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The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)

★ 6.8R109 minDirector: Stephen Hopkins

1996 film by Stephen Hopkins

The Ghost and the Darkness is a 1996 American historical adventure film directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas. The screenplay, written by William Goldman, is a fictionalized account of the Tsavo man-eaters, a pair of lions that terrorized workers in and around Tsavo, Kenya during the building of the Uganda-Mombasa Railway in East Africa in 1898.

The film received mixed reviews and grossed $75 million against a production budget of $55 million. It won the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing for supervising sound editor Bruce Stambler.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is The Ghost and the Darkness about?
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) — Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. Af
Is The Ghost and the Darkness based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is The Ghost and the Darkness scary?
Content rating: R. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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