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Out of Africa
Director:
Sydney Pollack
(Dir)
Release Date:
1985
Premiere Information:
Los Angeles and New York openings: 18 Dec 1985
Duration (in mins):
150 or 161-62
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Cast:
Meryl Streep
(Karen)
Robert Redford
(Denys)
Klaus Maria Brandauer
(Bror)
Michael Kitchen
(Berkeley)
Malick Bowens
(Farah)
Production Company:
Mirage Enterprises
Universal Pictures, Ltd.
Distribution Company:
Universal Pictures
(MCA, Inc.)
Director:
Sydney Pollack
(Dir)
Producer:
Sydney Pollack
(Prod)
Writer:
Kurt Luedtke
(Scr)
Photography:
David Watkin
(Dir of photog)
Art Direction:
Stephen Grimes
(Prod des)
Film Editor:
Fredric Steinkamp
(Ed)
William Steinkamp
(Ed)
Pembroke Herring
(Ed)
Sheldon Kahn
(Ed)
Music:
John Barry
(Orig mus comp and cond)
MPAA Rating:
PG
Country:
Great Britain and United States
Language:
English
Music:
Songs:
Source Text:
Based on the book
Out of Africa (Breve fra Afrika, 1914-1924 & 1925-1931)
(London, 1937) and other writings by Isak Dinesen, the book
Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller
by Judith Thurman (New York, 1982) and the book
Silence Will Speak
by Errol Trzebinski (London, 1977).
Authors:
Isak Dinesen
Judith Thurman
Errol Trzebinski
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Copyright Date
Copyright Number
Universal Pictures, Ltd.
21/3/1986
dd/mm/yyyy
PA280542
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Genre:
Biography
Drama
Sub-Genre:
Historical
Bibliographic Sources:
Date
Page
Hollywood Reporter
9 Dec 1985
p. 3, 18.
Los Angeles Times
18 Dec 1985
Calendar, pp. 1-2.
New York Times
18 Dec 1985
p. 17.
Variety
11 Dec 1985
p. 17.
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