The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)

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R | 1 hr 45 mins | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Historical, Period | Released: 10/11/1996 |Box Office Total: $38.6M

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Synopsis:

In 1836, two extraordinary lions went on a man-eating rampage that claimed over 130 lives. Nothing like this had happened before and it hasn't happened since. These two seemingly invincible beasts brought Britain's plans for an East African railway to a dead halt and literally stopped the greatest colonial empire on earth from one of its grandest engineering feats, absolutely cold. A bridge-building engineer, John Patterson, aided by an acclaimed wild game hunter, Remington, set out to find and kill these demons that the African's called "shaitaini" or "Devils of the Night." These two unbelievably cunning lions, "The Ghost" and "The Darkness," set their sights on the two men who were hunting them. Despite rivalry and animosity, the two men must trust each other with their lives to vanquish the two fearless man-eaters and prevent their frightened basecamp at Tsavo fromfulfilling its Swahili namesake--"A Place of Slaughter."

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
10/11/1996

Studio	Credit
Paramount Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
Stephen Hopkins	Director
Josh McLaglen	Director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Michael Douglas	Remington
Val Kilmer	John Patterson
Bernard Hill	Dr Hawthorne
John Kani	Samuel
Tom Wilkinson	Beaumont
Brian McCardie	Starling
Henry Cele	Mahina
Om Puri	Abdullah
Emily Mortimer	Helena Patterson
Kurt Egelhoff	Indian Victim
Satchu Annamalai	Worker No 1
Teddy Reddy	Worker No 2
Rakeem Khan	Worker No 3
Jack Devnarain	Nervous Sikh Orderly
Glen Gabela	Orderly No 1
Richard Nwamba	Orderly No 2
Nick Lorentz	Photographer
Alex Ferns	Stockton
Kaycey Padayachee	Beaumont's Valet
Giles Masters	Beaumont's Clerk
Patrick Gifford	Patterson's Son
Justin Gifford	Patterson's Son
George Middlekoop	Station Master
Production Credits	Credit
Michael Douglas	Executive Producer
Gale Anne Hurd	Producer
Grant Hill	Co-Producer
Steven Reuther	Executive Producer
Paul Radin	Producer
A Kitman Ho	Producer
Mark Oppenheimer	Producer - Sony Imageworks producer
Production Companies	Credit
Douglas/Reuther Productions	Production Company
Constellation Films	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
UIP The Film Consortium	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Paramount Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Paramount Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Constantin Film Produktion GmbH	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Songimelvo Game Reserve, Mpumalanga province, South Africa
Writer	Credit
William Goldman	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Michael J Morgenthal	Accountant - construction accountant
Marge Rowland	Production Accountant
Joanne Goldstone	Assistant Accountant - accounting assistant
Kathi Evans	Assistant Production Accountant
Anne C Ford	Assistant Production Accountant
Jane Fry	Production Accountant - South African production accountant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Monique Angeon	Animal Services - assistant lion handler
Michael Hackenberger	Animal Wrangler - lion handler
Sled Reynolds	Animal Trainer
Ted Strickwerda	Animal Services - assistant lion handler
Thierry LePortier	Animal Wrangler - lion handler
Fess Reynolds	Animal Wrangler - lion handler
Anthohy Boswell	Animal Services - assistant animal handler
Hubert Wells	Animal Wrangler - lion handler
Emile DeKock	Animal Wrangler - domestic animal wrangler
Art Department	Credit
George Richardson	Art Director
Dale Haugo	Scenic Artist - key scenic artist
Marcia Holtzhausen	Art Department - production painter
Belinda Johnson	Art Department Coordinator
Rob Bihun	Storyboard Artist
Stuart Wurtzel	Production Designer
Hilton Rosemarin	Set Decorator
Marcia Vermakk	Art Department - production painter
Vivienne Gray	Scenic Artist - Scenic Painter
Steve Saklad	Art Director
Giles Masters	Art Director
Richard Alonzo	Art Department - key artist
Bill Basso	Art Department - key artist
Malcolm Stone	Art Director
Zack Grobler	Art Director (2nd Unit)
Jim Charmatz	Art Department - key artist
Richard Davison	Art Department - key artist
Mark Jurinko	Art Department - key artist
Nick Marra	Art Department - key artist
Jason Matthews	Art Department - key artist
Jason Barnett	Art Department
John Calpin	Art Department
Jacqueline Perreault Gonzales	Art Department
Kevin McTurk	Art Department
Jon Neill	Art Department
Chris Robbins	Art Department
Darin Bouyssou	Art Department - mold department
Mike Harper	Art Department - mold department
Keith Marbory	Art Department - mold department
David Perteet	Art Department - mold department
Gary Yee	Art Department - mold department
Casting	Credit
Jane Warren	Location Casting - South African casting
Mary Selway	Casting
Nicholas McKenzie	Extras Casting - extras casting coordinator
Gudrun Scott	Extras Casting Assistant
Sarah Trevis	Casting
Eric Nathan	Extras Casting Assistant
Emma Buckley	Location Casting - UK casting assistant
Film Camera	Credit
Vilmos Zsigmond	Director of Photography
Neal Norton	Camera Operator - "A" camera operator
Dennis Seawright	Photography - assistant photographer
Johannes Thejane	Camera Assistant (2nd Unit)
Greg Poisson	Camera Trainee
Simon Rees	Video Assist/Playback - video assistant
Bob Kaiser	Color Timer
Mauriece Jacks Jr	Video Playback
Peter DuPlessis	Lighting - assistant chief lighting technician
Mike Couffer	Camera Assistant
Lars Cox	Photography - assistant photographer
Johnny Tulekane	Lighting - assistant chief lighting technician (2nd Unit)
Joseph Urbanczyk	Camera Operator - "B" camera operator
Gabriel Beristain	Director of Photography (2nd Unit)
Andre Van Heerden	Video Assist/Playback - video assist (2nd Unit)
Xavier Arce	Photography - assistant photographer
Jack Couffer	Director of Photography
Harmon Cusack	Camera Operator - "B" camera operator (2nd Unit)
Frank Connor	Photography - still photographer
Chuck Schuman	Director of Photography - director of photography visual effects
Stephen Morley	Photography - still photographer
Ewen Bogle	Photography - "A" photographer 1st assistant (2nd Unit)
Alard DeSmidt	Photography - "B" photographer 1st assistant (2nd Unit)
Adrian Graman	Photography - assistant photographer (2nd Unit)
Carlos De Carvalho	Photography - assistant photographer (2nd Unit)
Management	Credit
Jean-Roux Viljoen	Manager - base camp manager
Music	Credit
Ken Hall	Music Editor
Alexander Courage	Orchestrations
Sidney Sax	Music Conductor - orchestral conductor
George Acogny	Music Supervisor - music supervisor in Africa
Jerry Goldsmith	Music
Nusfat Fateh Ali Khan	Music - vocals
Sally Boldt	Music Editor
Curtis Roush	Music Editor - location music editor
Physical Effects	Credit
Danny Baldwin	Stunt Coordinator
Kevin Fitzgerald	Motion Control - motion control operator
Tim Nordella	Animatronics - animatronic effects design & supervision
Reg Mompati	Stunts - stunt assistant
Gavin Mey	Stunt Coordinator - South African stunt coordinator
Ned Martin	Motion Control - motion control camera operator
Richard Joseph Landon	Animatronics - animatronic effects design & supervision
Brian K Namanny	Animatronics - mechanical department
Production Management	Credit
Grant Hill	Unit Production Manager
Stacy Plavoukos	Production Coordinator
Page Feldman	Assistant Production Coordinator - key assistant production coordinator
Jose Luis Escolar	Assistant Director
Jaco Espach	Assistant Location Manager - key assistant location manager
Michael L Games	Production Supervisor
Kevin De La Noy	Location Manager
Nikki Clapp	Script Supervisor
Silla Childs	Assistant Production Coordinator
K C Jones	Assistant Location Manager
Alex Gladstone	Location Manager (2nd Unit)
Toby Pease	Production Supervisor (2nd Unit)
David H Venghaus Jr	Assistant Director
Wiebina Berrington	Script Supervisor (2nd Unit)
Desiree Bertasso	Production Coordinator (2nd Unit)
Rosanna Sun	Assistant Production Coordinator - Los Angeles assistant production coordinator
Thomas Hayslip	Assistant Location Manager
Patrick Kinney	Assistant Director
Matt Rebenkoff	Assistant Director
Javier Chincilla Kern	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Emile Smith	Assistant Director
Douglas A Raine	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Lee Cleary	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Jacinta Hayne	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Franco Mariola	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Publicity	Credit
Stuart Fink	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Lance Brown	Sound Effects Editor
John B Roesch	Foley Artist
Bruce Strambler	Sound Editor
Becky Sullivan	ADR Editor
Carolyn Tapp	Foley Recordist
Tommy Staples	Boom Operator
Thomas J O'Connell	ADR Mixer
Donald O Mitchell	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Mary Jo Lang	Foley Mixer
Simon Kaye	Sound Mixer
Barbara Harris	ADR Voice Casting
Jeffrey Cranford	Assistant Sound Editor
Marc Deschaine	ADR - ADR assistant
Michael Dressel	Foley Editor
John Michael Fanaris	Sound Effects - sound effects coordinator
Joe Dorn	ADR Editor
Rick Hart	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Hilda Hodges	Foley Artist
Glenn Hoskinson	Sound Effects Editor
Colin McFarlane	Sound Mixer (2nd Unit)
Darren McFarlane	Boom Operator (2nd Unit)
Blake Marion	Sound Effects - sound effects coordinator
Shawn Sykora	Foley Editor
Rick Canelli	ADR - ADR recordist
Paul Aulicino	Assistant Sound Editor
Bob Beber	Foley Editor
Frank A Montano	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Steve Mann	Sound Effects Editor
Steven F Nelson	Sound Effects Editor
Mark Pappas	Foley Editor
Kim Secrist	Sound Effects Editor
Don Warner	Sound Effects Editor
Richard E Yawn	Sound Effects Editor
Gary Mundheim	Sound Effects Editor
Gordon Ecker	Sound Effects Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Andy Williams	Special Effects Foreman - special effects foreperson
Janek Zabielski	Special Effects Coordinator (2nd Unit)
Doctor David Mahlangu	Effects Assistant - assistant special effects (2nd Unit)
Gary Blufer	Visual Effects - digital effects layback
Gilianna Bonfietti	Animator - fabrication department
Chris Corbould	Special Effects Supervisor
Paul Knowles	Special Effects - special effects technician
John Rosengrant	Effects Supervisor
Stuart Robertson	Visual Effects Supervisor
Graham Press	Effects Assistant - South African animatronic effects assistant
Tim McGovern	Visual Effects Supervisor
Kelly Cabral	Visual Effects - digital effects layback
Judy Bowerman	Animator - fabrication department
Tamara Carlson-Woodard	Animator - fabrication department
Richard Preston	Effects Assistant - South African animatronic effects assistant
Joey Orosco	Visual Effects - lead key artist
David Cornelius	Visual Effects - visual effects technician
Jodi Dickson	Animator - fabrication department
Gerard Barnard	Effects Assistant - South African animatronic effects assistant
Nathalie Fratti	Animator - fabrication department
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Paul Engelen	Makeup Artist - key makeup artist
Michael Dennison	Assistant Costume Designer
Tom Lucas	Makeup - Michael Douglas' makeup
John Skinner	Wardrobe Assistant
Janet Schreiver	Wardrobe - Val Kilmer's dresser
Suzanne Stokes-Munton	Hair Stylist - key hairstylist
Leigh Bishop	Costumes - key costumer
Ellen Mirojnick	Costume Designer
Stuart Artingstall	Hair - hair department supervisor
John Scott	Wardrobe Supervisor
Ursula Ward	Hair - hair department
Meg Speirs	Makeup Artist
Sophie Norinder	Wardrobe Assistant
Vera Mitchell	Hair Stylist - Val Kilmer's hairstylist
Carolyn Marston	Costumes - costumer
Beverly House	Makeup (2nd Unit)
Sonya Candis Henning	Hair Stylist (2nd Unit)
Sylvia Nava	Hair - hair department
Robert Maverick	Hair - hair department
Sue Michael	Hair Stylist (2nd Unit)
Kathleen Kane-MacGowan	Hair - hair department
Lynne Watson	Hair - hair department
Christine Stahl	Hair - hair department
Michael Ornelaz	Hair - on-set hair technician

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