The Four Feathers

  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • War
9/8/2002
132
PG-13

Freedom. Country. Honor. Passion. To save his best friend, one man must risk everything he loves.

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.

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$29,882,645
Budget:
$35,000,000

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  • Wuchak

    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 (1966), but I prefer this one as its just more compelling and is a quality modern production (Ive never seen the old-fashioned 1939 version).

    There are a lo...

    May 21, 2019
  • FilipeManuelNeto

    An elegant, visually beautiful, historically well-made film, but very clean of all the controversies it could address.

    The novel The Four Feathers has been adapted for film several times, since the days of silent films. Before seeing this film, I had seen a 1939 version, and the similarities of both films are almost as striking as their differences. Which one will be the closest to the original novel? I don't know, I haven't read the novel, but I'd bet more on the older version.

    I don't know if it's really worth talking about the script: Harry Faversham, a young British son of a general, is impelled by his father to follow the family tradition and becomes an officer. However, days before his regiment leaves for war, in Sudan, to f...

    December 31, 2022
  • Geronimo1967

    The loved-up "Harry' (Heath Legder) does the unthinkable and resigns his military commission just as his regiment is about to go into action in North Africa. He thinks of his motives as thoroughly honourable - staying to be with new affianced "Ethne" (Kate Hudson). Sadly for him, though, just about everyone else thinks he has gone a bit yellow and deliver him the ultimate symbol of cowardice - a single white feather attached to their card. It's only his friend "Jack" (Wes Bentley) who has some sympathy but when the soldiers leave, "Jack" is completely ostracised - even by his love. He isn't a coward though, and determines to follow his colleagues, incognito, and as the story develops they can all be glad that he did. I really enjoyed the 19...

    June 6, 2024

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