The Wind and the Lion
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| Directed by | John Milius |
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Herb Jaffe Phil Rawlins (associate) |
| Written by | John Milius |
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| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Billy Williams |
| Edited by | Robert L. Wolfe |
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Herb Jaffe Productions
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Through United Artists) (USA & Canada) Columbia Pictures (International) |
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Running time
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119 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4.5 million |
| Box office | $9.2 million (US/Canada) |
The Wind and the Lion is a 1975 MGM adventure film in Panavision and Metrocolor, produced by Herb Jaffe and Phil Rawlins, written and directed by John Milius, that stars Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith, and John Huston. The film was loosely based on the real-life Perdicaris incident of 1904. The film was distributed in the U. S. by United Artists and overseas by Columbia Pictures.
The Wind and the Lion storyline weaves historic facts into a violent fictional adventure in which an American woman, Eden Perdicari, and her two children are kidnapped by Berber brigand Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli, prompting U. S. President Theodore Roosevelt to send an armed invasion force and rescue mission to Morocco. (The real Perdicaris incident involved the kidnapping of a middle-aged man and his stepson, who were not harmed.)
During 1904, Morocco is the source of conflict among the powers of Germany, France, and the British Empire, each of which is trying to establish a sphere of influence in that country. Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli is the commander of a band of Berber insurrectionists opposed to the young Sultan Abdelaziz and his uncle, the Bashaw (Pasha) of Tangier, whom Raisuli considers corrupt and beholden to the Europeans. He kidnaps Eden Pedecaris and her children, William and Jennifer, in a raid on their home, during which Sir Joshua Smith, a British friend of Eden's, is killed. Raisuli then issues an outrageous ransom demand, deliberately attempting to provoke an international incident in order to embarrass the Sultan and start a civil war.
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