The Wind and the Lion (1975)
Average Rating: 6.3/10
Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 3
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1975 Wide
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In the early 1900s, an American businessman was kidnapped by a rebellious Arab chieftain, principally as a means to embarrass the sultan of Morocco. This abduction sparked the threat of armed intervention by President Theodore Roosevelt, which was never carried out. In The Wind and the Lion, the unattractive male captive is replaced by the gorgeous female Mrs. Pedecaris, an American widow played by Candice Bergen. The ruthless but essentially decent Arab chief Raisuli is portrayed by Sean
Jan 1, 1975 Wide
Jan 6, 2004
MGM Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Sean Connery
Raisuli the Magnificent -
Candice Bergen
Eden Pedecaris -
Brian Keith
Theodore Roosevelt -
John Huston
John Hay -
Geoffrey Lewis
Gummere -
Steve Kanaly
Capt. Jerome -
Vladek Sheybal
The Bashaw of Tangier -
Nadim Sawalha
Sherif -
Roy Jenson
Admiral Chadwick -
Polly Gottesman
Jennifer Pedecaris -
Jack Cooley
Roosevelt Child -
Chris Aller
Kermit Roosevelt -
Luis Barboo
Gayaan the Terrible -
Deborah Baxter
Alice Roosevelt -
Charlie Bravo
Decapitated Arab -
Anita Colby
Station Woman -
Larry Cross
Henry Cabot Lodge -
Ricardo Palacios
Torres -
Aldo Sambrell
Ugly Arab -
Antoine St. John
Von Roerkel -
Ben Tatar
Sketch Artist -
Bill Williams
Sir Joseph -
Marc Zuber
The Sultan -
Darrell Fetty
Dreighton -
Alex C. Weldon
Elihu Root -
Shirley Rothman
Edith Roosevelt -
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Juan Cazalilla
Chef -
Howard Hagan
Diplomat -
Harrison Simon
William Pedecaris -
Akio Mitamura
Japanese General -
Carl Rapp
Station Man -
Allen Russell
Aides -
Felipe Solano
Pock-faced Arab -
James Mitchell
Gummere's Aide
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All Critics (13) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (3) | DVD (9)
An 'incoherent text' headier than any screen Kipling adaptation
A bogus history lesson that's a mixture of fact and fiction.
A kind of big-budget, all-star extravaganza the equivalent of which we really don't have today -- and for which mainstream movies are a little worse off.
The marriage of epic romance and the epic romanticization of brutality.
Audience Reviews for The Wind and the Lion
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- Raisuli the Magnificent: We will all eat lamb in Paradise.
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- Raisuli the Magnificent: Mrs. Pedecaris, you're a lot of trouble.
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- Raisuli the Magnificent: [telegram] To Theodore Roosevelt: You are like the Wind and i Like the Lion. You form the tempest, The sand stings my eyes and the ground is in parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I like the Lion must remain in my place, but you like the wind, will never know yours. [signed] Mulai Ahmed Mohammed el Raisuli the Magnificent, Lord of the Rif, Sultan to the Berbers.
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- Raisuli the Magnificent: Ignorance is a steep hill with perilous rocks at the bottom.
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- Sherif: Great Raisuli, we have lost everything. All is drifting on the wind as you said. We have lost everything.
- Raisuli the Magnificent: Sherif, is there not one thing in your life that is worth losing everything for?
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- Eden Pedecaris: [playing chess with Raisuli] You are in a lot of trouble! You should never have moved that knight or kidnapped me - both will see you undone.
- Raisuli the Magnificent: It is not I who determine the outcome of these events - it is the will of Allah.
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But, I'm not sure how I'm supposed to feel about all the characters. I mean this is a movie where we almost start WW1 over a girl and her two kids. It's a movie where I'm supposed to sympathize with a guy who beheads two guys almost directly after we meet him.
Still great fun. And I believe this is the first instance of blood splattering on the camera lens, to the best of my knowledge.