A movie starring Sean Connery and Michael Caine in all their glory... Sounded like heaven to me and, boy, I wasn't disappointed. They were both rather awesome and just I loved this adventure flick. The plot was really intriguing and just plain entertaining. To conclude, it is a great adventure flick directed by the great John Huston and it is most definitely worth a look.
Description:Rudyard Kipling's The Man Who Would Be King has been acclaimed by W. Somerset Maugham, T.S. Eliot, William Faulkner, and James Joyce as the British author's masterpiece and one of the best short stories ever written. The fact that the work has now been translated to the screen is to the sole credit of director John Huston. He has wantRudyard Kipling's The Man Who Would Be King has been acclaimed by W. Somerset Maugham, T.S. Eliot, William Faulkner, and James Joyce as the British author's masterpiece and one of the best short stories ever written. The fact that the work has now been translated to the screen is to the sole credit of director John Huston. He has wanted to make it into a movie for over twenty years: "I think it's one of the greatest adventure stories ever written, and it has excitement, color, spectacle, and humor. It also has some spiritual meaning which becomes clear toward the end of the story."
The time is the 1880's. Rudyard Kipling (Christopher Plummer), a young English journalist working in Lahore, India, meets two ex-British Army Sergeants — Daniel Dravot (Sean Connery) and Peachy Carnehan (Michael Caine) — who have decided to seek fame and fortune in the exotic land of Kafiristan. Carnehan tells Kipling, "We're not little men — and there's nothing we're afraid of." The writer gives them some information they need and bids them farewell.
The rigorous journey through Afghanistan and the rugged country beyond is testimony to the will-power and determination of the two soldiers of fortune. And, thanks to a miraculous snowslide, they finally do make it to Kafiristan. With their guns and sheer bravado, Dravot and Carnehan win the respect of its primitive people. They are greatly assisted by an ex-Burkha soldier name Billy Fish (Saeed Jaffrey) who serves as their interpreter and friend. An odd series of events involving an arrow, a woman who calls herself Roxanne (Shakira Caine), and a freemasonry medal result in Dravot being hailed as King and God by a powerful priest cult. (They are the descendants of Alexander the Great who once ruled Kafiristan.) In the holy city Sikandergul, the two men find riches beyond their wildest dreams. However, the same luck which brought them good fortune turns sour in the end.... (more)(less)
"The epic adventures of two fast-talking swindling British soldiers as they travel to more "undistinguished" lands in hopes of making themselves a profit by presenting themselves as "prophets". After convincing the natives that they have been sent from the heavens to help them against their enemies, the duo would then proceed to training the local men in the arts of modern warfare techniques. After several skirmishes in which they lead the village to victory, one of them is made first a king and"
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"While the movie doesn't hold up to me nowadays, it holds a special place in my mind about life outside of the country in which I grew up, and how other people live. It instilled in me a lifelong interest in Freemasonry, in the British Empire, and in that second of the world that existed in the late 10th century.
It's got its fights and action, but it's not based in the immediate battles--our "heroes" are former Army buddlies out to get a fresh start in a strange place, and are eagerly training "
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Action/Adventure
Directed by John Huston (Maltese Falcon, Treasure of the Sierra Madre). Stars Michael Caine and Sean Connery.
Buddy movie based on a Rudyard Kipling story. Two scoundrels enlisted in the British army in India set out for Afghanistan, planning to use rifles to establish themselves as kings among the natives.
Some nice action, some comedy, Caine and Connery are an awesome pairing.
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"5.11.
Michael Caine ja Sean Connery seikkailevat aivan vitusti kunnon veijarimeininki päällä jatkuvasti poikamaisesti virnuillen. Minulla oli krapula ja kylmää pizzaa, ja tämä elokuva oli juuri sitä, mitä olotilani vaati. Leffa myös näyttää helvetin komealta, ja on siinä sitten jotain ulinaa siitäkin, miten valta korruptoi ja blaa blaa blaa."
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