| GENERAL
DATA |
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| other
titles |
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Ashanti,
Land of No Mercy
Ébano |
| catch
phrases |
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Only two men could rescue her... One driven by love, the other
by revenge
• Het gebeurt nog steeds !
• Slavenhandelaren ontvoerden de vrouw die hij liefhad,
maar niets zal hem weerhouden haar vrij te krijgen |
| release
category |
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big-screen-movie |
| genre |
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adventure/action/drama |
| length |
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118
minutes
117 minutes 32 seconds (Britain, January
10, 1979)
VIDEO
112 minutes 53 seconds (Britain, March 13, 1987 and
August 17, 1992)
109 minutes 43 seconds (Britain, February 21, 2000) |
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theatrical
release
certificate |
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India:
-
Britain: January 10, 1979, uncut,
certificate AA
West Germany: 1979, FSK ab 12, also certified as ab 16
USA: 1979, MPAA rating: R, Parental Rating: Objectionable for children
VIDEO
Britain: March 13, 1987, certificate
15
Britain: August 17, 1992, certificate 15
Britain: February 21, 2000, certificate 15 |
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| release
dates |
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• Denmark
- March 9, 1979
• West Germany - March 15, 1979
• Finland - March 16, 1979
• USA - April 1979
• Britain - 1979
DVD
• Britain - April 5, 2004
VIDEO
• Britain - April 17, 2000 |
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| PRODUCTION |
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| country
of production |
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USA/Switzerland |
| production |
|
GAV,
Columbia Pictures |
| executive
producer |
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Georges-Alain
Vuille, Exec.Producer: Luciano Sacripanti |
| screenplay |
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Stephen
Geller, based on Alberto Vázquez Figueroa's novel Ebano |
| music |
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MUSIC: Michael
Melvoin
LYRICS:
SINGERS:
TITLES:
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| choreography |
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| cinematography |
|
Aldo
Tonti |
| distribution |
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Warner
Bros.
Columbia-Emi-Warner Dists Ltd (big screen, Britain, 1979)
RCA/Columbia Pictures Video Ltd. (video, Britain, 1987)
Video Collection International (video, Britain, 1992)
The Home Entertainment Corp Plc (video, Britain, 2000) |
| filming
location |
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| DIRECTOR |
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Richard
Fleischer |
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| CAST |
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Michael
Caine (Dr. David
Linderby, WHO World Health Organization)
Peter Ustinov (Suleiman, slave trader)
Beverly Johnson (Dr. Anansa Linderby, from the Ashanti
tribe)
Omar Sharif (Prince Hassan)
Rex Harrison (Brian Walker)
William Holden (Jim Sandell)
Zia Mohyeddin (Djamil)
Winston Ntshona (Ansok)
Tariq Yunus (Faid)
Tyrone Jackson (Dongaro)
Jean-Luc Bideau (Marcel)
Akosua Busia (The Senoufo girl)
Johnny Sekka (Captain Bradford)
Olu Jacobs (Commissioner Batak)
SUPPORTING CAST
Marne Maitland (Touareg Chief)
Eric Pohlmann (Zeda El-Kabir) |
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| SUMMARY |
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| KABIR
BEDI DETAILS |
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| Kabir's
part |
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Kabir plays
the nomad Malik.
Pino Locchi is the Italian dubbing voice for Kabir. |
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| Kabir's
showstopper |
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| discussion |
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| KABIR
BEDI PICTURES |
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| Kabir
stills |
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movie
picture galleries |
| reviews
w/ Kabir pix |
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| tv
broadcasts |
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want
to see Kabir in
it? check TV listings of Kabir's
work - current/archives |
| not
to be confused with |
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Umesh
Mehra's thriller Ashanti (1982), starring Parveen Babi, Zeenat Aman,
Shabana Azmi and Rajesh Khanna. |
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| LINKS |
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| official
website |
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trailers |
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QUICK BITS |
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| INFORMATION -
GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| INFORMATION -
PEOPLE |
• Pino Locchi is
(again) the Italian dubbing voice for Kabir.
He also dubbed Kabir in SANDOKAN (1976).
Also, Pino Locchi was the Italian dubbing voice for Kabir in
his films IL CORSARO NERO (1976), LA
TIGRE E ANCORA VIVA.SANDOKAN ALLA RISCOSSA! (1977), THE
THIEF OF BAGDAD (1978).
• New York
born director, producer and writer Richard
Fleischer died 89 years old on March 25, 2006
in a hospital in Los Angeles.
• Richard Fleischer, son of a well-known animation-expert,
had one of his first successes in 1954 with
20000
Leagues
Under the
Sea, and made many more films with a fantasy theme during his career until
1989.
• Some more of Richard Fleischer's hitfilms:
The Vikings (1958, starring Kirk Douglas), Doctor Dolittle (1967, starring
Rex
Harrison),
Tora!
Tora! Tora! (1970, starring Joseph Cotten), The Jazz Singer (1980, starring
Neil
Diamond),
Amityville 3-D (1983), Conan the Destroyer (1984, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Grace Jones) and Red Sonja (1985, starring Brigitte Nielsen).
• Richard Fleischer also directed some controversial films
which quickly became cult,
among them Mandingo (1975, slavery/violence),
The
Boston
Strangler
(1968, serial killer),
10 Rillington Place (1971, serial killer) and - last but not least - the classic
Soylent
Green
(1973, visions of a black future for human society).
• Richard Fleischer published his autobiography in
1993: "Just
Tell Me When to Cry", subtitled "Encounters with the Greats,
Near-Greats
and Ingrates of Hollywood".
• The internationally celebrated veteran star Omar Sharif is
not
related
in any way to
the Pakistani comedian Omar Sharif. |
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