A Good Man in Africa (film)
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| Directed by | Bruce Beresford |
| Produced by | John Fiedler Mark Tarlov Bruce Beresford |
| Screenplay by | William Boyd |
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A Good Man in Africa by William Boyd |
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| Music by | John Du Prez |
| Edited by | Jim Clark |
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Gramercy Pictures (US) UIP (UK) |
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94 min |
| Country | United States United Kingdom South Africa |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million |
| Box office | $2,308,390 |
A Good Man in Africa is a 1994 film, based on William Boyd's 1981 novel A Good Man in Africa and directed by Bruce Beresford.
Bruce Beresford did not remember the film fondly:
God, that was horrible. That was the worst film experience I ever had. It was cast wrong, the crew was all strange. We were filming in the wrong place. We filmed in South Africa, it was set in West Africa. Which is like shooting in Alaska when it’s set in New Orleans. And I realized that although the novel that it’s based on is terribly funny, it was very anecdotal. It had no narrative. I think on about the second day I realized it was never going to work, because the scenes don’t link. I thought, “I’m sunk! I’m never gonna get out.”
The movie received mixed to poor reviews.
Focus Features released an Amazon.com exclusive DVD of the film on January 11, 2010.
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