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| Four Feathers [2003] | ![Four Feathers [2003]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515B33HQBKL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Shekhar Kapur
Actor: Heath Ledger|kate Hudson|wes Bentley
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 4946
Format: Pal
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Running Time: 125 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5017188811439
ASIN: B00006LA7J
Theatrical Release Date: September 20, 2002
Release Date: May 1, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 9 to 13 days
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The seventh filming of AEW Mason's classic 1902 novel, this near-epic production of The Four Feathers looks great, sounds great and feels rather average. It would be difficult to diminish the rousing adventure of Mason's novel and director Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth) certainly gets more bang for his buck, with massive battle scenes and rugged, sun-baked harshness enhanced by Robert Richardson's masterful cinematography. Kapur preserves the universal appeal of the story, set in the 1880s, in which a promising soldier (Heath Ledger) resigns on the eve of battle in Britain's Sudanese campaign, is labelled coward by his fiancee (Kate Hudson), and redeems himself by posing as a Muslim warrior to rescue his best friend Jack (Wes Bentley) from certain death in the desert. For all its heroics, however, the film seems oddly passionless; Djimon Hounsou is excellent as Ledger's desert guardian, but these young Hollywood stars lack the authenticity of Zoltan Korda's 1939 film, which remains the definitive version. --Jeff Shannon
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 Feathered pillow recommended May 27, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Two hours of overacting and pretentious prattling.
He gets caught and escapes, gets caught and escapes. By the time he takes the poison you wish there was enough to go around to put the audience out of their ordeal...then it still goes on...
The acting and flow of the story is so bad and confusing that not even the exquisite cinematography makes it worth seeing this one through.
Feathers Plucked! April 12, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I found this effort sadly disappointing.I thought it a pity that they decided to mess around with the dating and set the story apparently in the 1880s rather than the 1898 Omdurman Campaign in which Mason placed his novel. It wasn't clear to me whether the British unit involved was meant to be infantry or cavalry - one moment they are on foot with bayonets fixed, the next careering around on horseback brandishing full-length Martini-Henry rifles - not the most effective weapon in a cavalry charge! All in all it was too politically correct and redolent of early 21st Century attitudes for my taste.
I fear it must be added to the tally of "Four Feathers" re-makes which have failed to match the standard achieved by Korda's 1939 version.
At least the 1950s attempt "Storm on the Nile" had the good sense to use some of the 1939 film's combat footage!
 Not read the book nor seen any of the originals February 10, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I came at this film with no prior knowledge that i was indeed a novel, nor that there have been several filmings of said novel before this one. So this review i hereby give is based on this film and this film alone, without comparison to other 'versions' of the story.
The whole idea of cowardice in the time period depicted was very hoo-haa. One just didn't show if they were a coward, it was their duty and their responsibility to fight for ones country no matter how they felt. So when poor Heath Ledger opts to leave the army it is no surprise that his friends and his fiancee all turn their backs on him...although it becomes clear that even they were acting with the prejudice and not what they actually thought...
The acting is all round quite superb, especially Wes Bentley. The surprising supporting roles for Michael Sheen (so recently brilliant in The Queen) and Kris Marshall (usually a comedian) were excellent, Heath Ledger and Kate Hudson a joy to watch and the film stealing Djimon Hounsou absolutely top notch.
As a period piece it feels just right. The costumes are all glorius. The arid desert heat is portrayed so magnificently by some excellent cinematography. I commend the crew whole heartedly.
A gripping film from start to finish with some fine acting and a good sense of morality; where as i can't vouch for the accuracy, i tend to look the other way for most historical innaccuricies anyway if the film itself is so engrossing. History books are where the accuracy is, films are where the romantic escapism is found.
All Rather Confusing and Not Very Convincing January 4, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Lots of spectacle and nicely shot so good from that point of view but it veers away from the original story in which Harry Faversham had to pass as a mute, as well as adding characters not in the book. In this version he learns to speak Arabic!
The Batttle of Abu Klea ( not Abu Clea as in the film ) took place in 1885, lasted only around 15 minutes and was a British victory. By that time red tunics were no longer worn in the field.
Officers digging graves whilst enlisted men looked on then arguing in front them? Neither occurrence would have been very likely.
Not all, but quite a few, of the lead actors appeared as modern day people in period uniforms. They didn't really look the part.
Overall disappointing.
 The four feathers July 22, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
First class from start to finish.
EXCELLENT RE=WORKING OF A CLASSIC ADVENTURE.
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