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Release Date
• USA: Oct 11, 1996
DVD Release Date
• R1: Dec 1, 1998
Budget $55,000,000
MPAA Rating
Rated R for some violence and gore involving animal attacks.
Running Time
1 hour, 49 minutes
Country USA
Studio Constellation Films, Paramount
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Other Titles
• The Ghost and the Darkness
• Der Geist und die Dunkelheit (1997)
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Genre: Action, Thriller, Adventure, Drama, Suspense, Animals, True Story, Gore, Culture Clash, Cult Classic
Tagline: Prey For The Hunters
Plot: Based on a true story, THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS takes place in Africa during the late 1890s and concerns two ferocious lions who killed 130 railroad construction workers in only two months. A pair of courageous men, no-nonsense engineer John Patterson (Val Kilmer) and rugged hunter Charles Remington (Michael Douglas), set out to shoot the creatures, known as the Ghost and the Darkness. Making their task even harder is the two animals un-lionlike behavior--they kill in tandem, attack in the daylight, and show no fear of anything. Soon the hunters become the hunted....
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William Goldman
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 | Tom Wilkinson
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 | Bernard Hill
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 | John Kani
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