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  1. The Ghost and the Darkness

    R1996 · Adventure · 1h 50m

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  1. A 1996 film about the Tsavo man-eaters, a pair of lions that killed workers in Kenya in 1898. The film stars Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas as hunters who try to stop the predators, based on a true story by John Henry Patterson.

  2. Oct 11, 1996 · The Ghost and the Darkness: Directed by Stephen Hopkins. With Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani. A bridge engineer and an experienced old hunter begin a hunt for two lions after they start attacking local construction workers.

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    • Adventure, Drama, Thriller
    • Stephen Hopkins
    • 1996-10-11
    • The Attacks Begin
    • Fighting Back
    • The End of A Nightmare

    At the heart of the story is Lt. Colonel John Henry Patterson (played in the film by Val Kilmer), who in 1898 was sent to Africa on behalf of the British government to oversee the construction of an essential railway bridge in the Tsavo region of Kenya, Africa. The building project was a massive operation, employing thousands of workers (most of th...

    With the workers threatening to cease work, and the British government breathing down his neck, Lt. Patterson had to get crafty. One of his most well-known attempts at capturing these beasts is wonderfully recreated in the film, in which Patterson transforms an abandoned railway cart into a box trap. Three Indians workers (who apparently volunteere...

    With the lions neutralized, work on the railway was soon completed. Soon after, Patterson returned to his home in London with the bodies of the two lions in his possession, and recounted the events in his semi-autobiographical book The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, which William Goldman drew heavily from when writing The Ghost and the Darkness. Despite the ...

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    • Stephen Hopkins
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  4. The Ghost and the Darkness. Sir Robert Beaumont (Tom Wilkinson) is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson (Val Kilmer) to right the ship, Beaumont...

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    • Stephen Hopkins
    • R
    • Michael Douglas
  5. Ghost and The Darkness. HD. Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas take on a pair of man-eating lions in late 19th-century Africa in this epic adventure. 6,916 IMDb 6.8 1 h 49 min 1996. X-Ray R. Drama · Action · Emotional · Malicious. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $3.59. Buy. HD $14.99. More purchase. options.

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  7. A true story of two man-eating lions that terrorized a railroad construction site in Africa in 1896. A bridge engineer and a hunter try to stop the carnage, but the lions prove to be clever and elusive.

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