism. 'Storm over the Nile' is a film for you then. A credible remake of 'Four Feathers', it has all the dash and stiff upper lip of those who won wars on the playing fields of Eton, perhaps. We are in the Anglo Egyptian time of the Mahdi the secret imam who has claimed the mantle of the prophet in the Sudan. Already his forces fired up by the tenets of militant Islam had beheaded 'Chinese' Gordon, the British general sent in not by the UK but by Egypt to blunt the Mahdi's thrust and destroy his hold in an age of expanding European land grab in Africa. But he didn't count on Lord Kitchner and the British army and here with Harry Fathersham, receipt of a white feather for cowardice. The film is shot in brilliant color with long and close shots. The costumes are lavish in military and upper class garb. You will see a parade of British stars mostly long forgotten but in the UK and the Commonwealth: Anthony Steele, Maria Ure, Laurence Harvey, James Robertson Justice, Ian Carmichael and Christopher Lee. The atmospherics are there, too. Will you tremble with excitement as the black flag of fundamentalism is lowered and the Union Jack raised/ In any case, it less than two hours of mindless and feel good entertainment.
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- jakob13
- Feb 13, 2016
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- Zoltan Korda's Production Storm Over the Nile
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- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
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- 2.55 : 1
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