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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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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 01/01/2000
2/4
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. Go to Full Review Quentin Curtis Independent on Sunday 11/30/2017
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. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 06/18/2005
2/5
Susan Tavernetti Palo Alto Weekly 05/20/2003
2/4
Brian J. Arthurs Beach Reporter (Southern California) 12/19/2002
2/5
Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) 07/26/2002
1/5
Just an excuse for Sean Connery to play golf. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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04/13/2022 Three star movie and a four star book. See more 03/04/2022 How did Connery do this? It barely passed the time. Stupidity without laughs. See more 08/06/2014 What were Connery and Rigg thinking when they signed up for this rubbish? See more 09/16/2011 Watch it for free on online :) See more 05/15/2011 Adequate nothing more. Wastes a lot of good actors chief among them Diana Rigg and Sean Connery. See more 03/17/2011 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. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Bruce Beresford

Director

Colin Friels

Morgan Leafy

Joanne Whalley

Celia Adekunle

Sean Connery

Dr. Alex Murray

Louis Gossett Jr.

Professor Sam Adekunle

John Lithgow

Arthur Fanshawe

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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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