Sands of the kalahari is directed by cy endfield who also adapts the screenplay from the novel of the same name written by william mulvihill. This is a digitized version of an article from the timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. When i was a kid i loved the movie sands of the kalahari. Rent sands of the kalahari 1965 on dvd and bluray dvd. Its not the harsh surroundings or the vicious baboons that the survivors have to worry about, but a fellow crazed passenger.
Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime membership. Sands of the kalahari is very much smaller scale in scope, concentrating on group dynamics over big plotting and looking at what happens when disparate personalities are forced to work together. Sands of the kalahari 1965 after a small plane crashes in the jungles of south africa, its surviving passengers struggle to find their way back to civilization. A diverse group of individuals including a womanizing pilot nigel davenport, a domineering hunter stuart whitman, a failed mining engineer stanley baker, a beautiful divorcee susannah york, a softspoken doctor theodore bikel, and a former nazi officer harry andrews struggle to survive in the kalahari desert after their passenger plane crashes. Le film sands of the kalahari 1965 vostfr admin 20170609t02. May 27, 2011 awesome quick wild pig trap technology diy wild pig trap using stone by hunter boy on mountain duration. Jul 17, 2011 the most disappointing part of kalahari is that the film starts out with such promise. Sands of the kalahari is a 1965 british adventure film starring stuart whitman, stanley baker, susannah york, harry andrews and theodore bikel, based on the 1960 novel the sands of. Sands of the kalahari, deserving of the same rep its filmmaker and star achieved for zulu, is a neglected minor masterpiece of perverted heroics and ironic, cynical adventure, played out on a grand scale. Building is connected to main building via 2nd floor walkway.
After a small aircraft crashes in the kalahari desert, one of the seven passengers decides that. Survivors of a plane crash in the kalahari desert in southern africa struggle for life on a strange black mountain, while one by one their number diminishes. The sands of the kalahari by william mulvihill is an exciting adventure book about an incredible feat of survival, a suspenseful story that leaves you on edge until the final page is turned. Starts well but becomes endless and then limps along to a pointless conclusion. Sands of the kalahari 1965 cy endfield, stanley baker. Separate and less crowded registration available to checkin. Sands of the kalahari 1965 approved 1h 59min adventure, crime, drama 2 december 1965 uk after a small aircraft crashes in the kalahari desert, one of the seven passengers decides that his survival chances would increase if he would eliminate the other men in the group.
A cast of mainly british actors, along with american actor stuart whitman. Music is by john dankworth and cinematography by erwin hillier. Im not surprised that sands of the kalahari was a boxoffice failure. Sands of the kalahari 1965 stream and watch online after a small plane crashes in the jungles of south africa, its surviving passengers struggle to find their way back to civilization. Stanley baker in sands of the kalahari 1965 duration. Sands of the kalahari in neighborhoods the new york times. Cy endfields 1965 film, sands of the kalahari, may draw repeated comparisons to lord of the flies or flight of the phoenix, but, as i watched it for the first time today, my thoughts drifted repeatedly to i shot an arrow into the air, an episode from the first season of the twilight zone. The plot borders on grim and brutal at times and it lacks the feelgood ending of flight of the phoenix. Sands of the kalahari 1965 stream and watch online moviefone. In the wilds of south africa, a chartered plane crashes, leaving its passengers hundreds of miles from civilized society. Le film sands of the kalahari 1965 vostfr film complet.
A year after fending off a horde of zulu natives, the production team of cy endfield and stanley baker headed back to africa, this time to film sands of the kalahari, in which the rapid dissolution of civilised societys codes of conduct amongst a group of plane crash survivors who find themselves stranded in the kalahari desert with just a pack of vicious wild baboons for company is. Without commercial breaks, the full movie sands of the kalahari has a duration of 119 minutes. I am the proud owner of a copy of this survivalist killer of a film and every time i just want to sit back and escape our predominant modern hollywood world and watch a great achievement in the art of film making, i put in a film like sands of the kalahari a film that unlike most of the so called films we see today, should have been. After a small aircraft crashes in the kalahari desert, one of the seven passengers decides that his survival chances would increase if he would eliminate the other men in the group. How could such a film, directed by the talented british director cy endfield who brought you great. The bright picture has excellent color and contrast and no flaws to speak of, and erwin hilliers cinematography is so precise that we wince at a shot of the airplane flying into the sun. Whitman, clad for most of the film in nothing but tiny. There are better survival films out there, and i suggest those over sands of the kalahari. Sands of the kalahari 1965 the movie database tmdb.
Like that film, it concerns a group of plane crash survivors attempting to adapt to live in an inhospitable desert climate, but there the similarities end. Sands of the kalahari a chartered plane crashes in a remote african desert after colliding with a swarm of locusts. Dec 21, 2011 heck, i freak out if theres more than 10 miles between exits on the interstate driving across nebraska. As a biggame hunter stuart whitman, a mining engineer stanley baker, a pretty divorcee susannah york, and others embark on a risky campaign of survival, their behavior appears to devolve into the kind of savagery displayed by a nearby pack of baboons. Awesome quick wild pig trap technology diy wild pig trap using stone by hunter boy on mountain duration. Sands of the kalahari 1965 cy endfield, stanley baker, stuart whitman, susannah york, adventure march 20, 2016 a small airplane crashes in the sweltering deserts of southern africa hundreds of miles from civilization. Sands of the kalahari sands of the kalahari 1965 film. Overview of sands of the kalahari, 1965, directed by cy endfield, with stuart whitman, stanley baker, susannah york, at turner classic movies. Heck, i freak out if theres more than 10 miles between exits on the interstate driving across nebraska. Bfi southbank purchases online community guidelines cookies and privacy. Sands of the kalahari letterboxd your life in film.
Rent sands of the kalahari 1965 starring stuart whitman and stanley baker on dvd and bluray. The strangest adventure the eyes of man have ever seen a diverse group of individuals struggle to survive in the kalahari desert after their passenger plane crashes. Watch sands of the kalahari now on your favorite device. Smashing epic adventure, with complex characterizations and weird dynamics. Sands of the kalahari is a 1965 british adventure film starring stuart whitman, stanley baker, susannah york, harry andrews and theodore bikel, based on the 1960 novel the sands of kalahari by william mulvihill. Stuart whitman in sands of the kalahari 1965 stanley baker and stuart whitman in sands of the. Over time the film has fallen into obscurity, but after almost 4 decades, i finally got to.
Sands of the kalahari cy endfield, coproducer, director and scripter of the long film made almost entirely on location in africa, wisely makes the camera as important as anyone in the cast. Jun 09, 2017 le film sands of the kalahari 1965 vostfr admin 20170609t02. The most disappointing part of kalahari is that the film starts out with such promise. Olive films dvd of sands of the kalahari is a superlative presentation. Sands of the kalahari is a film programme that first aired in 1965 and has been classified a 15 certificate.
It stars stuart whitman, stanley baker, susannah york, harry andrews, theodore bikel and nigel davenport. You can watch this full movie free with english subtitles on movie television channels, renting the dvd or with vod services video on demand player, hulu and ppv pay per view, netflix. Seven unconnected people hire a private plane to take them to south africa after their original plane has technical problems, unable to takeoff. So the 1965 film sands of the kalahari definitely represents a worst case scenario for me. A cast of mainly british actors, along with american actor stuart whitman, give strong performances as survivors of a plane crash in the south african kalahari desert. The film begins when a flight to johannesburg is delayed, forcing the passengers to be put up in hotels for the night. A diverse group of individuals struggle to survive in the kalahari desert after their passenger plane crashes. Sands of the kalahari is a 1965 british adventure film starring stuart whitman, stanley baker, susannah york, harry andrews and theodore bikel, based on the.
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