Mountains of the Moon (film)

Mountains of the Moon
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBob Rafelson
Screenplay byWilliam Harrison
Bob Rafelson
Based onBurton and Speke
by William Harrison
Produced byDaniel Melnick
Mario Kassar
Starring
CinematographyRoger Deakins
Edited byThom Noble
Music byMichael Small
Production
company
Distributed byTri-Star Pictures
Release date
  • February 23, 1990 (1990-02-23)
Running time
136 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$18 million[1]
Box office$4 million[2]

Mountains of the Moon is a 1990 American biographical film depicting the 1857–1858 journey of Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke in their expedition to Central Africa, which culminated in Speke's discovery of the source of the Nile River and led to a bitter rivalry between the two men. The film stars Patrick Bergin as Burton and Iain Glen as Speke. Delroy Lindo appears as an African whom the explorers meet.

The film was directed by Bob Rafelson based on the 1982 novel Burton and Speke by William Harrison.

  1. ^ "AFI|Catalog". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Mountains of the Moon (1990) - Box Office Mojo". Boxofficemojo.com.