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The Ghost and the Darkness DVD

R (Restricted) :: Paramount :: Released: 1998-12-01

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Rank: #2255	Rating:
	4.5/5 (146 Reviews)

5/5 Entertaining thriller based on a true account
  by shannon fox (Texas)
I always liked this movie. The characters are well-developed, interesting, and although this is essentially a horror story, it has it's humorous moments. It's overall great entertainment. I think of it as "Jaws on Land."

5/5 Love this movie!
  by Rich in St. Louis
Great film. Val Kilmer is very good. Michael Douglas is a little weak but not enough so to ruin the film. Exciting true story.

4/5 Good movie
  by R. E. Mayer
What's freaky about this movie is that it's based on a true story and you can still see the lions stuffed in some museum in Chicago. What's great about this movie, is it's one of the first of it's kind. There have since been several "evil animal" movies that are ridiculous, but this one was true and original. Some pretty intense scenes in this!

5/5 Thriller
  by D. Moffatt (new england)
This awesome thriller is the best movie! And this seller stands behind his/her stuff. It arrived in perfect condition. Highly recommend!

4/5 Ghost of the Darkness- movie
  by Beth A. Brown
I bought this movie as a gift for a friend and have not had the chance to watch it myself. I bought it for her because she had it on VCR tape and enjoyed it so much that it was getting worn out, so I purchased it for her on DVD.

The Ghost and the Darkness Summary East Africa, 1896. Two Lions On A Man-eating Rampage Have Shut Down The Construction Of A Railway. Big-game Hunter Remington And Construction Engineer Patterson Set Out To Stop These Unstoppable Monsters. But In This Astonishing Tale Of Man Vs. Beast, The Hunters Become The Hunted.

Val Kilmer stars as Lt. Col. John Patterson, a 19th-century Irish engineer drafted by Britain's railroad bosses to build a trestle bridge over an African river, thus expanding the empire a tiny bit more. In Tsavo, Patterson is instantly hailed for killing a man-eating lion that had been making life hell for native workers. But morale sinks when a pair of unstoppable big cats devour more men and destroy the project. Along comes an Ahab-like, expatriate American hunter (Michael Douglas) to help Patterson face the almost preternatural powers of the two killers. The script by William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) is based on fact, though the film owes more to Spielberg (specifically to Jaws) than history. There are also suggestive echoes of Kipling and Conrad in the material and characters, and there are hints of emotional complexity and psychological nuance that make one wish this could have been a great film instead of a merely fun one. --Tom Keogh

Techincal Details Cast: Michael Douglas, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani, Bernard Hill
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Rated: R (Restricted)
Running Time: 109 mins
UPC: 973632350716
Binding: DVD
Studio: Paramount
Release Date: 1998-12-01
Region Code: 1
Specs: AC-3, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Subtitled),