A Good Man in Africa

For the novel, see A Good Man in Africa (novel).
A Good Man in Africa
Directed byBruce Beresford
Screenplay byWilliam Boyd
Based onA Good Man in Africa
by William Boyd
Produced byJohn Fiedler
Mark Tarlov
Bruce Beresford
Starring
CinematographyAndrzej Bartkowiak
Edited byJim Clark
Music byJohn Du Prez
Production
companies
Polar Entertainment
Capitol Films
South African Breweries
Southern Sun
Distributed byGramercy Pictures (United States)
United International Pictures (United Kingdom)
Release dates
  • 9 September 1994 (1994-09-09) (USA)
  • 25 November 1994 (1994-11-25) (UK)
Running time
94 min
CountriesUnited States
United Kingdom
South Africa
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million
Box office$2,308,390

A Good Man in Africa is a 1994 comedy-drama film, based on William Boyd's 1981 novel A Good Man in Africa and directed by Bruce Beresford. The film starred Colin Friels, Sean Connery, John Lithgow, Joanne Whalley, Diana Rigg and Louis Gossett Jr.[1][2]

  1. ^ Kraft, Scott (1993-05-30). "MOVIES : South Africa, Take 2 : What happens when Bruce Beresford brings 'A Good Man in Africa' to the country as the first post-cultural embargo film". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  2. ^ Clark, John (1994-09-18). "PAGE TO SCREEN : Boyd's Good Man". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-13.