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Ashanti [1979]
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Camp 1970s action for all the family
Review date: 2000-11-27 Rating: 6 out of 10
Michael Caine described this as "the worst, most wretched film I ever made", but, in reality, it's not that bad.
Michael Caine is a UN doctor, working in aid camps in Africa alongside his wife (Beverly Johnson), also a UN doctor, who is from the Ashanti tribe. While swimming in a lake near the aid camp, she is kidnapped by slave traders, led by Suleiman (Peter Ustinov). He is sure that, being an Ashanti and beautiful, he will get a high price for her from his best customer, wealthy Arab price Omar Sharif.
Caine sets off to find her, helped along the way by a British anti-slave campaigner (Rex Harrison), an American mercenary (William Holden) and an enigmatic Arabian nomad (Kabir Bedi).
Truly all-star, then, and not entirely unenjoyable. Not exactly taxing for either the audience or Caine, who does well as the grief-stricken but persistent husband, while Ustinov provides a comic turn as the slimy slave trader.
Camp, as only late 70s action movies can be, this is mindless but entertaining fun.
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Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Omar Sharif
Beverly Johnson
Michael Caine
Peter Ustinov
Kabir Bedi
Creators:
Michael Caine (Primary Contributor)
Peter Ustinov (Primary Contributor)
Aldo Tonti (Cinematographer)
Ernest Walter (Editor)
Georges-Alain Vuille (Producer)
John C. Vuille (Producer)
Alberto Vázquez Figueroa (Writer)
Stephen Geller (Writer)
Director(s):
Recording label: Mosaic Movies
Manufacturer: Mosaic Movies
EAN: 7321900938334
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2004-04-05
Number of discs: 1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 110 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1979-04
Language: English (Original Language)