Khartoum

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Simon T I'm fond of Khartoum, probably because I saw it as a schoolboy in London in Cinerama. But boy is it hard work: a turgid Lawrence of Arabia wannabe where over two and a half long hours not much happens and Charlton Heston looks pained, while Laurence Olivier reprises his Othello and is allowed to do all his scenes on a Pinewood soundstage. The best elements are Leo Genn's uncredited opening and closing narration, and Frank Cordell's Elgarian score. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/25/25 Full Review John H Very good movie about Britains crisis in the Sudan Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/05/24 Full Review Will S This is a surprisingly pointless movie. It could have been about empires and it hints in a few places that it wants to be about religious fanaticism--Gordon and the Mahdi are both religious egomaniacs--but ultimately it's only about the desire to make a movie as profitable as Lawrence of Arabia. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/13/23 Full Review dustin d Khartoum is a spectacle of a film. Like Lawrence of Arabia, it's a grand, historical film about an English officer intervening in desert conflict as he sees fit. Charleston Heston gives perhaps his best performance and completely disappears into his character. Laurence Olivier hams it up in blackface as "the Mahdi," which modern viewers might find offensive, but it wasn't done in a patronizing fashion. Khartoum is an entertaining, minor classic. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Don’t let the great critics score fool you. There are only ten of them. A good script, but the tail end of the great 60’s historical epics. Should have been much better. Yes it’s ridiculous seeing Olivier in black face again. Almost as ridiculous is Heston using an English accent. Why is he in this? Heston was a serviceable actor but brings nothing to the role. And in an era of tremendous British actors that could have been cast and been so much better. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/31/20 Full Review Audience Member Ah, the biopic genre of classic Hollywood, replete with overture, intermission and voice-over intro. True to form for films made 1910s to 1960s. You learn that the Brits were after the Mahdi, the guided one. Funny that rarelly are movies from the perspective of the Islamist made any more. Equally interesting is the fact that most westerners are fully ignorant of America's war with Islam since the presidency of Jefferson and the marines fighting Islamists on the shores of Tripoli. Yet, here we are. Overall, a well-written film of epic proportions, and mostly well acted, except at times Heston's Gordon gets a little to sentimental for a general, but he is known for over-acting Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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