Zulu Dawn (1979)
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 117m
Director: Douglas Hickox
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Denholm Elliott, Peter O'Toole, Simon Ward
Synopsis:
On the eve of the action depicted in Zulu (qv.) an entire British column is wiped out on the slopes of Mount Isandhlwana.
Review:
Attempting to take a more 'modern' approach to history, the script caricatures precisely the same British virtues eulogized in the earlier film: stubbornness, courage and fair play (cf.The Charge of the Light Brigade, 1968). Ironically, though, the Zulus come off a lot worse than before, reduced to a faceless nemesis, their rights mentioned but their culture not conveyed with the same dignity as before. The actors look unhappy in this identity crisis of a film.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 117m
Director: Douglas Hickox
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Denholm Elliott, Peter O'Toole, Simon Ward
Synopsis:
On the eve of the action depicted in Zulu (qv.) an entire British column is wiped out on the slopes of Mount Isandhlwana.
Review:
Attempting to take a more 'modern' approach to history, the script caricatures precisely the same British virtues eulogized in the earlier film: stubbornness, courage and fair play (cf.The Charge of the Light Brigade, 1968). Ironically, though, the Zulus come off a lot worse than before, reduced to a faceless nemesis, their rights mentioned but their culture not conveyed with the same dignity as before. The actors look unhappy in this identity crisis of a film.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 117m
Director: Douglas Hickox
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Denholm Elliott, Peter O'Toole, Simon Ward
Synopsis:
On the eve of the action depicted in Zulu (qv.) an entire British column is wiped out on the slopes of Mount Isandhlwana.
Review:
Attempting to take a more 'modern' approach to history, the script caricatures precisely the same British virtues eulogized in the earlier film: stubbornness, courage and fair play (cf.The Charge of the Light Brigade, 1968). Ironically, though, the Zulus come off a lot worse than before, reduced to a faceless nemesis, their rights mentioned but their culture not conveyed with the same dignity as before. The actors look unhappy in this identity crisis of a film.