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L'ombre et la proie

Titre original : The Ghost and the Darkness
  • 1996
  • R
  • 1h 50min
NOTE IMDb
6,8/10
69 k
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L'ombre et la proie (1996)
Home Video Trailer from Paramount Home Entertainment
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Un ingénieur des ponts et un vieux chasseur aguerri se mettent en chasse de deux lions responsables d'attaques sur des ouvriers locaux.Un ingénieur des ponts et un vieux chasseur aguerri se mettent en chasse de deux lions responsables d'attaques sur des ouvriers locaux.Un ingénieur des ponts et un vieux chasseur aguerri se mettent en chasse de deux lions responsables d'attaques sur des ouvriers locaux.

  • Réalisation
    • Stephen Hopkins
  • Scénario
    • William Goldman
  • Casting principal
    • Michael Douglas
    • Val Kilmer
    • Tom Wilkinson
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  • NOTE IMDb
    6,8/10
    69 k
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    • Réalisation
      • Stephen Hopkins
    • Scénario
      • William Goldman
    • Casting principal
      • Michael Douglas
      • Val Kilmer
      • Tom Wilkinson
    • 224avis d'utilisateurs
    • 71avis des critiques
    • 46Métascore
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
    • Récompensé par 1 Oscar
      • 1 victoire et 5 nominations au total

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    Michael Douglas
    Michael Douglas
    • Charles Remington
    Val Kilmer
    Val Kilmer
    • Col. John Henry Patterson
    Tom Wilkinson
    Tom Wilkinson
    • Robert Beaumont
    John Kani
    John Kani
    • Samuel
    Bernard Hill
    Bernard Hill
    • Dr. David Hawthorne
    Brian McCardie
    Brian McCardie
    • Angus Starling
    Emily Mortimer
    Emily Mortimer
    • Helena Patterson
    Om Puri
    Om Puri
    • Abdullah
    Henry Cele
    Henry Cele
    • Mahina
    Kurt Egelhof
    • Indian Victim
    Satchu Annamalai
    • Worker #1
    Teddy Reddy
    • Worker #2
    Raheem Khan
    • Worker #3
    • (as Rakeem Khan)
    Jack Devnarain
    Jack Devnarain
    • Nervous Sikh Orderly
    Glen Gabela
    • Orderly #1
    Richard Nwamba
    • Orderly #2
    Nick Lorentz
    Nick Lorentz
    • Photographer
    Alex Ferns
    Alex Ferns
    • Nigel Bransford
    • Réalisation
      • Stephen Hopkins
    • Scénario
      • William Goldman
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    7AaronCapenBanner

    Two Lions

    Stephen Hopkins directed this adventure film that stars Val Kilmer as Col. John Henry Patterson, who, in 1898 Africa, is in charge of building a bridge, but work is halted because two lions have been killing workers, and the locals believe the lions to be avenging tribal spirits. To show them that they are ordinary lions, his government hires noted hunter Remington(played by Michael Douglas) to join Patterson to kill them, but even he admits to having never seen anything like these lions before... Exciting and tense film is nicely acted and directed, with a most interesting story that was based on fact, incredibly enough!
    mallitch

    The story of a fine man facing an adventure of his lifetime

    A story of Col. Patterson building a bridge over the river Tsavo in Africa, and fighting the couple of killer lions and builders scared to death. Firstly it's the views. Africa's all around with yellow, sun burnt, high grown grass moving in the wind (you can smell the scent almost) and the workers who can cast a threat to Patterson if he fails their expectations of killing the lions. Secondly Val Kilmer's performance. He's not acting, he's just there fighting the obstacles. Thirdly Mike Douglas's influential way of telling things. He's more convincing than in 'Basic Instinct' and sorry Oliver, 'The Wall Street'. His macho appearance doesn't interfere with the main plot but comes to be part of it. Last not least it's Jerry Goldsmith's music. I don't know how he did it but he made it perfect. You just have to sense it to feel it. One of my favourites.
    7rupie

    decent adventure yarn

    "The Ghost & the Darkness" is a very good adventure flick set in Africa in the late 19th century, and is based on a true incident. Kilmer plays an engineer sent to build a railroad bridge over the Tsavo river. Work is halted by attacks from two man-eating lions which terrorize the workers. Seems these lions are exhibiting behavior not seen in lions before, i.e. they appear to be hunting for sport ('the Ghost' and 'the Darkness' are the names given to the 2 lions by the native workers). Douglas plays a famous renegade American hunter, a tragically scarred Civil War veteran, hired by the railroad to kill the lions.

    Good adventure, well-paced, with stunning photography of the African countryside. The movie has an "R" rating which I can't figure out; perhaps because of the bloodiness of the lion dinner scenes (and lunch, and breakfast, and between-meal snacks....). I have seen many PG13's which have more blood & guts than this.

    I give it a straight A; my 10-year old son gave it an enthusiastic thumbs-up also).
    7Samiam3

    Flawed but entertaining, and with a killer bite

    True story, two lions killed a hundred railroad workers in east Africa in 1898. Col. Pattersson is sent from England to supervise the building of a bridge in Uganda across the Tsavo river. He ends up a bit over his head when the lions show up. He teams up with famed hunter Charles Remmington to bring down the cats from hell.

    It wasn't until I heard what other people had to say that I realized that The Ghost in the Darkness is half way to a Jaws rip-off. But of course this is a real story. I've even seen the hides of the two lions preserved in Chicago's natural history museum. They were actually maneless, but for obvious reasons this film gives its killer fuzzballs the hunk hair which makes Lions stand out from any other cat.

    I do know that cats are generally more aggressive than dogs towards people (because of their rogue personalities), but these lions are unnaturally ferocious. They are more monster than animal, which is the intended approach of course. Sometimes though it gets a little unbelievable. One scene in particular, involves the cats ambushing a dorm of about two dozen, all are killed. Regardless of their size or ferocity, are we supposed to believe that two lions can kill that many people in thirty seconds flat without one escaping. It's a tent for god sakes.

    There are a few other problems with The Ghost and the Darkness. Tom Wilkinson's performance is annoying. this is too lame a role for such a good actor. I didn't think Michael Douglas was that great either. He plays the role with too much Indiana Jones in him. A there are also a couple of scenes which are just playing goofy.

    In general though, The Ghost and the Darkness actually amounts to an entertaining monster movie. I'll give the most credit to the animal trainers, because these lions give great performances. I wouldn't call it a scary movie but it certainly has its grizzly parts which might shake you up some. The Ghost and the Darkness bridges the gap between Thriller, horror, and adventure, and I'm pretty sure it'll give you what you want (assuming this is your kind of movie)
    7ma-cortes

    Based on real events about two lions whose attacks stop the construction of the East African Railroad

    Thrilling as well as handsome adventure story set in 1896 , dealing with of two man-eating lions , hunting together for sport rather than food , as they killed 130 people and nearly derailed the building of the East African Railway . These Lions of Tsavo (prophetically means place of slaughter) were maneless, perhaps due to environmental variables, although maneless lions are not unique to Tsavo. Their taste for man may have been due to an outbreak of Rinderpest at the time, which may have depleted their normal prey. Engineer John Patterson (Val Kilmer) is sent by his chief (Tom Wilkinson) to build a bridge over the Tsavo river . Then the workers become convinced the lions , nicknamed ¨The Ghost¨ and ¨the Darkness¨ are actually demons carrying out a cruel carnage . John sets in pursuit the beasts but he has little luck killing the lions , though he gets to survive on a mixture of cunning and bravura . As the beasts contemptuously evade all traps set for them . After losing dozens of workers to the lions, the company brought in Remington, an American , to hunt them, but even his reputation for being the best could not prevent yet more massacre . There is eventually formed a team between the brave engineer and a famous white hunter (Michael Douglas ,despite having top billing, he doesn't appear on screen until 45 minutes into the movie) but the legendary lions survive to kill and kill again ; as they still seem to have advantage until a frenziedly breathtaking last reel .

    This nail-biting film packs thrills , chills , grisly events , slurping blood , quick cut edition is used to depict the lions' attacks and terror elements . Based on a true story well screen-written by the notorious writer William Goldman , he took the actual experiences by real Lt. Col. John Henry Patterson published a book about his adventures , titled "The Man-Eaters of Tsavo" ; however , Michael Douglas' character Remington as a 'great white hunter' is fictionalized , while Val Kilmer's character John Patterson killed both lions . Lt. Col. Patterson owned the skins and skulls of the two Tsavo man-eaters. After the lions were killed, their skins were used as rugs by Patterson. They were later sold In 1924, Patterson sold them to the Field Museum in Chicago for $5,000 . Because they were originally used as rugs with resulting deterioration of the hides, the lions are much smaller than they originally were . There is only one scene involving an animatronic lion , all the other shots were used using two real life lions named Bongo and Caeser ; the same lions also appeared in the film George of the jungle (1997).

    Very good acting from main cast , and nice support casting . As Val Kilmer is magnificent as an engineer in charge of building a bridge and turned into a relentless hunter . Michael Douglas is top-notch as a two-fisted as well as legendary game hunter with his complex mixture of bravado , toughness and calm . Impressive production design and art design from Stuart Wurtzel and Giles Masters , including wonderful outdoors and a lot of extras . The location where the bridge was built is now called Man-Eater's Junction, after the two lions. It is in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, about 200 miles southeast of Nairobi . Support actors are frankly engaging such as Tom Wilkinson as Robert Beaumont , John Kani as Samuel , Bernard Hill as Dr. David Hawthorne , Brian McCardie as Angus Starling , Om Puri as Abdullah and Emily Mortimer as wife . Rousing as well as exciting musical score by maestro Jerry Goldsmith . The motion picture was compellingly filmed by Director Stephen Hopkins (Lost in space , Predator 2 , Under suspicion , Blown away) , he wanted his longtime collaborator Peter Levy to be the film's cinematographer, but he was overruled by the studio, who wanted to hire Vilmos Zsigmond who carries out a splendid and colorful cinematography . Rating : Above average . Well worth watching .

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    • Anecdotes
      Only one scene uses a mechanical lion. All the other shots used five adult live male African lions: Bongo and Caesar of Clarington, Ontario, Canada's Bowmanville Zoo, Woltan and Roman of France and Sudan from Animal Actors of Hollywood in Thousand Oaks, California.
    • Gaffes
      In reality, Patterson killed both lions himself. The great white hunter Remington is complete fiction, and no one like that was ever present in Tsavo during the time the events took place.
    • Citations

      Mahina: You know, I also have killed a lion.

      Angus Starling: How many shots did you need?

      Mahina: I used my hands.

    • Crédits fous
      The beginning of the end credits is shown with a photograph of the real bridge as background.
    • Connexions
      Edited into Kot (2005)
    • Bandes originales
      Hamara Haath (Our Hands Unite)
      Written and Produced by George Acogny

      Performed by The Worldbeaters with The Johannesburg Choir, featuring Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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    Détails

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    • Date de sortie
      • 12 février 1997 (France)
    • Pays d’origine
      • Allemagne
      • États-Unis
    • Langues
      • Anglais
      • Hindi
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Garras
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Tsavo National Park, Kenya
    • Sociétés de production
      • Constellation Entertainment
      • Douglas/Reuther Productions
      • Bernina Film
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    • Budget
      • 55 000 000 $US (estimé)
    • Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
      • 38 619 405 $US
    • Week-end de sortie aux États-Unis et au Canada
      • 9 215 063 $US
      • 13 oct. 1996
    • Montant brut mondial
      • 38 619 959 $US
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    • Durée
      • 1h 50min(110 min)
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    • Rapport de forme
      • 2.39 : 1

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