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Originally posted by cal pappas:
I strongly redommend The Macomber Affair (along with the OP's above two, of course).
Cal

I'm not familiar with The Macomber Affair. Is it based on Hemingway's short story the Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber?

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Originally posted by Ray B:

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Originally posted by cal pappas:
I strongly redommend The Macomber Affair (along with the OP's above two, of course).
Cal

I'm not familiar with The Macomber Affair. Is it based on Hemingway's short story the Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber?

It is and follows the short story quite well.
Cal

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Originally posted by Sevastopol:

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Originally posted by Opus1:
Dead Pool

"What a great day to be in the water!"

"Time to make the chimichangas."

Good Fellas

Love Stewart's King Solomon's. The other are down right unwatchable. Looking at you Richard Chamberlain and Patrick Swayze!

Debbie Does Africa, II

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Originally posted by Heym 450/400:

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Originally posted by LHeym500:
Out of Africa: I wanted to be Finch-Hatton; still do.

I'm more of a Baron Bror von Blixen kinda guy...but I hear ya!

You might have asked Dennis.

I did..She said yes

The movie "Last Safari" was based on the book "Gilligans Last Elephant". The book was a hell of a lot better than the movie, I found the book used, on Amazon. I read it when I was a teenager and it reinforced my desire to hunt Africa. In the ninth grade, my geography teacher encouraged us to watch "The African Queen" and made me a lifelong Bogey fan... Thanks Mr. Wise! After seeing the original King Solomons Mines with Grainger and Kerr, I read Haggards book and his later one "She" and it cemented the certainty that I would one day, hunt Africa. An interesting sidenote is that Haggard wrote KSM on a bet and had never been to Africa, pretty good job!

Lee440:
I recommend the first KSM with Cedric Hardwick and Paul Robeson (1930s). Granger's was #2. (There was a third but I forget the actors).
The Last Safari's acting was horrible but the story was excellent.
My number 1 is still The Macomber Affair.
Cal

Cal, I was not aware of a film prior to Grainger, I will have to find it! The last version had Patrick Swayze in it and really sucked.

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Originally posted by Heym 450/400:
Out of Africa...

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"I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills"

Something about British east Africa...it might be a little too "love story" for some but it has some really great safari scenes in it.

HEAR HEAR

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Originally posted by Opus1:
You guys are missing what is probably the most iconic African movie besides Dead Pool - "The Gods Must Be Crazy". Tell me that you cannot watch it just once...

+1!

SAFARI - 1956

A Victor mature and Janet Leigh jem that deserves to be mentioned more:



Yes it actually is available for sale:

https://www.amazon.com/Safari-...keywords=safari+1956

I have seen Hatari several thousand times. I don't know how many times I have watched it.
We lived pretty remote and didn't have cable TV, my uncle and aunt did and they gave us a VHS tape of it, they taped off of Showtime in the 1980s. I watched it almost everyday of the summer growing up. As an adult, I don't know how many times I have watched it but it is a lot.

I have also watched the God's Must be Crazy several hundred times. My children enjoy 2 more than 1, so we watch it a lot. We actually own several of Jamie Uys other movies and have watched them quite a bit too. I do not own God's Must be Crazy 3 and 4, they were Africa release only and are really obscure. They feature the same Kalahari Bushman, but have nothing to do with Africa. I believe one of them was a vampire movie.

Out of Africa is beautifully shot. I love it for that.

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Originally posted by fairgame:
Read 'The man eaters of Tsavo'

Exactly.

Nowhere near what they had to put in the GHOST AND THE DARKNESS, which I thought was rather silly.

The NAKED PREY is great.

KING SOLOMON'S MINES has more than one version.

http://www.imdb.com/list/ls009710898?ref_=tt_rls_1



Link to 394 movies about Africa.

Speaking of the Macomber Affair, there is an EXCELLENT article in Sporting Classics (one of the BEST outdoor magazines in existence in my opinion) this issue about Hemingway and the true story behind the short story and movie-Anyone heard of Jane Kendall Mason? If not, you'll soon learn all about her and Hemingway by reading the article.

1939 version of The Four Feathers, with John Clements, Ralph Richardson, and C. Aubrey Smith.

Jeremiah Johnson is an all-time favorite. So is Zulu.

Born free has two great double rifle hunting scenes.
First a good lion track up in Northern Kenya. Then a loading f$&:k up on lion on the Kenyan coast.

I wish Brian Herne's book could have been a true original documentary on film!

That would be the ultimate

Deep Throat

ghost and the darkness and jerimiah johnson

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https://www.amazon.com/Safari-...keywords=safari+1956

I am with Saeed, I think Ghost in the Darkness is weird.

It wants to be good, but anti-gun Michael Douglas is killing it for me.

I wish Hawks would have made more Africa films,

Fellas:
If you want to see great double rifle footage, both nitro express and the big bore (8+4s) bore guns, look at the Tarzan series of the 1930s with Johnny Weismuller.
Cal

Trader Horn

Big Bore Black Powder for you Cal.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by whelenite:
1939 version of The Four Feathers, with John Clements, Ralph Richardson, and C. Aubrey Smith.

Forgot about Four Feathers. Need to watch that again.

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Originally posted by Frostbit:
Trader Horn

Big Bore Black Powder for you Cal.

Yep. 49:00 Bore rifle. Look like a paradox round of 8 or 10bore

When Michael said," you were hunting with an unfired weapon" and danced with the Masai, carried a shotgun pistol, I kept thinking who picked that jerk out for such a part..I don't know any Masai that would have a white chieftain. Ruined the show, I was so happy when the lions ate him..

Best movie in history of Hollywood was "Valdez is coming" now that was a show, with some outstanding Sharps shooting, maybe a bit over the top on his shooting ability but who cares!!

"The
THREE BURIALS OF MELQUEADES ESTRADA, IS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE AS IT WAS FILMED ON A RANCH WHERE I RAISED MY KIDS..and it was a great show.

White Hunter Black Heart with Clint Eastwood

Out of Africa Great cinematography and I love the scene when Robert Redford stops the train heading to Nairobi and loads all of the Ivory.

Something of Value by Robert Roark. They did a movie long ago but nothing like the book.

The Last King of Scotland
Stander
Blood Diamond

I just purchased a copy of "The Last Safari" at Zeus

MOvies never do justice to a good book, and Rock Hudson in Something of Value hardly fit the part..

As to African shows I thought Blood Diamond was the best of all, then I found out whats his face no name, the star is a bleeding heart liberal snow flake and a anti gun activist and butt buddies with Obama..that really pissed me off!

"Shout at the Devil" based upon a Wilber Smith book.

A lot of those are good, but "Out of Africa" reminds me of Africa the most. "Breaker Morant" was good too. Another was a book about a boy and poisonous snakes. Anyone know the name? Captdavid

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Originally posted by Steve Richards:
Debbie Does Dallas!

any and all of the dirtty harry movies, shooter, amwerican sniper,expendables I&II,transporter I,II,II, .....................

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Originally posted by Atkinson:
MOvies never do justice to a good book, and Rock Hudson in Something of Value hardly fit the part..

As to African shows I thought Blood Diamond was the best of all, then I found out whats his face no name, the star is a bleeding heart liberal snow flake and a anti gun activist and butt buddies with Obama..that really pissed me off!

Same with Meryl Streep.

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Originally posted by Steve Richards:
Debbie Does Dallas!

+1

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Originally posted by Biddleman:
Debbie Does Africa, II

+2

Spicy

Just a bit of an aside ... In the King Solomon's Mines with Stewart Granger ... the movie starts off with a bull elephant in full charge with a frontal brain shot bringing it down. The camera swings to Granger who was supposedly the shooter although, of course, it was a professional hunter (Lawrence) who knocked it down. Among others, the legendary Bunny Allen observed the charge and at the least, a camera man would have been killed except for the shot.

Everyone rejoiced... posed for photos on the elephant and then went back to camp to continue the celebration.

They sent the recovery team to get the ivory but the jumbo had recovered and left ...

It was tracked for days including the use of an airplane but was never seen again.

* This story is from the book 'White Hunters' by Brian Herne.