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    The Man Who Would Be King

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    Director: John Huston Cast: Sean Connery

    Sean Connery
    , Michael Caine
    Michael Caine
    , Christopher Plummer
    Christopher Plummer
    , Saeed Jaffrey
    Saeed Jaffrey
    , Karroum Ben Bouih
    Karroum Ben Bouih


    DVD

    (Wide Screen / Repackaged / Subtitled / Full Frame)

    $14.99
    $14.99

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    Customer Reviews

    • Release Date: 11/09/2010
    • UPC: 0883929151653
    • Original Release: 1975
    • Rating: PG
    • Source: Warner Home Video
    • Region Code: 1
    • Presentation: [Letterbox]
    • Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
    • Language: English
    • Runtime: 7740
    • Sales rank: 5,257

    Special Features

    Closed Caption; Vintage Featurette Call It Magic: The Making of The Man Who Would Be King; John Huston Movies Trailer Gallery; Producton Notes

    Cast & Crew

    Performance Credits
    Sean Connery Daniel Dravot
    Michael Caine Peachy Carnehan,Roxanne
    Christopher Plummer Kipling
    Saeed Jaffrey Billy
    Karroum Ben Bouih Kafu-Selim
    Jack May Commissioner
    Doghmi Larbi Ootah
    Albert Moses Ghulam
    Paul Antrim Mulvaney
    Graham Acres Officer
    Kimat Singh Sikh Soldier,Sikh Soldier
    Yvonne Ocampo Dancer
    Nadia Atbib Dancer
    Mohammad Shamsi Babu
    John Foreman Actor
    Maurice Jarre Composer

    Technical Credits
    Gladys Hill Screenwriter
    John Huston Screenwriter
    John Foreman Producer
    Rudyard Kipling Screenwriter
    Wally Veevers Special Effects
    Basil Fenton-Smith Sound Effects
    Leslie Hodgson Sound Effects
    Gordon K. McCallum Sound Effects
    Graham V. Hartstone Sound Effects
    John C. Foreman Producer

    Scene Index

    Disc #1, Side A -- Man Who Would Be King
    1. The Marketplace [2:09]
    2. Credits [1:07]
    3. Kipling's Visitor [2:54]
    4. A Pocketed Watch [2:39]
    5. Man With a Melon [1:40]
    6. Brother Masons [3:14]
    7. Putting Screw On [5:39]
    8. Pair Of Lunatics [6:07]
    9. Matinee Show [3:42]
    10. Antics To Amuse [2:09]
    11. Mule-Wrangling [4:47]
    12. Snow Guardians [3:37]
    13. Avalanche [3:24]
    14. Plunder Plunderers [2:07]
    15. Billy Fish, Ootah [7:21]
    16. Different Customs [3:29]
    17. In Training [4:14]
    18. Holy Interruption [2:44]
    19. Luck Of The Arrow [3:22]
    20. Taking Charge [2:18]
    21. Son Of A God [4:13]
    Disc #1, Side B -- Man Who Would Be King - Additional Content
    1. On The March [2:58]
    2. Roxanne [2:09]
    3. God Can't Afford [3:46]
    4. Marked Man [5:54]
    5. The Investiture [2:29]
    6. Treasure Alex Son [4:39]
    7. Seat Of Justice [4:03]
    8. Danny's Destiny [5:12]
    9. Shadow Of His Hand [2:25]
    10. Roxanne Arrives [4:17]
    11. Royal Choice [2:30]
    12. The Jig Is Up [6:52]
    13. Fall Of A King [3:42]
    14. Never Let Go [2:50]
    15. End Credits [2:04]

    The Man Who Would Be King opens with author Rudyard Kipling (Christopher Plummer) working in his study. His solitude is broken by the arrival of a tattered, half-mad derelict, who is soon revealed to be his old acquaintance Peachy Carnahan (Michael Caine). As Kipling listens in rapt fascination, Peachy relates the incredible adventures of himself and his partner-in-chicanery Daniel Dravot (Sean Connery). Con men Carnahan and Dravot have masterminded all sorts of underhanded money-making schemes, the most elaborate of which takes them to a remote city in the hills of eastern Afghanistan. Here, through methods both foul and fair, Daniel passes himself off as the incarnation of Alexander the Great, the better to lay his hands on the vast riches all around him. Unfortunately, Daniel begins to believe his own lies, and the results are disastrous for both himself and Peachy. Inadvertently exposing Daniel's scheme is his native wife, played by Shakira Caine (Michael Caine's real-life wife).

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    The Man Who Would Be King is writer-director John Huston's enjoyably tongue-in-cheek paean to action-adventure movies of the Douglas Fairbanks variety. For the most part, it's good, old-fashioned fun, but it's also an incisive commentary on English imperialism and the quest for imaginary power. Huston first attempted to make Man in the mid-1950s, with Clark Gable and Humphrey Bogart as the leads; over the years, other pairs were considered, including Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas, and Robert Redford and Paul Newman. But it's hard to imagine anyone more appropriate than Michael Caine and Sean Connery for the slyly goofy roles. Both actors had previously played archetypically cool British action heroes: Caine as Harry Palmer in The Ipcress File and other films; Connery as James Bond.
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