Gandhi (1982)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.2/10   

Director:

Richard Attenborough

Guionista:

John Briley (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

8 diciembre 1982 (USA)

Género:

Biografía | Drama | Historia

Frase comercial:

His Triumph Changed The World Forever.

Plot:

Biography of Mahatma Gandhi, the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British through his philosophy of non-violent protest.

Plot Keywords:

India | Muslim | Mahatma Gandhi | Hindu | Pakistan

Premios:

Won 8 Oscars. Another 26 wins & 16 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Better than you'd think...

Reparto

Ben Kingsley	...	Mohandas K. Gandhi
Candice Bergen	...	Margaret Bourke-White
Edward Fox	...	Gen. Reginald Dyer
John Gielgud	...	Lord Irwin
Trevor Howard	...	Judge Broomfield
John Mills	...	Lord Chelmsford
Martin Sheen	...	Vince Walker
Ian Charleson	...	Rev. Charlie Andrews
Athol Fugard	...	Gen. Jan Christiaan Smuts
Günther Maria Halmer	...	Dr. Herman Kallenbach (as Gunter Maria Halmer)
Saeed Jaffrey	...	Sardar Valabhhai Patel
Geraldine James	...	Mirabehn
Alyque Padamsee	...	Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Amrish Puri	...	Khan
Roshan Seth	...	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

También conocida como:

Richard Attenborough's Film: Gandhi (USA) (complete title)
Gandhi (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

188 min

País:

UK | India

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco | Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.20 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)

Clasificación:

Iceland:L | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T | Brazil:14 | Netherlands:12 | Netherlands:AL (DVD rating) (2001) | New Zealand:PG | Argentina:13 | Australia:M (original rating) | Australia:PG (video rating) | Canada:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | Ireland:PG | Norway:11 | Norway:12 (1983) | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Locaciones de Filmación:

Aga Khan Palace, Nagar Rd, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Compañía:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivialidades:

The last film of John Boxer.

Errores:

Continuidad: When Gandhi is escorted into the office of the top prison official, the pendulum on the grandfather clock in the background jumps between shots.

Citas:

[first lines]
Gandhi: [Godse shoots Gandhi in the chest] Oh God!

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en "This Morning: (2009-02-20)" (2009)

Better than you'd think...

Thinking back, I suppose I have now seen many (sometimes good) films that follow the same recipe: One man makes a difference.

But this film is an exception in so many ways:

1) It was made in 1982, so it came before many of them.

2) It has amazingly well-displayed historical significance.

3) Great performances in a near-flawless, frank scrpit.

This film does not bother the viewer with an opening montage of scenes of the main character at various ages ("Dragon", I'm looking at you). This is an amazing film that anyone of any religion, race, or nationality can and should appreciate. With its subtle relevance to today's situations in that part of the world, this is a history buff must-see.

Watch this film and see great performances (an obvious oscar went to Ben Kingsly), excellent cinematography, and a wonderful inspiring story, whose essence soars well above the corny, do-gooder mentality of other pitiful efforts of "bio-pics".

10/10