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Mountains of the Moon | Year: 1990 Classification: Action/Adventure Directed: - Bob Rafelson Actors/Actresses: - Patrick Bergin - Iain Glen Excellence!! I first saw this movie in 1991 and instantly fell in love, wishing I could go out and dicover something as monumental as the source for the Nile River. The acting in this movie is stupendous, Patrick Bergin as "Richard Burton", Iain Glen as "John Speke", and Fiona Shaw as Burton's wife,(I forgot here name in the movie), they all deserve Oscars for their performances. This movie was highly overlooked by hollywood and that is a huge mistake by them, this movie could and should have won best picture honors. The scenery is breathtaking the way it is filmed and the history is potrayed in a fairly accurate light. This movie should be on everybody's top ten list. Whatever happened to Patrick Bergin? This movie is fantastic, that is until it decides to roam aimlessley through history, picking up bits of plot from Speke's consequent journey, and discarding the events of the first expedition entirely. This movie should by seen by people whoe either have no idea of what actually occurred, or by people who have a complete idea of what occurred, otherwise one would become completely lost. The viewer has no sense of time or place, only through casual reference, sometimes none at all, is the chronology or place of events given to the viewer. Anyone who thought the plot of this movie was good should immediately read "The White Nile" by Alan Moorehead for more casual reading, or the journals of Burton and Speke themselves to realized the travesty of diverting the plot. Why do screenwriters insist on changing history when the history is far better than anything their pea brains can come up with? I will never know. However, despite the historical indolence, the movie does have superb casting, dialogue, and cinematography, I know why the Coen brothers always use Roger Deakins as their DP, the man is a genius. But what the hey ever happened to Patrick Bergin? He is fantastic in this movie, it seems to me that "Sleeping with the Enemy" killed his potentially great career. But then again I havent seen any of his other work, so maybe his career is as great as it should be. Mountains of the Moon, although badly titled, since the movie has absolutely nothing to do with the Ruwenzori mountains(mtns. of the moon), is a good movie, but the divergence of history cannot be overlooked says me. When are they going to make a Samuel Baker movie? That's what I want to know. Full screen vs. Wide screen Several other reviewers had commented that this was a widescreen edition mis-labeled as a full screen DVD. They are 1/2 right. It is a letterbox edition that thinks it is full screen. I had difficulty getting a wide image on a 16x9 screen (black bars on top bottom and sides), but on a regular TV got a letterbox image. Black saturation is not great on the image. I think it was probably transfered to DVD from a letterbox videotape. It would be nice if Artisan re-did this movie as a widescreen anamorphic DVD from the original 35mm print. The movie has spectacular scenes of Africa and it is a shame that the image quality is not the highest. Buy Mountains Of The Moon at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Mountains Of The Moon Search with the Priority Search Engine on Mountains Of The Moon This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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