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08/09/2002 Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War 2h 12m
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Freedom. Country. Honor. Passion. To save his best friend, one man must risk everything he loves.

Overview

A young British officer resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers as symbols of what they view as his cowardice. To redeem his honor, he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves their lives.

  1. Shekhar Kapur

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Heath Ledger

    Harry Faversham

  2. Wes Bentley

    Jack Durrance

  3. Kate Hudson

    Ethne Eustace

  4. Djimon Hounsou

    Abou Fatma

  5. Alex Jennings

    Colonel Hamilton

  6. Michael Sheen

    William Trench

  7. Lucy Gordon

    Isabelle

  8. James Cosmo

    Col. Sutch

  9. Angela Douglas

    Aunt Mary

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2019-05-21
***Brits fighting Sudanese rebels in 1884 with Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley and Kate Hudson***

Based on the novel by A.E.W. Mason, a greenhorn British regiment in 1884 is commissioned to Egyptian-ruled Sudan to fight Mahdi rebels. A young officer, Harry (Heath Ledger), unexpectedly resigns and is shamed as a coward by his three best friends (e.g. Wes Bentley) and fiancée (Kate Hudson). After the negative fallout he goes to Sudan undercover to hopefully redeem his honor.

"The Four Feathers" (2002) is similar to Victorian-Brits-fighting-in-Africa flicks like “Zulu” (1964) and “Khartoum...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$35,000,000.00

Revenue
$29,882,645.00

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