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A Good Man in Africa

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Morgan Leafy (Colin Friels) is a British diplomat living in Kinjanja, an African nation recently freed from British rule. Arthur Fanshawe (John Lithgow), a new diplomat eager to leave Africa, learns that Kinjanja sits on top of a huge oil reserve. Unfortunately, Morgan is too preoccupied with alcohol and women to know what to do with the oil. To make matters worse, a woman is struck by lightning on the British compound, creating a tense political situation with the local government.
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Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Rated: D+ Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Robert Faires Austin Chronicle Rated: 3.5/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times This plot, and the attitudes that underlie it, remind me of the patronizing tone of novels set in Africa 50 years ago, about colorful colonials and backward natives. The movie is not overtly racist. But there is an unpleasant undertone. Rated: 2/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Quentin Curtis Independent on Sunday Boyd's novel was largely interior monologue, and it is fair enough that Boyd's own adaptation should go for something different -- but not for banal dialogue and creaking-farce machinery. Nov 30, 2017 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jun 18, 2005 Full Review Susan Tavernetti Palo Alto Weekly Rated: 2/4 May 20, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Three star movie and a four star book. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member How did Connery do this? It barely passed the time. Stupidity without laughs. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member What were Connery and Rigg thinking when they signed up for this rubbish? Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Watch it for free on online :) Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Adequate nothing more. Wastes a lot of good actors chief among them Diana Rigg and Sean Connery. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member I think it was hilarious. It made fun of both the British and African sides tastefully. If you have a light enough heart to enjoy a feel good movie with some little hidden gems of knowledge this is it. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Morgan Leafy (Colin Friels) is a British diplomat living in Kinjanja, an African nation recently freed from British rule. Arthur Fanshawe (John Lithgow), a new diplomat eager to leave Africa, learns that Kinjanja sits on top of a huge oil reserve. Unfortunately, Morgan is too preoccupied with alcohol and women to know what to do with the oil. To make matters worse, a woman is struck by lightning on the British compound, creating a tense political situation with the local government.
Director
Bruce Beresford
Producer
John Fiedler, John Tarlov
Screenwriter
William Boyd
Production Co
Capitol Films
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 9, 1994, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 8, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.2M
Runtime
1h 35m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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