The Wind and the Lion
starring: Chris Aller, Luis Barboo, Deborah Baxter, Candice Bergen, Sean Connery
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The up-and-down career of director John Milius had no finer moment than The Wind and the Lion, a dandy adventure tale. It's based on fact:An American (played by Candice Bergen) and her two children were kidnapped in 1904 Morocco by a Berber tribe, an international incident settled by President Theodore Roosevelt's "big stick" military muscle. The film's sweep and swagger are unabashedly old-fashioned, even as Milius occasionally pokes fun at the grand characters. Some of the peripheral material is sloppy, but as long as Milius keeps his sights locked on the two powerful protagonists, he's dead-on:Brian Keith makes a gutsy Roosevelt, and Sean Connery is in splendid form (with Scots accent in place--got a problem with that?) as the dashing Berber chieftain. Perhaps overshadowed by John Huston's The Man Who Would be King the same year (Huston plays advisor John Hay in this one), Wind makes a marvelous companion piece. --Robert Horton
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The up-and-down career of director John Milius had no finer moment than The Wind and the Lion, a dandy adventure tale. It's based on fact:An American (played by Candice Bergen) and her two children were kidnapped in 1904 Morocco by a Berber tribe, an international incident settled by President Theodore Roosevelt's "big stick" military muscle. The film's sweep and swagger are unabashedly old-fashioned, even as Milius occasionally pokes fun at the grand characters. Some of the peripheral material is sloppy, but as long as Milius keeps his sights locked on the two powerful protagonists, he's dead-on:Brian Keith makes a gutsy Roosevelt, and Sean Connery is in splendid form (with Scots accent in place--got a problem with that?) as the dashing Berber chieftain. Perhaps overshadowed by John Huston's The Man Who Would be King the same year (Huston plays advisor John Hay in this one), Wind makes a marvelous companion piece. --Robert Horton
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- Snoozefest
This is low grade 1960s-70s calibre TV style acting.......Connery as an Arab isn't convicing for even a second....The landscape camera work is breathtaking at times.....This is cornier than the worst of John Wayne films......It had to of cost a lot of money to make this hunk of crap.......This is a bland movie...Bergen is stale too.
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- Great epic....even greater score
As something of a soundtrack buff, this rates as one of the best of all time, right up there with "The Magnificent Seven," "The Big Country" and "Lawrence of Arabia."What's better is that the music becomes a character of the movie, trasmitting the brutality and beauty of such a desolate place.Many knock Connery for playing a Berber with a Scots accent, but is it any worse than Alec Guinness playing Prince Faisal in "Lawrence of Arabia?"He plays the role with cruelty and charm in just the right ... Read More
Rating: - FABULOUS FILM THAT STILL HOLDS UP
"The Wind and the Lion" was a beautiful John Milius film and story, with a pulse-pounding sound track. Brian Keith plays Teddy Roosevelt, who orders U.S. troops to Morocco to protect U.S. interests, as well he should have. Candice Bergen is an American socialite, kidnapped by a roguish Arab sand pirate, played by Sean Connery. The film is much more story, character rivalry and romance than history, but it does not hand us any of the usual garbage portraying the U.S. as racist exploiters. Instead, America ... Read More
Rating: 
- Stirring music with lively instrumentation
Though opinions of the film may vary you won't hear too many bad things about this soundtrack. Even the plain Jane single disc version has a bevy of stirring tracks and tender moments making it one of the more interesting soundtracks of the 70's (because let's face it, musically, the 70's have a lot to answer for!).
The score by Jerry Goldsmith utilises some interesting signature sounds as the composer tried to convey an Islamic feel, a North African bent to proceedings. Some may find ... Read More
Rating: - A Historical Twist But A Great Movie
I first saw this in 1975.I took a group of Samoan boys to watch it in Pago Pago.They loved it, the Raisuli was a really heroic figure.
It's in our DVD collection, but I haven't seen it again until I just glimpsed it on TNT this evening.It hasn't lost anything over the years, but one line in particular made me pay attention.The Raisuli is talking to his captive, Mrs. Peridcaris, watching two men trabsfer water from a well into a bucket.Something like> "When one bucket empties, another bucket ... Read More
- SnoozefestThis is low grade 1960s-70s calibre TV style acting.......Connery as an Arab isn't convicing for even a second....The landscape camera work is breathtaking at times.....This is cornier than the worst of John Wayne films......It had to of cost a lot of money to make this hunk of crap.......This is a bland movie...Bergen is stale too.
- Great epic....even greater scoreAs something of a soundtrack buff, this rates as one of the best of all time, right up there with "The Magnificent Seven," "The Big Country" and "Lawrence of Arabia."What's better is that the music becomes a character of the movie, trasmitting the brutality and beauty of such a desolate place.Many knock Connery for playing a Berber with a Scots accent, but is it any worse than Alec Guinness playing Prince Faisal in "Lawrence of Arabia?"He plays the role with cruelty and charm in just the right ... Read More
- FABULOUS FILM THAT STILL HOLDS UP"The Wind and the Lion" was a beautiful John Milius film and story, with a pulse-pounding sound track. Brian Keith plays Teddy Roosevelt, who orders U.S. troops to Morocco to protect U.S. interests, as well he should have. Candice Bergen is an American socialite, kidnapped by a roguish Arab sand pirate, played by Sean Connery. The film is much more story, character rivalry and romance than history, but it does not hand us any of the usual garbage portraying the U.S. as racist exploiters. Instead, America ... Read More
- Stirring music with lively instrumentationThough opinions of the film may vary you won't hear too many bad things about this soundtrack. Even the plain Jane single disc version has a bevy of stirring tracks and tender moments making it one of the more interesting soundtracks of the 70's (because let's face it, musically, the 70's have a lot to answer for!).
The score by Jerry Goldsmith utilises some interesting signature sounds as the composer tried to convey an Islamic feel, a North African bent to proceedings. Some may find ... Read More
- A Historical Twist But A Great MovieI first saw this in 1975.I took a group of Samoan boys to watch it in Pago Pago.They loved it, the Raisuli was a really heroic figure.
It's in our DVD collection, but I haven't seen it again until I just glimpsed it on TNT this evening.It hasn't lost anything over the years, but one line in particular made me pay attention.The Raisuli is talking to his captive, Mrs. Peridcaris, watching two men trabsfer water from a well into a bucket.Something like> "When one bucket empties, another bucket ... Read More
