Fresh
Eastwood's subject is wasted lives and wasted talent; Wilson's charisma and Hollywood's money prove irresistible, and their sheer power brings noteworthy results-but they emerge from a needless vortex of ruin.
Richard Brody, New Yorker
White Hunter, Black Heart
An adventure in obsession...
1990 · 1h 52m · PG
Adventure, Drama
Directed by
Clint Eastwood
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White Hunter, Black Heart
Overview
Renowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hunt elephants and other game, to the dismay of his cast and crew. He eventually becomes obsessed with hunting down and killing one specific elephant.
Director and cast
- Clint Eastwood Director
- Clint Eastwood as John Wilson
- Jeff Fahey as Pete Verrill
- Charlotte Cornwell as Miss Wilding, Wilson's Secretary
- George Dzundza as Paul Landers
- Alun Armstrong as Ralph Lockhart
- Mel Martin as Mrs. Macgregor
- Clive Mantle as Harry
- Timothy Spall as Hodkins
- Catherine Neilson as Irene Saunders
- Conrad Asquith Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Especially for those who have pegged Clint Eastwood too quickly as a masculine traditionalist, White Hunter, Black Heart is a movie to conjure with.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Fresh
An intelligent, affectionate study of an obsessive American film director...
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Ably aided by a fine cast and Jack Green's no-nonsense photography, Eastwood constructs a marvellously pacy, suspenseful movie which is deceptively easy on both eye and ear.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
This material marks a gutsy, fascinating departure for Mr. Eastwood, and makes it clear that his directorial ambitions have by now outstripped his goals as an actor.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
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