The Four Feathers 2002
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Genre:Adventure ,Drama,Romance
Release: 21 February 2004 (Indonesia)
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Stars:Heath Ledger|Wes Bentley|Kate Hudson Writer:A.E.W. Mason,Michael Schiffer Songmaker:DTS,Dolby Digital, IMDB | Views: 1266 |
The Four Feathers Complete info
Genre :Adventure|Drama|Romance
Title :The Four Feathers
Year :2002
Rating :6.5
Duration :132 min
Release :21 February 2004 (Indonesia)
Star:Heath Ledger,Wes Bentley,Kate Hudson,Daniel Caltagirone,James Cosmo,Andy Coumbe,Angela Douglas,Karim Doukkali,Lucy Gordon,Megan Hall
Director :Shekhar Kapur
Writer:A.E.W. Mason | Michael Schiffer
Country:UK
Language:English
Moviescore:49/100
Movie Location:Filming Locations: Bledlow, Buckinghamshire, England, UK See more ¯
Picture Rating:MPAA
Movie Budget:Budget: $35,000,000 (estimated)
Movie Gross:Gross: $495,874 (Japan) (26 September 2003)
Movie Company:Paramount Pictures | Paramount Pictures | Jaffilms
Movie Sound : DTS,Dolby Digital,
The Four Feathers Tagline : Taglines: Freedom. Country. Honor. Passion. To save his best friend, one man must risk everything he loves. See more ¯
The Four Feathers Description
A British officer resigns his post just before battle and subsequently receives four white feathers from his friends and fiancee as symbols of what they believe to be his cowardice.
The Four Feathers Plot
Plot Keywords: whipping | blindness | cowardice | battle | white feather | See All (175) ¯
The Four Feathers Synopsis
Set in 1884 Sudan, this fifth film to be adapted from the A.E.W. Mason novel follows a British officer who resigns his post right before his regiment ships out to battle the rebels. Perceiving his resignation as cowardice, his friends and fianc‚e give him four white feathers, the symbol of cowardice, but little do they know he's actually going undercover and plans to redeem his honor. Written by Sujit R. Varma
The Four Feathers Critics
I've always been a fan of historically inspired epic movies and although I'm not a fan of costume drama's, I don't really care about the time period these movies are set in. This one has been set at the end of the 19th century, a time period that comes close to the one that I like most in the movies (1914-1950), but even movies set in medieval, Greek and Roman times I can enjoy... As I already said, this movie has been set at the end of the 19th century, in 1898 to be more precise. When a British officer is about to be sent to Sudan to fight a war he doesn't approve of, he is seen as a coward. He has to resign his post, right before his regiment ships out to battle the rebels, and to make things even worse for him, he receives four white feathers from his friends and his fianc‚e. These feathers symbolize how they feel about him, they see him as a coward, but what they don't know is that he plans to go to Sudan anyway, undercover, so he can save his friends from a certain death and redeem his honor... The story certainly is interesting and offers an interesting approach to a story that has been told many times before. But what I liked even more than the story was the photography. Everything was portrayed in a very nice way, especially when they are in Sudan. I'm not saying that the part of the movie showing England isn't any good, but I'm not too much a fan of those Victorian costumes and habits. I prefer the dust and dirt from the desert and the battles in which good manors only come later and the true human nature gets the upper hand. Even though many people seem to hate this movie, I can't join them in their opinion. All actors did a nice job and even though it is perhaps true that they could have found a better actress than Kate Hudson to play the role of Ethne, it never bothered me in such a way that it spoiled all the rest of my fun. And about the historical accuracy I can be brief as well. It looked good enough to me to be believable. Perhaps there were some minor details that weren't right, but since I'm not too familiar with the time period shown in this movie, I certainly didn't notice them. Anyway, I liked what I saw and even though many people gave it a bad review, I certainly liked it for what it was: A very decent movie about honor, freedom, friendship,... I know that these words are too often abused in many Hollywood movies, but this time it worked for me and that's why I give this movie a 7.5/10.
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