The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)

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Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.

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Director

Stephen Hopkins

Writers

William Goldman

Stars

Michael Douglas
Charles Remington

Val Kilmer
Col. John Henry Patterson

Tom Wilkinson
Sir Robert Beaumont

John Kani
Samuel

Emily Mortimer
Helena Patterson

Bernard Hill
Dr. David Hawthorne

Brian McCardie
Angus Starling

Om Puri
Abdullah

Henry Cele
Mahina

Kurt Egelhof
Indian Victim

Others...

Budget

50,000,000.00

Revenue

38,619,405.00

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Keywords

based on true story, africa, animal attack, lion, bridge, colonialism, kenya, lion attack, swahili

Production

Paramount, Constellation Films

Actor

Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani, Emily Mortimer, Bernard Hill, Brian McCardie, Om Puri, Henry Cele, Kurt Egelhof, Satchu Annamalai, Teddy Reddy, Raheem Khan, Jack Devnarain, Glen Gabela

Creators

Stephen Hopkins (Director), William Goldman (Screenplay), Gale Anne Hurd (Producer), Jerry Goldsmith (Original Music Composer), A. Kitman Ho (Producer), Steve Mirkovich (Editor), Vilmos Zsigmond (Director of Photography), Robert Brown (Editor), Roger Bondelli (Editor), Paul B. Radin (Producer), John Henry Patterson (Novel)

Alternative titles

A Sombra e a Escuridão (BR)
Lovci lvů (CZ)
黑夜幽靈 (HK)
Lovci levov (SK)
Привид та Пітьма (UA)
Привид і Темрява (UA)
The Ghost and the Darkness (US)

Release dates

09.01.1997 (AU)
16.01.1997 (HU)
11.10.1996 (US)
15.12.1996 (GR)
27.12.1996 (IT)
12.02.1997 (FR)
16.01.1997 (DE)
31.01.1997 (BR)