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The Mission (1986) | User Rating
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Release Date
Oct 31, 1986 (USA)
DVD Release Date
• R1: May 13, 2003
MPAA Rating
PG
Running Time
2 hours, 6 minutes
Country UK
Studio Enigma Productions, Goldcrest Films International, Kingsmere Productions, Television, Warner Brothers
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Other Titles
• The Mission
• Mission (1986)
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Genre: Drama, Period Piece, Tragedy, Epic, Religion, Murder
Plot: A visually stunning epic, THE MISSION recounts the true story of two men--a man of the sword (Robert De Niro) and a man of the cloth (Jeremy Irons)--both Jesuit missionaries who defied the colonial forces of mighty Spain and Portugal to save an Indian tribe from slavery in mid-18th-century South America. Mendoza (De Niro) is a slave trader and colonial imperialist who murdered his own brother (Aidan Quinn) and seeks penance for his sins by becomining a missionary at Father Gabriel's (Irons) mountaintop mission; Gabriel is a devout and idealistic man who extols nonviolence and peaceful interaction with the natives and colonialists. Despite their differences, the two men must unite to save the mission when Spain, Portugal, and the Catholic church begin negotiating their boundaries in the area--negotiations that will affect both the freedom of the natives and the well-being of the Jesuit missionaries who have set up safe havens for them. Director Roland Joffé's sweeping masterpiece is a haunting account of the unjust treatment of the Guarani Indians of South America and the men who fought desperately, in very different ways, to save them. The film features a mezmerizing musical score by Ennio Morricone that weaves a stunning combination of church choirs and native Indian panpipes
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| Written by |
Robert Bolt
Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, A Man for All Seasons |
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| Cast |
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 | Jeremy Irons
The Lion King, Kingdom of Heaven, Die Hard: With a Vengeance |
 | Aidan Quinn
Legends of the Fall, Practical Magic, Frankenstein |
 | Liam Neeson
Schindler's List, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Batman Begins |
 | Ray McAnally
My Left Foot, We're No Angels, The Fourth Protocol | Cherie Lunghi
Excalibur, Frankenstein, An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn | Ronald Pickup
Never Say Never Again, Lolita, The Day of the Jackal | |
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| Music By |
Ennio Morricone
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Untouchables, Once Upon a Time in America |
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