This adaptation of the famous short story by Rudyard Kipling tells the story of Daniel Dravot and Peachy Carnahan, two ex-soldiers in India when it was under British rule. They decide that the country is too small for them, so they head off to Kafiristan in order to become Kings in their own right. Kipling is seen as a character that was there at the beginning, and at the end of this glorious tale.... (Full plot summary below)
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This adaptation of the famous short story by Rudyard Kipling tells the story of Daniel Dravot and Peachy Carnahan, two ex-soldiers in India when it was under British rule. They decide that the country is too small for them, so they head off to Kafiristan in order to become Kings in their own right. Kipling is seen as a character that was there at the beginning, and at the end of this glorious tale.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertJohn Huston's The Man Who Would Be King is swashbuckling adventure, pure and simple, from the hand of a master. It's unabashed and thrilling and fun. |
| SalonCharles TaylorThe triumph of the movie isn't just Huston's realization of a longtime dream to bring the Kipling story to the screen but the way he both honors classical movie tradition and brings it forward into a new era. |
| VarietyVariety StaffA too-broad comedy, mostly due to the poor performance of Michael Caine. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA robust and rousing screen version of one of the greatest adventure stories ever written |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThe movie, which was shot in Morocco, looks lovely and remote (how did we ever once settle for those black-and-white Hollywood hills?) and has just enough romantic nonsense in it to enchant the child in each of us. |
| New York TimesVincent CanbyIt's a tall tale, a legend, of steadfastness, courage, camaraderie, gallantry and greed, though not necessarily in that order. |
| TIME MagazineJay CocksA mellow, brassy, vigorous movie, rich in adventure and melancholy, The Man Who Would Be King represents the best work Huston has done in a decade. |
| The New YorkerPauline KaelThe film has genuine wit, an appealing sense of grandeur, and very little of the overt "philosophizing" that marred much of Huston's previous work. His eye for the strong, clear lines of landscape had never been sharper, and Oswald Morris's photography has a fine sun-saturated brilliance. |
| Stream on DemandSean Axmaker... one of the most rousing adventures of the 1970s. |
| Nitrate OnlineDan LybargerCaine and Connery are terrific in this rousing adaptation of the Kipling story. |
