Hatari!
The movie portrays a group of professional wildlife catchers in Africa who trap wild animals then sell them to zoos. But when a female wildlife photographer appears, they are threatened to change their ways.
31 October 1902, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
12 April 1928, Wedding, Berlin, Germany
20 April 1904, Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA
15 April 1921, Butte, Montana, USA
18 February 1905, London, England, UK
9 August 1938, Lyon, France
26 May 1907, Winterset, Iowa, USA
30 January 1935, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy
26 April 1935, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
11 January 1877, Sydney, Australia
16 January 1922, South Carolina, USA
23 October 1930, Paris, France
February 28, 1913 in Durant, Mississippi, USA
5 February 1919, New York City, New York, USA
December 27, 1916 in Spokane, Washington, USA
May 13, 2008
The story is nothing more than a poor excuse for what Hawks really seems to be interested in presenting--big-game chases over the Kenyan veldt. These sequences are so well done that they save this otherwise-tepid film.
May 13, 2008
The strapping physique of the film unhappily emphasizes the anemic condition of the story streaming within.
May 09, 2005
Perhaps the accent on the trapping of free-roaming critters for use in zoos is a mite too heavy, but this aspect of African business rates the attention it receives here.
March 22, 2008
Colorful John Wayne Africa-based yarn w/slapstick, adventure, animals, and great Mancini score.
April 13, 2016
All dumb romance, immature jokes, (unconscious?) racism and a child's sense of adventure.
March 14, 2016
Politics take a back seat to sex, served up in a dazzling wealth of innuendo.
May 13, 2008
A broader canvas for the interaction of comedy and drama than its immediate predecessor (Rio Bravo), this is both discursive and leisurely.
July 07, 2010
Richly entertaining, with vivid characters.
August 09, 2005
Overlong [!]
June 24, 2006
All in all, one of those rare films that genuinely constitutes a 'late masterpiece'.
February 06, 2007
Hawks continues to explore his favorite themes--professional conduct and male camaraderie--in this African travelogue abouyt an international team of animals catchers, headed by John Wayne. Though plotless, the film is visually compelling.
May 13, 2008
This late masterpiece (1962) by Howard Hawks transcends every literary value in the book to become a brilliantly entertaining and insightful work of pure cinema.
