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I Dreamed of Africa
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767845717
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767845714
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglish (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: D04606D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 29, 2000
Running Time: 115 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: May 05, 2000
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Editorial Review:
Based on the memoirs of party-girl-turned-conservationist Kuki Gallman, I Dreamed of Africa never comes close to living up to its title; the mood is more prosaic travelogue than oneiric wonderment. After a car accident warns Kuki of her mortality, she resolves to grow up, a process that mysteriously involves marrying a man she barely knows and moving with him and her young son to the wilds of South Africa. There she learns new beau Paolo is less reliable than she thought, but also that the sun-baked plains and roaming beasts of Africa speak to her in a way the nightlife of Italy did not. (We learn of her blossoming humanity because she introduces herself to the servants; a probing study of interpersonal relationships this isn't.) Kim Basinger obviously feels connected to the role--she can stride across a room with a majestic self-righteousness that the film should have drawn upon more--but she's defeated by a script composed of repetitive vignettes that have no cumulative effect and a director (Hugh Hudson) who keeps the film's emotional impact curiously flat and diffuse except for the crass, manipulative moments every 20 minutes or so. Sure the photography's lovely, but really, how hard is it to get a nice shot of flamingoes at dawn? --Bruce Reid
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - I dreamed of Kuki's Africa-so I went
I did volunteer work at Ol Ari Nyrio in 11/07 and it was the most amazing experience of my life. It was amazing to see where the movie was filmed. Africa is not a constant National Geographic film, and it is a beautiful as it is dangerous, as lulling as it is exciting. Although I did not think Kuki's character as well portrayed by the character in this film, I found her story well portrayed - truth is always more interesting & stranger than fiction, remember. Kuki is an amazing person and the ... Read More
Rating:  - I Dreamed Of Africa
I have loved this movie since the very first time I saw it. I suppose because it is a true story about a woman of real courage. It is magnificent, and terrifying, heartening, and heartbreaking.
Rating:  - Beautiful film
This was a gift for a friend who dreams of Africa. This film is an excellent view if you are in love with Africa.
Rating:  - One of the Worst Movies of all Time
At least Battlefield Earth had a plot!! They really should have made this into a Banana Republic shoot or a world music video, because I will admit that it's pretty and stylish.
As for Vincent Perez fans-don't watch this for him; he comes across as purely sleazy and kinda oily and doesn't look too good.
One of those films where I for once found myself wishing that the hyper sensitive "post colonial" thought/racial police WOULD have gone after this movie!
Rating: - Judge it for the writing not the color of the writers skin.
Bottom line it that e-v-e-r-y-o-n-e has their own opinion. Ask 10 different people their opinion on something ... chances are your gonna get 10 different reasons for their feelings. I personally love everything about this movie, that's my opinion and yours may be different & that's fine. But please stop with the NEGATIVE comments about, "white people in Africa" stuff! That shouldn't even be mentioned in a review - it's uncalled for & sounds terrible. The story is about someone's picking up ... Read More
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