The Wind and the Lion
1975 film written and directed by John Milius / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Wind and the Lion is a 1975 American epic historical adventure film written and directed by John Milius, and starring Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith, and John Huston. The film is loosely based on the real-life Perdicaris affair of 1904. Connery plays Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli, a Moroccan Berber rebel and anti-imperialist leader, and Bergen plays his hostage Eden Perdicaris, a fictional character inspired by Ion Hanford Perdicaris.
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Directed by | John Milius |
Written by | John Milius |
Produced by | Herb Jaffe |
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Cinematography | Billy Williams |
Edited by | Robert L. Wolfe |
Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
Production companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Herb Jaffe Productions |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $4.5 million[1] or $4.2 million[2] |
Box office | $9.2 million (rentals)[3] |
Milius' second feature film, it was produced by Herb Jaffe for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and distributed in the U.S. by United Artists and internationally by Columbia Pictures. It received generally positive reviews from critics, and was a moderate commercial success. Jerry Goldsmith’s film score received Academy Award, BAFTA Award and Grammy Award nominations. John Milius was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for his screenplay.