THE CINEMA BEHIND STAR WARS: THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING

Via Starwars.com:

C-3PO AND SEAN CONNERY HAVE MORE IN COMMON THAN YOU MIGHT’VE THOUGHT.

The Man Who Would Be King, released originally in 1975, is one of those films that I find that no one seems to remember. It starred Sean Connery and Michael Caine as a pair of British colonialists who resign from their army with their own goals in mind. They’re convinced they’re going to make the faraway land of Kafiristan their own kingdom. Christopher Plummer plays the part of Rudyard Kipling, the real-life author and poet who provided the source material for the film. It was also directed by a powerhouse of cinema, John Huston, whom we’ve spoken of in this column before, taking a look at his film Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

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