Mountains of the Moon (film)

Mountains of the Moon is a 1990 Rankcolor theatrical film depicting the 185758 journey of Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke in their expedition to Central Africa the project that culminated in Spekes discovery of the source of the Nile River. The expedition led to a bitter rivalry between the two men. The film stars Patrick Bergin as Burton and Iain Glen as Speke. Delroy Lindo made an early film appearance as an African native the adventurers meet.

Exploratory adventures of 1857, Sir Richard Burton Patrick Bergin and John Henning Speke Iain Glen, try to discover the true source of the Nile river.The original music was composed by Michael Small, who incorporated genuine traditional African music into a traditional orchestral palette. The soundtrack album was released on Polydor Records, but is long out of print. There are two major themes, one for Burton and the other for Africa. There is also a love theme for Burtons relationship to his wife Isabel Burton portrayed in the movie by Fiona Shaw. ........

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