This late masterpiece (1962) by Howard Hawks transcends every literary value in the book to become a brilliantly entertaining and insightful work of pure cinema.
Hatari!
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1962 · 2h 37m · Approved
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Directed by
Howard Hawks
Overview
A female wildlife photographer arrives on an East African reservation where a group of men trap wild animals for zoos and circuses.
Director and cast
- Howard Hawks Director
- John Wayne as Sean Mercer
- Hardy Krüger as Kurt Muller
- Elsa Martinelli as Anna Maria 'Dallas' D'Allesandro
- Red Buttons as Pockets
- Gérard Blain as Charles 'Chips' Maurey
- Bruce Cabot as Little Wolf
- Michèle Girardon as Brandy de la Court
- Valentin de Vargas as Luis Francisco Garcia Lopez
- Eduard Franz as Doctor Sanderson
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
All in all, one of those rare films that genuinely constitutes a 'late masterpiece'.
Perhaps the accent on the trapping of free-roaming critters for use in zoos is a mite too heavy, but this aspect of African business rates the attention it receives here.
The strapping physique of the film unhappily emphasizes the anemic condition of the story streaming within.
A broader canvas for the interaction of comedy and drama than its immediate predecessor (Rio Bravo), this is both discursive and leisurely.
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