White Hunter, Black Heart
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White Hunter, Black Heart

"An adventure in obsession..."

1990 1h 52m ★ 6.4 (300 votes) Released

Renowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hunt elephants and other game, to the dismay of his cast and crew. He eventually becomes obsessed with hunting down and killing one specific elephant.

Director

Clint Eastwood

Screenplay

Peter Viertel

Screenplay

James Bridges

Screenplay

Burt Kennedy

Rating
6.4
Runtime
112 min
Budget
$24.0M
Revenue
$2.3M
Profit/Loss
-21.7M

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures
Malpaso Productions Malpaso Productions
Rastar Productions Rastar Productions

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r96sk
★ 8/10 Feb 5, 2022

An interesting 1990 film, is <em>'White Hunter, Black Heart'</em>. The lead character of John Wilson, portrayed by Clint Eastwood, is an intriguing fellow and the story he stars in is all very watchable. Jeff Fahey is also very good alongside Eastwood, his character is very much the moral compass of the film. The support cast, which notably includes one Timothy Spall, are all solid. The look of the film is pleasant, with some lovely visuals of the locations used, and it is paced nicely. There is also a cracker of a last line. I didn't love this film and don't think it's perfect, but that's not to take away from the fact that I found it be a really enjoyable watch.

Keywords

london, englandbased on novel or bookelephantafricamovie businesssafaribased on true storyhunting1950sbig game hunterfilm director

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