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Based on the Ernest Hemingway novel of the same name, Peck plays the part of a wounded hunter who is accompanied by two women in the African wilds. Each of them tries to analyse his or her past life.

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EAN5060033472002

eBay Product ID (ePID)30485485

Product Key Features

ActorSusan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck

Film/TV TitleThe Snows of Kilimanjaro

DirectorHenry King

Release Year2004

FormatDVD

LanguageEnglish

GenreGeneral, Action & Adventure

Run Time114 Mins

Additional Product Features

CertificatePG

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Number of Discs1

ComposerBernard Herrmann

Additional InformationThis lavish, big-budget blockbuster combined tales from Ernest Hemingway's life with Papa's already famous autobiographical novel of the same name. As Harry (Gregory Peck) lies wounded and delirious in an African campsite at the foot of the snow-covered slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, he recounts the story of his life in a series of flashbacks. Writing, women, and big-game hunting--these are the things that have defined and dominated his existence. In pursuit of all three, he has travelled the globe from the salons of Bohemian Paris to the battlefields of Spain to the plains of Africa. Now, in the shadow of the great mountain and his own approaching death from gangrene, he tries to make sense of his failures. Few Hemingway novels play as well onscreen as they do on paper, but under the direction of Henry King, star Peck turns in an inspired performance. Susan Hayward plays Harry's devoted beau, while Harry himself pines for the love he lost in Cynthia (Ava Gardner). The romantic, sentimental, qualities embedded in the fine script are driven home by Bernard Herrmann's brilliant score. Cinema managers actually feared that audiences would stay away from the film because they couldn't pronounce Kilimanjaro, but the film turned out to be one of the biggest hits of 1952.

AuthorErnest Hemingway

Movie/TV TitleThe Snows Of Kilimanjaro

Consumer AdviceContains mild war action