The Four Feathers


Set during the Victorian era, two best friends, both young officers in the British army, are both in love with the same woman. When they learn that they are about to leave for war in Africa, one becomes a pacifist and resigns his commission. His friends and girlfriend send him the ultimate tribute to cowardice, a white feather each. So after a while, he decides to redeem himself by going to Africa alone, in an attempt to regain his honour, and woman.


129 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Violence) .
Action, Drama, Male conflict & bonding, War

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Good thing we
Good thing we're safe in England...

Credits

Cast
Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Djimon Hounsou, Kate Hudson
Director
Shekhar Kapur
ScreenplayMichael Schiffer, Hossein Amini, from the novel by A.E.W. Mason
MusicJames Horner
CinematographyRobert Richardson
Sound formatsDolby Digital, DTS
Made in2002
Produced byBelhaven Limited, Jaffilms

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Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

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Ian Douglas
10
Cape Argus
Derek Wilson
10
The Cape Times
Sergio Ben
5
The Star
Geraldine Fröhling
10
Die Burger
Gabriël Botma
5
Tygerburger
Mariana Malan
5
Sunday Times
Barry Ronge
15
eye Weekly
Ingrid Randoja
5
Box Office
Shlomo Schwartzberg
13
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
13

What the People say

Internet
1641 Netizens
12

Average .. 47%

9

Visitor Comments

Ian Douglas: Nice ''Boy's Own'' adventure yarn for the teenagers. Thing I found most interesting was the talk and attitudes about ''empires'' and ''fighting for the queen'' etc, which had unintended echoes with the recent US activity in the middle east...






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