East of Elephant Rock

East of Elephant Rock (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
89 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1977 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Don Boyd

Written By:
Don Boyd
Rick Boyle

Actors:
John Hurt ..... Nash
Jeremy Kemp ..... Harry Rawlins
Judi Bowker ..... Eve Proudfoot
Christopher Cazenove ..... Robert Proudfoot
Anton Rodgers ..... Mackintosh
Tariq Yunus ..... Inti
Vajira ..... Sharmani
Sam Poythress ..... Governor General
Geoffrey Hale ..... Commissioner

Synopsis:

East of Elephant Rock is a 1977 British independent drama film directed by Don Boyd and starring John Hurt, Jeremy Kemp and Judi Bowker. It was Boyd's second feature film following his little-noticed 1975 Intimate Reflections. Like William Somerset Maugham's 1927 play The Letter and two subsequent film adaptations, its narrative content depended on the 1911 Ethel Proudlock murder in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which became a cause célèbre scandalising British colonial society and which had been featured in a Sunday Observer article as recently as the year before. Boyd, drawing in part on his own experience of growing up in an increasingly dysfunctional family in Kenya during the Mau Mau rebellion, wanted to tell a story about the decline of the Empire and the surrender of responsibility.

Set in South East Asia in 1948. Nash, an embassy secretary is having an affair with a native woman. One day he is introduced to Eve, the wife of a plantation owner. It is the beginning of a fateful relationship.

In 1948, a new British governor takes over a Far Eastern colony after his predecessor is murdered by terrorists.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 07 March, 2013.

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