Masterpiece of a movie--Begs for Blu-ray release! | Mountains of the Moon

phenomenal | Mountains of the Moon | Patrick Bergin, Iain Glen

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	• Mountains of the Moon Patrick Bergin, Iain Glen Artisan Entertainment, 2002 average customer review:based on 42 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A Masterpiece...So Naturally Few People Have Heard Of It

When I watch a motion picture as glorious and intelligent as this one, it makes me see what the industry is capable of, and conversely saddens me how rarely it lives up to its potential. It's been nearly twenty years since the release of Mountains of the Moon, and how many times since has the big screen hosted a project this impressive? Darn few.

The nineteenth-century English explorer, writer and linguist Sir Richard Francis Burton was one of the most interestingly remarkable people ever to live; his wife Isabel was certainly ahead of her time, as well, and so it is fitting that these extraordinary individuals receive the star treatment they did in a film of this quality. I was pleased start to finish by the often gritty and just as often stunningly beautiful Mountains of the Moon as it changed setting from (darkest!) Africa to (oft-darker still) Victorian Britain and told of Burton's expedition to discover the source of earth's greatest river, the Nile. The story of the Burtons as a couple is at once a meeting of comparable minds, of great adventure, and of love. The tale of Burton's travels, even the tiny portion told in Mountains of the Moon, is refreshingly realistic to the period and Burton's record of it, and modern sensibilities be damned.

Mountains of the Moon isn't for everyone: only those willing to be challenged to think while being entertained.

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Masterpiece of a movie--Begs for Blu-ray release!

I don't have a lot to say that hasn't already been well said, but when I saw this in the theater, it was more emotionally moving than any film I'd ever seen. I would rank it on par with a couple of other great films of that period, Out of Africa and Chariots of Fire. The acting and cinematography are just superb.

If ever available, I would immediately purchase a Blu-ray release. Maybe we can start a campaign to get the studio to release it on Blu-ray.

phenomenal

I have not seen this movie in over 10 years, but it does not leave me as being the best & most memorable movie I have ever seen. Really truly incredible, definitely inspired, and I disagree that it is slow...just to take in the incredible visual journey married with a semi-historic prolific story that is absolutely moving in every sense.

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A powerful Epic

Great Film that tells a true story on an epic scale. Reminds you of something from the David Lean or Cecile B. Demille era.

In the 1850's two British officers Capt. Richard Burton (Patrick Bergen) and Lt. John Speke (Iain Glen) set out on a spectacular adventure to discover the source of the Nile. They are warned that great dangers await them but against all odds they push on deeper and deeper into the magnificent untamed African wilderness where no western man had ever gone. As the difficult journey takes its toll Burton and Speke forge a strong bond. A bond that one will eventually betray. But history will be the judge as the two intrepid explorers venture into realms perilous to both body and soul in their quest for the secret of the Nile.System Requirements: Running Time 140 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 012236125303 Manufacturer No: 12530

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