5.5
“Between the wind and the lion is the woman. For her, half the world may go to war.”
The Wind and the Lion (1975)
May 22, 19751h 59mEN
6.5
204 votes
Overview
At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers, and the attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure to military intervention.
Director
John MiliusWriter
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Status
Released
Original Language
Arabic
Budget
$4.5M
Revenue
$9.2M
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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John Chard
7.0To Theodore Roosevelt - you are like the Wind and I like the Lion. The Wind and the Lion is written and directed by John Milius and stars Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith, John Huston and Geoffrey Lewis. Music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by Billy Williams. In early twentieth century Morocco, a Berber Sharif kidnaps an American woman and her children, forcing President Theodore Roosevelt to send in forces to conduct a rescue mission. On basic terms it was meant to be a sly attack on American colonialism, what we actually get is a wonderful collage of homages to g…
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