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Critics reviews. This adaptation of the famous short story by Rudyard Kipling tells the story of Daniel Dravot and Peachy Carnahan, two ex-soldiers in India when it was under British rule. They decide that the country is too small for them, so they head off to Kafiristan in order to become Kings in their own right.
In 1857, the soldiers enlisted by the East India Company rebelled. The British suppressed the rebellion, committing horrific atrocities in the process. As a result of the revolt, the British Crown assumed direct control of India. The rebellion was still very much part of the public consciousness when Kipling wrote “The Man Who Would Be King ...
The Man Who Would Be King is a 1975 film, directed by John Huston and starring Sean Connery, Michael Caine and Christopher Plummer, about the glorious and awful sides of European Imperialism.It follows Daniel Dravot (Connery) and Peachy Carnehan (Caine), two former non-commissioned officers of the British Raj, on a journey into the wilds beyond the Khyber Pass and into the lands of Kafiristan ...
The Man Who Would Be King Summary. The narrator, a newspaper correspondent, is traveling across India by second-class train when he meets Peachey Carnehan, a white man planning to extort money from a local prince. Carnehan asks the narrator to deliver a message to his friend, Daniel Dravot. The narrator agrees to do so because he and Carnehan ...
Synopsis. Rudyard Kipling’s epic of splendor, spectacle and high adventure at the top of a legendary world. A robust adventure about two British adventurers who take over primitive Kafiristan as “godlike” rulers, meeting a tragic end through their desire for a native girl. Based on a short story by Rudyard Kipling.
John Huston. Director, Screenplay. Gladys Hill. Screenplay. Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on June 20, 2023. A robust adventure about two British adventurers who take over primitive Kafiristan as "godlike" rulers, meeting a tragic end through their desire for a native girl. Based on a short story by Rudyard Kipling.
John Huston's "The Man Who Would Be King" is swashbuckling adventure, pure and simple, from the hand of a master. It's unabashed and thrilling and fun. The movie invites comparison with the great action films like "Gunga Din" and "Mutiny on the Bounty," and with Huston's own classic "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre": We get strong characterizations, we get excitement, we even get to laugh ...
